Failure announcing voice system
US6731206B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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