JP2003110660A - Moving picture ip phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To integrate different services such as an image distribution service, information notification, and remote supervision by image control to a phone system. SOLUTION: The moving picture IP phone 3 connected to a moving picture distribution server via an Ethernet (R) includes; an Ethernet control function F321 by an ICP/TP control F322; a voice control function F33; an image application control function F301 capable of MPEG decoding, a color LCD 34 and an image display control function F34.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a direct connection to a LAN which constitutes an image distribution system capable of exchanging moving image data using a telephone using an Internet protocol (Internet-Protocol) (hereinafter referred to as a moving image IP telephone). The present invention relates to a moving image IP telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a video telephone system and a content service by server distribution have been proposed. Each of these systems is realized by an individual system configuration such as a video conference system and a content distribution system from a server. Since these systems have different system configurations, the range of services that can be provided is limited, and the services cannot be provided to each other.

Further, in the IP telephone system, it is not realized to take in the distributed image data and provide the image service.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to integrate different services such as an image distribution service, information notification, and remote monitoring by image control into a telephone system.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a moving picture IP telephone apparatus connected to a moving picture distribution server via an Ethernet in a TCP / I
The P control provided an Ethernet control function, a voice control function, an MPEG decodable image application control function, a color LCD, and an image display control function.

According to the present invention, in the above moving picture IP telephone, the color LCD is a 4-inch color LCD.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The configuration of a moving picture IP telephone system using a moving picture distribution server according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the outline of the configuration of a moving picture IP telephone system in which a moving picture distribution server capable of distributing a moving picture to the moving picture IP telephone is connected. The moving picture IP telephone system includes a moving picture distribution server 1, a moving picture IP telephone 3 having a moving picture display unit, various moving picture transmission devices 5, and a personal computer LA.
It is configured to be connected via N4. Further, the moving image distribution server 1 is connected to the personal computer 7 by a wireless communication function based on IEEE802.11v, and
It is also connected to the Internet 9 to which the image server 91 is connected via N.

The functional block configuration of the moving image distribution server 11 will be described with reference to FIG. The moving image distribution server 11
Hard disk 11, main controller 12, 10BASE
/ 100BASE Ethernet control unit 131 and 10B
ASE Ethernet control unit 132, RS-232C control unit 133, analog interface unit 134, I
SDN interface unit 135, 1.5M interface unit 136, IEEE 802 control unit 141, Bl
uethooth control section 142 and audio compression control section 151
, PCMCIA control unit 161, image control unit interface 171, HDD control unit 181, highway switch control unit 190, FROM 191, SDRAM
And 192. It is the main control unit equipped with.

The 10BASE / 100BASE Ethernet controller 131 has 10BASE / 100BASE
It is a control unit that takes an E Ethernet interface.

10BASE Ethernet control unit 132
Is a control unit that interfaces with 10BASE Ethernet.

The RS-232C control unit 133 is a control unit that interfaces with a device setting terminal.

The analog interface section 134 is a control section for interfacing with an analog telephone.

The ISDN interface unit 135 is an IS
It is a control unit that takes a basic interface of DN.

The 1.5M interface unit 136 includes:
It is a control unit that uses a PRI interface of 5 Mbps.

The IEEE 802 control unit 141 uses the IEEE
This is a connection control unit for a 2.4 G band wireless LAN called 802.11v.

The Bluetooth control unit 142 uses the BL
This is a wireless interface of Bluetooth.

The voice compression control unit 151 is a control unit for performing voice control such as voice compression / expansion and FAX.

The PCMCIA controller 161 is a PCMCIA
It is a control unit that controls communication.

The image controller interface 171 is an MP
This is an interface for capturing images such as EG4.

The HDD control unit 181 includes the hard disk 1
1 is a control unit for controlling 1.

The highway switch control section 190 is a control section for controlling the highway of each interface control section, radio control section and voice control section.

The software configuration of the moving image distribution server 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The moving image distribution server 1 includes a hard disk 11 that stores image data and the like, a main control F12, a TCP / IP control 13, and an Ethernet.
(Registered trademark) control F131, ppp control F135, wireless LAN control F14, image application control F1
51, PCMCIA control F 161, file system control F 181, and Web application control F 21
A mail application F22, a gatekeeper control F23, a gateway control F24, a mail protocol control F25, an http protocol control F26,
H. 323 control F27.

The main control F12 is a function for controlling the entire apparatus in addition to controlling mail applications, Web applications and the like.

The TCP / IP control 13 performs TCP / IP control.

The Ethernet control F131 is a function for controlling transmission / reception of Ethernet, that is, controlling the 10 / 100BASE interface.

The ppp control F135 is a function of controlling access to the line, that is, controlling the ISDN interface.

The wireless LAN control F14 is IEEE80.
This is a function for controlling transmission / reception of 2.11V or Bluetooth wireless LAN.

The image application control F151 has a function of delivering image data to the terminals via the Ethernet.

The PCMCIA control F 161 is a PCMCI
This is a function for controlling reading and writing of the A card.

The file system control F181 is a function of controlling the operation of the hard disk 11 and the reading / writing of the stored file.

The Web application control F21 is W
It is a function of setting screen data of eb and performing web patrol, and is a content acquisition function of acquiring data such as predetermined images and music from the Internet. That is, W
The eb application control F12 uses the Internet to acquire images and music on various homepages and further the homepage as it is, and the moving image distribution server 1
The data is saved in the memory of the hard disk 11 built in.
Various data can be acquired from the Internet at any time such as time designation. These settings are made from the personal computer on the Web screen (browser).

The Web application control F21 also has a Web server function for performing various data settings and user settings using a personal computer connected to the Ethernet 4 and a browser.

The mail application control F22 is a function of transferring a mail to an incoming and set partner who has voluntarily fetched the mail, and is a control function of receiving and transferring the mail.

The gatekeeper control F23 controls the extension number and I
This is an address conversion function for converting the P address. Further, it is a function of controlling the bandwidth.

The gateway control F24 is a function of converting an IP packet flowing from the Ethernet into a ppp protocol, and a function of converting a transmission format.

The mail protocol control F25 is POP3.
/ SMTP is a mail transmission / reception protocol control and is a mail-related protocol for fetching and transferring mail.

The http protocol control F26 is a Web
This is a protocol control for obtaining and displaying image data from (Internet).

H. The 323 control F27 is a protocol control that controls the H323 protocol, controls a voice in the IP telephone, and performs image transmission.

The LED control F28 is used for mail reception and Web
It is a control function of the LED that displays the status such as the end of the patrol.

The operation of the image application F151 will be described in detail. The image application F151 is a moving image I connected to the moving image distribution server 1 via the LAN 4.
It has a function of delivering an image to the P telephone 3. Further, a moving image file (for example, a commercial image of a movie) on the Internet can be automatically acquired and simultaneously delivered to the connected moving image IP telephone 3.
When the image is distributed, it is once stored in the hard disk 11 built in the moving image distribution server 1 and is simultaneously distributed to each moving image IP telephone 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, this moving image distribution server uses image data obtained from an image server installed on the Internet 9 by using a multicast packet.
Not only can it be used for multiple moving image IP phones 3 at the same time,
It is also possible to transmit a one-to-one (PtoP) image from the moving image distribution server 1 to one moving image IP telephone.

The operation of the image application for image distribution will be described below. First, a case where image data obtained from an image server on the Internet 9 is distributed to a plurality of moving image IP telephones on the Ethernet will be described.

The moving image distribution server 1 activates the Web application F21 to transfer the image data from the image server on the Internet to the Ethernet control F131 → TC.
P / IP control F13 → image application control F21
→ Obtained via the file system control F181 and stored in the hard disk 11.

In image distribution, the main control F12
The gatekeeper control F23 is activated to recognize the connected telephone, and the image application F151 is activated to enter the distribution operation state. The image data read from the hard disk 11 is H.264. 323 control F27 → TCP / IP control F
13 → Sent on Ethernet 4 via Ethernet control F131. In this case, H.264. 323 control F131
The image data passing through is transmitted to a plurality of moving image IP telephones of the same group by a multicast packet.

The operation of the Web application in the above image distribution will be described. The main control F12 acquires the image data of the Web application by the gateway control F
24, and then Web application control F2
1. Start HTTP protocol control F26 → TCP /
Internet connection processing is performed via the IP control F13 → PPP control F135. PPP control F135 → TCP
/ IP control F13 → HTTP protocol control F26 → Main control F12 → Web application control F21 → Main control F
12 → The image data acquired from the image server on the Internet via the file system control F181 is stored in the hard disk 11.

Distribution of the acquired image data is performed by the main control 12
Recognizes the connected telephone by the gatekeeper control F23, and transfers the image data read from the hard disk 11 to the file system control F181 → image application control F151 → H. 323 control F27 → TCP / IP control F13 → Ethernet control F131 to be distributed as a multicast packet on the Ethernet 4.

Prior to the image distribution to the moving image IP telephone, the Web application obtains the image data by connecting to the Internet by the gateway control and using the HTTP protocol to the server on various Internets. The acquired image data is accumulated in the built-in hard disk and is delivered as an image to each moving image IP telephone as a multicast packet.

As described above, the moving image distribution server 1 according to the present invention includes a gateway function, a gatekeeper function, a router function, a QoS function, a button information control function, a voice compression function, and a FAX function. H. 323 communication function and 10Mbit to 100Mbit, and 100Mbit
It has a speed conversion function for converting Mbit to 10 Mbit.

The structure of the moving picture IP telephone 3 for receiving the moving picture from the moving picture distribution server will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a hardware configuration of the moving image IP telephone 3, and FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating an outline of a functional configuration of the moving image IP telephone 3.

The moving image IP telephone 3 is an IP telephone that supports voice and moving images directly connected to a LAN in an IP telephone system that integrates voice / data communication on an IP network.

The moving picture IP telephone 3 has a main control MPU 31.
10 / 100B control unit 321 and pulse transformer 3
22, RJ45 connector 323, RS232C connector 325, codec 33, handset 331
, Speaker 332, microphone 333, color LCD 34, MPEG module 35, IM connector 351, SDRAM) 361, and flash ROM
362, 25 MHz oscillator 371, 4.096
Megahertz oscillator 372, input key 38, power supply 39
And is configured.

The main control MPU 31 controls the entire apparatus.

The 10 / 100B control unit 321 is set to 10/1.
00BASE-TX PHY interface.

The pulse transformer 322 is 10 / 100B
It is a pulse transformer for ASE.

The RJ45 connector 323 is an 8-pin modular for Ethernet.

The RS232C connector 325 is the RS23
It is a 2C module connection connector.

The codec 33 includes a handset 331,
A composite codec that controls a speaker 332, a microphone 333, and an audio signal.

The color LCD 34 is an LCD capable of displaying a moving image, and is, for example, a 640 × 480 dot 4-type T.
It is an FT color module.

The MPEG module 35 is a module to which the image module of IM-M1 is connected.

The IM connector 351 is a 100-pin image control board connector.

The SDRAM 361 is a work memory of 32 megabytes, and transfers and uses flash ROM data as needed.

The flash ROM 362 is a 4-megabyte program storage memory and is also used as a data storage memory.

The 25 MHz transmitter 371 is 10/1
It is a crystal oscillator for 00B.

The 4.096 MHz oscillator 372 is M
It is a crystal oscillator for PU.

The input key 38 is an input means such as a numeric keypad.

The power supply 39 supplies AC power from the AC adapter as DC 3.3V, DC 5V, DC 1.9V to each device of the moving picture IP telephone.

The functional configuration of the moving picture IP telephone 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The moving image IP telephone 3 has a main control F31.
, Ethernet control F321, TCP / IP control F
322, mail protocol control F323, HTTP
Protocol control 324, H323 control 325, voice control F33, display control F34, key input control F38
Image application control F301, character font control F302, web application control F30
3 and a mail application control F304.

The main control F31 controls the entire apparatus.

The Ethernet control F321 controls transmission / reception of Ethernet.

The TCP / IP control F322 is a TCP / I
P control is performed.

The mail protocol control F323 is POP
Protocol control of 3 mail reception.

The http protocol control 324 is a Web
Display / Web acquisition protocol control.

The H323 control 325 is an H.323 control. Control of the H.323 protocol.

The voice control F33 is an H.264 standard. Read / playback of audio data via 323 and output of various tones.

The display control F34 is for image display and acquisition Web.
Display the list of.

The key input control F38 controls key input and performs operations such as LCD display.

The image application control F301 displays the sent image data.

The character font control F302 displays a character display such as Chinese characters on the LCD.

The Web application control F303 is
Set the data of the Web screen.

The mail application control F304 is
Receives and forwards mail.

In this way, the moving picture IP telephone 3 of the present invention is used.
Provides a VoIP telephone with a 4-inch color LCD and image application control for video decoding, so that the video image sent from the video server directly connected to the LAN can be displayed on the color LCD by 640 ×. It is possible to display 480 dots in 260,000 colors.

[0083]

As described above, since the moving picture IP telephone of the present invention, which constitutes a telephone system by moving picture distribution, can display a moving picture together with a voice, a TV using groupware.
A telephone system that can be used for meetings and information notification can be realized. Also, remote monitoring by image transmission can be managed by the telephone system at hand. Furthermore, by realizing all-in-one of various services (image / data storage / distribution / IP network), it is possible to realize multiple services only by this system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a moving image IP telephone system configured by using a moving image distribution server that is a premise of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a moving image distribution server that constitutes a moving image IP telephone system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration of a moving image distribution server that constitutes a moving image IP telephone system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a mode of moving image distribution in a moving image IP telephone system.

FIG. 5 is a moving picture IP that constitutes a moving picture IP telephone system.
The block diagram explaining the hardware constitutions of a telephone.

FIG. 6 is a moving picture IP that constitutes a moving picture IP telephone system.
The figure explaining the structure of the software of a telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Video distribution server 11 Hard disk 12 Main control unit 131 10BASE / 100BSAE Ethernet control unit 132 10BASE Ethernet control unit 133 RS-232C control unit 134 Analog interface unit 135 ISDN interface unit 136 1.5M interface unit 141 IEEE802 control unit 142 Blutooth control Unit 151 Audio compression control unit 161 PDMCIA control unit 171 Image control interface 181 Hard disk control unit 190 Highway control unit 191 FROM 192 SDRAM 3 Moving image IP telephone 31 Main control MPU 321 10 / 100BASE interface 322 Pulse transformer 323 RJ45 connector 33 Codec 331 Handset 332 speaker 333 microphone 34 Color LCD 35 MPEG module 351 IM connector 361 SDRAM 362 flash ROM 371 25 MHz oscillator 372 4.096 MHz oscillator 38 input key 39 power supply circuit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A moving picture IP telephone apparatus connected to a moving picture distribution server via Ethernet (registered trademark),
A moving image IP telephone having an Ethernet control function by TCP / IP control, a voice control function, an image application control function capable of MPEG decoding, a color LCD, and an image display control function. 2. The moving picture IP telephone according to claim 1, wherein the color LCD is a 4-inch color LCD.