Image management system, image capturing device, imaging processing method, and non-transitory computer-executable medium

1 . An image management system comprising:

an image capturing device, the image capturing device including first circuitry configured to:

acquire a captured image of a local site of the image capturing device, the captured image being an image of surroundings around the image capturing device;

receive a setting of a particular display mode in which the captured image is to be displayed;

generate preview screen data representing a preview screen of a processed image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the captured image, based on the particular display mode and an image processing setting file for performing the predetermined processing on the captured image; and

transmit the preview screen data for display at a first terminal at another site where the captured image of the local site is shared, and

an image management apparatus including second circuitry configured to:

receive captured-image related information relating to the captured image of the local site;

generate the image processing setting file based on particular keyword information included in the captured-image related information; and

transmit the generated image processing setting file, the image processing setting file being set at the image capturing device.

2 . The image management system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second terminal at the local site, the second terminal including third circuitry configured to transmit the image processing setting file transmitted by the image management apparatus to the image capturing device.

3 . The image management system of claim 2 , wherein the first circuitry of the image capturing device is further configured to:

measure a distance between the image capturing device and a subject to be imaged by the image capturing device;

add distance information indicating the distance to the preview screen data; and

transmit the preview screen data to which the distance information is added to the second terminal.

4 . The image management system of claim 3 , wherein the first circuitry of the image capturing device is configured to:

add resolution information indicating performance of the image capturing device to the preview screen data; and

transmit the preview screen data to which the resolution information is added to the second terminal.

5 . The image management system of claim 2 , wherein;

the second terminal is a communication terminal installed with a teleconference application and connected to the image capturing device via a network, the communication terminal being a personal computer or an interactive whiteboard apparatus, and

the third circuitry of the communication terminal being configured to execute the teleconference application to receive the preview screen data from the image capturing device, and transmit the preview screen data, which is a result obtained by performing the predetermined processing, to the first terminal for display at the first terminal.

6 . The image management system of claim 1 , wherein;

the image processing setting file is a setting file for performing the predetermined processing for concealing confidential information included in the captured image.

7 . The image management system of claim 1 , wherein;

the second circuitry of the image management apparatus is configured to generate the image processing setting file based on the particular keyword information and an indication of whether a non-disclosure agreement is concluded between an entity at the local site and another entity at said another site.

8 . The image management system of claim 1 , wherein;

the first circuitry of the image capturing device is further configured to instruct capturing of the surroundings around the image capturing device again to acquire a re-captured image of the local site in a case where there is a change between the captured image of the local site and an image of the local site after an elapse of a predetermined time period.

9 . The image management system of claim 1 , wherein;

the first circuitry of the image capturing device is configured to generate the preview screen data by performing processing of blurring on an entirety of the captured image or a particular part of the captured image as the predetermined processing.

10 . The image management system of claim 9 , wherein the first circuitry of the image capturing device is configured to:

generate a panoramic image of 360 degrees around the image capturing device; and

perform the processing of blurring on the panoramic image and generate a close-up image obtained by closing up a particular area of the panoramic image on which the processing of blurring is performed to generate the preview screen data including the panoramic image on which the processing of blurring is performed and the close-up image on which the processing of blurring is performed.

11 . The image management system of claim 1 , wherein:

the image capturing device comprises a camera.

12 . An imaging processing method, comprising:

acquiring a captured image of a local site of an image capturing device, the captured image being an image of surroundings around the image capturing device;

receiving a setting of a particular display mode in which the captured image is to be displayed;

generating preview screen data representing a preview screen of a processed image obtained by performing predetermined processing on the captured image, based on the particular display mode and an image processing setting file for performing the predetermined processing on the captured image; and

transmitting the preview screen data for display at a first terminal at another site where the captured image of the local site is shared;

receiving captured-image related information relating to the captured image of the local site;

generating the image processing setting file based on particular keyword information included in the captured-image related information; and

transmitting the generated image processing setting file, the image processing setting file being set at the image capturing device.

13 . A non-transitory computer-executable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the method of claim 12 .

14 . The image processing method of claim 12 , wherein:

the image processing setting file is a setting file for performing the predetermined processing for concealing confidential information included in the captured image.

15 . The image processing method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating the image processing setting file based on the particular keyword information and an indication of whether a non-disclosure agreement is concluded between an entity at the local site and another entity at said another site.

16 . The image processing method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating the preview screen data by performing processing of blurring on an entirety of the captured image or a particular part of the captured image as the predetermined processing.

17 . An image management apparatus including circuitry configured to:

receive captured-image related information relating to a captured image which was captured at a local site by an image capturing device;

generate an image processing setting file based on particular keyword information included in the captured-image related information; and

transmit the generated image processing setting file, the image processing setting file being set at the image capturing device.

18 . The image management apparatus of claim 17 , wherein:

the image processing setting file is a setting file for performing the predetermined processing for concealing confidential information included in the captured image.

19 . The image management apparatus of claim 17 , wherein:

the circuitry of the image management apparatus is further configured to generate the image processing setting file based on the particular keyword information and an indication of whether a non-disclosure agreement is concluded between an entity at the local site and another entity at said another site.

20 . The image management apparatus of claim 17 , wherein:

the image capturing device comprises a camera.