Image communication apparatus

Claim 2

An image transmission apparatus comprising: generation means for continuously generating a laterally inverted source image signal by photoelectrically converting a source image; display means for displaying the source image with keeping a laterally inverted state of the source image, on the basis of the source image signal, said display means being adapted to renew the display according to the source image continuously generated by said generation means; and transmission means for executing an image transmission by further laterally inverting the laterally inverted source image.

Claim 3

An image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said generation means comprises a television camera.

Claim 4

An image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission means is adapted to transmit an image to a communication line.

Claim 5

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image displaying direction of said display means is a standard direction, and an image generating direction of said direction means is a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 6

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said generation means generates the source image signal by scanning the source image in an inverted direction of a standard direction, and said display means displays the source image by scanning a display medium in the standard direction.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission means further comprises memory means for storing therein the laterally inverted source image signal, and said transmission means reads the image signal from said memory means such that the laterally inverted source image is laterally inverted.

Claim 8

An image reception apparatus comprising: image pickup means for picking up a source image; reception means for receiving a reception image; and display means for displaying the source image laterally inverted and the reception image not laterally inverted, wherein said reception means further comprises memory means for storing therein the reception image, said reception means transfers the reception image from said memory means to said display means such that a display of the reception image is not laterally inverted, an image pickup direction of said image pickup means is a laterally inverted direction of an image displaying direction of said display means, and said image pickup means transfers the source image to said display means without passing the source image through said memory means.

Claim 9

An image reception apparatus comprising: image pickup means for picking up a source image; reception means for receiving a reception image; and display means for displaying the source image laterally inverted and the reception image not laterally inverted, wherein said reception means further comprises memory means for storing therein the reception image, said reception means transfers the reception image from said memory means to said display means such that a display of the reception image is not laterally inverted, an image pickup direction of said image pickup means is a laterally inverted direction of an image displaying direction of said display means, and said image pickup means transfers the source image to said display means without passing the source image through said memory means.

Claim 10

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said image pickup means is adapted to continuously pick up the source image, and said display means is adapted to renew the display according to the image continuously picked up by said image pickup mean.

Claim 11

An image reception apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said reception means is adapted to receive an image from a communication line.

Claim 12

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein an image displaying direction of said display means is a standard direction, and an image pickup direction of said image pickup means is a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 13

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein an image pickup direction of said image pickup means is a standard direction, and an image displaying direction of said display means is a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 14

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said reception means reads the reception image from said memory means with laterally inverting the reception image.

Claim 15

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said image pickup means includes a television camera.

Claim 16

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said image pickup means picks up the source image by scanning the source image, said display means displays the image by scanning a display medium, and a scan direction of said image pickup means is a laterally inverted direction of a scan direction of said display means.

Claim 17

An image reception apparatus comprising: image pickup means for generating a source image signal by picking up a source image; reception means for receiving a reception iamge signal representing a reception image; and display means for displaying a laterally inverted image on the basis of the image signal provided from said image pickup means and said reception means, wherein said reception means further comprises memory means for storing therein the reception image signal, said reception means reads the image signal such that the reception image is laterally inverted, and said reception means provides the read image signal to said display means, and said image pickup means provides the reception image signal to said display means without passing the reception image signal through said memory means.

Claim 18

An image reception apparatus comprising: image pickup means for generating a source image signal by picking up a source image; reception means for receiving a reception iamge signal representing a reception image; and display means for displaying a laterally inverted image on the basis of the image signal provided from said image pickup means and said reception means, wherein said reception means further comprises memory means for storing therein the reception image signal, said reception means reads the image signal such that the reception image is laterally inverted, and said reception means provides the read image signal to said display means, and said image pickup means provides the reception image signal to said display means without passing the reception image signal through said memory means.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said image pickup means includes a television camera.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said reception means receives the reception image signal over a communication line.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said display means displays the laterally inverted image by scanning a display medium in an inverted direction of a standard direction.

Claim 22

An image transmission apparatus comprising: generation means for generating an analog source image signal by photoelectrically converting an image; transmission means for transmitting the image on the basis of the analog source image signal, wherein said transmission means further comprises digitizing means for digitizing the analog source image signal and executes a transmission process according to the digitized source image signal such that the image is not inverted; and display means for displaying the laterally inverted image, in accordance with the analog source image signal which is not yet digitized by said digitizing means.

Claim 23

An image transmission apparatus comprising: generation means for generating an analog source image signal by photoelectrically converting an image; transmission means for transmitting the image on the basis of the analog source image signal, wherein said transmission means further comprises digitizing means for digitizing the analog source image signal and executes a transmission process according to the digitized source image signal such that the image is not inverted; and display means for displaying the laterally inverted image, in accordance with the analog source image signal which is not yet digitized by said digitizing means.

Claim 24

An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said generation means includes a television camera.

Claim 25

An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said transmission means transmits the image over a communication line.

Claim 26

An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said transmission means transmits the image by modulating the image according to the digitized source image signal.

Claim 27

An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said generation means generates the analog source image signal by scanning the image, said display means displays the image by scanning a display medium, and a scan direction of said generation means is a laterally inverted direction of a scan direction of said display means.

Claim 28

An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said generation means scans the image in a standard direction, and said display means scans the display medium in a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 29

An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said display means scans the display medium in a standard direction, and said generation means scans the image in a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 30

An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said transmission means further comprises memory means for storing therein the digitized source image signal, and the signal is read from said transmission means such that the image is laterally inverted.

Claim 31

An image transmission apparatus comprising: generation means for generating a source image signal by photoelectrically converting a source iamge; display means for displaying the laterally inverted source image; and transmission means for transmitting the source image signal such that the source image is not laterally inverted, wherein said transmission means further comprises memory means for storing therein the source image signal according to a key operation by an operator, said transmission means transmits the source image signal read from said memory means, and said display means receives the source image signal from said generation means without passing the source image signal through said memory means.

Claim 32

An image transmission apparatus comprising: generation means for generating a source image signal by photoelectrically converting a source iamge; display means for displaying the laterally inverted source image; and transmission means for transmitting the source image signal such that the source image is not laterally inverted, wherein said transmission means further comprises memory means for storing therein the source image signal according to a key operation by an operator, said transmission means transmits the source image signal read from said memory means, and said display means receives the source image signal from said generation means without passing the source image signal through said memory means.

Claim 33

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said generation means includes a television camera.

Claim 34

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said generation means generates the image signal by scanning the source image, said display means displays the source image by scanning a display medium, and a scan direction of said generation means is a laterally inverted direction of a scan direction of said display means.

Claim 35

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said generation means scans the image in a standard direction, and said display means scans the display medium in a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 36

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said display means scans the display medium in a standard direction, and said generation means scans the image in a laterally inverted direction of the standard direction.

Claim 37

An apparatus according to claim 27, where said transmission means further comprises memory means for storing therein the digitize source image signal, and the signal is read from said transmission means such that the image is laterally inverted.

Claim 38

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said transmission means transmits the image over a communication line.