Communication apparatus and method

Details Communication apparatus and method Communication apparatus and method

2007-06-19

2007-06-19

Ramakrishnaiah, Melur (Department: 2614)

Television

Two-way video and voice communication

Conferencing

C348S014010, C348S014110

Reexamination Certificate

active

10843419

ABSTRACT:
A communication apparatus includes an image sensing unit, voice recognition unit, keyword detection unit, auxiliary image selection unit, input image selector switch, and transmission unit. The image sensing unit senses a camera image. The voice recognition unit recognizes a phrase from input voice. The keyword detection unit detects coincidence between a registered keyword and the phrase output from the voice recognition unit. The auxiliary image selection unit selects a specific auxiliary image associated with the registered keyword in response to a coincidence detection output from the keyword detection unit. In response to the coincidence detection output, the input image selector switch selectively outputs one of the camera image output from the image sensing unit and an image containing the auxiliary image output from the auxiliary image selection unit. The transmission unit transmits the input voice and the image output from the input image selector switch. A communication method is also disclosed.

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