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Multi-media communication apparatus

US5414457A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 1991
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S379/908
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image information associated with a distant station, an instruction unit for instructing a read operation of image information stored in the storage unit, a display unit for reading out and displaying a plurality of pieces of image information instructed by the instruction unit, and a communication control unit for generating a call to one of distant stations corresponding to the pieces of image information displayed on the display unit.

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