JPH06205406A - Video telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform information to a specific opposite party only and to secure the privacy of a called party by selecting prescribed message data among picture message data and voice message data in response to a caller and sending the selected data to the caller. CONSTITUTION:A system control section 14 is provided with a CPU, a ROM, a RAM and an auxiliary storage device or the like and monitors the state of each section to control the entire telephone set, to generate an operation/ display pattern in response to the state and to execute an application program. The auxiliary storage device stores plural voice message data for an automatic recording message and plural code-compression picture message data. When a call comes from a caller, a transmission means checks a number of the caller based on a caller number notice function being a service function of an ISDN, for example, prescribed message data are selected in response to the caller among picture message data and voice message data and the selected data are sent to the caller, then the information is notified to only a specific opposite party.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a videophone device for transmitting and receiving voice and images via a communication destination and a public network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a videophone device, one image message data and one voice message data are stored in advance for an answering machine message. There is a method of transmitting both the message data and the caller to the caller, and in this case, the message from the caller stores both the voice message and the image message without distinguishing the caller.

There is also a system in which voice message data, or voice message data and image message data are stored in advance in a storage device for an answering machine message, and any one of the above data is transmitted regardless of the originator.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional videophone device has the following problems.

(1) On the called side, both the image message data for answering machine and the voice message data are sent to the calling party without distinguishing the calling party. Therefore, the image message data includes, for example, a self-portrait of the called party. If so, the image message data is transmitted to the caller without distinction, and the privacy of the callee cannot be protected.

(2) Since both the image message data and the voice message data from the sender are stored regardless of the sender, the capacity of the storage device becomes large.

(3) Since the answering machine message is sent to the caller without any distinction, the answering machine message is always constant.
I cannot notify specific information only to a specific person by an answering machine message.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to protect privacy regarding message transmission to the caller side in the absence mode, and only to a specific party. You can notify information,
An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent videophone device capable of reducing the storage capacity.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a plurality of code-compressed image message data in a videophone device for transmitting and receiving voice and image via a communication destination and a public network. And a message storing means for storing voice message data, and a transmitting means for selecting predetermined message data from the image message data and the voice message data in the absence mode in accordance with the sender and transmitting the selected message data to the sender. Be prepared.

A second invention is the same as the first invention,
In the absence mode, the transmission means selects both the image message and the voice message or only the voice message according to the caller and transmits the selected message.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, among the message data called by the caller in the absence mode, only the voice message or both the voice message and the pixel message is stored. The selection means is provided for selecting whether or not the caller is selected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a videophone device for transmitting and receiving voice and images via a public network and a communication destination, a voice message storing means for storing a plurality of voice message data as a message for answering machine, and the voice message storing means in the voice mail mode. And a transmitting means for selecting one of the plurality of voice message data according to the sender and transmitting the selected one to the sender.

[0013]

With the above construction, according to the first to third aspects of the invention, for example, a correspondence table for associating a caller number with an answering machine message is created in advance, and a plurality of image message data and voice messages as an answering machine message are created. The data and the data are stored in the message storage means. When there is an outgoing call from the communication destination, the sending means checks the caller's number by, for example, a caller number notifying function which is an ISDN service, and the answering machine message sent by the caller includes only voice message data or an image. Whether to use both message data and voice message data is selected by referring to the caller number acquired by the caller number notification function and the correspondence table.

After that, even when both the image message data and the voice message data are transmitted, the answering machine message data transmitted by the sender is referred to from the plurality of image message data and the voice message data by referring to the correspondence table. select. When there is a message from the sender, the selecting means refers to the correspondence table and selects whether to store only the voice message or both the voice message and the image message.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, for example, a correspondence table that associates a caller number with an answering machine message is created in advance, and a plurality of voice message data as an answering machine message is stored in the voice message storing means. When there is a call from the communication destination, the transmission means is, for example, ISD.
The sender's number notification function, which is a service of N, is used to check the sender's number, and the answering machine message sent by the sender is displayed from a plurality of voice message data, and the sender number and correspondence table obtained by the sender's number notification function are displayed. Browse and select.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a videophone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a handset which is one of the voice input / output means of this apparatus, 2 is a microphone which is one of the voice input means of this apparatus, and 3 is the voice output means of this apparatus. This is one speaker, and these output sides are connected to the audio interface unit 4. The voice interface unit 4 switches the handset 1, the microphone 2 and the speaker 3 as voice input / output means according to an instruction from the system control unit 14 described later.
On / off hook detection processing for detecting whether the is on-hook state or off-hook state, echo cancellation processing for canceling echo when the microphone 2 and the speaker 3 are used, and dial tone, ring tone, busy tone, It performs processing to generate tones such as ring tones.

A voice encoding / decoding unit 5 is connected to the output side of the voice interface unit 4. The voice encoding / decoding unit 5 receives 64 instructions according to an instruction from the system control unit 14.
kbpsPCM A-law, 64kbps PCM μ-law, 64kb
ps / 56kbps / 48kbps SB-ADPCM, 32kbps
ADPCM, 16 kbps (eg APC-AB), 8 kbps
The transmission voice signal is encoded and the reception voice signal is decoded according to the voice signal encoding and decoding algorithms such as.

On the other hand, in the figure, 6 is one of the image inputting means of this apparatus, a camera for inputting a self-portrait and the like, and 7 is one of the image inputting means of this apparatus for inputting a picture, a drawing and the like. A document camera 8 for performing the operation is a display unit for displaying an input image from the camera 6 or the document camera 7, an image received from the other party, an operation screen, etc., and these are connected to. The video interface unit 9 is instructed by the system control unit 14 to switch the image input means, switch the display between the input image, the received image, and the operation screen, and combine the image signals for displaying them on the display unit 8. Perform processing, etc.

A video encoding / decoding unit 10 is connected to the output side of the video interface unit 9.
The video encoding / decoding unit 10 uses the CCITT draft recommendation H.264.
According to H.261, the transmission image is encoded and the reception image signal is decoded. Further, a data terminal 11 for performing data communication is connected to the data interface unit 12. The data interface unit 12 notifies the data terminal 11 and the system control unit 14 of the transmission data from the data terminal 11 and the system control unit 14, and also notifies the reception data to the data terminal 11 or the system control unit 14.

An operation unit 13 such as a keyboard or a touch panel used for inputting control information for performing overall control of the apparatus.
Is connected to the system control unit 14. The system control unit 14 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an auxiliary storage device, and the like, and monitors the state of each unit, controls the entire device, creates an operation / display screen according to the state, and executes an application program. The auxiliary storage device has a data storage format (memory block) as shown in FIG. 5 described later.
Has become. The audio encoding / decoding unit 5, the video encoding / decoding unit 10, and the data interface unit 12 are connected to the line interface unit 16 via the demultiplexing unit 15.

The demultiplexing unit 15 complies with CCITT Recommendation H.264.
221, the audio signal from the audio encoding / decoding unit 5,
The image signal from the video encoding / decoding unit 10, the data from the data interface unit 12, and the BAS from the system control unit 14 are multiplexed in a transmission frame unit, and the reception frame is separated into each medium of a constituent unit, and each unit is divided into each unit. Notice. The line interface unit 16 is used for ISDN users and
Control the line according to the network interface.

The operation of the videophone device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, a correspondence table for ranking the callers as shown in FIG. 4 is created in the storage device of the videophone device (step S1). Next, a plurality of voice message data for the answering machine message and a plurality of code-compressed image message data as shown in FIG. 5 are stored in the storage device of the videophone device (step S2). After that, when an incoming call is automatically received for an incoming call that is not on the phone (step S3), ISDN
The caller number notification function is used to check the caller number (step S4), and whether the caller number is in the correspondence table created in step S1 is checked (step S5).

If the caller number is not in the correspondence table, only the voice message {2} is sent as the answering machine message (step S6). If the caller number is in the correspondence table, the correspondence table is referred to and the call is made. It is checked which rank the person belongs to (step S7 in FIG. 3). The caller whose rank A is the result of referring to the caller number and the correspondence table transmits the voice message {1} and the image message {1} as the answering machine message (step S8).

Further, the caller whose result of the correspondence table reference is B rank sends the voice message {2} and the image message {1} as the answering machine message (step S9), and the result of the correspondence table is C rank. The person transmits the voice message {2} and the image message {2} as the answering machine message (step S10).

On the other hand, when a person whose caller number is not registered in the correspondence table sends a message, only the voice message is recorded (step S11), and the person registered in the correspondence table sends the message. If so, both the voice message and the image message are stored (step S12).

Although the image message data and the voice message data are both two in the above embodiment, it is also possible to create two or more, and the correspondence table created in the storage device is as shown in FIG. By doing so, the same effect can be obtained. Further, even when the user is at home, by storing the message in the voice message {1}, it becomes possible to notify the specific party of the information only.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of the videophone device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The videophone device of this embodiment has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 1 of the first embodiment except that the data storage format of the auxiliary storage device is changed to that shown in FIG. There is.

In FIG. 7, first, a correspondence table for ranking the callers is created in the storage device of the videophone device in the same manner as in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment (step S2).
1). Then, a plurality of voice message data for the answering machine message as shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the storage device of the videophone device (step S22). Then, after that, when an incoming call for the absence is automatically received (step S23),
The caller number notification function of ISDN is used to check the caller number (step S24), and it is further checked whether the caller number is in the correspondence table (step S25).

If the caller number is not in the correspondence table, the voice message {4} is transmitted as an answering machine message (step S26). If the caller number is in the correspondence table, the caller is referred to by referring to the correspondence table. It is checked which rank belongs to (step S27 in FIG. 8). As a result of referring to the caller number and the correspondence table, the caller who has rank A transmits the voice message {1} as an answering machine message (step S28).

Further, the caller whose rank B is the result of referring to the correspondence table transmits the voice message {2} as an answering machine message (step S29), and the caller whose rank C is the result of the correspondence table is an answering machine message. Voice message {3}
Is transmitted (step S30).

On the other hand, as the message from the sender, only the voice message is recorded (step S31).

In the above embodiment, there are four types of voice messages for the answering machine, but it is possible to have four or more types. Furthermore, it is possible to notify information to a specific partner even when at home.

[0035]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a message storage unit for storing a plurality of code-compressed image message data and voice message data, the image message data and the message message in the absence mode are provided. Since there is provided a transmitting means for selecting a predetermined message data from the voice message data according to the caller and transmitting it to the caller, only a specific party can be notified of the information and the privacy of the receiving side can be observed. .

According to a second invention, in the first invention, the transmitting means selects both the image message and the voice message or only the voice message in the absence mode in accordance with the caller. Since it is transmitted to, there is the same effect as the first invention.

According to the third invention, in the first and second inventions, only the voice message or both the voice message and the pixel message in the message data sent from the caller in the absence mode is used. Since the selection means for selecting whether to memorize or not according to the sender is provided,
In addition to the same effect as the invention described above, the storage capacity can be reduced.

According to the fourth invention, a voice message storing means for storing a plurality of voice message data as an answering machine message, and one of the plurality of voice message data in the answering mode is selected according to the sender. Since it is provided with a transmission means for transmitting to the caller, it is possible to notify only specific information of specific information to the other party and change the answering machine message by the other party.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a videophone device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a correspondence table for ranking senders.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a memory block of a storage device in the videophone device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another correspondence table for ranking senders.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a memory block of a storage device in the videophone device of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Handset 2 Microphone 3 Speaker 4 Audio interface unit 5 Audio encoding / decoding unit 6 Camera 8 7 Document camera 8 Display unit 9 Video interface unit 10 Video encoding / decoding unit 11 Data terminal 12 Data interface unit 13 Operation unit 14 System control Part 15 Demultiplexing part 16 Line interface part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a videophone device for transmitting and receiving voice and images via a public network and a communication destination, a message storing means for storing a plurality of code-compressed image message data and voice message data, and the image message in the absence mode. A video telephone device, comprising: a transmission unit that selects predetermined message data from the data and the voice message data according to a sender and transmits the selected message data to the sender. 2. The videophone according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting means selects both the image message and the voice message or only the voice message according to the caller and transmits the voice message to the caller in the absence mode. apparatus. 3. A selection means for selecting whether to store only a voice message or both a voice message and a pixel message among message data called from the caller in the absence mode is provided. The videophone device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A videophone device for transmitting and receiving voice and images via a public network and a communication destination, a voice message storing means for storing a plurality of voice message data as an answering machine message, and the plurality of voice messages in an answering mode. A video telephone device, comprising: a transmitting unit that selects one of data according to a caller and transmits the selected data to the caller.