JPH0265487A - Video telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain a display without any unnaturality from observance by displaying a video image inputted to a picture input device and picked up by a television camera through switch selection operation as an erected image or a mirror image. CONSTITUTION:A video image is fetched by a picture input device 2 and a controller 7 controls a communication equipment 1, a memory device 3 and a display device 4 or the like and the image is stored in the memory device 3. In the case of displaying the video image read from the memory device 3, based on a selection signal from the switch 6, whether or not the switch selects the mirror display is discriminated and in the case of mirror image display, for example, the pattern information is read from the memory device 3 in the opposite order to that of the storage and displayed in the display device 4 as the mirror image. In the case of erected image display, the pattern information is read from the memory device 3 in the storage order and displayed on the display device 4. Thus, the unnatural display content is avoided.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a video telephone device that is capable of displaying an image captured by a television camera and captured by a video input device as a normal image or a mirror image. be.

[Prior Art] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional videophone device. In the figure, (1) is a communication device that transmits and receives screen information with the other party, and (2) is, for example, a communication device that transmits and receives screen information with the other party. (3) a screen human input device that inputs images captured by a television camera (not shown); (3) a memory device that stores image information output from the communication device (1) or the video input device (2); (4) is a display device that displays screen information read from the memory device (3), and (5) is each of the above devices (1) and (3).
This is a control device that controls (4).

Next, the operation will be explained. Images such as self-portraits captured by a television camera are captured by a video input device (2), and a control device (5) controls a communication device (1), a memory device (3), a display device (4), etc. After being stored in the memory device (3), this memory device V! 1(
3) and displayed on the display device (4) as a mirror image.

Further, the screen information from the other party of the call transmitted via the communication device (1) is stored in the memory device (3), and then read out from this memory device (3) and displayed as a normal image. (4) is displayed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional videophone device is configured as described above, the image captured by the image input device can only be displayed as an image, and it is difficult to switch between a mirror image and a normal image. Can not do it. For this reason, for example, when holding the videophone device and photographing the surroundings with a TV camera, a mirror image is displayed even though it should be displayed as a normal image, causing the problem that the displayed content becomes unnatural. Ta.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain a video telephone device that can display both a mirror image and a normal image.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A videophone device according to the present invention includes a switch for selecting mirror image display or normal image display, and control for selecting and controlling normal image display or mirror image display based on a selection signal of this switch. It is equipped with a device.

[Operation] A switch for selecting mirror image display or normal image display in the present invention is selectively operated by the user, and the control device selects and controls mirror image display or normal image display based on the selection signal of the switch.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1st
In the figure, (1) is a communication device, (2) is a video input device, (3) is a memory device, (4) is a display device, and (5) is a control device, which are the conventional devices shown in FIG. Same as device. (6) is a switch that selects mirror image display or normal image display; (7) is a control device that selects a display state based on the selection signal of switch (6).

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. Images such as self-portraits taken with a television camera are captured into the human-powered image device (2), and the control device (7) sends them to the communication device (1) and the memory device (
3) and is stored in the memory device (3) by controlling the display device (4) and the like.

Next, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the control device (7) first switches the switch (6) to display the video read out from the memory device (3) (step 5TI).
Step 5T2), YE
If S, for example, the screen information is read from the memory device (3) in the reverse order of the storage order and displayed as a mirror image on the display device (4) (step 5T3).

If the judgment result in step ST2 is No, the screen information is read out from the memory device (3) in the order in which it was stored and displayed as a normal image on the display device (4), and the process ends (step S
T4,5T5).

Further, the image information sent from the other party via the communication device (1) is stored in the memory device (3) in the same way as in the conventional device described above, and then is stored in the memory device (3) in the order in which it is stored. The image is read out and displayed on the display device (4) as a normal image.

In the above embodiment, a switch was used to select between the normal image display and the mirror image display, but the selection between the normal image display and the mirror image display may also be performed using a wireless remote controller. be effective.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, an image taken by a television camera and inputted to an image-powered device can be displayed as a normal image or a mirror image by selecting a switch. You can select the display state, such as displaying images such as self-portraits taken with a camera as a mirror image, and displaying images of the surroundings taken while holding the videophone device itself as a normal image, so that the display does not look unnatural. There are effects that can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a video telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of a control device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional video telephone device. In the figure, (1) is a communication device, (2) is a visual human power device, (3) is a memory device, (4) is a display device, is a switch, and is a control device. In addition, the same symbols in the figures indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a communication device that transmits and receives screen information to and from the other party;
a video input device that inputs video captured by a television camera; a memory device that stores screen information from the communication device or the video input device; a display device that displays screen information read from the memory device; a switch for selecting whether the screen information read from the memory device is to be displayed as a normal image or a mirror image; A videophone device equipped with a control device that performs the following operations.