JPH08242307A - Method for registering data in telephone directory database and visual telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make it possible to simply register data in a telephone directory database by a visual telephone system. CONSTITUTION: Information such as the name, telephone number and address of a communicating party which are supplied through a line by inter-user information informing sevice, a caller's number informing sevice, or the like is stored in a received information storing means 103 and the stored information is read out from the means 103 by the operation of a registration instructing means 108 and registered in the telephone directory database. A picture processing means 104 prepares a face icon from the received information and registers the icon in the telephone directory database. A lacking part in the information can be supplied by inputting necessary information in accordance with an information input picture displayed on an information input picture displaying means 105.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for registering in a telephone directory database using a communication line and a videophone device for implementing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a videophone has been put to practical use by ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), but a telephone that can register personal information such as name, telephone number, and address in the videophone device. Some have a book database. In addition, in the phone book database, there is a phone book database in which a face icon (a person's face made into an icon by a bitmap or the like) can be registered.

[0003]

In the conventional videophone apparatus, when personal information is registered in the telephone directory database,
I had to manually register each item.
For this reason, it takes a lot of time and labor to input each item of personal information, which is very troublesome.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of registering in a telephone directory database which can be easily registered in the telephone directory database by using a communication line, and a videophone apparatus for implementing the method.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the method for registering in the telephone directory database of the present invention is
A method of registering in a telephone directory database including at least information of a communication partner's name, telephone number, and address, wherein among the information, information provided via a communication line during communication with the communication partner is stored, and Is read and registered in the telephone directory database.

According to one aspect of the present invention, image data of a face icon of a communication partner is created from received image data received via the communication line handling image information and registered in the telephone directory database.

Further, the videophone device of the present invention is a telephone directory database storing means for storing a telephone directory database including at least information of a name, a telephone number and an address of a communication partner, and during communication with the communication partner of the information. A received information storage means for storing information provided to the user via a communication line,
The registration information reading means stores the information stored in the reception information storage means and registers the information in the phonebook database, and the registration instruction means for instructing the registration means to register the information in the phonebook database. .

According to one aspect of the present invention, image processing means for creating the image data of the face icon of the communication partner from the received image data is further provided, and the image data of the face icon is registered in the telephone directory database by the registration means. To do.

In one aspect of the present invention, after the information stored in the received information storage means is registered in the telephone directory database, if there is a blank in the telephone directory database, information input to fill the blank is entered. The information input screen display means for displaying a screen, and the information input means for inputting predetermined information according to the information input screen displayed on the information input screen display means are further provided.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of a video telephone apparatus for carrying out the method of the present invention. The method of the present invention is
The present invention can be applied not only to the one-to-one communication videophone but also to a videoconference system for performing communication between three or more communication terminals. In the latter case, at least one communication terminal has the function of FIG.

Received information provided via the communication line during communication is temporarily stored in the received information storage means 103. Here, the reception information provided via the communication line during communication is, for example, in the case of a videophone, the name and address of the communication partner provided by the information notification service between users such as ISDN, and the caller number notification service. The telephone number or the like of the communication partner provided by. In addition, in the case of a video conference system, in addition to the participant's name, telephone number, and address, for example, information such as the name of the company or organization, department name, job title, etc. can be transferred from each communication terminal via the communication line. May be provided to the communication terminal. In that case, such information is stored in the reception information storage means 103 of each communication terminal on the receiving side.

The registration means 101 reads the information stored in the received information storage means 103, for example, when the user operates the registration instruction means 108, and the telephone stored in the telephone directory database storage means 102. Register in the corresponding item column of the book database. The registration instruction means 108 may be, for example, a function key provided on the operation panel in the case of a videophone, while
In the case of a video conference system in which a plurality of reception screens are displayed, a position input device such as a mouse for selecting the reception screens is preferable.

When the face icon is registered in the telephone directory database, the image processing means 104 creates the face icon from the received image. Generally, when creating the image data of the face icon for registration, it is necessary to considerably reduce the amount of data from the received image data for display.
In that case, for example, even if a complicated process such as data compression is not performed, a process of appropriately thinning out pixels from the received image data expanded into a bitmap is sufficient. In the case of a videophone or a videoconference system that handles moving images, the received image data for one frame at the time when the registration instructing means 108 is operated is extracted and processed. The face icon created by the image processing means 104 is the registration means 101.
Is registered in the face icon column of the telephone directory database.

The telephone book database stored in the telephone book database storage means 102 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, but all the fields are not filled with only the information provided via the communication line. In this case, for example, when the address information is not provided through the communication line, the information input screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the information input screen display means 105, for example. The information input screen display means 105 is, for example, a monitor of a video telephone device or a communication terminal for a video conference system. The user inputs, for example, address information while looking at the information input screen displayed on the information input screen display means 105. This information is input by the information input means 1 provided in the operation unit 106.
07. The information input means 107 may be, for example, a ten-key pad for dial operation in the case of a videophone, and a keyboard for directly inputting character information in the case of a communication terminal for a video conference system, or It may be a position input device such as a mouse for picking up a character from the character selection screen.

As described above, according to the present invention, for example, the information provided through the communication line by the inter-user information notification service or the caller number notification service is registered in the telephone directory database. There is no need for the conventional troublesome operation when registering in the book database.

If a face icon of the communication partner is created from the received image and is registered in the telephone directory database, it is necessary to prepare a photo of the communication partner and read it. Without, the face icon can be easily registered.

Further, after registering the information provided through the communication line, an information input screen for filling in the blanks of the telephone directory database is displayed, and the necessary information is input according to the information input screen. The information provided via the communication line of the book database can make up for the lacking part.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows the main configuration of the videophone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The CPU 1 controls each part of the device according to a program stored in the ROM of the storage part 2. Although the CPU 1 has the functions of the registration unit 101 and the image processing unit 104 in FIG. 1 in this example, an image processor may be separately provided as the image processing unit 104.

The storage unit 2 includes a storage device such as the above-mentioned ROM or RAM, and the telephone directory database storage unit 102 and the reception information storage unit 103 shown in FIG.
Belong to.

The image / sound compression / expansion unit 3 expands the received image data and the received audio data received from the demultiplexing / line control unit 4, respectively, and the image data is displayed on the display unit 7.
The audio data is sent to a speaker unit (not shown) via a D / A converter (not shown). The image / sound compression / decompression unit 3 also has a function of extracting image data for creating a face icon and sending it to the CPU 1. Further, the image / audio compression / decompression unit 3 compresses the audio data input from the audio input unit 5 and the image data input from the image input unit 6, respectively, and demultiplexes and the line control unit 4 in order to transmit them. Send to.

The demultiplexing and line control unit 4 separates the signal received through the line into image data, voice data and other data, and the image data and voice data are sent to the image voice compression / decompression unit 3 and the other data. Send to CPU1 respectively. Information such as the name, telephone number, and address of the communication partner provided through the line is also received and processed by the demultiplexing and line control unit 4 and sent to the CPU 1. Further, the demultiplexing / line control unit 4 multiplexes the image data and the voice data compressed by the image / voice compression / decompression unit 3 together with the control data received from the CPU 1 and transmits them to the line.

The audio input unit 5 is a microphone, and the audio signal input here is sent to the image audio compression / expansion unit 3 via an A / D converter (not shown).

The image input unit 6 is a television camera, and the image (video) signal input here is A / D if necessary.
It is sent to the image / sound compression / decompression unit 3 via a converter (not shown).

The display unit 7 is a monitor of a videophone,
It is composed of a CRT or liquid crystal display.

The operation unit 8 is provided with a ten-key for performing a dial operation and a function key which is the registration instructing means 108 of FIG. The function key which is the registration instruction means 108 is preferably a key independent of the ten keys, but one key of the ten keys may be defined and used. Further, in this example, the numeric keypad also serves as the information input means 107 of FIG. 1 for inputting characters.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a function screen displayed on the display unit 7 when registering in the telephone directory database. In the illustrated example, the reception screen 31 is displayed on the left side of the screen, and each item of the telephone directory database 32 is displayed on the right side.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a registration procedure in the telephone directory database will be described.

First, in step 401, information such as the name, telephone number, and address of the communication partner provided through the line is stored in the storage unit 2 of FIG.

Next, in step 402, it is monitored whether or not the function key for instructing registration of the operation unit 8 in FIG. 2 is operated, and when the operation of the function key is detected, the process proceeds to the next step 403. move on.

In step 403, the CPU 1 reads out information such as the name, telephone number, and address of the communication partner stored in the storage unit 2 of FIG. 2 and stores them in the telephone directory database also stored in the storage unit 2. Register in the corresponding item column of. In addition, in registration of the face icon, the received image data at the time when the function key for instructing the registration of the operation unit 8 is operated is extracted by the image / audio compression / decompression unit 3 of FIG. Is registered in the face icon column of the telephone directory database. Therefore, if the user operates the function key of the operation unit 8 when he / she thinks it is most appropriate while looking at the reception screen 31 of FIG. 3, the received image at that time is registered as a face icon.

FIG. 5 shows a registration procedure when an information input screen is displayed so as to make up for a lack of the telephone directory database.

Step 501 is step 401 in FIG.
~ The registration procedure is exactly the same as step 403. That is, by operating the function key for the registration instruction by the user, the information about the communication partner and the face icon provided through the line are respectively registered in the telephone directory database.

Next, in step 502, it is determined whether or not there is a blank space in the registered telephone directory database item. Then, when there is a blank in the registered telephone directory database item, that is, when all the information of the telephone directory database is not filled with only the information provided through the line, the process proceeds to step 503 and the registered telephone directory database is stored. If there is no blank in the item, that is, if all the items in the telephone directory database are filled with only the information provided through the line, the process is ended.

At step 503, an input screen corresponding to the missing information is displayed on the display unit 7 of FIG. Figure 6
Shows an example of the input screen when the address information is insufficient. That is, when the address information is not provided through the line, the personal information dialog box 60 for address input shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 7.

At the next step 504, the user
Address data is input while looking at the personal information dialog box 60 for address input displayed on the display unit 7. The input of this data is performed using the ten-key pad provided on the operation unit 8 of FIG. That is, the correspondence between the operation of the ten keys and the character data is given in advance, and the user inputs the character information according to the rule. The user can also end the process without inputting the address information. In that case, the address column of the telephone directory database corresponding to the communication partner is left blank.

The registration procedure described above can be performed after the communication with the communication partner is completed. That is, during communication with the communication partner, the storage unit 2 in FIG. 2 stores information regarding the communication partner provided through the line. Then, the user operates the function key for the registration instruction of the operation unit 8 at an appropriate time during the communication with the communication partner. Then, the received image at that time is extracted and stored in the storage unit 2. When the communication with the communication partner is completed, the CPU 1
The information about the communication partner stored in the storage unit 2 is read and registered in the telephone directory database, and the received image data also stored in the storage unit 2 is image-processed to create a face icon, which is called by the telephone. Register in the book database. Furthermore, if necessary, an information input screen is displayed on the display unit 7.
Display on the screen and make up for the missing information. It is also possible to perform only the registration procedure described in FIG. 4 during the communication with the communication partner, and to perform the procedure after step 502 in FIG. 5 after the communication is completed.

Next, a second embodiment in which the method of the present invention is applied to a video conference system will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a function screen for registering a telephone directory database displayed on the monitor 70 of the communication terminal for video conference according to this embodiment.
The images 72 to 74 of all the participants in the conference are displayed in.

The registration procedure in the telephone directory database in the video conference communication terminal will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

First, in step 801 of FIG. 8, personal information such as a name, a telephone number, an address, etc. provided via the communication line corresponding to each received image is stored in the storage unit. In addition,
In the case of a video conference system, in addition to the information provided by the line service, for example, the name of the company or organization to which the participant belongs, department name, job title, model name of the communication terminal owned by the participant, It is possible to configure various information such as attributes to be transmitted from each communication terminal to other communication terminals via the communication line. In that case, build a telephone directory database that includes all of that information. can do. Also, the name, telephone number, and address information may be transmitted from each communication terminal instead of the line service.

Next, in step 802, it is monitored whether or not the received image is selected by the user. To select this received image, the user uses, for example, a pointing cursor 7 on the screen by using a mouse as shown in FIG.
This is done by moving 1. Specifically, the pointing cursor 71 on the screen is moved by using the mouse, and the received image is selected by pressing the mouse button and starting the drag operation in the display area of the desired received image.

In the next step 803, it is monitored whether or not the registration is designated. The registration is designated by a drag operation for moving the pointing cursor 71 on the screen while the mouse button is held down. The cursor 71 is moved to the display area of the telephone directory database 75, and the drop operation is performed by releasing the mouse button. By this series of drag and drop operations, it is instructed to register the personal information corresponding to the received image displayed at the position where the drag operation is started in the telephone directory database.

At the next step 804, the personal information corresponding to the selected received image is read from the storage unit and registered in the telephone directory database. At this time, a face icon is created from the selected received image and registered in the telephone directory database.

Further, the information input screen as shown in FIG. 6 may be displayed to input the insufficient information. The simplest way to input this information is to input character information directly from the keyboard. Alternatively, the character selection screen may be displayed and the screen may be operated with a mouse.

In the above description, the mouse is used as an example of the position input device for operating the cursor. However, other than the mouse, the position input device may be a trackball,
You may use a joystick, a light pen, etc. Alternatively, a cursor operation may be performed using a cursor key on the keyboard.

[0048]

According to the present invention, for example, the information provided through the communication line by the user information notification service or the caller number notification service is registered in the telephone directory database, so that the registration can be performed by a simple operation. It can be carried out.

If a face icon of the communication partner is created from the received image and registered in the telephone directory database, the face icon can be easily registered.

Further, by displaying an information input screen for filling in the blanks of the telephone directory database and inputting necessary information in accordance with the information input screen, the information provided through the communication line of the telephone directory database is used. You can make up for the shortage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main configuration block diagram of a videophone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing a function screen of the videophone device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a registration procedure of the videophone device of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a registration procedure and an information input procedure of the videophone device of FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an information input screen of the videophone device of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a function screen of a communication terminal for a video conference system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart showing a registration procedure of the communication terminal for the video conference system of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 storage unit 3 image / sound compression / decompression unit 4 demultiplexing and line control unit 5 voice input unit 6 image input unit 7 display unit 8 operation unit 31, 72-74 received image 32, 75 phonebook database 70 monitor 71 pointing cursor Reference numeral 101 registration means 102 telephone directory database storage means 103 received information storage means 104 image processing means 105 information input screen display means 106 operation unit 107 information input means 108 registration instruction means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method of registering in a telephone directory database including information of at least a name, a telephone number and an address of a communication partner, the information being provided through a communication line during communication with the communication partner. Is stored, read out, and registered in the phonebook database. 2. The image data of the face icon of the communication partner is created from the received image data received via the communication line that handles image information, and is registered in the telephone directory database. How to register in the phonebook database described. 3. A telephone directory database storing means for storing a telephone directory database including at least information of a name, a telephone number and an address of a communication partner, and among the information, provided through a communication line during communication with the communication partner. Reception information storage means for storing information to be stored, registration means for reading out the information stored in the reception information storage means and registering it in the phonebook database, and registration for registration in the phonebook database And a registration instructing means for instructing to the videophone device. 4. An image processing means for creating image data of a face icon of the communication partner from the received image data is further provided, and the image data of the face icon is registered in the telephone directory database by the registration means. The videophone device according to claim 3. 5. Information for displaying an information input screen for filling blanks in the telephone book database when the telephone book database has blanks after the information stored in the received information storage means is registered in the telephone book database. 5. The television according to claim 3, further comprising input screen display means and information input means for inputting predetermined information according to the information input screen displayed on the information input screen display means. Telephone device.