Maxell, Ltd.

Hitachi Maxell, Limited

Hitachi, Ltd.

Setiawan Bondan

Manabu Sasamoto

Hiroki Mizosoe

Kazunori Iwabuchi

Mutsumi Shimoda

Takashi Matsubara

Takeshi Hoshino

Tatsuya Tokunaga

Isshu Nakajima

Kazumi Matsumoto

Takahiko Nozoe

A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network.

Television receiver with a TV phone function

Communication apparatus and method for receiving an inbound videophone call notice while displaying digital information on the display

Communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving digital information to and from another communication apparatus

Digital information apparatus and method for receiving an inbound videophone call notice while displaying digital information on display

A screen is provided on a housing in such a manner that the screen protrudes toward its nearer side, and is inclined so that the nearer side becomes lower. This screen displays thereon a first hierarchy menu for indicating an arrangement of genre pictures, a second hierarchy menu for indicating an arrangement of commodity pictures, and a map image for indicating a map of the sales counters. A user brings his or her hand tip nearer to this screen. This operation allows a double-ring pointer to be displayed at a position which corresponds to the spatial position or direction of the user's hand tip relative to the screen. On this screen, the user is permitted to change the position of this double-ring pointer by performing a gesture of changing the spatial position or direction of the user's hand tip.

Image display apparatus

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Yamato, Japan

Setiawan Bondan