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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1998
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image and voice communication system of the present invention has an image display element and a voice output element which are suitable for image and voice communication, and further includes a character image setting element capable of imaginatively setting a character image to be displayed on the image display element; a change command receive element for receiving from a communication mate a command signal for changing the character image; a character change element for changing the character image according to the command signal; and an element for causing the display element to display a character image changed by the character change element by supplying the changed character image to the display element.