Communication method and system for same
First Claim
1. A communication method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting signals from a sender by means of a mobile unit carried by said sender, said signals having a vocal and an informational component;
receiving said signals from said sender at a relay station;
selecting a selected imaging device from a plurality of imaging devices located at various positions of an area;
obtaining a visual image of said sender, said obtaining a visual image including controlling a plurality of imaging functions of said selected imaging device;
transmitting further signals from said sender together with said visual image from said relay station to a receiving party; and
transmitting vocal signals of said receiving party through said relay station to said sender responsively to at least one of said further signals and said visual image.
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Abstract
When emergency button (11) of mobile unit (1) of a person who has suddenly fallen ill or other emergency, locational signals representing its own location and ID data are transmitted to receiver (21) of management unit (2) installed in the caddie master'"'"'s office or at other locations. Based on the locational signals from receiver (21), camera controller component (26) selects camera (271)˜(27n), (27c) and controls panning and tilting of the selected camera, thereby adjusting its angle. Signals representing pictures taken by camera (271)˜(27n), (27c) are received by visual image receiver component (28) and, together with vocal signals received from voice communication device (16) through voice communication device (24), transmitted from relay device (25) through a public circuit to visual image receiver component (32) and voice communication device (31) of remote unit (3). By operating the dial or push buttons of voice communication device (31), panning and tilting of camera (271)˜(27n), (27c) are controlled in order to adjust its angle, and vocal signals are transmitted from voice communication device (31) to mobile unit (1).
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15 Claims
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1. A communication method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting signals from a sender by means of a mobile unit carried by said sender, said signals having a vocal and an informational component; receiving said signals from said sender at a relay station; selecting a selected imaging device from a plurality of imaging devices located at various positions of an area; obtaining a visual image of said sender, said obtaining a visual image including controlling a plurality of imaging functions of said selected imaging device; transmitting further signals from said sender together with said visual image from said relay station to a receiving party; and transmitting vocal signals of said receiving party through said relay station to said sender responsively to at least one of said further signals and said visual image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication system comprising:
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at least one imaging device; at least one mobile unit having means for transmitting and receiving vocal and informational signals; at least one remote unit having means for transmitting and receiving said vocal and informational signals; said at least one remote unit having means for receiving visual signals said at least one remote unit having means for displaying visual images responsively to said visual signals; a management unit having means for individually controlling imaging functions of each of said at least one imaging device; said management unit having a means for relaying said vocal, said visual, and said informational signals between each said at least one mobile unit means for transmitting and receiving and each said at least one remote unit means for transmitting and receiving; and said management unit having means for concurrently receiving said visual signals from said at least one imaging device with said signals from said at least one mobile unit, and concurrently transmitting said visual signals from said at least one imaging device with said signals from said at least one mobile unit to said at least one remote unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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