JPH0775078A - Command inputting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use the face of an operator as a video signal for video communication image picked-up from the position of a tablet as a command inputting device while the tablet is operated. CONSTITUTION:A communication equipment main body 1 is equipped with a control part 2, video processing part 3, and transmitting part 4, and the tablet incorporating a camera is constituted of a tablet 11, panel part 12, command data preparing part 13, signal synthesizing part 14, incorporated camera 15, and display part 16. The tablet 11 is equipped with the incorporated camera 15, panel part 12 for command input, and received video display part 16, and connected with the control part 2 of the communication equipment main body 1. The command data preparing part 13 converts an input from the panel part 12 into output data to the communication equipment main body 1, and connects the output with the signal synthesizing part 14. The ON/OFF, camera direction, focusing, and diaphragm of the incorporated camera 15 are controlled according to a control signal from the control part 2 of the communication equipment main body 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a command input device having an operation panel for operating a communication device which communicates using video.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a communication device for communicating using video such as a video conference and a videophone, a command consisting of a tablet operation plate in which switches for inputting operation commands to the device are integrated in one operation plate. An input device is used.

[0003]

However, in the conventional tablet operation plate as a command input device, when the tablet is operated during communication, the operator's face faces downward with the tablet, and therefore the operator cannot see the main camera. There is a drawback that you can't hold a meeting with the faces of each other face-to-face, because the image of your head is projected.

Further, when the tablet monitor has a built-in receiving monitor, the operator's line of sight is always downward, and the communication partner cannot see the operator's face.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, and is used as a video signal for video communication in which a face of an operator is imaged from a position of the tablet or the like while operating a tablet or the like as a command input device. An object is to provide a command input device that can be used.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a command input device comprising a tablet with a built-in camera of the present invention is, in claim 1, the operation for taking an image of an operator's face from an operation panel. A camera built in the panel, and a signal synthesizing unit for multiplexing data for switching the camera with respect to a normal command input by the operator on the operation panel, and the invention according to claim 2. The signal synthesizing unit multiplexes a signal for switching a video input camera used for video communication with a camera built in the operation panel every time the operation panel is operated, into an original control signal. In addition, in claim 3, as the signal synthesizing unit, a selecting means for selecting a camera to be used as a video input device is provided. The output and performs the multiplexing.

[0007]

In the above means, the tablet with a built-in camera as the command input device of the present invention has the flag data for switching the camera used for video communication to the built-in camera when the operator inputs a normal command using the tablet. Multiplexed, it is possible to output a signal for selecting a camera together with a control signal of the communication device.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a partial configuration diagram according to a first embodiment when the present invention is used as a command input device of a communication device using video. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a communication device main body, which has a control unit 2, a video processing unit 3, and a transmission unit 4 therein, and also includes a tablet 11, a panel unit 12, a command data creation unit 13, a signal synthesis unit 14, and a built-in unit. The camera 15 and the display unit 16 are components of the command input device of the present invention.

The tablet 11 as a command input device is provided with the built-in camera 15, the panel section 12 through which an operator inputs a command, and a display section 16 for displaying a received image, and its output is communicated. Device body side 1
Connected to the control unit 2 inside the communication device main body 1 via the control board of 12, a panel unit 12 through which the operator inputs commands, and the operator connects the communication line toward the panel unit 12. When an input such as selection and operation of a video / audio input / output device and a peripheral device and selection of a communication partner is performed, the input is input to the command data creation unit 13. The command data creation unit 13 includes the panel unit 1
The input from 2 is converted into the output data to the communication device main body 1, and the output is connected to the signal synthesizing unit 14. Two cameras, a main camera 5 and a built-in camera 15, are connected as a video input device, and the signal synthesizing unit 14 sends flag data for selecting and switching the two cameras from the command data creating unit 13. The input data is multiplexed and output to the control unit 2 of the communication device body 1.
The built-in camera 15 is the main camera 5 of the communication device body 1.
This is a camera provided separately from the above, and is a camera built in the tablet 11 for capturing a face image of the operator when the operator of the apparatus makes an input to the operation panel 12. The video output of the built-in camera 15 is connected to the video processing unit 3 of the communication apparatus main body 1 and is transmitted to the outside via the transmission unit 4 like the video output of the main camera 5. In addition, a control signal from the control unit 2 of the communication device body 1 is input to the built-in camera 15 to turn the camera on or off.
Controlled by FF, camera orientation, focusing and aperture.

The operation will be described below with reference to FIG.
Here, in FIG. 3, when a command is input to the communication device using the tablet 11, a control signal for selecting the built-in camera 15 as a video input device is
It is an operation | movement flowchart which shows in order the operation | movement until it is multiplexed with the signal of the input command and is output. In addition,
In the following flow chart, each step is abbreviated as S.

When the main camera of the main body of the communication device is selected as the video input device, the video received by the communication partner is the video taken by the main camera. At this time, first, when the operator inputs to the panel 12 on the tablet 11 (S1), the command data creating unit 13 creates output data corresponding to the input command (S2).

When the output data is input, the signal synthesizing unit 14 sets the data flag for changing the camera used as a video input device from the current main camera to the built-in camera 15 to the command data creating unit. All outputs from 13 are multiplexed (S3), and this is output as a control output to the communication device body 1 (S4).

As a result, the operator can operate the panel section 12
The built-in camera 15 is selected as a video input device each time an input is made toward the camera, and a video of the face of the operator who operates the panel 12 is transmitted as a video signal to the transmission unit 4.
Transmitted to.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a communication device used in each embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial configuration part showing a second embodiment when the present invention is used as a command input device of a TV conference system.

The built-in camera 15 is built in the tablet 11, and a selection means 21 for detecting picking up of a pen is provided on the tablet 11.

In FIG. 2, parts that are the same as or correspond to those in FIG. 1 are given the same numbers and their explanations are omitted.

In FIG. 2, a selection means 21 is newly added as a constituent part of the camera-equipped tablet of the present invention.

The selecting means 21 selects a camera used as a video input device from the main camera 5 or the built-in camera 15.
The output of the control signal is connected to the signal synthesizing unit 14 and is multiplexed in the signal synthesizing unit 14 with the control signal input from the command data creating unit 13.

The operation will be described below with reference to FIG.
Here, FIG. 4 uses a tablet with a built-in camera as a command input device of the present invention, which is configured with a switch for detecting that a pen is picked up as the selection means 21 as in FIG. When a command is input to the communication device through the communication device, a control signal for selecting the built-in camera 15 as a video input device is multiplexed with the input command signal and output. It is a flowchart which shows through.

When the main camera 5 of the main body of the communication device is selected as the video input device, the video received by the communication partner is the video taken by the main camera 5.

First, the operator picks up an input pen to make an input toward the panel 12 on the tablet 11 (S11), and the selection means 21 detects this (S12).

Next, when the operator inputs a command to the panel section 12 (S13), the command data creating section 13 creates output data corresponding to the input command (S14).

Then, the signal synthesizing unit 14 sends the flag data for changing the camera used as the video input device stored from the selecting unit 21 to the built-in camera 15 to the command data creating unit 13 Is multiplexed with the first output (S15), and this is output as a control output to the communication device body 1 (S16).

As a result, the operator can operate the panel section 12
The built-in camera 15 is selected as an image input device each time the input pen is picked up in order to make an input toward, and an image of the face of the operator who operates the panel unit 12 is displayed on the image processing unit 3. Is transmitted to the transmission unit 4 as a video signal from.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the control signal generated by the operation of the tablet and the built-in camera for capturing the face image of the operator from the tablet position inside the tablet as the command input device is applied. A signal synthesizing unit that multiplexes flag data for switching the camera is provided, and when the operator operates the tablet, the flag data for switching the camera to the output signal from the tablet is multiplexed to operate the tablet. There is an effect that the face of the operator can be used as a video signal for video communication captured from the tablet position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial configuration diagram according to a first embodiment when the present invention is used as a command input device of a communication device using video.

FIG. 2 is a partial configuration diagram according to a second embodiment when the present invention is used as a command input device of a communication device using video.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a control signal for selecting the built-in camera 15 as a video input device when a command is input to a communication device using the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement until it is multiplexed and output to a signal in order.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a control signal for selecting the built-in camera 15 as a video input device when a command is input to a communication device using the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement until it is multiplexed and output to a signal in order.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a command input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 tablet with built-in camera 12 panel section 13 command data creation section 14 signal synthesis section 15 built-in camera 16 display section 21 selection means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a command input device having an operation panel of a communication device for communicating using video, a camera built in the operation panel for capturing the operator's face from the operation panel, and an operator's face. A command input device comprising: a signal synthesizing unit that multiplexes data for switching a camera in response to a normal command input to an operation panel. 2. The signal synthesizing unit multiplexes a signal for switching a video input camera used for video communication with a camera built in the operation panel every time the operation panel is operated, to an original control signal. The command input device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The command according to claim 1, wherein the signal synthesizing unit includes selection means for selecting a camera to be used as a video input device, and the multiplexing is performed by an output from the selection means. Input device.