Apparatus and method for suspending a reproduction operation reproducing image information when the arrival of a call from a communication line is detected
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEiji Imaeda
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Abstract
At the start of a communication, a video and audio output other than the communication is automatically turned off. When a handset is off-hooked or the operation to start the communication is performed by an operation apparatus, a communication control circuit switches a change-over switch to an a contact and turns off a disconnecting switch. When the handset is on-hooked or the operation to finish the communication is executed by the operation apparatus, the communication control circuit switches the change-over switch to a b contact and turns on the disconnecting switch.
Claims12
An apparatus comprising:
- reproducing means for reproducing image information recorded on a medium;
- detecting means for detecting arrival of a call from a communication line;
- control means for suspending a reproducing operation performed by said reproducing means when said detecting means detects the arrival of a call and outputting image information corresponding to the call;
- and
- supplying means for supplying real time image information wherein
- said control means synthesizes the real time image information from said supplying means and image information corresponding to the call when said detecting means detects the call.
A control method for an apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- reproducing image information recorded on a medium;
- detecting the arrival of a call from a communication line;
- suspending a reproducing operation performed by said reproducing step when said detecting step detects the arrival of a call and outputting image information corresponding to the call;
- supplying real time image information;
- and
- synthesizing the supplied real time image information and image information corresponding to the call when said detecting step detects the call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.