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Remote image display method, image capturing device, and method and program therefor

  • US 7,385,624 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2004
  • Issued: 06/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote image display method, comprising:

  • image sensing a panoramic object by a remote image sensing device;

    sending a video signal of a part of said image-sensed panoramic object via an image capturing device to an image display portion at a place different from said remote image sensing device;

    playing back and displaying said received video signal by said image display portion as an image of a part of said panoramic object;

    image sensing surroundings by a camera-equipped portable terminal at a position where a display on said image display portion can be seen, and sending a surrounding video signal to said image capturing device;

    obtaining variation information about surrounding image by a variation detecting portion in said image capturing devices, based on a previous surrounding video signal and a current surrounding video signal received from said camera-equipped portable terminal;

    obtaining from said remote image sensing device a video signal of a part of said panoramic object changed corresponding to a change of said surrounding image based on said variation information; and

    sending said obtained video signal to said image display portion.

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