Patent ID: 6833860
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A camera apparatus incorporating a communicating device for transmitting a video signal photographed and processed by a camera or a video signal temporarily recorded in a record medium to a remote location, comprising:connecting means for connecting a plurality of different communication lines; setting and inputting means for allowing said user to designate one of the plurality of different communication lines and setting a transmission condition; controlling means for determining whether or not the video signal is transmissible to the remote location with the transmission rate of the designated communication line corresponding to an output signal of said setting and inputting means; notifying means for notifying said user if a different communication line would allow the video signal to be transmissible if it is determined that the video signal is not transmissible over the designated communication line; generating means for generating control information when it is determined that the video signal is transmissible over the designated communication line; and signal processing means for processing a transmission signal to a format compatible with the designated communication line corresponding to the control information supplied from said controlling means.