IP Library Granted Patent US 6,937,987
Granted Patent B2
US 6,937,987 · App. 09/876,636 · Granted Aug 30, 2005

Character information receiving apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,937,987
App. No.
09/876,636
Granted
Aug 30, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a received character data is decoded by a decoder 10, a word division circuit 21 divides the data into word units, and a voice storage circuit 22 outputs a voice data corresponding to the divided character data, and a D/A converter 30 converts it into an analog signal, and it is output from a speaker 40 as voice. Thereby, the character data is output as voice. An output from the decoder 10 is stored in a memory 50, and is displayed on an LCD 60 as a character. The LCD 60 receives a byte number of a word for every word from the word division circuit 21, and highlights it for every byte number.

Claims (25)

1. A character information receiving apparatus comprising:

a decoder for decoding a reception data with respect to a character and outputting a character data;

a word division circuit for dividing said reception data into word units and sending the divided character data;

a D/A (digital/analog) converter for converting said voice data into an analog signal;

a speaker for outputting voice which is a converted analog signal, and the character data is output as voice;

a character data storage section for storing a character data output from said decoder, and

an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) for displaying said stored character data on a screen as a character by a certain amount of byte numbers;

wherein said LCD receives a byte number of a word for every word from said word division circuit and highlights it as a character for every byte number, and highlights it for a time period proportional to said byte number.

2. A character information receiving apparatus recited in claim 1 , wherein said voice storage circuit can store voice data of a Japanese kana syllabary and a word unit in association with word data and store individual voice in association with character data, and said word division circuit outputs the divided character data at a fixed data rate.

3. A character information receiving apparatus recited in claim 2 , wherein voice speed output from said word division circuit is determined by said data rate, and a character displayed on said LCD is highlighted for every byte number reported from said word division circuit in order from a head of a composition.

4. A character information receiving apparatus recited in claim 1 , wherein shifting speed of highlighting is determined based on data rate and a byte number of word data output from said word division circuit.

5. A character information receiving apparatus recited in claim 1 , wherein shifting speed of highlighting is determined by an equation in which (1/(a data rate of word data)) is multiplied by a byte number, so that voice output from said speaker and a character to be highlighted on said LCD coincide with each other.

6. A method of outputting character information comprising the steps of:

decoding a reception data with respect to a character and outputting a character data;

dividing said reception data into word units and sending said divided character data;

outputting a stored voice data corresponding to said divided character data

converting said voice data into an analog signal;

outputting voice based on said voice data which is a converted analog signal;

storing said decoded character data, and

receiving a byte number of a word for every word from divided character data and displaying highlights it as a character for every byte number, and displaying highlights it for a time period proportional to said byte number.

7. A method of outputting character information recited in claim 6 , wherein said stored voice data is voice data of a Japanese kana syllabary and a word unit in association with word data and store individual voice in association with character data.

8. A method of outputting character information recited in claim 6 , wherein said dividing step outputs the divided character data at a fixed data rate.

9. A method of outputting character information recited in claim 8 , wherein voice speed is determined by said data rate, and a displayed character is highlighted for every byte number in order from a head of a composition.

10. A method of outputting character information recited in claim 6 , wherein shifting speed of highlighting is determined based on a data rate and a byte number of word data.

11. A method of outputting character information recited in claim 6 , wherein shifting speed of highlighting is determined by an equation in which (1/(a data rate of word data)) is multiplied by a byte number, so that outputting of voice and displaying a character to be highlighted coincide with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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