Image communication device and image communication method
First Claim
1. An image communication device comprising:
- image receiving means for receiving an image;
image mute control means for automatically judging whether or not the image received by the image receiving means is output; and
image outputting means for outputting the image received by the image receiving means through a wire communication line or a radio communication line in cases where the image mute control means judges to output the image.
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Abstract
When an electric power is supplied to an image communication device of a user to perform telephone communication between the user and a person on the other end of the communication line, an on-off switch is automatically set to an off state on user'"'"'s side under control of a video mute control unit so as to disconnect a video data coding/decoding unit from a video data receiving unit. Therefore, no video data received in the video data receiving unit is transmitted from the user to the other end of the communication line. Thereafter, when the user inputs a video mute-off instruction, an on-off switch is set to an on state under control of the video mute control unit so as to connect the video data coding/decoding unit and the video data receiving unit. Therefore, video data received in the video data receiving unit is transmitted from the user to the other end of the communication line. Accordingly, radio communication or wire communication can be performed without troublesome operations or the careless sending of a picture photographing the user to the other end of the communication line.
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7 Claims
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1. An image communication device comprising:
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image receiving means for receiving an image;
image mute control means for automatically judging whether or not the image received by the image receiving means is output; and
image outputting means for outputting the image received by the image receiving means through a wire communication line or a radio communication line in cases where the image mute control means judges to output the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image communication method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an image;
automatically judging whether or not the received image is output; and
outputting the received image through a wire communication line or a radio communication line in cases where it is judged to output the received image.
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