JPH07115633A - Video telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an excellent workability and convenience by storing plural response messages in a voice message storage part and a video message storage part and registering which response message is transmitted to which party on a message selection condition registration part. CONSTITUTION:An automatic response control part 11, to which call termination is reported, outputs the telephone number and terminal class of a call originating terminal to a message selection control part 17. Next, the control part 17 records these data in an automatic answered incoming call recording part 18. Afterwards, the control part 17 investigates whether any response message corresponding to the call originating party is registered on the message selection condition registration part or not. When such a message is registered, the control part 17 instructs the execution of connection to the control part 11. On the other hand, the control part 17 selects the response message from a voice message storage part 14 and a video message storage part 15 according to conditions registered on the message selection condition registration part 16. Then, the selected message is transmitted to the call originating terminals, and voices or pictures from that party are recorded in the recording part 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video telephone device which is connected to a communication line and can communicate using both voice and video.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the international standardization of image coding methods and the fact that high-speed digital transmission lines can be used easily and at low running costs, moving picture images and audio are Videophone devices that can be used for communication began to be announced by each company,
In particular, in order to improve convenience, various types of videophones having an answering machine function have been developed.

A conventional videophone device will be described below. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a conventional videophone device. 1 is a video image capturing unit for capturing an image of the user, 2 is a video image displaying unit for displaying the image of the user and the received image, 3 is a handset for inputting and outputting audio, and 4 is video data input from the image capturing unit 1. The video codec unit 5 compresses and encodes the audio data and expands and decodes the compressed and encoded video data to output to the video display unit 2. The video codec unit 5 compresses and encodes the audio data input from the handset 3 and compresses the audio data.・
An audio codec unit that expands / decodes the encoded audio data and outputs it to the handset 3, and 6 multiplexes the video data encoded by the video codec unit 4 and the audio data encoded by the audio codec unit 5. A multiplexing / separating unit that separates the multiplexed video / audio data and outputs it to the video codec unit 4 and the audio codec unit 5, and 7 is an IS / IS unit for the video / audio data multiplexed by the multiplexing / separating unit 6.
A line interface unit for transmitting to the DN line and outputting the video / audio data received from the ISDN line to the multiplexing / separating unit 6, 8 is a key input unit for inputting a telephone number and selecting a function, 9 Is a mode switching unit for switching between normal mode and answering machine, 10
Is an overall control unit for controlling the entire videophone device based on instructions from the key input unit 8 and the mode switching unit 9, and 11 is automatically provided when a call is received while the mode switching unit 9 is in the answering machine mode. An automatic response control unit 12 that performs control for answering the call, 12 is an automatic response control unit 1
1 is a response message storage unit that stores the response message sent by 1.

The operation of the conventional videophone device configured as described above in the answering mode will be described below. First, the user registers one type of absence response message in the response message storage unit 12. Next, the user sets the mode switching unit 9 to the answering machine mode. As a result, the overall control unit 10 causes the automatic response control unit 11 to
Set to answer automatically when you receive a call. Next, the line interface unit 7 detects an incoming call by receiving a call setup message from the ISDN line. Next, the line interface unit 7 analyzes this call setting message and notifies the automatic response control unit 11 of the incoming call. Then, the automatic response control unit 11 instructs the line interface unit 7 to transmit the call acceptance message to the ISDN line. Then, in response to this, the line interface unit 7 sends a call acceptance message to the ISDN line to complete the connection with the other party.
Next, after this connection is completed, the automatic response control unit 11 controls so that the response message stored in the response message storage unit 12 is sent to the ISDN line. As a result, the response message is sent to the ISDN line via the multiplexing / separating unit 6 and the line interface unit 7, and is sent to the calling side terminal (not shown). Next, when the line interface unit 7 receives a disconnection message from the calling side terminal (not shown), the automatic response control unit 11 sends a release completion message to the ISDN line to the line interface unit 7. And the transmission of the response message is stopped, and the operation in the answering machine is completed.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, only one type of response message can be stored in the response message storage unit, and the same response message can be unconditionally sent to any other party. However, there is a problem in that versatility is lacked because a flexible response such as changing a response message depending on a calling party, a receiving time, a day of the week, etc. cannot be performed because the message is transmitted. In addition, the response message must be re-registered each time the response message is changed, which is troublesome and time-consuming and lacks workability. Furthermore, there is a problem in that it is not convenient because the telephone number of the other party who received the call in the answering machine cannot be known.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The response message can be automatically changed according to the calling party, the incoming time, the day of the week, etc., and the versatility is excellent. It is an object of the present invention to provide a videophone device which is excellent in workability because the response message can be changed only by designating the response message, and which is excellent in convenience in which the telephone number of the called party in the answering machine mode can be known.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, a video telephone device according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a video photographing unit for photographing a user and a video image of the user and a received image. A video display unit for displaying, a handset for inputting / outputting sound, and compressing / encoding the video data input from the video capturing unit and decompressing / decoding the compressed / encoded video data to display the video. And a video codec unit for compressing / encoding the audio data input from the handset and for decompressing / decoding the compressed / encoded audio data to output to the handset, the video The video data encoded by the codec section and the audio data encoded by the audio codec section are multiplexed together with the multiplexed video image.
A multiplexing / separating unit that separates audio data and outputs the separated audio data to the video codec unit and the audio codec unit;
A line interface unit for transmitting the video / audio data multiplexed by the demultiplexing unit to the communication line and outputting the video / audio data received from the communication line to the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit, and for inputting the telephone number and the function. A key input section for making selections, a mode switching section for switching between normal mode and answering machine, and automatically answering the call when a call arrives when the mode switching section is in answering machine A videophone device including an automatic response control unit for storing a telephone number, a telephone number registration unit for registering a telephone number, a voice message storage unit for storing at least two or more voice response messages, and a video A video message storage unit that stores at least two response messages and a telephone number of the calling terminal that received the call are registered in the telephone number registration unit. A message selection condition registration unit that registers conditions such as which response message stored in the voice message storage unit and the video message storage unit or a combination thereof depending on conditions such as whether or not to transmit, A message selection control unit that selects and transmits a response message based on the conditions registered in the message selection condition registration unit, and records the telephone number of the communication terminal that received the call when the mode switching unit is in the answering machine mode. The videophone device according to claim 2 has a configuration including an absence-answering incoming call recording part for enabling the reception, and a clock calendar part for outputting the time and day of the week according to claim 1. According to the conditions such as time and day of the week, whether the telephone number of the calling terminal that received the call is registered in the telephone number registration section, the voice message is displayed. A message selection condition registration unit for registering conditions such as which response message stored in the storage unit and the video message storage unit or a combination thereof, and an incoming call when the mode switching unit is in the answering machine mode. And a message selection control unit that selects a response message based on the conditions registered in the message selection condition registration unit and transmits it by referring to the clock calendar unit to determine the arrival time and day of the week. have.

Here, it is preferable in terms of versatility to ignore the incoming call and not respond to the other party, time zone, etc., which are not registered in the message selection condition registration section.

[0009]

With this configuration, a plurality of reply messages are stored in the voice message storage unit and the video message storage unit, and it is only necessary to register which reply message is sent to which party in the message selection condition registration unit. When a message arrives in the mode, the message selection control unit transmits a response message according to the condition registered in the message selection condition registration unit, so that the response message can be automatically changed according to the received party. Further, the response message can be changed extremely easily to another previously stored response message only by changing the designation in the message selection condition registration unit. Further, since the answering machine recording section records the telephone number of the calling terminal that received the call in the answering machine mode, it is possible to easily know who the called party was in the answering machine mode. Further, by providing the clock / calendar unit, the response message can be automatically changed depending on the conditions such as the time of arrival and the day of the week.

[0010]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) A videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an image capturing unit, 2 is an image display unit, 3 is a handset, 4 is an image codec unit, 5 is an audio codec unit,
6 is a multiplexing / demultiplexing unit, 7 is a line interface unit, 8 is a key input unit, 9 is a mode switching unit, 10 is an overall control unit, and 11 is an automatic response control unit. These are similar to the conventional example. The same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted. Thirteen
Is a telephone number registration unit for registering a telephone number, 14 is a voice message storage unit that stores at least two or more voice response messages, and 15 is a video message storage unit that stores at least two or more video response messages, 1
6 is the telephone number of the calling terminal that received the telephone number registration unit 13
Message selection condition registration for registering conditions such as which response message stored in the voice message storage unit 14 and the video message storage unit 15 or a combination thereof to be transmitted according to a condition such as whether or not it is registered in A part 17 is a message selection control part for selecting and transmitting a response message based on the condition registered in the message selection condition registering part 16, and a part 18 is for a calling terminal that received a call when the mode switching part 9 is in the answering machine mode. It is an incoming call recording unit for recording a telephone number and / or voice, video, etc. from a calling party.

The operation of the video telephone apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described below. 2 is a diagram showing a message selection condition setting screen of the videophone device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a message individual designation screen of the videophone device according to the embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flowchart of the videophone device according to the embodiment of the present invention. DV
Is a symbol indicating that the telephone number of the transmitting terminal is registered in the telephone number registration unit 13 and the transmitting terminal is a videophone, and DL is a symbol indicating that the telephone number is registered and is a normal telephone. , TV is a symbol indicating that the telephone number is not registered and is a videophone, TL is a symbol indicating that the telephone number is not registered and is a normal telephone, and A1 to A7 are voice message accumulations. Registration numbers of individual voice response messages stored in the unit 14, V1 to V5 are registration numbers of individual video response messages stored in the video message storage unit 15. First, the user specifies the registration number such as A1,
Register response messages with multiple voices. The voice response message is compressed and encoded by the voice codec unit 5, and then stored in the voice message storage unit 14 with the above-mentioned registration number added. Next, similarly, the registration number such as V1 is designated to register the response message with a plurality of images. This video response message is compressed and encoded by the video codec unit 4, and then added with the above-mentioned registration number to be added to the video message storage unit 1.
Accumulated in 5. Next, on the message selection condition setting screen as shown in FIG. 2, the user determines the condition for transmitting each response message. Here, these conditions are registered in the message selection condition registration unit 16. For example, in FIG. 2, when the telephone number of the calling terminal is not registered in the telephone number registration unit 13 and the calling terminal is a videophone (TV), a voice response message A3 and a video The response message V3 is set to be output at the same time. Also,
When it is desired to individually send a specific response message to a party whose terminal types such as a telephone number and a videophone are registered in the telephone number registration unit 13, a message individual designation screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. , In the telephone number list registered in the telephone number registration unit 13, the registration number of the response message to be transmitted to the other party is set. Here, these settings are registered in the message selection condition registration unit 16 as before. For example, for Mr. PQR, it is set to output the response message in the voice of A7 after the response message in the voice of A6.

Next, the incoming operation when the mode switching unit 9 is set to the answering machine will be described.
In FIG. 4, first, the line interface unit 7
By receiving the call setup message from the DN line,
Know the incoming call. Next, the line interface section 7 analyzes this call setting message and notifies the automatic response control section 11 of the incoming call. Next, the automatic response control unit 11 that has received the incoming call notification
Outputs the telephone number of the calling terminal and the terminal type to the message selection control unit 17. Next, the message selection control unit 17 records the output telephone number and terminal type of the calling terminal in the absence message recording unit 18 (S1). Next, the message selection control unit 17 analyzes whether or not the response message corresponding to the calling party corresponding to the telephone number and the terminal type is stored in the message selection condition registration unit 16 (S2). Next, as a result of this analysis, it is checked whether or not the response message corresponding to the calling party has entered the message selection condition registration unit 16 (S3). If not, the message selection control unit 17 instructs the automatic response control unit 11 to ignore the incoming call, and ends all the processing (S
4) If yes, the message selection control unit 17
Instructs the automatic response control unit 11 to connect (S5). Next, the automatic response control unit 11 instructs the line interface unit 7 to send a connection message to the ISDN line. Then, in accordance with this instruction, the line interface unit 7 sends a call acceptance message to the ISDN line to complete the connection with the other party. On the other hand, the message selection control unit 17 selects a response message corresponding to the calling party from the voice message storage unit 14 and the video message storage unit 15 according to the condition registered in the message selection condition registration unit 16 (S6). . Next, it is checked whether the connection with the calling party has been completed (S7). If not, S to wait for the connection to complete
7 and completes, the response message selected in S6 is read out from the voice message storage unit 14 and the video message storage unit 15, and these are multiplexed / demultiplexed unit 6 and ISDN line via the line interface unit 7. To the outgoing call terminal (S8), and at the same time, records the voice, video, etc. from the outgoing call partner in the absence message recording section 18. Next, after sending the response message, it is checked whether a disconnection message from the calling terminal is received (S9). If not received, jump to S9 to wait for reception of the disconnection message from the calling terminal, and if received, the automatic response control unit 11 instructs the line interface unit 7 to release the end message. Is sent to the ISDN line, the sending of the response message is stopped, and all processing is terminated (S10).

(Embodiment 2) A videophone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an image capturing unit, 2 is an image display unit, 3 is a handset, 4 is an image codec unit, 5
Is a voice codec unit, 6 is a multiplexing / demultiplexing unit, 7 is a line interface unit, 8 is a key input unit, 9 is a mode switching unit, 10 is an overall control unit, 11 is an automatic response control unit, and 13 is a telephone number registration unit. , 14 is a voice message accumulating section, 15 is a video message accumulating section, and 18 is an absent incoming call recording section, which are the same as those in the first embodiment. Reference numeral 19 is a clock calendar section for outputting the time / day of the week, 20 is a time / day of the arrival, and a voice message storage section according to conditions such as whether or not the telephone number of the calling terminal which has received is registered in the telephone number registration section 13. 14
And a message selection condition registration unit that registers conditions such as which response message stored in the video message storage unit 15 or a combination thereof is sent,
When the mode switching unit 9 is in the answering machine, the reference numeral 21 refers to the clock calendar unit 19 to determine the time of arrival and the day of the week, and selects the response message based on the conditions registered in the message selection condition registration unit 20. This is a message selection control unit that is transmitted as a message.

The operation of the videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above will be described below. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a message selection condition setting screen of the videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. DV is a symbol indicating a registered videophone, DL is a symbol indicating a registered ordinary telephone, A1 to A6 are symbols indicating a voice response message, and V1 to V6 are symbols indicating a video response message. Are the same as those in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted. AM is a symbol for morning,
PM is the symbol for afternoon, the numbers after AM and PM are the time,
WD is a symbol representing weekdays, and HO is a symbol representing holidays.
First, the user specifies a registration number such as A1 and registers a plurality of response messages by voice and video as in the first embodiment. Next, on the message selection condition setting screen as shown in FIG. 6, the user decides the condition for transmitting each response message by using the day of the week and the time. here,
These conditions are registered in the message selection condition registration unit 20. For example, in FIG. 6, the telephone number of the calling terminal is not registered in the telephone number registration unit 13, the incoming date is weekday (WD), and the incoming time is from 0:00 am to 1:00 am. In this case, as the response message, the voice response message A4 and the video response message V4 are set to be output at the same time. Also M
You may combine time and day of the week like ON + PM.
Further, as shown in the first embodiment, it may be set to individually send a specific response message to a partner whose telephone number is registered in the telephone number registration unit 13.

Next, the incoming operation when the mode switching unit 9 is set to the answering machine will be described.
In FIG. 7, first, the telephone number of the calling party, the terminal type,
Also, the incoming date and the incoming time obtained from the time calendar unit 19 are recorded in the missed incoming call recording unit 18 (S11). Next, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, it is analyzed whether the telephone number and the terminal type of the calling party are stored in the message selection condition registration unit 20 (S2). Next, in the same manner as in Example 1, it is checked whether or not the condition is analyzed in S2 (S3). If it is not included, the incoming call is ignored and all the processes are terminated in the same manner as in the first embodiment (S4). If it is included, the automatic response control unit 11 is connected in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Is instructed (S5). Next, the message selection control unit 21 checks whether the date and time is designated in the message selection condition registration unit 20 (S12). If not specified, as in the first embodiment, an audio message and a video message that meet the conditions are selected, and jump to S7. If specified, the message selection control unit 21 causes the clock calendar unit 19 to operate. The day of the week and the time of day when the call arrives are read from and the response message corresponding to the designated date and time condition is selected from the voice message storage unit 14 and the video message storage unit 15 (S13). Next, similarly to the first embodiment, it is checked whether the connection is completed (S7). If not completed, jump to S7 to wait until the connection is completed, and if completed, similar to the first embodiment, S6 or S12.
The response message selected in step 1 is read out and transmitted (S8), and the voice and video from the caller are recorded. Next, similarly to the first embodiment, it is checked whether a disconnection message has been received (S9). If No, jump to S9 to wait for the reception of the disconnection message, and if Yes, the response message transmission is stopped and all the processes are terminated in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of response messages are stored in the voice message storage section and the video message storage section, and which response message is transmitted to which party in the message selection condition registration section. Just by registering, when an incoming call arrives in the answering machine mode, the message selection control unit will automatically send a response message according to the recipient to send a response message according to the conditions registered in the message selection condition registration unit. It is easy to change the response message to another pre-stored response message by simply changing the specification in the message selection condition registration section. In order to record the telephone number of the calling terminal that the incoming call recording section received in the answering machine mode, who is the receiving party in the answering machine mode? Excellent easily can know convenience whether Tsu, by providing a clock calendar unit,
It is possible to realize a versatile videophone device that can automatically change a response message depending on conditions such as the time of arrival and the day of the week.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a message selection condition setting screen of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a message individual designation screen of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a videophone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a message selection condition setting screen of the videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a conventional videophone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Video Shooting Section 2 Video Display Section 3 Handset 4 Video Codec Section 5 Audio Codec Section 6 Multiplexing / Demultiplexing Section 7 Line Interface Section 8 Key Input Section 9 Mode Switching Section 10 Overall Control Section 11 Automatic Response Control Section 12 Response Message Storage Section 13 Telephone number registration unit 14 Voice message storage unit 15 Video message storage unit 16 Message selection condition registration unit 17 Message selection control unit 18 Missed call recording unit 19 Clock calendar unit 20 Message selection condition registration unit 21 Message selection control unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A video shooting unit for shooting a user, a video display unit for displaying the user's video and received video, a handset for inputting and outputting audio, and video data input from the video shooting unit. And a video codec section for decompressing / decoding the compressed / encoded video data and outputting it to the video display section, and for compressing / encoding the audio data input from the handset An audio codec unit that expands / decodes the encoded audio data and outputs the decoded audio data to the handset, multiplexes the video data encoded by the video codec unit, and the audio data encoded by the audio codec unit. A multiplexing / separating unit for separating the multiplexed video / audio data and outputting to the video codec unit and the audio codec unit; Line interface unit that sends the video / audio data multiplexed by the communication unit to the communication line and outputs the video / audio data received from the communication line to the multiplexing / separation unit, and the input of the telephone number and the selection of the function. Etc., a mode input section for switching between a normal mode and an answering machine, and an automatic response to the call when an incoming call is received when the mode switching section is in an answering machine. A videophone device including an automatic response control unit for storing a telephone number, a voice number storage unit for storing at least one voice response message, and a video response. The video message storage unit that stores at least one message and the telephone number of the calling terminal that received the call are registered in the telephone number registration unit. A message selection condition registration unit for registering conditions such as which response message stored in the voice message storage unit and the video message storage unit or a combination thereof depending on conditions such as whether or not to transmit; A message selection control unit that selects and sends a response message based on the conditions registered in the message selection condition registration unit, and records the telephone number of the communication terminal that received the call when the mode switching unit is in the answering machine mode. A videophone device, comprising: 2. A clock / calendar section for outputting time / day of the week, a time / day of the day of arrival, a voice number according to conditions such as whether or not a telephone number of a calling terminal which has received is registered in the telephone number registration section. A message selection condition registration unit for registering conditions such as which response message stored in the message storage unit and the video message storage unit, or a combination thereof, and an incoming call when the mode switching unit is in the answering mode. And a message selection control unit that refers to the clock calendar unit to obtain an incoming time / day of the week and selects and sends a response message based on the conditions registered in the message selection condition registration unit. The videophone device according to claim 1, wherein