Remote image display method, image capturing device, and method and program therefor
First Claim
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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Abstract
An omnidirectional camera performs image sensing of a panoramic object 6 surrounding it, and sends the video signal to an image capturing device 1, then the image capturing device 1 extracts a video signal of a partial object 61 and sends the extracted video signal to a camera-equipped portable terminal 3 carried in user'"'"'s hand at a place distant from the omnidirectional camera 2 to display the image of the video signal on a display surface 32a of the portable terminal, and the user shoots a surrounding object 8 with the portable terminal 3 and sends the surrounding video signal to the device 1. When the shooting direction of the portable terminal 3 is turned as indicated by the broken line, the device 1 detects a change in the shooting direction of he portable terminal 3 from a difference between the surrounding video signals generated before and after the turning of the portable terminal, and extracts, from a panorama video signal, a video signal of a partial object 62 turned from the partial object 61 in correspondence to the difference and sends the extracted video signal to the portable terminal 3 to display the image of the video signal.
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21 Claims
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1. A remote image display method, comprising:
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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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2. An image capturing device comprising:
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a surrounding image receiving portion for receiving a surrounding video signal from a camera-equipped portable terminal; a variation detecting portion for detecting, from said received surrounding video signal, variation information of an image of the received surrounding video signal from an image of a previous surrounding video signal having been previously received by said surrounding image receiving portion, the image of the received surrounding video signal hereinafter being referred to as the current image, the image of the previous surrounding video signal hereinafter being referred to as the previous image; a capturing signal generating portion for generating a capturing signal from said variation information which is used to obtain a video signal of a part of a panoramic object; a signal sending portion for sending said capturing signal to a remote image sensing device that performs image sensing of a panoramic object and outputs a video signal; and an image relay portion for receiving said video signal from said remote image sensing device and for sending the received video signal to an image display portion at the same position as said camera-equipped portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 12)
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7. An image capturing device comprising:
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a surrounding image receiving portion for receiving a surrounding video signal from a camera-equipped portable terminal; a variation detecting portion for detecting, from said received surrounding video signal, variation information of an image of the received surrounding video signal from an image of a previous surrounding video signal having been previously received by said surrounding image receiving means portion, the image of the received surrounding video signal hereinafter being referred to as the current image, the image of the previous surrounding video signal hereinafter being referred to as the previous image; a capturing signal generating portion for generating, from said variation information and a previously generated capturing signal, a capturing signal that is used to obtain a video signal of a part of a panoramic object; a remote image receiving portion for receiving a video signal sent from a remote image sensing device having performed image sensing of a panoramic object; an image capturing portion for capturing the video signal of a part of the panoramic object from said received video signal based on said capturing signal; and an image sending portion for sending said captured video signal to an image display portion at a same position as that of said camera-equipped portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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13. A processing method of an image capturing device, comprising:
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a first step of deciding whether an operation command for changing the shooting direction of a camera or/and a lens field angle is received or not, the operation hereinafter being referred to as camera operation, the lens field angle being referred to as a zoom amount; a second step of receiving a surrounding video signal of a surrounding object from a camera-equipped portable terminal when it is decided in said first step that said command is received; a third step of detecting, from the received surrounding video signal, variation information indicating a variation of an image of the surrounding video signal from an image of the previous surrounding video signal; a fourth step of generating a capturing signal for capturing a video signal of a part of a panoramic object based on a previous capturing signal and said variation information, the part of a panoramic object hereinafter being referred to as a partial object; a fifth step of sending said generated capturing signal to a remote image sensing device which performs image sensing of said panoramic object; a sixth step of receiving a video signal from the remote image sensing device; a seventh step of sending said received video signal to an image display portion at a same position as that of said camera-equipped portable terminal; and an eighth step of deciding whether a camera operation stop command is received; wherein when the operation command is not received in said third step, processing proceeds to said sixth step, and when the stop command is not received in said eighth step, processing returns to said first step.
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14. A processing method of an image capturing device, comprising:
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a first step of deciding whether an operation command for changing the shooting direction of a camera or/and a lens field angle is received or not, the operation hereinafter being referred to as camera operation, the lens field angle being referred to as a zoom amount; a second step of receiving a surrounding video signal of a surrounding object from a camera-equipped portable terminal when it is decided in said first step that said command is received; a third step of detecting, from the received surrounding video signal, variation information indicating a variation of an image of the surrounding video signal from an image of the previous surrounding video signal; a fourth step of generating a capturing signal for capturing a video signal of a part of a panoramic object based on a previous capturing signal and said variation information, the part of a panoramic object hereinafter being referred to as a partial object; a fifth step of receiving a video signal from a remote image sensing device; a sixth step of capturing a video signal of a part of a panoramic object from said received video signal based on said generate capturing signal; a seventh step of sending said captured video signal to an image display means portion at a same position as that of said camera-equipped portable terminal; and an eighth step of deciding whether a camera operation stop command is received; wherein when the operation command is not received in said first step, processing proceeds to said fifth step, and when the stop command is not received in said eighth step, processing returns to said third step.
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15. An image capturing device comprising:
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a surrounding image receiving portion for receiving a surrounding video signal from each of a plurality of camera-equipped portable terminals; a variation detecting portion, provided with a previous frame memory for storing a surrounding video signal, for detecting variation information corresponding to said each camera-equipped portable terminal having transmitted the surrounding video signal, based on the received surrounding video signal and the surrounding video signal stored in said previous frame memory corresponding to said each camera-equipped portable terminal having transmitted the surrounding video signal; a capturing signal generating portion provided with a previous signal memory for storing a previously generated capturing signal for each piece of user terminal identification information identifying the camera-equipped portable terminal having sent the said variation information signal, for generating, from the detected variation information signal and the previously generated capturing signal of the user terminal identification information stored in the previously memory, a capturing signal to be used for capturing a video signal of a part of a panoramic object, the part of the panoramic object hereinafter being referred to as a partial object; a signal sending portion for sending said generated capturing signal and the corresponding user terminal identification information to a remote image sensing device which performs image sensing of the panoramic object and outputs its video signal; and an image relay portion for receiving the video signal and the corresponding user terminal identification information from said remote image sensing device and sending the video signal to an image display portion of the camera-equipped portable terminal corresponding to the user terminal identification information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 21)
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18. An image capturing device comprising:
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a surrounding image receiving portion for receiving a surrounding video signal from each of a plurality of user terminals; a variation detecting portion, provided with a previous frame memory for storing a surrounding video signal, for detecting variation information corresponding to said each camera-equipped portable terminal having transmitted the surrounding video signal, based on the received surrounding video signal and the surrounding video signal stored in said previous frame memory corresponding to said each camera-equipped portable terminal having transmitted the surrounding video signal; a capturing signal generating portion provided with a previous signal memory for storing previously generated capturing signals for each piece of user terminal identification information identifying the user terminal having sent the said variation information signal, for generating, from the received variation information signal and the previously generate capturing signal of the user terminal identification information stored in the previously memory, a capturing signal to be used for capturing a video signal of a part of a panoramic object, the part of the panoramic object hereinafter being referred to as a partial object; a signal sending portion for sending said generated capturing signal to a remote image sensing device which performs image sensing of the panoramic object and outputs its video signal; a remote image portion for receiving the video signal sent from the remote image sensing device having performed image sensing of a panoramic object; an image capturing portion for capturing the video signal of a part of the panoramic object from said received video signal based on the capturing signal for each user terminal identification information stored in said previous signal memory; and an image sending portion for sending said captured video signal to the user terminal corresponding to the user terminal identification information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification