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US 2012/0233553 A1Published application
Providing position information in a collaborative environment
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorJohn Barrus
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Abstract
In systems that enable collaboration, techniques are provided for communicating and displaying positional information with respect to these systems so as to enhance the collaborative experience. The systems may include interactive whiteboard (IWB) systems participating in a collaborative session. The position of an object (e.g., a user) at a first IWB system may be tracked and displayed at a second IWB system located remotely from the first IWB system.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- generating, by a first system, an image indicative of a position of a first object with respect to a second object;
- generating, by the first system, a first signal comprising the image and digital information corresponding to written information captured at the first system;
- and
- communicating the first signal from the first system to a second system for enabling display of the digital information and the image at the second system.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first system, a signal comprising an image and digital information, wherein the digital information is a digital representation of information captured at a second system remotely located from the first system, and wherein the image is indicative of a position of a first object with respect to a second object;
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- displaying, by the first system, the signal received from the second system, wherein the displaying comprises displaying the image and the digital information such that a portion of the image overlaps with a portion of the displayed digital information, and both the portion of the image and the portion of the digital information are visible.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising:
- instructions that cause a first system to generate an image indicative of a position of a first object with respect to a second object;
- instructions that cause the first system to generate a first signal comprising the image and digital information corresponding to written information captured at the first system;
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- instructions that cause the first system to communicate the first signal from the first system to a second system for enabling display of the digital information and the image at the second system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.