US 11,743,590 B2
Communication terminal, image communication system, and method for displaying image
Kenichiro Morita, Tokyo (JP); Hidekuni Annaka, Saitama (JP); Tomonori Aikawa, Kanagawa (JP); Yuya Akimoto, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa (JP); and Kyohsuke Kaminushi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kenichiro Morita, Tokyo (JP); Hidekuni Annaka, Saitama (JP); Tomonori Aikawa, Kanagawa (JP); Yuya Akimoto, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa (JP); and Kyohsuke Kaminushi, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,886.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-157198 (JP), filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094850 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [H04N 1/00204 (2013.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 1/00129 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication terminal comprising circuitry configured to:
receive images captured by a plurality of image capturing devices in a distribution site;
accept designation of a point of interest in the distribution site by a user;
acquire predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the designated point of interest, the predetermined area being included in an image captured by a specific image capturing device selected based on a position of the point of interest and positions of the image capturing devices; and
display a predetermined-area image based on the acquired predetermined-area information, the predetermined-area image being an image of the predetermined area in the image captured by the specific image capturing device,
wherein the circuitry receives position information of the plurality of image capturing devices, the position information being stored in a communication management system, and
wherein the communication terminal further:
selects a specific image capturing device among the plurality of image capturing devices, based on the position of the point of interest and the positions of the plurality of image capturing devices; and
generates the predetermined-area information indicating the predetermined area in an image captured by the specific image capturing device, and
wherein the circuitry selects, as the specific image capturing device, an image capturing device closest to the point of interest for each of a plurality of areas of the distribution site, the distribution site being divided into the plurality of areas centered on the position of the point of interest.