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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoto Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobumasa Gingawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Miku Hakamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoto Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobumasa Gingawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Miku Hakamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes: an area dividing unit that divides, of an output image which is an image that the communication apparatus has output and includes at least a shot image obtained by shooting the surroundings of another communication apparatus which communicates with the communication apparatus, a display area indicating an area where the shot image is displayed into as many unit areas as the number of people captured in the shot image; a transmission control unit that controls transmitting coordinate information which indicates, of the output image, a unit area corresponding to a position pointed by a user to the other communication apparatus; and an output control unit that, when the communication apparatus has received output information including a voice subjected to directivity control according to, of the shot image, an area corresponding to the coordinate information from the other communication apparatus, controls outputting the received output information.