Mobile telephone terminal apparatus having television telephone function

1. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus for exchanging an image, comprising:

imaging means for imaging an image;

detecting means for measuring a predetermined physical amount of an internal portion and a peripheral portion of the mobile telephone terminal apparatus;

image data converting means for at least changing a data amount of individual images imaged by the imaging means based on a detection result by the detecting means; and

communication means for sending image data created by the image data converting means to the other communicating party.

2. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting means detects a state of a receiving electric field strength of the mobile telephone terminal apparatus; and

wherein the image data converting means changes a data amount of the image imaged by the imaging means based on the receiving electric field strength information detected by the detecting means.

3. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting means detects a battery remaining amount; and

wherein the image data converting means changes a data amount of the image imaged by the imaging means based on a battery remaining amount detected by the detecting means.

4. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image data converting means includes at least one of number-of-pixels setting means for changing a number of pixels included in a moving picture by at least changing the number of pixels from a first predetermined number of pixels to a second predetermined number of pixels and number-of-frames setting means for changing a number of frames per unit time of the moving picture by at least changing the number of frames per unit time from a first predetermined number of frames per unit time to a second predetermined number of frames per unit time.

5. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising image data amount setting means for setting whether or not to operate at least one of the number-of-pixels setting means and the number-of-frames setting means.

6. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the image data amount setting means can set at least one of a number of constructing pixels, a number of frames per unit time and a transmission interval.

7. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising first display means for displaying whether or not at least one of the number-of-pixels setting means and the number-of-frames setting means is set.

8. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image data converting means includes at least one of the number-of-pixels setting means for changing a number of pixels constructing a still image by at least changing the number of pixels from a first predetermined number of pixels to a second predetermined number of pixels and the number-of-frames setting means for changing a transmission period of the still picture by at least changing the transmission period from a first predetermined transmission period to a second predetermined transmission period.

9. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising image data amount setting means for setting whether or not to operate at least one of the number-of-pixels setting means and the number-of-frames setting means.

10. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the image data amount setting means can set at least one of a number of constructing pixels, a number of frames and a transmission interval.

11. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising first display means for displaying whether or not at least one of the number-of-pixels setting means and the number-of-frames setting means has been set.

12. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging means is attached to the mobile telephone terminal apparatus removably through external connection means of the mobile telephone terminal apparatus.

13. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging means can communicate with the mobile telephone terminal apparatus through transmission means of the mobile telephone terminal apparatus.

14. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising second display means for displaying a received image, which is attached to the mobile telephone terminal apparatus removably through the external connection means of the mobile telephone terminal apparatus together with the imaging means.

15. A mobile telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising second display means for displaying a received image, which can communicate with the mobile telephone terminal apparatus through the transmission mean of the mobile telephone terminal apparatus together with the imaging means.