Voice and video communication apparatus

• US 5,510,829 A
• Filed: 09/26/1994
• Issued: 04/23/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugiyama, Akira, Otani, Masatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woo, Stella L.
• Application Number:
  US08/319,058
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14, 348/15, 348/16, 348/17, 348/18, 348/19, 379/94, 379/96, 379/97, 379/98, 379/93, 379/95, 379/142
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/253 Telephone sets using digital voice transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0471 Terminal access circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/18 Ringing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/204 ISDN protocol; ISO 7
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/337 Picturephone

Abstract

A communication apparatus comprising a voice data communication apparatus for communicating voice data, a video data communication apparatus for communicating video data, a determination unit for determining whether the attribute of communication data to be notified at the reception call is voice data or voice and video data, and an informing unit for giving information for a reception call by discriminating between the reception call of voice data and that of voice and video data, based on a determination result of said determination unit.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

voice data communication means for communicating voice data;

video data communication means for communicating video data;

memory means for storing a terminal ability to be notified in a partner'"'"'s terminal for each terminal of of first and second partner'"'"'s terminals at a communication start time; and

notification means for giving notice of the terminal ability stored in said memory means in accordance with a partner'"'"'s terminal at reception or transmission time,

wherein said memory means stores the voice data as the terminal ability to be notified to said first partner'"'"'s terminal, and

said notification means notifies the voice data as the terminal ability when communicating with the first partner'"'"'s terminal, and notifies the voice and video data as the terminal ability when communicating with said second partner'"'"'s terminal.

2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling said voice data communication means and said video data communication means, based on the terminal ability that is notified by said notification means.

3. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising change memory means for changing and storing temporarily the content of the operator'"'"'s terminal ability to be notified in partner'"'"'s terminal stored in said memory means, and wherein said notification means notifies the partner'"'"'s terminal of the operator'"'"'s terminal ability, in accordance with a partner'"'"'s terminal number and the content of memory in said change memory means, at reception or transmission time, when there is an instruction of said change.

4. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a memory means stores an operator'"'"'s terminal ability to be notified when received from a partner'"'"'s terminal having a terminal number not stored.

5. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a memory means stores an operator'"'"'s terminal ability to be notified when transmitting to a partner'"'"'s terminal having a terminal number not stored.

6. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising learning means for updating the memory content of a memory means for a partner'"'"'s terminal, and registering additionally a new information of said partner'"'"'s terminal to said memory means.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

voice information communication means for communicating voice data;

video information communication means for communicating video data;

notification means for notifying a partner'"'"'s terminal of the transmission and reception ability of voice information as a terminal ability at reception time;

display means for displaying communication abilities of plural video information transmitted from the partner'"'"'s terminal at reception time;

selection means for selecting one communication ability among the communication abilities of the plural video information;

renotification means for renotifying the communication ability of the video information selected by said selection means to the partner terminal, after start of communication in a voice communication mode; and

communication mode change means for changing the communication in said voice communication mode to that in the mode according to the communication ability of the video information which is renotified.

8. A communication apparatus comprising:

voice data communication means for communicating voice data;

video data communication means for communicating video data;

memory means for storing a terminal ability to be notified in a partner'"'"'s terminal for each terminal of a plurality of partner'"'"'s terminals; and

notification means for giving notice of the terminal ability stored in said memory means in accordance with a partner'"'"'s terminal at reception or transmission time,

wherein said memory means stores change data for temporarily changing contents to be notified to the partner'"'"'s terminal, and

said notification means transmits the change data as the terminal ability to the partner'"'"'s terminal when the notification of the change data is selected.

9. A communication apparatus comprising:

voice data communication means for communicating voice data;

video data communication means for communicating video data;

memory means for storing an operator'"'"'s terminal ability to be notified in a partner'"'"'s terminal for each terminal of a plurality of partner'"'"'s terminals;

notification means for giving notice of the operator'"'"'s terminal ability stored in said memory means in accordance with a partner'"'"'s terminal at reception or transmission time; and

change memory means for changing and storing temporarily the content of the operator'"'"'s terminal ability to be notified in partner'"'"'s terminal stored in said memory means,

wherein said notification means notifies the partner'"'"'s terminal of the operator'"'"'s terminal ability, in accordance with a number of the partner'"'"'s terminal and a content of memory in said change memory means, at reception or transmission time, when there is an instruction of said change.

10. A communication apparatus comprising:

voice data communication means for communicating voice data;

video data communication means for communicating video data;

memory means for storing communication modes to be executed for first and second partner'"'"'s terminals, respectively, each of the first and second partner'"'"'s terminals being capable of both voice data communication and video data communication;

reception means for receiving information which is transmitted from a partner'"'"'s terminal and represents that terminal; and

control means for controlling said voice data communication means and said video data communication means according to the communication mode which has been stored in said memory means and the information representative of a terminal received by said reception means,

wherein said memory means stores only voice data communication as the communication mode to be executed for the first partner'"'"'s terminal, and stores voice data and video data communication as the communication mode to be executed for the second partner'"'"'s terminal, and

said control means controls said voice data communication means when communicating with the first partner'"'"'s terminal, and controls said voice data communication means and said video data communication means when communicating with the second partner'"'"'s terminal.