JPH0370380A - Video telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for reorigination by a caller by making an answer to termination automatically in an automatic answering state, and recording and reproducing a voice and an image which are sent from an opposite party. CONSTITUTION:When a termination detection part 6 detects an incoming signal from a telephone line, it is sent to a central control part 7. When the device is set in the automatic answering state previously by an input/output part 8, the central control part 7 controls a television telephone basic part 1 and a video recording and reproduction part 3 to connect with the telephone line and make an answer, records the sound and image sent from the opposite side in the video recording and reproduction part 3, and then disconnects the telephone line. Consequently, a caller's message, etc., can be stored and the caller need not reoriginate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a video telephone device capable of transmitting and receiving both audio and video.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of videophone device only uses voice.

It was configured only to send and receive images.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional videophone device mentioned above only uses voice.

Since it was configured to only send and receive images, it only called when an incoming call came in while you were away, but it had the disadvantage that it could not remember the caller's business, etc., and the caller would have to make the call again. .

[Means to solve all problems]

The videophone device of the present invention is a videophone device capable of transmitting and receiving video and audio via a telephone line, and includes: a videophone basic unit that controls connection of the telephone line and processes the audio and video; an incoming call detection section that detects an incoming signal sound from the incoming call, and a camera section and display section for inputting and outputting all images.

It has a recording/playback unit for recording the audio and video, an input/output unit for setting and displaying the overall status, and a central control unit for controlling the entire unit, and is set to be in an absent state by the telephone line unit. when the videophone basic unit and the recording/playback unit are sound controlled to capture the telephone line and make a response;
After recording the audio and video transmitted from the other party in the recording/reproducing section, the telephone line is controlled to be disconnected.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the videophone device of this embodiment includes a videophone basic unit 1 that controls the connection of the telephone line and processes audio and video, a handset 2, and detects an incoming signal from the 1st talk line. An incoming call detection section 6, a camera section 4 and a display section 5 for inputting and outputting images.

It is configured to include a recording/playback s3 for recording audio and video, an input/output section 8 for displaying the status setting 2 of this embodiment, and a central control fB7 for controlling the entire embodiment.

Note that FIG. 1 shows only the constituent elements necessary for realizing the functions.

This embodiment may be configured as a stand-alone BL or may be included in a key telephone device, a home control device, etc.

The videophone basic s1 may be of any type as long as audio and video can be transmitted and received. The camera section 4 may be a semiconductor image element, an image tube, etc.9, and the display s5 may be a CT, liquid crystal display, or the like. As the recording/playback s3, it is conceivable to use a magnetic medium memory or the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, by performing a predetermined procedure such as key operation from the input/output section 8, the central control section 7ft is set to the absent state. If there is an incoming call on the telephone line in this state, the incoming call detection m6 detects the incoming call signal and transmits it to the central control unit 7. central control s7
controls the videophone basic unit 1 to capture the person's line of sight.

At this time, if necessary, the central control unit 7
The recording/playback section 3 may be controlled to send response audio/video to the telephone line.

Thereafter, the central control unit s7 controls the videophone basic unit 1 and the recording/playback unit 3 to record the audio and video transmitted from the other party. The recorded state is input/output section 8
! or displayed on the display unit 5, and later by operating the input/output s8, the central control unit 7 controls the videophone basic unit 1 and the recording/playback s3 to reproduce audio/video from the handset 2 and the display ff1s5. can do.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides an input/output section for all settings for the absentee state and a recording/playback section to automatically answer incoming calls in the absentee state and record audio and video sent from the other party. Since it can be played back, it has the effect of eliminating the need to record the caller's business in audio and video format even when the caller is away and have the caller make the call again.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1...Videophone basic part, 2...Handset, 3...
・Recording and playback section, 4...Camera section, 5...Display section, 6
. . . Incoming call detection section, 7. Central control section, 8. Input/output section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A videophone device capable of transmitting and receiving video and audio via a telephone line includes a videophone basic unit that controls connection of the telephone line and processes the audio and video, and an incoming call that detects an incoming signal from the telephone line. a detection section, a camera section and a display section for inputting and outputting video, a recording/playback section for recording the audio and video, an input/output section for setting and displaying the overall status, and controlling the entire system. and a central control unit, and when the incoming call detection unit detects an incoming call signal from the telephone line, the incoming call detection unit notifies the central control unit, and when the central control unit is set to be in an absent state by the input/output unit in advance, Controls the videophone basic unit and the recording/playback unit to capture and respond to the telephone line, records audio and video transmitted from the other party in the recording/playback unit, and then disconnects the telephone line. A videophone device characterized by: