IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE TRANSMITTING METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20100033569A1
• Filed: 04/16/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanwha Vision Company Limited (Hanwha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sim, Hyun-chul, KIM, Jong-myoung
• Granted Patent: US 8,854,460 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234363 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4621 Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screen arrangements for using the results of monitoring on user's side in broadcast systems H04H60/65; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

An image providing apparatus, an image displaying apparatus, an image transmitting system and an image transmitting method thereof. The image providing apparatus includes a storage unit, a transceiver to receive transmission request information and a stored image, and a controller to process the image using extracted information. Accordingly, a waste of resource required for data processing at an external device is reduced and an image optimized for display is provided to the external device.

Claims

1. An image providing apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit to store format information of multiple devices;

a transceiver to receive transmission request information for an image stored in a first device from a second device and to receive, from the first device, the image stored in the first device; and

a controller to extract format information of the second device based on the format information of the multiple devices and the transmission request information, to process the image received from the first device using the extracted format information, and to transmit the processed image to the second device, via the transceiver.

2. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first device is a storage device to store an image photographed by at least one photographing apparatus.

3. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second device is at least one portable display device to receive and display the processed image.

4. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission request information includes at least one of identification information of the second device, an ID, and a password.

5. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the format information includes quality or property information of an image supported by at least one of the multiple devices.

6. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the controller processes quality or property information of the image received from the first device so as to correspond to quality or property information of an image of the second device.

7. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller extracts information about whether the second device has already been authenticated along with the format information, and if the second device has already been authenticated, the controller processes the image using identification information of the second device included in the transmission request information.

8. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein, if the second device has not been authenticated, the controller determines whether to authenticate the second device using at least one of an ID and a password included in the transmission request information, and if the second device has been authenticated, the controller processes the image using identification information of the second device included in the transmission request information.

9. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller transmits a UI for manipulating the processed image along with the processed image to the second device such that the processed image and the UI are concurrently displayed on a screen of the second device.

10. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein, if a manipulation command input through the UI for the processed image is received, the controller re-processes the image so as to correspond to the manipulation command and transmits the image, via the transceiver.

11. The image providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of the first devices are provided and the controller controls the first devices such that at least two of a plurality of images stored in the plurality of the first devices are processed and are concurrently displayed on the screen of the second device.

12. An image displaying apparatus to receive and display an image having a processed format, the image displaying apparatus comprising:

a transceiver to transmit transmission request information for an image stored in an external device to a server and to receive an image processed by the server based on the transmission request information; and

a controller to control the image displaying apparatus such that the processed image is displayed.

13. The image displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the transceiver receives the processed image along with a UI for manipulating the processed image.

14. The image displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a user input unit to manipulate the UI;

wherein, if a manipulation command for the UI is input through the user input unit, the transceiver transmits the manipulation command to the server and receives an image re-processed according to the manipulation command.

15. The image displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processed image is processed such that quality or property information of an image stored in the external device coincides with quality or property information of an image supported by the image displaying apparatus.

16. The image displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processed image includes an image combining at least two of the plurality of images stored in the plurality of external devices.

17. An image transmitting method, comprising:

receiving a transmission request information from a second device for an image stored in a first device;

receiving the image stored in the first device;

extracting format information of the second device based on the received transmission request information and format information pre-stored for each device;

processing an image received from the first device based on the extracted format information; and

transmitting the processed image to the second device.

18. The image transmitting method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the processing of the image comprises processing quality or property information of an image received from the first device so as to correspond to format information of the second device.

19. The image transmitting method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the processing of the image comprises:

extracting information about whether the second device has already been authenticated, along with the format information; and

if the second device has been already authenticated, processing the image using identification information of the second device included in the transmission request information.

20. The image transmitting method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the processing of the image further comprises:

if the second device has not been already authenticated, determining whether to authenticate the second device using at least one of an ID and a password included in the transmission request; and

if the second device has been authenticated, processing the image using identification information of the second device included in the transmission request information.

21. The image transmitting method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the transmitting of the processed image comprises transmitting the processed image along with a UI for manipulating the processed image to the second device such that the processed image and the UI are concurrently displayed on a screen of the second device.

22. The image transmitting method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising, if a manipulation command input through the UI for the processed image is received, re-processing the image so as to correspond to the manipulation command and re-transmitting the image.

23. The image transmitting method as claimed in claim 17, wherein a plurality of the first devices are provided, and the processing of the image further comprises:

processing at least two images stored in the plurality of the first devices; and

displaying the two images on a screen of the second device concurrently.

24. An image transmitting system, comprising:

at least one first device to store an image photographed by at least one photographing apparatus;

a second device to transmit transmission request information for an image stored in the first device to receive the image stored in the at least one first device; and

a server to extract format information of the second device based on the transmission request information and format information for each device if the transmission request information is received, to process the image received from the first device using the extracted format information, and to transmit the processed image to the second device.

25. The image transmitting system as claimed in claim 24, wherein, if the transmission request information is received from the second device, the server processes the image in a format supported by the second device and transmits the image to the second device.

26. The image transmitting system as claimed in claim 24, wherein the format includes quality or property information of an image.

27. The image transmitting system as claimed in claim 24, wherein, if a plurality of second devices transmit a transmission request concurrently, the server processes the stored image according to a predefined priority and wirelessly transmits the image.