US6072861A
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Device transmitting audio and image information remotely via e-mail
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
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Filing: 1998-05-15
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Granted: 2000-06-06
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Expires: 2018-05-15
Abstract
Abstract An audio and image information transmitting device transmits audio information stored in a telephone device having an answering machine and image information of a visitor from a doorphone system to an internet server by e-mail. The transmitting device converts inputted analog information to digital information, stores the digital information in a memory and outputs the same to the internet server by the e-mail system. An analog/digital converter of the device converts an inputted analog signal to a digital signal, and when the inputted signal is an image signal, an image processing encoder for encoding the digital image signal supplied from the analog/digital converter is additionally provided to the transmitting device.
Inventors
- 👤 Won Uk Yu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:41
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/06; H04L51/066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
An audio and image information transmitting device for directly connecting to a consumer electronic device, comprising: an information converter to convert an inputted analog audio or image signal from the directly connected consumer electronic device to a digital signal; a memory; a controller to control the storing of the digital signal outputted from the information converter in the memory and converting digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
An audio and image information transmitting device for directly connecting to a consumer electronic device, comprising: an information converter to convert an inputted analog audio or image signal from the directly connected consumer electronic device to a digital signal; a memory; a controller to control the storing of the digital signal outputted from the information converter in the memory and converting digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
144 words
An audio and image information transmitting device, comprising: an information converter to convert an inputted analog audio or image signal to a digital signal; a memory; a controller to control the storing of the digital signal outputted from the information converter in the memory and converting digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail, wherein the information converter includes, an analog/digital converter converting an analog audio signal outputted from a telephone device having an answering machine or an analog image signal from a CCD camera of a doorphone system to a digital audio signal or a digital image signal, respectively, and an image processing encoder encoding the digital image signal outputted from the analog/digital converter and outputting the encoded signal to the controller.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
144 words
An audio and image information transmitting device, comprising: an information converter to convert an inputted analog audio or image signal to a digital signal; a memory; a controller to control the storing of the digital signal outputted from the information converter in the memory and converting digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail, wherein the information converter includes, an analog/digital converter converting an analog audio signal outputted from a telephone device having an answering machine or an analog image signal from a CCD camera of a doorphone system to a digital audio signal or a digital image signal, respectively, and an image processing encoder encoding the digital image signal outputted from the analog/digital converter and outputting the encoded signal to the controller.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
110 words
The device of claim 2, wherein the controller outputs a first enable signal to the analog/digital converter when receiving a signal from the telephone device having the answering machine or a second enable signal to the analog/digital converter when receiving a bell signal from a bell switch of the doorphone system, and the analog/digital converter converts the analog audio signal to the digital audio signal in accordance with the first enable signal and outputs the digital audio signal to the controller or converts the analog image signal to the digital image signal in accordance with the second enable signal and outputs the digital image signal to the image processing encoder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the controller adds index information to the e-mail file.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device of claim 1, further comprising: a keyboard for turning on/off the controller.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
72 words
An audio information transmitting device, comprising: an analog/digital converter to convert an analog audio signal supplied from a telephone device to a digital audio signal; a memory; a controller to control storing of the digital audio signal in the memory and to convert digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
72 words
An audio information transmitting device, comprising: an analog/digital converter to convert an analog audio signal supplied from a telephone device to a digital audio signal; a memory; a controller to control storing of the digital audio signal in the memory and to convert digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device of claim 6, wherein the controller starts operating in accordance with the telephone device and enables the analog/digital converter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 6, wherein the controller adds index information to the e-mail file.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device of claim 6, further comprising: a keyboard for turning on/off the controller.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image information transmitting device for directly connecting to a consumer electronics device, comprising: an analog/digital converter to convert an analog image signal from a CCD camera in the directly connected consumer electronic device to a digital image signal; an image processing encoder to encode the digital image signal outputted from the analog/digital converter; a memory; a controller to control the storing of the encoded signal in the memory to convert digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem for logging into an internet server and transmitting the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image information transmitting device for directly connecting to a consumer electronics device, comprising: an analog/digital converter to convert an analog image signal from a CCD camera in the directly connected consumer electronic device to a digital image signal; an image processing encoder to encode the digital image signal outputted from the analog/digital converter; a memory; a controller to control the storing of the encoded signal in the memory to convert digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem for logging into an internet server and transmitting the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
The device of claim 10, wherein the controller enables the analog/digital converter.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 10, wherein the controller adds index information to the e-mail file.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 10, further comprising: a keyboard for setting up operation time of the controller.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the information converter converts an analog audio signal from a directly connected telephone answering machine.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The device of claim 14, wherein the information converter begins converting the audio signal when the answering machine begins recording a message.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the information converter converts an analog image signal from a directly connected doorphone system.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The device of claim 16, wherein the information converter begins converting the image signal when a camera in the doorphone system begins operating.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 10, wherein the directly connected consumer electronic device is a doorphone system.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
The device of claim 18, wherein the information converter begins converting the image signal when a camera in the doorphone system begins operating.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
65 words
An audio information transmitting device, comprising: a memory to store a digital audio signal from a consumer electronic device; a controller to control the storing of the digital audio signal in the memory and to convert digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
65 words
An audio information transmitting device, comprising: a memory to store a digital audio signal from a consumer electronic device; a controller to control the storing of the digital audio signal in the memory and to convert digital data stored in the memory to an e-mail file; and a modem to log into an internet server and transmit the e-mail file from the controller by e-mail.
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