Patent ID: 7079274

Claim:
A communication terminal device, comprising: first codec means for coding and decoding image data, the first codec means having prescribed communication ability; second codec means for coding and decoding image data, the second codec means having communication ability lower than the prescribed communication ability of the first codec means; image reading means for reading a prescribed image and converting the read image into image data; image printing means for printing an image of image data; and control means for starting calling of communication, wherein when the image is read by the image reading means and the converted image data is coded by the first codec means, or when coded image data is decoded by the first codec means and an image of the decoded image data is printed by the image printing means, if a calling demand of communication is generated, the control means starts calling of the communication after waiting for processing completion of the coding or the decoding by the first codec means, and wherein when the image is read by the image reading means and the converted image data is coded by the first codec means, or when the coded image data is decoded by the first codec means and the image of the decoded image data is printed by the image printing means, if the calling demand of the communication is generated and a mode for giving priority to calling of communication has been set, the second codec means is used for coding image data to be transmitted.