Video telecommunication system

The present invention relates to an image communication system to handle and control communication by separating the object and the background when the mail (video distribution), transmission and reception accompanying the image communication or video to accompany the image communication system, in particular voice. The present invention means for transmitting and receiving process means for separating the object (person) and the background from the original image and the means for the source combined with the background and the other background objects in the image, a synthesized image as the new background for the image communication an image communication system which comprises including, the background scene separation means and the background scene synthesis means are all located in the terminal, or both located on a server, or background scene separation means is located in the terminal background scene synthesis means can be located in a server that features a. Of the present invention at the time of image communication, such as transmission of video telephone or video e-mail the image communication system is put to the background scene separation means for separating a background in an original image, the selected background by the designation of the user's selection or a server from the background database objects and synthesizing and transmits the image to the background of the new party.