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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Hiroaki Takatsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Komatsu, Kokubunji, JP;
Tatsuya Konishi, Kodaira, JP;
Takeshi Hoshino, Kokubunji, JP;
Seiji Toyoda, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoji Shibata, Yokosuka, JP;
Satoshi Endo, Fujisawa, JP;
Iwao Ishinabe, Koganei, JP;
Kiyoshi Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video conference system control section accepts reservation of a party with which a video conference is the to be held and a video conference date and time entered through a keying section, and stores the reservation contents in an information storage section and also sends them through a communication network transmitting-receiving section to an information center for registration. In response to the stored registration contents, the video conference system control section 109 controls a power unit and the communication network transmitting-receiving section to start up at least a part of the video conference system for calling the party with which the video conference is to be held and setting up a call between them before the video conference date and time.