Communication terminal apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHitoshi Yasuda
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Abstract
There is provided a communication terminal, capable of displaying the image data of an arbitrary location, or those of arbitrary multiple locations in collective manner, on the display device, in the multi-location communication, and also capable of displaying the state of connection of the communication terminals. Also provided is a communication terminal capable of preventing the confusion in communication, resulting from an erroneous line disconnection in the multi-location communication.
Claims17
A communication terminal apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving image data from multiple communication terminal apparatuses connected in a route defined by the order of connection of the multiple communication terminal apparatuses;
- displaying means for displaying a multiimage composed of the image data received by said receiving means;
- and
- recognizing means for recognizing connection forms, including the relative position of each communication terminal apparatus in the route, among the communication terminal apparatuses included in said multiple communication terminal apparatuses,
- wherein the displaying positions of images constituting the multiimage on said displaying means are determined according to the recognition by said recognizing means so as to display the relative position of each communication terminal apparatus in the route.
A communication method for use in a communication terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- receiving image data from multiple communication terminal apparatuses connected in a route defined by the order of connection of the multiple communication terminal apparatuses;
- displaying on display means a multiimage composed of the received image data;
- and
- recognizing connection forms, including the relative position of each communication terminal apparatus in the route, among the communication terminal apparatuses included in the multiple communication terminal apparatuses,
- wherein the displaying positions of images constituting the multiimage on the displaying means are determined according to the recognition in said recognizing step so as to display the relative position of each communication terminal apparatus in the route.
A communication terminal apparatus comprising:
- a receiver that receives image data from a plurality of communication terminals connected in a route defined by the order of connection of the plurality of communication terminals;
- a recognizer that recognizes connection forms, including the relative position of each communication terminal in the route, among the communication terminals included in the plurality of communication terminals;
- and
- a display that displays a multiimage composed of the image data received by said receiver, the display positions of images constituting the multiimage being determined according to a recognition result by said recognizer so as to display the relative position of each communication terminal in the route.
A communication method for use in a communication terminal, comprising the steps of:
- receiving image data from a plurality of communication terminals connected in a route defined by the order of connection of the plurality of communication terminals;
- recognizing connection forms, including the relative position of each communication terminal in the route, among the communication terminals included in the plurality of communication terminals;
- and
- displaying a multiimage composed of the image data received by said receiver, the display positions of images constituting the multiimage being determined according to a recognition result by said recognizer so as to display the relative position of each communication terminal in the route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.