Patent ID: 6040810
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G02F,G09G,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
A television communication apparatus comprising:(a) a displaying/imaging apparatus disposed to face an operator comprising:a pair of spaced apart substrates which define an internal volume therebetween, at least one of the substrates being light transmissive;a matrix of pixel electrodes mounted on a volume-oriented side of at least one of the substrates;at least one light-receiving element of an imaging device mounted within the internal volume;a discrete light receiving electrode having means for adjusting the amount of light received by the light-receiving element;a dielectric interposed within the internal volume, the dielectric providing a display function in accordance with activation of the pixel electrodes;(b) image driving means for receiving an image signal through a communication line and providing the pixel electrodes with the image signal to perform a display operation;(c) a speaker;(d) an audio driving circuit for receiving an audio signal through the communication line and driving the speaker;(e) a microphone; and(f) transmitting means for transmitting outputs from the outputting means and the microphone to the communication line.