1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to connect a display with a voice application which provides audio content, the voice application comprising a telecom voice application with at least one voice site;
computer readable program code configured to display an image on the display, the image providing a visual synopsis of the audio content to impart an intuitive summary of the audio content, the image comprising a main portion and at least one subsidiary portion, the main portion representing a contextual entity of the audio content and the at least one subsidiary portion representing at least one participatory entity of the audio content;
computer readable program code configured to display the at least one subsidiary portion without text;
computer readable program code configured to change the image responsive to changes in audio content in the voice application; and
computer readable program code configured to accept user input to change user navigation of the audio content, the user input comprising user manipulation of the image.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to change the at least one subsidiary portion of the image responsive to a change in the at least one participatory entity.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to change at least one parameter of at least one portion of the image, the at least one parameter comprising perceptual texture of at least one portion of the image.
4. A computer program product embodied within a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to connect a display with a voice application which provides audio content, the voice application comprising a telecom voice application with at least one voice site;
computer readable program code configured to display an image on the display, the image providing a visual synopsis of the audio content to impart an intuitive summary of the audio content, the image comprising a main portion and at least one subsidiary portion, the main portion representing a contextual entity of the audio content and the at least one subsidiary portion representing at least one participatory entity of the audio content;
computer readable program code configured to display the at least one subsidiary portion without text;
computer readable program code configured to change the image responsive to changes in audio content in the voice application; and
computer readable program code configured to accept user input to change user navigation of the audio content, the user input comprising user manipulation of the image.
5. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to change the at least one subsidiary portion of the image responsive to a change in the at least one participatory entity.
6. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to change at least one parameter of at least one portion of the image, the at least one parameter comprising perceptual texture of at least one portion of the image.
7. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to change the image responsive to at least one change in the audio content, the at least one change in audio content comprising at least one taken from the group consisting of: a change in at least one voice in the audio content; a change in noise in the audio content; a change in murmuring in the audio content; a change in duration in the audio content.
8. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to display via associating the image with at least one taken from the group consisting of: an audio file, an audiovisual file.
9. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein the image comprises a three-dimensional representation.
10. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is configured to change the image responsive to at least one taken from the group consisting of: audio interleaving, audio content duration, an interaction involving the at least one participatory entity.
11. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is further configured to afford a feedback capability to alter the image.
12. The computer program product according to claim 4, wherein said computer readable program code is further configured to afford a searching capability for searching in the audio content.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A network terminal which performs communication through a transmission path, comprising:
an oscillator circuit which generates a clock;
a communication processing unit configured to transmit and receive communication data through the transmission path, using the clock;
a controller unit configured to control a function of the network terminal, using the clock;
a clock control unit configured to cause the oscillator circuit to start or stop oscillating, and supply the clock generated by the oscillator circuit to the communication processing unit and the controller unit; and
a signal detecting unit configured to monitor a wave detection signal communicated through the transmission path in a case where the communication processing unit is not operating, and generate an activation signal according to which the clock control unit causes the oscillator circuit to start oscillating at a time when the wave detection signal exceeds a threshold value,
wherein the signal detecting unit is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and
the controller unit is configured to switch a wave detection signal detectable by the signal detecting unit, by changing a circuit constant of the signal detecting unit.
2. The network terminal according to claim 1,
wherein the case where the communication processing unit is not operating is a case where the oscillator circuit is at least stopped.
3. The network terminal according to claim 1,
wherein the case where the communication processing unit is not operating is a case where the oscillator circuit at least keeps generating a low-frequency dock which does not activate the communication processing unit.
4. The network terminal according to claim 3,
wherein the signal detecting unit is configured to output the activation signal to the clock control unit and the controller unit,
the clock control unit is configured to cause, according to the activation signal, the oscillator circuit to start generating a clock having a frequency at which at least the communication processing unit is operable, and supply the clock generated by the oscillator circuit to the communication processing unit and the controller unit, and
after start of supply of the clock, the controller unit is configured to perform operation mode control on the network terminal according to the activation signal so that the network terminal transitions from a waiting mode to a normal operation mode, the waiting mode being an operation mode in which the oscillator circuit at least keeps generating the low-frequency clock which does not activate the communication processing unit, the normal operation mode being an operation mode in which the oscillator circuit operates and the communication data can be communicated.
5. The network terminal according to claim 2,
wherein the signal detecting unit is configured to output the activation signal to the clock control unit and the controller unit,
the clock control unit is configured to cause, according to the activation signal, the oscillator circuit to start oscillating, and supply the clock generated by the oscillator circuit to the communication processing unit and the controller unit, and
after start of supply of the clock, the controller unit is configured to perform operation mode control on the network terminal according to the activation signal so that the network terminal transitions from a stop mode to a normal operation mode, the stop mode being an operation mode in which the oscillator circuit is at least stopped, the normal operation mode being an operation mode in which the oscillator circuit operates and the communication data can be communicated.
6. The network terminal according to claim 1,
wherein the signal detecting unit includes
a comparator which is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and compares the wave detection signal with the threshold value to determine whether the wave detection signal exceeds the threshold value or not, and
the controller unit is configured to switch a wave detection signal detectable by the signal detecting unit, by changing a threshold voltage to be provided to the comparator so as to change the threshold value.
7. The network terminal according to claim 1,
wherein the signal detecting unit includes;
a wave detector circuit which is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and detects the wave detection signal; and
a comparator which is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and compares the wave detection signal with the threshold value to determine whether the wave detection signal exceeds the threshold value or not, and
the controller unit is configured to switch a wave detection signal detectable by the signal detecting unit, by changing charge and discharge characteristics of the wave detector circuit.
8. The network terminal according to claim 1,
wherein the signal detecting unit includes;
a wave detector circuit which is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and detects the wave detection signal;
a comparator which is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and compares the wave detection signal with the threshold value to determine whether the wave detection signal exceeds the threshold value or not; and
a filter circuit which is configured with a circuit operable without using clock, and has a filter characteristic of allowing a signal having a predetermined frequency to pass through, and
the controller unit switches a wave detection signal detectable by the signal detecting unit by changing the filter characteristic of the filter circuit.
9. The net work terminal according to claim 1, the network terminal further comprising
an activation signal control unit configured to generate the activation signal independently,
wherein the activation signal control unit:
includes one of an external interrupt circuit, a timer, a serial interface, and a sensor IF circuit; and
is configured to generate the activation signal triggered by one of an input signal from an external device, an end of a count by the timer, an ambient temperature, and a vibration,
the communication processing unit is configured to transmit, through a transmission path, a wave detection signal to other network terminals connected through the transmission path, and
the controller unit is configured to cause the communication processing unit to transmit the wave detection signal which is detectable by a particular one of the other network terminals, by changing a waveform or a frequency of the detection signal transmitted by the communication processing unit.
10. The network terminal according to claim 9,
wherein the communication processing unit includes a DA converter as a transmitter circuit, and
the controller unit is configured to change a signal amplitude or a carrier wave frequency of the wave detection signal to be transmitted by the communication processing unit, by changing an input value to the DA converter.
11. The network terminal according to claim 9,
wherein the communication processing unit includes an amplifier (AMP) circuit as a transmitter circuit, and
the controller unit is configured to change the signal amplitude of the wave detection signal to be transmitted by the communication processing unit, by changing an amplitude rate of the AMP circuit.
12. The network terminal according to claim 9,
wherein the communication processing unit includes a sine wave generator circuit as a transmitter circuit, and
the controller unit is configured to change a carrier wave frequency of the wave detection signal to be transmitted by the communication processing unit, by changing a frequency of the sine wave generator circuit.
13. The network terminal according to claim 5,
wherein the controller unit is configured to perform operation mode control for causing the network terminal to transition to the stop mode in the case where no communication data has been transmitted or received over a certain period of time in the normal operation mode.
14. The network terminal according to claim 5,
wherein the controller unit is configured to perform operation mode control for causing the network terminal to transition to the stop mode or a power saving mode in the case where the controller unit receives, in the normal operation mode, a data signal indicating a transition request from an other one of the network terminals connected through the transmission path, the transition request requesting that the network terminal transition to the waiting mode.
15. The network terminal according to claim 1,
wherein the controller unit is further configured to set a condition for a data signal transmittable and receivable by the communication processing unit, to the communication processing unit,
the data signal has an amplitude voltage set to be larger than an amplitude voltage of the wave detection signal, and
the data signal has a carrier wave frequency set to be smaller than a frequency of the wave detection signal.
16. A network system comprising
a plurality of network terminals which perform communication through the transmission path, each of the network terminals including:
an oscillator circuit which generates a clock;
a communication processing unit configured to transmit and receive communication data through the transmission path, using the clock;
a controller unit configured to control a function of the network terminal, using the clock;
a clock control unit configured to cause the oscillator circuit to start or stop oscillating, and supply the clock generated by the oscillator circuit to the communication processing unit and the controller unit; and
a signal detecting unit configured to monitor a wave detection signal communicated through the transmission path in a case where the communication processing unit is not operating, and generate an activation signal according to which the clock control unit causes the oscillator circuit to start oscillating at a time when the wave detection signal exceeds a threshold value,
wherein the signal detecting unit is configured with a circuit operable without using the clock, and
the controller unit is configured to switch a wave detection signal detectable by the signal detecting unit, by changing a circuit constant of the signal detecting unit, and
at least one of the plurality of network terminals further including:
an activation signal control unit configured to generate the activation signal independently,
wherein the activation signal control unit:
includes one of an external interrupt circuit, a timer, a serial interface, and a sensor IF circuit; and
is configured to generate the activation signal triggered by one of an input signal from an external device, an end of a count by the timer, an ambient temperature, and a vibration,
the communication processing unit is configured to transmit, through a transmission path, a wave detection signal to other network terminals connected through the transmission path, and
the controller unit is configured to cause the communication processing unit to transmit the wave detection signal which is detectable by a particular one of the other network terminals, by changing a waveform or a frequency of the detection signal transmitted by the communication processing unit.
17. A method of controlling a network terminal including an oscillator circuit which generates a clock and communicates through a transmission path, the method comprising:
transmitting and receiving communication data through the transmission path, using the clock;
controlling a function of the network terminal, using the clock;
causing the oscillator circuit to start or stop oscillating, and supplying the clock generated by the oscillator circuit; and
monitoring a wave detection signal communicated through the transmission path in a case where the communication processing unit is not operating, and generating an activation signal according to which the oscillator circuit is caused to start oscillation at a time when the wave detection signal exceeds a threshold value,
wherein the monitoring can be performed without using the clock, and
in the controlling, a switch of a wave detection signal detectable in the monitoring is performed, by changing a circuit constant as a function of the network terminal.