Image displaying system, communication system, and method for image displaying

• US 10,609,259 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2017
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Ogawara, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US15/727,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20180139361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• Field of Search: 709216, 709248, 707610, 707611, 707612, 707613, 707614, 707617, 707618, 707656-657
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/05 Synchronising circuits with arrangements for extending range of synchronisation, e.g. by using switching between several time constants
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0127 by changing the field or frame frequency of the incoming video signal, e.g. frame rate converter
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

An image display system includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to: synchronize a first relative position of a first area in an area of a first panorama image and a second relative position of a second area in an area of a second panorama image, and display at least the first area in the first panorama image and at least the second area in the second panorama image on the display. The processor is further configured to change the first area displayed which is displayed in response to change the second area.

Claims

1. An image display system comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to;

synchronize a first relative position of a first area in an area of a first panorama image and a second relative position of a second area in an area of a second panorama image, each of the first panorama image and the second panorama image being a spherical panoramic image and each of the first area and the second area is displayed based on an angle of view for the respective panorama image;

display at least the first area in the first panorama image and at least the second area in the second panorama image as separate images on a screen surface of the display; and

change the first area displayed in response to a change of the second area.

2. The image display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

stop changing the first area until displaying the second panorama image after displaying the first panorama image.

3. The image display system of claim 1, wherein:

the first panorama image and the second panorama image are movie images, and

the processor is further configured to;

synchronize a reproduction time of the first panorama image and a reproduction time of the second panorama image.

4. The image display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

rotate the first area in response to rotating the second area, move the first area in response to moving the second area, enlarge the first area in response to enlarging the second area, and shrink the first area in response to shrinking the second area.

5. The image display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

switch displaying the first area in the first panorama image and display the second area in the second panorama image.

6. The image display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

switch a display position of the first area in the first panorama image and a display position of the second area in the second panorama image.

7. The image display system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

accept a start of the synchronization;

synchronize the first relative position of the first area and the second relative position of the second area in response to accepting the start of the synchronization; and

change the first area in response to changing the first area.

8. A communication system, comprising:

the image display system of claim 1; and

an image management system comprising a processor configured to transmit a script for acquiring the second panorama image and the first panorama image to the image display system.

16. The image display system of claim 1, where the angle of view that forms the basis of the predetermined area of each of the first area and the second area originates at the center of a virtual sphere, and the first panorama image and the second panorama image are configured to be displayed in a manner in which the angle of view can be altered within each respective panorama image in response to a user input to change what portion of the panorama image is displayed in the first area and second area.

9. A computer implemented method for image displaying, comprising:

synchronizing a first relative position of a first area in an area of a first panorama image and a second relative position of a second area in an area of a second panorama image, each of the first panorama image and the second panorama image being a spherical panoramic image and each of the first area and the second area is displayed based on an angle of view for the respective panorama image;

displaying at least the first area in the first panorama image and at least the second area in the second panorama image as separate images on a screen surface of a display; and

changing the first area displayed which is displayed in response to a change of the second area in response to a change of the second area.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

stopping changing the first area until displaying the second panorama image after displaying the first panorama image.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the first panorama image and the second panorama image are movie images, and

the method further comprises;

synchronizing a reproduction time of the first panorama image and a reproduction time of the second panorama image.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

rotating the first area in response to rotating the second area, moving the first area in response to moving the second area, enlarging the first area in response to enlarging the second area, and shrinking the first area in response to shrinking the second area.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

switching displaying the first area in the first panorama image and display the second area in the second panorama image.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

switching a display position of the first area in the first panorama image and a display position of the second area in the second panorama image.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

accepting a start of the synchronization;

synchronizing the first relative position of the first area and the second relative position of the second area in response to accepting the start of the synchronization; and

changing the first area in response to changing the first area.