Information processing system

Claim 2

An information processing system for adding voice notes to a document which is displayed on a screen, and for editing and playing-back said voice notes, comprising: display means for displaying a document on a screen; multiwindow display processing means for controlling said display means to divide screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; operation specifying means for specifying operations to be performed on said document, including operation menus for vocal notes to be added to said document; information processing means for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations, including means for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so that said display means may display on said screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in a menu specified by said operation specifying means for a voice note; information processing storage means for storing data items for use in said information processing means; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to place in said document and for outputting a voice note as a voice message; voice processing means for controlling inputting and outputting of voice messages in said voice input/output channel and for converting between voice notes and voice messages in accordance with a signal from said information processing means; and voice processing storage means for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message in said voice input/output channel.

Claim 3

An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said information processing means controls said multiwindow display processing means so that said operation menus for voice notes are comprised within said windows.

Claim 4

An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said voice processing storage means includes management storing means for storing management information for a plurality of types of vocal data items having different contents.

Claim 5

An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said voice processing storage means includes recording condition storage means for storing recording condition data items which include conditions for determining a voiced/unvoiced state and which are read out of said information storage means under control of said information processing means.

Claim 6

An information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising an interface which includes means for preventing a conflict between an access from said information processing means to said voice processing storage means and an access from said voice processing means to said voice processing storage means, means for effecting access from said information processing means to said voice processing means, and means for effecting access from said voice processing means to said information processing means, whereby document processing by said information processing means and voice processing by said voice processing means are performed simultaneously.

Claim 7

An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said voice processing means further includes means for determining an available capacity in said voice processing storage means for storing vocal data and for controlling said information processing means to save vocal data in said information processing storage means, thereby to secure a storage area which is required for subsequent voice processing when said capacity is less than a required amount.

Claim 8

An information processing system according to claim 6, wherein the vocal data which is saved is vocal data without voice annotated on a document being edited.

Claim 9

An information processing system according to claim 6, wherein said voice processing means performs said saving of vocal data each time a voice editing instruction is issued by said information means.

Claim 10

An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said voice processing storage means stores vocal data in a hierarchic structure.

Claim 11

An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said voice processing means further includes means for emitting stereo sounds.

Claim 12

An information processing system for adding voice notes to a document which is displayed on a screen, and for editing and playing-back said voice notes, comprising: a display unit for displaying a document on a screen; a multiwindow display processor for controlling said display unit to divide said screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; operation specifying means for specifying operations to be performed on said document, including operation menus for vocal notes to be added to said document; an information processor for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations including means for controlling said multiwindow display processor so that said display unit may display on said screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in a menu specified by said operation specifying means for a voice note; an information processing storage for storing data items for use in said information processor; filing means for accumulating documents; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to a place in said document for outputting a voice note as a voice message; a voice processor for controlling inputting and outputting of voice messages in said voice input/output channel and for converting between voice notes and voice messages in accordance with a signal from said information processor; a voice processing storage for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message in said voice input/output channel, wherein said voice processing storage includes a management storage for storing management information for a plurality of types of vocal data items having different contents; and an interface for performing simultaneously document processing by said information processor and voice processing by said voice processor.

Claim 13

An information processing system for adding voice notes to a document which is displayed on a screen, and for editing and playing-back said voice notes, comprising: a display unit for displaying a document on a screen; a multiwindow display processor for controlling said display unit to divide said screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; operation specifying means for specifying operations to be performed on said document, including operation menus for vocal notes to be added to said document; an information processor for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations including means for controlling said multiwindow display processor so that said display unit may display on said screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in a menu specified by said operation specifying means for a voice note; an information processing storage for storing data items for use in said information processor; filing means for accumulating documents; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to a place in said document for outputting a voice note as a voice message; a voice processor for controlling inputting and outputting of voice messages in said voice input/output channel and for converting between voice notes and voice messages in accordance with a signal from said information processor; a voice processing storage for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message in said voice input/output channel, wherein said voice processing storage includes a management storage for storing management information for a plurality of types of vocal data items having different contents; and an interface for performing simultaneously document processing by said information processor and voice processing by said voice processor.

Claim 14

An information processing system according to claim 11, wherein said interface includes means for preventing a conflict between an access from said information processor to said voice processing storage and an access from said voice processor to voice processing storage, means for effecting access from said information processor to said voice processor, and means for effecting access from said voice processor to said information processor.

Claim 15

An information processing system, comprising: display means for displaying a document including characters, patterns and pictures on a display screen; multiwindow display processing means for controlling said display means to divide screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; input means for inputting data representing said characters, patterns and pictures; pointing means for pointing to a position on said display screen so as to specify an operation displayed in menus displayed on said screen, including an operation menu for adding voice notes to said document; information processing means for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations including means for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so that said display means may display on said display screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in an menu pointed to by said pointing means for a voice note; information processing storage means for storing data items for use in said information processing means; filing means for accumulating said documents processed by said information processing means; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to a place in said document and for outputting a voice note as a voice message, said channel including a voice input device, a first filter for frequency filtering a voice signal inputted by said input device, a voice encoder for sampling an output signal of said first filter and for converting said sampled signal into a digital signal, a voice decoder for restoring said encoded signal to an analog signal, a second filter for amplifying and frequency filtering an output signal of said voice decoder, a control signal generator for generating a control signal for repeating said decoding and encoding in successive predetermined frames; voice processing means for controlling operations of inputting and outputting voice messages in said voice input/output channel in accordance with a signal of said information processing means; and voice processing storage means for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message by said voice input/output channel.

Claim 16

An information processing system, comprising: display means for displaying a document including characters, patterns and pictures on a display screen; multiwindow display processing means for controlling said display means to divide screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; input means for inputting data representing said characters, patterns and pictures; pointing means for pointing to a position on said display screen so as to specify an operation displayed in menus displayed on said screen, including an operation menu for adding voice notes to said document; information processing means for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations including means for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so that said display means may display on said display screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in an menu pointed to by said pointing means for a voice note; information processing storage means for storing data items for use in said information processing means; filing means for accumulating said documents processed by said information processing means; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to a place in said document and for outputting a voice note as a voice message, said channel including a voice input device, a first filter for frequency filtering a voice signal inputted by said input device, a voice encoder for sampling an output signal of said first filter and for converting said sampled signal into a digital signal, a voice decoder for restoring said encoded signal to an analog signal, a second filter for amplifying and frequency filtering an output signal of said voice decoder, a control signal generator for generating a control signal for repeating said decoding and encoding in successive predetermined frames; voice processing means for controlling operations of inputting and outputting voice messages in said voice input/output channel in accordance with a signal of said information processing means; and voice processing storage means for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message by said voice input/output channel.

Claim 17

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said voice input/output channel further includes a voice analyzer for analyzing an output signal of said first filter and for delivering a signal indicating a level of said inputted voice signal a result of a voiced/unvoiced decision each frame.

Claim 18

An information processing system according to claim 14, wherein said voice processing means includes means for reading frame voice data items delivered from said analyzer and encoder in each frame in accordance with a voice recording instruction from said information processing means and for storing said frame voice data items in said voice processing storage means.

Claim 19

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said voice processing storage means includes management storage means for storing management information for a plurality of different types of vocal data items having different contents.

Claim 20

An information processing system according to claim 16, wherein said voice processing storage means further includes recording condition storage means for storing recording condition data items which include conditions for making a voiced/unvoiced state decision and which are read out of said information storage means under the control of said information processing means, and playback condition storage means for storing management information for playing-back.

Claim 21

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said voice decoder includes means for multiplexing a plurality of decoded voice signals.

Claim 22

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said voice decoder includes means for changing a tone quality of a decoded voice signal.

Claim 23

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said voice processing means includes means for performing compression processing of a digital voice signal.

Claim 24

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said voice processing means includes means for performing expansion of an encoded signal.

Claim 25

An information processing system according to claim 13, wherein said information processing means includes means for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so as to allocate a window use in editing an inputted voice in an editing window serving as one of the voice processing windows, near a position indicated from said pointing means at the request for processing vocal data and within the framework of said display screen.

Claim 26

An information processing system according to claim 14, wherein said information processing means is connected to receive outputs of said voice analyzer at intervals which are integral times said frame in each of recording and playback modes for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so as to visually display a level of an inputted voice signal in an editing window serving as one of the voice processing windows.

Claim 27

An information processing system, comprising: display means for displaying a document including characters, patterns and pictures on a display screen; multiwindow display processing means for controlling said display means to divide screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; input means for inputting data representing said characters, patterns and pictures; pointing means for pointing to a position on said display screen so as to specify an operation displayed in menus displayed on said screen, including an operation menu for adding voice notes to said document; information processing means for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations including means for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so that said display means may display on said display screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in an menu pointed to by said pointing means for a voice note; information processing storage means for storing data items for use in said information processing means; filing means for accumulating said documents processed by said information processing means; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to a place in said document and for outputting a voice note as a voice message, said channel including a voice input device, a first filter for frequency filtering a voice signal inputted by said input device, a voice encoder for sampling an output signal of said first filter and for converting said sampled signal into a digital signal, a voice decoder for restoring said encoded signal to an analog signal, a second filter for amplifying and frequency filtering an output signal of said voice decoder, a control signal generator for generating a control signal for repeating said decoding and encoding in successive predetermined frames, a voice analyzer for analyzing an output signal of said first filter and for delivering a level of said inputted voice signal a result of a voiced/unvoiced decision in each frame; voice processing means for controlling operations of inputting and outputting voice messages in said voice input/output channel in accordance with a signal of said information processing means; and voice processing storage means for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message by said voice input/output channel, wherein said voice processing storage means includes management storage means for storing management information for a plurality of types of vocal data items having different contents.

Claim 28

An information processing system, comprising: display means for displaying a document including characters, patterns and pictures on a display screen; multiwindow display processing means for controlling said display means to divide screen into a plurality of partial regions forming windows and for operating each window as an independent display; input means for inputting data representing said characters, patterns and pictures; pointing means for pointing to a position on said display screen so as to specify an operation displayed in menus displayed on said screen, including an operation menu for adding voice notes to said document; information processing means for performing generation, editing and accumulation of said document in accordance with specified operations including means for controlling said multiwindow display processing means so that said display means may display on said display screen indications of operations visually expressed for vocal data processing hierarchically in several separate windows in an menu pointed to by said pointing means for a voice note; information processing storage means for storing data items for use in said information processing means; filing means for accumulating said documents processed by said information processing means; a voice input/output channel for inputting a voice message to be added as a voice note to a place in said document and for outputting a voice note as a voice message, said channel including a voice input device, a first filter for frequency filtering a voice signal inputted by said input device, a voice encoder for sampling an output signal of said first filter and for converting said sampled signal into a digital signal, a voice decoder for restoring said encoded signal to an analog signal, a second filter for amplifying and frequency filtering an output signal of said voice decoder, a control signal generator for generating a control signal for repeating said decoding and encoding in successive predetermined frames, a voice analyzer for analyzing an output signal of said first filter and for delivering a level of said inputted voice signal a result of a voiced/unvoiced decision in each frame; voice processing means for controlling operations of inputting and outputting voice messages in said voice input/output channel in accordance with a signal of said information processing means; and voice processing storage means for storing vocal data corresponding to a voice note received as a voice message by said voice input/output channel, wherein said voice processing storage means includes management storage means for storing management information for a plurality of types of vocal data items having different contents.

Claim 29

An information processing system according to claim 24, wherein said voice processing means includes means for starting said analyzer and voice encoder when said voice processing means receives a voice recording start instruction for adding a voice note to a document and for reading frame voice data items delivered from said analyzer and voice encoder in each frame and storing said frame voice data items in said voice storage means time-sequentially until said voice processing means receives a recording stop instruction from said information processing means.

Claim 30

An information processing system according to claim 25, wherein said voice processing means further includes means for detecting phonic and aphonic sections of said frame voice data items by use of said analyzed result and recording condition data items and stores a head address, which stores phrase voice data that consists of time-sequential frame voice data items stored until said analyzed result becomes aphonic and one-frame voice data item obtained by compressing said aphonic section and the number of said frame voice data items within said phrase voice data, in said management storage means.