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US 11,997,379 · App. 17/631,047 · Granted May 28, 2024

Image processing system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

Inventors: Osamu Torii (Kanagawa, JP); Kohei Marumoto (Tokyo, JP); Yusuke Fukuoka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
H04N23/632G06F16/11G06F16/164
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Patent No.
US 11,997,379
App. No.
17/631,047
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing system includes a generating unit and a storing unit. The generating unit determines a subject included in a wide-angle image and generate a partial image including the subject from the wide-angle image. The storing unit stores the partial image in association with the wide-angle image from which the partial image is extracted.

Claims (64)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

first processing circuitry configured to

determine a subject included in a wide-angle image,

generate a partial image including the subject from the wide-angle image,

store the partial image, in a nonvolatile storage device, in association with the wide-angle image from which the partial image is extracted,

create content including one or more wide-angle images stored in the nonvolatile storage device and one or more partial images associated with the one or more wide-angle image, respectively,

transmit an editing screen for creating the content to a content editing terminal, and

edit the content based on an instruction from the content editing terminal.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the nonvolatile storage device is configured to store identification information of the wide-angle image in association with the wide-angle image and the partial image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the nonvolatile storage device is configured to store coordinates indicating a range of the partial image in the wide-angle image in association with the wide-angle image and the partial image.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the nonvolatile storage device is configured to store the partial image in association with the wide-angle image for each piece of content to be edited.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first processing circuitry is configured to determine a name of the subject, and

wherein the nonvolatile storage device is configured to store the determined name of the subject as a file name of the partial image including the subject.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the nonvolatile storage device is configured to store the wide-angle image in association with a map of a place where the wide-angle image is captured.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the nonvolatile storage device is configured to store a capturing position and a capturing direction of the wide-angle image in the map.

8. An image processing system comprising:

the image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

the content editing terminal including a display configured to indicate a region corresponding to the partial image to display the wide-angle image from which the partial image is extracted.

9. The image processing system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the display is configured to display an icon indicating an angle of view of the partial image on a map.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first processing circuitry is configured to determine the subject based on a structure of a building included in the wide-angle image.

11. An image processing system comprising:

the image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

the content editing terminal including second processing circuitry configured to

download the partial image, and

store the downloaded partial image in a folder corresponding to the wide-angle image from which the partial image is extracted.

12. The image processing system according to claim 11 , further comprising a display configured to indicate a region corresponding to the partial image to display the wide-angle image from which the partial image is extracted.

13. The image processing system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the display is configured to display an icon indicating an angle of view of the partial image on a map.

14. A method comprising:

determining a subject included in a wide-angle image;

generating a partial image including the subject from the wide-angle image;

storing, in a nonvolatile storage device, the partial image in association with the wide-angle image from which the partial image is extracted;

creating content including one or more wide-angle images stored in the nonvolatile storage device and one or more partial images associated with the one or more wide-angle image, respectively;

transmitting an editing screen for creating the content to a content editing terminal; and

editing the content based on an instruction from the content editing terminal.

15. An image processing system comprising:

the image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

the content editing terminal including second processing circuitry configured to

display the one or more partial images generated from a respective wide-angle image, and

transmit a selection of a partial image of the one or more partial images to the image processing apparatus, and

wherein the first processing circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the content editing terminal, the selected partial image.

16. An image processing system comprising:

the image processing apparatus according to claim 6 ; and

the content editing terminal including a display configured to display an icon, on the map, indicating an angle and a range of view of the one or more partial images associated with the wide-angle image.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining a name of the subject; and

storing the determined name of the subject as a file name of the partial image including the subject.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

displaying the one or more partial images generated from a respective wide-angle image;

receiving a selection of a partial image of the one or more partial images to the image processing apparatus; and

transmitting, to the content editing terminal, the selected partial image.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

storing store the wide-angle image in association with a map of a place where the wide-angle image is captured; and

displaying an icon, on the map, indicating an angle and a range of view of the one or more partial images associated with the one or more wide-angle image.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining the subject based on a structure of a building included in the wide-angle image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TORII, OSAMU; MARUMOTO, KOHEI; FUKUOKA, YUSUKE
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058829/0587 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-174558 · Sep 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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