US 11,991,477 B2
Output control apparatus, display terminal, remote control system, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Atsushi Itoh, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,079.
Application 17/563,079 is a division of application No. 16/935,265, filed on Jul. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,228,737.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-141212 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2019; and application No. 2019-141328 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124288 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 13/117 (2018.01); H04N 13/183 (2018.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/181 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 13/117 (2018.05); H04N 13/183 (2018.05); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A display terminal communicable with a communication apparatus including an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a subject, the communication apparatus being provided in a mobile object located at a remote site, the display terminal comprising:
circuitry configured to
receive, from the mobile object, state information indicating a movement state of the mobile object;
receive a wide-angle image captured by the image capturing device of the communication apparatus;
transmit, to the mobile object, a request for changing an image quality of the wide-angle image, based on the received state information of the mobile object;
control a display to display an area of the wide-angle image, the wide-angle image being represented as a solid sphere in a three-dimensional virtual space;
change a position of a virtual camera, provided at a position of a viewpoint from which the wide-angle image is viewed, in accordance with movement of an external input device coupled to the display terminal to change the area displayed on the display;
generate a display image in which an object image, indicating a position of the mobile object, is superimposed on the wide-angle image;
locate the object image at a center position of the three-dimensional virtual space; and
control the display to display the display image, wherein
the circuitry generates the display image as being viewed from the virtual camera which is at a position away from the center position.