Image capturing device with display control, image communication system, and method for display control, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11533430-B2
Application number	US-202017103977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2020
Priority date	Nov 29, 2019
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

An image capturing device includes an imaging device to capture a first image, and circuitry to receive a second image from another image capturing device, the second image having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, and control a display to sequentially display the first image and the second image.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image capturing device comprising:
an imager to capture a first image; and
circuitry configured to
receive a second image from another image capturer, the second image having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, and
control a display to display the first image and the second image,
wherein the circuitry controls the display to display, after displaying one of the first image and the second image for a predetermined amount of time, the other one of the first image and the second image,
and the displaying the second image comprises:
displaying, on the display, an image of an area of the second image, according to a display range of the second image, and
moving continuously the display range of the second image throughout the entire second image to display different areas of the second image.

2. The image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the display range is moved so as to change an imaging direction with respect to the second image.

3. The image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry controls the display to display the image of the area of the second image, after displaying the first image.

4. The image capturing device of claim 3 , wherein the first image is displayed for a predetermined time period.

5. The image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry controls the display to display the first image, after displaying the image of the area of the second image.

6. The image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
receive, from a user, a request for starting image capturing to obtain the first image; and
instruct the another image capturing device to start image capturing to obtain the second image in response to the request.

7. The image capturing device of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry controls transmission of the instruction to the another image capturing device, and display of the first image and the second image, according to a control program.

8. An image communication system comprising:
the image capturing device of claim 1 ; and
the another image capturing device comprising another circuitry configured to:
receive, from a user, a request for starting image capturing to obtain the second image; and
instruct the image capturing device to start image capturing to obtain the first image.

9. The image communication system of claim 8 , further comprising:
an image management server comprising a memory that stores at least one electronic file in which the first image and the second image are associated,
wherein the image capturing device obtains the first image and the second image from the image management server.

10. The image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the display setting information further includes a displayable range of the second image and a total display time of the second image.

11. The image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
obtain display setting information including a display time of the first image, and
control the display to sequentially display the first image and the second image according to the display setting information.

12. A method for controlling display of an image, comprising:
obtaining a first image and a second image, the second image having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, the second image having been captured by a second image capturing device different from a first image capturing device that has captured the first image; and
controlling a display to display, after displaying one of the first image and the second image for a predetermined amount of time, the other one of the first image and the second image,
and the displaying the second image comprises:
displaying an image of an area of the second image on the display according to a display range of the second image, and
moving continuously the display range of the second image throughout the entire second image to display different areas of the second image.

13. The method for controlling display of an image of claim 12 , wherein the display setting information further includes a displayable range of the second image and a total display time of the second image.

14. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a method for controlling display of an image, the method comprising:
obtaining a first image and a second image, the second image having an angle of view wider than that of the first image, the second image having been captured by a second image capturing device different from a first image capturing device that has captured the first image; and
controlling a display to display, after displaying one of the first image and the second image for a predetermined amount of time, the other one of the first image and the second image,
and the displaying the second image comprises:
displaying an image of an area of the second image on the display according to a display range of the second image, and
moving continuously the display range of the second image throughout the entire second image to display different areas of the second image.

15. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 14 , wherein the display setting information further includes a displayable range of the second image and a total display time of the second image.

Assignees

• Kato Yoshinaga
• Tsunoda Naoki
• Fukui Ryoh
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Yoshinaga
• Tsunoda Naoki
• Fukui Ryoh

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/90

  Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums · CPC title

• H04N23/665

  involving internal camera communication with the image sensor, e.g. synchronising or multiplexing SSIS control signals · CPC title

• H04N23/698 Primary

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N23/662 Primary

  by using camera arrangements where one camera controls another camera to affect the control of camera image capture, e.g. placing the camera in a desirable condition to capture a desired image · CPC title