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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1994
Hiroyuki Yatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communicating apparatus comprises a display unit, an input unit for inputting a dial number, an instruction unit for instructing a change in volume, and a control unit for controlling the display unit so as to display the dial number inputted by the input unit, wherein the control unit controls the display unit so as to display the kind of sound and the volume in place of the dial number in accordance with an instruction of the instruction unit. The control unit includes a generation unit for generating a plurality of kinds of sounds by a plurality of volumes. The control unit controls the display unit so as to display a message indicating that a volume of a ringing tone is being displayed and the volume of the ringing tone in accordance with an instruction by the instruction unit during the ringing.