JP2013025112A - Electronic apparatus, reproduction method, program, and, recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus where when performing voice reproduction of sentence data included in an electronic book or the like, a user can fully enjoy the content of the sentence data.SOLUTION: In an electronic apparatus 1 according to the present invention, a voice analysis section 24 and a voice conversion section 31 perform voice reproduction of sentence data, in which the voice analysis section 24 and the voice conversion section 31 perform voice reproduction of sentence data in accordance with setting information associated with attribute information read by an attribute information reading section 10 for reading attribute information included in the sentence data.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus for reproducing text data by voice and a method for reproducing the same.

  In recent years, with the digitization of books, electronic book devices that display digitized books so that the user can read them as if they are reading paper books have become widespread. Such an electronic book device can suppress resource consumption as compared with a conventional paper book. The electronic book device is also convenient to carry because it can display a plurality of electronic books with one device.

  In addition, as a convenient function when using an electronic book, an electronic book device having a function of displaying an image in accordance with the text of the electronic book has been developed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, the content of a sentence in which an appropriate phrase image image associated with a phrase acquired from each role of a plurality of phrases included in the sentence is arranged at a position corresponding to the role. A text conversion system for generating a text image that makes an image of a text is disclosed.

  Further, as a convenient function related to the creation of a sentence, Patent Document 2 discloses a communication apparatus having a function for supporting the creation of a sentence according to the result of emotion analysis of electronic text such as an e-mail or voice information of a call partner. Has been.

  Further, an electronic book apparatus having an automatic reproduction function for automatically reading the text of the displayed electronic book and a function for displaying an image in accordance with the text of the electronic book has been developed.

  For example, in Patent Document 3, the display form of the digitized book text is sequentially processed by underlining or the like, and voices, sound effects, and images are obtained from the processed text arrival position (that is, the underline arrival position). An electronic book device capable of automatic reproduction is disclosed.

  Patent Document 4 discloses an electronic book player that can output characters, illustrations, and sounds of a displayed book in accordance with the appropriate speed of a reader.

  By using such an electronic book device having an automatic sound reproduction function, the user can grasp the contents without directly reading the electronic book. Even people who have can enjoy electronic books.

JP 2010-244291 A (released on October 28, 2010) JP 2009-110056 (May 21, 2009) JP 2006-331257 A (released on December 7, 2006) JP 2000-099308 A (released on April 7, 2000)

  By the way, in the techniques described in Patent Documents 3 and 4, the text data included in the electronic book is simply read out as if it were read out, regardless of the attribute of the book such as the genre of the electronic book and the author. Since sound is reproduced, detailed expression according to the contents of the electronic book and addition of a sense of reality are not performed when sound is reproduced.

  Therefore, the techniques described in Patent Documents 3 and 4 have a problem that electronic books cannot be fully enjoyed.

  For example, when an electronic book to be played is an autobiography of a female author but played with male voice, the user feels uncomfortable with the played voice, and the electronic book is purely I can't enjoy it.

  In addition, even if the electronic book to be played is a play (dramatic literature) or a screenplay, simply reading the contents described will give you detailed expressions and realistic sensations included in the electronic book. Cannot be enjoyed, and there is still a problem that the electronic book cannot be fully enjoyed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and its purpose is to allow the user to fully enjoy the contents of the text data when performing voice playback of the text data included in an electronic book or the like. It is to provide an electronic device that can be used.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes: a sound reproducing unit that performs sound reproduction of sentence data; and an attribute information reading unit that reads attribute information included in the sentence data. The reproduction means is characterized in that the sentence data is reproduced in accordance with setting information associated with the attribute information read by the attribute information reading means.

  In addition, in order to solve the above-described problem, the reproduction method according to the present invention includes an audio reproduction step for performing audio reproduction of sentence data, and an attribute information reading step for reading attribute information included in the sentence data, In the voice reproduction step, the sentence data is voice-reproduced according to the setting information associated with the attribute information read in the attribute information reading step.

  According to the above configuration, the text data is played back based on the setting information set according to the attribute information included in the text data, so that the voice playback according to the attribute of the text data is performed. Is possible.

  Here, the sound reproduction suitable for the attribute of the text data indicates, for example, that the voice data is reproduced with a female voice when the text data is an autobiography of a female author. Accordingly, the electronic device can prevent the text data from being reproduced with a sound that does not match the attribute of the text data.

  As described above, the user can sufficiently enjoy the contents of the text data by enabling the audio reproduction suitable for the attributes of the text data.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, it is preferable that the attribute information is information that identifies a genre and an author of the text data.

  According to the above configuration, since the attribute information used at the time of reproduction is information for specifying the genre and author of the text data, the voice playback means uses the voice that matches the genre of the text data and the author. Data text can be played back by voice. Here, if the information specifying the genre of the text data is information specifying the age group, and the information specifying the author is information specifying the gender, for example, the sound reproduction means is determined according to the genre. In addition, the sentence data can be reproduced by using the voice determined from the age group of the voice used for reproduction and the gender of the voice used for reproduction determined according to the gender of the author.

  Thereby, the user can enjoy the contents of the text data with the sound suitable for the genre and the author.

  An electronic apparatus according to the present invention analyzes sentence data by analyzing sentence data and detects a preset phrase, and analyzes a theme in a part of the sentence data based on the phrase detected by the sentence analysis means And a sound effect reproducing means for reproducing a sound effect corresponding to the word when the word detected in the sentence analyzing means is a word related to the theme analyzed in the theme analyzing means. When the music reproducing means for reproducing music according to the theme analyzed by the theme analyzing means and the phrase detected by the sentence analyzing means are words related to the theme analyzed by the theme analyzing means And an image display means for displaying an image corresponding to the word.

  According to said structure, the said theme analysis means analyzes a theme for every part which comprises the said text data. The sound effect reproducing means outputs a sound effect corresponding to the word only when the word detected by the sentence analyzing means is related to the theme. The music reproduction means outputs music according to the theme analyzed by the theme analysis means. The image display means outputs an image corresponding to the word only when the word detected by the text analysis means is related to the theme.

  Thereby, the sound effect reproduction means and the image display means prevent a sound effect and an image corresponding to the word / phrase not related to the theme from being output when the word / phrase not related to the theme is detected. It is possible to reduce the feeling of discomfort to the user. Therefore, the user can enjoy appropriate sound effects, music, images, and the like in addition to the sound from which the text data is reproduced.

  In addition, as a part which comprises the said text data, a sentence, a paragraph, a section, a chapter etc. can be mentioned, for example. Examples of the sound effects include sound effects such as explosive sounds, examples of the music include effect music such as BGM, and examples of the images include photographs and pictures. Can do.

  The electronic apparatus of the present invention further comprises a character analysis means for detecting a character included in the text data and an attribute of the character from the text data, and the sound reproduction means is the character analysis means. From the detection result of the above, it is preferable that the text data is reproduced with a sound corresponding to the setting information associated with the attribute of each character.

  According to the above configuration, the voice reproduction unit reproduces the sentence data from the detection result of the character analysis unit by voice according to the setting information associated with the attribute of each character. You can change the voice for each person, and play sentences related to the characters, such as dialogue, with the voice that matches the attributes of each character. For example, when the text data is an electronic book such as a novel, the reproduction with the sound matching the attributes of the characters indicates that the sound of each character in the novel is changed and reproduced.

  In this way, by making it possible to perform audio reproduction that matches the attributes of the characters, the user can more finely express the sentence data than when it is reproduced with one audio, and Since it is possible to listen to realistic sound reproduction, the contents of the text data can be further enjoyed.

  The electronic device according to the present invention further includes a display unit for displaying an image, and when the sentence data is a play literature including a column writing or a story writing, the image display unit is configured such that the reproduction unit includes the column writing or It is preferable to display the column writing or the text on the display unit at the time when the reproduction of the text data corresponding to the text is started.

  According to said structure, the writing part or writing part of sentence data which is the said dramatic literature can be displayed on the said display part. Thus, the user can know the action of the character expressed in the above-mentioned column writing or writing together with the text data reproduced by voice, and can enjoy the contents of the text data more.

  In the drama literature, the column writing is generally written at the beginning of a scene and indicates the place and time. In addition, in the above-mentioned drama, for example, the general writing generally refers to a sentence that describes a rough instruction regarding the actions of the characters, lighting, and effects such as sound effects.

  In the electronic apparatus according to the present invention, the image display means starts supplying power to the display unit when the reproducing means starts reproducing the text data corresponding to the writing or writing. Is preferred.

  According to the above configuration, even if the columnar portion or the portion of writing of the sentence data that is the drama is in a state where power is not supplied to the display unit (that is, the display unit is in an OFF state), The display unit can be displayed after power is supplied to the display unit (that is, the display unit is in an ON state). Thereby, even when the display unit is in the OFF state, the user can know the action of the character, etc. expressed in the column writing or writing together with the sentence data to be reproduced by voice, You can enjoy the contents of text data more.

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, the sentence analysis unit detects a phrase related to the expression of the character's dialogue from the sentence data, and the sound reproduction unit includes the appearance of the sentence related to the character. It is preferable that the speech of the person is reproduced by voice in an expression corresponding to the phrase related to the expression of the dialogue detected by the sentence analysis means.

  According to the above configuration, speech of the character is reproduced by an expression method expressed by a phrase related to expression of the character's speech. For example, when the sentence analysis means detects a phrase related to the expression of the character's line such as “slow”, the line corresponding to the expression of the line is slowly reproduced by voice. In addition, when the sentence analysis means detects a phrase related to the expression of the character, such as the character, such as “loud voice”, the speech corresponding to the expression of the character is uttered with a louder volume than other parts. Reproduce.

  Thereby, the voice reproduction means can reproduce the speech of the character in an appropriate expression along the scene of the text data, and the user can play the speech of the character in the scene of the text data. You can enjoy the expression along

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, when the text data is an e-mail, the attribute information reading unit reads the address data of the e-mail as attribute information, and the voice reproduction unit is associated with the address data. It is preferable to perform voice reproduction of the e-mail according to the set information.

  According to said structure, the said attribute information reading means can identify the other party of an electronic mail by reading the said address data as attribute information. Therefore, even when the text data is an electronic mail, the electronic device can reproduce the electronic mail by voice according to the address data, that is, the voice corresponding to the other party of the electronic mail. As a result, the user can enjoy the e-mail with sound corresponding to the other party of the e-mail.

  An electronic apparatus according to the present invention is configured to transmit at least one of a word / phrase detected by the sentence analysis unit and a sound effect, music, and an image associated with at least one of the themes analyzed by the theme analysis unit. External sound data acquisition means for acquiring the sound data acquired by the external data acquisition means, and the music playback means for playing the music acquired by the external data acquisition means. Preferably, the image display means reproduces and displays the image acquired by the external data acquisition means.

  According to said structure, the said external data acquisition means acquires the data relevant to at least any one of the phrase detected in the said text analysis means, and the theme analyzed in the said theme analysis means. Thereby, the electronic device can acquire and output data suitable for voice reproduction of text data by the external data acquisition means without storing data suitable for voice reproduction of text data in advance. .

  Further, a program for operating the electronic apparatus according to the present invention, which is a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-described means, and a computer-readable program that records at least one of these programs Such recording media are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  A combination of a configuration described in a certain claim and a configuration described in another claim is limited to a combination of the configuration described in the claim cited in the claim. However, as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved, combinations with configurations described in the claims not cited in the focused claims are possible.

  As described above, the electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes voice playback means for playing back voice data of text data, and attribute information reading means for reading attribute information included in the text data. The sentence data is reproduced by voice according to the setting information associated with the attribute information read by the attribute information reading means.

  From the above configuration, the sentence data is played back based on the setting information set according to the attribute information included in the sentence data, so that it is possible to perform the voice playback that matches the attribute of the sentence data. It becomes. As described above, the user can sufficiently enjoy the contents of the text data by enabling the audio reproduction suitable for the attributes of the text data.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the genre database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the person name and sex database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the audio | voice database 413 stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the theme database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a sound effect database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the music database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the audio | voice reproduction | regeneration processing in the electronic device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the reproduction | regeneration audio | voice determination process in the electronic device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the theme determination process in the electronic device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the output time determination process in the electronic device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the address book database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the audio | voice audio | voice reproduction | regeneration processing in the electronic device which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the speech expression database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on further another embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the abbreviation database stored in the database memory | storage part which concerns on further another embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the audio | voice reproduction | regeneration processing in the electronic device which concerns on further another embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the audio | voice reproduction | regeneration processing in the electronic device which concerns on the modification of this invention.

<Embodiment 1>
An embodiment of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, unless otherwise specified, the configuration described in this embodiment is not merely intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but is merely an illustrative example.

  An electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device 1 according to the present embodiment.

〔Electronics〕
An electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic device 1 includes an attribute information reading unit (attribute information reading unit) 10, an analysis unit 20, a conversion unit 30, a storage unit 40, a voice output unit 51, a display unit 52, and a user instruction acquisition unit 53. , A function control unit 54, and an external data acquisition unit (external data acquisition means) 55.

[Database]
First, prior to description of each unit included in the electronic device 1, a database stored in the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a database stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the database storage unit 41 includes a genre database 411, a person name / gender database 412, a sound database (setting information) 413, a theme database 414, a sound effect database 415, a music database 416, an image database 417, and attributes. An information database 418 and a user registration database 419 are stored. Note that these databases are referred to as appropriate in each unit of the electronic device 1.

(Genre database)
First, the genre database 411 that associates the genre of text data input to the electronic device 1 with the audio attributes for reproducing the text data in the electronic device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the genre database 411 stored in the database storage unit 41. Note that the audio attributes are an age group and a sex in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, for example, when the genre of the text data is “essay”, “middle age” is associated with the age group and “male” is associated with the sex as the audio attributes for reproducing the text data. Yes. Further, when the genre of the text data is “ceremonial occasion”, “middle age” and “female” are associated with the age group as the audio attributes for reproducing the text data.

  In addition, as in the case where the genre of the text data is “old tales / folk tales”, “aged” is associated with the age group as an attribute of the voice for reproducing the text data, but nothing is associated with the gender. There are things that do not exist. Furthermore, when the genre of the text data is “SF”, neither the age group nor the gender is associated as an attribute of the voice for reproducing the text data.

  In addition, instead of “middle-aged”, “aged”, etc., the age group may be set more finely, such as “30s”, “40s”, or the like.

(Person name / gender database)
Next, a personal name / gender database 412 in which names and genders are associated will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing an example of the personal name / gender database 412 stored in the database storage unit 41. FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an example of surname and surname data, first name and last name data, and gender and gender data stored in the personal name / gender database 412 in advance, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the character data storage area which stores the data of the person who appears in the text data input by 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the personal name / gender database 412 includes a surname data table in which surname and surname data are associated, a name data table in which name and surname data are associated, and gender and gender data. And a gender data table in which character data appearing in the text data input to the electronic device 1 is stored, as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the surname, first name, sex and age of the characters are stored in the character data storage area. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a nickname of a character may be stored.

(Voice database)
Next, an audio database 413 that associates audio types with audio data, which is referred to when text data is reproduced in the electronic apparatus 1, will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the voice database 413 stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the audio database 413 associates audio types with audio data. For example, voice data “O0001” is associated with the voice type “boy”, and voice data “O0004” is associated with the voice type “young woman”.

(Theme database)
Next, a theme database 414 that associates a part of themes constituting the text data with words / phrases related to the theme will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the theme database 414 stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the theme database 414, for example, “wedding”, “birthday”, “rain”, “quayside”, and the like are set as the types of themes. ”,“ T0002 ”,“ T0003 ”, and“ T9999 ”, respectively. When the theme type is “wedding”, for example, “ceremony hall”, “groom”, “bride”, “cake sword”, and the like are associated as related terms. Further, when the type of theme is “quayside”, for example, “quayside”, “gull”, “fog” and “ponpon ship” are associated as related terms.

(Sound effect database)
Next, the sound effect database 415 that is referred to when the electronic device 1 reproduces the sound effect in accordance with the sound reproduction of the text data will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sound effect database 415 stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the sound effect database 415, a phrase indicating the type of sound effect is associated with sound effect data. For example, the sound effect data “K0001” is associated with the word “quadro” indicating the type of sound effect, and the sound effect data “K0002” is associated with the word “sea” indicating the type of sound effect. It has been.

(Music database)
Next, the music database 416 that is referred to when the electronic device 1 reproduces music in accordance with the voice reproduction of the text data will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the music database 416 stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the music database 416 associates music types, music data, and themes. For example, the music data “M0001” and the theme “wedding” are associated with the music type “wedding song”, and the music data “M0002” and the theme are associated with the music type “birthday song”. “Birthday” is associated.

(Image database)
Next, the image database 417 that is referred to when the electronic device 1 displays an image in accordance with the voice reproduction of the text data will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the image database 417 stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the image database 417 associates image types, details of types (“details” in FIG. 9), and image data. For example, when the type of the image is “car”, “sedan” and “truck” are associated as details of the type. More specifically, the type of detail “sedan” and the image data “G0001” are associated with the type of image “car 1”, and the type of detail with respect to the type of image “car 2”. “Track” and image data “G0002” are associated with each other.

  Note that examples of the image data stored in the image database 417 include photographs and pictures.

  The attribute information database 418, the user registration database 419, and the phrase detection count storage unit 42 included in the storage unit 40 will be described later.

  Each database can be newly set by a user instruction, as will be described later.

[Configuration of electronic equipment]
Next, the structure of each part with which the electronic device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided is demonstrated.

  The attribute information reading unit 10 is means for acquiring (reading) attribute information for specifying the genre and author of the text data from the input text data. The attribute information reading unit 10 determines a sound for reproducing the text data according to the acquired attribute information. Further, the attribute information reading unit 10 stores the attribute information of the acquired text data in the attribute information database 418 included in the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40.

  The attribute information reading unit 10 acquires the age group and gender associated with the genre of the acquired text data from the genre database 411, and determines which age group uses which gender sound.

  Further, in the genre database 411, when only the information on the age group is associated with the genre of the acquired text data, the attribute information reading unit 10 further refers to the personal name / gender database 412 to obtain the name of the acquired author. , Analyze the author's gender. The attribute information reading unit 10 determines the gender of the author as the gender of the voice used for voice reproduction of the text data.

  In the genre database 411, the attribute information reading unit 10 does not associate a gender with the acquired genre, and the personal name / gender database 412 does not associate a gender with the acquired author name, and In the genre database 411, when neither the age group nor the gender is associated with the acquired genre, it may be determined that the sound used for the sound reproduction of the sentence data is the default sound.

  Further, the attribute information reading unit 10 supplies the input text data to the analysis unit 20.

(Analysis Department)
The analysis unit 20 analyzes the text data supplied from the attribute information reading unit 10, the sound used when the text data is played back by the electronic device 1, the sound effect and the image output together with the playback of the sound, etc. To decide. As shown in FIG. 1, the analysis unit 20 includes a sentence analysis unit (sentence analysis unit) 21, a character analysis unit (character analysis unit) 22, a theme analysis unit (theme analysis unit) 23, a voice analysis unit (sound reproduction). Means) 24, a sound effect analysis unit (sound effect reproduction means) 25, and an image analysis unit (image display means) 26.

  The sentence analysis unit 21 is a means for detecting a preset phrase from each of a part of the sentence data supplied from the attribute information reading unit 10. In addition, as a part which comprises text data, units, such as one sentence, a paragraph, a section, a chapter, and a table of contents, can be mentioned. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, a case where a part of the sentence data is a chapter will be described as an example.

  For each chapter of the sentence data supplied from the attribute information reading unit 10, the sentence analysis unit 21 selects a phrase that matches the phrase registered in any one of the sound effect database 415, the music database 416, and the image database 417. The detected phrase is stored in the phrase detection count storage unit 42 of the storage unit 40 in association with the detection count indicating the number of times that the phrase has been detected. For example, the number of detections associated with the phrase stored in the phrase detection count storage unit 42 for the first time is “1”. When the detected word / phrase is already stored in the word / phrase detection count storage unit 42, the sentence analysis unit 21 increases the number of detections associated with the word / phrase by one.

  When the sentence analysis unit 21 detects all words registered in any one of the sound effect database 415, the music database 416, and the image database 417 from one chapter of the sentence data, A notification indicating that the phrase detection is completed is sent to the theme analysis unit 23. The sentence analysis unit 21 supplies the sentence data to the character analysis unit 22, the voice analysis unit 24, the sound effect analysis unit 25, and the image analysis unit 26.

  The character analysis unit 22 is a means for analyzing, from the text data supplied from the text analysis unit 21, the first and last names of the characters and attributes such as the gender and age of the characters. When the character analysis unit 22 detects at least one of the surname and first name of the character (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the name of the character) from the text data, the character analysis unit 22 includes the character name and gender database 412 shown in FIG. In the character data storage area to be stored in association with any of data indicating a preset flag. For example, the name of the first detected character may be stored in association with the flag “F0001”, and the name of the second detected character may be stored in association with the flag “F0002”. .

  Further, when the character analysis unit 22 detects at least one of the gender and age attributes of the characters from the text data, the name of the character having the detected attributes is already stored in the character data storage area. Is stored in the character data storage area in association with the names and attributes of the characters. The character analysis unit 22 indicates a flag set in advance in the character data storage area when the name of the character having the detected character attribute is not stored in the character data storage area. One of the data and the attributes of the characters are stored in association with each other.

  In addition, when detecting the nickname of the character, the character analysis unit 22 associates the detected nickname with the character having the nickname and stores it in the data storage area. The names of characters are generally varied depending on the scene, such as first name, last name only, first name only, and nickname in text data. Therefore, by storing a nickname or the like in association with the name of the character, the character can be uniquely identified even when the characters are called differently.

  The theme analysis unit 23 is means for referring to the phrase detection count storage unit 42 and determining a theme in one chapter constituting each sentence data.

  When the theme analysis unit 23 receives a notification from the sentence analysis unit 21 indicating that the detection of words / phrases from one chapter has been completed, the theme analysis unit 23 sets ranks in order from the words / phrases associated with the largest number of detections. At this time, for example, the sentence analysis unit 21 may set ranks for all the words and phrases stored in the word / phrase detection frequency storage unit 42, or from the word / phrase having the highest detection frequency to the word / phrase having the highest number of detections. A rank may be set only for. In addition, the sentence analysis unit 21 may set a threshold value in advance, and may set a rank for a word whose number of detections is greater than the threshold value.

  Next, the theme analysis unit 23 searches the theme database 414 for a theme associated with the phrase set with the highest rank in one chapter. The theme associated with the phrase having the highest rank in the chapter is determined as the theme of the one chapter. In addition, in the theme analysis unit 23, instead of the configuration in which the theme associated with the phrase set with the highest rank is determined as the theme of one chapter, the theme analysis unit 23 associates with the phrase set with the tenth rank most frequently. A configuration may be adopted in which a set theme is determined as a theme of the one chapter.

  The theme analysis unit 23 supplies the determined theme to the sound effect analysis unit 25 and the image analysis unit 26.

  The voice analysis unit 24 detects sentences (for example, lines and psychological descriptions of characters) from the sentence data supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21 and reproduces the detected sentences by voice. Is means for determining audio data to be referred to. Specifically, the voice analysis unit 24 detects a line from the sentence data, identifies a character that emits the detected line, and associates it with the attribute of each character based on the detection result of the character analysis unit 22. The sound corresponding to the set information is determined as the playback sound.

  When the name (or nickname) of the identified character is stored in the character data storage area, the voice analysis unit 24 is associated with the name (or nickname) of the stored character. Referring to the gender and age, the voice database 413 determines the voice to be used for speech playback. For example, when the gender of a character who emits dialogue is “male” and the age is “teens”, the speech data “O0001” associated with the type of “boy” is stored in the speech database 413. What is necessary is just to determine as an audio | voice used for reproduction | regeneration.

  In addition, the voice analysis unit 24 detects a narration sentence from sentence data, and determines voice data to be referenced for detection. At this time, as the voice used for the narration, a voice different from the voice determined as the voice used for reproducing the characters of the characters may be determined. In addition, when the sentence related to the detected narration is a sentence related to the narration performed by any of the characters (for example, the main character), the voice analysis unit 24 uses the speech of the character performing the narration as the voice used for the narration. You may determine the same audio | voice as the audio | voice used for reproduction | regeneration of.

  The sound effect analysis unit 25 is a means for determining sound effects and music (effect music) to be reproduced along with the sound reproduction of the text data.

  When determining the sound effect to be reproduced, the sound effect analysis unit 25 first detects a word that matches the word indicating the type of sound effect stored in the sound effect database 415 from each chapter of the text data. Next, the sound effect analysis unit 25 refers to the theme database 414 and determines whether or not the detected word / phrase is a word / phrase associated with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the detected chapter. To do. When the detected word / phrase is associated with the theme in the theme database 414, the sound effect analysis unit 25 uses the sound effect data associated with the detected word / phrase in the sound effect database 415 to reproduce the sound of the detected word / phrase. It is determined as a sound effect to be played together.

  For example, if the theme of a certain chapter is “Wharf” and the word “Wharf” is detected from the certain chapter, the sound effect analyzer 25 stores the sound effect data “K0001” stored in the sound effect database 415. "May be determined as a sound effect to be reproduced in conjunction with the audio reproduction of the" quayside "in the certain chapter.

  When determining the music to be played back, the sound effect analysis unit 25 first determines which theme in the theme database 414 the theme of each chapter of the text data determined by the theme analysis unit 23 is. The sound effect analysis unit 25 determines, in the music database 416, music data associated with a theme in a certain chapter as music to be reproduced in accordance with the sound reproduction of the certain chapter.

  For example, when the theme of a chapter is “wedding”, the sound effect analysis unit 25 stores music data “M0001” associated with the theme “wedding” stored in the music database 416, What is necessary is just to determine as a music reproduced | regenerated while the text contained in the said chapter is sound-reproduced.

  Note that the sound effect analysis unit 25 determines that the music data stored in the music database 416 is music to be played while a sentence included in a chapter is played back by voice, instead of the chapter. A configuration may be adopted in which the phrase related to the theme is determined as music to be played back when sound is played back.

  In this case, the sound effect analysis unit 25 may first detect a phrase that matches the phrase indicating the type of music stored in the music database 416 from each chapter of the sentence data. Next, the sound effect analysis unit 25 refers to the theme database 414 and determines whether or not the detected word / phrase is a word / phrase associated with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the detected chapter. To do. When the detected word / phrase is associated with the theme in the theme database 414, the sound effect analysis unit 25 matches the music data associated with the detected word / phrase in the music database 416 with the sound reproduction of the detected word / phrase. Decide as music to play.

  For example, if the theme of a certain chapter is “wedding” and the sound effect analysis unit 25 detects the phrase “wedding song” from the certain chapter, the music stored in the music database 416 is stored in the music database 416. The music data “M0001” associated with the type “wedding song” may be determined as the music to be played in conjunction with the audio playback of the phrase “wedding song” in the chapter.

  The image analysis unit 26 is a means for determining an image to be displayed together with the voice reproduction of the text data. First, the image analysis unit 26 detects, from each chapter of the text data, a word that matches the word indicating the type of image stored in the image database 417. Next, the image analysis unit 26 refers to the theme database 414 and determines whether the detected word / phrase is a word / phrase associated with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the detected chapter. . When the detected word / phrase is associated with the theme in the theme database 414, the image analysis unit 26 displays the image data associated with the detected word / phrase in the image database 417 in accordance with the sound reproduction of the detected word / phrase. To be determined.

  For example, when the theme of a chapter is “birthday” and the word “cake” is detected from the chapter, the image analysis unit 26 uses the image data “G0003” as “cake” in the chapter. What is necessary is just to determine as an image displayed together with audio | voice reproduction | regeneration of this.

(Conversion unit)
The conversion unit 30 converts the sound, sound effect, music, and image determined by the analysis unit 20 so as to be output, and drives the sound output unit 51 and the display unit 52 so that the converted data is output. To do. As shown in FIG. 1, the conversion unit 30 includes a sound conversion unit (sound reproduction unit) 31, a sound effect conversion unit (sound effect reproduction unit) 32, and an image conversion unit (image display unit) 33.

  The voice conversion unit 31 outputs the sentence data using the voice determined by the attribute information reading unit 10, and outputs the dialogue included in the sentence data using the voice data of the character determined by the voice analysis unit 24. As described above, the audio output unit 51 is driven. The voice analysis unit 24 and the voice conversion unit 31 constitute voice playback means.

  The sound effect conversion unit 32 drives the sound output unit 51 so that the sound effect and music determined by the sound effect analysis unit 25 are output together with the sound output of the text data. The sound effect analyzing unit 25 and the sound effect converting unit 32 constitute sound effect reproducing means and music reproducing means.

  The image conversion unit 33 drives the display unit 52 so that the image determined by the image analysis unit 26 is displayed together with the output of the text data. The image analysis unit 26 and the image conversion unit 33 constitute image display means.

  Further, the sound effect conversion unit 32 and the image conversion unit 33 set the sound effect and music playback time and the image display time according to the number of word detections stored in the word detection number storage unit 42. May be. For example, the sound effect conversion unit 32 and the image conversion unit 33 set the sound effect and music playback time and the image display time associated with a word with a small number of detections to be associated with a word with a large number of detections. The playback time of the sound effects and music that are recorded and the display time of the image may be set longer. Of course, the sound effect conversion unit 32 and the image conversion unit 33 set the sound effect and music playback time and the image display time in advance regardless of the number of word detection times stored in the word detection number storage unit 42. It may be set to a predetermined default length.

(Acquiring user instructions)
The user instruction acquisition unit 53 is a unit that receives an instruction from a user who uses the electronic device 1. The user instruction acquisition unit 53 may be configured with, for example, a keyboard, a cross key, a touch panel, and the like that accept an instruction given by a user pressing a button, a panel, or the like. You may be comprised with the microphone etc. which accept.

  When the user instruction is a registration instruction for registering data in the user registration database 419 included in the database storage unit 41 of the storage unit 40, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 stores the data included in the acquired registration instruction. Register in the user registration database 419. The data registered in the user registration database 419 is, for example, sound used when text data is played back, sound effect played back or displayed when a word or phrase included in the text data is played back. , Music and images. The sound effects, music, and images registered in the user registration database 419 are converted into data suitable for the formats of the sound effect database 415, music database 416, and image database 417, respectively. It may be automatically registered in the database.

  In addition, when the user instruction is a control instruction for controlling the function of the electronic device 1, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 supplies the acquired control instruction to the function control unit 54.

  For example, when the user instruction is a registration instruction for registering sound corresponding to the genre of the book used when the text data is reproduced, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 includes the genre of the book instructed by the user, What is necessary is just to associate with the audio | voice used for reproduction | regeneration, and to store in the database 419 for user registration. When the user instruction is, for example, a registration instruction for registering the genre of text data and the audio attributes (such as age group and gender) used for reproduction, the user is associated with the genre and the audio attribute. It may be stored in the registration database 419 or may be stored in the genre database 411.

  When the user instruction is a registration instruction indicating that sound effects, music, images, and the like are registered in association with a certain phrase, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 includes the instructed phrase, sound effects, music, In addition, the data is stored in the user registration database 419 in association with data such as an image. When the user instruction is a registration instruction for registering sound effects, music, images, and the like, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 stores the instructed words and sound effects instead of storing them in the user registration database 419. May be stored in the sound effect database 415, the instructed phrase and music may be stored in the music database 416, or the instructed phrase and image may be associated in the image database 417. May be stored.

  Further, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 may accept a user instruction indicating settings relating to sound reproduction, sound effect and music reproduction, image display, and the like.

  For example, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 stores data such as sound effects, music, and images registered by the registration instruction in data stored in the sound effect database 415, music database 416, image database 417, and the like in advance. A user instruction that is set to be reproduced or displayed with higher priority may be accepted.

  In addition, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 may accept a combination setting instruction for setting a combination of sound effects, music, and images that are reproduced or displayed in accordance with sound reproduction as a user instruction. Specifically, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 performs settings for performing only sound effect reproduction, settings for performing only music reproduction, settings for performing only image reproduction, sound effects and music reproduction in accordance with audio reproduction. Settings to perform, settings to play sound effects and display images, settings to play music and display images, and the like are accepted.

  In addition, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 includes, as user instructions, sound effects, music, images, and the like related to at least one of the words and phrases detected by the sentence analysis unit 21 and the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23. May be received from an external network such as the Internet connected to the electronic device 1. When receiving the data acquisition instruction, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 notifies the external data acquisition unit 55 of the received data acquisition instruction. The external data acquisition unit 55 will be described later.

  In this case, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 further stores data such as sound effects, music, and images acquired from the external network in advance in the sound effect database 415, music database 416, image database 417, and the like. A user instruction that is set to be reproduced or displayed in preference to the data that is being displayed may be received.

  Further, the user instruction acquisition unit 53 may accept a user instruction for setting a playback speed, a playback volume, and the like when the sentence data is played back by voice. The user instruction acquisition unit 53 stores user settings such as the received playback speed and playback volume in the user registration database 419.

  If the user registration database 419 stores the playback speed and user settings such as the playback volume at the time of voice playback of the text data, the voice conversion unit 31 plays the playback speed based on the stored user settings. And the playback volume and the like are determined. When the user setting is not stored in the user registration database 419 at the time of voice reproduction of the text data, the voice conversion unit 31 uses a preset default playback speed, playback volume, and the like. Sound reproduction may be performed.

  The function control unit 54 controls the function of the electronic device 1 based on a user instruction that is a control instruction supplied from the user instruction acquisition unit 53. For example, when the acquired control instruction is a control instruction for stopping the supply of power to each unit of the electronic device 1 (that is, turning off the power), the function control unit 54 includes the power supply unit (not configured) included in the electronic device 1. Control is performed so as to stop the supply of power to each unit.

  The external data acquisition unit 55 is means for acquiring data such as sound effects, music, and images from an external network. Specifically, when the data acquisition instruction is notified from the user instruction acquisition unit 53, the external data acquisition unit 55 is determined by the phrase detected by the sentence analysis unit 21 and the theme analysis unit 23 from the external network. Data such as sound effects, music, and images associated with at least one of the selected themes. Data such as sound effects, music, and images acquired from the external network may be stored in the user registration database 419, or stored in the sound effect database 415, music database 416, and image database 417, respectively. Also good.

  Note that the electronic device 1 and the external network may be wiredly connected by, for example, a LAN cable, or may be wirelessly connected by a wireless LAN or the like.

[Processing related to audio playback]
Next, processing related to audio reproduction in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13.

(Audio playback processing)
First, audio reproduction processing in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the audio reproduction process in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when the text data is input, the attribute information reading unit 10 reads the attribute information including the genre and the author from the text data (step S101).

  The attribute information reading unit 10 refers to the genre database 411 and the person name / gender database 412 to perform playback sound determination processing, and determines the sound used for playback from the read attribute information (step S102). The reproduction sound determination process will be described later with different drawings.

  The attribute information reading unit 10 stores the read attribute information in the attribute information database 418 included in the database storage unit 41 (step S103), and supplies the input text data to the text analysis unit 21.

  When the text data is supplied from the attribute information reading unit 10, the text analysis unit 21 reads the supplied text data (step S104).

  When the sentence analysis unit 21 reads the sentence data, the sentence analysis unit 21 stores the read sentence data in the storage unit 40 (step S105), and also converts the sentence data stored in the storage unit 40 into the character analysis unit 22, the theme analysis unit 23, The sound analysis unit 24, the sound effect analysis unit 25, and the image analysis unit 26 are supplied.

  When text data is supplied from the text analysis unit 21, the character analysis unit 22 detects the attributes including the character's last name, first name, nickname, and the age and sex of the character from the supplied text data. . In addition, the character analysis unit 22 associates the detected surname, first name, nickname, and character attributes of the detected characters, and stores them in the character data storage area included in the personal name / gender database 412.

  The voice analysis unit 24 detects the surname, first name, and nickname of the character from the text data supplied from the text analysis unit 21. The voice analysis unit 24 is associated with the voice type indicating the gender and age associated with any of the surname, first name, and nickname of the character detected in the character data storage area in the voice database 413. The voice data is determined as voice data to be used for the voice for reproducing the sentence data related to the characters of the characters (step S106).

  The sentence analysis unit 21 and the theme analysis unit 23 execute a theme determination process for determining a theme for each chapter constituting the sentence data (step S107). The theme determination process will be described later with reference to the drawings.

  When the sentence data is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the sound effect analysis unit 25 associates the phrase detected from each chapter constituting the sentence with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the theme database 414. In this case, in the sound effect database 415, the sound effect data associated with the detected word / phrase is determined as the sound effect to be reproduced in conjunction with the sound reproduction (step S108).

  Further, when the sentence data is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the sound effect analysis unit 25 is associated with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 for each chapter constituting the sentence in the music database 416. The data is determined as music to be played along with the voice playback of each chapter (step S109).

  When text data is supplied from the text analysis unit 21, the image analysis unit 26 associates words and phrases detected from each chapter constituting the text with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the theme database 414. In addition, in the image database 417, the image data associated with the detected word / phrase is determined as an image to be displayed along with the reproduction of sound (step S110).

  Next, when the sound effect analysis unit 25 and the image analysis unit 26 determine the sound effect, music, and image that are output along with the sound reproduction, the analysis unit 20 determines the sound data, The sound effect data, music data, and image data are supplied to the conversion unit 30.

  When the text data, voice data, sound effect data, music data, and image data are supplied, the conversion unit 30 performs output time determination processing that determines the output time for outputting the sound effects, music, and images. Execute (Step S111). The output time determination process will be described later with different drawings.

  When the output time for outputting the sound effect, music, and image is determined, the conversion unit 30 uses the sound conversion unit 31, the sound effect conversion unit 32, and the image conversion unit 33 to read the sound, sound effect, music, and image of the sentence data. The voice output unit 51 and the display unit 52 are driven so that the voice data is reproduced, the sound effects and music are reproduced, and the image is displayed (step S112).

  In step S <b> 105, the sentence analysis unit 21 once supplies the read sentence data to the character analysis unit 22, the theme analysis unit 23, the voice analysis unit 24, the sound effect analysis unit 25, and the image analysis unit 26. And stored in the storage unit 40. This is because the time required for processing in each of the analysis units 22 to 26 to which data is supplied from the text analysis unit 21 is longer than the time required for processing for reading the text data. This is because it is necessary to supply text data according to the processing speed. Thereby, the sentence analysis part 21 can prevent that excessive sentence data exceeding a processing capability is supplied with respect to each analysis part 22-26.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the sentence analysis unit 21 stores the read sentence data in the storage unit 40 and then supplies the read sentence data to the analysis units 22 to 26 in step S105 has been described as an example. Is not limited to this. For example, each analysis unit 22 to 26 has an individual buffer, and text data supplied from the text analysis unit 21 without being stored in the storage unit 40 is stored in the buffer that each analysis unit 22 to 26 has. You may employ | adopt the structure stored temporarily. In this case, each analysis part 22-26 should just read the text data stored in the buffer provided separately, and may perform the process of the step mentioned above.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the attribute information reading unit 10 stores only the read attribute information in the attribute information database 418 in step S103 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. is not. For example, in step S103, the attribute information reading unit 10 stores the read attribute information in the attribute information database 418 included in the database storage unit 41 in association with the audio information used for reproduction determined in step S102. Also good. In this case, the attribute information database 418 may be further provided with an area for storing audio information used for reproduction.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the sound effect analysis unit 25 determines the music to be played in conjunction with the sound playback of each chapter in step S109 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something. For example, in step S109, the sound effect analysis unit 25 associates the phrase detected from each chapter constituting the text data supplied from the text analysis unit 21 with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the theme database 414. In the music database 416, the music data associated with the detected word / phrase may be determined as music to be played along with the sound playback of the detected word / phrase.

(Playback audio decision process)
Next, the playback sound determination process (step S102 in FIG. 10) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of the playback audio determination process in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  When the attribute information reading unit 10 reads the attribute information including the genre and the author from the sentence data, as shown in FIG. 11, both the age group and the gender of the voice used for reproducing the sentence data are determined from the genre of the sentence data. It is determined whether it is determined (step S201). For example, the attribute information reading unit 10 determines in the genre database 411 whether or not the age group and the gender of the voice used for reproduction are associated with the genre included in the read attribute information. What is necessary is just to determine whether both sexes are decided.

  If it is determined from the genre of the text data that neither the age group nor the gender of the voice used to reproduce the text data is determined (NO in step S201), the attribute information reading unit 10 determines the text from the genre and author of the text data. It is determined whether or not the age group and gender of the voice used for data reproduction are determined (step S202). For example, the attribute information reading unit 10 associates the genre and age group included in the read attribute information in the genre database 411 and the author and gender included in the read attribute information in the person name / gender database 412. It is only necessary to determine whether or not the age group and gender are determined by determining whether or not are associated with each other.

  When it is determined from the genre of the text data whether both the age group and gender of the voice used for the playback of the text data are determined (YES in step S201), or from the genre and author of the text data, used for the playback of the text data When it is determined that the voice age group and gender are determined (YES in step S202), the attribute information reading unit 10 determines the voice age group and gender used to reproduce the text data, and the voice database 413 determines the determined age. The audio data associated with the type indicating the layer and the sex is determined as audio data of audio used for reproducing the text data (step S203).

  Further, when it is determined from the genre and author of the text data that the age group and gender of the voice used to reproduce the text data are not determined (NO in step S202), the attribute information reading unit 10 determines the default voice data as It is determined as a voice to be used for reproducing text data (step S204).

(Theme determination process)
Next, the theme determination process (step S107 in FIG. 10) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of theme determination processing in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the sentence analysis unit 21 includes a phrase that matches a phrase registered in any one of the sound effect database 415, the music database 416, and the image database 417 in a chapter that constitutes the sentence data. It is determined whether or not there is (step S301).

  If it is determined that there is a phrase that matches the phrase registered in any database (YES in step S301), the sentence analysis unit 21 starts the phrase registered in any database from the chapter. Find words that match. In addition, the sentence analysis unit 21 stores the detected word / phrase in the word / phrase detection count storage unit 42 in association with the detected number of detected words / phrases (step S302). For example, the detection count associated with the first detection of each word may be one.

  When the sentence analysis unit 21 detects the same word / phrase, the sentence analysis unit 21 increases the value of the number of detections stored in the word / phrase detection number storage unit 42 and associated with the detected word / phrase by 1 (step S303). When the sentence analysis unit 21 stores the phrase and the number of detections in the phrase detection count storage unit 42 of the detected phrase, the sentence analysis unit 21 notifies the theme analysis unit 23 of a signal indicating that the phrase and the number of detections are stored.

  When the theme analysis unit 23 acquires a signal indicating that the phrase and the number of detections are stored from the sentence analysis unit 21, the theme analysis unit 23 refers to the phrase detection number storage unit 42, and the number of detections associated with the phrase in the chapter is It is determined whether or not there are more words than a preset threshold value (step S304).

  If it is determined that there are words with the number of detections greater than the threshold (YES in step S304), the theme analysis unit 23 sets the rank in order from the word with the highest number of detections among the words with the number of detections greater than the threshold. (Step S305).

  The theme analysis unit 23 determines in order from the phrase with the highest rank whether or not the theme associated with the phrase with the rank set is registered in the theme database 414 in a certain chapter (step) S306).

  When the theme associated with the word / phrase for which the rank has been set is registered in the theme database 414 (YES in step S306), the theme analysis unit 23 associates the word / phrase with the rank set in the theme database 414. The theme associated with the word / phrase having the highest rank is determined as the theme of a chapter (step S307).

  After determining the theme of a certain chapter, the theme analysis unit 23 determines whether the themes of all chapters have been determined (step S308).

  When the sentence analysis unit 21 determines that there is no phrase that matches a phrase registered in any database in the chapter (NO in step S301), the theme analysis unit 23 sets the number of detections greater than the threshold. If it is determined that the phrase does not exist (NO in step S304), the theme associated with the phrase for which the rank is set is not registered in the theme database 414 (NO in step S306), and all If the chapter theme has not been determined (NO in step S308), the sentence analysis unit 21 and the theme analysis unit 23 move to the next chapter (step S309), and repeat the above-described steps S301 to S308. .

  When the themes of all chapters are determined (YES in step S308), the theme analysis unit 23 ends the theme determination process.

(Output time determination process)
Next, the output time determination process (step S111 in FIG. 10) will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of output time determination processing in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 13, when the sound effect, music, and image output together with the reproduction of the text data are determined, the conversion unit 30 is associated with each data (sound effect data, music data, and image data). The number of detected words / phrases is acquired from the word / phrase detection number storage unit 42 (step S401).

  When the sound effect conversion unit 32 and the image conversion unit 33 in the conversion unit 30 obtain the number of times of detection of the phrase associated with each of the sound effect data, the music data, and the image data, the output time of the sound effect, the music, and the image is calculated. Then, it is determined according to the number of detected words / phrases (step S402).

  As the output time corresponding to the number of detections, for example, the sound effect conversion unit 32 reproduces the sound effect data when the number of detections of the phrase associated with the sound effect data in the sound effect database is two. The time required for this may be 10 seconds. When the number of detections of the phrase associated with the music data in the music database is 5, the sound effect conversion unit 32 may set the time for reproducing the music data to 20 seconds. Further, the image conversion unit 33 may set the time for displaying the image data to 30 seconds when the number of detections of the phrase associated with the image data in the image database is seven.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration of outputting sound effects, music, and images together with the sound reproduction of the text data has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is also possible to output at least one of sound effects, music, and images together with voice reproduction of text data. In this case, as described above, a combination setting instruction may be acquired via the user instruction acquisition unit 53.

  In the present embodiment, sound effects, music, and sound that are reproduced or displayed together with sound reproduction of sentence data by referring to sound effects, music, and image data stored in advance in each database. The configuration for determining an image has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as described above, when a data acquisition instruction is received via the user instruction acquisition unit 53, the electronic device 1 converts the sound effect, music, and image data acquired from the external data acquisition unit into text data. It may be reproduced or displayed together with the audio reproduction.

  In addition, the external data acquisition unit receives data such as sound effects, music, and images related to at least one of the phrase detected by the sentence analysis unit 21 and the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 from the user. A configuration of acquiring from an external network without depending on the data acquisition instruction may be adopted. In this case, the external data acquisition unit 55 may store the acquired data such as sound effects, music, and images in the sound effect database 415, the music database 416, and the image database 417, respectively. The sound effect analysis unit 25 and the image analysis unit 26 store the sound effect, music, and image data acquired from the external network respectively stored in the sound effect database 415, the music database 416, and the image database 417. It is determined as sound effects, music and images to be reproduced or displayed together with the reproduction of text data.

  As a result, the electronic device 1 does not store data suitable for voice reproduction of text data in each database provided in the database storage unit 41 in advance, but data suitable for voice playback of text data by the external data acquisition unit 55. Can be obtained and output.

  With the configuration described above, the text data is played back based on the setting information set according to the attribute information (text data genre and author) included in the text data. It is possible to perform voice playback. Accordingly, the electronic device can prevent the text data from being reproduced with a sound that does not match the attribute of the text data.

  As described above, the user can sufficiently enjoy the text data by enabling the audio reproduction suitable for the attribute of the text data.

  In addition, the electronic device 1 can change the voice for each character analyzed by the character analysis unit 22, and can reproduce a sentence related to the character, such as a dialogue, with the sound that matches the attribute of each character. .

  In this way, by making it possible to perform audio reproduction that matches the attributes of the characters, the user can reproduce the sentence data in a more detailed expression and presence than when the sentence data is reproduced with a single audio. Since you can listen to the voice playback, you can enjoy the text data further.

  In addition, the sound effect analysis unit 25 and the sound effect conversion unit 32, and the image analysis unit 26 and the image conversion unit 33, when a word / phrase not related to the theme is detected, the sound effect corresponding to the word / phrase not related to the theme And since an image is not output, it can reduce giving a user a sense of incongruity. Therefore, the user can enjoy appropriate sound effects, images, and the like in addition to the sound in which the text data is reproduced.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of explanation, constituent elements having the same functions as those of the constituent elements according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

〔Electronics〕
The attribute information reading unit 10 included in the electronic device 1 according to the present embodiment further has a function of determining whether or not the text data is an e-mail.

  When the text data is an e-mail, the attribute information reading unit 10 acquires the address of the e-mail transmission source as the text data attribute information, and determines a sound for reproducing the e-mail according to the acquired attribute information. . The attribute information reading unit 10 stores the attribute information of the acquired text data in the attribute information database 418 included in the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40.

  The attribute information reading unit 10 acquires voice data of a transmission source partner associated with an e-mail address from an address book database, which will be described later, and determines the acquired voice data as voice used for reproducing the e-mail. .

  Further, the attribute information reading unit 10, in the address book database, when the voice data of the transmission partner is not associated with the e-mail address, the transmission source partner associated with the e-mail address in the address book database. The name, age, gender, and the like are referred to, and the voice used for reproduction of the e-mail is determined from the voice database shown in FIG.

  In the address book database, the attribute information reading unit 10 selects the voice used for reproducing the e-mail when the e-mail address is not associated with the voice data, age, and gender of the sender. It may be decided to use the default voice.

[Database]
In the electronic device 1 according to the present embodiment, the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40 includes an address book database. The address book database will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book database stored in the database storage unit 41 according to the present embodiment.

(Address book database)
The address book database is a database that is referred to when the text data is an e-mail.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the address book database is associated with the name, address, age, gender, voice data, and data indicating the sender partner of the email sender.

  For example, in the address book database, for the name “Shinya Ueda” of the sender, the data “0001” indicating the sender, address “disec@tokkyo.com”, age “32”, gender “male”, and , Audio data “O0001” are associated with each other.

  The voice data stored in the address book database is, for example, the voice of the other party of the transmission source, for example, the voice data stored by individually recording the voice of the other party of transmission, such as a Japanese syllabary, numbers, alphabets, etc. It may be.

[Audio playback processing]
Next, an audio reproduction process when the text data is an e-mail will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of the voice reproduction process of the electronic mail in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  When the text data is input, the attribute information reading unit 10 first determines whether or not the text data is an e-mail, and when the text data is an e-mail, the e-mail voice shown in FIG. Execute the decision process.

(E-mail voice decision processing)
When the text data is an electronic mail, the attribute information reading unit 10 first acquires an address from the electronic mail as attribute information.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the attribute information reading unit 10 acquires an address from an e-mail, the attribute information reading unit 10 determines whether or not the acquired address is registered in the address book database (step S501).

  If it is determined that the acquired address is not registered in the address book database (NO in step S501), the attribute information reading unit 10 determines the voice used for reproducing the e-mail as the default voice (step S502). ).

  If it is determined that the acquired address is registered in the address book database (YES in step S501), the attribute information reading unit 10 determines whether audio data is associated with the acquired address (step S501). S503).

  If it is determined in the address book database that the voice data is associated with the acquired address (YES in step S503), the attribute information reading unit 10 uses the voice data associated with the address for reproducing the e-mail. Is determined as a voice to be played (step S504).

  If it is determined that the voice data is not associated with the acquired address in the address book database (NO in step S503), the attribute information reading unit 10 refers to the age and sex of the transmission source partner associated with the address. In the voice database shown in FIG. 5, the voice data associated with the voice type indicated by the age and sex of the transmission source partner is determined as the voice used for reproducing the e-mail (step S505). The voice determination process ends.

  When the voice determination processing for the e-mail is completed, the conversion unit 30 causes the voice conversion unit 31, the sound effect conversion unit 32, and the image conversion unit 33 to output the voice, sound effect, music, and image of the text data. In addition, the voice output unit 51 and the display unit 52 are driven to execute voice reproduction of sentence data, reproduction of sound effects and music, and display of images.

  Therefore, even when the text data is an electronic mail, the electronic device 1 can reproduce the electronic mail by voice with an appropriate voice according to the address data, that is, the sender of the electronic mail. Thus, the user can enjoy the electronic mail with an appropriate voice corresponding to the other party of the electronic mail.

<Embodiment 3>
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of explanation, constituent elements having the same functions as those of the constituent elements according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

[Database]
First, prior to description of each unit included in the electronic device 1, a database stored in the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40 according to the present embodiment will be described below. In the electronic device 1 according to the present embodiment, the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40 further includes a phonetic expression database and an abbreviation database.

(Voice expression database)
First, an audio expression database that is referred to when determining an audio expression used for reproducing text data to be reproduced in the electronic apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a speech expression database stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the speech expression database includes words and phrases indicating speech expression (ie, speech expression) in sentence data, and parameters for reproducing sound (speed, volume, and wait in FIG. 16). And expression data are associated with each other. Note that “Wait” is the time from when the previous speech or sentence is reproduced, until the next dialogue is reproduced.

  For example, the speed “−3”, the volume “0”, and the wait “0” are associated as parameters with respect to the phrase “slowly” indicating the voice expression associated with the expression data “K0001”. . In addition, the speed “0”, the volume “+3”, and the wait “0” are associated as parameters with respect to the phrase “loud voice” indicating the speech expression, which is associated with the expression data “K0002”. . For the phrase “mosquito-speaking voice” indicating the voice expression associated with the expression data “K9998”, the speed “0”, volume “−10”, and Wait “5 seconds” are used as parameters. Is associated.

  For example, a line that is reproduced so as to express the phrase “voice like mosquito” that expresses the voice expression is “5 seconds”, so that 5 seconds after the sentence immediately before the line is reproduced. It will be played later. In addition, since the speech that is reproduced to express “voice that sounds like a mosquito” has a speed of “0”, it is played back at the same speed as the playback speed of the default voice, and the volume is “−10”. Therefore, when the playback volume of the default sound is “15”, playback is performed at a volume “5” that is smaller by 10.

  In addition, a speed “0”, a volume “0”, and a wait “10 seconds” are associated as parameters with a technical symbol “***” described later.

(Abbreviation database)
Next, an abbreviation database that is referred to when text data is reproduced according to technical symbols or abbreviations in the electronic apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the abbreviation database stored in the database storage unit 41.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the abbreviation database includes abbreviations (or technical symbols) used in drama literature, abbreviation data, a database of reference destinations to be referred to when reproducing voice, sound effects, and music. Is associated.

  For example, the abbreviation “N” indicating that the sentence that follows is “narration” includes data “r001” and a database that is referred to in order to determine the voice used to reproduce the sentence data that follows the abbreviation “N”. Each “voice database” is associated.

  Further, the data “r003” and the database “music database” referred to for determining the music to be played back are associated with the abbreviation “BGM” instructing to play music simultaneously with the following text. .

  Note that the abbreviation “M” shown in FIG. 17 indicates that the following sentence is “monologue”, and the abbreviation “SE” indicates that a sound effect is to be played simultaneously with the following sentence.

  Also, the technical symbol “***” shown in FIG. 17 indicates that there is a lapse of time between the scenes indicated by the preceding and following sentences. The technical symbol “***” is used, for example, when the scene indicated by a certain sentence is one hour after the scene indicated by the sentence immediately before the certain sentence. In addition, when there is a large time lapse between the scenes indicated by the preceding and following sentences, the technical symbol “***” may be arranged in two lines.

  In the abbreviation database shown in FIG. 17, the technical symbol “***” includes data “r999” and a database “speech expression database” referred to for reproducing text data following the technical symbol “***”. Are associated. As described above with reference to FIG. 16, Wait “10 seconds” is associated with the speech expression database referred to for reproducing the text data following the technical symbol “***”. That is, the sentence data immediately after the technical symbol “***” is reproduced 10 seconds after the text data immediately before the technical symbol “***” is reproduced.

〔Electronics〕
The attribute information reading unit 10 included in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment further has a function of determining whether or not the text data is dramatic literature. For example, the attribute information reading unit 10 may determine that the text data is dramatic literature when the genre of the text data is dramatic literature. In addition, drama literature is a drama, a script, etc., for example.

  When the text data is dramatic literature, the attribute information reading unit 10 acquires the author of the dramatic literature as the attribute information of the text data, and determines the sound for reproducing the dramatic literature according to the acquired attribute information. The attribute information reading unit 10 stores the attribute information of the acquired text data in the attribute information database 418 included in the database storage unit 41 included in the storage unit 40.

  The attribute information reading unit 10 first acquires the age group associated with the genre “dramatic literature” of the text data from the genre database 411. Next, the attribute information reading unit 10 acquires the gender associated with the name of the author of the acquired sentence data from the personal name / gender database 412.

  The attribute information reading unit 10 determines the audio data associated with the acquired age group and the audio type indicating the sex from the audio database 413 as the audio to be used as audio for reproducing drama.

  The sentence analysis unit 21 detects “post writing” and “part writing” included in the sentence data. When the sentence analysis unit 21 detects either column writing or writing, it notifies the image analysis unit 26 that the sentence data includes column writing or writing. Further, the sentence analysis unit 21 refers to the voice database 413 and the like so as to reproduce the column writing and the writing included in the sentence data as narration.

  Here, the pillar writing generally refers to a sentence written at the beginning of a scene and indicating the place and time in drama literature. Note that there is one line of blank before the column writing, and “○” is added at the beginning of the column writing.

  In the drama literature, the general writing generally refers to a sentence describing rough instructions regarding the actions of the characters, lighting, and effects such as sound effects.

  In addition, the sentence analysis unit 21 sets a serial number flag for identifying a line of a certain character in order from the beginning of the sentence data stored in the character data storage unit for the lines included in the sentence data. To do.

  In addition, the sentence analysis unit 21 detects a phrase that matches the phrase indicating the speech expression stored in the speech expression database from the sentence data, and supplies the detected phrase to the speech analysis unit 24.

  In addition, the sentence analysis unit 21 detects a phrase that matches a technical symbol or abbreviation stored in the abbreviation database from the sentence data, and notifies the speech analysis unit 24, the sound effect analysis unit 25, and the image analysis unit 26. To do.

  The character analysis unit 22 reads the surname, first name, nickname, age, gender, and the like of the character from the character table included in the text data that is dramatic literature, and stores it in the character data storage unit. As shown in FIG. 4B, the character analysis unit 22 sets flags (eg, “F0001”, “F0002”) for each character stored in the character data storage area, as shown in FIG. ”And the like, and a serial number is set in the flag (for example,“ F0001-1 ”,“ F0001-2 ”,... -n "(n is an integer greater than or equal to 1)) is set (step S605).

  The character analysis unit 22 stores characters that are not included in the character table in the registered character data storage area as appropriate when detected from the text data.

  The voice analysis unit 24 refers to the voice expression database and determines the reproduction speed, volume, and wait of the text data.

  For example, when the phrase “slowly” indicating the speech expression is included in the m-th sentence, the speech analysis unit 24 sets the speed parameter “−” associated with “slowly” in the speech expression database. 3 ”is read, and the playback speed of the dialogue corresponding to“ slowly ”is determined to be played back more slowly than the default playback speed.

  When the image analysis unit 26 obtains notification from the text analysis unit 21 that either column writing or writing has been detected, the reproduced column writing or writing is displayed along with the reproduction of the column writing or writing. To be displayed. Specifically, the image analysis unit 26 causes the function control unit 54 to determine whether power is supplied to the display unit 52 (whether it is in an ON state), and is in a state where the power is not supplied (in a power OFF state). In such a case, the function control unit 54 is notified so that power is supplied to the display unit 52 for the time during which the column writing or writing is displayed on the display unit 52.

  The function control unit 54 switches between the ON state and the OFF state of the display unit 52 based on the notification supplied from the image analysis unit 26.

[Audio playback processing]
Next, an audio reproduction process when the text data is dramatic literature will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of drama literature audio reproduction processing in the electronic apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  When the text data is input, the attribute information reading unit 10 first reads the attribute information of the text data. When the genre of the text data included in the attribute information read by the attribute information reading unit 10 is dramatic literature, the electronic device 1 executes the dramatic literature audio determination process shown in FIG.

(Dramatic literature voice decision processing)
When the sentence data is supplied, the analysis unit 20 determines in the sentence analysis unit 21 whether or not each sentence constituting the sentence data is a character table (step S601). Here, an explanation will be given by taking as an example the processing for the m-th sentence (m is an integer equal to or greater than 1) constituting the sentence data.

  If the sentence analysis unit 21 determines that the m-th sentence is the character table (YES in step S601), the character analysis unit 22 reads the character table and includes the character table included in the character table. The surname, first name, nickname, age, gender, and the like of the person are associated with each other and stored in a character data storage area included in the person name / gender database 412 (step S602).

  When the surname, first name, nickname, age, gender, and the like of the character are stored in the character data storage area, the character analysis unit 22 stores, from the voice database, each character stored in the character data storage area. The voice of each character is selected by referring to the voice data associated with the voice type indicating age and gender (step S603).

  In addition, the character analysis unit 22 determines each sound selected from the sound database as the sound of each character (step S604).

  The character analysis unit 22 sets a flag for specifying a character for each character stored in the character data storage area, and further sets a serial number in the flag (step S605).

  The character analysis unit 22 stores the set serial number flag in the character data storage area (step S606).

  If the sentence analysis unit 21 determines that one sentence is not the character table (YES in step S601), the sentence analysis unit 21 determines whether the m-th sentence is a column writing or a top-notation (step). S607).

  When it is determined that the m-th sentence is a postscript or a top-notation (YES in step S607), the sentence analysis unit 21 causes the attribute information reading unit 10 illustrated in FIG. 11 to reproduce the m-th sentence as a narration. The same processing as the playback sound determination processing executed in step S608 is executed (step S608).

  If it is determined that the m-th sentence is column writing or writing (YES in step S607), the sentence analysis unit 21 notifies the image analysis unit 26 that the m-th sentence is column writing or writing. . The image analysis unit 26 notifies the function control unit 54 to determine whether or not the display unit 52 is in the ON state. Based on the notification acquired from the image analysis unit 26, the function control unit 54 determines whether or not the display unit 52 is in an ON state (step S609).

  When the function control unit 54 determines that the display unit 52 is in the OFF state (NO in step S609), the image analysis unit 26 displays the display unit only while displaying the m-th sentence and image that are column writing or overwriting. The function control unit 54 is notified of a signal to turn 52 on. Based on the notification supplied from the image analysis unit 26, the function control unit 54 turns on the display unit 52 only while displaying the m-th sentence and the image that are the pillar writing or the top writing (step S610).

  When the function control unit 54 determines that the display unit 52 is in the ON state (YES in step S609), the theme analysis unit 23 executes the theme determination process shown in FIG. 12 (step S611).

  If it is determined that the m-th sentence is not a column writing or a top-notation (YES in step S607), the sentence analysis unit 21 determines whether the m-th sentence is a dialogue (step S612).

  When it is determined that the mth sentence is a dialogue (YES in step S612), the sentence analysis unit 21 uses the same appearance set in the sentences up to the (m-1) th sentence in the dialogue of the mth sentence. The same flag as the person's dialogue is set (step S613).

  In addition, the sentence analysis unit 21 further sets a serial number to the same flag set in the dialogue of the same character (step S614), and the mth sentence with the flag set as the character analysis unit 22 and the voice. It supplies to the analysis part 24.

  The character analysis unit 22 associates the flag set in the m-th sentence supplied from the text analysis unit 21 with the last name, first name, nickname, age, and gender of the character, and stores the character data storage area (Step S615).

  When it is determined that the mth sentence is not a dialogue (NO in step S612), the sentence analysis unit 21 has a phrase that matches the phrase indicating the speech expression stored in the speech expression database in the mth sentence. It is determined whether or not (step S616).

  If the sentence analysis unit 21 determines that there is a phrase that matches the phrase indicating the speech expression stored in the speech expression database (YES in step S616), the speech analysis unit 24 stores the phrase in the speech expression database. A phrase that matches a phrase that indicates a voice expression and a dialogue of which character included in a sentence close to the m-th sentence correspond to each other, and the phrase corresponds to the phrase The dialogue is associated (step S617).

  When it is determined that there is no phrase that matches the phrase indicating the speech expression stored in the speech expression database (NO in step S616), the sentence analysis unit 21 includes a technical symbol or abbreviation in the mth sentence. It is determined whether or not there is (step S618).

  When the m-th sentence is the character table and the character table is stored in the character data storage area (step S606), the m-th sentence is the column writing or the top writing, and the display unit 52 is turned on. In the case (step S610), when the theme determination process is performed (step S611), and when the m-th sentence includes a phrase indicating the phonetic expression and the phrase and the corresponding line are associated (step S617), The mth sentence is supplied to the sound analysis unit 24, the sound effect analysis unit 25, and the image analysis unit 26.

  When the technical symbol or abbreviation is included in the m-th sentence (YES in step S618), the sentence analysis unit 21 performs the speech analysis unit 24 and the sound effect analysis unit 25 according to the technical symbol or the abbreviation. Text data is supplied to any one of the image analysis unit 26. For example, if the sentence analysis unit 21 is a technical symbol or abbreviation related to voice reproduction (for example, “N” indicating narration, “M” indicating monologue, etc.), the sentence analysis unit 21 sends the m th sentence to the voice analysis unit 24. Supply.

  When the m-th sentence is supplied, the sound effect analysis unit 25 refers to the database associated with the technical symbol or abbreviation included in the m-th sentence in the abbreviation database, and plays the sound from the referenced database. The sound effect to be played is also determined. When the m-th sentence is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the sound effect analysis unit 25 associates the phrase detected from the m-th sentence with the theme determined in the theme determination process in the theme database 414. If so, the sound effect data associated with the detected word / phrase in the sound effect database 415 is determined as a sound effect to be reproduced along with the reproduction of the sound (step S619).

  In addition, when the m-th sentence is supplied, the sound effect analysis unit 25 refers to the database associated with the technical symbol or abbreviation included in the m-th sentence in the abbreviation database, and from the referenced database, Determine the music to be played along with the playback. When the m-th sentence is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the sound effect analysis unit 25 associates the phrase detected from the m-th sentence with the theme determined in the theme determination process in the theme database 414. If so, the music data associated with the detected word / phrase in the music database 416 is determined as the music to be played along with the playback of the voice (step S620).

  When the m-th sentence is supplied, the image analysis unit 26 refers to the database associated with the technical symbol or the abbreviation included in the m-th sentence in the abbreviation database, and also reproduces the sound from the referenced database. The image to be displayed. Further, when the m-th sentence is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the image analysis unit 26 associates the phrase detected from the m-th sentence in the theme database 414 with the theme determined in the theme determination process. In this case, in the image database 417, the image data associated with the detected word / phrase is determined as an image to be reproduced along with the reproduction of sound (step S621).

  In addition, the speech analysis unit 24 converts the expression parameters (speed, volume, and Wait parameters) associated with the phrase indicating the speech expression included in the m-th sentence from the speech expression database into the speech expression. It is determined as a parameter to be referred to when the dialogue corresponding to the phrase to be shown is reproduced. Further, when the m-th sentence is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the speech analysis unit 24 displays the flag set in the dialogue and the character data storage area when the m-th sentence is a dialogue. Referring to which character's dialogue is specified, the voice in which the dialogue is reproduced is determined (step S622).

  The analysis unit 20 uses the playback speed, volume, and wait parameters determined by the voice analysis unit 24, and the serial number flag set in the dialogue included in the mth sentence in the sentence analysis unit 21, It supplies to the conversion part 30 (step S623).

  When the analysis unit 20 supplies the conversion unit 30 with the playback speed, volume, and Wait parameters, and the serial number flag set in the dialogue included in the m-th sentence, all of the sentence data are configured. It is determined whether the above-described processing has been performed on the sentence (step S624).

  If the above-described processing has not been performed for all sentences constituting the sentence data (NO in step S624), the analysis unit 20 moves to the next sentence (here, m + 1th sentence) (step S625), and step S601. To S624 are repeated.

  When the processes from steps S601 to S624 are performed for all sentences constituting the sentence data (YES in step S624), the analysis unit 20 ends the play reproduction process of the dramatic literature.

  Further, when the play reproduction process of drama literature ends, the conversion unit 30 outputs the sound, sound effect, music, and image of the sentence data in the sound conversion unit 31, the sound effect conversion unit 32, and the image conversion unit 33. In addition, the voice output unit 51 and the display unit 52 are driven to execute voice reproduction of sentence data, reproduction of sound effects and music, and display of images.

  If the text data is dramatic literature, the beginning of the text data (for example, the cover) generally includes the title and author of the dramatic literature, but the title and author are also pillars. What is necessary is just to reproduce | regenerate similarly to reproduction | regeneration of narrations, such as writing and writing.

  As described above, by setting the flag to the dialogue included in the sentence data, it is possible to further simplify the processing until the speech analysis unit 24 determines the speech used for the speech reproduction.

  In the present embodiment, a description has been given of a configuration in which narrations such as column writing and text writing are displayed on the display unit 52 together with the reproduction of text data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as in the case of the second voice, a configuration may be adopted in which narration is played back with playback of other text data, or narration is played back with playback of other text data, and the display unit 52 You may employ | adopt the structure to display.

  According to the above-described configuration, the writing portion or writing portion of the sentence data that is the dramatic literature can be displayed on the display unit 52. As a result, the user can know the action of the above-mentioned characters expressed by writing and the location and time of the scene expressed by pillar writing, together with the text data to be reproduced, You can enjoy the contents of text data more.

  In addition, when the display unit 52 is in the OFF state, the user can display the column writing or overwriting part after the display unit 52 is turned on, so that the user is in the OFF state. You can also see column writing or writing.

  In addition, the speech analysis unit 24 and the speech conversion unit 31 can convert the speech of the character into the text data by reproducing the speech of the character in an expression method expressed by a phrase related to the expression of the speech of the character. Therefore, the user can enjoy the speech of the characters in the expression along the scene of the text data.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in the above-described embodiments. Other embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

<Modification>
Next, modifications of the present invention will be described below. For convenience of explanation, constituent elements having the same functions as those of the constituent elements according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the sentence data is an e-mail, when the attribute of the sentence data is drama literature, and when it is other than drama literature, the case where the process is executed individually has been described. Of course, it may be executed as a series of processes.

  The audio reproduction process in the electronic apparatus 1 according to this modification will be described with reference mainly to FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a flow of audio reproduction processing in the electronic apparatus 1 according to this modification.

  As shown in FIG. 19, when the text data is input, the electronic device 1 determines whether the text data is an e-mail in the attribute information reading unit 10 (step S701).

  If the text data is an electronic mail (YES in step S701), the electronic device 1 executes an electronic mail voice determination process shown in FIG. 15 (step S702).

  If the text data is not an electronic mail (NO in step S701), the attribute information reading unit 10 reads attribute information including the genre and the author from the text data (step S703).

  When the attribute information reading unit 10 reads the attribute information, the attribute information reading unit 10 determines whether or not the text data is dramatic literature from the genre included in the attribute information (step S704).

  If it is determined that the text data is dramatic literature (YES in step S704), the electronic device 1 executes the dramatic literature audio determination process shown in FIG. 18 (step S705).

  If it is determined that the text data is not dramatic literature (NO in step S704), the attribute information reading unit 10 refers to the genre database 411 and the person name / gender database 412 and performs the reproduction voice determination process shown in FIG. The sound used for reproduction is determined from the attribute information (step S706).

  The attribute information reading unit 10 stores the read attribute information in the attribute information database 418 included in the database storage unit 41 (step S707), and supplies the input text data to the text analysis unit 21.

  When the text data is supplied from the attribute information reading unit 10, the text analysis unit 21 reads the supplied text data (step S708).

  When the sentence analysis unit 21 reads the sentence data, the sentence analysis unit 21 stores the read sentence data in the storage unit 40 (step S709), and the read sentence data is converted into the character analysis unit 22, the theme analysis unit 23, and the voice analysis unit 24. To the sound effect analysis unit 25 and the image analysis unit 26.

  When the text data is supplied from the text analysis unit 21, the character analysis unit 22 detects the attributes including the surname, first name, nickname, and the age and sex of the character from the supplied text data. Are associated with each other and stored in a character data storage area included in the personal name / gender database 412.

  The voice analysis unit 24 detects the surname, first name, and nickname of the character from the text data supplied from the text analysis unit 21, and the appearance detected in the character data storage area in the voice database 413. Voice data associated with the type of voice indicating gender and age associated with one of the person's last name, first name, and nickname is used as voice data used to reproduce text data related to the line of characters. Determine (step S710).

  The sentence analysis unit 21 and the theme analysis unit 23 execute a theme determination process shown in FIG. 12 for determining a theme for each chapter constituting the sentence data (step S711).

  When the sentence data is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the sound effect analysis unit 25 associates the phrase detected from each chapter constituting the sentence with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the theme database 414. In this case, in the sound effect database 415, the sound effect data associated with the detected word / phrase is determined as the sound effect to be played in conjunction with the sound playback (step S712).

  In addition, when the sentence data is supplied from the sentence analysis unit 21, the sound effect analysis unit 25 associates the phrase detected from each chapter constituting the sentence with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the theme database 414. If so, the music data associated with the detected word / phrase in the music database 416 is determined as the music to be played along with the playback of the voice (step S713).

  When text data is supplied from the text analysis unit 21, the image analysis unit 26 associates words and phrases detected from each chapter constituting the text with the theme determined by the theme analysis unit 23 in the theme database 414. In addition, in the image database 417, the image data associated with the detected word / phrase is determined as an image to be displayed along with the sound reproduction (step S714).

  When the sound effect analysis unit 25 and the image analysis unit 26 determine the sound effect, music, and image that are output along with the sound reproduction, the analysis unit 20 determines the sound data, sound effect data, along with the text data. The music data and the image data are supplied to the conversion unit 30.

  When the text data, voice data, sound effect data, music data, and image data are supplied, the conversion unit 30 determines the output time for outputting the sound effects, music, and images. The output shown in FIG. Time determination processing is executed (step S715).

  When the voice determination process for e-mail, the voice determination process for drama literature, or the output time determination process ends, the conversion unit 30 uses the voice conversion unit 31, the sound effect conversion unit 32, and the image conversion unit 33 to convert the voice of the sentence data. The voice output unit 51 and the display unit 52 are driven so that sound effects, music, and images are output, thereby executing voice playback of text data, playback of sound effects and music, and display of images. (Step S716).

[Program, recording medium]
Each block of the electronic device 1 may be realized in hardware by a logic circuit formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip), or may be realized in software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). .

  In the latter case, the electronic device 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program, the program, and various types A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing data is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the electronic device 1 which is software that realizes the above-described functions is recorded in a computer-readable manner, This can also be achieved by supplying the electronic device 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a magnetic disk such as a hard disk, a CD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW / MO / DVD-ROM / DVD-R / DVD-RW / Blu-ray disk (BD) -ROM / Discs including optical disks such as BD-R / BD-RE, cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash memory, and the like are used. it can.

  The program code may be supplied to the electronic device 1 via a communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited as long as it can transmit the program code. For example, the Internet, LAN, CATV communication network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, etc. can be used. Also, the transmission medium constituting this communication network is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, a cable using a metal cable such as a telephone line, a LAN cable, a cable TV line, or an optical fiber such as FTTH, or a radio wave using a mobile phone line, a radio wave such as WLAN, or an infrared ray such as IrDA or a remote control. Is available.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in the above-described embodiments. Other embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The present invention can be suitably used for an apparatus capable of displaying an electronic book and outputting a voice, such as an electronic book device, a mobile phone, and a personal computer.

1 Electronic Device 10 Attribute Information Reading Unit (Attribute Information Reading Unit)
20 Analysis unit 21 Sentence analysis unit (sentence analysis means)
22 Character analysis section (character analysis means)
23 Theme Analysis Department (Theme Analysis Method)
24 Voice analysis unit (voice playback means)
25 Sound effect analysis unit (sound effect reproduction means, music reproduction means)
26 Image analysis unit (image display means)
30 Conversion unit 31 Audio conversion unit (audio reproduction means)
32 Sound effect converter (sound effect playback means, music playback means)
33 Image converter (image display means)
40 storage unit 41 database storage unit 42 phrase detection count storage unit 51 voice output unit 52 display unit 53 user instruction acquisition unit 54 function control unit 55 external data acquisition unit (external data acquisition unit)

Claims (12)

Voice playback means for voice playback of sentence data;
Attribute information reading means for reading the attribute information included in the text data,
The voice reproduction means performs voice reproduction of the sentence data according to setting information associated with the attribute information read by the attribute information reading means.
An electronic device characterized by that. The attribute information is information identifying the genre of the text data and the author.
The electronic device according to claim 1. A sentence analysis means for detecting a phrase;
A theme analysis means for analyzing a theme in a part of the sentence data based on the phrase detected by the sentence analysis means;
When the phrase detected by the sentence analyzing means is a phrase related to the theme analyzed by the theme analyzing means, a sound effect reproducing means for reproducing a sound effect according to the phrase;
Music reproduction means for reproducing music according to the theme analyzed by the theme analysis means;
An image display means for displaying an image corresponding to the word / phrase when the word / phrase detected by the sentence analysis means is a word / phrase related to the theme analyzed by the theme analysis means; The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is characterized in that From the above sentence data, further comprising a character analysis means for detecting the characters included in the sentence data and the attributes of the characters,
The voice reproduction means reproduces the sentence data from the detection result by the character analysis means with a voice corresponding to the setting information associated with the attribute of each character.
The electronic device according to claim 3. A display unit for displaying an image;
When the above sentence data is dramatic literature including pillar writing or writing,
The image display means displays the pillar writing or writing on the display unit when the reproduction means starts to reproduce the text data corresponding to the writing or writing.
The electronic device according to claim 4. The image display means starts the supply of power to the display unit at the time of starting the reproduction of the sentence data corresponding to the column writing or writing.
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein: The sentence analysis means detects a phrase related to the expression of the character's dialogue from the sentence data,
The voice reproduction means reproduces the speech of the character in the sentence related to the character with an expression corresponding to the phrase related to the expression of the dialogue detected by the sentence analysis means,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein If the text data is email,
The attribute information reading means reads the email address data as attribute information,
The voice reproduction means performs voice reproduction of the e-mail according to setting information associated with the address data.
The electronic device according to claim 1. External data acquisition means for acquiring, from an external network, at least one of the words detected by the sentence analysis means and at least one of sound effects, music, and images associated with at least one of the themes analyzed by the theme analysis means In addition,
The sound effect reproduction means reproduces the sound effect acquired by the external data acquisition means,
The music reproduction means reproduces the music acquired by the external data acquisition means,
The image display means displays the image acquired by the external data acquisition means;
The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is an electronic device. A voice playback step for voice playback of sentence data;
An attribute information reading step for reading the attribute information included in the sentence data,
In the voice reproduction step, the sentence data is reproduced by voice according to the setting information associated with the attribute information read in the attribute information reading step.
A reproduction method characterized by the above.   A program for operating a computer as the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the computer functions as each unit of the electronic device.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 11.

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