VOICE OUTPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, FILE SELECTION DEVICE, TELEPHONE SET, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF THE SAME
First Claim
1. An information input device which displays an entry screen including a plurality of entry fields and allows a user to input information in each of the entry fields, the information input device comprising:
- an entry screen display unit configured to display said entry screen and said plurality of entry fields;
an entry field information generation unit configured to generate, when said user selects one of said entry fields, attribute information, said attribute information includes an attribute to identify whether input in the selected entry field is required;
a tactile pattern storage unit configured to store a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute to identify whether input in the entry field of interest is required;
a tactile pattern acquisition unit configured to acquire said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to said one entry field selected by said user from said tactile pattern storing unit; and
a tactile pattern output unit configured to output said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to the selected entry field to allow the user of the information input device to sense by the sense of touch whether input in the selected entry field is required.
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Abstract
A device, computer program and method for outputting linguistic information. The voice output device, for example, includes an output information acquisition unit acquiring linguistic information and attribute information. Attribute information includes an attribute added to each linguistic element included in the linguistic information. A tactile pattern storage unit stores a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to each linguistic element. A tactile pattern acquisition unit acquires the tactile pattern from the tactile pattern storage unit. A voice output unit reads aloud the linguistic elements and a tactile pattern output unit outputs, in parallel with reading aloud each linguistic element, the tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to the linguistic element, thereby allowing a user to sense the tactile pattern by the sense of touch.
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14 Claims
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1. An information input device which displays an entry screen including a plurality of entry fields and allows a user to input information in each of the entry fields, the information input device comprising:
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an entry screen display unit configured to display said entry screen and said plurality of entry fields; an entry field information generation unit configured to generate, when said user selects one of said entry fields, attribute information, said attribute information includes an attribute to identify whether input in the selected entry field is required; a tactile pattern storage unit configured to store a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute to identify whether input in the entry field of interest is required; a tactile pattern acquisition unit configured to acquire said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to said one entry field selected by said user from said tactile pattern storing unit; and a tactile pattern output unit configured to output said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to the selected entry field to allow the user of the information input device to sense by the sense of touch whether input in the selected entry field is required. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A file selection device for allowing a user to select a file from a plurality of files, comprising:
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a file information generation unit configured to generate, when the user selects a piece of file identification information identifying a file, attribute information including a file attribute of the file corresponding to the selected piece of file identification information; a tactile pattern storage unit configured to store a tactile pattern corresponding to said file attribute; a tactile pattern acquisition unit configured to acquire said tactile pattern corresponding to said file attribute of the file corresponding to said piece of file identification information selected by the user from said tactile pattern storage unit; and a tactile pattern output unit configured to output said tactile pattern corresponding to the file attribute of the file corresponding to said file identification information selected by said user to allow the user of the file selection device to sense the file attribute of the file corresponding to the selected piece of file identification information by the sense of touch.
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12. A telephone set comprising:
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a tactile pattern notification instruction input unit configured to allow a user to input a tactile pattern notification instruction to notify a party of a predetermined tactile pattern by the sense of touch; a tactile pattern notification instruction transmitter configured to transmit, when the user inputs said tactile pattern notification instruction during voice communication, a tactile pattern notification request to a telephone set used by said party; and a tactile pattern output unit configured to output, when a tactile pattern notification request requesting to notify the user of said tactile pattern by the sense of touch is received from the telephone set of said party during voice communication, said tactile pattern to allow said user to sense the tactile pattern by the sense of touch.
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13. A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:
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computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media for causing a computer to function as an information input device which displays an entry screen including a plurality of entry fields and allows a user to input information in each of the entry fields, the computer readable program codes including; an entry screen display module configured to display said entry screen which includes said plurality of entry fields; an entry field information generation module configured to generate, when said user selects one of said plurality of entry fields, attribute information which includes an attribute to identify whether input in the selected entry field is required; a tactile pattern storage module configured to store a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute to identify whether input in the entry field of interest is required; a tactile pattern acquisition module configured to acquire said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to said one entry field selected by said user from said tactile pattern storing module; and a tactile pattern output module configured to output said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to the selected entry field to allow the user of the computer program product to sense by the sense of touch whether input in the selected entry field is required.
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14. A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:
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computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media for causing a computer to function as a file selection device causing a user to select a file from a plurality of files, the computer readable program codes including; a file information generation module configured to generate, when the user selects a piece of file identification information identifying a file, attribute information including a file attribute of the file corresponding to the selected piece of file identification information; a tactile pattern storage module configured to store a tactile pattern corresponding to said file attribute; and a tactile pattern acquisition module configured to acquire said tactile pattern corresponding to said file attribute of the file corresponding to said piece of file identification information selected by the user from said tactile pattern storage module; a tactile pattern output module configured to output said tactile pattern corresponding to the file attribute of the file corresponding to said file identification information selected by said user to allow the user of the computer program product to sense the file attribute of the file corresponding to the selected piece of file identification information by the sense of touch.
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