JP2777012B2 - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an communication terminal apparatus can be adapted to the multimedia teleconferencing system, no line conference with exchanged via the audio data, image data or handwriting input data such as a communication line between particular隔地's The present invention relates to a communication terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been multimedia communication in which various types of information (media) such as voice, image, and text are combined or switched to perform communication. Especially,
In recent years, a communication terminal device for performing a remote conference between remote people by this multimedia communication has been developed.

Conventionally, as this type of communication terminal device, for example, there is one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 3-6191, and image data input from each medium such as a scanner or a video camera is converted according to attribute information. Some have created directories and managed them in storage devices.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional communication terminal device, when data is input from each medium to a directory, the data is divided into separate directories according to the attribute of data and stored in a storage device. , Had been managed. For this reason, when a plurality of media data sent from a partner communication terminal is played back on a receiving communication terminal, various media data sent from the same partner can be extracted without searching for each file. There was a problem that the operator was not able to perform the operation.

[0005] Further, in such a communication terminal device, it is assumed that an operator intervenes on both the transmitting and receiving sides. Therefore, according to the present invention, storage and management of a plurality of media data received in the answering machine mode are performed. The method was not considered. Therefore, the present invention
It is made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problem, and the transmitting end
Voice, image, or handwriting simultaneously transmitted from the
Automatically receive various media data by force, etc.
Even if the storage process according to the
Reproduction processing etc. can be performed for each credit unit, without burden
An object is to provide a usable communication terminal device.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a communication terminal device that performs communication of various media data such as audio data and image data, a receiving unit that automatically receives various media data transmitted from a partner terminal device is provided separately from a receiving unit that corresponds to the type of the data. storage means for storing a plurality of various types of media data received by <br/> said receiving means includes a storage medium in the storage medium for each type of the data to be stored in the storage system,
The management when any of the stored allowed management information in the storage medium of the storage means in accordance with the type of the data with associating by adding management information to the received various types of media data is selected by the receiving means Control means for reading and reproducing various media data associated with information from the storage means , wherein the control means
Of the partner terminal device that has transmitted various media data
The identifier is stored in the storage unit together with the management information, and the management information is stored.
When selecting a report, an identifier is provided in association with the management information.
On the display means to select the management information.
It is characterized by having achieved .

[0007]

[0008] according to claim 2 invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, said storage means, while the audio data is stored in the magnetic tape is a storage medium, image data in separate storage media It is characterized in that it is configured to be stored in a certain hard disk device.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the invention, various media data transmitted from the partner terminal device is automatically received by the receiving unit, and the various media data are associated with the management information and correspond to the type of data held by the storage unit. Is stored for each storage medium. These various media data are read out and reproduced from each storage medium of the storage means when any of the management information is selected thereafter. Therefore, by selecting only one piece of management information, related various media data can be designated, and the various media data can be reproduced without a process of converting the data into reproducible data. At this time, the management information
Stored together with the identifier of the hand terminal device, when the management information is selected
Is displayed in association with the identifier. Accordingly
Thus, the management information can be selected by the identifier.

[0010]

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the audio data is stored on a magnetic tape separate from the hard disk device storing the image data. Therefore, the audio data can be reproduced without performing data conversion processing.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments.
First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 shows a communication terminal device according to the present invention.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a multimedia communication conference device to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied . As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an operation unit for inputting a destination telephone number using a key input device such as a numeric keypad or a display, displaying data in an image memory on a display, and giving an instruction. Reference numeral 2 denotes a tablet, which detects a portion touched by a dedicated pen and captures positional information to input data such as handwritten characters. 3 is a display unit,
It is composed of a CRT or LCD for displaying images, and a display control unit for controlling the display of those images. The display control unit performs enlargement / reduction control of display contents and performs screen control such as multi-window. Reference numeral 4 denotes a video camera for inputting moving image data. Reference numeral 5 denotes a scanner, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled D).
device) is used to read a document line by line and output it as image data. Reference numeral 6 denotes an encoding / decoding unit which converts, for example, handwritten character data input from a tablet into a CCITT recommendation T.1 standardized for telewriting. Encoding / decoding is performed by the method shown in 150, or image data input from the scanner 5 is encoded or decoded into MH, MR, MMR, etc. used in facsimile communication or the like. 7 is a system control unit (control
Means) to control the entire multimedia communication conference apparatus in the present embodiment based on various programs. 8 is a RAM (Random Access Mem)
In (ory), various data necessary for controlling the multimedia communication conference apparatus is stored. 9 is a ROM (Read On)
and a control program of the apparatus. Reference numeral 10 denotes a memory (storage means) which is constituted by a storage device such as a hard disk, temporarily stores image data read by the scanner 5, receives received image data, handwritten input data, and a codec (C
ODEC) is stored. Reference numeral 11 denotes a communication control unit (reception means) which is connected to the line 12 to communicate with the other party's conference terminal, and also includes a voice codec for converting analog voice into a digital signal and vice versa, and a speaker 13 or a receiver 14 And performs transmission and reception of various data and control of voice communication using the built-in telephone.

The multimedia communication conference apparatus according to the present embodiment is mainly used as a communication conference apparatus for communicating various data with a remote conference terminal in real time, but when an operator of the remote conference terminal is absent, an answering machine mode is set. By transmitting an image data file using a facsimile function or recording a voice message using an answering machine function, a message can be transmitted to an absent conference terminal.

The present invention is characterized in that in this answering machine mode, various media data by voice, image or handwriting input are collectively managed for each communication, thereby reducing the burden on the operator of reproducing stored data.
Therefore, the receiving operation in the answering machine mode will be described. First, processing of various media data according to the present invention will be described.
Before explaining, the various media data
It can be stored in the repository. Figure 2 is Ru FIG der showing a data management state example in the memory of the multimedia communication conference device.

As shown in FIG. 2, the voice data (message) received by the communication control unit 11 via the line 12 is converted into a digital signal by a voice codec, and the digital signal is stored in the memory 10 together with other image data and handwritten input data. This is to be stored together in the hard disk device. FIG.
Is a flowchart showing the operation. As shown in FIG. 4, in step 100, a plurality of different media data (voice, image, handwriting input, etc.) are received from the other party's conference terminal in the answering machine mode.

In step 101, the system control unit 7 creates one new directory in the memory 5,
The received various media data are stored as one file for each medium in one directory created corresponding to the calling side. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the created directory A15 is stored in association with a telephone number, a name, and the like, which are identifiers of the other party's conference terminal. In this directory A15, image data (file No. 1), handwritten input data (file No. 2), and voice data (file N
O. 3) has been sent.

The directory B16 indicates that handwritten input data (file No. 4) and voice data (file No. 5) have been sent from the destination B. As described above, when the identifier of the conference terminal (A or B) that has transmitted the multimedia data is displayed on the display of the operation unit 1, the operator who sees the identifier displays
You can specify the directory you want to play.

At the time of reproduction, by performing the above designation in step 102, various media data stored in the directory are reproduced simultaneously. That is, when the directory A15 is designated, the image data and the handwritten input data are displayed on the display unit 3, and the voice data is transmitted through the voice codec of the communication control unit 11.
/ A conversion and audio output by the speaker 13.

Next, various media data according to the present invention will be described.
The processing will be described . FIG. 3 shows a multimedia communication system according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data management state of the conference device, in which received data is stored in different storage devices for each medium . As shown in FIG. 3, various Media Day
The data is stored in various storage media constituting the memory 10.
Has become way, image data (file NO.1),
The handwritten input data (file No. 2) and the like are stored in the hard disk device 17 and the audio signal is recorded on the magnetic tape 18.
Will be recorded. As described above, when storing the received various media data in different storage devices, the various media data received during one communication are stored in association with each other.

In this embodiment, this association can be realized by attaching the same link number (management information) to the data file of each medium. That is, in each memory at this time, as shown in FIG. 3, various media data in one communication are associated with each other by a link number (here, link No. 1).
The link number and the identifier of the conference terminal are displayed on the display in association with each other. For this reason, when the operator wants to reproduce data from a predetermined conference terminal, the operator designates a link number corresponding to the data and various media data (image data, handwritten input data) transmitted from the conference terminal. , Audio signal)
Can be played.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment according to the present invention. First, as shown in FIG.
At step 200, a plurality of different media data (voice, image, handwriting input, etc.) are received from the other party's conference terminal during the answering machine mode. Next, in step 201, the system control unit 7 generates a link number corresponding to the calling side, and stores the link number together with the link number in each storage medium according to the received data. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the generated link numbers (link No. 1) are digital data such as image data and handwritten input data together with various media data transmitted from the same conference terminal. The audio signal, which is analog data, is stored on the magnetic tape 18, respectively. With this configuration, an audio codec in the communication control unit 11 for D / A conversion of an audio signal can be omitted, and cost can be reduced.

At the time of data reproduction, step 202
Is the link number (link No.) corresponding to the partner conference terminal.
By specifying 1), it is possible to simultaneously play back various media data stored in each storage medium and transmitted from the same conference terminal transmitted by one communication, based on the link number. That is, the image data and the handwritten input data are displayed on the display of the display unit 3, and the audio signal is output from the speaker 13.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment according to the present invention. Here, as shown in FIG. 1, processing items to be instructed to a specific partner when the answering machine mode is set are registered in the RAM 8 in advance. In this embodiment, as a processing item to be instructed to a specific partner, for example, when there is an incoming call from the registered partner, a predetermined voice response message is sent, and a text file or image created in advance is prepared. The file is transmitted and displayed on the other party's display.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, in step 300, when the answering machine mode is set, the above-mentioned processing items corresponding to a specific partner are registered in advance. Then, when there is an incoming call from the remote conference terminal set in step 301, the above-mentioned message is transmitted according to the registered procedure, and the operator of the remote conference terminal receiving the message transmits the message based on these information. Necessary processing can be performed.

In this way, if the processing items with the other party's conference terminal are registered in order, even if the operator of the receiving side conference terminal is absent, predetermined communication with the operator of the transmitting side conference terminal is performed. It becomes possible.
As described above, in the present embodiment, in the answering machine mode,
Voice data and image data transmitted from the hand terminal device
Or through various media data including handwritten input data
Automatically received by the communication control unit 11 and received by the communication control unit 11
Various media data are assigned link numbers for each communication.
Image data and handwritten input data are
While the audio data is stored in the
It is stored on the tape 18. After this, various media data
Including the phone number and name of the partner terminal device that sent the
Besshi and link number which is the attribute of various media data
Is displayed on the display unit 3 for each communication,
Change the link number from among those displayed on the display unit 3.
If any of the communication is selected, system control
The unit 7 stores various media data of the selected communication in hardware.
Read from the disk device 17 and the magnetic tape 18,
Display data and image data
The voice data is output to the communication unit
Output to the speaker 13 without going through the deck
Can be Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to search for each of the files at the time of reproduction, since the time of playback can be simultaneously reproduced from the storage medium based on the link number to associate the data in one communication unit, the operator burden alleviation Is done. At this time, audio data
Is stored / reproduced on the magnetic tape 18 as analog data
Therefore, an audio codec that D / A converts audio data
It can be omitted and cost can be reduced.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
After automatically receiving various media data such as audio data and image data transmitted from the partner terminal device, and correlating the various media data with the management information and storing them for each storage medium corresponding to the data type, the management information When any one of is selected, the various media data associated with the management information is read and reproduced, so that the data conversion processing for reproducing the various media data can be omitted, and each of the media data is reproduced at the time of reproduction. It is not necessary to search for a file, and it is possible to simultaneously reproduce from each storage medium based on the association by the management information. Therefore, the burden on the operator can be reduced, and the reproduction can be easily performed with a simple configuration.
Also, at this time, the identifier of the partner terminal device is stored and associated with the management information and displayed, so that the management information can be selected based on the identifier, and the burden on the operator can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a multimedia communication conference device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data management state according to the embodiment ;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data management state according to the embodiment ;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation part 2 Tablet 3 Display unit 4 Video camera 5 Scanner 6 Encoding / decoding part 7 System control part (control means) 8 RAM 9 ROM 10 Memory (storage means) 11 Communication control part (receiving means) 12 Line 13 Speaker 14 Handset 15 Directory A 16 Directory B 17 Hard Disk Drive (Storage Media) 18 Magnetic Tape (Storage Media)

Continuation of the front page (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04L 12/00 G06F 12/00 520 H04M 11/06 H04N 1/00 H04N 7/15

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A communication terminal device for communicating various media data such as audio data and image data, a receiving means for automatically receiving various media data transmitted from a partner terminal device, and storage means for storing in the storage medium of each type of said data of various media data received by the receiving means comprises a plurality of storage media for storing the separate storage method corresponding to the type, are received by the receiving means the tube <br/> management information when one of the stored allowed management information in the storage medium of the storage means in accordance with the type of the data with associating by adding management information to the various media data is selected the ingredients and a control means for reproducing by reading from the storage means the various media data associated with the
The control means is used to transmit various media data.
The identifier of the hand terminal device is recorded in the storage means together with the management information.
When selecting management information, an identifier is associated with the management information
Select the management information by displaying it on the attached display means
A communication terminal device characterized in that the communication terminal device 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing means stores the audio data in a storage medium.
The image data is stored separately on the magnetic tape
To the hard disk drive, which is the storage medium for
The communication terminal device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sea urchin configuration.