Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hidekuni Annaka

Kenichiro Morita

Takeshi Homma

Takafumi Takeda

Takuya Soneda

Mayu Hakata

Tomonori Aikawa

Yohhei Ohmura

Hideki Shiro

Hiroyuki Kanda

Yuya Akimoto

Kyohsuke Kaminushi

Daisuke Saitoh

Hiroshi Hinohara

Reiji Yukumoto

Aritaka Hagiwara

Yoko Sugiura

Kyoya Sawada

Takashi Hasegawa

Takeshi Horiuchi

Akinori Itoh

Shiori Ueda

An image communication system includes a first communication terminal including first circuitry and a second communication terminal including second circuitry. The first circuitry of the first communication terminal transmits, to the second communication terminal, first image data representing a first image and second image data representing a second image. The first circuitry of the first communication terminal transmits, to the second communication terminal, position information indicating a predetermined position on the first image. The second circuitry of the second communication terminal combines, based on the position information, the second image with the first image at the predetermined position on the first image to generate a combined image. The second circuitry of the second communication terminal displays, on a display, the combined image.

Communication terminal, image communication system, and display control method

A communication terminal including circuitry to: receive video data including a captured image, from a communication management server that manages the captured image of video data distributed from another communication terminal different from the communication terminal; determine whether any predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area of the captured image to be displayed during a reproduction time of the video data is stored in a memory; and control a display to display an image representing the predetermined area indicated by the predetermined-area information, based on a determination that the predetermined-area information is stored in the memory.

Communication terminal, image communication system, and method of displaying image

A display terminal comprising circuitry that displays a first predetermined-area image on a display screen, the first predetermined-area image representing a predetermined area in a first wide-view image having been captured at a given location on a first date and time; and displays a second predetermined-area image on the display screen, the second predetermined-area image being related to the predetermined area in a second wide-view image, the second wide-view image having captured at the given location on a second date and time different from the first date and time.

Display terminal, communication system, and display method

A management system for managing an event executed between a communication terminal used by a user and one or more devices is provided. The management system includes circuitry to receive an operation request for a device of the one or more devices from the communication terminal. The circuitry generates operation information associated with operation identification information and access information. The operation identification information identifies a device operation corresponding to the operation request. The access information is associated with the user and used to access external storage. The circuitry uploads data acquired by the device according to the device operation to the external storage using the access information associated with the generated operation information.

Management system, communication system, and information processing method

A system and a method, each of which: transmits video including a wide-view image having a wide angle of view to a communication terminal; and stores, in a predetermined storage destination, the wide-view image received from an image capturing apparatus that captures the wide-view image in response to an image capturing request, in association with point-of-view information for specifying a predetermined area of the wide-view image to be displayed, the predetermined area being designated at the communication terminal.

Information processing system, communication system, and image transmission method

An information processing system includes circuitry that: transmits video including a first wide-view image captured by an image capturing apparatus to each of a plurality of communication terminals; transmits an image capturing request to the image capturing apparatus in response to receiving a request for capturing the second wide-view image from a first communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals, the second wide-view image being captured by the image capturing apparatus in response to the image capturing request; and associates the second wide-view image received from the image capturing apparatus with point-of-view information indicating a predetermined area of the first wide-view image to be displayed, the predetermined area being designated at the first communication terminal.

Information processing system, communication system, and image sharing method

A display terminal includes: circuitry that receives an instruction to play back a wide-view image having a wide angle of view, the wide-view image being a moving image and having been recorded for distribution to a communication terminal; and in response to the instruction to play back the wide-view image, controls a display to display a predetermined-area image representing a predetermined area of the wide-view image, based on point-of-view information for specifying the predetermined area of the wide-view image being having been distributed and displayed at the communication terminal.

Display terminal, displaying method, and recording medium

A management system includes circuitry to receive an operation request for a specific device of one or more devices from a communication terminal used by a user for who user authentication has been successfully performed by a management system. The one or more devices and the communication terminal are communicating with each other to execute an event managed by the management system. The circuitry stores, in a memory, operation identification information and access information in association with each other. The operation identification information identifies a device operation associated with the operation request. The access information is associated with the user and used to access external storage. The circuitry uploads data acquired by the specific device according to the device operation corresponding to the operation identification information to the external storage using the access information associated with the operation identification information.

Management system, communication system, information processing method, and non-transitory recording medium

An image capturing device includes an imaging device and circuitry. The imaging device captures an image. The circuitry defines a point of interest in the image, converts the defined point of interest in accordance with attitude information of the image capturing device, and cuts out a viewable area from the image. The viewable area includes the converted point of interest.

Omnidirectional camera system with improved point of interest selection

A communication management device includes circuitry that: receives captured image data of a captured image obtained by an image capturing device and time-series information representing a date and time associated with predetermined area information, the predetermined area information representing a predetermined area and is transmitted by a communication terminal that displays a predetermined area image of the predetermined area; and transmits, to the communication terminal, converted predetermined area image data obtained through perspective projection conversion based on the received captured image data and the received time-series information.

Communication management device, image communication system, communication management method, and recording medium

A communication management apparatus for communicating with a communication terminal, including circuitry that receives from the communication terminal pieces of designated-position information transmitted, each indicating a corresponding one of a plurality of designated positions in an area where the plurality of image capturing devices are provided, and transmits to the communication terminal identification information of a shareable image capturing device and pieces of predetermined-area information of the shareable image capturing device, the shareable image capturing device being an image capturing device for which distances from any two designated positions among the plurality of designated positions indicated by the pieces of designated-position information are shortest and which is capable of sharing images of the two designated positions, each of the pieces of predetermined-area information of the shareable image capturing device indicating a predetermined area in which a corresponding one of the two designated positions is viewed at the front.

Communication management apparatus, image communication system, communication management method, and recording medium

A communication terminal including circuitry 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.

Communication terminal, image communication system, and method for displaying image

A communication management apparatus includes circuitry to receive from a communication terminal predetermined-position information indicating a predetermined position in an area where a 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 and second predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area including the predetermined position in an image captured by a second image capturing device, the first image capturing device being arranged at a shortest distance from the predetermined position, and the second image capturing device being arranged such that an angle between the second and the first image capturing devices is closest to an angle obtained by dividing the area in accordance with the number of divisions.

An image communication system includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The first communication terminal acquires an image captured by an image capturing device. The second communication terminal receives the image from the first communication terminal via a network, and displays the image on a screen of a display. The first communication terminal includes first circuitry that, in response to receipt of an operation of switching a view mode related to viewing of the image, transmits the image and first viewable area information to the second communication terminal. The first viewable area information is related to a viewable area of the image to be displayed on the screen. The second communication terminal includes second circuitry that receives the image and the first viewable area information and displays the viewable area of the image on the screen based on the first viewable area information.

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