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 and a first audio information from a content server via a network; receive a second digital information including a second video information and a second audio information from other communication apparatus via the network; and transmit a third digital information including a third video information and a third audio information to the other communication apparatus via the network; and a processor configured to output the first video information and the second video information on a display, and output the first audio information and the second audio information through a speaker; wherein when a videophone communication is started after receiving, from the other communication apparatus, an inbound videophone call in the middle of outputting the first video information received by the network interface, the processor outputs the second video information received from the other communication apparatus via the network interface; when the videophone communication is finished, the processor stops outputting the second video information received by the network interface; and wherein the processor stops an operation of a camera creating the third video information in a case that the processor receives a stop instruction of the videophone communication from the other communication apparatus.