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Television telephone

  • US 5,966,164 A
  • Filed: 06/13/1997
  • Issued: 10/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communication terminal comprising:

  • an input video processing unit adapted to be connected to a camera taking in an image and providing video signals of the image, the input video processing unit processing the video signals from the camera and outputting processed video signals;

    an output video processing unit adapted to be connected to a display and processing the processed video signals from the input video processing unit and other video signals from another unit for display on the display; and

    a display indication processing unit which includes a memory having a first store portion and a second store portion which store image data from said input video processing unit and said another unit and a memory control unit which controls writing and reading out of the image data from said memory and which controls display of an output from the output video processing unit on the display by controlling writing and reading out of the image data from said memory and a signal multiplex unit which multiplexes the image data from the first store portion and the second store portion of the memory so that the output from the output video processing unit representing the other video signals from the another unit are displayed at a first portion of the display and the output from the first store portion of the output video processing unit representing the processed video signals of the image taken in by the camera are displayed at a second portion of the display as a mirror image of the image taken in by the camera.

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