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`TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH A TV PHONE FUNCTION
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`INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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`This application is a Continuation of U.S. Application No. 15/631,298, filed
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`June 23, 2017, which is a Continuation of U.S. Application No. 15/215 ,839,
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`filed July 21, 2016, now U.S. Patent No. 9,723,268 which is a
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`Continuation of U.S. Application No. 14/811,048, filed July 28, 2015, now
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,432,618, which is a Continuation of U.S. Application
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`No. 13/723,312, filed December 21, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 9,124,758,
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`which is a Continuation of U.S. Application No. 12/457,257, filed June 4, 2009,
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`now U.S. Patent No. 8,363,087. The present application claims priority from
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`U.S. Application No. 12/457,257 filed June 4, 2009, now U.S. Patent No.
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`8,363,087, which claims priority from Japanese application JP2008-246232 filed
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`on September 25, 2008, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`Field of the Invention
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`The present technology relates to a television (TV) receiver set with TV phone
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`functionality added thereto, which is arranged to have a video telephone call enabling means to
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`thereby make it possible to perform video/voice-based telecommunication with another
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`machine. This technology also relates to a TV phone system using videophone function-added
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`TV receivers of this type.
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`Description of the Related Art
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`A telephone communication system and TV broadcast system are independently
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`established systems. Traditionally, a telephone equipment and TV receiver set
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`telephone receives an incoming call and generates a ring
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`A technique for avoiding this risk is disclosed,
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`in JP—A—5—56l90. With this technique, a
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`telephone is communicatively connected by a signal
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`:ransmission line to a JV receiver, wherein the TV
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`receiver is arranged so that upon receipt o; an incoming
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`call at the telephone,
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`a video telephone apparatus is
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`also known, which is arranged to enable a user to rake a
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`phone call with a distant party at the other end of a line
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`by transmission and reception o: video images and voices.
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`microphone,
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`loudspeaker and image display device and is
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`video and voice signals that are obtained by the camera
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`videophone, and display this video by the image display
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`videophone, a video image and voice are subjected to
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`simultaneously performing expansion processing (decoding)
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`In ;he prior known technique as disclosed in JP—
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`the TV receiver and the videophone are arranged
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`independently o: each other. Upon receipt of an incoming
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`lO telephone call at the videophone during watching a TV
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`broadcast program by the TV receiver, a message which
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`receiver's display screen so that a user easily knows that
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`troublesome work :or :he user who is watching his or her
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`completion (e.g., putZing a transceiver handse: on a base
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`traditionally, when there is an
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`incoming phone call during watching a TV broadcast program
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`by TV receiver,
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`receiver with TV function(referred to as videophone
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`lO function—added TV receiver hereafter) set having
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`receiver at the other end of a communication line, wherein
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`the videophone function—added TV receiver is characterized
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`by having a decoder which decodes a received digital
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`broadcast program signal and videophone signal, a display
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`by the decoder and which visua'ly displays it on a screen,
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`a loudspeaker module to which is supplied an audio/voice
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`signal which is decoded by the decoder, a camera, a
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`microphone, and an encoder which encodes output signals of
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`which generates a videophone signal to be transmitted for
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`videophone communications and a means for detecting
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