COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20090207905A1
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tomita, Nobuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/303,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20090207905A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/240.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for realizing a configuration for transmitting and outputting captured data of a video camera to a specific device via a network are provided. In a configuration for generating a transmission packet containing the captured data of the video camera and outputting the transmission packet via a network, a host name of a data transmission destination device and a port number, to which port forwarding processing of a relay device of a network connected to the data transmission destination device is set, are acquired from a memory, address information corresponding to the host name is acquired from a DNS server, and a captured image data containing transmission packet in which the address information and the port number are set as destination information is output via the network. This configuration permits data to be certainly transmitted to a specific selected device and reproduction of stream data in synchronization with a capturing timing is realized.

Claims

1. A communication processing apparatus having a video camera function, characterized by comprising:

a communication controlling unit that executes processing for generating a transmission packet containing data captured with the video camera function and for outputting the transmission packet to a network; and

a memory that stores a host name of a data transmission destination device and a port number to which port forwarding processing, of a relay device of a network connected to the data transmission destination device, for transferring the transmission packet to the data transmission destination device is set, wherein

the communication controlling unit

is configured to execute the processing for generating the transmission packet including, as destination information, the port number and address information corresponding to the host name of the data transmission destination device and for outputting the transmission packet to the network.

2. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the communication controlling unit

is configured to receive, from a DNS server, the address information corresponding to the host name of the data transmission destination device stored in the memory, and to execute the processing for generating the transmission packet including, as the destination information, the received address and for outputting the transmission packet to the network.

3. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, the communication processing apparatus characterized by comprising:

an authentication processing unit that executes authentication processing with the data transmission destination device, wherein

it is configured that processing for receiving, on condition of establishment of authentication in the authentication processing unit, the host name of the data transmission destination device and the port number to which the port forwarding processing of the relay device of the network connected to the data transmission destination device is set from the data transmission destination device and for storing the host name and the port number in the memory is executed.

4. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, the communication processing apparatus characterized by further comprising:

a decoder that executes decoding processing of image and audio data included in reception data of the communication controlling unit; and

a data combining unit that performs control for combining data generated by the decoder with the data captured with the video camera function.

5. A communication processing apparatus that executes output control of data received via a network,

the communication processing apparatus characterized by comprising:

a communication controlling unit that executes a request for setting port forwarding processing, which is processing for transferring packets to the communication processing apparatus, to a relay device of a network connected to the communication processing apparatus, and receives data via the network and the relay device;

a decoding processing unit that executes decoding processing of the data received at the communication processing unit; and

an output processing unit that executes processing for outputting data generated in the decoding processing unit.

6. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 5, the communication processing apparatus characterized by further comprising:

a camera unit; and

a data combining unit that performs control for combining the data received at the communication controlling unit with data captured in the camera.

7. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the communication controlling unit

is configured to execute processing for generating a packet containing data captured in the camera and for outputting the packet to the network.

8. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the communication controlling unit

is configured to perform execution and termination of transmission of the packet containing the data captured in the camera on the basis of input information input through a user input unit.

9. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 5, the communication processing apparatus characterized by comprising:

a data combining unit that displays and outputs bit rate information of the data received at the communication controlling unit.

10. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the communication controlling unit

is configured to execute processing for outputting a bit rate setting request to a transmission source of the data received via the network on the basis of bit rate setting information input through a user input unit.

11. A data communication system including data transmitting means having a video camera function;

and data receiving means for receiving transmission data of the data transmitting means, the data communication system characterized in that

the data transmitting means includes;

a communication controlling unit that executes processing for generating a transmission packet containing data captured with the video camera function and for outputting the transmission packet to a network; and

a memory that stores a host name of the data receiving means and a port number to which port forwarding processing, of a relay device of a network connected to the data receiving means, for transferring the transmission packet to the data receiving means is set, and wherein

the communication controlling unit

is configured to execute the processing for generating the transmission packet including, as destination information, the port number and address information corresponding to the host name of the data receiving means and for outputting the transmission packet to the network, and wherein

the data receiving means includes;

a communication controlling unit that executes a request for setting the port forwarding processing to the relay device of the network connected to the data receiving means and receives data from the data transmitting means via the network and the relay device;

a decoding processing unit that executes decoding processing of the data received at the communication controlling unit from the data transmitting means; and

an output processing unit that executes output processing of data generated in the decoding processing unit.

12. A communication controlling method in a communication processing apparatus having a video camera function,

the communication controlling method characterized by comprising:

a step of a communication controlling unit'"'"'s acquiring, from a memory, a host name of a data transmission destination device and a port number to which port forwarding processing, which is processing for transferring packets to the data transmission destination device, of a relay device of a network connected to the data transmission destination device is set;

a step of the communication controlling unit'"'"'s receiving address information corresponding to the host name of the data transmission destination device from a DNS server; and

a step of the communication controlling unit'"'"'s executing processing for generating a transmission packet that includes, as destination information, the port number and the address information corresponding to the host name of the data transmission destination device and that contains data captured with a video camera and for outputting the transmission packet to a network.

13. A data processing method for executing control of data received via a network in a communication processing apparatus,

the data processing method characterized by comprising:

a step of a communication controlling unit'"'"'s executing a request for setting port forwarding processing, serving as processing for transferring packets to the communication processing apparatus, to a relay device of a network connected to the communication processing apparatus;

a step of the communication controlling unit'"'"'s receiving data via the network and the relay device;

a decoding processing step of a decoding processing unit'"'"'s executing decoding processing of the data received at the communication controlling unit; and

an output processing step of an output processing unit'"'"'s executing output processing of data generated in the decoding processing unit.

14. A computer program allowing a communication processing apparatus having a video camera function to execute communication control,

the computer program characterized by comprising:

a step of allowing a communication controlling unit to acquire, from a memory, a host name of a data transmission destination device and a port number to which port forwarding processing, which is processing for transferring packets to the data transmission destination device, of a relay device of a network connected to the data transmission destination device is set;

a step of allowing the communication controlling unit to receive address information corresponding to the host name of the data transmission destination device from a DNS server; and

a step of allowing the communication controlling unit to execute processing for generating a transmission packet that includes, as destination information, the port number and the address information corresponding to the host name of the data transmission destination device and that contains data captured with a video camera and for outputting the transmission packet to a network.

15. A computer program for allowing a communication processing apparatus to control data received via a network,

the computer program characterized by comprising:

a step of allowing a communication controlling unit to execute a request for setting port forwarding processing, serving as processing for transferring packets to the communication processing apparatus, to a relay device of a network connected to the communication processing apparatus;

a step of allowing the communication controlling unit to receive data via the network and the relay device;

a decoding processing step of allowing a decoding processing unit to execute decoding processing of the data received at the communication controlling unit; and

an output processing step of allowing an output processing unit to execute output processing of data generated in the decoding processing unit.