Patent ID: 8279253

Claim:
An image communicating display apparatus comprising: an imaging unit that picks up an image of at least one user object, from a number n of objects, the number n being equal to or greater than 1, and processes an image signal for the picked-up image of the user object; a voice input unit that inputs a voice signal; an encoder that receives and encodes the processed image signal and the voice signal of the user object, and generates information on the user object; a decoder that decodes the image and voice signals of the user object encoded by the encoder, and encoded image and voice signals of at least one remote object, from a number m of objects, the number m being equal to or greater than 1; a network transceiver that transmits the image and voice signals of the user object encoded by the encoder and the generated information on the user object, and receives the encoded image and voice signals of the remote object and information on the remote object; a controller that controls the encoder, the decoder and the network transceiver, and outputs a voice guidance instruction signal based on the information on the remote object; a display unit that displays at least one of the image signal of the user object decoded by the decoder, and the image signal of the remote object decoded by the decoder; and a voice output unit that outputs at least one of the voice signal of the user object decoded by the decoder and the voice signal of the remote object decoded by the decoder, and outputs a voice guidance announcement based on the voice guidance instruction signal output by the controller.