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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eiji Imaeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 14 ; 379 9309 ; 379 9317 ; 386 83 ;
Abstract
At the start of a communication, a video and audio output other than the communication is automatically turned off. When a handset is off-hooked or the operation to start the communication is performed by an operation apparatus, a communication control circuit switches a change-over switch to an a contact and turns off a disconnecting switch. When the handset is on-hooked or the operation to finish the communication is executed by the operation apparatus, the communication control circuit switches the change-over switch to a b contact and turns on the disconnecting switch.