Collective output system, collective output method and terminal device

• US 9,986,066 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kunieda, Takayuki, Hyakutake, Shogo, Kitagawa, Hideaki, Morioka, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woo, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/332,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,413 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

A collective output system includes an information processing device and a plurality of terminal devices. The information processing device holds content containing multiple elements in association with time information, generates a map that associates each piece of position information with each of the elements, receives output position information from a terminal device, acquires, on the basis of the map, an element associated with the position information corresponding to the output position information, acquires the time information associated with the content, and transmits the element and the time information to the terminal. Each of the terminal devices acquires the output position information, transmits the output position information to the information processing device, receives the element and the time information that are transmitted from the information processing device according to the transmitted output position information, and outputs the element at the timing indicated by the time information.

Claims

1. A collective output system comprising an information processing device and a plurality of terminal devices,

the information processing device including at least one processor configured to:

hold plural sets of display control data, each set of the display control data for displaying respectively one of multiple elements of content and is associated respectively with one of plural pieces of position information indicating one of plural seats in an area in which the content is output;

receive, from a terminal device, output position information of the terminal device for specifying one of the seats in the area;

acquire one of the plural sets of the display control data of one element associated with the position information corresponding to the received output position information in response to receiving the output position information; and

control to distribute each of the plural sets of the display control data to the plurality of the terminal devices corresponding respectively to the position information and control to display, based on the distributed plural sets of the display control data, the multiple elements by the plurality of the terminal devices simultaneously for generating the content,

each of the terminal devices including;

a display; and

at least one processor configured to

acquire the output position information in the area;

transmit the output position information to the information processing device;

receive the display control data associated with the position information corresponding to the transmitted output position information; and

display the element on the display based on the received display control data,

the at least one processor of the information processing device holds the content to be represented in the area,

the at least one processor of the information processing device is further configured to generate the multiple elements and map information that associates each piece of the position information with each of the multiple elements based on the content and the area,

the terminal device further includes a camera that captures an image of an image capturing target,

the at least one processor of the terminal device transmits the captured image obtained by capturing, with the camera, the image capturing target that contains the output position information, to the information processing device, and

the at least one processor of the information processing device is further configured to

store the image containing the output position information in association with the position information;

retrieve, on the basis of the image containing the output position information contained in the received captured image, the position information associated with the image containing the output position information; and

acquire the element associated with the retrieved position information on the basis of the map information.

2. The collective output system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor of the information processing device holds the plural sets of the display control data, each of the sets of the display control data including a color designation for displaying the element with a color designated by the color designation.

3. The collective output system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processor of the information processing device holds the plural sets of the display control data, each of the sets of the display control data including time information for controlling a timing of displaying the one of multiple elements of content to display the multiple elements simultaneously by the plurality of terminal devices.

4. The collective output system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor of the information processing device holds a plurality of images, each of the images being sent from one of the plurality of the terminal devices and included in one of the multiple elements respectively.

5. The collective output system according to claim 1, wherein

the at least one processor of the information processing device holds plural sets of output control data including the display control data and sound control data for outputting the display and a sound, and

the at least one processor of each of the terminal devices displays the element on the display and outputs sound by a speaker based on the output control data.

6. The collective output system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor of the information processing device collectively outputs the elements contained in the content at specified timing.

7. A collective output method performed by an information processing device and a plurality of terminal devices, the method comprising:

holding, by the information processing device, plural sets of display control data, each set of the display control data for displaying respectively one of multiple elements of content and is associated respectively with one of plural pieces of position information indicating one of plural seats in an area in which the content is output;

first acquiring, by a terminal device, output position information specifying one of the seats in the area, the output position information conforming with the position information;

first transmitting, by the terminal device, output position information to the information processing device;

first receiving, by the information processing device, the output position information from the terminal device;

second acquiring, by the information processing device, one of the plural sets of the display control data of one element associated with the position information corresponding to the output position information in response to the information processing device receiving the output position information;

second receiving, by the terminal device, the display control data associated with the position information corresponding to the output position information transmitted at the first transmitting; and

displaying, by the terminal device, the element on a display based on the received display control data,

the holding includes holding the content to be represented in the area, and the collective output method further includes

generating the multiple elements and map information that associates each piece of the position information with each of the multiple elements based on the content and the area,

the method further comprising capturing, by the terminal device, an image of an image capturing target,

the captured image obtained by capturing, at the capturing, the image capturing target that contains output position information, is transmitted to the information processing device at the first transmitting, and

the method further comprising

storing, by the information processing device, the image containing the output position information in association with the position information; and

retrieving, by the information processing device on the basis of the image containing the output position information contained in the captured image received at the first receiving, the position information associated with the image containing the output position information, and

the element associated with the position information, which is retrieved at the retrieving, is acquired on the basis of the map information at the second acquiring.

8. The collective output method according to claim 7, wherein the holding includes holding the plural sets of the display control data, each of the sets of the display control data including a color designation for displaying the element with a color designated by the color designation.

9. The collective output method according to claim 8, wherein the holding includes holding the plural sets of the display control data, each of the sets of the display control data including time information for controlling a timing of displaying the one of multiple elements of content to display the multiple elements simultaneously by the plurality of terminal devices.

10. The collective output method according to claim 7, wherein the holding includes holding a plurality of images, each of the images being sent from one of the plurality of the terminal devices and included in one of the multiple elements respectively.

11. The collective output method according to claim 7, wherein

the holding includes holding plural sets of output control data including the display control data and sound control data for outputting the display and a sound, and the collective output method further comprising

displaying the element on the display and outputting sound by a speaker based on the output control data.

12. The collective output method according to claim 7, further comprising collectively outputting the elements contained in the content at specified timing.

13. An information processing device in communication with a plurality of terminal devices, the information processing device comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

hold plural sets of display control data, each set of the display control data for displaying respectively one of multiple elements of content and is associated respectively with one of plural pieces of position information indicating one of plural seats in an area in which the content is output;

receive, from a terminal device, output position information of the terminal device for specifying one of the seats in the area;

acquire one of the plural sets of the display control data of one element associated with the position information corresponding to the received output position information in response to receiving the output position information; and

control to distribute each of the plural sets of the display control data to the plurality of the terminal devices corresponding respectively to the position information and control to display, based on the distributed plural sets of the display control data, the multiple elements by the plurality of the terminal devices simultaneously for generating the content,

the at least one processor of the information processing device holds the content to be represented in the area,

the at least one processor of the information processing device is further configured to generate the multiple elements and map information that associates each piece of the position information with each of the multiple elements based on the content and the area,

the terminal device further includes a camera that captures an image of an image capturing target,

the at least one processor of the terminal device transmits the captured image obtained by capturing, with the camera, the image capturing target that contains the output position information, to the information processing device, and

the at least one processor of the information processing device is further configured to

store the image containing the output position information in association with the position information;

retrieve, on the basis of the image containing the output position information contained in the received captured image, the position information associated with the image containing the output position information; and

acquire the element associated with the retrieved position information on the basis of the map information.

14. A collective output method performed by an information processing system, the method comprising:

receiving output position information from a terminal device, the output position information specifying one of plural seat in an area in which content is to be output;

acquiring one of plural sets of display control data, the acquired display control data associated with position information corresponding to the output position information in response to receiving the output position information, each of the plural sets of display control data being for displaying respectively one of multiple elements of the content and being associated respectively with one of plural pieces of position information; and

transmitting, to the terminal device, the acquired display control data associated with the position information corresponding to the received output position information,

holding the content to be represented in the area, and the collective output method further includes

generating the multiple elements and map information that associates each piece of the position information with each of the multiple elements based on the content and the area,

the method further comprising capturing, by the terminal device, an image of an image capturing target,

the captured image obtained by capturing, at the capturing, the image capturing target that contains output position information, is transmitted to the information processing system at the transmitting, and

the method further comprising

storing, by the information processing system, the image containing the output position information in association with the position information; and

retrieving, by the information processing system on the basis of the image containing the output position information contained in the captured image received at the receiving, the position information associated with the image containing the output position information, and

the element associated with the position information, which is retrieved at the retrieving, is acquired on the basis of the map information at the acquiring.

15. A collective output method performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

acquiring output position information specifying one of plural seats in an area in which content is to be output;

transmitting, to an information processing system, the output position information;

receiving, from the information processing system, one of plural sets of display control data, the received display control data associated with the position information corresponding to the transmitted output position information, each of the plural sets of display control data being for displaying respectively one of multiple elements of the content and being associated respectively with one of plural pieces of position information; and

displaying an element controlled to be displayed by the received display control data,

holding the content to be represented in the area, and the collective output method further includes

generating the multiple elements and map information that associates each piece of the position information with each of the multiple elements based on the content and the area,

the method further comprising capturing, by the terminal device, an image of an image capturing target,

the captured image obtained by capturing, at the capturing, the image capturing target that contains output position information, is transmitted to the information processing system at the transmitting, and

the method further comprising

storing, by the information processing system, the image containing the output position information in association with the position information; and

retrieving, by the information processing system on the basis of the image containing the output position information contained in the captured image received at the receiving, the position information associated with the image containing the output position information, and

the element associated with the position information, which is retrieved at the retrieving, is acquired on the basis of the map information at the acquiring.