US 11,736,802 B2
Communication management apparatus, image communication system, communication management method, and recording medium
Hidekuni Annaka, Saitama (JP); Kenichiro Morita, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa (JP); Kyohsuke Kaminushi, Kanagawa (JP); Tomonori Aikawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuya Akimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Hidekuni Annaka, Saitama (JP); Kenichiro Morita, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa (JP); Kyohsuke Kaminushi, Kanagawa (JP); Tomonori Aikawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuya Akimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,442.
Claims priority of application No. JP2020-166189 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103751 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication management apparatus for communicating with a communication terminal configured to display images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the communication management apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive, from the communication terminal, predetermined position information indicating a predetermined position in an area where the plurality of image capturing devices are provided and number-of-division information indicating the number of divisions for dividing the area from the predetermined position; and
transmit, to the communication terminal, first predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a first image capturing device among the plurality of image capturing devices, and second predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a second image capturing device among the plurality of image capturing devices,
the first image capturing device being arranged at a shortest distance from the predetermined position corresponding to the predetermined position information, and
the second image capturing device being arranged such that an angle between the second image capturing device and the first image capturing device is closest to an angle obtained by dividing the area in accordance with the number of divisions indicated by the number-of-division information.