JPH04137987A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly display a noted part in a pictured by changing a display state of a picture area corresponding to the state of a voice signal uttered by the user. CONSTITUTION:When both the users A, B do not make utterance, a picture obtained by picture input devices 1a, 1b is arranged at an optional position by a display state controller 4 and displayed on a picture display device 5. When the user A makes utterance, a voice signal from a voice input device 2a is detected by a voice detector 3a and outputs an information signal. A display state controller 4 based on the information signal from the voice detector 3a changes the brightness of the picture signal from the picture input device 1a for an optional period at an optional interval and selects the pictures 7, 9 of the user A alternately to blink the picture. Thus, a device controlling the display state of the picture depending on the voice state is provided to display the user A in the utterance state by a picture and the information understanding of a party making communication with the users A, B is easily implemented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an information processing device that outputs a change in the state of an audio input as a change in the state of an image display as an interface for an information transmission processing device. Nails As communication interfaces via information processing devices, emphasis has been placed on devices and methods that are easier to use and understand, incorporating voice and images. In communication using voice and images, commonly called videophone, L
Audio output and image output are each output independently.
Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the method described above, cooperative processing between images is not performed. When multiple images are displayed, the information on the multiple images and the audio information are output independently. Means for Solving the Problem Information processing apparatus ζL of the present invention includes a voice detection device that detects the state of voice uttered by a user and outputs an information signal, and a voice detection device that outputs an information signal from the voice detection device; It is composed of a display state control device that changes the display state of.

Effects With the above-described configuration, the present invention can clearly indicate a noteworthy part of an image by changing the display state of the image area corresponding to the state of the voice uttered by the user. Regarding the information processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention,
This will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the configuration of an information processing apparatus in a first embodiment of the present invention.

The voice input device 2a includes a voice detection device 3a and a voice output device 6.
The voice detection device 3a is connected to the voice input device 2.
The state of the audio signal obtained in step a is detected, converted into an information signal, and output. The voice input device 2b is connected to a voice detection device 3b and a voice output device 6, and the voice detection device 3b detects the state of the voice signal obtained by the voice input device 2b, converts it into an information signal, and outputs it.4 Display The state control device 4 (friend) transmits the image signal obtained by the image input device 1a to the audio detection device 3a.
The image signals obtained by the image input device 1b are controlled by the information signals from the audio detection device 3b, respectively, and the image is displayed on the image display device 5. Regarding the information processing device configured as described above that outputs the audio signal obtained in step 2b, the following describes the operation of the information processing device shown in FIG. , a user A who is at a place where the image input device 1a and the audio input device 2a are installed,
User B who is located at a certain place where the image input device 1b and the audio input device 2b are installed, and the user C who is located at the location where the image display device 5 and the audio output device 6 are installed will be described. When both user A and user B are not speaking, the images obtained by image input devices 1a and 1b (table) are placed at arbitrary positions by display state control device 4, and the second image is displayed on image display device 5. At this time, the images obtained by the image input devices 1a and lb are displayed as they are in the respective image display areas. .

When user A speaks, the voice detection device 3a detects the voice signal from the voice input device 2a and outputs an information signal. The display state control device 4 changes the brightness of the image signal from the image input device 1a for any period of time or at any interval based on the information signal from the audio detection device 3a, and changes the brightness of the image signal from the image input device 1a to the image 7 of user A in FIG. The image 9 of user A shown in FIG. 3 is alternately switched to blink.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by providing an information transmission processing device using audio and images with a device that controls the image display state depending on the audio state, user A, who is the communication partner, can make a sound. Information processing apparatuses according to other embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the configuration of an information processing device in another embodiment of the present invention.
are connected to the voice detection device 3a, the voice detection device 10a, and the voice output device 6, and the voice detection device 3a and the voice detection device 10a detect the state of the voice signal obtained by the voice input device 2a and convert it into an information signal. Image input device l
a. The output of the image signal is controlled by the information signal from the G&audio detection device 10a.a. The voice input device 2b is connected to the voice detection device 3b and the voice detection device 1.
0b and the audio output device 6, and the audio detection device 3b and the audio detection device 10b detect the state of the audio signal obtained by the audio human power device 2b, convert it into an information signal, and output it. .

The output of the image signal is controlled by the information signal from the audio detection device 10b.

The display state control device 41 processes the image signal obtained by the image input device 1a using the information signal from the audio detection device 3a, and processes the image signal obtained by the image input device 1b using the information signal from the audio detection device 3b. An image is displayed on the image display device 5.

The operation of the information processing device configured as above will be explained below with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 2. In the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a user A who is in a place where an image input device 1a, a voice input device 2a, and a voice detection device 10a are installed, and a user A who is at a place where an image input device 1a, a voice input device 2a, and a voice detection device 10a are installed, and a user A case will be described in which communication is performed between a user B who is located at a certain location where a device 10b is installed, and a user C who is located at a location where another device is located (in FIG. 4).

Image 7 of user A and image 8 of user B in Figure 2
(The images are stored in advance in the display state control device 4 from the image input devices 1a and lb, and when neither user A nor user B is making a sound, the display state control device 4 arbitrarily selects the images stored in advance.) When displaying on the image display device 5 as shown in FIG. 2, the image signals are not output from the image power devices 1a and lb due to the information signals from the voice detection devices 10a and 10b (~ At this time, the image input device 1a receives the information signal from the audio detection device 10a.
When user A makes a utterance, the voice detection device 3a and ]Oa detect the voice signal from the voice input device 2a, and the information signal b stops the output of the image signal in response to the information signal from the voice detection device 10b. Output. At this time, the image input device 1a outputs an image signal based on the information signal from the voice detection device 10a, and the display state control device 4 outputs the stored image of user A based on the information signal from the voice detection device 3a. By switching to the image display from the image input device 1a, the area of the image 7 of the user A becomes a moving image display.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a device is provided to control the image display state depending on the state of the sound to the information transmission processing device using sound and images, and when the communication partner is not speaking, the accumulated static By displaying a moving image while the user is making a sound, the image to be focused on can be clearly indicated, making it easier for user C to understand the information. Furthermore, by stopping the image signal output from the image input device when there is no vocalization and displaying the accumulated image, there is also the effect that the amount of communication between the image input device and the image display device can be reduced.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, in order to control the display state on the display control device when there is a voice input, the corresponding image is blinked as shown in Figure 5. Display of the corresponding image A similar effect can be obtained by enlarging the area. By enlarging the image, there is an effect that the image of interest can be seen clearly.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention: Information transmission processing device E using audio and images By providing a device that changes the display state of the image depending on the state of the audio, it is possible to clearly indicate a noteworthy part in the image. It is possible to make it easier for users to understand information. It is also possible to reduce the amount of information transmitted by adding a function that controls the amount of image information transmitted depending on the audio condition.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus in a first embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 2 and 3 are output image diagrams showing an example of image display in the first embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus in another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an output image diagram showing an example of an image display in the drawing of the first embodiment of the present invention. la, lb... Image input devices 2a, 2b... Voice human powered devices 3 a, 3 b, 10 a, 10 b ・
...Audio detection device 4...Display state control device Image display device Audio output device

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An audio detection device that detects the state of an audio signal, converts it into an information signal, and outputs it; an image display device that displays an arbitrary image; and the information signal output from the audio detection device, An information processing device comprising a display state control device that changes a display state on a display device. (2) Claim 1, further comprising a display state control device that blinks the image display at arbitrary intervals during an arbitrary period.
The information processing device described in . (3) The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a display state control device that switches between accumulated still images and moving images.