KR100530168B1 - Television with telephone and video communications - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a television having a telephone and video communication function capable of watching a TV broadcast as well as simultaneously viewing a counterpart's appearance. The apparatus of the present invention is connected to each of the components of the signal processing circuit for distributing the signal and controlling the operation, the telephone for talking to the other party, the camera for taking a picture of the caller, and the broadcast video and the other party's image It is equipped with the present water hall. In addition, a telephone / remote controller which controls each device and a television and has a transmission / reception means for talking with the other party can be used in place of the above-described telephone. Therefore, the present invention can talk while watching the video of the other party through the television, and at the same time there is an effect that can watch TV broadcast.

Description

Television with telephone and video communications

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television having a telephone function, and more particularly, to a television broadcast system by constructing a system with a TV receiver, a camera, a telephone and a remote control, and adding various adjustment functions to an existing television receiver circuit. In addition, the present invention relates to a television having a telephone and a video communication function so that a call can be made while viewing the video of the other party's caller.

Most homes are equipped with a variety of devices such as TVs, telephones and cameras. As TVs are being enlarged to wide TVs and projection TVs, they are rapidly changing to HD-TVs and digital TVs in order to meet the multimedia era in the future, and improved image quality and various functions are being introduced due to the development of technology. Wireless telephones are also introduced in telephones, and integrated circuits (ICs) and recording functions have been added to make it more convenient.

However, the above-described conventional TV, telephone, etc. are only used independently. In the detached state, the TV functions as a TV stand and a telephone stand as a telephone stand. However, the current telephone cannot talk while watching the other party. There are also video conferencing systems that conduct meetings while looking at the other party's distant appearance, but this is complicated to install and operate, and internal circuits also have a lot of overlapping parts, resulting in poor efficiency and economic efficiency. In addition, with the advent of the multimedia era, there is a demand for a video communication capable of communicating with voice at the same time as a conventional communication apparatus that transmits only voice.

Therefore, the present invention is possible to solve the above problems by configuring the system by adding a telephone function including a camera to the TV, it is possible to watch the video communication and TV broadcasting with the other party, and to conveniently replace the remote control for the TV as a wireless telephone To provide a telephone and a television with a video communication function made available.

A television having a telephone and video communication function of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a signal processing circuit for applying a signal for controlling the operation of each component and receiving and processing image and audio data signals from the component; A signal for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from a signal processing circuit, and a telephone to communicate with the other party, an image receiving tube output signal from the signal processing circuit, and an image to be transmitted according to an operation signal of the signal processing circuit. A camera for outputting to the signal processing circuit is provided. Also included are a telephone and a remote control having a plurality of control buttons for controlling each device and a television and a transmission / reception means for a call.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view for explaining a communication system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the viewers of the television may receive the radio wave of the broadcasting station 1 to watch the broadcast, or the call may be viewed while watching the other party. The appearance of the other party during the call is made while watching the image of the other party displayed on the preset small screen (FIGS. 3 and 41) or full screen.

Conventionally, only a voice signal is transmitted through a communication line during a telephone call. However, in the present invention, the audio signal of the telephone and remote control unit 21p and 22p and the photographing signal of the camera (Figs. 2 and 5) are combined in a signal processing circuit (Figs. 2 and 3) provided in the television and then transmitted. After the received composite signal is separated into an image signal and an audio signal, the image is displayed on the screen and the call voice is transmitted to the telephone / remote controllers 21p and 22p, thereby enabling video communication. Such video communication and call are made through a communication line, and it is expected that there will be a greater communication effect using an optical communication line. Telephone and remote control (21p, 22p) is a newly designed to perform a telephone function and a remote control function by attaching a transceiver to enable a call to a conventional remote control. In terms of circuits, this eliminates the duplication of two devices (telephone and remote) and is designed to be more convenient.

Figure 2 shows the configuration and signal flow of a telephone and a television having a video communication function of the present invention. The television with the telephone and video communication functions shown in Fig. 2 is provided with a signal processing circuit 3 for connecting to each device for distributing signals and controlling operation.

The signal processing circuit 3 is used to control each part of the signal transmission / reception unit 31 and the signal processing circuit 3 for communicating signals from the counterpart and the signal conversion unit 34 according to the control signal of the control unit 32. Control unit 32 for inputting and outputting signals, the control unit and the signal converter (34) for converting the transmission and reception signals for video communication and call receiving the signal from each unit, broadcast for receiving a broadcast signal according to the signal of the control unit Intermediate signal processing unit 35 for receiving and receiving signals from the input unit 33, the signal converter 34 and the broadcast input unit 33, an output amplification for amplifying the intermediate processed signal to display and output the input signal It is comprised by the part 36.

The signal processing circuit 3 includes a water tube 4 for displaying TV broadcast video and an image of the other party on the screen, a speaker 8 for outputting audio, a camera 5 for photographing an image to be transmitted to the other party, and A signal for adjusting the telephone / remote control 6 capable of talking with the other party and remote control is output. Then, the microphone 7 for communicating with the other party without using the telephone remote control 6 is connected. TV broadcasting is performed by receiving broadcast waves, and video communication and communication with the other party are made through communication lines.

3 is a perspective view of a telephone and a television having a video communication function of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a small screen 41 for displaying an image of the other party is set on the screen (full screen). The camera 5 is located at the top of the television, and a number of buttons 42 at the bottom are for controlling the television with telephone and video communication functions. Speakers 8 are located on the left and right sides of the screen, and a high-sensitivity microphone 7 is provided in the television for making a call regardless of the telephone remote control 6.

4 shows an example of a telephone remote control according to the present invention. As shown, the telephone / remote control 6, which is a main component of the present invention, has a plurality of buttons for controlling a transmission means 62 and a reception means 61 for making a telephone call, and a television with a telephone and video communication function. It consists of 63. The caller can control numeric input and various functions through these buttons 63.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

When watching only TV broadcast, the signal processing circuit 3 of the television receives the TV broadcast signal flowing through the antenna. The broadcast input unit 33 selects and receives a TV broadcast signal of a desired channel among the TV broadcast signals received under the control of the controller 32. The input TV broadcast signal is processed into a signal that can be viewed while passing through the intermediate signal processor 35 and the output amplifier 36, and is displayed in the water pipe 4. Then, when the caller wants to talk with the other party, when the caller operates the telephone remote controller 6, the control unit 32 sends a control signal to each component of the camera 5, the telephone remote controller 6, and the signal processing circuit 3. Is authorized. The signal conversion unit 34 combines and converts the audio signal of the telephone / remote control unit 6 and the image signal of the camera 5 and outputs the signal to the signal transmission / reception unit 31. The signal transmission / reception unit 31 provides the voice and voice of the caller. The image composite signal is transmitted to the other party through the telephone communication line.

The voice / image composite signal of the other party inputted from the other party is separated from the signal conversion unit 34 via the signal transmitting / receiving unit 31, and then the other party's voice is heard in the telephone / remote control unit 6, and the image signal is an intermediate signal. It is processed by the processing unit 35 and then displayed on the TV screen. And when using the telephone 7 and the speaker 8, without using the telephone remote control 6, the control part 32 receives the call input from the microphone 7 by the telephone remote control 6 control. The speaker 8 outputs the voice of the other party.

On TV screens, it is sometimes necessary to simultaneously display a broadcast video and an image of the other party. In this case, as shown in Fig. 3, the TV broadcast video is displayed on the entire screen of the other party on the small screen 41 (PIP screen; Picture In Picture screen), and on the contrary, the TV broadcast is small. Can be enlarged, and the small screen 41 (PIP screen) can be moved to a desired place among a plurality of positions already set on the television screen.

In the present invention, it is also possible to make a call using only voice without turning on the TV. In this case, only voice is transmitted and received without image transmission through the control of the telephone / remote control 6 or the like. In addition, the caller may transmit a voice / video composite signal to the other party and receive only a voice from the other party. In this case, the caller only hears the voice, and the other party sees the caller's image. When not in use, a VTR or the like can be used to record and record images and audio.

The telephone / remote control 6 can be used by connecting a general telephone (wired telephone). Even in this case, the screen display mode is the same as described above. The present invention is basically controlled by the telephone remote control 6, but can also be manually controlled by a television. The camera 5 may install a mechanical device such as a steering wheel to transmit not only the appearance of the caller but also a necessary position and a desired image.

As described above, the television having the telephone and the video communication function of the present invention comprises a television, a telephone, a camera, and the like to form a system, so that not only the TV broadcasting can be viewed but also the telephone and video communication can be simultaneously performed. To provide. In addition, it is possible to improve the competitiveness of the product by expanding the function of the television, it has the effect of reducing the installation space of the equipment and the economic advantage that the consumer does not need to purchase a separate TV and telephone.

1 is a view for explaining a communication system according to the present invention.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of a television having a telephone and video communication function of the present invention.

3 is an external configuration diagram of a television having a telephone and video communication function of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the telephone remote control of FIG. 2. FIG.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

1: broadcasting station

21v, 22v: Television 21p, 22p: Telephone and remote control

3: signal processing circuit

31: signal transmission and reception unit 32: control unit

33: broadcast input unit 34: signal conversion unit

35: intermediate signal processor 36: output amplifier

4: Water pipe

41: Small screen (PIP screen) 42: Control button

5: camera 6: telephone, remote control

7: microphone 8: speaker

Claims (6)

In a television for integrating two independent devices, a television and a telephone, A signal processing circuit configured to perform a television function for receiving a broadcast signal and processing it for viewing, and for performing a telephone function for processing a voice and image supplied to be connected to a telephone line so as to exchange voice and image with a counterpart; A remote controller for a wireless telephone, which wirelessly controls a television and performs a calling function for receiving a voice of a caller and supplying it to the signal processing circuit and a sign language function for transmitting the voice of the other party processed by the signal processing circuit to the outside; Photographing means for photographing an image for transmission to the other party and supplying it to the signal processing circuit; And And a presenting means for displaying the broadcast image processed by the signal processing circuit and displaying means for displaying the image of the other party on the broadcast screen during a telephone call. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal processing circuit A control unit which inputs and outputs a signal for controlling each unit of the signal processing circuit; A signal transmission and reception unit connected to a telephone line and transmitting and receiving a signal from a counterpart and a signal conversion unit according to a control signal of the controller; A signal converter which receives signals from each of the components and the component in accordance with a control signal of the controller and converts a transmission / reception signal for video communication and a call; A broadcast input unit for receiving a broadcast according to a signal of the controller; An intermediate signal processing unit which receives signals from the signal conversion unit and the broadcasting input unit and performs intermediate processing; And And an output amplifier for amplifying the intermediate processed signal to receive and display the signal from the intermediate signal processing unit. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote control Transmitting and receiving means for a telephone call with the other party; And A television with telephony and video communications, characterized in that it has a number of buttons for selecting telephony / call and screen switching. The television with telephony and video communications function of claim 1, wherein the television further comprises a microphone and a speaker for a call with the other party. The television with a telephone and video communication function according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays the whole or a part of the broadcast screen by switching to a telephone counterpart image when the telephone call is made. The telephone and video communication function of claim 1, wherein the television is connected to a video tape recorder (VTR) device to record a video and voice memo of the other party when a call comes in the absence of a caller, and to perform an auto answer. There is a television.