Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kei Kushimoto

Satoshi Mitsui

Kohichi Nishide

Tomotoshi Sato

Takuji Nomura

Hirohisa Inamoto

Yusuke Fukuoka

Tadayoshi Nakatani

Takuya Imai

A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.

Service system, information processing apparatus, and service providing method

An information processing apparatus for processing an image includes circuitry unit and a communication interface. The circuitry acquires identification information to identify a set of one or more objects to be imaged by an imaging device according to a predetermined imaging sequence. The communication interface transmits at least one image of the set of one or more objects that is captured by the imaging device in association with the identification information, to a management device.

Information processing system to obtain and manage images of a property

There is provided a content provision system including an information processing apparatus and a terminal device wherein the information processing apparatus provides a content that includes images respectively captured at discrete capturing locations to the terminal device, the information processing apparatus comprising: a retrieving unit configured to retrieve the content and a position information item associated with the content; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the content and the position information item to the terminal device; the terminal device comprising: a reception unit configured to receive the content and the position information item; and a content reproduction unit configured to reproduce the content by selecting an image to be displayed and displaying a partial area of the selected image, the displayed partial area being extracted from the selected image to show a view in a direction of the designated position for at least one of the images.

Content provision system, information processing apparatus and content reproduction method

A transmission terminal communicates contents data with a counterpart transmission terminal through a first session, and transmits management data to a management system through a second session. When a predetermined event that may prevent or interrupt communication with a user at the counterpart terminal is detected, the transmission terminal obtains countermeasure data, and transmits the countermeasure data to the management system through the second session.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kei Kushimoto