Recording/reproducing apparatus with voice recognition function

• US 5,014,317 A
• Filed: 02/26/1990
• Issued: 05/07/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Kita, Kazunori, Nakazawa, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Harkcom, Gary V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Merecki, John A.
• Application Number:
  US07/485,755
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 381/41-46, 381/51-53, 381/110, 364/513.5, 368/63, 368/72-74
• US Class Current: 704/274
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/00 Producing acoustic time signals
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces

Abstract

A recording and reproducing apparatus wherein an externally input voice stating an alarm time such as month, day and time, together with an associated message, is converted into voice data for storage in a voice data memory. Only that portion of the voice indicating the alarm time is recognized by a voice alarm time recognition circuit and is also stored in an alarm time data memory as an alarm time. When the alarm time is reached, the corresponding voice data stored in the voice data memory is read out and audibly reproduced so as to sound the alarm time and the associated message.

Claims

1. A recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:

time counting means for counting a reference signal to obtain present time data;

voice data output means for receiving an externally supplied voice schedule which includes an alarm time and message, and for outputting voice schedule data including voice alarm time data and voice message data;

voice data storage means coupled to said voice data output means for storing said voice schedule data including the voice alarm time data and voice message data;

address data output means coupled to said voice data storage means for supplying address data to said voice data storage means;

leading address data storage means coupled to said address data output means for storing first address data of the voice schedule data including the voice alarm time data and voice message data stored in said voice data storage means;

voice alarm time recognition means for receiving the voice schedule data output from said voice data output means and recognizing the voice alarm time data included in said voice schedule data;

alarm time data storage means for storing numerical alarm time data corresponding to the voice alarm time data recognized by said voice alarm time recognition means;

coincidence detection means for detecting a coincidence between the numerical alarm time data stored in said alarm time data storage means and the present time data obtained by said time counting means;

reading out control means for transmitting, when a coincidence has been detected by said coincidence detection means, the first address data of the voice schedule data including the voice alarm time data and voice message data, stored in said leading address data storage means to said address data output means, and for reading out the stored voice schedule data including the voice alarm time data and voice message data from said voice data storage means; and

voice reproducing means for audibly reproducing the voice schedule data including the voice alarm time data and voice message data which are read out from said voice data storage means by said reading out control means.

2. A recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said voice data storage means comprises a semiconductor memory.

3. A recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said voice alarm time recognition means comprises reference pattern storage means for storing reference pattern data including at least one of time, date and day of the week, and a comparator for comparing reference pattern data supplied from said reference pattern storage means with the voice schedule data outputted from said voice data output means.

4. A recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, including:

first display means for displaying the present time data obtained by said time counting means; and

second display means for displaying the numerical alarm time data stored in said alarm time data storage means.

5. A recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:

voice data output means for receiving an externally supplied voice which includes a name and a telephone number, and for outputting voice data including voice name data and voice telephone number data;

voice data storage means coupled to said voice data output means for storing the voice data including the voice name data and the voice telephone number data;

address data output means coupled to said voice data storage means for supplying address data to said voice data storage means;

leading address data storage means coupled to said address data output means for storing first address data of the voice data including the name data and the telephone number data stored in said voice data storage means;

patterning means coupled to said voice data output means for converting at least the voice name data into predefined pattern data, said voice name data being included in the voice data output from said voice data output means;

pattern data storage means for storing pattern data converted by said patterning means;

search operation switch means;

coincidence detection means for detecting a coincidence between the pattern data stored in said pattern data storage means and the pattern data supplied through said patterning means from said voice data output means when said search operation switch means is operated;

reading out control means for transmitting, when the coincidence has been detected by said coincidence detection means, the first address data of the voice data including the voice name data and the voice telephone number data, stored in said leading address data storage means to said address data output means, and for reading out the stored voice data including the voice name data and the voice telephone number data from said voice data storage means; and

voice reproducing means for audibly sounding the voice data including the voice name data and the voice telephone number data which are read out from said voice data storage means by said reading out control means.

6. A recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said pattern data storage means has storage areas capable of storing a number of pattern data obtained by said patterning means.

7. A recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said address storage means has storage areas for storing a plurality of the address data.