Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kyuma Maruyama

Tatsuro Saitoh

Masao Kitamura

An apparatus for television conference is disclosed which includes a material picturing device and has a minimized overall size. A main camera device taking a picture of a conference, a main monitoring device outputting a picture and voice sound, a voice inputting device, a system controller and a keyboard device for inputting instructions are accommodated inside one cabinet. A manuscript table, for placing an object whose picture is to be sent to other terminals, is provided to the cabinet. A video camera device, which takes a picture of the object, is provided to the cabinet. A lighting device, which lights up the object on the manuscript table is also provided to the cabinet. The manuscript table, video camera device and lighting device are accommodated inside the cabinet when not in use.

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Atsugi, Japan

Kyuma Maruyama