US Patent 7986920 Image communication apparatus

An image communication apparatus which can keep any deterioration in picture quality of an image down to the minimum level and which can perform transmission of an image signal of one frame within a predetermined time even in the case where the communication state becomes poor is provided. An imaging module 101 picks up an image of an object to generate an image signal. An image data thinning unit 102 generates an image signal in which data amount is reduced on color space from an image signal which has been generated by the imaging module 101. A communication unit 104 transmits an image signal and receives communication state information indicating a communication state which has been transmitted from the receiving device. A control unit 103 controls the image data thinning unit 102 on the basis of the received communication state information.