Hitachi, Ltd.

Tomoki Kozono

Yoji Shibata

Kiyoshi Ishida

Iwao Ishinabe

Nobuyuki Matsuyama

Nobuyoshi Torii

Toshiaki Watanuki

Toshiyuki Sumida

Shuichi Ishiwata

A videoconference device connected to a general commercially available facsimile unit and having a function of sending/receiving a facsimile signal during communication. The videoconference device 1 has a facsimile connection terminal connected to a facsimile unit line connection terminal; a call unit for outputting a call signal for a general analog telephone; a 2W/4W convertor for converting a signal from a 2-line facsimile unit to a signal in a 4-line system where the sending and receiving of signals are separated; a voice band signal encode/decode unit for encoding/decoding a facsimile voice band signal; a power supply for supplying to the facsimile connection terminal a voltage/current which meets the standards of a general analog telephone set; a first current detector for detecting the flow of a current on the basis of supply power from the power supply; a first switching unit for selecting whether a signal from the facsimile connection terminal should be connected to the call unit or to a circuit composed of the power supply, 2W/4W converter, and first current detector; a videoconference control unit: and a multiplexing/demultiplexing control unit for multiplexing the encoded/decoded facsimile voice band signal with a video/voice signal and for demultiplexing the multiplexed signal into facsimile voice band signal, a video/voice signal.

Video conference device with facsimile function

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Yokohama, Japan

Tomoki Kozono