Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program
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Abstract
To provide an apparatus and method for efficiently displaying image content, which is sent and received between a server and a client, in a correct direction. An image content providing server stores, as property information, original angle information indicating correct directions of image content as metadata of the image content. The server generates content information including the original angle information and sends the generated content information to a client. This allows the client to understand the correct direction of the image content received from the server, and to obtain and display image data in the correct direction by performing rotation processing in the client device based on the obtained information or to request the server to perform the rotation processing.
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Citations
37 Claims
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27. An information processing apparatus for performing image data processing on image content, which is a still image or a moving picture, comprising:
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a display unit displaying the image content;
an operation input unit inputting user operation information and handling the input of information concerning a screen display direction of the image content displayed on the display unit;
a metadata processing unit generating and analyzing metadata, which serves as attribute information concerning the image content, to generate, as property information forming the metadata, information concerning a correct direction of the image content based on the information concerning the screen display direction of the image content input by the operation input unit;
a storage unit storing the metadata generated by the metadata processing unit in association with the image content;
a data sending/receiving unit sending and/or receiving data to and/or from another information processing apparatus via a network, to send and/or receive the image content, the metadata and control data concerning the image content; and
an image data processing unit performing image data processing on the image content based on the user operation information input by the operation input unit and the metadata stored in the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An information processing method comprising:
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a display step of displaying image content, which is a still image or a moving picture;
an operation input step of inputting user operation information;
a metadata processing step of generating and analyzing metadata, which serves as attribute information concerning the image content;
a storage step of storing the metadata in association with the image content; and
an image data processing step of performing image data processing on the image content, wherein the operation input step handles the input of information concerning a screen display direction of the image content displayed in the display step, the metadata processing step generates, as property information forming the metadata, information concerning a correct direction of the image content based on the information concerning the screen display direction of the image content input in the operation input step, and the image data processing step performs image data processing on the image content based on the user operation information input in the operation input step and the metadata. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer program allowing a computer system for processing image content, which is a still image or a moving picture, to execute:
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a display step of displaying the image content;
an operation input step of inputting user operation information concerning a screen display direction of the image content displayed in the display step;
a metadata generating step of generating, as metadata, which serves as attribute information concerning the image content, information concerning the correct direction of the image content based on the information concerning screen display direction of the image content input in the operation input step;
a storage step of storing the metadata in association with the image content; and
an image data processing step of performing image data processing on the image content based on the user operation information input in the operation input step and the metadata.
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Specification