Patent ID: 9332308
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image communication apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to output a shot image obtained by imaging an object; a display unit configured to display at least the shot image; a capturing unit configured to generate a captured image by capturing an image displayed on the display unit; an encoding unit configured to encode an image, a decoding unit configured to decode an encoded image; a memory control unit configured to control write of the encoded shot image in a memory and readout of a recorded image stored in the memory; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating whether another apparatus requires OSD (On Screen Display) information; an accepting unit configured to accept instruction for playback of the recorded image stored in the memory; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the recorded image to the other apparatus through a network and switch transmission modes of the recorded image based on the information obtained by the obtaining unit, and a measurement unit configured to measure a processing load of the image communication apparatus, wherein the transmission modes comprise a first mode of transmitting the recorded image on which a plurality of processes of the decoding unit, the display unit, the capturing unit, and the encoding unit are performed, and a second mode of transmitting the recorded image on which processes that at least one process is excluded from the plurality of processes are performed, and wherein, in a case where the measured processing load is not higher than a predetermined threshold, the transmission unit transmits the recoded image data by the first mode.