Patent ID: 8427390

Claim:
A space-dividing apparatus comprising: a division plate section for dividing a space; an image display element arranged on said division plate section at a front surface side ; an image pickup element mounted on said division plate section at a back surface side; and a remote controller for controlling the image display element and the image pickup element wirelessly, and a pedestal element having a step-wise configuration for accepting the image display element when the image display element is detached from the division plate section, wherein the pedestal element includes an antenna element for receiving a broadcast signal, a speaker, and a remote-control photoreceptor section, wherein a user of the space-dividing apparatus aligns an imaging direction of the image pickup element with a direction of a line of sight of the user by using a single button of the remote controller, and the direction of the line of sight of the user is substantially parallel with a straight line determined by a position of the user and a position of the image pickup element, and wherein the division plate section includes a box-shaped member connected with a lock section by both a toggle lock member and a spring coil for securing the image display element with the division plate section, wherein the toggle lock member includes a cylindrical section having a groove formed in an inner surface of the cylindrical section and a columnar section inserted into the cylindrical section, wherein the columnar section has a protrusion formed on an outer surface of the columnar section, the protrusion being fit to the groove and allowing the columnar section to move vertically in the cylindrical section, wherein the spring coil is arranged between the top plate of the box-shaped member and the lock section, wherein the spring coil always urges the lock section downward, and wherein at least an image due to a video signal obtained through imaging by said image pickup element can be displayed on said image display element.