JPH0255488A - Video telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a picture on a television receiver of the existing system without any limit on a transmission pattern by providing a main body of a cordless type telephone set in the television receiver and providing a picture storage section and a camera. CONSTITUTION:In the case of receiving a television broadcast by the television receiver 1, the broadcast is received by a remote control reception section 15 of the television receiver 1 by a television control infrared-ray through the remote control, a radio wave reception reproduction device 12 fetches the broadcast from a control section 17 to apply such processings as television channel selection and sound volume control. In the case of taking by a slave set 5 of the television set, a handset 55 is hooked off, a pushbutton of an operating section 54 is depressed, the call is fetched to a speech device 18 at the television receiver 1 by using a call signal from a speech device 51 and the signal is sent to a telephone line 4 from a communication device 16. Thus, the talking by the speech device 55 is attained after the opposite party replies the call. In the case of picture transmission, the picked-up picture of the camera 11 of the television receiver 1 is fetched in a picture storage device 14 by the pushbutton operation of the operation section 54 and the picture is sent to the opposite party.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a video telephone device that is capable of transmitting images and that integrates a telephone device around a television receiver.

[Conventional technology]

A videophone device is a device that sends and receives still images via a telephone line so that you can talk while looking at the display screen, and it is usually configured by adding a camera and an image display to a telephone. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, the camera and image display section were special, and there were also limits to the screen on which calls could be made.

An object of the present invention is to enable image display without being limited by the transmission screen and with a television receiver of the current system.

[Means to solve the problem]

To this end, the present invention provides a main body side of a cordless telephone in a television receiver, an image storage section and a camera therein, and a handset and a telephone operation section on the handset side of the telephone. did.

〔Example〕

Examples of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the system. ■ is a television receiver equipped with a camera 11, an antenna 2, an AV (
Audio/video) equipment 3 and a telephone line 4 are externally connected, and the interior is equipped with a television receiving function as well as the main body of a cordless telephone and an image storage section, as will be described later. Reference numeral 5 denotes a cordless phone handset, which includes a communication device (a handset, a button, etc.) as well as an operation section and a remote control transmitting section for operating the television receiver 1 side, as described later. It is provided.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the television receiver 1 and the handset 5 of the telephone. First, in addition to the camera 11 described above, the television receiver 1 includes a radio wave receiving and reproducing device 12 connected to the antenna 2, a display section 13 using a CRT, an image storage device 14 consisting of a RAM, etc., and an infrared signal receiving device. a remote control receiving unit 15, a communication device 16 connected to the telephone line 4,
A control section 17 that controls the inside using control signals from the communication device 16 and the remote control receiving section 15, and a communication device 18 that communicates with the handset 5 of the telephone using weak radio waves are provided.

The handset 5 of the telephone includes a communication device 18, which is an example of a television receiver.
A communication device 51 that performs weak radio wave communication with the remote controller, a remote control transmitter 52 that emits infrared remote control signals, an MPU (microprocessing unit) 53 that controls the remote control transmission, and operations using dial buttons, remote control operation buttons, etc. 54 and a handset 55 are provided.

When receiving television broadcasting with the television receiver 1, a remote control button on the operation section 54 of the handset 5 of the telephone is operated. At this time, infrared light for TV operation is emitted from the remote control transmitter 52 and sent to the remote control receiver 15 of the television receiver 1.
The signal is received by the control section 17 and taken into the radio wave reception/reproduction device 12, where TV channel selection, volume control, etc. are performed.

When making a call using the handset 5 of the telephone, the handset 55
By lifting up and operating the button on the operation unit 54, a calling signal is received from the communication device 51 using weak radio waves into the communication device 18 on the TV receiver 1 side, and the communication device 1
6 to the telephone line 4. Therefore, after receiving the call from the other party, the user can make a call using the communication device 55.

When transmitting an image, an image captured by the camera 11 on the television receiver 1 side can be captured into the image storage device 14 by operating a button on the operation unit 54, and can be transmitted to the other party. At this time, the received television/video image is also imported into the image storage device 14, and one of the camera-captured image and the television/video image is appropriately reduced and located.
It is possible to send a screen inserted as a child screen into the other screen. Furthermore, it is also possible to transmit a screen composed of a plurality of images captured by the camera 11, or a screen composed of a TV/video screen added thereto.

In the case of image reception, the received image is stored in the image storage device 14.
The still image is captured and displayed on the display unit 13.

Although the camera 11 is fixedly attached to the television receiver 1, it may also be possible to adjust the orientation, the imaging range (zoom adjustment), etc. In this case, the adjustment operation section is connected to the operation section of the telephone 5. 54 is desirable.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of telephone transmission/reception when the camera 11 can be operated. No operation is required when receiving images.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the present invention provides the main body side of a cordless telephone in a television receiver, and also provides an image storage section and a camera there, so that the telephone device is integrated with the television device as the center, and image transmission is possible. This is extremely suitable. especially,
Since it is possible to transmit television images, it is also possible to transmit images taken by other means, such as images recorded on a VTR, and a wide range of images can be handled.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a system of a video telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the internal configuration, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of telephone transmission/reception. Agent Patent Attorney Tsuneaki Nagao

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A cordless telephone main body side is provided in the television receiver, an image storage unit and a camera are provided therein, and a handset and a telephone operation unit are provided in the handset side of the telephone. videophone device. (2) The video telephone device according to claim 1, characterized in that a remote control operation section for controlling a television reception section of the television receiver is provided on the handset side.