Image communication apparatus, image communication server and image processing method for image communication
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-hye CHUNG, Dae-woo CHO, Jae-hong AHN, Sung-wook CHOI
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Abstract
An image processing method includes: acquiring a first image from a first image communication apparatus and acquiring a second image from a second image communication apparatus; generating a third image to be transmitted to an image receiving apparatus to which a transmission of an image has been requested by the first image communication apparatus, by synthesizing the first and second images; and encoding and transmitting the third image to the image receiving apparatus.
Claims25
An image communication apparatus which performs image communication with an image receiving apparatus, the image communication apparatus comprising:
- an image acquirer which acquires a first image of an object;
- a communication unit which receives a second image photographed by a slave apparatus which is communicable linked to the communication unit;
- a transmission image generator which generates a third image;
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- a controller which controls the transmission image generator to generate the third image by synthesizing the first and second images, encodes the third image and controls the communication unit to transmit the third image.
An image communication server comprising:
- a communication unit which receives a first image and sync information from a first image communication apparatus, and a second image from a second image communication apparatus;
- a transmission image generator which generates a third image to be transmitted to an image receiving apparatus to which a transmission of an image has been requested by the first image communication apparatus;
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- a controller which controls the transmission image generator to generate the third image by synthesizing the first and second images based on the sync information, encodes the third image, and controls the communication unit to transmit the third image to the image receiving apparatus.
An image communication system comprising:
- a first image communication apparatus;
- a second image communication apparatus;
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- an image communication server
- which encodes a third image which is generated by synthesizing a first image acquired by the first image communication apparatus and a second image acquired by the second image communication apparatus, and transmits the third image as an image stream to an image receiving apparatus to which a transmission of an image has been requested by the first image communication apparatus.
An image processing method for image communication, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first image from a first image communication apparatus;
- acquiring a second image from a second image communication apparatus;
- generating a third image to be transmitted to an image receiving apparatus to which a transmission of an image has been requested by the first image communication apparatus, by synthesizing the first and second images;
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- encoding and transmitting the third image to the image receiving apparatus.
A system comprising:
- a first device having a first camera;
- a second device which is external to the first device and has a second camera;
- a third device which is external to the first device and the second device;
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- a processor which is configured to establish a connection event between the first device and the second device, control the first camera to acquire a first image of a first user of the first device, control the second device to transmit a second image of a second user of the second device, which has been acquired by the second camera, synthesize the first image and the second image into the third image, and transmit the third image, as a single image stream, to the third device, to be displayed on a display screen of the third device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.