TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH A TV PHONE FUNCTION

摘要

A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.

主权项

1. A digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus comprising:
a network interface configured to receive a first digital information including a first video information from a content server and to receive a second digital information including a second video information from an other communication apparatus; an encoder configured to generate a third digital information including a third video information by encoding a video signal generated by a camera; a processor configured to control outputs of the first digital information, the second digital information and the third digital information; and an user input configured to accept an input from a user, wherein in a case where the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus receives an inbound videophone call from the other communication apparatus during outputting the first digital information received from the content server, the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus communicates with the content server for pausing a transmitting of the first digital information and outputs the second digital information, and in a case where the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus receives an input for stopping the videophone call, the digital information receiving and transmitting apparatus stops output of the third digital information.