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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Hiroaki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoto Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobumasa Gingawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoto Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobumasa Gingawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for transmitting image data to an information terminal, the information processing apparatus being capable of performing communication with the information terminal via a network is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine persons from the image data captured by an imaging unit; a speaker estimating unit configured to estimate a speaker among the persons captured in the image data; a measurement unit configured to measure a speech time of the speaker estimated by the speaker estimating unit; an acquisition unit configured to obtain from the image data, based on the speech time measured by the measurement unit, a speaker image including the speaker that continuously speaks for a certain duration; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the speaker image obtained by the acquisition unit to the information terminal.