KR200178254Y1 - Video mail vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video mail vending machine equipped with a video camera and a microphone to store a customer's video and voice, and to transmit the stored data in an e-mail or to an auxiliary storage device so that the customer can hold it. A video camera; A microphone for converting sound pressure of a customer's voice into electrical energy; An operation button provided to allow a customer to select a desired menu; A computer which converts the information input from the video camera, the microphone and the operation button into corresponding data and is in charge of overall control of the system; An auxiliary memory device for storing information about the moving picture and the voice stored in the computer; It is composed of a connection portion connected to the public network to transmit the information on the video and audio stored in the computer by e-mail.

Description

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The present invention relates to a video vending machine, which has a video camera and a microphone to store a video and voice of a customer, and transmits the stored data in an e-mail or in an auxiliary storage device for a video mail vending machine. It is about.

As civilization develops, people become more inclined to keep their own unique memories and information.

In order to respond to this, devices such as sticker vending machines have emerged and are becoming popular.

However, sticker camera vending machines provide only stationary images, which is insufficient to satisfy diversified customer needs.

Accordingly, the emergence of a device that makes it possible to easily use a device that can contain a moving picture and the voice of the person rather than a still picture.

The present invention has been made to solve the above request, the object of the present invention is to provide a video mail vending machine that allows customers to capture their appearance and voice using a computer equipped with a video camera and a microphone.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a video camera for capturing a video, a microphone for receiving a voice of a customer, and converts information input from the video camera and the microphone into corresponding data and is responsible for overall control of the system. A computer, a CD-ROM and a floppy diskette for storing information about video and audio stored in the computer, and a private line or a public network connected to the public network for e-mailing information about the video and audio stored in the computer. It is characterized by a modem.

1 is a block diagram of a video mail vending machine according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart related to the operation relationship to the video mail vending machine according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a video mail vending machine implemented by the present invention is installed.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

11: video camera 12: microphone

13: operation button 20: computer

31: monitor 32: modem

33: dedicated line 34: CD-ROM drive

35: floppy disk drive 36: public network

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

Looking at the configuration of the present invention with reference to Figure 1 first and a video camera 11 for capturing a video; A microphone 12 for converting sound pressure of a customer's voice into electrical energy; An operation button 13 provided to allow a customer to select a desired menu; A computer 20 for converting information input from the video camera 11 and the microphone 12 and the operation button 13 into corresponding data and in charge of overall control of the system; A CD-ROM drive 34 and a floppy disk 35 as an auxiliary memory device for storing information on a moving picture and audio stored in the computer 20; It is composed of a modem 32 or a dedicated line 33 is provided to be able to transmit the information on the video and audio stored in the computer 20 by e-mail.

As shown in FIG. 3, the video camera 11 may be mounted in a built-in type, such as 'A', or mounted in an external type, such as 'B'.

And the microphone 12 is mounted as an internal type, such as 'C' or mounted externally, such as 'D'.

In addition, the selection operation button 13 for the menu is configured as 'E', the monitor 31 is configured as 'F'.

The screen displayed through the monitor 31 may be a 'background' or 'caption (character)' to produce a variety of atmospheres.

For example, if you select 'Happy Birthday', the birthday cake will appear in the background of the video mail, and the phrase 'Happy Birthday to You!'

The CD-ROM and floppy diskettes provided in a packaged state may be provided through a lower portion of the video mail vending machine, or may be provided by selecting an appropriate position of the video mail vending machine body.

The recorded video mail can be stored through a storage medium, and the selectable storage medium is a floppy diskette or CD-ROM, and the storage amount varies.

Since the file size of video mail is about 80Kbyte / min, it can store about 2 minutes of video mail on diskette and about 140 hours on cd-rom. You can also choose e-mail, which allows you to send an e-mail directly to the file via the Internet.

This is much cheaper because it does not require a separate storage device.

Operations for creating a video mail by the customer in the above-configured state are made as follows and will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the video mail vending machine operator initializes the computer 20 system (S10).

A customer who wants to produce a video moving picture while the system is initialized first selects a command or menu appearing from the monitor 31 using the operation button 13 of the video mail vending machine.

At this time, the customer must first select the storage data format (S20), and the data capacity varies depending on the data format (MPEG, AVI, MOV, DAT, EXE, etc.) selected.

After the data format is selected in S20, a screen for selecting a medium (CD-ROM, floppy diskette, e-mail) to be stored on the monitor 31 is displayed, and the customer selects a desired storage medium (S30).

After selecting the storage medium, the storage medium selected by the customer is compared (S40). If it is determined that the CD-ROM is selected, the CD-ROM selection command is performed (S51). If it is determined that the floppy diskette is selected (S52), a floppy diskette selection command is performed (S53).

The amount is determined according to the data format and storage medium selected by S20 and S30 and displayed on the monitor 31 so that the amount can be viewed by the customer (S60).

If the user wants to continue recording according to the amount displayed by S60, the customer selects the corresponding item from the menu screen (S70).

Although not shown in FIG. 2 in S60, if the amount is too high, or less than expected, to change another storage medium or data format, a stop command may be output so that it can be restarted at any time.

If the menu selected in the S70 is a background selection menu, a plurality of midranges of the background screen are displayed to be selected by the customer (S81).

If the menu selected in S70 is a caption (character) selection menu, various types of characters are displayed for the customer to select (S82).

If the menu selected in S70 is the recording function selection, the recording function is performed (S83).

When the recording function is performed in S83, a comparison is made to determine whether the recording is completed (S91). When it is determined that the recording is not completed, it is returned. When it is determined that the recording is completed, the preview is performed to show whether the customer recorded as desired. Preview) (S92).

As a result of the preview in S92, it is determined whether or not to adopt the recorded content as it is (ACCEPT) (S93), and if the re-recording is desired without adopting the recorded contents, steps S81, S82, and S83 are performed again.

If it is determined in S93 that the recorded content is adopted, it is determined whether or not to be packaged (S94), when the transmission is sent by e-mail, the transmission contents are edited by e-mail (S97) and transmitted (S98).

In this case, the transmission method depends on the communication line (dedicated line, modem) method provided in the video mail vending machine.

When the packaging is selected in S94, a menu for a packaging method is selected (S95), and packaging is provided according to the selected menu (S96).

As described above, the present invention can capture video and voice of a customer without a personal video camera, and since the storage method is a data format, it can be easily applied to a computer. It is packaged in a ROM or floppy diskette, which is enough to satisfy customers' various needs, which is very useful for the video mail vending machine manufacturing industry.

Claims (2)

A video camera for capturing a video; A microphone for converting sound pressure of a customer's voice into electrical energy; An operation button provided to allow a customer to select a desired menu; A computer which converts the information input from the video camera, the microphone and the operation button into corresponding data and is in charge of overall control of the system; An auxiliary memory device for storing information about the moving picture and the voice stored in the computer; And a connection unit connected to a public network to transmit information about a moving picture and a voice stored in the computer by e-mail. The video mail vending machine of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary memory device comprises a CD-ROM drive and a floppy diskette, and a connection part connecting to the public network is connected to the public network through a dedicated line or a modem.