Patent ID: 6433796
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G06T,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
An image communication apparatus for performing image communication with a terminal of a communication partner having an image pickup device via a communication circuit, said apparatus comprising:reception means for receiving an image picked up by said image pickup device from said terminal of the communication partner; display means for displaying the image received by said receiving means in a window within a screen; indication means for indicating a position inside the window so as to operate an image pickup range of the image pickup device of said terminal of the communication partner, or alternatively for indicating a position outside the window; and transmission means for calculating a control amount to change the image pickup range from the position indicated by said indication means and transmitting a control signal including the control amount to said terminal of the communication partner, wherein, when said indication means indicates a position outside the window, said transmission means calculates the control amount to change the image pickup range based on the position outside the window indicated by said indication means.