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Patent No.:

US 9699366 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2015

Image providing apparatus, image display device, imaging system, image display system, and image providing method in which composite image data is generated using auxiliary image data generated by at least one auxiliary imaging unit

Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akinobu Sato, Hachioji, JP;

Saori Matsumoto, Hino, JP;

Keito Fukushima, Mitaka, JP;

Hiroki Amino, Akiruno, JP;

Takashi Hamada, Hachioji, JP;

Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:

John C. Pokotylo

Straub & Pokotylo

Primary Examiner:

Twyler Haskins

Assistant Examiner:

Akshay Trehan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 9/79 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/3415 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 9/79 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image providing apparatus includes: a plurality of auxiliary imaging units that have shooting ranges partially overlapping one another, and each of which images a subject to generate auxiliary image data; a provider communication unit; a provider communication control unit that receives, from the portable device, via the provider communication unit, transmission request information requesting the image providing apparatus to transmit composite image data; and an image synthesizing unit that generates, based on the transmission request information, composite image data by combining the auxiliary image data respectively generated by two or more of the plurality of auxiliary imaging units. The provider communication control unit transmits, via the provider communication unit, the composite image data to the portable device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sato, Akinobu. (2017). Image providing apparatus, image display device, imaging system, image display system, and image providing method in which composite image data is generated using auxiliary image data generated by at least one auxiliary imaging unit (U.S. Patent No. 9699366). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9699366

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