Abstract: A remote interview system includes a web server, a two-way communications server, a mail server, an interview server and a communications line connecting apparatus. The remote interview system connects to an applicant terminal and a recruiter terminal via a communications line to perform a remote interview. The interview server includes a function to select an applicant using a preliminary selection including a knowledge test, a writing ability test, character diagnosis and an oral test. The remote interview system includes a personal identification function to acquire the image of an applicant during a preliminary selection test and collates the acquired image with the registered image of the applicant.

Abstract: In a police box, a police box terminal, a visitor sensor, a found article storage and other suitable components are provided. In a videophone reception center, a reception server, an automatic answering server, an MCU, and a reception terminal are provided. These components are connected to each other via a communication line. The police box terminal is provided with an emergency call button and a usual reception button. In the case of the usual reception, the reception server connects the police box terminal to the automatic answering server, sequentially retrieves question videos from an investigation record file and sends them to the police box terminal, acquires an answer video or character-based information in response to each question video to create an investigation record automatically. In the case of the emergency call, the reception server includes a function for calling a low-priority reception terminal and connecting the emergency call to the same even if all the reception terminals are connected.

Abstract: An address resolution device includes a gate keeper having an address table with which global addresses, private addresses, and grouping IDs can be registered. During address registration, the gate keeper registers the address of a communication packet into the global addresses, the address assigned to the terminal into the private addresses, and if available, a Grouping ID into grouping IDs. During address notification, the gate keeper consults the address table to notify the caller terminal of the callee terminal private address when the callee terminal and the caller terminal have the same Grouping ID or when they have the same global address. Otherwise, the gate keeper notifies the caller terminal of the callee terminal global address.

Abstract: An at-home medical consultation system includes a reception server, a communication server, a mail server, an administration server, doctor terminals, a nurse terminal, a waiting room terminal, a reception terminal and a pharmacy terminal, and is connected to patient terminals via a communication line to provide an at-home medical consultation service by videophone. The communication server includes a destination table and provides a virtual consultation room, a virtual waiting room, a virtual nursing room and a virtual individual conversation room depending upon the desired operation. The patient terminal includes a nurse call button and a medical examination sensor such that the nurse terminal can be called when the patient's condition suddenly deteriorates and vital signs of the patient can be remotely monitored.

Abstract: A sign language interpretation system has a function to interconnect a deaf-mute person terminal, a non-deaf-mute person terminal, and a sign language interpreter terminal, and a function to synthesize a video/audio signal received from each terminal and to transmit a synthesized signal to each terminal in order to provide a videophone conversation service via sign language interpretation between the deaf-mute person and the non-deaf-mute person. A controller includes a sign language interpreter registration table in which the selection information and terminal number of a sign language interpreter as well as an availability flag are registered. An available sign language interpreter satisfying the selection conditions specified by a caller is selected by way of a call from the deaf-mute person or non-deaf-mute person. The terminal for sign language interpreters and the calling terminal are called and automatically interconnected.

Abstract: In the telephone interpretation system, a control unit accepts a call from a caller terminal, references an interpreter registration table to extract the terminal number of an interpreter who can interpret between the language of the caller and the language of the callee, and connects the caller terminal, the callee terminal, and the interpreter terminal. The telephone interpretation system also includes the function of conducting voice communications necessary for interpretation among the terminals. The voice of the interpreter is transmitted by a switch to either the caller or the callee who is designated from the interpreter terminal. The voice of the other party of conversation is suppressed or shut off when the voice of the interpreter is detected by a voice synthesis unit. Consequently, it is possible to provide quick and precise interpretation services.

Abstract: A telephone interpretation assistance device includes a headset connection jack intended for an interpretee, a headset connection jack intended for a conversation partner, a telephone connection jack, a synthesis circuit for synthesizing voice signals input from the respective headset connection jacks, and outputting the result to the telephone connection jack, a detection circuit for detecting a switch signal from a voice signal input from the telephone connection jack, and a switching circuit for outputting the voice signal input from the telephone connection jack to a designated one of the headset connection jacks based on the switch signal detected. Telephone interpretation services are provided by using a telephone interpretation system using the telephone interpretation assistance device. Bidirectional simultaneous interpretation services are provided by using the telephone interpretation assistance device and the telephone interpretation system.

Abstract: A videophone sign language conversation assistance device includes a target imaging camera for imaging a target other than a sign language, a sign language imaging camera for imaging the sign language of a deaf-mute person, a waist fixing device for fixing the sign language imaging camera at the waist of the deaf-mute person, a video synthesizer for synthesizing the videos of the cameras, and a videophone connection device for supplying the synthesized video to a videophone terminal. The device further includes a display device for displaying the sign language and a fixing device for fixing the display device in front of the eyes of the deaf-mute person, such that the sign language video being received at the video telephone terminal is supplied to the display device. A sign language interpretation system provides a sign language interpretation service which can be used when a deaf-mute person converses with a non-deaf-mute person by using the above-described device.

Abstract: A videophone interpretation system accepts a call from a caller terminal and refers an interpreter registration table to extract the terminal number of an interpreter capable of interpreting between the language of a caller and the language of a callee and connects the caller terminal, a callee terminal and an interpreter terminal. The videophone interpretation system includes a function to communicate video and audio necessary for interpretation between the terminals. The audio of an interpreter is transmitted either to the caller or callee, which is specified by the interpreter terminal. The audio of the conversation partner is suppressed or interrupted when the audio of the interpreter is detected by an audio synthesizer, thereby providing a quick and precise interpretation service.

Abstract: A sign language interpretation assistance device includes a display device for displaying a sign language video, a fixing device for fixing the display device in front of the eyes of the deaf-mute person, and a videophone connection device for supplying the display device with a sign language video being received by a videophone terminal. The sign language video input/output device includes a sign language imaging camera for capturing the sign language of the deaf-mute person to the sign language video presentation device and a waist fixing device for fixing the sign language imaging camera at the waist of the deaf-mute person, such that the sign language of the deaf-mute person captured by the sign language imaging camera is provided to the video telephone terminal. A sign language interpretation system provides a sign language interpretation service when a deaf-mute person converses with a non-deaf-mute person by using the sign language video input/output device.

Abstract: A remote education system includes a Web server, a bidirectional communication server, a content distribution server, an operations management system, a lecturer terminal, and a communication line connection device, and provides remote education to student terminals via the Internet. The operations management system includes a lecture information database for storing lecture schedules, attendance records, and personal information, facial images, and audio, of the students, and performs a lecture establishment processing, an attendance registration processing, a lecture opening processing, an attendance confirmation processing, and the like. The attendance confirmation processing includes a student image acquisition processing, a facial image matching processing, an action request processing, and an action detection processing, which match facial images of students, and detect image changes that occur in response to requested actions.