Information processing system

• US 6,707,484 B1
• Filed: 08/25/1999
• Issued: 03/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ishi, Futoshi, Koyama, Jun, Yamazaki, Shunpei, Kawasaki, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US09/382,676
• Time in Patent Office: 1,665 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.714, H04/N.715, 348/14.01, 348/14.02, 348/14.04, 348/14.05, 348/14.07, 348/14.08, 348/14.1, 379/93.21, 379/93.17, 381/100
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/145 by video means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/00 Image analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/2726 for simulating a person's appearance, e.g. hair style, glasses, clothes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability
• 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

In an information processing system provided with a camera and a microphone, for transmitting and receiving information of a user to and from another information processing system through a transmission lime, image data of the user obtained by a camera is stored in a memory in advance. When one user communicates another user, image data of the one user is obtained by the camera and is synthesized with the image data stored in the memory in advance by image-processing. The clothes, hair, background, make-up etc. of the one user are made different to reality and the image data are transmitted to the another user in the communication.

Claims

1. A videophone comprising:

a camera for obtaining image data of a user of said videophone;

a microphone for obtaining voice data of the user;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of the user;

means for modifying said image data by image processing;

means for transmitting the image-processed image data and the voice data to another videophone remote from said videophone; and

a goggle-type head-up display device for displaying an image from another videophone to be viewed by said user.

2. A videophone according to claim 1 wherein said image data includes background data.

3. The videophone according to claim 1 further comprising means for modifying the voice data in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

4. The videophone according to claim 1 wherein said image data is modified in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

5. The videophone according to claim 1 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting the number of blinks of an eyeball of the user or a bloodshot degree.

6. The videophone according to claim 1 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting a bloodshot degree of an eyeball of the user.

7. A videophone comprising;

a camera for obtaining image data of a user of said videophone including background data;

a microphone for obtaining voice data of the user;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of the user;

means for storing desired background data;

means for changing the background data for the desired background data by image processing;

means for transmitting the image-processed data and the voice data to another videophone remote from said videophone; and

a goggle-type head-up display device for displaying an image from another videophone to be viewed by said user.

8. The videophone according to claim 7 further comprising means for modifying the voice data in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

9. The videophone according to claim 7 wherein said background data is modified in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

10. The videophone according to claim 7 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting the number of blinks of an eyeball of the user or a bloodshot degree.

11. The videophone according to claim 7 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting a bloodshot degree of an eyeball of the user.

12. A videophone comprising:

a camera for obtaining image data of a user of said videophone;

a microphone for obtaining voice data of the user;

a processor for modifying at least the image data;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of the user;

transferring means for transmitting the modified image data and the voice data to another instrument remote from said videophone; and

a goggle-type head-up display device for displaying an image from said instrument to be viewed by said user.

13. A videophone according to claim 12 wherein said image data includes background data.

14. The videophone according to claim 12 further comprising means for modifying the voice data in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

15. The videophone according to claim 12 wherein said image data is modified in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

16. The videophone according to claim 12 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting the number of blinks of an eyeball of the user or a bloodshot degree.

17. The videophone according to claim 12 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting a bloodshot degree of an eyeball of the user.

18. A videophone comprising:

a camera for obtaining image data of a user of said videophone;

a microphone for obtaining voice data of the user;

a converter for digitizing said image data and said voice data of the user;

a processor for modifying at least the digitized image data;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of the user;

transferring means for transmitting the modified image data and the voice data to another instrument remote from said videophone; and

a goggle-type head-up display device for displaying an image from said instrument to be viewed by said user.

19. A videophone according to claim 18 wherein said image data includes background data.

20. The videophone according to claim 18 further comprising means for modifying the voice data in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

21. The videophone according to claim 18 wherein said digitized image data is modified in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

22. The videophone according to claim 18 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting the number of blinks of an eyeball of the user or a bloodshot degree.

23. The videophone according to claim 18 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting a bloodshot degree of an eyeball of the user.

24. A videophone comprising:

a camera for obtaining image data of a user of said videophone;

a microphone for obtaining voice data of the user;

a converter for digitizing said image data and said voice data of the user;

a memory for storing the digitized image data and the digitized voice data;

a processor for modifying at least the digitized image data;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of the user;

transferring means for transmitting the modified image data and the voice data to another instrument remote from said videophone; and

a goggle-type head-up display device for displaying an image from said instrument to be viewed by said user.

25. A videophone according to claim 24 wherein said image data includes background data.

26. The videophone according to claim 24 further comprising means for modifying the voice data in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

27. The videophone according to claim 24 wherein said digitized image data is modified in accordance with said degree of tiredness.

28. The videophone according to claim 24 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting the number of blinks of an eyeball of the user or a bloodshot degree.

29. The videophone according to claim 24 wherein said tiredness is determined based on detecting a bloodshot degree of an eyeball of the user.