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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoto Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobumasa Gingawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoto Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobumasa Gingawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes: an acquirer acquiring an image; a locator that, upon receiving coordinate information of a specified area being a part of a video displayed on an output device connected to the other apparatus, locates coordinates on the image corresponding to the coordinate information based on association information, in which coordinates on the video and coordinates on the image are associated; a cropping part that crops, from the image, an image of an area defined by the coordinates on the image; a controller that controls directionality of a microphone array including a plurality of microphones on the apparatus so that the directionality of one microphone related to the coordinates on the image is focused to a position indicated by the coordinate on the image; and a first transmission controller that controls transmitting output information containing the cropped image and voice captured with the controlled directionality to the other apparatus.