CENTRALIZED SUPERVISORY SYSTEM FOR VOICE ASSIST SYSTEM AND CENTRALIZED SUPERVISORY METHOD FOR THE VOICE ASSIST SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supervise operating states of a plurality of transmitters for transmitting signals of position information in real time in a voice assist system for providing position information in each public space such as traffic facilities and roads.;SOLUTION: When a centralized supervisory apparatus 3 connected to a transmitter 2 via a network N requests the transmitter 2 to make a state display, the apparatus 3 transmits a notice request signal to request the selected transmitter 2 to make a state notice, the notice request signal is outputted to a controller 21, a transmitter 23 outputs a voice signal to a receiver 25 according to the notice request signal, and the controller 21 transmits the state notice signal indicative of an operation state of the transmitter 2 depending on the presence of the voice signal confirmation signal from the receiver 25 to the centralized supervisory apparatus 3 via a communication unit 26 and the network N.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO