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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Miwa Koshijima, Osaka, JP;
Michiaki Koizumi, Daito, JP;
Fumiaki Matsumoto, Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cellular phone includes, for the sake of privacy protection, a camera for outputting a pick up image in which an operator is photographed, a touch panel to accept designation of at least a partial region of the pick up image, and a control portion to determine a masked region to mask at least a part of the pick up image based on the accepted region, generate a composite image in which the masked region of the pick up image is converted to another image, and transmit the composite image.