Video telephone equipment

A video telephone equipment, comprising:

• signal processing means for permitting at least either of a vocal communication and a visual communication;
• a speaker which emits received speech for the vocal communication;
• a casing which is provided with said speaker;
• a microphone which accepts speech to-be-transmitted for said vocal communication;
• a display panel which displays a received picture for the visual communication;
• a camera which takes a picture to-be-transmitted for said visual communication;
• a control panel through which a user of said video telephone equipment gives an operation command to said signal processing means;
• and
• speaker holding means for holding said speaker in a state in which the speaker is detachable from said casing and being configured and operatively connected selectively to prevent external light from reaching said display panel.

A video telephone equipment, comprising:

• signal processing means for permitting at least either of a vocal communication and a visual communication;
• a speaker which emits received speech for the vocal communication;
• a microphone which accepts speech to-be-transmitted for said vocal communication;
• a display panel which displays a received picture for the visual communication;
• a camera which takes a picture to-be-transmitted for said visual communication;
• a control panel through which a user of said video telephone equipment gives an operation command to said signal processing means;
• a first casing in which said microphone is encased;
• a second casing in which said speaker is encased;
• a third casing in which said display panel is encased;
• first coupling means for coupling the first and third casings;
• and
• second coupling means for coupling the second and third casings;
• wherein
• at least the second one of the first and second coupling means being capable of altering an angle of the coupling thereof, and an angle of said first casing is alterable both frontwards and rearwards at a part thereof coupled by said second coupling means, with respect to an angle thereof at which said first casing is even with said third casing.

A video telephone equipment comprising:

• signal processing means for permitting at least either of a vocal communication and a visual communication;
• a speaker which emits received speech for the vocal communication;
• a microphone which accepts speech to-be-transmitted for said vocal communication;
• a display panel which displays a received picture for the visual communication;
• a camera which takes a picture to-be-transmitted for said visual communication;
• a control panel through which a user of said video telephone equipment gives an operation command to said signal processing means;
• a first casing in which said microphone and said display panel are arranged, and to which said camera is mounted at a lower end thereof so as to have an alterable angle between said camera and said first casing;
• a second casing in which said speaker is encased;
• and
• coupling means for coupling the first and second casings in a state in which angles thereof are alterable;
• and
• camera holding means for holding said camera adjacent to said first casing.

A video telephone equipment, comprising:

• signal processing means for permitting at least either of a vocal communication and a visual communication;
• a speaker which emits received speech for the vocal communication;
• a microphone which accepts speech to-be-transmitted for said vocal communication;
• a display panel which displays a received picture for the visual communication;
• a camera which takes a picture to-be-transmitted for said visual communication;
• a control panel through which a user of said video telephone equipment gives an operation command to said signal processing means;
• a first casing in which said microphone and said display panel are arranged, and to which said camera is mounted at a lower end thereof so as to have an alterable angle between said camera and said first casing;
• a second casing in which said speaker is encased;
• and
• coupling means for coupling the first and second casings in a state in which angles thereof are alterable and in which said first casing is slidable perpendicularly to an axial direction of the coupling.