Remote instruction system, remote instruction method, and program product therefor

• US 8,587,677 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2011
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Shingu, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Sinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): FLOHRE, JASON A
• Application Number:
  US13/137,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20110310122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/211.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A remote instruction system includes an attention image outputting portion that projects an annotation image and an attention image from a projecting portion onto a captured area of an image capturing portion that captures an image of an object, the annotation image being created on the basis of the image captured, the attention image being provided for attracting attention to the annotation image.

Claims

1. A remote instruction system comprising:

a server being provided with;

an image capturing portion that captures an image of an object;

a transmitting portion that transmits the image of the object to a remote terminal over a network;

an attention image outputting portion that causes output of an annotation image, the annotation image being created on the basis of the captured image and being drawn on the captured image at the remote terminal, the annotation image being transmitted to the server, the attention image outputting portion further outputting an attention image, the attention image being configured to attract attention to the annotation image, the attention image outputting portion determining a shape of the attention image according to a shape of the annotation image; and

a projecting portion that causes projection of the attention image and the annotation image onto an area of the object,

wherein the attention image outputting portion determines if the annotation image is projected onto the object, and the attention image outputting portion causes the attention image to be projected onto the object in response to the annotation image being drawn on the captured image.

2. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein an output state of the annotation image includes a projecting sequence of the annotation image, the attention image outputting portion projecting an attention image according to a projecting annotation image, and after a given period of time passes, projecting a different attention image according to a different projecting annotation image projected later.

3. The remote instruction system according to claim 2, wherein the output state of the annotation image further includes a projecting position of the annotation image, the attention image outputting portion projecting the different attention image according to the different projecting annotation image, after the given period of time passes and when there is a given distance apart from a position on which the attention image according to the projecting annotation image is projected.

4. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein an output state of the annotation image includes a structure of an area onto which the annotation image is projected, the attention image outputting portion forming the attention image according to the structure of the area onto which the annotation image is projected.

5. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the attention image is an image that non-contacts the annotation image.

6. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein the attention image outputting portion projects the attention image without lapping over the annotation image.

7. The remote instruction system according to claim 1, wherein an output state of the annotation image includes a shape of the annotation image, the attention image outputting portion changing a shape of the attention image according to the change of the shape of the annotation image.