Image communication terminal, image communication system, and mobile station

• US 6,693,510 B1
• Filed: 02/29/2000
• Issued: 02/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Kentoku
• Primary Examiner(s): Horabik, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dalencourt, Yves
• Application Number:
  US09/514,640
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: 340/7.2, 340/7.22, 340/7.51, 340/7.52, 340/7.53, 340/7.55, 340/7.56, 455/412, 455/566, 455/575, 455/557, 379/100.16, 379/100.15, 379/100.01, 358/405, 358/1.16, 358/404, 358/440, 348/14.02, 348/14.04, 348/14.14
• US Class Current: 340/7.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

An image communication terminal having a reception section for receiving a paging signal and image data based on the paging signal, a storage section for storing data, and a control section for controlling to store the image data based on the paging signal in the storage section when a predetermined mode is set.

Claims

1. An image communication terminal comprising:

reception means for receiving a paging signal and image data associated with the paging signal;

setting means for setting a predetermined mode to store the image data received by the reception means;

storage means for storing data;

control means for storing the received image data in said storage means when the predetermined mode is set by the setting means; and

detection means for detecting a communication mode included in the received paging signal,

wherein said control means stores the received image data in said storage means in accordance with a method corresponding to the detected communication mode.

2. A terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control means stores voice data corresponding to the received image data in said storage means.

3. A terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control means stores voice data corresponding to the received image data in said storage means.

4. A terminal according to claim 2, wherein said control means stores, in said storage means, the received image data and the voice data in a multiplexed state.

5. A terminal according to claim 3, wherein said control means stores, in said storage means, the received image data and the voice data in a multiplexed state.

6. A terminal according to claim 3, further comprising demultiplexing means for demultiplexing the received image data and the voice data, and detecting means for detecting timing data representing a temporal relationship between the demultiplexed image data and voice data,

wherein said control means stores, in said storage means, the demultiplexed image data, voice data, and the detected timing data.

7. A terminal according to claim 2, further comprising demultiplexing means for demultiplexing the received image data and the voice data, and detecting means for detecting timing data representing a temporal relationship between the demultiplexed image data and voice data,

wherein said control means stores, in said storage means, the demultiplexed image data, voice data, and the detected timing data.

8. A terminal according to claim 6, wherein the demultiplexed image data and voice data are encoded.

9. A terminal according to claim 6,

further comprising means for decoding the demultiplexed image data and the voice data,

wherein the control means stores the decoded demultiplexed image data and the voice data in the storage means.

10. A terminal according to claim 7, wherein the demultiplexed image data and voice data are encoded.

11. A terminal according to claim 7,

further comprising means for decoding the demultiplexed image data and the voice data,

wherein the control means stores the decoded demultiplexed image data and the voice data in the storing means.

12. A terminal according to claim 1, wherein said detection means detects a compression method of the received Image data based on the detected communication mode, and

said control means decodes the received image data based on the detected compression method.

13. A terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

determination means for determining whether a data amount of the received image data associated with the paging signal is larger than a remaining capacity of said storage means, and

request means for requesting a center for storing image data to store the image data associated with the paging signal when said determination means determines that the data amount of the image data is larger than the remaining capacity of said storage means.

14. A terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

telephone directory storage means for storing telephone numbers and response image corresponding to each of the telephone numbers,

extraction means for extracting a telephone number of a calling party from the received paging signal, and

transmission means for transmitting one of the stored response images corresponding to the extracted telephone number.

15. A terminal according to claim 1, further comprising

determination means for determining whether the image data associated with the paging signal is a still image or a moving image based on the received paging signal, and

transmission means for transmitting a response image based on the determined type of image data associated with the paging signal.

16. An image communication system comprising:

a mobile station; and

a center for storing data,

wherein said mobile station comprises

reception means for receiving a paging signal and image data associated with the paging signal,

setting means for setting a predetermined mode to store the image data received by the reception means;

storage means for storing data,

determination means for determining whether a data amount of the received image data is larger than a remaining capacity of said storage means, and

request means for requesting the center for storing image data to store the received image data when said determination means determines that the data amount of the image data is larger than the remaining capacity of said storage means, and

said center comprises storage means for, when said request means requests to store the image data associated with the paging signal, storing the received image data.

17. An image communication system comprising:

an image station;

a mobile station;

a control station for controlling the system; and

a center for storing data,

wherein the control station comprises means for receiving a first request from the mobile station for storing an image data output from the image station, and means for outputting a second request from the image station for storing the image data output in the center when the control station receives a call origination signal transmitted from the image station, and

wherein the center comprises means for receiving the second request from the image station for storing the image data output in the center from the control station and means for storing the image data transmitted from the image station when the first request is received by the means for receiving in the center.

18. An image communication system comprising:

an image station;

a base station;

a mobile station to be connected with the base station;

a control station for controlling the system; and

a center for storing data,

wherein the base station comprises;

means for determining whether a communication between the base station and the mobile station is available when the base station receives a call origination signal output from the image station, the call origination signal designating the mobile station, and

means for outputting a response signal indicating that the communication between the base station and the mobile station Is not available to the control station, when the means for determining determines that the communication between the base station and the mobile station is not available,

the control station comprises;

means for receiving the response signal indicating that the communication between the base station and the mobile station is not available from the base station, and

means for outputting an instruction for storing an image data in the center when the response signal indicating that the communication between the base station and the mobile station is not available is received by the means for receiving, and

the center comprises;

means for receiving the instruction for storing the image data in the center from the control station, and

means for storing the image data transmitted from the image station when the instruction is received by the means for receiving.