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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Koichi Tanno, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaharu Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tsukasa Uehara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A TV conference system, which enables a conference to be conducted between remotely located points, includes a plurality of terminal equipments disposed in the remotely located points for enabling information, such as image information and sound information, to be communicated from one of the remotely located points to another in real time, a controlling circuit for enabling the terminal equipment disposed in one of the remotely located points to be controlled from another, and an operation restricting circuit for restricting execution of a predetermined operation of the terminal equipment which can be operated under remote control. Accordingly, there is provided a TV conference system including an improvement which can provide good operability to a conference participant. In addition, the operability of the system is improved to a further extent by improving an image input apparatus.