Predetermined-area management system, communication method, and computer program product
First Claim
1. A system that is configured to communicate with at least one communication terminal, which is a requesting communication terminal, out of a plurality of communication terminals the system comprising:
- a memory that stores(i) image identification information for identifying spherical image data for a spherical still image that is already stored at the requesting communication terminal, the spherical image data being previously captured by one of the plurality of communication terminals and shared with the other ones of the plurality of communication terminals, and(ii) a plurality of predetermined-area information for identifying and extracting a respective plurality of predetermined areas in the spherical image data that is generated and received from the plurality of communication terminals, without storing image data of the predetermined areas themselves, wherein the image identification information and the predetermined-area information are stored in association with each other;
a receiver that receives a request that includes the image identification information from the requesting communication terminal;
circuitry configured to search the memory by using the received image identification information so as to retrieve all of the predetermined-area information associated with the image identification information; and
a transmitter that transmits, to the requesting communication terminal, the retrieved predetermined-area information,wherein the requesting communication terminal is configured to generate and display a plurality of thumbnail image data corresponding to the plurality of communication terminals in association with displaying the spherical image data based on the retrieved predetermined-area information.
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Abstract
A predetermined-area management system is configured to communicate with a communication terminal. The predetermined-area management system includes: a storage unit that stores image identification information for identifying image data and predetermined-area information for identifying a predetermined area in the image data in association with each other; a receiving unit that receives image identification information that is transmitted from the communication terminal; an extraction unit that searches the storage unit by using the image identification information received by the receiving unit so as to extract associated predetermined-area information; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the communication terminal, the predetermined-area information extracted by the extraction unit.
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1. A system that is configured to communicate with at least one communication terminal, which is a requesting communication terminal, out of a plurality of communication terminals the system comprising:
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a memory that stores (i) image identification information for identifying spherical image data for a spherical still image that is already stored at the requesting communication terminal, the spherical image data being previously captured by one of the plurality of communication terminals and shared with the other ones of the plurality of communication terminals, and (ii) a plurality of predetermined-area information for identifying and extracting a respective plurality of predetermined areas in the spherical image data that is generated and received from the plurality of communication terminals, without storing image data of the predetermined areas themselves, wherein the image identification information and the predetermined-area information are stored in association with each other; a receiver that receives a request that includes the image identification information from the requesting communication terminal; circuitry configured to search the memory by using the received image identification information so as to retrieve all of the predetermined-area information associated with the image identification information; and a transmitter that transmits, to the requesting communication terminal, the retrieved predetermined-area information, wherein the requesting communication terminal is configured to generate and display a plurality of thumbnail image data corresponding to the plurality of communication terminals in association with displaying the spherical image data based on the retrieved predetermined-area information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
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6. A communication method performed by a system configured to communicate with at least one communication terminal, which is a requesting communication terminal, out of a plurality of communication terminals, the communication method comprising:
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storing, at a memory, (i) image identification information for identifying spherical image data for a spherical still image that is already stored at the requesting communication terminal, the spherical image data being previously captured by one of the plurality of communication terminals and shared with the other ones of the plurality of communication terminals, and (ii) a plurality of predetermined-area information for identifying and extracting a respective plurality of predetermined areas in the spherical image data that is generated and received from the plurality of communication terminals, without storing image data of the predetermined areas themselves, wherein the image identification information and the predetermined-area information are stored in association with each other; receiving, by a receiver, a request that includes the image identification information from the requesting communication terminal; searching, by circuitry, the memory by using the received image identification information so as to retrieve all of the predetermined-area information associated with the image identification information; and transmitting, by a transmitter, to the requesting communication terminal, the retrieved predetermined-area information, wherein the requesting communication terminal is configured to generate and display a plurality of thumbnail image data corresponding to the plurality of communication terminals in association with displaying the spherical image data based on the retrieved predetermined-area information.
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the medium for processing information in a system configured to communicate with at least one communication terminal, which is a requesting communication terminal, out of a plurality of communication terminals, and the program codes when executed cause the system to execute a method comprising:
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storing, at a memory, (i) image identification information for identifying spherical image data for a spherical still image that is already stored at the requesting communication terminal, the spherical image data being previously captured by one of the plurality of communication terminals and shared with the other ones of the plurality of communication terminals, and (ii) a plurality of predetermined-area information for identifying and extracting a respective plurality of predetermined areas in the spherical image data that is generated and received from the plurality of communication terminals, without storing image data of the predetermined areas themselves, wherein the image identification information and the predetermined-area information are stored in association with each other; receiving, by a receiver, a request that includes the image identification information from the requesting communication terminal; searching, by circuitry, the memory by using the received image identification information so as to retrieve all of the predetermined-area information associated with the image identification information; and transmitting, by a transmitter, to the requesting communication terminal, the retrieved predetermined-area information, wherein the requesting communication terminal is configured to generate and display a plurality of thumbnail image data corresponding to the plurality of communication terminals in association with displaying the spherical image data based on the retrieved predetermined-area information.
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