JP2000196776A - Display device with video telephone function, control method of the same and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device with a video telephone function, which does not idly interrupt a user's trial viewing. SOLUTION: An input means 116 for inputting a telephone caller predicted to use a video telephone function and a reception procedure corresponding to the caller name, a storage means 110 storing the telephone caller name and the reception procedure, which are inputted by the input means 116, and a control means 112 controlling the display content of a data display and the connection of a telephone line in accordance with the telephone caller name and the reception procedure, which are stored in the storage means 110, are installed. When an incoming call arrives at an audio telephone set, the content of the display 101 and the connection of the telephone line are controlled in accordance with the storage content of the storage means 110 and correspondence corresponding to the priority of a telephone caller can suitably be executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a display device with a videophone function, a control method for the display device with a videophone function, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus in which a television receiver and a video telephone are integrated has been proposed. In the related art, when a videophone call is received while a normal TV image is displayed, for example, a window indicating a call arrival is instructed on a TV screen, and the user is notified that there is a phone call even while watching TV. A notification function was provided.

Further, as a recent telephone service, a so-called “number display” is displayed in which a caller's telephone number is displayed on a receiver's telephone so that the receiver's information can be known before the call is answered. A service called "" has been widely used.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional videophone, viewing is interrupted by an unspecified caller, and callers who are not important to the user, for example, uninteresting telephone sales, wrong telephone calls, etc. There was an inconvenience that they had to respond.

[0005] In particular, when watching a television broadcast in real time or watching a movie with a video program and the climax, it is a great inconvenience to the user that the viewing is interrupted by an unnecessary incoming call.

In order to eliminate such disadvantages, it is conceivable that all incoming calls are invalidated while watching television. However, in such a case, there is a problem that an important telephone for work or an emergency telephone cannot be connected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a display device with a videophone function that does not unnecessarily obstruct a user's trial listening.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a display device with a video telephone function, wherein the name of the telephone caller expected to use the video telephone function and the telephone caller are displayed on the display device having the video telephone function. Input means for inputting a receiving procedure corresponding to a name, storage means for storing the telephone caller name input by the input means and the receiving procedure, and telephone caller stored in the storage means And control means for controlling the display contents of the display and the connection of the telephone line in accordance with the name and the receiving procedure. Another feature of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that, in a display device having a videophone function, a line connection unit for connecting to a videophone line;
Signal processing means for switching and synthesizing an image / audio signal supplied to a display and a speaker, a display for displaying the image signal, a speaker for generating the audio signal, and storage means for storing the image / audio signal; Imaging means for generating an image signal to be transmitted to the video phone line, a microphone for generating an audio signal to be transmitted to the video phone line, and control means for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, Storage means for storing a telephone caller name registered in advance as a target user of the videophone function and a receiving procedure corresponding to the telephone caller name, and input means for inputting the telephone caller name and the receiving procedure Are provided. Another feature of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that the preregistered telephone caller names are divided into groups, and the receiving procedure is set corresponding to each group. It is characterized by. Another feature of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that the grouping is set according to the priority of reception given to the telephone caller. Another feature of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that the reception procedure set corresponding to the group is set in consideration of the operation state of the display at the time of an incoming call. Features.

The method for controlling a display device with a videophone function according to the present invention is the control method for a display device having a videophone function. An input process for inputting a receiving procedure set in accordance with a party name, a storing process for storing the telephone caller name and the receiving procedure input by the input process in a storage unit, and a storing process in the storage unit Control processing for controlling the display contents of the display and the connection of the telephone line in accordance with the telephone caller name and the receiving procedure described above. Another feature of the control method of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that a line connection process for connecting to a videophone line, and switching of image / audio signals supplied to a display and a speaker and synthesis. Signal processing, display processing for displaying the image signal on a display, sound generation processing for generating the audio signal from a speaker, storage processing for storing the image / audio signal in storage means, and transmission to the video telephone line. A control method for performing an imaging process for generating an image signal to be transmitted, a sound collection process for generating an audio signal to be transmitted to the video telephone line, and a control process for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus,
A storage process for storing in a storage means a telephone caller name registered in advance as a use target of the videophone function and a reception procedure set in accordance with the telephone caller name; and a telephone caller name and reception procedure. And an input process of inputting a. Another feature of the control method of the display device with the videophone function of the present invention is that the above-mentioned receiving procedure is such that a telephone caller name registered in advance is divided into groups and set corresponding to each group. It is characterized by being done. Another feature of the control method of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that the groups are set according to the priority of reception. Another feature of the control method of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention is that the reception procedure set corresponding to the group is set according to the operation state of the display at the time of an incoming call. It is characterized by. Other features of the control method of the display device with a videophone function of the present invention include a process of waiting until a videophone call is received and a process of displaying an image on the display when the videophone call is received. A display determination process of determining whether the image is not displayed as a result of the display determination process, a display process of displaying a videophone image on the entire surface of the display, and an image display is performed as a result of the determination. In this case, a caller confirmation process for confirming the caller, a priority search process for searching for a priority set for the caller confirmed by the caller confirmation process, and a caller in which the caller is registered in advance As a result of the registration presence / absence determination processing for determining whether or not the caller is the registered presence / absence determination processing, if the sender is a pre-registered sender, the priority stored in the storage means is stored. As a result of the priority reading process and the registration presence / absence determining process, if the sender is not a pre-registered sender, a priority setting process of setting a predetermined priority, and the priority reading process is performed. The present invention is characterized in that preset display processing and line control processing are performed based on the set priorities.

[0010] A storage medium according to the present invention is characterized in that a program for causing a computer to function as a means constituting the above-described apparatus is stored so as to be readable from the computer. Another feature of the storage medium of the present invention is that a program for causing a computer to execute the procedure of the control method is stored so as to be readable from the computer.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a display device with a videophone function, a method of controlling the display device with a videophone function, and a storage medium according to the present invention will be described. First, the overall configuration of the display device with a videophone function according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
, The TV tuner 105 is connected to an antenna for receiving a TV broadcast, and separates the received TV broadcast signal into an image signal and an audio signal (in this figure, for simplicity, a single line is used). (Shown) are output to the signal selection unit 104.

The video recorder 106 reproduces an image signal and an audio signal recorded on a recording medium, and outputs the reproduced image signal and the audio signal to the signal selection unit 104.

The signal selector 104 selects one of the input television signal and video signal. The signal selector 104 is controlled by the controller 112 to perform a selection operation.
5 or one of the output signals from the video recorder 106 is selected and output.

The image signal and the audio signal selected by the control unit 112 are output from the signal selection unit 104, the image signal is supplied to the image multiplexing unit 103, and the audio signal is output and supplied to the audio selection unit 107. The signal is converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter, and is supplied to the control unit 112.

The image multiplexing unit 103 has a so-called superimpose function, and superimposes an image signal (mainly a videophone image) input from the control unit 112 on an image signal input from the signal selection unit 104. Image processing unit 1
02 is output.

The image processing section 102 demodulates a synchronization signal, a luminance signal and a color signal from the input image signal, and displays an image on the display screen of the display 101. The display 101 is a display portion of the display system with a videophone function of the present embodiment, and is a so-called monitor.

The type and size of the monitor are selected according to the place where the monitor is installed and the purpose. For example, the monitor has a screen size of 40 inches or more diagonally and has a multi-window. It is desirable to have a resolution sufficient for display.

The audio selector 107 selects either the audio signal selected by the signal selector 104 or the audio signal (mainly videophone audio) output from the controller 112 and outputs the selected signal to the audio processor 108. Control unit 11
2 controls the selection operation.

The audio processing unit 108 amplifies the audio signal supplied from the audio selection unit 107 and drives the speaker 109, and includes volume control, tone control and the like of the speaker 109.

The priority storage unit 110 stores processing priorities for videophone callers, which will be described later, and is formed of a so-called nonvolatile memory. Signal storage unit 111
Is for storing image signals and audio signals required in a procedure described later, and is composed of an external storage device such as a hard disk.

The control unit 112 controls the entire apparatus of this embodiment, inputs and outputs image signals to and from the camera 113, the signal selection unit 104, the signal storage unit 111, and the line connection unit 115, the audio selection unit 107, Connection section 115, microphone 1
A CPU for executing a program, a ROM storing the program, and a RAM using a storage area for processing data, for inputting and outputting a voice signal to and from the input unit 116, etc. , An interface circuit and the like, and the actual operation will be described later in detail.

The camera 113 is for inputting an image of a user as a videophone, and is realized by a so-called CCD. The output signal of the camera 113 is A / D
The data is input to the control unit 112 through the converter. The microphone 114 is also for transmitting a videophone call, and converts a user's voice into an electric signal. The converted electric signal is input to the control unit through an A / D converter.

The line connection unit 115 connects the apparatus of the present embodiment to a telephone line, and is realized by a so-called terminal adapter for an ISDN line and a modem for an analog line. The input unit 116 is for a user to input settings such as priority settings.
This is realized by a so-called keyboard, mouse, and the like.

Next, how the apparatus according to the present embodiment actually operates when a user receives a telephone call while watching a video program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. I do.

The operation starts when the power of the device is turned on.
The control unit 112 monitors whether there is an incoming call until there is an incoming call (step S1).

As a result of the monitoring in step S1, when there is an incoming call, it is determined whether an image is displayed (step S2). If no image is displayed as a result of the determination in step S2, an image of the caller is displayed using the entire screen, and the screen is changed to a normal videophone screen (step S3).

At this time, the control unit 112 sends the videophone image to the image multiplexing unit 103. Also, the display 101
Is controlled so that the videophone image is displayed on the entire surface of the.
Also, a video phone audio signal is input to the audio selection unit 107, and the audio is selected to be reproduced by the speaker 109.

Also, control is performed so that the image from the camera 113 and the sound from the microphone 114 are output to the line connection unit 115 and transmitted to the caller through the telephone line.
In this way, a normal videophone operation is performed.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S2 is that an image is being displayed, the caller name is confirmed (step S4). This is determined from caller information (other party telephone number) included in the telephone signal. Next, the confirmed sender name is already registered (stored) in the priority memory.
A search is performed to determine whether the search has been performed (step S5). FIG. 3 shows an example of the priority storage table in this case.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the priority corresponding to the registrant's name, and the time when each image is displayed, such as at the time of television display, at the time of video display, at the time of non-display, and at the time of another call, etc. The setting operation for each priority is stored.

Next, it is determined whether the sender is a registered sender (step S6). If the result of this determination is that the sender is not a registered sender, priority 4 is newly set (step S7). On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S6 is that the sender is a registered sender,
The registered priority is read (step S8), and the processing shown in the table in FIG. 3 is executed based on the read priority (step S9).

In this embodiment, the priority is 1
4 are set. Then, when there is an incoming call from a registrant (priority example, Taro Suzuki and Hanako Yamada in the example of FIG. 3), the television display is interrupted when the television is displayed, the recording state is set, and the telephone is sent from the telephone. Display the image on the screen.

When displaying a video, the video display is interrupted and an image sent from the telephone is displayed on the screen. Further, when nothing is displayed, an image sent from the telephone is displayed.

Further, if there is an incoming call from another telephone during a call with another telephone, the fact is displayed on the television screen, and the subsequent processing is selected by the user. At this time,
FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen display performed by each set processing.
6 to 6, the operation of the apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen when there is an incoming call of priority 1 during television display, and a display 401 of a telephone image is performed on almost the entire screen. Also, an icon 402 indicating that the program which has been watched so far is recorded is displayed.

At this time, the control unit 112 records the digital image (and audio) data passed through the AD converter from the signal selection unit 104 into the signal storage unit 111 at the same time as the normal telephone operation described above is performed. The image stored in the signal storage unit 111 can be sequentially reproduced and displayed by the user after the end of the telephone call.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a state in which a television image is displayed (TV image 5).
This is an example of a screen when a call of priority 2 is received during the display of “01” (displaying “01”). This shows a state where the dialog 502 is displayed.

When "OK" in the dialog 502 is selected, the child window 7 on the screen is displayed as shown in FIG.
02 is controlled so that a telephone image is displayed. That is, the control unit 112 sends the telephone image input from the line connection unit 115 to the image multiplexing unit 103 through the D / A converter, and controls the telephone image to be displayed in a small screen in the television image. Do.

The voice selector 107 sends out the telephone voice through the D / A converter and controls the telephone voice to be selected. At this time, the camera 113,
The image / voice signal from the microphone 114 is sent to the telephone line through the line connection unit 115 in the same manner as a normal telephone.

In FIG. 5, when the user selects “Answering” in the dialog 502, the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. In this case, the display 101
, The television image 601 that has been watched is displayed as it is, and the icon 602 indicates that the incoming call is being recorded.

At this time, the control unit 112 controls the line connection unit 11
The telephone image and the telephone sound from No. 5 are recorded in the signal storage unit 111, and a recording-in-progress display is sent to the image multiplexing unit 103 to be superimposed on the television image. The stored telephone image can be sequentially reproduced and displayed by the user after the television viewing ends. Alternatively, even when the telephone call ends, it is possible to reproduce the recorded screen from the end of the television viewing by telephone while continuing to record the television until the end of the program.

As described above, the processing according to the priority is performed according to the preset operation. However, if the user wants to change the setting during the actual operation, it is also possible to change the setting manually. There is (step S10).

As an example of changing the setting manually,
For example, when the child screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 7, the display is changed to the full screen display (FIG. 4) (step S1).
1). Then, processing according to the already set is performed, and if there is no manual setting change, when the telephone call is completed, the process returns to step S1 to be in a state of waiting for an incoming call.

According to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent television / video viewing from being hindered by a call from a caller having a low priority, and to prevent a call from a caller having a high priority. It is now possible to respond to the incoming call without delay.

(Other Embodiments of the Present Invention) The present invention can be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), or to an apparatus composed of one device. You may.

Further, in order to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments, a device connected to the above-mentioned various devices or a computer in a system is operated so as to operate various devices so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments. The present invention also includes programs implemented by supplying the program code of the software described above and operating the various devices according to programs stored in a computer (CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus.

In this case, the program code of the software implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the program code itself and means for supplying the program code to the computer are provided.
For example, a storage medium storing such a program code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for storing such a program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM,
A magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the supplied program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (operating system) or other operating system running on the computer. Needless to say, even when the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized in cooperation with application software or the like, such program codes are included in the embodiments of the present invention.

Further, after the supplied program code is stored in a memory provided in a function expansion board of a computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board or the function expansion unit is specified based on the instruction of the program code. It is needless to say that the present invention also includes a case where the CPU or the like provided in the first embodiment performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a display device having a videophone function, a telephone caller name and a receiving procedure corresponding to the telephone caller name are stored in advance, and a call is received. In such a case, display control and line connection control are performed according to the stored contents, so that it is possible to reliably prevent inconvenience that hinders the user from watching the program unnecessarily, and to prevent an incoming call that is considered important. We can respond immediately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention and is a diagram illustrating a block configuration of an entire display device with a videophone function.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the display device with a videophone function according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a table of operations corresponding to registration of priorities according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when an incoming call with a priority of 1 is displayed during television display.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a call of priority 2 is received while a television image is displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the user selects “Answering” in a dialog displayed on the screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example in which a telephone image is displayed in a child window on a screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 display 102 image processing unit 103 image multiplexing unit 104 signal selection unit 105 TV tuner 106 video recorder 107 audio selection unit 108 audio processing unit 109 speaker 110 priority storage unit 111 signal storage unit 112 control unit 113 camera 114 microphone 115 line connection Unit 116 Input unit

Claims (14)

[Claims] An input means for inputting a telephone caller name and a receiving procedure corresponding to the telephone caller name, and a telephone caller name input by the input means. Storage means for storing the reception procedure, and control means for controlling display contents of a display and connection of a telephone line in accordance with the telephone caller name and the reception procedure stored in the storage means. Display device with videophone function. 2. A display device having a video telephone function, comprising: line connection means for connecting to a video telephone line; signal processing means for switching and combining image / audio signals supplied to a display and a speaker; , A speaker that emits the audio signal, a storage unit that stores the image / audio signal, an imaging unit that generates an image signal to be transmitted to the video phone line, A microphone for generating an audio signal to be transmitted, and control means for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus; a telephone caller name and a telephone caller name registered in advance as a person to use the videophone function Storage means for storing a receiving procedure corresponding to the above, and input means for inputting the telephone caller name and the receiving procedure And a display device with a videophone function. 3. The video telephone according to claim 1, wherein said pre-registered telephone caller names are grouped, and said receiving procedure is set corresponding to each group. Noh display device. 4. The display device with a videophone function according to claim 3, wherein the grouping is set according to a priority of reception given to the telephone caller. 5. The videophone function according to claim 3, wherein the reception procedure set corresponding to the group is set in consideration of an operation state of a display at the time of an incoming call. Display device. 6. The display device with a videophone function according to claim 1, wherein the display has a screen size of 40 inches or more on a diagonal. 7. A method for controlling a display device having a videophone function, comprising: inputting a name of a telephone caller registered in advance as a user of the videophone function and a receiving procedure set according to the name of the telephone caller. Input processing for storing the telephone caller name and the receiving procedure input by the input processing in the storage means, and according to the telephone caller name and the receiving procedure stored in the storage means. A control method for a display device with a videophone function, comprising: performing control processing for controlling display contents of a display and connection of a telephone line. 8. A line connection process for connecting to a video telephone line, a signal process for switching and combining image / audio signals supplied to a display and a speaker,
Display processing for displaying the image signal on a display, sound generation processing for generating the audio signal from a speaker, storage processing for storing the image / audio signal in storage means, and generation of an image signal to be transmitted to the video telephone line And a sound collection process for generating an audio signal to be transmitted to the videophone line, and a control process for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus. A storage process for storing a registered telephone caller name and a reception procedure set in accordance with the telephone caller name in a storage unit, and an input process for inputting the telephone caller name and the reception procedure. A method for controlling a display device having a videophone function. 9. The videophone function according to claim 8, wherein the receiving procedure is performed by grouping telephone caller names registered in advance and corresponding to each group. A method for controlling a display device. 10. The group according to claim 8, wherein the groups are set in accordance with the priority of reception.
3. The method for controlling a display device having a videophone function according to item 1. 11. The television according to claim 8, wherein the reception procedure set corresponding to the group is set according to an operation state of a display at the time of an incoming call. A method for controlling a display device having a telephone function. 12. A process for waiting until a videophone call arrives, a display discrimination process for discriminating whether or not an image is displayed on a display when a videophone call arrives, and an image display result as a result of the display discrimination process. If not, a display process of displaying a videophone image on the entire surface of the display; and, as a result of the determination, if an image is displayed, a caller confirmation process of confirming a caller; and a caller confirmation process. Priority search processing for searching the priority set for the caller confirmed by the above, registration presence / absence determination processing for determining whether or not the caller is a pre-registered caller, As a result, if the sender is a pre-registered sender, as a result of the priority reading process for reading the priority stored in the storage means and the registration presence / absence determination process, Priority setting processing for setting a predetermined priority if the caller is not a pre-registered caller; and display processing and line control processing set in advance based on the priority read by the priority reading processing. And a control method for a display device. 13. A storage medium characterized by storing a program for causing a computer to function as means constituting the apparatus according to claim 1 so as to be readable from the computer. 14. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the procedure of the control method according to claim 7 so as to be readable from the computer.