Information processing device including an image transmission control function

1. An information processing device, comprising:

an image pickup unit that picks up an image including a facial image of a speaker;

a transmission unit that transmits a picked-up image;

a reception unit that receives an image including a facial image picked up by a communication counterpart device;

a display unit that displays a received image;

a transmission control unit that inhibits transmission of the image including the facial image picked up by the image pickup unit included in an own device in a case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device;

a first control signal receiving unit that receives a first control signal transmitted from the communication counterpart device in the case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device; and

a second control signal receiving unit that receives a second control signal transmitted from the communication counterpart device in a case where the facial image is picked up by the communication counterpart device after the first control signal is transmitted,

wherein the case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device comprises a case where the first control signal is received,

wherein by using as a condition that the first control signal receiving unit has received the first control signal transmitted from the communication counterpart device, the transmission control unit inhibits the transmission of the image including the facial image picked up by the image pickup unit included in the own device, and

wherein the transmission control unit lifts the inhibition of the transmission of the image including the facial image picked up by the image pickup unit included in the own device by using as a condition that the second control signal is received.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a face detection unit that detects that the facial image is included in the image picked up by the image pickup unit included in the own device; and a first control signal transmitting unit that transmits the first control signal when the face detection unit does not detect that the facial image is included in the picked-up image.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising a second control signal transmitting unit that transmits the second control signal when the face detection unit detects that the facial image is included in the picked-up image after the first control signal is transmitted.

4. A non-transitory readable medium recorded with a program that causes an information processing device to execute processing comprising:

picking up an image including a facial image of a speaker;

transmitting the picked-up image;

receiving an image including a facial image picked up by a communication counterpart device;

displaying the received image;

inhibiting transmission of the image including the facial image picked up by the picking up in an own device in a case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device; and

receiving a first control signal transmitted from the communication counterpart device in the case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device;

receiving a second control signal transmitted from the communication counterpart device in a case where the facial image is picked up by the communication counterpart device after the first control signal is transmitted, and

lifting the inhibition of the transmission of the image including the facial image picked up by the picking up in the own device by using as a condition that the second control signal is received,

wherein the case where the facial image is not being picked up by the communication counterpart device comprises a case where the first control signal is received, and

wherein by using as a condition that the receiving the first control signal has received the first control signal transmitted from the communication counterpart device, the inhibiting inhibits the transmission of the image including the facial image picked up by the picking up in the own device.