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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiji Nagao, Ebina, JP;
Yoshikazu Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 15 ; 348 17 ; 348 19 ; 348 14 ; 37910202 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling TV conference communication devices having exchanges of moving picture images therebetween through a network includes sending first moving-picture-image parameters from one of the TV conference communication devices to at least another one of the TV conference communication devices during the exchanges, wherein the first moving-picture-image parameters include information indicating quality of the moving picture images, and transmitting the moving picture images from the at least another one of the TV conference communication devices by using the first moving-picture-image parameters.