Telephone set
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1. A telephone set comprising:
- a part intended for transmitting/receiving signals, connected to a telephone line, including means for transmitting a picture over the telephone line;
one or more detachable parts, which collectively include a picture sensor, a microphone and an earphone, and which collectively communicate with the part connected to the telephone line;
wherein;
the detachable part including the picture sensor comprises a converter for digitizing a picture signal coming from the picture sensor and a picture memory for locally storing at least one complete digitized picture, andthe part connected to the telephone line has a specialized link to the detachable part which includes the picture sensor for the delayed transmission of a still picture from the detachable part which includes the picture sensor to the part connected to the telephone line, a screen and means for storing and displaying on this screen a still picture extracted via said special link from the picture memory of the detachable part which includes the picture sensor, and means for transmitting such a still picture over the telephone line.
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Abstract
The telephone set comprises a base (27) which can be connected to a telephone line, and a handset (28) which includes speech circuits which are connected to the telephone line via the base. The telephone set further comprises a casing (17 or 28) which includes a picture sensor (31 or 1) producing a picture signal, and a screen (32 or 19) forming a viewfinder. The use of the casing is analogous to the use of a photo camera. The picture is digitized, then stored and transmitted to the base to be transmitted by facsimile.
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1. A telephone set comprising:
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a part intended for transmitting/receiving signals, connected to a telephone line, including means for transmitting a picture over the telephone line; one or more detachable parts, which collectively include a picture sensor, a microphone and an earphone, and which collectively communicate with the part connected to the telephone line; wherein; the detachable part including the picture sensor comprises a converter for digitizing a picture signal coming from the picture sensor and a picture memory for locally storing at least one complete digitized picture, and the part connected to the telephone line has a specialized link to the detachable part which includes the picture sensor for the delayed transmission of a still picture from the detachable part which includes the picture sensor to the part connected to the telephone line, a screen and means for storing and displaying on this screen a still picture extracted via said special link from the picture memory of the detachable part which includes the picture sensor, and means for transmitting such a still picture over the telephone line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A telephone set, comprising:
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a base part for connection to a telephone line for transmitting and receiving signals; a handset part detachable from the base part, the handset part communicating with the base part and having a microphone and earphone for voice communication; a digital photo camera in the handset part for taking digital photographs and storing digital photographs; a display screen or viewfinder in the handset part for displaying digital photograhs taken by the digital photo camera; and means for communicating digital photographs from the digital photo camera to the base part.
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11. Telephone apparatus, comprising:
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a portable handset having a battery, a microphone, an earphone and a transmitter for wireless voice communication with a receiver; a digital photo camera in the portable handset for taking and storing a digital photograph; a display screen or viewfinder in the portable handset for displaying digital photograhs taken by the digital photo camera; and means in the portable handset for communicating the digital photograph from the digital photo camera to the transmitter for wireless communication of the digital photograph to the receiver.
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