JP2012156914A - Video telephone device with automatic answering function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video telephone device with an automatic answering function that makes it possible to instantaneously recognize an originating person of an incoming call when response to the incoming call is not performed.SOLUTION: A video telephone device 100 comprising a display part 150, a storage part 170 storing an image related to a call originating partner and/or an image or video message received from the call originating partner, and communication control means 111 receives the image or video message from the call originating partner by the communication control means; and displays it on the display part. The video telephone device also comprises answering function control means 115 for acquiring the image 510 related to the call originating partner stored by the storage part 170 and the video message 510 received from the call originating partner and displaying them on the display part 150 as new indication, when response to an incoming call is not performed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a videophone apparatus that is connected to an IP telephone network or the like and transmits and receives audio and video, and in particular, automatically responds to a call from a party that has made a call (hereinafter referred to as “calling party”). The present invention relates to a videophone device with an answering machine function which has an answering machine function and a function for recording a message from a calling party.

  One telephone function is a number notification service function. In this method, the telephone number of the calling party is included in the call signal at the time of incoming call so that the telephone number of the calling party can be displayed on the display of the telephone device on the receiving side. When the user answers the phone, he / she can grasp who the caller is by visually recognizing the phone number of the caller displayed on the display.

  However, if the line is disconnected before the user answers at the time of the incoming call, or if the telephone number of the other party displayed on the display is not seen because the user is absent at the time of the incoming call, it is determined who the incoming call is from. There was the inconvenience of not being able to.

  Therefore, the following Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-167934) detects that the line is disconnected before answering the incoming call, stores the incoming call information including the caller number and the incoming call time in the storage means, There is disclosed a caller number storage telephone for displaying presence / absence of incoming information on one display means and displaying incoming information on a second display means. Further, in Patent Document 1 below, identification character information (such as the name of the caller) corresponding to the caller number is retrieved from the memory and displayed on the second display means.

  According to this telephone, even if the incoming call cannot be answered due to absence or when the telephone is disconnected before the user visually recognizes or responds to the display after the incoming call, It becomes possible to recognize information reliably.

  There is also a telephone device having an answering machine function for receiving and recording a message from a caller when an incoming call cannot be answered due to absence.

  The following Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-261111) stores a message message and moving image data from a caller of a telephone that is in absence, and when the receiver enters a playback mode, all stored messages are stored. A videophone with an answering machine function that takes out a still image of a caller and displays a thumbnail on a display unit is disclosed. As a result, the user can instantly know the caller and the requirements of the call he / she received while absent.

JP-A-8-167934 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-261111

  However, even though the telephone of Patent Document 1 can identify that there is an incoming call and can know the caller number and the caller information, it is a character display, so the user can call Could not be immediately identified. In addition, there is a disadvantage that the caller cannot be specified unless the number notification service is subscribed. Further, in the telephone of Patent Document 2, in order to visually recognize the list display of the callers who have not answered, it is necessary to switch to the playback mode, and immediately determine who has received an incoming call without operating the telephone. It was difficult to identify. In addition, if the caller does not leave a message message or video data, there is also a disadvantage that it is impossible to grasp who received the call.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a videophone device with an answering machine function that can instantly recognize who has received an incoming call when no incoming call is answered. It is another object of the present invention to provide a videophone device with an answering machine function that can instantly recognize who has left a message even when the caller leaves a message.

  In order to solve the above problems, a videophone apparatus with an answering machine function according to the present invention stores a display unit and an image relating to a destination of transmission or / and an image or video message received from a destination of transmission. And a communication control means, wherein the communication control means receives an image or video message from the other party that sent the call, and displays it on the display section. An answering machine function control means, wherein the answering machine function control means, when not responding to the incoming call, an image relating to the outgoing call destination stored in the storage unit and / or a video message received from the outgoing call destination It is acquired and displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, the videophone apparatus obtains the telephone number of the called party included in the call signal from the called party at the time of incoming call. And the storage unit stores in advance a telephone number and an image associated therewith as a telephone book, and when receiving a call, the data control means acquires the telephone number of the called party from the incoming signal. The answering machine function control means acquires the image stored in association with the telephone number from the telephone directory of the storage unit and displays it as a new arrival display on the display unit when no response is made to the incoming call. It is characterized by.

  Also, in one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function according to the present invention, the answering machine function control means stores the video message from the caller that has been sent by the communication control means when not responding to the incoming call. And at least a part of the moving image message is displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, the answering machine function control means generates a still image from a moving picture message stored in the storage unit and displays it as a new arrival display on the display unit. It is characterized by.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, the answering machine function control means stores the image or / and the video message and the telephone number in association with each other, and displays the new arrival display on the display unit. When the image or the moving image message is displayed, the telephone number is displayed together.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, when the answering machine function control means does not respond to a plurality of incoming calls, each of the unanswered incoming telephone numbers is stored in the storage unit. An image or a moving image stored in association with each other is acquired and displayed side by side as a new arrival display on the display unit.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, when the answering machine function control means does not respond to a plurality of incoming calls, each of the unanswered incoming telephone numbers is stored in the storage unit. An image or a moving image stored in association with each other is acquired and sequentially displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit.

  The present invention exhibits the excellent effects described below. That is, when the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention does not respond to an incoming call, an image related to the outgoing call destination stored in the storage unit or a video received from the outgoing call destination The message is acquired and displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit. As a result, the user can visually recognize the new arrival display displayed on the display unit as an image or a moving image, and can easily recognize who has received an incoming call or a message without operating the telephone device. Is possible.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, a telephone number and an image are stored in advance in the telephone directory. Then, when the incoming call is received, the telephone number of the calling party included in the call signal from the calling party is acquired, and when the incoming call is not answered, an image associated with the incoming telephone number is acquired. Display as a new arrival display on the display. As a result, even if the caller does not leave a business message or when the incoming call is disconnected before answering, if the caller is registered in the phone book, a new arrival display is made with an image. Therefore, the user can easily recognize who has received an incoming call without operating the telephone device.

  Also, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, when a call is not answered, a video message from the calling party is received as a business message and associated with the telephone number. Remember. Furthermore, since at least a part of the stored moving image message is displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit, the user can easily recognize who the message is stored from without operating the telephone device. . Furthermore, even if the caller is not registered in the phone book or the like, it is possible to identify the caller by displaying a part of the video message.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone device with an answering machine function of the present invention, a still image is generated from a video message and displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit. It is possible to reduce the load of arithmetic processing performed in the telephone device.

  Further, according to one aspect of the videophone apparatus with an answering machine function of the present invention, when there are a plurality of incoming calls and no response is made to them, the telephone numbers included in the respective non-response incoming calls are stored in association with each other. Since the acquired images and moving images are respectively acquired and displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit, the user can easily identify each of a plurality of outgoing call partners without operating the telephone device.

The internal block diagram of the video telephone apparatus of a present Example is shown. It is a flowchart of the new arrival display operation | movement in the videophone apparatus 100 of a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the video telephone apparatus and the display screen when there exists an incoming call in the video telephone apparatus of a present Example. It is a figure which shows the other example of the video telephone apparatus and the display screen when there exists an incoming call in the video telephone apparatus of a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the videophone apparatus at the time of the new arrival display in the videophone apparatus 100 of a present Example, and its display screen. It is a figure which shows the other example of the videophone apparatus at the time of the new arrival display in the videophone apparatus 100 of a present Example, and its display screen.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples and drawings. However, the following embodiments are described by exemplifying a videophone device with an answering machine function for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the present invention is specified to this videophone device. The present invention is not intended and can be equally applied to other videophone devices with an answering machine function without departing from the technical idea shown in the claims.

  The videophone device 100 of this embodiment is connected to a wired LAN (not shown), and the wired LAN is connected to an IP telephone network via an IP telephone router. A plurality of other videophone devices and voice telephone devices are connected to the IP telephone network 105.

  First, the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows an internal block diagram of the videophone apparatus of the present embodiment. The videophone device 100 includes a control unit 110, a microphone 120, a speaker 130, a camera 140, a display unit 150, an input unit 160, and a memory 170.

  The control unit 110 is a microprocessor including a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM (each not shown), and each means described below is executed by executing a control program stored in the RAM or ROM in the CPU. Control and control the operation of

  The control unit 110 includes a communication control unit 111, an audio signal control unit 112, an image / video control unit 113, a display control unit 114, an answering function control unit 115, and a data control unit 116.

  The communication control unit 111 is for performing communication control when the videophone device 100 communicates with another videophone device or another voice phone device. This includes control related to signaling and data transmission / reception. Signaling includes the creation, establishment and disconnection of communication sessions. Specifically, when the user operates the input unit 160 to input a telephone number or the like, the user connects to a SIP server (not shown) connected to the IP telephone network and connects to the videophone device of the other party of the call. Get the location information, call the other party's videophone device, establish a communication path when the other party answers, and send a session disconnect message when the call ends. Includes exiting.

  For control related to data transmission / reception, IP packetization that divides audio data, video data, and image data into packets, transmission of IP packets, packets received via wired LAN are rearranged in the correct order and actual Receiving and assembling IP packets that extract and assemble the data portion.

  When transmitting data as a packet, a header indicating the transmission source, destination, order, transmission time, and usage (IP phone audio data, video data, image data) is added to each data divided into predetermined data lengths. . The received packet is assembled in the correct order for each of the audio, video, and image by referring to the header portion, and is output to the audio signal processing means 112 and the image / video signal processing means 113.

  The audio signal processing unit 112 performs A / D conversion on the audio input from the microphone 120, and then compresses the audio using the audio codec, and outputs the compressed data to the communication control unit 111. Also, the audio data assembled in the communication control unit 111 is decompressed by the audio codec, and then D / A converted and output from the speaker 130.

  The image / video signal processing unit 113 includes a video codec, compresses the video captured by the camera 140, and outputs the compressed data to the communication control unit 111. Further, the video data assembled by the communication control unit 111 is expanded and output to the display control unit 114. The image / video signal processing unit 113 includes an image codec, expands the image data assembled by the communication control unit 111, and expands the image data in a memory (RAM of the control unit 110).

  The display control unit 114 converts the video data output from the camera 140 and the image / video signal processing unit 113 into a predetermined mode that can be displayed on the display unit 150 (enlargement, reduction, arranging the images side by side, etc.), and displays them. The data is developed on a video memory (not shown) of the unit 150 and displayed on the display unit 150.

  The display control means 114 also generates an image of a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number at the time of outgoing call, a dialing number during outgoing call, etc., and outputs it to the display unit. Further, when receiving an incoming call, the image data of the calling party is converted into a predetermined form that can be displayed on the display unit 150 based on the output from the data control unit 116 and developed on the video memory of the display unit 150.

  Further, the display control unit 114 expands the photo data, video, and incoming call information of the calling party on the video memory of the display unit 150 in a predetermined manner based on the output from the answering machine function control unit 115 at the time of new arrival display.

  The answering machine function control means 115 connects the communication control means 111 to the communication control means 111 when the user does not respond even if a ringing sound is made a predetermined number of times when an incoming call is received, By instructing connection and outputting a response message stored in the memory 170, the response message is transmitted to the videophone device of the caller. The response message is a message including a moving image and sound.

  The answering machine function control means 115 also transmits the response message transmitted from the videophone device of the calling party and received by the communication control means 111 to the message of the calling party acquired by the data control means 116. The message is stored in the business message storage unit 173 of the memory 170 in association with the telephone number. In addition, the display control unit 114 is instructed to display the message message stored in the response message registration unit 172 of the memory 170 on the display unit 150 as a new arrival display.

  The answering machine function control means 115 further receives an incoming call but the user is disconnected without answering, or sends a response message but does not receive a message from the calling party. The data control means 116 calls from the memory 170 an image associated with the telephone number of the calling party acquired from the call signal, and gives a display instruction to the display control means 114 to display it on the display unit 150 as a new arrival display.

  The answering machine function control means 115 requests the user to set the answering machine mode of the videophone device 100 and stores the setting in the memory 170. In other words, it asks for a setting input whether to send a response message when an incoming call, how many times the ringtone rings, or how to perform a new arrival display, and stores the setting in the memory 170. Remember me.

  Based on an instruction from the input unit 160, the data control unit 116 registers the phone book by associating and storing the phone number and the image in the phone book stored in the memory 170. Further, the data control unit 116 registers a response message to be transmitted to the transmission destination when the user does not respond at the time of an incoming call. The response message is composed of a moving image previously captured by the camera 140 and a voice message input from the microphone 120, for example, a voice message such as “I can't answer the phone now. A response message that prompts the caller to leave a business message.

  Further, the data control unit 116 acquires the telephone number of the calling party included in the call signal from the calling party at the time of the incoming call, and temporarily stores it in the memory 170. In addition, a search is performed to determine whether the telephone number of the calling party is registered in the telephone directory stored in the memory 170. If the telephone number is registered, an image associated with the telephone number is extracted and displayed on the display unit 150. A display instruction for display is given to the display control means 114. When an image associated with a telephone number is not registered in the telephone book, display of other information associated with the telephone number, such as a name or a telephone number, may be instructed.

  If the telephone number of the calling party is not registered in the telephone book stored in the memory 170, the data control means 116 instructs the display control means 114 to display only the acquired telephone number.

  The sound collected by the microphone 120 is converted into an audio signal and output to the audio signal processing means 112. Also, the audio signal output from the audio signal processing means 112 is converted into audio at the speaker 130 and output. The microphone 120 and the speaker 130 may be fixedly provided on the videophone device 100, but may be a headset.

  The camera 140 is for photographing a subject in front of the videophone device 100 during a call. Normally, the user is positioned in front of the videophone device 100, and therefore the user is photographed as an object by the camera 140. The captured video is output to the image / video signal processing means 113.

  The display unit 150 is a liquid crystal display unit, and displays video and images developed on the video memory of the display unit 150 by the display control unit 114.

  The input unit 160 takes the form of a touch panel formed integrally with the display unit 150. The user performs an input operation by touching the part of the input icon displayed on the display unit 150. For example, when making a call, a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number is displayed on the input unit 160, and the user can input the number by pressing a corresponding part of the numeric keypad with a finger. Note that the input unit 160 is not limited to the above, and may be a key or button formed in a part of a casing constituting the videophone device 100. For example, in the videophone device 100 shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of keys and buttons are provided in the lower part of the housing, and the input unit 160 is configured. At the same time, the display unit 150 includes a touch panel, and input can be performed by operating the touch panel.

  The memory 170 is a flash memory or a hard disk. The memory 170 includes telephone directory data 171, a response message registration unit 172, a business message storage unit 173, and a mode setting storage unit 174.

  The telephone book data 171 stores telephone numbers, names, and images in association with each other. The data control unit 116 stores telephone numbers and images in association with each other on the basis of instructions from the input unit 160. Register the book.

  The response message registration unit 172 stores a response message that is automatically transmitted to a transmission partner when a response is not made when an incoming call is received. This response message is a response message including a moving image previously captured by the camera 140 and a voice message input from the microphone 120, and is registered in the memory 170 by the data control unit 116.

  In the message storage unit 173, the message received after the answering function control unit 115 transmits the response message is stored in association with the telephone number of the calling party acquired by the data control unit 116 and the incoming time. Is done. A plurality of the message messages are stored.

  The mode setting storage unit 174 stores the setting of the answering machine mode of the videophone device 100. That is, the setting of whether or not to send a response message at the time of incoming call, how many times the incoming call sound rings, or how to perform a new arrival display is stored. New arrival display is, for example, a setting for displaying the latest incoming call on the display unit 150, a setting for displaying a plurality of transmission partner images side by side on the display unit 150 when there are a plurality of incoming calls, and a transmission partner image for a few seconds. For example, a setting for displaying each message message for a few seconds. These settings are set in advance by the user operating the input unit 160.

  Next, the operation of new arrival display of the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a new arrival display operation in the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a videophone device and its display screen when an incoming call is received in the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the videophone device and its display screen when there is an incoming call in the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a videophone device and a display screen for displaying a new arrival in the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of a videophone device and a display screen for displaying a new arrival in the videophone device 100 of the present embodiment.

  In step S201 of FIG. 2, the data control unit 116 stores the telephone number and the image in association with the telephone directory data 171 in the memory 170. The image is usually a picture of the person who owns the phone number. The telephone number may be input by the user using the input unit 160, and the image input by the user from the outside may be used. Alternatively, a telephone number at the time of a past call and an image (photograph) extracted from the video received at that time may be associated and registered. In the telephone book data 171, a name and message data are further registered in association with the telephone number.

  In step S202, the data control unit 116 registers a response message to be transmitted to the destination when the user does not respond to the response message registration unit 172 of the memory 170 when the call is received. The response message is composed of a moving image previously captured by the camera 140 and a voice message input from the microphone 120, for example, a voice message such as “I can't answer the phone now. A response message that prompts the caller to leave a business message. The response message is not limited to a moving image and a voice message, but may be a still image and a voice message, or a response guidance including a voice message and an image or video registered in the response message registration unit 172 of the videophone device 100 in advance. There may be.

  Further, in order to transmit the above response message when not responding at the time of an incoming call, the user operates the input unit 160 to set the answering machine mode in the mode setting storage unit 174 of the memory 170. At this time, the user may be able to set in advance how many times the ringtone continues to be ringed or how many seconds have passed to send the response message.

  In step S203, the communication control unit 111 waits for an incoming call by waiting for reception of a connection request via the IP telephone network from the videophone device of the caller. Next, if there is an incoming call, the process proceeds to step S204, where it is determined whether or not a number notification has been made. This is performed by the data control means 116 determining whether or not the calling party's telephone number is included in the call signal from the calling party. When the videophone device 100 used by the user does not make a contract for the number notification service, or when the calling party does not intentionally notify the telephone number, the calling signal from the calling party does not include the telephone number. In this case, the process proceeds to step S206.

  When the data control means 116 determines that the caller's telephone number is included in the call signal from the caller, the process proceeds to step S205, where the data control means 116 refers to the phone book data 171 in the memory 170 and makes a call. Search for the other party's phone number. When the telephone number of the calling party is registered, the data control unit 116 extracts an image (photograph) and a name associated with the calling party's telephone number.

  In step S <b> 206, the display control unit 114 creates an image for displaying the incoming call and develops it on the video memory of the display unit 150. In step S205, when the telephone number of the calling party is acquired and the image and name associated with the telephone number can be acquired, the display control unit 114 converts the acquired telephone number, image, and name into a predetermined display format. Are combined and developed on the video memory of the display unit 150.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the incoming image displayed on display unit 150 of videophone device 100 at this time will be described. On the upper part of the display unit 150, a character display 310 and a telephone number display 320 of the name of the calling party acquired by the data control unit 116 from the memory 170 are displayed. In the central portion of the display unit, the data control unit 116 is displayed from the memory 170. The acquired image 330 is displayed. Further, a character display 340 such as “receiving a videophone call” is displayed at the bottom of the display unit 150 so that it can be seen that the call is being received.

  If the telephone number corresponding to the calling party is not registered in step S205, or if the telephone number is registered but the image is not associated and stored, the image is displayed on the display unit 150. If the telephone number and the name associated with the telephone number can be acquired, the name is displayed on the display unit 150.

  In addition, for incoming calls that do not receive a number notification, the display control unit 114 displays an incoming call image as shown in FIG.

  In step S207, the communication control unit 111 determines whether or not a response to the incoming call has been made. When the user responds to an incoming call by operating the input unit 160 (touching an incoming call image displayed on the display unit 150), a normal videophone call is started, and the new arrival display operation of this embodiment ends.

  If the user does not respond to the incoming call in step S207, the process proceeds to step S208, and the answering function control unit 115 refers to the mode setting storage unit 174 of the memory 170 to determine whether the answering machine mode is set. If the answering machine mode is not set, the new arrival display operation of this embodiment is terminated.

  When the answering machine mode is set, the answering machine function control unit 115 refers to the mode setting storage unit 174 of the memory 170 and waits for a predetermined number of ringing sounds or is set in advance. Then, the process proceeds to step S209, where the response message registered in the response message registration unit 172 of the memory 170 is output to the communication control unit 111 and transmitted to the calling party. As described above, the response message includes a moving image and a voice message.

  In the subsequent step S210, the answering machine function control means 115 determines whether or not a business message has been received from the calling party. If it is determined that there is a business message, the answering machine function control unit 115 stores the business message received via the communication control unit 111 in the business message storage unit 173 of the memory 170 in step S211. At this time, if the data control means 116 has acquired the telephone number of the other party at the time of the incoming call, the telephone number and the business message are associated with each other and output and stored in the business message storage unit 173.

  In step S212, the answering machine function control unit 115 displays the display instruction for displaying the message message stored in the response message registration unit 172 of the memory 170 on the display unit 150 as a new arrival display, and the display control. This is performed on the means 114, and the new arrival display operation of this embodiment is finished.

  Specifically, the image / video control unit 113 captures an image from the message stored in the response message registration unit 172 of the memory 170 and outputs it to the display control unit 114. In addition, the display control unit 114 configures the captured image, the date and time when the message is stored, and the phone number and name in a predetermined display mode when the data control unit 116 can obtain the phone number when an incoming call is received. Then, it is developed on the video memory of the display unit 150.

  With reference to FIG. 5, a new arrival display image displayed on display unit 150 of videophone device 100 at this time will be described. On the left side of the display unit 150, an image 510 captured from the business message is displayed. Also, on the right side of the display unit 150, a display 520 indicating that there was an incoming call such as “There was an incoming call”, a display 530 of the date and time, telephone number, name, etc. for storing the message, When a plurality of messages are stored, a display 540 indicating the number of messages is displayed.

  When the data control means 116 cannot obtain the telephone number at the time of the incoming call, the telephone number and the name are not displayed, the image 510 captured from the business message, the display 520 indicating that the incoming call has been received, and the date and time A display screen is constituted by the display 530.

  In step S210, if the answering machine function control means 115 determines that no message has been received from the calling party (if the calling party has disconnected the line without leaving the message), the process proceeds to step S213, where an incoming call is received. When the data control means 116 acquires the telephone number of the calling party, the answering machine function control means 115 gives a display instruction to the display control means 114 to display the telephone number and the incoming date and time on the display unit 150 as an incoming call display. Do it.

  Here, when the telephone number of the calling party is acquired, the answering machine function control means 115 acquires the image associated with the telephone number by referring to the telephone book data 171 in the memory 170 to the data control means 116. The display control unit 114 is instructed to output, and the process ends.

  Thereby, even when the caller does not leave a business message, a new arrival display as shown in FIG. 5 can be performed on the display unit 150. That is, an image 510 acquired from the phone book data 171 is displayed on the left side of the display unit 150 in FIG. 5 instead of the image captured from the business message.

  Note that if the data control unit 116 cannot obtain the telephone number of the caller at the time of the incoming call and the caller does not leave a business message, the caller cannot be confirmed, so the new arrival display is not performed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, as a method for performing a new arrival display, an image captured from a business message or an image associated with the telephone number of the caller is displayed on the display unit 150. The user can instantly identify who has received the message from the message or who has received the call by simply viewing the display unit 150 without operating the input unit 160. Become.

  In FIG. 5, as a method for performing a new arrival display, an image captured from a business message or an image associated with the telephone number of the caller and associated character information (date and time, name, telephone number, etc.) are displayed. The display screen to be displayed on 150 is configured. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only an image may be displayed. In that case, the above-described image is displayed in an original frame created by the photo frame function of the videophone device 100.

  Further, in FIG. 5, as a method of performing the new arrival display, an image captured from the message message or a still image associated with the telephone number of the caller is displayed on the display unit 150. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be a moving image captured for a predetermined time from a business message, or a moving image stored in the phone book data 171 of the memory 170 in association with the telephone number of the caller. It may be.

  Further, when there are a plurality of incoming calls, the message for each incoming call or the telephone number of the incoming call is stored in the message storage unit 173 and captured from the latest stored message. An image or an image associated with the latest stored telephone number may be displayed on the display unit 150.

  Further, when there are a plurality of incoming calls, the message for each incoming call or the telephone number of the incoming call is stored in the message message storage unit 173, and an image captured from each message is received, or You may make it display the image linked | related with the telephone number memorize | stored at the time of an incoming call on the display part 150 side by side. In FIG. 6, an image 610 captured from the latest stored message message or an image 610 associated with the latest stored phone number is captured from a previously stored message. A plurality of images 640 displayed or images 640 associated with previously stored incoming telephone numbers are displayed side by side. The image 610 captured from the latest stored message or the image 610 associated with the latest incoming phone number is displayed larger than the other images 640.

  Furthermore, when there are a plurality of incoming calls, an image captured from each message and an image associated with the incoming telephone number may be displayed sequentially for several seconds.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Videophone apparatus 111 Communication control means 112 Audio | voice signal control means 113 Image | video control means 114 Display control means 115 Answering machine function control means 116 Data control means 120 Microphone 130 Speaker 140 Camera 150 Display part 160 Input part 170 Memory 171 Phonebook data 172 Response message registration unit 173 Message message storage unit 174 Mode setting storage unit

Claims (7)

A display unit, a storage unit for storing an image related to the outgoing call destination or / and an image or a video message received from the outgoing call destination, and a communication control means, from the outgoing call destination A videophone device that receives an image or video message by the communication control means and displays the message on the display unit,
The videophone device includes answering machine function control means,
The answering machine function control means obtains an image related to the outgoing call destination stored in the storage unit and / or a video message received from the outgoing call destination in the display unit when no response is made to the incoming call. A videophone device with an answering machine function characterized by displaying as a new arrival display. The videophone device includes data control means for acquiring a telephone number of a calling party included in a call signal from a called party at the time of an incoming call, and the storage unit includes a telephone number and a telephone number associated therewith. Images are stored in advance as a phone book,
At the time of an incoming call, the data control means acquires the telephone number of the called party from the incoming call signal, and the answering function control means at the time of non-response to the incoming call from the telephone directory of the storage unit The videophone device with an answering machine function according to claim 1, wherein the image stored in association with a number is acquired and displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit.   The answering machine function control means stores a video message received from the communication destination received by the communication control means when not responding to the incoming call, and at least a part of the video message is displayed as a new arrival display on the display unit. 2. The videophone device with an answering machine function according to claim 1, wherein the videophone device is displayed.   The videophone apparatus with an answering machine function according to claim 3, wherein the answering machine function control means generates a still image from the moving picture message stored in the storage unit and displays it as a new arrival display on the display unit. .   The answering machine function control means stores the image or / and the moving picture message and the telephone number in association with each other, and displays the telephone number together when displaying the image or the moving picture message as a new arrival display on the display unit. The videophone device with an answering machine function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that:   The answering machine function control means obtains an image or a video stored in the storage unit in association with each of the non-incoming incoming telephone numbers when there is no response to a plurality of incoming calls, and the display unit 6. The videophone device with answering machine function according to claim 1, wherein the videophone apparatus is displayed side by side as a new arrival display.   The answering machine function control means obtains an image or a video stored in the storage unit in association with each of the non-incoming incoming telephone numbers when there is no response to a plurality of incoming calls, and the display unit 6. The videophone device with an answering machine function according to claim 1, which is displayed in order as a new arrival display.

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