Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication system, communication apparatus and communication method
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Application No.: US15297334Application Date: 2016-10-19
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Publication No.: US09648278B1Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Masato Takahashi , Koji Kuwata , Kiyoto Igarashi , Tomoyuki Goto , Kazuki Kitazawa , Nobumasa Gingawa , Miku Hakamatani
- Applicant: Masato Takahashi , Koji Kuwata , Kiyoto Igarashi , Tomoyuki Goto , Kazuki Kitazawa , Nobumasa Gingawa , Miku Hakamatani
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2015-212270 20151028
- Main IPC: H04N7/14
- IPC: H04N7/14 ; H04N5/232 ; G06F3/16 ; H04N7/15 ; G06F3/0354

Abstract:
A communication apparatus includes: an area dividing unit that divides, of an output image which is an image that the communication apparatus has output and includes at least a shot image obtained by shooting the surroundings of another communication apparatus which communicates with the communication apparatus, a display area indicating an area where the shot image is displayed into as many unit areas as the number of people captured in the shot image; a transmission control unit that controls transmitting coordinate information which indicates, of the output image, a unit area corresponding to a position pointed by a user to the other communication apparatus; and an output control unit that, when the communication apparatus has received output information including a voice subjected to directivity control according to, of the shot image, an area corresponding to the coordinate information from the other communication apparatus, controls outputting the received output information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170127017A1 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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