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US 5,970,202 AGranted
Communication apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiro Takei, Tadashi Takayama, Susumu Doi
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Abstract
A communication apparatus is provided with an element for reading out information signals recorded on a medium. The reading element includes a reproducing portion for reproducing the signals recorded on the medium and a processing portion to process the reproduced signals. The information signals are temporarily stored and sequentially transmitted. Electric power to the reading means is controlled when the information is transmitted through a communication line.
Claims14
A communication apparatus comprising:
- means for transmitting first information read out from memory means in which a plurality of images has been stored, through a communication line to a partner's apparatus;
- means for reading out second information from said memory means and for supplying the read-out second information to a monitor that reproduces the read-out second information as an image;
- and
- control means for controlling the monitor so that during a transmission by said transmitting means, both identifying information of an image of the first information being transmitted by said transmitting means and the image reproduced based on the read-out second information, which is different from the image of the first information being transmitted by said transmitting means, can be displayed simultaneously on the monitor.
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A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising the steps of:
- transmitting first information read out from a memory in which a plurality of images has been stored, through a communication line to a partner's apparatus;
- reading out second information from the memory;
- supplying the read-out second information to a monitor that reproduces the read-out second information as an image;
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- controlling the monitor so that during a transmission in said transmitting step, both identifying information of an image of the first information being transmitted in said transmitting step and the image reproduced based on the read-out second information, which is different from the image of the first information being transmitted in said transmitting step, can be displayed simultaneously on the monitor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.