Omnidirectional camera system with improved point of interest selection
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHideki Shiro, Kenichiro Morita, Hidekuni Annaka, Takeshi Homma, Takuya Soneda, Tomonori Aikawa, Takafumi Takeda
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Abstract
An image capturing device includes an imaging device and circuitry. The imaging device captures an image. The circuitry defines a point of interest in the image, converts the defined point of interest in accordance with attitude information of the image capturing device, and cuts out a viewable area from the image. The viewable area includes the converted point of interest.
Claims15
A communication terminal at a first site, the communication terminal comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- receive a spherical image captured by another communication terminal, which is not at the first site;
- determine whether a point of interest is specified by the other communication terminal;
- control, in a case that the circuitry determines that the point of interest is specified by the other communication terminal, a display to forcibly display a first image including the point of interest and to prohibit change of display away from the first image;
- and
- control, in a case that the circuitry determines that the point of interest is not specified by the other communication terminal, the display to display a second image including a predetermined area of the spherical image based on a user operation on the communication terminal at the first site.
A communication method for a communication terminal at a first site, the communication method comprising:
- receiving a spherical image captured by another communication terminal, which is not at the first site;
- determining whether a point of interest is specified by the other communication terminal;
- displaying, in a case that the determining indicates that the point of interest is specified by the other communication terminal, a first image including the point of interest and prohibiting change of display away from the first image;
- and
- displaying, in a case that the determining indicates that the point of interest is not specified by the other communication terminal, a second image including a predetermined area of the spherical image based on a user operation on the communication terminal at the first site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.