Telephone unit having telephone directory with picture data and method for generating telephone directory with picture data

• US 7,129,969 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2001
• Issued: 10/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Fukuda, Michiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US10/043,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20020180863A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,819 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1404, 348 1406- 1409, 348/14.1, 348 1412- 1413, 379/93.17, 379/93.19, 379/93.21, 379/93.23, 37914206-14207, 379/142.17, 37935507-35509, 375/240.14, 370260-261, 709/205, 709/217
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation

Abstract

When a telephone unit communicates with a communication party using a television telephone function, a receiving portion of the telephone unit receives compressed moving picture data from the communication party having a moving picture encoder through a communication network. While the received moving picture compressed data is successively decoded by a moving picture decoder and displayed on a displaying device or the like, when the user of the telephone unit performs an inputting operation equivalent to a shutter operation, one frame of decoded picture data at the timing is supplied to a still picture encoder and encoded as still picture compressed data. In addition, a communication party telephone number detecting portion detects the telephone number of the communication party and stores it to a telephone directory along with the compressed still picture data.

Claims

1. A telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data, comprising:

receiving means for receiving compressed moving picture data from a communication party;

first decoding means for decoding said compressed moving picture data;

encoding means for encoding one or more frames of the decoded moving picture data into a compressed still picture data;

correlating means for correlating said compressed still picture data with a telephone number of said communication party; and

registering means for registering said compressed still picture data and said telephone number with said telephone directory,

wherein the still picture data generated by said encoding means is in conformity with a still picture format which is different from a moving picture format with which the moving picture data is in conformity, and

wherein said compressed still picture and said telephone number are registered with said telephone directory in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, said telephone number being recorded in a comment segment of a JPEG file.

2. The telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 1, further comprising;

second decoding means for decoding said compressed still picture data; and

second displaying means for displaying the decoded still picture data.

3. The telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 2, wherein said display means displays the decoded still picture when originating a call to said communication party.

4. The telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 2, wherein said display means displays the decoded still picture when a call is incoming from said communication party.

5. A telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data, comprising:

receiving means for receiving compressed moving picture data from a communication party;

first decoding means for decoding said compressed moving picture data;

encoding means for encoding one or more frames of the decoded moving picture data into a compressed still picture data;

correlating means for correlating said compressed still picture data with a telephone number of said communication party, and

registering means for registering said compressed still picture data and said telephone number with said telephone directory,

wherein the still picture data generated by said encoding means is in conformity with a still picture format which is different from a moving picture format with which the moving picture data is in conformity,

wherein said correlating means correlates said compressed still picture data with personal information of said communication party, said personal information including said telephone number of said communication party, and

wherein said compressed still picture and said personal information are registered with said telephone directory in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, said personal information being recorded in a comment segment of a JPEG file.

6. The telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 5, further comprising:

second decoding means for decoding said compressed still picture data; and

second displaying means for displaying the decoded still picture data.

7. The telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 6, wherein said display means displays the decoded still picture when originating a call to said communication party.

8. The telephone unit having a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 6, wherein said display means displays the decoded still picture when a call is incoming from said communication party.

9. A method for generating a telephone directory with picture data, comprising the steps of:

receiving compressed moving picture data from a communication party;

decoding said compressed moving picture data;

encoding one or more frames of the decoded moving picture data into a compressed still picture data;

correlating said compressed still picture data with a telephone number of said communication party; and

registering said compressed still picture data and said telephone number with said telephone directory,

wherein the still picture data generated by said encoding means is in conformity with a still picture format which is different from a moving picture format with which the moving picture data is in conformity, and

wherein said compressed still picture and said telephone number are registered with said telephone directory in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, said telephone number being recorded in a comment segment of a JPEG file.

10. The method for generating a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

decoding said compressed still picture data; and

displaying the decoded still picture data.

11. The method for generating a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the decoded still picture is performed when originating a call to said communication party.

12. The method for generating a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 10, wherein the step of displaying the decoded still picture is preformed when a call is incoming from said communication party.

13. A method for generating a telephone directory with picture data, comprising the steps of:

receiving compressed moving picture data from a communication party;

decoding said compressed moving picture data;

encoding one or more frames of the decoded moving picture data into a compressed still picture data;

correlating said compressed still picture data with a telephone number of said communication party; and

registering said compressed still picture data and said telephone number with said telephone directory,

wherein the still picture data generated by said encoding means is in conformity with a still picture format which is different from a moving picture format with which the moving picture data is in conformity,

wherein said correlating step correlates said compressed still picture data with personal information of said communication party, said personal information including said telephone number of said communication party, and

wherein said compressed still picture and said personal information are registered with said telephone directory in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, said personal information being recorded in a comment segment of a JPEG file.

14. The method for generating a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

decoding said compressed still picture data; and

displaying the decoded still picture data.

15. The method for generating a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 14, wherein the step of displaying the decoded still picture is preformed when originating a call to said communication party.

16. The method for generating a telephone directory with picture data according to claim 14, wherein the step of displaying the decoded still picture is performed when a call is incoming from said communication party.