Communication apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Yatsu
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Abstract
A communicating apparatus comprises a display unit, an input unit for inputting a dial number, an instruction unit for instructing a change in volume, and a control unit for controlling the display unit so as to display the dial number inputted by the input unit, wherein the control unit controls the display unit so as to display the kind of sound and the volume in place of the dial number in accordance with an instruction of the instruction unit. The control unit includes a generation unit for generating a plurality of kinds of sounds by a plurality of volumes. The control unit controls the display unit so as to display a message indicating that a volume of a ringing tone is being displayed and the volume of the ringing tone in accordance with an instruction by the instruction unit during the ringing.
Claims32
A communicating apparatus comprising:
- display means;
- first input means for inputting a dial number;
- second input means for inputting volume data;
- and
- control means for controlling said display means so as to display the dial number inputted by said input means,
- wherein said control means controls said display means such that an element whose level of volume is being adjusted is displayed in place of the dial number in accordance with the volume data inputted by said second input means.
A method for controlling a display of a communication apparatus, comprising:
- a first input step of inputting a dial number;
- a first control step of controlling the display so as to display the dial number inputted in said first input step;
- a second input step of inputting volume data;
- and
- a second control step of controlling the display of an element whose level of volume is being adjusted, wherein the element whose level of volume is being adjusted is displayed in the place where the dial number is displayed in accordance with the volume data inputted in said second input step.
A communication apparatus comprising:
- display means;
- first input means for inputting a dial number;
- second input means for inputting volume data;
- third input means for inputting a line disconnection request;
- and
- control means for controlling said display means such that an element whose level of volume is being adjusted is displayed where the dial number inputted by said first input means has been displayed, in accordance with the volume data inputted by said second input means,
- wherein said control means controls said display means such that a time is displayed where the element whose level of volume being adjusted has been displayed, in accordance with the line disconnection request inputted by said third input means.
A method for controlling a display of a communication apparatus, comprising:
- a first input step of inputting a dial number;
- second input step for inputting volume data;
- third input step for inputting a line disconnection request;
- and
- a control step for controlling said display such that an element whose level of volume is being adjusted is displayed where the dial number inputted by said first input step has been displayed, in accordance with the volume data inputted by said second input step,
- wherein said control step controls the display such that a time is displayed where the element whose level of volume being adjusted has been displayed, in accordance with the line disconnection request inputted in said third input step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.