Failure announcing voice system

• US 6,731,206 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2001
• Issued: 05/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: First International Computer Incorporated (FIC Global Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: First International Computer Incorporated (FIC Global Incorporated)
• Inventors: Yang, Stephen, Liu, Wen-Bin, Tsai, Chung-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland, Donnie L.
• Application Number:
  US10/034,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20030126425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 340/500, 340/460, 340/692, 701/29, 701/31, 701/34, 701/35, 714/25, 714/30, 714/31, 714/36, 714/44, 714/57
• US Class Current: 340/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0769 Readable error formats, e.g. cross-platform generic formats, human understandable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L

Abstract

A voice system for announcing the type of failure when the basic input/output system (BIOS) program in the computer discovers an error during start-up. The voice system includes a pre-recorded voice integrated circuit and a voice output device. The BIOS program tests a plurality of peripheral devices. When errors are found in any peripheral device, a warning signal is sent to the pre-recorded voice integrated circuit. A corresponding error signal message is looked up in the pre-recorded voice integrated circuit and then the error signal message is transferred to the voice output device. A verbal failure message is announced through the voice output device. The error signal message includes all kinds of failures recorded in voice data format.

Claims

1. A voice system for announcing a reason of failure that is determined by a basic input/output system (BIOS) driver with a BIOS program during a computer start-up, wherein the BIOS program tests a plurality of peripheral devices, the voice system comprising:

a) a warning signal produced by the BIOS program when an error is found in any one of the plurality of peripheral devices during the computer start-up;

b) a pre-recorded voice integrated circuit receiving the warning signal produced by the BIOS program, and selecting and outputting an error signal message corresponding to the warning signal; and

c) a voice output device receiving the error signal message from the pre-recorded voice integrated circuit and outputting a verbal warning message, wherein the error signal message includes a description of the failures in voice format.

2. The voice system according to claim 1, wherein voice output device includes:

i) an amplifier receiving the error signal message and issuing an amplified signal; and

ii) a loudspeaker receiving the amplified signal and audibly producing the verbal warning message.