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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2011
Tatsunobu Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Katsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kagawa, Saitama, JP;
Hirofumi Yuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsunobu Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Katsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kagawa, Saitama, JP;
Hirofumi Yuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided a communication device capable of improving a decline in the usability caused by an angle of view of a camera. The communication device includes: a camera capturing a picture; an information processing section detecting a face image from the picture captured by the camera, to generate a partial picture including the detected face image; a transmitting section encoding the partial picture to generate encoded data, and transmitting the encoded data to a counterpart; and a first receiving section receiving data transmitted from the counterpart, and decoding the received data to generate a picturephone picture.