IP Library Granted Patent US 10,432,895
Granted Patent B2
US 10,432,895 · App. 16/103,344 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Communication terminal, image communication system communication method, and non-transitory recording medium

Inventors: Mayu Hakata (Kanagawa, JP); Yohhei Ohmura (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Soneda (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichiro Morita (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Homma (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Kanda (Kanagawa, JP); Takafumi Takeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
H04N7/15H04N7/142H04N7/147H04N13/349H04M1/7253H04N5/23238
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Patent No.
US 10,432,895
App. No.
16/103,344
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication terminal includes circuitry to cause a display to display a predetermined area image. The predetermined area image is an image of a part of a whole image that is shared with another communication terminal communicably connected to the communication terminal. The circuitry further transmits predetermined area information to be received by the other communication terminal. The predetermined area information indicates a predetermined area associated with the predetermined area image displayed with the display.

Claims (38)

1. A communication terminal, comprising:

circuitry configured to

control a display to display a predetermined area image which is a part of a whole image, the whole image being shared with another communication terminal;

receive a request to display a destination setting screen;

receive, in response to a user input based on the destination setting screen, a request to change a destination terminal to be the another communication terminal and a destination terminal identifier that identifies the another communication terminal; and

transmit display change information to be received by the another communication terminal, wherein

the display change information includes an identifier of the communication terminal, the destination terminal identifier and predetermined area information, and

the predetermined area information indicates a predetermined area associated with the predetermined area image.

2. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to control the communication terminal to operate as one of a videoconference terminal, a personal computer, a smartphone, a digital television, a smartwatch, and a car navigation system.

3. An image communication system, comprising:

the communication terminal of claim 1 ; and

the another communication terminal, wherein

the another communication terminal is communicably connected to the communication terminal.

4. The image communication system of claim 3 , wherein the another communication terminal is configured to control another display to display the predetermined area image, which is the part of the whole image shared by the communication terminal, according to the predetermined area information transmitted by the communication terminal.

5. The image communication system of claim 3 , wherein the another communication terminal is configured to control another display to display a thumbnail based on a predetermined area in the whole image shared by the communication terminal, the predetermined area being indicated by the predetermined area information transmitted by the communication terminal.

6. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display change information includes an identifier of a source of captured image data related to the whole image.

7. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display change information includes an identifier of a source of captured image data related to the predetermined area image.

8. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the communication terminal is an IP address of the communication terminal

9. The communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the destination terminal identifier is an IP address of the another communication terminal.

10. An image communication system, comprising:

a first communication terminal; and

a second communication terminal,

the first communication terminal includes first circuitry configured to

control a display to display a predetermined area image which is a part of a whole image, the whole image being shared with the second communication terminal,

receive a request to display a destination setting screen;

receive, in response to a user input based on the destination setting screen, a request to change a destination terminal to be the second communication terminal and a destination terminal identifier that identifies the second communication terminal; and

transmit display change information to be received by the second communication terminal, the display change information including an identifier of the communication terminal, the destination terminal identifier and predetermined area information, and the predetermined area information indicating a predetermined area associated with the predetermined area image, and

the second communication terminal includes second circuitry configured to

receive the display change information transmitted from the first circuitry, and

control a second display to display the predetermined area image corresponding to a predetermined area in the whole image shared by the first communication terminal.

11. A communication method, comprising:

controlling, by a communication terminal, a display to display a predetermined area image which is a part of a whole image, the whole image being shared with another communication terminal;

receiving a request to display a destination setting screen;

receiving, in response to a user input based on the destination setting screen, a request to change a destination terminal to be the another communication terminal and a destination terminal identifier that identifies the another communication terminal; and

transmitting display change information to be received by the another communication terminal, wherein

the display change information includes an identifier of the communication terminal, the destination terminal identifier and predetermined area information, and

the predetermined area information indicates a predetermined area associated with the predetermined area image.

12. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform the method of claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2018
From: HAKATA, MAYU; OHMURA, YOHHEI; SONEDA, TAKUYA; MORITA, KENICHIRO; HOMMA, TAKESHI; KANDA, HIROYUKI; TAKEDA, TAKAFUMI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-175146 · Sep 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190082144A1 · Mar 14, 2019