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US 6,320,614 B1Granted
Image communication apparatus for controlling a mechanical motion of a communication partner
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasanori Kawashima
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Abstract
An image communication apparatus generates a command, which controls a communication partner to cause a part of the communication partner to move mechanically, to be transmitted through a communication line. The apparatus further prevents the communication partner from operating incorrectly according to the command which is transmitted after a predetermined delay time of the communication line.
Claims14
An image communication apparatus comprising:
- a command generator for generating a command for controlling a communication partner, to cause a part of the communication partner to move mechanically, the command being transmitted through a communication line;
- and
- a prevention unit for preventing the communication partner from operating incorrectly according to a command that is transmitted after a predetermined delay time of the communication line,
- wherein said prevention unit includes a designation unit for directly designating a position of an image of a whole scene displayed on a display unit, the image being transmitted from the communication partner.
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An image communication method, said method comprising the steps of:
- generating a command for controlling a communication partner, to cause a part of the communication partner to move mechanically, the command being transmitted through a communication line;
- and
- preventing the communication partner from operating incorrectly according to a command that is transmitted after a predetermined delay time of the communication line,
- wherein said preventing step includes the step of directly designating a position of an image of a whole scene displayed on a display unit, the image being transmitted from the communication partner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.