Virtual television phone apparatus

   
   

A communication unit 1 carries out voice communication, and a character background selection input unit 2 selects a CG character corresponding to a communication partner. A voice/music processing unit 5 performs voice/music processing required for the communication, a voice/music converting unit 6 converts voice and music, and a voice/music output unit outputs the voice and music. A voice input unit 8 acquires voice. A voice analyzing unit 9 analyzes the voice, and an emotion presuming unit 10 presumes an emotion based on the result of the voice analysis. A lips motion control unit 11, a body motion control unit 12 and an expression control unit 13 send control information to a 3-D image drawing unit 14 to generate an image, and a display unit 15 displays the image.

 
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