JPH11194979A - System and device for processing multimedia information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multimedia information processor with which various kinds of information transmission including internet information to respective pieces of terminal equipment are enabled and the desired information can be acquired on the side of every terminal equipment as well. SOLUTION: This system is composed of a main device 1 connected to an external communication line network 7 while storing various kinds of character information and video information, a video controller 4 connected through a communication line to this main device 1, a large display device 2 connected to this video controller 4, and video terminals A and B connected through communication lines to the main device 1 and respectively provided with operation parts and display parts. In this case, images fetched from the said external communication line network, various kinds of stored characters and images and images from the plural video output means of the video controller 2 are selectively displayed on the large display device 2 under the control of the main device 1 and images fetched from the said external communication line network 7, various kinds of stored characters and images and images from the video controller 4 are outputted to the display parts of the said respective video terminals A and B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multimedia information processing system and a multimedia information processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, various public institutions such as a police station and a library have adopted a multimedia information processing system which captures not only character information but also Internet information including video information.

In such a multimedia information processing system, a host device (host computer) installed in a center and a plurality of terminal devices are connected by a communication line, and the terminal device responds to a transmission request from each terminal device. In general, a host computer provides desired information to a terminal device based on an operation of an appointed operator.

[0004]

However, in the case of the conventional multimedia information processing system described above, transmission of various information including character information and video information is mainly performed by one-way transmission from a host device to a terminal device. There is a problem that the convenience of the user is not always sufficient.

Further, in the case of the conventional multimedia information processing system, it has not been possible to turn on / off the power of a plurality of terminal devices by means of the host device or to transmit images from different image sources. Further, when the host device breaks down, a plurality of terminal devices also become unusable in conjunction with each other.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and enables various types of information transmission including Internet information from a main device (host device) connected to an external communication network to each terminal device. Needless to say, a multimedia information processing system and a multimedia information processing apparatus capable of acquiring desired information including Internet information by a user's own operation at each terminal device without bothering appointing operator of the main device side The purpose is to provide.

Further, the present invention provides a multimedia information processing system capable of controlling the power on / off of a plurality of terminal devices by a main device and continuing to use the terminal devices even if the main device fails. And a multimedia information processing apparatus.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia information processing system connected to an external communication network and storing various types of character information and video information. A video control device including a plurality of video output means connected via a communication line, a large display device connected to the video control device, each operation unit connected to the main device via a communication line, An arbitrary number of video terminal devices including a display unit, and, under the control of the main device, the video captured from the external communication network on the large display device, the various characters stored therein, the video, and the video control device. A video from a plurality of video output means is selectively displayed, and a video captured from the external communication network, various stored characters and video, video control are displayed on a display unit of each video terminal device. It is characterized in that so as to output images from a plurality of image output means location.

According to the present invention, under the control of the main unit, the large-sized display device receives the video captured from the external communication network, the various characters and videos stored therein, and the plurality of video output means of the video control device. Of the video terminal device, a video captured from the external communication network, various stored characters and videos, and a plurality of video output units of the video control device. It is possible to transmit various kinds of information from the main unit to each terminal device such as a large display device and each video terminal device, and it is also used on each video terminal device side. The user himself / herself operates the operation unit, so that desired information can be obtained without bothering the appointing operator on the main device side.

[0010] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the multimedia information processing system according to the first aspect, the arbitrary number of video terminal devices are connected to the main unit via the communication line for external communication. It is characterized in that it is possible to refer to a homepage created using Internet information taken in from a network.

According to the present invention, in the arbitrary number of video terminal apparatuses, it is possible to refer to a homepage created by using the Internet information taken in from the external communication network in the main apparatus.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the multimedia information processing system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the plurality of video output units of the video control device are a digital video disk output unit and a video tape recorder. Wherein the main device controls the display of the large-sized display device on a screen of a digital video disc output means, a video tape recorder, and the video from the arbitrary number of video terminal devices. is there.

According to the present invention, on the screen of the large display device, each image of the digital video disk output means and the video tape recorder from the image control device and each image from the arbitrary number of image terminal devices are displayed. Therefore, images from various image sources handled by the multimedia information processing system can be referred to on the screen of the large display device.

A multimedia information processing system according to a fourth aspect is the multimedia information processing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein at least one of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices is And a voice recognition processing means for recognizing a voice input of an unspecified speaker and operating the video terminal device.

According to the present invention, at least one video terminal device includes voice recognition processing means for recognizing an unspecified speaker's voice input and operating the video terminal device. The operator can operate the video terminal device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia information processing system which is connected to an external communication line network and stores various types of character information and video information, and is connected to the main unit via a communication line. A video control device including a plurality of video output units, a large-sized display device connected to the video control device, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices each including a display unit connected to the main device via a communication line. The power supply of the video control device, the large display device, and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be controlled to be turned on and off under the control of the main device.

According to the present invention, on / off control of each power supply of the video control device, the large-sized display device and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices is executed by the control of the main device. It is possible to efficiently manage each power supply of the control device, the large display device, and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices.

A multimedia information processing system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is connected to an external communication line network and stores a main device storing various character information and video information, and is connected to the main device via a communication line. A video control device including a plurality of video output units to which power is supplied from the main device, a large display device connected to the video control device, and the main device connected to the main device via a communication line. An arbitrary number of video terminal devices each including a display unit whose power is controlled to be turned on / off, and a video control device including the large-sized display device, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices. A separate individual power supply means is provided, and even when the main unit fails, the power supply from each of the power supply means enables the operation of each of the video control device including the large display device and any number of video terminal devices to be continued. It is characterized in that the the.

According to the present invention, even when the main unit breaks down, the operation of each of the video control unit including the large display unit and the arbitrary number of video terminal units can be controlled by the power supply from the individual power supply units. Can continue.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia information processing apparatus comprising: a main unit connected to an external communication line network and having storage means for storing various types of character information and video information; and a plurality of video output means. Together with a video control device having video control means for performing video output control, a large display device connected to the video control device, and a display unit,
A character / video input unit, an arbitrary number of video terminal devices including an operation unit, and a communication line for transmitting information between the main device, the video control device, and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices. It is a feature.

According to the present invention, as in the case of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to transmit various information from the main device to each terminal device such as a large display device and each video terminal device. The user himself / herself operates the operation unit on each video terminal device side, so that desired information can be obtained without bothering the appointment operator on the main device side.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the seventh aspect, wherein the external communication line network is connected to an Internet provider, and the main device is an Internet information fetched from the external communication line network. Is transmitted to the video control device and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices.

According to the present invention, in the video control device and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices in the multimedia information processing device according to the present invention, the main device can observe Internet information imported from an Internet provider. It becomes possible.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia information processing apparatus which is connected to an external communication line network and stores various types of character information and video information; Including a plurality of video output means, video control means for performing video output control, a video control device including a power distribution circuit unit, a large display device connected to the video control device, each display unit, Any number of video terminal devices including a character and video input unit, and power supply means for processing power from a power distribution circuit unit of the video control device; the main device, the video control device, and any number of video terminal devices And a communication line for transmitting information between the main display and the power supply control circuit of the main unit. On of the power supplied to the power supply unit number of the video terminal, it is characterized in that to perform the OFF control.

According to the present invention, under the control of the power supply control circuit section of the main apparatus, the power supply control circuit section controls the power supply of the large-sized display apparatus and controls the power supply distribution circuit section of the video control apparatus to control an arbitrary number of video terminal apparatuses. Since the on / off control of the power supplied to the power supply means is performed, the power management of the large display device and the power management of an arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be executed by the main device.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia information processing apparatus which is connected to an external communication network and stores various types of character information and video information. A video control device including a plurality of video output units and performing a video output control, a video control device including a power distribution circuit unit connected to a commercial power supply, and a large display device connected to the video control device. An arbitrary number of video terminal devices including a display unit, a character, a video input unit, and a power source connected to a commercial power source while processing power from a power distribution circuit unit of the video control device; A communication line for transmitting information between the main device, the video control device, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices, and the on / off control by the power supply control circuit of the main device is interrupted even when the video is transmitted. The operation of the video control device and the large display device can be continued by the operation of the power distribution circuit unit of the control device, and the operation of each of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices by the operation of each power supply unit of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices Can be continued.

According to the present invention, even when the power supply control circuit of the main unit breaks down, the operations of the video control device and the large-sized display device and the operations of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be continued. .

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic arrangement of a multimedia information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This multimedia information processing apparatus is mainly used as a reception terminal device (hereinafter, also referred to as a "reception terminal") disposed at a reception counter 5 in a lobby of a police station or the like where an unspecified person can use it. Device 1 and reception counter 5
For example, two video terminal devices A arranged at different positions from
(Hereinafter, referred to as “video terminal A”) and video terminal device B (hereinafter, referred to as “video terminal B”), and a large-screen display unit arranged at a different position from the reception counter 5, the video terminal A, and the video terminal B. 3 and a video control device 4.

Next, a control system of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the entire control system of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. An external communication line network 7 such as a telephone line or an ISDN line is connected. Also, the video control device 4 is connected to the main device 1, and the large display device (projector) 2,
It is configured to control two video terminals A and B.

Next, the control system of the main unit 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The main unit 1 has a main control unit 11 for performing overall control, and a main control unit 11 is connected to a program memory 12 storing a control program for the entire multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. doing.

For the main control unit 11, the modem 6, a keyboard 13 for inputting various data, a display unit 14 for displaying various information, a printer 15 for printing out various information, a character information , And an image scanner 16 that captures an image of image information by a scanning operation.

A main power supply unit 17 connected to a commercial power supply and supplying power to the main unit 1 is supplied to the main control unit 11.
And an AV controller 18 that sends an AV (audio visual) control signal to the video control device 4 under the control of the main control unit 11, and the video control device 4, two video terminals A and B A power supply controller 19 for transmitting power control signals to the interface (I / I /
And F) a communication line 21 such as a LAN for data communication connected via 20.

Next, referring to FIG.
Will be described in detail.

The video control device 4 includes a video control unit 30, and the video control unit 30
Interface (I / F) 31 connected to the
An AV interface (AV / I / F) 32 for transmitting an AV control signal from the controller 18, a DVD (digital video disc device) 33, a VTR (video tape recorder) 34, A large display controller 35 for performing display control and sound control;
A video control power supply unit 36 connected to a commercial power supply and supplying power to the video control device 4, a power distributor 37 for supplying power to two video terminals A and B, and two interfaces ( Two communication lines 40 and 41 such as LANs for data communication via I / Fs 38 and 39 and a display panel 43 are connected.

A power control signal from the power controller 19 is input to the video control power unit 36, and the video control power unit 36 can be turned on and off in the video control device 4 under the control of the main control unit 11. It has become.

Next, a control system of the video terminal A will be described with reference to FIG.

The video terminal A includes a terminal control unit 50,
An interface (I / F) 51a for transmitting data from the communication line 40 to the terminal control unit 50,
A terminal power supply unit 52 connected to a commercial power supply for supplying power to the video terminal A; an arbitrary number of OA taps 53 connected to the terminal power supply unit 52; a touch panel 54;
, A voice processing unit 57 for processing voice data from a microphone 58 for a user to input a voice, and a detecting unit 61 for detecting a human body around the video terminal A such as a user. And a keyboard 59 for inputting various data and a mouse 60 for performing various operations.

The power supply control signal from the power supply controller 19 is input to the terminal power supply unit 52, and under the control of the main control unit 11, on / off control of the terminal power supply unit 36 in the video terminal A is possible. .

Next, a control system of the video terminal B will be described with reference to FIG. The control system of the video terminal B is basically the same as the control system of the control system A of the video terminal A, except that the microphone 58 for the user to input voice and the voice processing unit 57 for processing voice data are omitted. The difference is that an interface (I / F) 51b for transmitting data from the communication line 41 is provided instead of the interface 51a.

The power supply control signal from the power supply controller 19 is input to the terminal power supply 52 as in the case of the video terminal A, and the terminal power supply 36 in the video terminal B is turned on and off under the control of the main controller 11. Off control is possible.

According to the multimedia information processing apparatus having such a configuration, various types of information can be transmitted from the main apparatus 1 to the large display apparatus 2 and each of the video terminals A and B. The user himself or herself operates the keyboard 59 at each of the video terminals A and B, so that desired information can be obtained without bothering the operator of the main device 1 to be selected.

A homepage created by using the Internet information fetched from the external communication line network 7 in the main unit 1 is transmitted to the video terminals A and B by operating the keyboard 59 by the user himself. , Can be referred to.

Further, on the screen of the large display device 2, a DVD handled by the multimedia information processing device
33 and a video from a video source such as a VTR 34 can be referred to.

Further, under the control of the main unit 1, the on / off control of the power supply of the video control unit 14, the large display unit 2 and the video terminals A and B can be executed. The power supply of the display device 2 and the video terminals A and B can be efficiently managed.
Even if a failure occurs, the operations of the video control device 2 including the large display device 4 and the video terminals A and B can be continued without any trouble.

FIG. 7 is a screen flow diagram showing the processing flow of the multimedia information processing apparatus of the present embodiment based on the control program stored in the program memory 12 as described later.

The processing flow of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment as shown in FIG.

For example, when the main unit 1 of the multimedia information processing apparatus is started, a self-diagnosis screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 14 of the main unit 1 based on the control program.

As shown in FIG. 8, the display items on the self-diagnosis screen displayed on the display unit 14 include the current date and time, the time, and the connected / unconnected state of the video terminals A and B and the image scanner 16.

The operation buttons (operated by the keyboard 13 or the mouse) displayed on the self-diagnosis screen include an end button for ending the program after a warning, a restart button for restarting the program after the warning, and a main menu. Buttons and the like.

When the main menu button is operated, FIG.
The main menu screen as shown in is displayed. The main menu includes monitoring for shifting to the monitoring screen, operation of the projector for operating the large-sized display device (projector) 2, management of entry / exit reservation for shifting to the entry / exit management screen, statistics information for shifting to the statistical information selection screen, for example, Launch Progiram and open Police White Paper File Police White Paper, Internet to go to Internet selection screen,
Buttons for a backup to move to a backup selection screen and a task end to move to a task end screen are displayed.

Here, when the monitoring button is operated, the screen shifts to a monitoring screen as shown in FIG.

As the monitoring screen, the current date and time, the time, the execution state (menu) of the video terminals A and B, and a main menu button for returning to the main menu are displayed.

When a button for operating the projector is operated on the main menu screen as shown in FIG.
, The projector operation screen shown in FIG. 12, and the projector operation screen shown in FIG. 13 are cyclically displayed.

Of these projector operation screens, the projector operation screen shown in FIG.
It has three tab controls, VD33 and VTR34, and also displays a main menu button for returning to the main menu. Video terminal A, DVD33, VTR
When each of the three tabs 34 is clicked, each image is displayed on the large display device (projector) 2.

The projector operation screen shown in FIG. 12 functions as a DVD operation sheet, and has a playback button for reproducing the DVD 33, a fast-forward button for fast-forwarding the DVD 33, a rewind button for rewinding the DVD 33, and a DVD 33.
Stop button to stop, chapter to play (Cha
p) Selecting (1) to (4) in Chap. 1 to Ch
ap. There are four chapter buttons consisting of four, and a main menu button for returning to the main menu.

In the VTR operation screen shown in FIG.
Buttons for reproducing the VTR 34, fast-forwarding the VTR 34 fast forward, rewinding the VTR 34 rewind, stopping the VTR 34, and a main menu button for returning to the main menu are displayed.

When an entry / exit reservation management button is operated on the main menu screen as shown in FIG. 9, an entry / exit reservation management screen (daily display screen) shown in FIG. 14 is displayed.

As the display items on the self-diagnosis screen, the names of reservation persons such as elementary school names, reservation hours, and the number of people are displayed. The reservation time is also displayed in a graph. In the lower column of the table, the total number of persons for each 30-minute time unit and the total number of persons per day are displayed.

In addition, buttons for a new menu, a change / cancellation of a job, monthly, print, and a main menu for returning to the main menu are also displayed.

In the access reservation management screen shown in FIG.
When the new reservation button is operated, the screen moves to a new reservation screen shown in FIG. In this new reservation screen, date and time, reservation date and time, whether to visit the government building, government building tour time, reservation person name, responsible person, number of people, contact information, area, etc. Is displayed.

In the entry / exit reservation management screen shown in FIG.
When the reservation change / cancel button is operated, the screen changes to a reservation change / cancel screen shown in FIG.

The display items on the reservation change / cancel screen are substantially the same as those on the new reservation screen, but buttons for printing and canceling the reservation are also displayed in addition to the buttons for registering and canceling the reservation.

In the entry / exit reservation management screen shown in FIG.
When a button for monthly display is operated, a monthly display screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed.

The monthly display screen displays a table for each 30-minute time unit in addition to the date, and displays the number of reservation persons. The cells are displayed in different colors (shown in black) according to the number of reserved people.
Lunch breaks are also color-coded (indicated by hatching).

Further, in the lower column, a closed day setting, daily display,
Print and main menu buttons are also displayed.

When a button for setting a closed day is displayed on the monthly display screen shown in FIG. 17, a closed day setting surface shown in FIG. 18 is displayed.

As the display contents, the day of the month and the day of the week in January are displayed in a table, and the closed days (such as national holidays) are displayed in color-coded (hatched) to indicate the closed days. , A cancel button and a setting button are also displayed.

When the statistical information button is operated on the main menu screen shown in FIG. 9, the statistical information selection screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed.

The display items are selectable monthly report, daily report, monthly report, and annual report, print, display, and main menu buttons.

On the statistical information selection screen shown in FIG.
When each item of the reservation monthly report, daily report, monthly report, and annual report is selected, the reservation monthly report displaying the reservation information in January, the daily report displaying the statistical information of the designated day, and the designated daily report shown in FIGS. When each item of the monthly report displaying the statistical information of the month and the annual report displaying the statistical information of the designated year is selected, each screen of the reservation monthly report, the daily report, the monthly report, and the annual report is displayed.

When the police white paper button is operated on the main menu screen shown in FIG. 9, as shown in FIG. 24, for example, a police white paper such as a change in the number of recognized vehicle thefts such as automobiles, motorcycles and bicycles is displayed. And displayed in a graph format.

When the Internet is operated on the main menu screen shown in FIG. 9, as shown in FIG. 25, an Internet selection screen including selection items for Internet connection, home page creation, and main menu buttons is displayed. When an Internet connection is selected, Internet information from an Internet provider can be captured by the external communication network 7 via the connection software, the modem 6, and the like. When the user operates the homepage creation, a homepage builder is started, and a homepage to be transmitted for Internet communication can be created.

FIG. 26 shows an outline of the home page.

When a backup button is operated on the main menu screen shown in FIG. 9, a backup selection screen shown in FIG. 27 is displayed. The backup selection screen displays buttons for restoring data files, saving all data files, saving all updates, saving only updates, and a main menu.

When the save all button is operated on the backup selection surface, the backup storage surface shown in FIG. 28 is displayed. When a restore button is operated on the backup selection surface, a backup restoration surface shown in FIG. 29 is displayed.

On the main menu screen shown in FIG.
When the operation end button is operated, an operation end screen including items such as an operation end state of the video terminals A and B and a statistical information totaling state as shown in FIG. 30 is displayed.

After a lapse of a predetermined time after the operation of the video terminals A and B is completed, the video terminals A and B are controlled by the main unit 1.
B, the power of the video control device 4 is turned off.

[0082]

According to the present invention, a main device (host device) is provided.
Of course, it is possible to transmit various information including Internet information from the terminal device to each terminal device. A multimedia information processing system and a multimedia information processing apparatus capable of acquiring information can be provided.

According to the present invention, the on / off control of the power of a plurality of terminal devices can be managed by the main device.
It is possible to provide a multimedia information processing system and a multimedia information processing apparatus capable of continuing to use a terminal device even when a main device fails.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall layout diagram showing a multimedia information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a reception terminal of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a video control device of the multimedia information processing device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of one video terminal of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of another video terminal of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a screen flowchart showing a screen change during operation of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a self-diagnosis screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a main menu screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a monitoring screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a projector operation screen by the video terminal of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a projector operation screen using a DVD of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a projector operation screen by the VTR of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an access reservation management screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a new reservation screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a reservation change / cancel screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a monthly display screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a closed day setting screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a statistical information selection screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a reservation monthly report screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a daily report screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a monthly report screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing an annual report screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing a police white paper screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing an Internet connection screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an Internet home page of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing a backup selection screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing a backup storage screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing a backup restoration screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing a work end screen of the multimedia information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A video terminal B video terminal 1 main device 2 large display device 3 display unit 4 video control device 5 reception counter 6 modem 7 external communication line network 11 main control unit 12 program memory 17 main power supply unit 19 power supply controller 21 communication line 30 video control Unit 33 DVD 34 VTR 37 power distributor 40 communication line 41 communication line 52 terminal power supply unit 58 microphone

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An image control apparatus including a main device connected to an external communication network and storing various character information and video information, and a plurality of video output means connected to the main device via a communication line. And a large-sized display device connected to the video control device, an operation unit connected to the main device via a communication line, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices including a display unit. By control, video captured from the external communication network to the large display device, various stored characters,
In addition to selectively displaying images and images from a plurality of image output means of the image control device, the display unit of each of the image terminal devices includes an image fetched from the external communication network, various stored characters and A multimedia information processing system, characterized by outputting video and video from a plurality of video output means of a video control device. 2. The arbitrary number of video terminal devices can refer to a homepage created using internet information taken from an external communication network in a main device via the communication line. The multimedia information processing system according to claim 1, wherein 3. A plurality of video output means of the video control device include a digital video disc output means and a video tape recorder, and a digital video disc output means, a video The multimedia information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein each video from the tape recorder and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be displayed. 4. The video terminal device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices includes voice recognition processing means for recognizing a voice input of an unspecified speaker and operating the video terminal device. The multimedia information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. A video control device including a main device connected to an external communication network and storing various character information and video information, and a plurality of video output units connected to the main device via a communication line. And, a large display device connected to the video control device, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices including a display unit connected to the main device via a communication line, and by controlling the main device, A multimedia information processing system, characterized in that on / off control of each power supply of a video control device, a large display device, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be executed. 6. A main unit connected to an external communication network and storing various character information and video information, and a plurality of main units connected to the main unit via a communication line and supplied with power from the main unit. A video control device including a video output device, a large display device connected to the video control device,
An arbitrary number of video terminal devices each including a display unit connected to the main device via a communication line and controlled to be turned on / off from the main device, and a video control device including the large display device Device, each of an arbitrary number of video terminal devices is provided with separate power supply means different from the main device, and even when the main device fails, the video control device including the large display device by the power supply from each of the power supply devices A multimedia information processing system, wherein the operation of each of an arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be continued. 7. A main unit connected to an external communication network and provided with a storage unit for storing various types of character information and video information, and a video control unit including a plurality of video output units and performing video output control A video control device comprising: a large display device connected to the video control device; an arbitrary number of video terminal devices each including a display unit, a character and video input unit; and the main device and the video control device. And a communication line for transmitting information between any number of video terminal devices. 8. The external communication line network is connected to an Internet provider, and a main device transmits Internet information taken from the external communication line network to the video control device and any number of video terminal devices. Multimedia information processing device. 9. A main unit including a storage unit connected to an external communication line network and storing various character information and video information, a power supply control circuit unit, and a plurality of video output units. A video control device provided with video control means for performing output control, and a power distribution circuit unit; a large display device connected to the video control device; a display unit; a character / video input unit; An arbitrary number of video terminal devices including a power supply unit for processing power from a power distribution circuit unit of the control device; and a communication line for transmitting information between the main device, the video control device, and the arbitrary number of video terminal devices. Under the control of the power supply control circuit of the main device, power is supplied to the power supply circuit of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices from the power distribution circuit of the video control device and on / off control of the power of the large display device. Power On, it has to perform off control, multimedia information processing apparatus according to claim. 10. A main unit including a storage unit connected to an external communication network and storing various character information and video information, a power supply control circuit unit, and a plurality of video output units. A video control device including a video control unit for performing output control, and a power distribution circuit unit connected to a commercial power supply; a large display device connected to the video control device; An input unit, and an arbitrary number of video terminal devices including a power supply unit connected to a commercial power source while processing power from a power distribution circuit unit of the video control device; and the main unit, the video control device, and the arbitrary number of A communication line for transmitting information between the video terminal devices, wherein the power supply control circuit of the main device is turned on and off even if the control is interrupted, the operation of the power distribution circuit of the video control device Video The operation of the control device and the large-sized display device can be continued, and the operation of each of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices can be continued by the operation of each power supply means of the arbitrary number of video terminal devices. Media information processing device.