US 12,256,148 B2
Information processing system, communication system, and image sharing method
Takeshi Homma, Hyogo (JP); Hidekuni Annaka, Saitama (JP); and Daisuke Saitoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Takeshi Homma, Hyogo (JP); Hidekuni Annaka, Saitama (JP); and Daisuke Saitoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,949.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-025086 (JP), filed on Feb. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269482 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/698 (2023.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system comprising:
an image capturing apparatus configured to capture a first wide-view image having a wide angle of view; and
an information processing system configured to transmit video including the first wide- view image captured by the image capturing apparatus to each of a plurality of communication terminals, the plurality of communication terminal including a first communication terminal,
the information processing system including
system circuitry configured to transmit an image capturing request to the image capturing apparatus in response to receiving a request for capturing a second wide-view image from the first communication terminal,
the image capturing apparatus including
an imaging device configured to capture the second wide-view image in response to the image capturing request for capturing a second wide-view image,
the system circuitry being configured to:
associate the second wide-view image with point-of-view information for specifying a predetermined area of the first wide-view image to be displayed, the predetermined area being designated at the first communication terminal,
wherein:
the plurality of communication terminals further include a second communication terminal,
the system circuitry is configured to:
receive, from the first communication terminal, point-of-view information designated for the first wide-view image by the first communication terminal, with the request for capturing the second wide-view image; and
transmit, to the image capturing apparatus, the point-of-view information and storage destination information having a form of a uniform resource locator (“URL”), with the request for capturing the second wide-view image, and
the image capturing apparatus further includes apparatus circuitry configured to store the second wide-view image and the point-of-view information in a storage destination indicated by the storage destination information which is in the form of the URL.