JPS63196188A - Signal transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly display fast motion on the image of a picture signal on a display device on an opposite side, by providing a first and a second pic ture signal generating means, a voice signal detecting means, a picture signal switching means, a full duplex modulation/demodulation means, and a display means. CONSTITUTION:When a change-over switch 29 is switched to an automatic side, a velocity control circuit 27 is set at a fast mode or a slow mode by a detecting signal inputted from a voice signal detection circuit 26-The velocity control circuit 27 always outputs a velocity control signal of fast mode, and in the case of receiving the above detecting signal, outputs a velocity control signal of slow mode. Therefore, when the voice signal is transmitted to a tele phone circuit 9, the voice signal is detected, and a telephone set 24 is possible to be used, and also, a mode goes to the slow mode which transmits the picture signal of slow speed. Consequently, on the telephone circuit 9, the voice signal and the picture signal of slow mode are frequency division-multiplexed, and it is possible to transmit the voice signal and the picture signal simultaneously on one telephone circuit 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a signal transmission device for transmitting image signals and audio signals via telephone lines.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, videophone devices have been developed that transmit image signals and audio signals via telephone lines to make calls. This videophone device has an analog transmission speed of 7200 bps.
An image signal is transmitted using an image transmission means of a certain amplitude modulation method, and the image of the image signal transmitted from the other party is CR.
It is displayed on a display device such as a T display.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above video telephone device, two telephone lines are required in order to simultaneously transmit image signals in both directions. Furthermore, for example, if the image signal is compressed and transmitted at a low speed in order to be transmitted via a telephone line in the 3.4 KHz band, the interval between frames of the image signal becomes long, and the display device of the other party does not transmit the image signal. There is a problem in that fast movements in the image of the image signal cannot be smoothly displayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a signal transmission device that transmits an image signal and an audio signal via a telephone line, when the audio signal is not output. It is possible to transmit a single image signal of 1 in both directions at higher speed than in the conventional example, and on the other hand, when the above-mentioned audio signal is being output, a second image signal such as a hand-drawn image can be transmitted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a signal transmission device capable of selectively switching and transmitting at a low transmission speed that is slower than the transmission speed of the first image signal.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a signal transmission device that transmits an image signal and an audio signal via a telephone line. a second image signal generation means for converting the second image information into a low-speed second image signal; a detection means for detecting the audio signal and outputting a detection signal; switching means for outputting the second image signal when the detection signal is input, and outputting the first image signal when the detection signal is not input; Modulating a predetermined carrier wave signal with the first or second image signal output from the first or second image signal generating means and outputting the modulated image signal to the telephone line, and delaying the outputted modulated image signal. , full-duplex modulation/demodulation means for demodulating a difference signal between the modulated image signal and the delayed image signal input via the telephone line, and displaying the image signal output from the full-duplex modulation/demodulation means. The present invention is characterized by comprising a display means for displaying.

[Operation] By connecting the two signal transmission devices configured as described above at both ends via a telephone line, the first image signal generation means converts the first image information into a high-speed first image signal. The second image signal generating means converts the second image information into a low-speed second image signal. Further, the detection means detects the audio signal and outputs a detection signal. moreover,
The switching means outputs the second image signal when the detection signal is input, and outputs the first image signal when the detection signal is not input. At this time, the full-duplex modulation/demodulation means outputs a predetermined carrier wave signal from the first or second image signal generation means at a speed corresponding to the transmission speed of the input image signal. The modulated image signal is modulated and output to the telephone line, and the outputted modulated image signal is delayed. In response to this, the full-duplex modem means of the other party's device demodulates the difference signal between the modulated image signal and the delayed image signal input via the telephone line simultaneously with the above modulation operation. After that, the display means displays the image signal output from the full-duplex modem means. Therefore, when the audio signal is not being output, the first image signal can be transmitted bidirectionally at a higher speed than in the conventional example through one telephone line, and at the same time, the audio signal is being output, a second image signal such as a hand-drawn image can be selectively transmitted at a low transmission speed that is slower than the transmission speed of the first image signal.

[Embodiment] Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a telemirror device which is an embodiment of the present invention. This telemirror device is a type of video telephone device that can view images, and this telemirror device is connected to a telemirror device of the same configuration via a telephone line 9, and transmits the image signal of the image at a transmission speed of 9600 bps in high-speed mode or 1200 bps.
In addition to being able to switch the transmission speed in the low-speed mode of
It is characterized by the ability to automatically detect a 40Hz audio signal. Furthermore, an image from the facsimile unit 3 can be sent instead of the above image.

In FIG. 1, an image signal shot by a video camera 1 is temporarily stored in a transmission image memory 31, which is a buffer memory of a video signal processing unit 2, and then converted into a digital image signal and output to a pattern synthesizer 33. At the same time, a of the video camera/facsimile selector switch 32 is
side and the a side of the changeover switch 34 to the signal input terminal 10a of the full-duplex modem lO. Further, the digital image signal output from the document reader 3a of the facsimile unit 3 is similarly output to the signal input terminal lOa of the full-duplex modem lO via the b side of the changeover switch 32 and the a side of the changeover switch 34. . The selector switch 34 is switched to the a side when a high speed mode speed control signal is input to the control signal input terminal from the speed control circuit 27, and is switched to the b side when a low speed mode speed control signal is input. Switch to .

The operator positions the light pen 5 at a predetermined position on the screen of the CrtT display 4, and presses the switch of the light pen 5 (
By pressing down the Cr (not shown) to turn it on, the light pen 5 detects the bright line beam emitted from the screen of the CRT display 4 and detects the position information on the Cr (T display 4). , an auxiliary position memory 34 that temporarily stores position information of the light pen 5 moving at high speed.
It is output to the light pen image memory 35 via. In response to this, the light pen image memory 35 generates a low-speed digital image signal with a transmission rate of 1200 bps based on the input position information, outputs it to the pattern synthesizer 33, and also outputs it to the pattern synthesizer 33 via the b side of the changeover switch 34. and outputs it to the signal input terminal 10a of the full-duplex modem IO.

On the other hand, after a low-speed digital image signal with a transmission rate of 1200 bps output from the signal output terminal lob of the full-duplex modem lO is stored in the received image memory 36, which is a buffer memory of the video signal processing section 2, pattern synthesis is performed. It is output to the device 33.

The pattern synthesizer 33 receives the digital image signal input from the received image memory 36 and the light pen image memory 35.
After combining the digital image signals inputted from The data is output to the hard copy device 3b of the facsimile unit 3 via the hard copy device 3b of the facsimile unit 3. The scanner 38 scans one image based on the input digital image signal.
A digital image signal for one field is output to the CRT display 4.

The full-duplex modem IO performs PSK modulation on a carrier wave signal with a carrier frequency of 1800 Hz using the digital image signal inputted to the signal input terminal 10a from the common side of the changeover switch 34, and outputs the PSK modulated wave to a modulation signal input/output terminal 10c, The signal is output to the telemirror device of the other party via a band pass filter (hereinafter referred to as BPF) 6, a hybrid circuit 7, and a telephone line 9. In addition, the modem IO connects the telemirror device of the other party to the telephone line 9, the hybrid circuit 7, and the BPF 6.
and PS input via the modulation signal input/output terminal 10c.
The K modulated wave is demodulated and output to the received image memory 36 via the signal output terminal lOb. This full-duplex modem lO
The configuration will be described in detail later.

The audio signal output from the telephone 24 is output to the telemirror device of the other party via a band-elimination filter (hereinafter referred to as BEF) 8, a hybrid circuit 7, and a telephone line 9. On the other hand, the audio signal output from the telemirror device of the other party is transmitted through the telephone line 9, the hybrid circuit 7, and the BE
It is output to the telephone set 24 via F8. In addition, BPF6
BEF8 is a filter that extracts only the image signal input/output from the modulator/demodulator 1O, while BEF8 is a filter that removes the image signal and extracts only the audio signal input/output from the audio signal processing section 5.

The speed control circuit 27 is a circuit that switches and controls the transmission speed mode of the image signal output from the telemirror device, and controls the detection signal input from the audio signal detection circuit 26 and the control signal input from the default control circuit 28. , and in response to the switching states of the manual/automatic changeover switch 29 and the high speed/low speed changeover switch 30, the transmission speed is set to 960.
A speed control signal for the 0 bps high speed mode or the 1200 bps low speed mode is output to the control signal input terminals of the pattern synthesizer 33 and changeover switch 34 of the video signal processing section 2, the full-duplex modem IO, and BrF3.

Each circuit to which the speed control signal is input is controlled to operate in each mode according to the mode of the signal.

When the power of this telemirror device is turned on, the default control circuit 28 outputs a control signal to the speed control circuit 27, and in response, the speed control circuit 27 is automatically set to the low speed mode of the manual mode. . When the changeover switch 29 is switched to the manual side, the operator can switch the changeover switch 30 to the high speed side or the low speed side.
The speed control circuit 27 can be set to a predetermined transmission speed mode.

On the other hand, when the changeover switch 29 is switched to the automatic side, the speed control circuit 27 is set to the high speed mode or the low speed mode by the detection number m inputted from the audio signal detection circuit 26. That is, the BrF 25 extracts a 340 Hz audio signal component on the telephone line 9 and outputs it to the audio signal detection circuit 26. The audio signal output circuit 26 determines whether the input signal component is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold voltage, and outputs a detection signal to the speed control circuit 27 when the input signal component is equal to or higher than the predetermined threshold voltage. The speed control circuit 27 always outputs a speed control signal for the high speed mode, and outputs a speed control signal for the low speed mode when receiving the detection signal. Therefore, when the selector switch 29 is switched to the automatic side and an audio signal is transmitted to the telephone circuit 9, the audio signal can be detected and the telephone 24 can be used, and at a low speed It becomes a low-speed yard that transmits image signals.

Further, the speed control circuit 27 controls a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as an LED) 411 for displaying an automatic mode, an LED 42 for displaying a high speed mode, and an LED 43 for displaying a low speed mode, depending on the above-mentioned setting state of the circuit. lights up.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the full-duplex modem IO of FIG. 1. The digital image signal input to the signal input terminal 10a of the modem 1O is input to the synchronous input section 19 of the full-duplex modem 1O, and at the synchronous input section 19, the input digital image signal is input from the modem side. The signal is input to the full-duplex modem 10 in accordance with the synchronization signal. After the synchronized digital image signal is scrambled using a predetermined generating polynomial in the scrambler 20,
The PSK modulator 21 performs PSK modulation on a carrier wave having a carrier frequency of 18001-IZ with a digital image signal. The PSK modulated digital image signal has the carrier frequency 180
In the digital filter 22, which extracts only a predetermined band (approximately 1200 Hz in high-speed mode, approximately 150 Hz in low-speed mode) centered around 0 Hz, unnecessary band components are removed, and then digital-to-analog conversion (hereinafter referred to as D /A conversion) Sae 23 and pseudo echo generator 15
is output to. The pseudo-echo generator 15 sets the impulse response characteristic of the transfer function as the tap coefficient of the generator 15 so that it has a characteristic equivalent to the transfer function of the path through which the echo passes, and performs convolution integration with the input signal. , and output to the differential amplifier 14 as a pseudo echo signal. Thereby, the tap coefficients are controlled so that the echo at the output of the differential amplifier 14 is minimized. On the other hand, the D/A converter 23
performs D/A conversion on a manually inputted digital image signal, and outputs the digital signal via the hybrid circuit 11 to the modulation signal input/output terminal 10c.

The hybrid circuit 11 is an image signal synthesis/separation circuit that outputs the image signal input from the modulation signal input terminal 10c only to the analog filter 12, and also outputs the image signal input from the modulation signal input terminal 10c to the analog filter 12.
The image signal input from the converter 23 is output only to BrF3. However, in reality, reflected waves are generated that go around from the D/A converter 23 to the analog filter 12 via the hybrid circuit 11 and are reflected back at the 2-wire to 4-wire conversion point in the middle of the line, so these are eliminated. For this purpose, a pseudo echo generator 15 is used. The image signal input to the analog filter 12 undergoes analog-to-digital conversion (hereinafter referred to as A) after unnecessary band components such as noise are removed.
/D conversion. ) is A/D converted in the unit 13 and becomes 1
The signal is a 200 bps digital image signal and is input to the first input terminal of the differential amplifier 14. On the other hand, the pseudo echo signal output from the pseudo echo generator 15 is input to the second input terminal of the differential amplifier 14. The differential amplifier 14 takes the difference between the two input signals, and outputs an image signal included in the image signal input to the first input terminal from the D/A converter 23 to the analog filter 12 via the hybrid circuit 11. Components and 2 wires in the middle of the line-4
The reflected wave at the line conversion point is canceled by the pseudo echo signal, and the differential voltage is amplified and then output to the PSK demodulator 16. The digital image signal input to the PSK demodulator 16 is subjected to PSK demodulation at a carrier frequency of 1800 Hz, and then input to the descrambler 18 via the line automatic equalizer 17 that compensates for the band characteristics in the telephone line 9, and is converted into a descrambler 18 using a predetermined generating polynomial. A descrambling operation based on

The digital image signal output from the descrambler 18 is output to the signal output terminal 10b.

As shown in FIG. 2, the speed control signal input from the speed control circuit 27 is transmitted to the analog filter 12 of the modulator/demodulator IO.
, pseudo echo generator 15, PSK demodulator 16, line automatic equalizer 17, descrambler 18, synchronization input section 19, scrambler 20, PSK modulator 21 . and is input to the digital filter 22, and depending on the control signal, each circuit is set to high-speed mode with a transmission rate of 9600bps or 1200bps.
s low speed mode.

The operation and operation method when two telemirror devices configured as described above are connected via the telephone line 9 will be explained.

As mentioned above, when the telemirror device is powered on, the default control circuit 28 sends a control signal to the speed control circuit 2.
7, and in response, the speed control circuit 27 is set to the low speed mode of the manual mode.

Further, when the changeover switch 29 is switched to the manual side, the changeover switch 30 can be used to switch the telemirror device to a high speed mode or a low speed mode.

Furthermore, when the selector switch 29 is switched to the automatic side, the high speed mode is always set.

At this time, when making a call using the telephone set 24, the voice signal detection circuit 26 detects the voice signal on the telephone line 9 and outputs a detection signal to the speed control circuit 27. In response, the speed control circuit 27 mode is switched to low speed mode, and a speed control signal for the low speed mode is output to each of the above-mentioned circuits.

The operation when set to low speed mode or high speed mode is as follows.

(1) Low-speed mode In this mode, the selector switch 34 is switched to the b side, and the full-duplex modem 10. The pattern synthesizer 33 and BPF 6 are set to low speed mode, and the telephone 24 and the light pen 5 for drawing on the CRT display 4 are enabled.

The audio signal output from the telephone 24 is transmitted to the other party's device via the BEF 8, the hybrid circuit 7 and the telephone line 9, and is transmitted to the telephone 24 via the hybrid circuit 7 and 13EF8 of the other party's device. Output. Also, C
The image signal of the drawn image drawn using the light pen 5 on the RT display 4 is transferred from the light pen image memory 35 of the video signal processing unit 2 as a low-speed digital image signal of 1200 bps to the b side of the selector switch 34, full-duplex type. Modem/demodulator 1O1BPF6, hybrid circuit 7 and telephone line 9
The signal is transmitted to the other device via the other device, and is further output to the video signal processing unit 2 via the hybrid circuit 7, Bl)F6, and full-duplex modem 10 of the other device.

The image signal of the drawn image is output to the CRT display 4 via the a side of the changeover switch 37 and the scanner 38, and the drawn image is displayed. Here, by correcting the drawn image displayed on the CRT display 4 using the light pen 5, the corrected drawn image is transmitted to the other party's device and displayed on the CRT display 4 in the same manner as described above. You can also.

In the above embodiment, the low-speed mode image signal generated in the video processing unit 2, modulated by the modem 1O, and output is in the frequency band of the telephone line 9 (0 to 3.4 KHz).
, occupies a band of 1800Hz + 150Hz,
On the other hand, although the audio signal output from the telephone 24 includes components in the entire frequency band of the telephone line 9, the components of the audio signal in the band occupied by the image signal are removed by the BEF8. The audio signal and the low-speed mode image signal are frequency division multiplexed, and the audio signal and the image signal can be transmitted simultaneously through the 15 telephone lines 9. Here, some components of the audio signal corresponding to the occupied band of the image signal in the low-speed mode are removed,
Since the rejection band is extremely narrow, the intelligibility of the audio signal does not deteriorate in practice.゛Also, since the carrier frequency of the PSK image signal is 1800 Hz, the center frequency of the second harmonic of the PSK image signal is 3600 Hz, and the second harmonic of the PSK image signal exists outside the band of the telephone line 9. , the second harmonic of the PSK image signal does not affect the audio signal.

(2) High-speed mode In this mode, the switching scanner 34 is switched to side a, the full-duplex modem IO, pattern synthesizer 33, and BPF 6 are set to high-speed mode, and the video camera 1 and facsimile unit 3 can be used. Therefore, the image signal from the video camera l or the facsimile unit 3 occupies the entire band of the telephone line 9. At this time, the BPF 6 becomes a pass element without band limitation. Therefore, the telephone 24 becomes unusable. At this time, when using the video camera l, switch the selector switches 32 and 37 to side a, and
When using the facsimile unit 3, the changeover switches 32 and 37 are switched to the b side.

Now, when switching the changeover switches 32 and 37 to side a, the image signal of the image taken by the video camera l is transferred to the image memory 31. The a side of the changeover switch 32, the a side of the changeover switch 34, the full duplex modem 10. It is transmitted to the other party's device via the hybrid circuit 7 and telephone line 9, and is output to the CRT display 4 via the hybrid circuit 7, full-duplex modem IO1, and video signal processing section 2 of the other party's device. Is displayed.

Also, when switching the changeover switches 32 and 37 to the b side, the document reader 3a of the facsimile unit 3
The image signal outputted from the facsimile unit 3 is outputted to the hard copy device 3b of the facsimile unit 3 of the other party in the same manner as described above. Therefore, for example, after making a call using the telephone set 24 in the low-speed mode, it is possible to transmit a desired image using the facsimile unit 3.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the signal transmission device includes a detection means for detecting the audio signal and outputting a detection signal, and a detecting means for detecting the audio signal and outputting the detection signal, and detecting the second image when the detection signal is input. a switching means for outputting the first image signal when the detection signal is not input; and a switching means for outputting the first image signal when the detection signal is not input; modulated by the first or second image signal outputted from the second image signal generating means and outputted to the telephone line, the outputted modulated image signal is delayed, and at the same time the modulated image signal inputted via the telephone line is Full-duplex modulation/demodulation means demodulates the difference signal between the modulated image signal and the delayed image signal, so that when the audio signal is not output, the first image signals can be transmitted bidirectionally at higher speed than in the conventional example, and on the other hand, when the audio signal is being output, a second image signal such as a hand-drawn image can be transmitted to the second image signal, such as a hand-drawn image. There is an advantage that transmission can be performed by selectively switching at a low transmission speed that is slower than the transmission speed of the first image signal.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telemirror device that is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the full-duplex modem of FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Video camera, 2... Video signal processing unit, 3... Facsimile unit, 4... CRT display, 5... Light pen, 6... Band pass filter (BPF), 7... ...Hybrid circuit, 8...Band rejection filter (BEF), 9...Telephone line, 10...Full duplex modem, 24...Telephone, 25...Band pass filter (BPF) , 26... Audio signal detection circuit, 27... Speed control circuit, 29.30... Changeover switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a signal transmission device that transmits image signals and audio signals via a telephone line, a first image signal that converts first image information into a high-speed first image signal is provided.
a second image signal generating means for converting the second image information into a low-speed second image signal;
an image signal generating means for detecting the audio signal and outputting a detection signal; outputting the second image signal when the detection signal is input, and outputting the second image signal when the detection signal is not input; 1st
switching means for outputting an image signal; and switching means for outputting a predetermined carrier wave signal from the first or second image signal generating means at a speed corresponding to the transmission speed of the input image signal; The modulated image signal is modulated by the image signal and output to the telephone line, and the outputted modulated image signal is delayed, and at the same time, a difference signal between the modulated image signal input via the telephone line and the delayed image signal is generated. A signal transmission device comprising: full-duplex modulation/demodulation means for demodulating; and display means for displaying an image signal output from the full-duplex modulation/demodulation means.