Information processing system

• US 7,760,868 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2004
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• 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: Kawasaki, Yuji, Ishi, Futoshi, Koyama, Jun, Yamazaki, Shunpei
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz; Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): El-Zoobi; Maria
• Application Number:
  US10/799,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169723A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,318 Days
• Field of Search: 379/388.04, 379/388.06, 348/441, 348/E5.022, 348/14.1, 348/14.09, 382/218, 382/118, 704/207
• US Class Current: 379/388.04
• 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 line, 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 personal computer comprising:

a micro processing unit;

a display unit operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a speaker operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a microphone operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a keyboard;

a pointing device;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of a user of the personal computer;

means for modifying an image data obtained by a camera based on the degree of tiredness to obtain a modified image data; and

means for transmitting the modified image data, wherein the speaker is provided on at least one side of the display unit, wherein the microphone is provided on a lower side of the display unit,

wherein the display unit, the speaker, and the microphone are included in a first housing, and

wherein the keyboard and the pointing device are included in a second housing and are provided on a same surface of the second housing.

2. The personal computer according to claim 1 further comprising a memory.

11. The personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the pointing device is a mouse.

17. The personal computer according to claim 1, wherein the personal computer transmits image data and voice data of a user to another personal computer through a transmission line.

3. A personal computer comprising:

a micro processing unit;

a display unit operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a speaker operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a camera operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a microphone operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a keyboard;

a pointing device;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of a user of the personal computer;

means for modifying an image data obtained by the camera based on the degree of tiredness to obtain a modified image data; and

means for transmitting the modified image data, wherein the speaker is provided on at least one side of the display unit, wherein the camera is provided on an upper side of the display unit, wherein the microphone is provided on a lower side of the display unit,

wherein the display unit, the speaker, the camera, and the microphone are included in a first housing, and

wherein the keyboard and the pointing device are included in a second housing and are provided on a same surface of the second housing.

4. The personal computer according to claim 3 further comprising a memory.

12. The personal computer according to claim 3, wherein the pointing device is a mouse.

18. The personal computer according to claim 3, wherein the personal computer transmits image data and voice data of a user to another personal computer through a transmission line.

5. A personal computer comprising:

a micro processing unit;

a display unit operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a speaker operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a memory operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a multiplexer operationally connected to the memory;

a camera operationally connected to the multiplexer through a digital signal processor;

a microphone operationally connected to the multiplexer through an A/D converter;

a keyboard;

a pointing device;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of a user of the personal computer;

means for modifying an image data obtained by the camera based on the degree of tiredness to obtain a modified image data; and

means for transmitting the modified image data, wherein the speaker is provided on at least one side of the display unit, wherein the camera is provided on an upper side of the display unit, wherein the microphone is provided on a lower side of the display unit,

wherein the display unit, the speaker, the camera, and the microphone are included in a first housing, and

wherein the keyboard and the pointing device are included in a second housing and are provided on a same surface of the second housing.

13. The personal computer according to claim 5, wherein the pointing device is a mouse.

19. The personal computer according to claim 5, wherein the personal computer transmits image data and voice data of a user to another personal computer through a transmission line.

6. A workstation comprising:

a micro processing unit;

a display unit operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a speaker operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a microphone operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a keyboard;

a pointing device;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of a user of the workstation;

means for modifying an image data obtained by a camera based on the degree of tiredness to obtain a modified image data; and

means for transmitting the modified image data, wherein the speaker is provided on at least one side of the display unit, wherein the microphone is provided on a lower side of the display unit, wherein the display unit, the speaker, and the microphone are included in a first housing, and

wherein the keyboard and the pointing device are included in a second housing and are provided on a same surface of the second housing.

7. The workstation according to claim 6 further comprising a memory.

14. The workstation according to claim 6, wherein the pointing device is a mouse.

20. The workstation according to claim 6, wherein the workstation transmits image data and voice data of a user to another workstation through a transmission line.

8. A workstation comprising:

a micro processing unit;

a display unit operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a speaker operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a camera operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a microphone operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a keyboard;

a pointing device;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of a user of the workstation;

means for modifying an image data obtained by the camera based on the degree of tiredness to obtain a modified image data; and

means for transmitting the modified image data, wherein the speaker is provided on at least one side of the display unit, wherein the camera is provided on an upper side of the display unit, wherein the microphone is provided on a lower side of the display unit,

wherein the display unit, the speaker, the camera, and the microphone are included in a first housing, and

wherein the keyboard and the pointing device are included in a second housing and are provided on a same surface of the second housing.

9. The workstation according to claim 8 further comprising a memory.

15. The workstation according to claim 8, wherein the pointing device is a mouse.

21. The workstation according to claim 8, wherein the workstation transmits image data and voice data of a user to another workstation through a transmission line.

10. A workstation comprising:

a micro processing unit;

a display unit operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a speaker operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a memory operationally connected to the micro processing unit;

a multiplexer operationally connected to the memory;

a camera operationally connected to the multiplexer through a digital signal processor;

a microphone operationally connected to the multiplexer through an A/D converter;

a keyboard;

a pointing device;

means for detecting a degree of tiredness of a user of the workstation;

means for modifying an image data obtained by the camera based on the degree of tiredness to obtain a modified image data; and

means for transmitting the modified image data, wherein the speaker is provided on at least one side of the display unit, wherein the camera is provided on an upper side of the display unit, wherein the microphone is provided on a lower side of the display unit,

wherein the display unit, the speaker, the camera, and the microphone are included in a first housing, and

wherein the keyboard and the pointing device are included in a second housing and are provided on a same surface of the second housing.

16. The workstation according to claim 10, wherein the pointing device is a mouse.

22. The workstation according to claim 10, wherein the workstation transmits image data and voice data of a user to another workstation through a transmission line.