摘要 |
PURPOSE:To select the transmission of a background picture or the transmission of a background color by providing a means sending a picture replaced into an optical background color to the telephone set when a no-background mode is selected by a background selection means. CONSTITUTION:When a background pickup button 6 is depressed while a television telephone set is installed, an image pickup camera 2 picks up the background and displayed on a display device 4, and when the button 6 is detached, the video image is stored in a background picture memory and the display goes off. When a phone call comes or is sent, the phone call is made to an opposite party and when a picture is sent, the picture transmission is started by selecting the normal mode or the no-background (selection of background). In this case, when the normal mode is selected, the picture picked up by the camera as it is sent, and when the no-background mode is selected, the picture the same as the content of the background picture memory is replaced into the designated background color and the picture different from the content of the background picture memory is sent as it is. |