JP2004120344A - Communication terminal equipment and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video telephone system capable of attaining desired image constitution from the start of communication in accordance with a communication partner in the communication with the video telephone system. <P>SOLUTION: A terminal equipment detection means 1a detects information required for specifying the video telephone system of the communication partner from received information. On the basis of the information, an image arrangement selection means 4 selects image arrangement information correlated to the communication partner. An image constitution means 10 constitutes the image information of the communication partner, present image information and character information into a single display image on the basis of the image arrangement information and outputs it to a screen display means 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a videophone device, and more particularly to control of a screen configuration of a display screen.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The environment for easily making a telephone call with a videophone device has been improved, for example, by improving the performance of personal computers, spreading broadband, and starting the third-generation mobile phone service in October 2001.
[0003]
The videophone device has an image display means such as an LCD, and allows a user to make a call while confirming a face image (a still image or a moving image) of a call partner.
[0004]
At present, the following three types of videophone devices are mainly known. (1) a type in which image display means is added to a case-type telephone, (2) a type in which an image is displayed on a display portion of a mobile phone, and (3) a type in which a personal computer connected to a network is used as a videophone device. In addition, there is a videophone device of a different type from the above three types. The “communication terminal device” in this specification includes all these devices.
[0005]
By the way, in a conventional videophone device, only one piece of image arrangement information about where and how large a face image of a call partner is to be displayed on the display screen of the image cover means is held. Has become. Then, in the conventional videophone device, a display screen is configured and displayed based on the image arrangement information when a call is started by the videophone device.
[0006]
For example, it is assumed that initially, only the image of the other party is displayed on the entire display screen of the own videophone device. In this state, when the self-image information transmitted to the other party is simultaneously displayed in a small size on the display screen of the own videophone device, it is necessary to change the screen configuration again.
[0007]
More specifically, when making a videophone call with a family member or a friend, it may be convenient to display only the image of the family member or a friend on the entire screen in a large size. Also, when talking with a business partner on a videophone device, it may be convenient to display information related to the business partner in characters in addition to the image.
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-138765 A (FIG. 1)
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
That is, the preferred form of the display screen varies depending on the other party, and the screen configuration must be frequently changed after the start of the call.
[0009]
As described above, in the conventional videophone device, the image is displayed in a screen configuration based on one arrangement information recorded in advance, irrespective of the other party. Therefore, when the screen configuration is inconvenient, it is necessary to change the screen display each time. This is a common problem that does not depend on the type of the videophone device.
[0010]
In some cases, it is more convenient to output character information sent from the other party to the display screen. Alternatively, in some cases, it may be more convenient to output character information about the other party recorded on the own videophone device to a display screen. Conventional videophone devices cannot cope with such a situation.
[0011]
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a videophone device capable of displaying a specific screen for each communication partner from the start of a call when talking with the videophone device.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the communication terminal device according to the first aspect, an image display means for displaying an image, a terminal device detection means for detecting information on a transmission source from received information, information on an image arrangement in the image display means, and information on a transmission source in the image display means Image arrangement recording means in which information is recorded in association with each other, image arrangement selecting means for selecting an image arrangement related to a transmission source detected from image arrangements recorded in the image arrangement recording means, and image arrangement selecting means Screen composition means for composing an image to be displayed on the image display means based on the image arrangement selected by the user.
[0013]
According to this configuration, based on the information detected from the received information and necessary for specifying the terminal device of the communication partner, an image arrangement associated with the communication partner is selected from the image arrangement recording unit, and the image arrangement is determined. A display screen is formed based on the display screen, and the image is displayed on the image display means to start a call.
[0014]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device comprising image display means for displaying character information together with image information.
[0015]
With this configuration, image information and character information can be displayed on the display screen. Therefore, a variety of screen configurations can be prepared for each call partner.
[0016]
For example, when interviewing a remote party at a remote location, it is very convenient to display personal information such as name, age, gender, address, educational background, and work history in text with the partner image.
[0017]
Further, when talking with a business partner, it is convenient to display the business information of the business partner and the concerns in text.
[0018]
As described above, characters can be displayed together with images, and it is convenient to prepare various screen configurations according to the other party.
[0019]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0020]
This videophone device includes a receiving unit 1, a terminal device detecting unit 1a, an image arrangement recording unit 2, an image arrangement selecting unit 4, an image capturing unit 8, an image information transmitting unit 9, a screen composing unit 10, and an image displaying unit 11. , I have.
[0021]
The receiving means 1 receives information transmitted by the videophone device 12 of the other party. This information includes information, character information, audio information, and image information necessary for specifying the videophone device 12 of the other party.
[0022]
The information required to identify the other party's videophone device 12 depends on the type of the videophone device. For example, the telephone number of the other party's videophone device 12 and the IP address of the other party's videophone device 12 , The identifier of the video telephone device 12 of the communication partner, the domain name of the video telephone device 12 of the communication partner, and the like.
[0023]
The terminal device detecting means 1a detects information necessary for specifying the videophone device 12 of the other party.
[0024]
For a specific description, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the videophone device 12 of the other party is identified by the identification code IDk. Here, k is any positive integer.
[0025]
The image arrangement recording means 2 records the image arrangement information 3. The image arrangement information 3 includes information relating to a plurality of image arrangements necessary for displaying an image on the image display unit 11.
[0026]
In this embodiment, information on the image arrangements ia (0), (1), (2)... (K)... (N) is already recorded prior to image display and communication. For example, when viewed from the owner of the videophone device, the image arrangement ia (0) is the arrangement of Mr. B of the supplier A, and the image arrangement ia (3) is the image arrangement of the best friend C.
[0027]
The information (IDk) of the other party detected by the terminal detecting means 1a and the image arrangement information 3 including a plurality of image arrangements are associated one-to-one in advance.
[0028]
In other words, the image arrangement selecting means 4 receives the information (IDk) regarding the other party from the terminal device detecting means 1a and, based on the information (IDk), selects one of the image arrangement information 3 which is associated in advance. One image arrangement ia (k) is selected.
[0029]
Further, the association between the information of the other party and the image arrangement information 3 is not limited to one-to-one, but may be many-to-one or one-to-many. For example, when the other party has a plurality of videophone devices, it can be associated with one screen configuration at a time.
[0030]
Specifically, if the five video telephone devices owned by the company are identified as ID5, ID6,..., ID9, all of these five are placed in one image layout ia (2). Correspond. Then, in the call with these five, the image arrangement ia (2) is always selected.
[0031]
Also, for example, for the first call partner, all are associated with the image arrangement ia (0). This is also an example of many-to-one association.
[0032]
The screen configuration unit 10 configures an image to be displayed on a screen based on the image arrangement ia (k) selected by the image arrangement selection unit 4. The screen composing means 10 acquires the image information 5, self-image information 6, and character information 7 of the other party, which are necessary for this configuration, and composes an image to be displayed on the screen.
[0033]
The image information 5 of the call partner is included in the information transmitted by the call partner. The self-image information 6 is captured by the image capturing unit 8. The character information 7 may be transmitted from the other party, may be recorded on the own videophone device, or may be both.
[0034]
The image information transmitting means 9 transmits the self image information 6 to the other party.
[0035]
Then, finally, all information is output to the image display means 11, and an image is displayed.
[0036]
As described above, the videophone device can be used with a desired screen configuration simultaneously with the start of the call.
[0037]
Next, the flow of processing of the present videophone device will be described using the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 1, the receiving means 1 receives information transmitted by the other party.
[0038]
In step 2, the terminal device detecting means 1a detects information for specifying the terminal device of the call partner.
[0039]
In step 3, the image arrangement selecting means 4 selects the arrangement of the image according to the detected information. In order to select one image arrangement, it is necessary to associate one arrangement for each call partner in advance.
[0040]
The image arrangement includes information on the position and size of the image of the other party, the position and size of the self image, and the arrangement of character information.
[0041]
Next, in step 4, the image composing means 10 actually acquires necessary image information and the like, determines a screen configuration, and determines an image to be displayed on the display screen.
[0042]
In step 5, the image composing unit 10 outputs the image constructed in step 4 to the image display unit 11, and the image is displayed on the display screen of the image display unit 11.
[0043]
With the above, necessary preparations for starting a telephone call with the videophone device are completed, and the telephone call starts from here. In addition, since the present invention does not have a gist in the communication of the videophone itself, the detailed description of this communication is omitted.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the communication terminal device of the present invention, it is possible to start a call with a desired screen configuration according to a call partner.
[0045]
In addition, by displaying image information and character information on the display screen, a variety of screen configurations can be selected according to the other party.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the videophone device.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving means 1a Terminal device detecting means 2 Image arrangement recording means 3 Image arrangement information 4 Image arrangement selecting means 5 Image information of a call partner 6 Self image information 7 Character information 8 Image capturing means 9 Image information transmitting means 10 Screen composition means 11 Image display means

Claims (6)

Image display means for displaying an image,
Terminal device detecting means for detecting information about the source from the received information;
In the image display means, information on the image arrangement, and information on the transmission source, image arrangement recording means recorded in association,
Image arrangement selecting means for selecting an image arrangement related to the source detected from the image arrangement recorded in the image arrangement recording means,
A communication terminal device comprising: a screen configuration unit configured to configure an image to be displayed on the image display unit based on the image arrangement selected by the image arrangement selection unit. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the image configuration unit configures an image for displaying character information together with the image information. The information on the source is information selected from one or more of a source telephone number, a source network address, a source identifier, and a source domain name. The communication terminal device according to claim 1. Prior to videophone communication,
In an image display means for displaying an image, information relating to image arrangement and information relating to the transmission source are recorded in association with each other;
Detecting information about the source from the received information;
Selecting an image arrangement associated with the detected source;
Configuring an image to be displayed on the image display means based on the selected image arrangement;
Displaying the composed image on an image display means. The communication method according to claim 4, wherein an image for displaying character information is configured together with the image information. 6. The information on the caller, which is information selected from one or more of a caller's telephone number, a caller's network address, a caller's identifier, and a caller's domain name. The communication method described.

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