REMOTE INSTRUCTION SYSTEM

• US 20080018740A1
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: IYODA, Tetsuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,957,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• 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 23/951 by using two or more images to influence resolution, frame rate or aspect ratio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2627 for providing spin image effect, 3D stop motion effect or temporal freeze effect 2D image animation in general G06T13/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

There is provide a remote instruction system including at least one image recorder and at least one image projector, the number of the image recorders plus the number of image projectors being three in total, the image recorder recording an image of at least a portion of a target region, the image projector projecting an annotation image on at least a portion of the target region, and the number of regions is respectively assigned within the target region to the image recorder and the image projector, according to the number of the image recorders and that of the image projectors.

Claims

1. A remote instruction system comprising at least one image recorder and at least one image projector, the number of the image recorders plus the number of image projectors being three in total, the image recorder recording an image of at least a portion of a target region, the image projector projecting an annotation image on at least a portion of the target region,

wherein the number of regions is respectively assigned within the target region to the image recorder and the image projector, according to the number of the image recorders and that of the image projectors.

2. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of the image projectors; and

a forming portion that forms the annotation image projected on the target region with a combination of images projected by the plurality of image projectors.

3. The remote instruction system according to claim 2, wherein:

there are provided a plurality of the image recorders; and

the forming portion forms the annotation image according to calibration information formed based on the images recorded by the plurality of image recorders.

4. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a server that manages the image recorder and the image projector; and

a remote terminal that issues an instruction by forming the annotation image based on a recorded image received from the image recorder and transmitting the annotation image created to the image projector.

5. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the image recorder records at least a portion of the target region, while receiving as a wide area recorded region with a wide angle optical system.

6. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the image recorder records at least a portion of the target region as a wide area recorded region, while moving.

7. A remote instruction system comprising:

a recording and projecting apparatus that includes an image recorder recording a target and an image projector projecting an annotation image on a recorded region of the image recorder;

a wide area image recorder that records a wide area recorded region greater than a projection region of the image projector; and

a moving portion that moves the projection region of the recording and projecting apparatus within the wide area recorded region of the wide area image recorder.

8. The remote instruction system according to claim 7, wherein the moving portion comprises a moving apparatus that moves a position of the recording and a projecting apparatus with respect to the wide area recorded region.

9. The remote instruction system according to claim 7, wherein the moving portion comprises:

a mirror that reflects the annotation image toward the target; and

an adjustment mechanism that swings and adjusts the mirror.