VIDEOPHONE DEVICE

摘要

A videophone device which changes the directions of a picked-up image and a displayed image according to the directions of an imaging unit and a display unit to always transmit or display a proper image, wherein the imaging unit (1) outputs image data of a picked-up object to a transmission image rotating unit (3). The transmission image rotating unit (3) rotates the picked-up image until the upper side in the vertical direction of the imaging unit (1) coincides with the upper side of an image to be transmitted to the destination based on the vertical direction of the imaging unit (1) detected by an image vertical direction detector (2), and creates an image signal. The image signal received from the sending side is demodulated to be output to a reception image rotating unit (5). The reception image rotating unit (5) rotates the received image until the upper side of the image coincides with the upper side in the vertical direction of the display unit (6) based on the vertical direction of the imaging unit (1) detected by the detector (2), that is, based on the direction of the display unit (6).