# US 10,484,604 B2 · Image management system, image management method, and computer program product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,604 B2 - Document ID: US10484604B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/153,877 - Filed: 2018-10-08 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-28 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Satoshi Taneichi; Takeshi Ito; Masanori Watanabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484604B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/765: Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus - H04N 1/00217: {only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP (communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00)} - H04N 1/32101: {Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title} - H04N 1/32776: {using an interactive, user-operated device, e.g. a computer terminal, mobile telephone (H04N1/32782, H04N1/32784 take precedence)} - H04N 5/2628: {Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation} - H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure} - H04N 21/2743: Video hosting of uploaded data from client - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) - H04N 21/4728: for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region - H04N 21/6587: Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection - H04N 21/8153: {comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image} - H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture - H04N 5/76: Television signal recording - H04N 2201/3226: of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image - H04N 2201/325: Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail - H04N 2201/3276: of a customised additional information profile, e.g. a profile specific to a user ID - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: circuitry configured to receive, from the second communication terminal, image data and predetermined area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data, the image data being a fully spherical panoramic image and the predetermined area in the image data being selected by a user of the second communication terminal and being a portion of the fully spherical panoramic image; wherein, the circuitry is configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, a request for the image data, the circuitry is configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data and the predetermined-area information, and the predetermined-area information causes the first communication terminal to display the predetermined area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image management system according to claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to store the image data and predetermined area information received from the second communication terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2) The image management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate thumbnail data from the predetermined area in the image data by using the image data received by the communication interface and the predetermined area indicated by the predetermined-area information, and wherein the circuitry transmits, to the first communication terminal, the generated thumbnail data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2) The image management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the circuitry receives, from the second communication terminal, comment data with regard to the image data as well as image identification information and the predetermined area information, and the circuitry transmits, to the first communication terminal, the comment data as well as link information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1, 2) The image management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the circuitry receives, from the second communication terminal, user identification information for identifying the user who uses the second communication terminal as well as image identification information and the predetermined area information, and the circuitry transmits, to the first communication terminal, the user identification information as well as link information. ### Claim 6 A method, implemented by an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal via a communication network, the method comprising: receiving, by circuitry of the image management system, from the second communication terminal, image data and predetermined area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data, the image data being a fully spherical panoramic image and the predetermined area in the image data being selected by a user of the second communication terminal and being a portion of the fully spherical panoramic image; receiving, by the circuitry, from the first communication terminal, a request for the image data; and transmitting, by the circuitry, to the first communication terminal, the image data and the predetermined-area information, and the predetermined-area information causes the first communication terminal to display the predetermined area. ### Claim 7 A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program which when executed by an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal via a communication network, causes the image management system to perform a method comprising: receiving, by circuitry of the image management system, from the second communication terminal, image data and predetermined area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data, the image data being a fully spherical panoramic image and the predetermined area in the image data being selected by a user of the second communication terminal and being a portion of the fully spherical panoramic image; receiving, by the circuitry, from the first communication terminal, a request for the image data; and transmitting, by the circuitry, to the first communication terminal, the image data and the predetermined-area information, and the predetermined-area information causes the first communication terminal to display the predetermined area.