JPH08314687A - Terminal system for people with disabilities - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To make it easier for people with visual impairments to use automated equipment. [Structure] When an automated device 2 such as a cash dispenser sends voice guidance data, the interface unit 11 of the mobile terminal 1 receives this data. The operation processing unit 13 generates a voice code according to the voice guide data, and the voice output unit 1
4 generates a synthetic voice signal based on the voice code. In this manner, the earphones 1 are used to guide the user to operate the synthetic voice.
It is emitted from 5. When the user operates the key switch to obtain the key data from the key input unit 12, the operation processing unit 13 outputs the key data to the interface unit 11. The interface unit 11 transmits this data to the automation device 2,
The device 2 performs processing according to the received data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to easily use a user-operated automation device such as an automated teller machine used in a financial institution, even for a visually impaired person such as amblyopia or blindness. The present invention relates to a terminal system for persons with disabilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, rationalization of office work, labor saving,
For the purpose of improving customer service, businesses such as corporations and public institutions have installed user-operated automation devices, and such automation devices include automated teller machines (CD: Cash Dispenser), automatic teller machine (ATM), and automatic ticketing machines used in transportation.

Some of such automation devices employ a touch panel as an input device operated by a user. The touch panel has an advantage that it can flexibly deal with addition of software and new services. If a button is used as the input device,
This button is displayed by silk printing, and in most cases, the insertion holes of passbooks, cards, etc. are also displayed only by silk printing. As described above, in the conventional automation device, since the visual-related specific gravity is high in the operation system operated by the user, it is difficult for a visually handicapped person such as amblyopia or blindness to operate, and if another person operates it. ,
There was also the fear that trouble would occur easily.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional automation device has a problem in that it is not considered that a person with visual impairment such as amblyopia or blindness operates it.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that enables even a visually impaired person to easily use an automated device.

[0005]

The terminal system for persons with disabilities according to the present invention transmits a portable terminal which can be carried by a user and voice guide data for designating contents of operation guidance to the portable terminal, and at the same time, the portable terminal. The mobile terminal is provided with an interface device for transmitting and receiving data to and from the automation device, and an uneven pattern showing the content of the key. When voice guide data is obtained from the key input section with a key switch and the interface section, a voice code corresponding to this data is generated, and key data is obtained from the key input section by operating the key switch. The operation processing unit that outputs this to the interface unit and transmits it to the automation device, and the combination based on the voice code generated by this operation processing unit. It is made of a sound output unit that drives the earphone by generating an audio signal. Also, the motion processing unit, when the key data is obtained from the key input unit,
A voice code indicating the contents of this key data is generated and output to the voice output unit.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the automation device transmits the voice guide data, the interface section of the portable terminal receives the data, the operation processing section generates a corresponding voice code, and the voice output section outputs the voice code. To generate a synthetic speech signal. In this way, the user is prompted by the earphone to operate the synthetic voice. Then, when the user operates the key switch to obtain the key data from the key input section, the operation processing section outputs this to the interface section,
The interface unit transmits the data to the automation device, and executes processing according to the key data received by the automation device. In addition, the operation processing unit generates a voice code indicating the content of the key data, so that the content of the key switch operated by the user is repeated by the synthesized voice.

[0007]

1 is a block diagram of a terminal system for persons with disabilities showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of a portable terminal used in this system. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a mobile terminal having a shape that can be carried by a user, and 2 transmits voice guide data for designating the content of operation guidance to the mobile terminal 1, and when data is received from the terminal 1, the received data becomes the received data. It is an automated device that performs a corresponding process.

Reference numeral 11 is an interface section for transmitting and receiving data to and from the automation device 2, and 12 is a key input section having a key switch provided with a concavo-convex pattern indicating the contents of the key. Reference numeral 13 denotes an operation processing unit, which when the interface unit 11 obtains the voice guide data,
A voice code corresponding to this data is generated, and when key data is obtained from the key input unit 12 by operating a key switch, this is output to the interface unit 11 to be transmitted to the automation device 2 and the key data of the key data is transmitted. A voice code indicating the content is generated. Reference numeral 14 is a voice output unit that generates a synthesized voice signal based on the voice code generated by the operation processing unit 13 and drives an earphone (or headphone) 15 attached to the user's ear.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11a denotes an infrared port which constitutes a part of the interface section 11 and which performs infrared communication with the automation device 2. Each key switch of the key input unit 12 is provided with a concavo-convex pattern indicating the content of the key (numbers or characters). As a method of expressing the content of the key by the concavo-convex pattern, there are a method of directly expressing the content of the key (“7” in FIG. 2) as shown in FIG. 2 and a method of expressing it in Braille.
As a result, even a visually impaired person such as amblyopia or blindness can understand the content by touching the key switch.

Next, the operation of such a terminal system for persons with disabilities will be described. When the user approaches, the automation device 2 that has detected the approach of the user transmits the voice guide data to the mobile terminal 1 via an internal communication interface unit (not shown). Mobile terminal 1 that received this voice guide data
The interface unit 11 outputs the data to the operation processing unit 13.

The above-mentioned voice guide data is a code for designating the contents of the operation guide for instructing the user to operate the automation device 2, and the operation processing unit 13 outputs a coded voice code representing the voice. It is registered in a form corresponding to the guide data or the key data described later.

Then, the operation processing section 13 extracts the corresponding code from the registered voice code based on the voice guide data, converts the input voice guide data into a corresponding voice code, and outputs this voice code. It is output to the unit 14. Then, the voice output unit 14 generates a synthesized voice signal based on the voice code, outputs it to the earphone 15, and drives the earphone 15. Thus, the automation device 2
The earphone 15 issues operation guidance of synthetic voice corresponding to the voice guide data transmitted from the earphone 15.

Next, the user hears the operation guide and presses the key switch of the key input unit 12. Along with this, the data of the pressed key is transferred from the key input unit 12 to the operation processing unit 1.
3 is output. The motion processing unit 13 generates a voice code based on the input key data, and outputs the voice code to the voice output unit 14, like the voice guide data. In this way, a synthetic voice signal is output from the voice output unit 14 to the earphone 15, and a voice that repeats the content of the operated key is returned to the earphone 1.
It is emitted from 5.

At the same time, the operation processing section 13 outputs the inputted key data to the interface section 11, and the interface section 11 transmits this key data to the automation device 2. The automation device 2 that has received the key data from the mobile terminal 1 transmits the next voice guide data to the mobile terminal 1 after performing processing according to this data. Accordingly
The user operates the terminal 1 as described above.

As described above, the user can operate the key input unit 12 of the terminal 1 by listening to the operation guidance of the synthetic voice generated based on the voice guide data from the automation device 2, so that the user is amblyopia. Even a visually handicapped person, such as a blind person, can easily use the automated equipment 2 such as an automatic cash machine, an automatic ticket issuing machine, or a vending machine. In addition, earphones (or headphones) 1 worn on the user's ear
By using 5, there is no fear that the contents such as a personal identification number that require confidentiality will be heard by others.

Further, since the data communication between the portable terminal 1 and the automation device 2 is wireless communication such as infrared rays, it is not necessary to connect the terminal 1 to the automation device 2 each time it is used.
It is needless to say that data may be intercepted in such wireless communication, but in order to prevent this, the transmission / reception data may be encrypted.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the user hears the operation guidance of the synthetic voice generated based on the voice guidance data from the automation device, and the key of the portable terminal having the key switch provided with the concavo-convex pattern. Since you only have to operate the input section,
Even a visually impaired person such as amblyopia or blindness can easily use the automated device. In addition, by using a mobile terminal for various types of automation equipment, it is possible to perform operations using a common operating system, and synthetic voice operation guidance makes it easy for people who are not familiar with operating automation equipment. Can be used for.

Further, since the operation processing unit generates a voice code indicating the content of the key data, the content of the key switch operated by the user is repeated by the synthesized voice, so which key has the user operated? Can be confirmed by voice, and the certainty of the operation can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal system for persons with disabilities showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a mobile terminal used in the terminal system for persons with disabilities of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal, 2 ... Automation equipment, 11 ... Interface part, 12 ... Key input part, 13 ... Operation processing part, 14 ... Voice output part, 15 ... Earphone.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile terminal that a user can carry and voice guide data for designating the content of operation guidance are transmitted to the mobile terminal, and when data is received from the mobile terminal, processing is performed according to the received data. A terminal system for persons with disabilities, which comprises an automation device for using a service provided by a certain business or a purchase system for goods, wherein the mobile terminal transmits and receives data to and from the automation device. Interface part, a key input part having a key switch provided with a concave-convex pattern indicating the content of the key, and when the interface part obtains the voice guide data, generates a voice code corresponding to this data, When key data is obtained from the key input section by operating the key switch, it is output to the interface section and sent to the automation device. A terminal system for persons with disabilities, comprising: a motion processing unit for transmitting a signal, and a voice output unit for generating a synthesized voice signal based on a voice code generated by the motion processing unit to drive an earphone. 2. The handicapped terminal system according to claim 1, wherein when the operation processing unit obtains key data from the key input unit, the operation processing unit generates the voice code indicating the content of the key data and outputs the voice code. A terminal system for persons with disabilities characterized by being output to an output unit.