Patent ID: 11956547
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. An image communication system, comprising:
a first communication terminal at a first site; and
a second communication terminal at a second site remotely located from the first site, wherein
the first communication terminal includes first circuitry configured to
receive first video images from the second communication terminal and transmit second video images to the second communication terminal;
capture a spherical image; and
transmit the spherical image to the second communication terminal, and the second communication terminal includes second circuitry configured to
transmit the first video images to the first communication terminal and receive the second video images from the first communication terminal;
receive the spherical image from the first communication terminal;
control, in a case that a point of interest is specified at the first site, a display to display a first image of a viewable area which is a art of the spherical image, the first image including the point of interest, wherein the point of interest is not changeable at the second communication terminal; and
control, in a case that the point of interest is not specified at the first site, the display to display a second image including a predetermined area of the spherical image based on a previous operation input at the second site.