Patent ID: 7590662

Claim:
A remote supporting apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit that receives information about a first annotation image from another device; a projecting unit that projects an image on a first predetermined projection region in cooperation with the another device in accordance with the information about the first annotation image received from the first receiving unit; a recording unit that records the image of the first predetermined projection region; a first transmitting unit that transmits image information about the image of the first predetermined projection region recorded by the recording unit, as image information about the image of the first predetermined projection region to be displayed on the another device, to the another device; a second transmitting unit that transmits information about a second annotation image to be projected on a second predetermined projection region at a site at which the another device is placed; a second receiving unit that receives information about a recorded image of the second predetermined projection region at the site at which the another device is placed, the information being received from the another device; and a displaying unit that displays an image in accordance with the information about the recorded image of the second predetermined projection region received by the second receiving unit.