JPH03229587A - Video telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the number of messages recorded during absence on a monitor screen by transmitting a message signal to an opposite party side by reproducing the message signal when a call terminates during the absence, and recording a transmission signal from the opposite party side, and displaying the number of times of incoming call during the absence on a monitor. CONSTITUTION:At the time of the incoming call during the absence, a VTR 10 is turned into a reproducing state, and the message signal is reproduced, and is transmitted to the opposite party side as the message signal through a digital line 22. When the signal is sent from the opposite party side in response to the message signal, the VTR 10 is controlled into a recording state, and both a video signal from the opposite party side (caller) and a voice signal from the opposite party side are recorded in a second recording part by a picture processing part 4 and a sound processing part 3 respectively. On the other hand, a incoming call counter 20 is counted up based on the command of a system control part 1. The counted up number of times of the incoming call can be displayed as well on a display device 5 immediately after counting up, and the number of times of the incoming call can instantaneously be known.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a video telephone device in which a digital line having a plurality of information channels and a control signal channel is used as a communication line.

[Prior Art] Conventionally known videophone devices often use analog lines as communication lines.

In this case, because of transmission band problems, generally still images are mainly communicated, and audio signals cannot be transmitted while video signals are being transmitted.

However, when using a digital line with multiple information channels and a No. 8 channel for control as a communication line, the transmission band is wide, so video signals and audio signals can be sent and received at the same time. .

Recently, videophone devices connected to a digital line such as those described in 2 have been proposed to have an answering machine function that records video signals and audio signals at the same time.

With the answering machine feature, even if you receive an 84G call while you're out, you won't feel inconvenienced because you'll know who's calling you.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] By the way, with the above-mentioned configuration, it was not possible to instantly know the number of messages recorded while the user was away, even in conventional video telephone devices that had the function of recording an answering machine. .

Therefore, in the present invention, in a video telephone device having an answering machine function that records a video signal and an audio signal simultaneously,
The number of messages recorded (number of incoming calls) while the user was away can be displayed on the monitor screen.

[Means for Solving the Problems 1] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a video telephone device in which a digital line having a plurality of information channels and a control channel No. 48 is used as a communication line. A monitor for displaying video information and incoming call information, a recording and reproducing device for answering machine capable of recording and reproducing video signals and audio signals, and a counting means for counting the number of incoming calls, and a recording medium of the recording and reproducing device. The system has a first recording section that records message signals sent to the other party, and a second recording section that records the Send A-8 signal from the other party.When a call arrives while you are away, The above message No. 43 is played back and sent to the other party, and the message No. 8 from the other party is recorded in the second recording section on the recording medium, and the number of calls received while you are away is recorded. It is characterized in that it is displayed on the monitor.

[Function] In this configuration, when a call arrives while the user is away, a message signal is reproduced and transmitted to the other party via the digital line 22. At this time, the video signal and audio signal sent from the other party via the digital line 22 are completely recorded in the second recording section.

The number of incoming calls is counted 118 times while the user is away, and the number of incoming calls is displayed on the monitor screen by the operator's operation. This allows you to know the number of incoming calls while you are away.

[Embodiment] Next, an example of a video telephone device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 and subsequent figures.

In FIG. 1, symbol 1 indicates a system control section, and this system control section 1 can be connected to a digital line 22 via a line interface circuit 2. In FIG.

In the @ line interface circuit 2, two information channels B1. B2 and one control signal channel D are demultiplexed. That is, when going from the digital line 22 to the system control unit 1, signals are separated, and when going from the system control unit 1 to the digital line 22, signals are multiplexed.

23 is a receiver, and 24 is a transmitter. Reference numeral 3 denotes an audio processing unit to which a receiver 23 and a transmitter N 24 are connected, and this audio processing unit 3 is managed by the system control unit 1.

That is, during a call, digital audio information No. 48 from the other party is supplied from the system control unit 1 to the audio processing unit 3, where it undergoes processing such as D/A conversion to form an analog audio signal, and this audio information signal is supplied to the receiver 23.

Also, during this call, analog audio No. 48 is supplied from the transmitter 24 to the audio processing unit 3, which undergoes processing such as A/D conversion to form a digital audio signal, and this audio information signal is transmitted to the system control unit. It can be supplied to 1. Then, the system control unit 1 supplies the digital audio number 43 to the line interface circuit 2 as an information channel signal, multiplexes it, and sends it to the other party via the digital line 22.

4 is an image processing section to which a display (monitor) 5 and an internal video camera 6 are connected. The image processing section 4 is connected to the system control section l.

During a call, a digital image information signal from the system control section 1 is supplied to the image processing section 4, where it undergoes processing such as decoding to form an analog video signal 48, and the analog video signal is supplied to the display 5. The other party's image can be displayed completely.

Further, during this call, an analog video 18 is supplied from the internal video camera 6 to the image processing section 4, and undergoes processing such as high-efficiency encoding to form a digital image information signal. Then, this Digimol image information Wj and signals are supplied to the system control section 1, and the system control section 1
48 of the information channel to the line interface circuit 2.
The signal is supplied as a single signal, multiplexed, and transmitted to the other party.

7 is a call control section, and this call control section 7 is connected to the system control section 1.

This call control unit 7 performs call origination and call reception processing for line connection using channel No. 48 for control.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation section for inputting a dial number when making a call, and operation signals from this operation section 8 are supplied to the system control section 1 via an operation interface 9 and processed.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a magnetic recording/reproducing device (video tape recorder, hereinafter referred to as "VTR"), and the operation of this VTR 10 is controlled by a system control section 1.

The recording medium used in the VTR10, such as magnetic tape, has a part (first recording part) in which the message signal (video signal No. 18 and audio signal) to the other party is recorded in advance, as well as a part (first recording part) that records the message signal (video signal No. 18 and audio signal) to the other party, as well as the part (first recording part) that records the message signal (video signal No. 18 and audio signal) to the other party. A section (second recording section) is provided for recording the e! double signal video (g signal and audio (g signal)) sent from the other party.

Therefore, when recording a message signal, the video signal from the internal video camera 6 is transmitted to the VT via the image processing section 4.
Supplied to Rl0. The audio signal from the transmitter 24 is then supplied to the VTR l0 via the audio processing section 3. At this time, the VTR l0 is put into a recording state, and the video signal and audio signal for the message are recorded in the first recording section.

20 is an incoming call counter while you are away, and the system control unit 1
Controlled by

This incoming call counter 20 is counted up when there is an incoming call 48 while the user is away and the message from the other party is recorded on the VTR10.

The count value, ie, the number of arrivals (g), is converted into text and graphic information by the system control unit 1, and then displayed by the image processing unit 4 on the display 5 as a service screen.

An example of the service screen display including the number of incoming calls is shown in Figure 2.

In the above configuration, when making a call, the digital line 22
The digital image information signal and audio information signal received from the other party are supplied to the image processing unit 4 and the audio processing unit 3 by the function of the system control unit 1, and are converted into analog video and audio signals. . Video No. 18 is supplied to the display 5 to display an image, and audio No. 48 is supplied to the receiver 23 to output audio.

Also, during this call, video No. 18 from the internal video camera 6 is supplied to the image processing section 4 and digital image information I! It is considered a signal. The audio signal from the transmitter N24 is then supplied to the audio processing section 3 and converted into a digital audio information signal. These image information I! The signals and voice information signals are each supplied from the system control section 1 to the line interface circuit 2 as information channel signals, multiplexed, and sent to the other party via the digital line 22.

Furthermore, when a call arrives while the user is away, the VTR 10 is first put into the playback state and the message signal is played back.

The video signal completely reproduced by this VTR10 is supplied to the image processing section 4 and is converted into a digital image information signal.
The reproduced audio signal is supplied to the audio processing section 3 and converted into a digital audio information signal.

These image information signals and audio information signals are each supplied from the system control section 1 to the line interface circuit 2 as information channel signals, are multiplexed, and can be transmitted as a message (number g) to the other party via the digital line 22.

Next, when a signal is sent from the other party in response to message No. 48, the VTR10 is controlled to the recording state, and the image processing unit 4 records the video 43 from the other party (caller).
Both the signal and the audio signal from the other party are recorded by the audio processing unit 3 in the second recording unit.

On the other hand, the incoming call counter 20 is incremented based on a command from the system control section l.

Therefore, when you perform a display operation on the monitor screen after returning home, the number of calls ε is converted into text and graphic information, and then converted into service screen information in the image processing section 4, which is displayed on the display 5 as shown in FIG. will be displayed.

Incidentally, the counted up number of Ti transmissions can also be displayed on the display 5 immediately after the counting up operation. At this time, you can instantly know how many IIL messages have been received.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiments, a VTR was used as the recording and reproducing device, but other recording and reproducing devices capable of simultaneously recording and reproducing video signals and audio signals may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the configuration of the present invention, since the number of incoming calls while the user is away is monitored, the number of messages received from the other party can be monitored on the display, and incoming call management is greatly improved. It will be convenient for you.

Therefore, the present invention is effective when applied to a video telephone device that is used while being connected to a digital line on which video signals and audio signals are transmitted simultaneously.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a video telephone device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an example of the service screen display.・System control section ・Line interface circuit ・Audio processing section ・Image processing section ・Display unit 6 ・ 7 ・ 8 ・ 9 ・ 10 ・ 20 ・ ・Internal video camera ・Call control section ・Operation section ・Operation interface ・Video tape recorder ・Missed call counter

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a videophone device that uses a digital line with multiple information channels and control signal channels as a communication line, it has a monitor that displays video information and incoming call information, and a monitor that records and plays back video and audio signals. A first recording section for recording a message signal to the other party, and a first recording section for recording a message signal to the other party on the recording medium of the recording and reproduction apparatus, and a counting means for counting the number of incoming calls. A second recording section is formed to record the transmitted signal from the other party, and when a call arrives while the receiver is away, the message signal is played back and sent to the other party, and the transmitted signal from the other party is recorded in the above record. A videophone device characterized in that the number of incoming calls while the person is away is recorded on the second recording section on the medium and displayed on the monitor.