Image input apparatus such as digital cordless telephone having radio communication function for communicating with base station

摘要

An image input apparatus comprising: first communicating means for transmitting image data; second communicating means for performing voice communication; designating means for manually designating a start of a transmission of the image data by said first communication means or a voice communication by said second communicating means, while said first or second communication means is communicating another apparatus; and switching means for stopping a transmission of the image data by said first communicating means in response to a request for a start of a voice communication by said designating means while the image data is being transmitted by said first communicating means to a destination, and starting a voice communication by said second communication means to said destination.