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Remote instruction system, remote instruction method, and program product for remote instruction

US7679643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 2006
Grant dateMar 16, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/66
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A remote instruction system includes a control portion. The control portion transmits a first image to a remote terminal and controls a projection portion to project a first annotation image onto a subject according to an instruction issued from the remote terminal on the basis of the first image, and the control portion transmits a second image to the remote terminal and controls the projection portion to project a second annotation image onto the subject according to the instruction issued from the remote terminal on the basis of the second image, the first image being captured by a first image capturing portion provided for capturing the first image of the subject, the second image being captured by a second image capturing portion provided for zooming a given area of the subject to capture the second image, when the given area in the first image is selected from the remote terminal.

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