GB2229888A - Videophone system - Google Patents
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Abstract
A videophone system is arranged to record time and date data with the associated video data on a tape so that the video data can easily be discriminated. The video phone system comprises A/D converter 1, central processing unit 7, gate array 2, D/A converter 3 video amplifying and synthesizing circuit 4, interface 6, memory 5, and universal timer integrated circuit 8. Date and time data are simultaneously recorded upon recording the video data to a tape so that the video data can be displayed on the monitor simultaneously with date and time data upon reproducing the tape, and thereby the picture can be discriminated more easily and simply. <IMAGE>
Description
VIDEO PHONE SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a video phone system for displaying a picture of other party by receiving at the time of talking over the telephone, and particularly, to a video phone system in which date and time are simultaneously recorded upon recording a picture data on a tape so that enabling the picture data to be discriminated more simply and easily.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional video phone system. As shown in the drawing, the conventional video phone system is comprised of an analog/ digital converter I for converting analog video signal VI outputted from video camera and the like into digital signal; a central processing unit 7 for receiving and transmitting the video data through an interface 6 and for executing various controls; a gate array 2 for either outputting the data outputted from said analog/digital converter 1 as they are, or recording the data outputted from said analog/digital converter 1 and video data received at said central processing unit 7 into memory 5 upon the control of said central processing unit 7, and reading out the data recorded in said memory 5 and then outputting in accordance with the control of said central processing unit 7; a digital/analog converter 3 for converting the output data of said gate array 2 into analog signal; and a video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4 for synthesizing the output signal of said digital/analog converter 3 with vertical synchronization signal and horizontal synchronization signal and then reproducing to original video signal and thereafter applying to monitor etc., of which operational process will be described hereinafter as follows.
Analog video signal VI outputted from video camera and the like is converted into digital signal by the analog/digital converter 1 and then being outputted through the gate array 2, thus outputted video data are converted into.analog signal by the digital/analog converter 3 and then being synthesized with vertical synchronization signal and horizontal synchronization signal whereby being reproduced to original video signal at the video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4, and this reproduced signal VO is applied to amonitor whereby displayed, so that it becomes possible to be seen in talking condition.
In this state, when it becomes to stop mode by handling of user, control signal according to said stop mode is outputted from the central processing unit 7 and being applied to the gate array 2, according to this, the gate array 2 records the video data of the amount of one frame out of the video data outputted by converting into digital signal at the analog/digital converter 1 to the transmitting region of the memory 5 and thereafter immediately disabling the analog/digital converter 1, and outputting the video data of the amount of one frame recorded at said transmitting region of memory 5, and this outputted video data are applied to the monitor through the digital/analog converter 3 and video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4 as described above whereby being displayed as a still picture.
In this state, when it becomes to transmitting mode by the handling of user, the control signal according to said transmitting mode is outputted from the central processing unit 7 and being applied to the gate array 2, according to this, the gate array 2 reads out and then outputting the video data recorded at the transmitting region of the memory 5, and said outputted video data are modulated with AM or AM-PM at the central processing unit 7 and thereafter being transmitted to the telephone line through the interface 6, wherein the reason of modulating is because the cut-off frequency of the telephone line is limited to 3.4 KHz.
And, when the video data are transmitted from said central processing unit 7, dual-tone signal, stop signal, control information signal and video data are sequentially transmitted.
That is, as shown in FIG. 2, after transmitting the dual-tone signal which is synthesized signal of 1.6 KHz and 2 KHz, leaving the stop period B of approximately 0.4 second, and then transmitting various control information signals C, and thereafter transmitting the video data D read from said gate array 2, and various informations such as format state and length for correctly decoding the video data D at receiving side are carried on said various control information signals C.
And, E in FIG. 2 represents the stop period oE approximately 0.4 second.
On the other hand, in case when the video data are received at the interface 6 through the telephone line, the dual-tone signal of said received signals is detected at the interface 6 and applied to the central processing unit 7 then receives various control information signals and video data received through the interface 6 and thereafter converting into digital signal by its internal analog/digital converter whereby demodulating them and these demodulated video data are recorded at the receiving region of the memory 5 through the gate array 2.
When these recording operations are completed, the video data recorded at the receiving region of the memory 5 are read by the gate array 2 upon the control of the central processing unit 7 and then continuously outputting them, and these outputted video data are displayed on the minitor through the digital/ analog converter 3 and video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4 as described above, and therefore, the received picture becomes possible to be seen in stop state.
And thereafter, when the video data recorded in the memory 5 are desired to record on a tape by the handling of user, the video data recorded in the memory 5 are read and outputted from the gate array 2 upon the control of the central processing unit 7, and these video data are modulated at the central processing unit 7 as similar as aforementioned transmitting condition, and thereafter the dual-tone signal, stop period, control information signals and video data are sequentially applied to the tape through the interface 6 whereby becoming to be recorded,
Thus, when reproducing the video data recorded on the tape, said reproduced signals are applied to the central processing unit 7 through the interface 6 as similar as aforementioned receiving condition, and thereafter being recorded to the receiving region of the memory 5 through the gate array 2 upon the control of said central processing unit 7, and the data recorded at the receiving region of said memory 5 are applied to the monitor through the gate array 2, digital/analog converter 3 and video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4 and thereby becoming to be displayed.
However, in such a conventional video phone system, in case that the video data are recorded repeatedly on the tape, each video data may not be discriminated at the time of reproducing said tape, and therefore, there has been disadvantage that it becomes not to be possible to correctly discriminate when the picture being displayed on the minitor was communcated.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a video phone system that when reproducing the tape and displaying the picture on the monitor, the date and time are indicated to every pictures so that user can discriminate the picture more easily and simply.
Such object of the present invention is accomplished by connecting a universal timer integrated circuit means which is under the control of the central processing unit to an interface, when recording the video data etc. to the tape through said interface, outputting and recording the date and time data of said universal timer integrated circuit means before recording the dual-tone signal, when reproducing the tape, the date and time data are displayed together with video data.
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanyino
drawings, in which: h I c h:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional video phone system,
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the form of recording the data to conventional tape,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a video phone system of a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the form of recording the data to a tape according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the transmitting condition of the video phone system of FIG. 3,
FIG. 6 is a flow chart of receiving condition of the video phone system of FIG. 3,
FIGS. 7A to 7E are waveform charts in case of transmitting the data, and
FIGS. 8A and 8B are waveform charts in case of receiving the data.
Referring to FIG. 3, the video phone system of a preferred
embodiment of the present invention comprises an analog/digital conventer 1 for converting the analog video signal VI outputted
from a video camera and the like into digital signal; a central
processing unit 7 for transmitting and receiving the video
data through an interface 6 and for executing various controls;
a gate array 2 for either outputting the data outputted from
said analog/digital converter 1 as they are, or recording the data outputted from said analog/digital converter 1 and video data received by said central processing unit 7 into memory 5 upon the control of said central processing unit 7, and reading out the data recorded in said memory 5 and then outputting in accordance with the control of said central processing unit 7; a digital/analog converter 3 for converting the output data of said gate array 2 into analog signal; a video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4 for synthesizing the output signal of said digital/analog converter 3 with vertical synchronization signal and horizontal synchronization signal and then reproducing to original video signal and thereafter applying it to a monitor or the like; and a universal timer integrated circuit means 8 for applying the date and time data to a tape through said interface 6 upon the control of said central processing unit 7 when recording the video data to the tape through said interface 6.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustrating the form for recording the data to a tape according to the present invention, as shown in the drawing, the central processing unit 7 drives the universal timer integrated circuit means 8 and applies the date and time data T to a tape through the interface 6, and thereafter as same as the description of FIG. 2, applying and recording dual-tone signal A, stop period B, various control information signals C and video data D to the tape sequentially through the interface 6, and then leaving the stop period E.
The operation and effect of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the flow charts of
FIGS. 5 and 6 as well as waveform charts of FIGS. 7 and 8 as follows.
Analog video signal VI outputted from a video camera and the like is converted into a digital signal at the analog/digital converter 1 and thereafter being recorded to the transmitting region of the memory 5 through the gate array 2, and the video data recorded at the transmitting region of said memory 5 is displayed on the monitor as a still picture through the gate array 2, digital/analog converter 3, and video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4, as same as FIG. 1.
In a state that the video data are recorded at the transmitting region of the memory 5 as above description, when it becomes to the transmitting mode by the handling of user, the video data recorded at the transmitting region of the memory 5 are read by the gate array 2 upon the control of said central processing unit 7, said video data are modulated at the central processing unit 7 and thereafter transmitted to the telephone line through the interface 6 as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 5. That is, at this moment as shown in FIG. 7E, dual-tone signal A is firstly transmitted to the telephone line through the interface 6 and then leaving a stop period B of 0.4 second, and various control information signals and video data are transmitted sequentially to the telephone line through the interface 6.
Further, in case when the video data and the like are received at the interface 6 through the telephone line, they are processed as same as the description of FIG. 1 and displayed on the monitor. That is, as shown in FIG. 8B, in case when video data and the like are received at the interface 6, firstly received dual-tone signal A is detected by the interface 6 and applied to the central processing unit 7 as a receiving state signal, accordingly the central processing unit 7 then receives the control information signals C and video data D received through the interface 6, and converting said video data D into digital signal again and demodulating them.The demodulated video data are stored to the receiving region of the memory 5 through thegate array 2 as in the flow chart of FIG. 6, and said stored video data are displayed as a still picture on the monitor through the gate array 2, digital/analog converter 3, and video amplifying and synthesizing unit 4.
On the other hand, in case of reading the video data stored in the memory 5 to record on the tape, firstly the central processing unit 7 outputs the low potential output enable signal
OE and high potential read control signal RADA as shown in FIGS.
7A and 7B and then driving the universal timer integrated circuit means 8, according to this, the date and time data are outputted from said universal timer integrated circuit means 8 as shown in FIG. 7C and thereafter being applied to the tape through the interface 6 and being recorded as shown in FIG. 7D, and then as same as aforementioned transmitting time, the dual-tone signal, various control information signals, and video data are sequentially applied and recorded to the tape through the interface 6.
In case of reproducing the tape thus recorded, being reproduced as shown in FIG. 8A and being received to the interface 6, according to this, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 6, the date and time data are applied to the central processing unit 7 through said interface 6 and then being recorded to the receiving region of the memory 5 through the gate array 2 according to the control of said central processing unit 7, and thereafter the central processing unit 7 recognizes the receiving state according to the dual-tone signal detected at said interface 6 and receives the control information signals and video data, and converting said video data into the digital signal again and demodulating them and thereafter recording to the receiving region of the memory 5 through the gate array 2. Thus, after recording the video data to the memory 5, said recorded date and time data and video data are read at the gate array 2 and displaying simultaneously to the monitor through the digital/analog converter 3 and the video amplifying and synthesizing means 4.
As described above in detail, the present invention records simultaneously the date and time data when recording the video data to the tape, upon reproducing said tape, the video and the date and time accompanying to it are simultaneously displayed, and therefore, there is effect that an user can discriminate said picture easily and simply.
Claims (3)
1. A video phone system comprising:
an analog/digital converter for converting analog video signal outputted from a video camera into digital signal;
a central processing unit for receiving and transmitting the video data through interface means and for executing various controls;
a gate array for either outputting the data outputted from said analog/digital converter, or recording the video data outputted from the analog/digital converter and video data received by said central processing unit into a memory upon the control of said central processing unit, and reading out the data recorded in said memory and then outputting in accordance with the control of said central processing unit;
a digital/analog converter for converting the output data of said gate array into analog signal; ;
video amplifying and synthesizing means for synthesizing the output signal of said digital/analog converter with vertical synchronization signal and horizontal synchronization signal and then reproducing to original video signal and thereafter applying to a monitor; and
universal timer integrated circuit means for applying the date and time data to a tape through said interface means upon the control of said central processing unit.
2. A video phone system according to claim 1, wherein the universal timer integrated circuit means outputs the date and time data to record in a tape through the interface means upon the control of the central processing unit before said central processing unit records video data in the tape through the interface means.
3. A video phone system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 to 8 of the accompanying
drawings.
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