SERVER DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE TRANSFER SYSTEM

• US 20120306931A1
• Filed: 03/15/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Takuya, Fujinuki, Mitsue
• Application Number:
  US13/420,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20120306931A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/672
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1415 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/001 Arbitration of resources in a display system, e.g. control of access to frame buffer by video controller and/or main processor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45455 applied to a region of the image

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a server device that performs communication with a client device includes an obtaining unit, a storing unit, a comparing unit, and a sending unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of pieces of image data generated in a sequential manner, a modification image representing an image portion which has got modified as compared to corresponding previous piece of image data. The storing unit is configured to store therein a specific image representing an image portion that is not to be displayed on the client device. The comparing unit is configured to compare the modification image with the specific image. The sending unit is configured to send, to the client device, the modification image not containing the specific image and not to send, to the client device, image portion in the modification image that match with the specific image.

Claims

1. A server device that performs communication with a client device, the server device comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of pieces of image data generated in a sequential manner, a modification image representing an image portion which has got modified as compared to corresponding previous piece of image data;

a storing unit configured to store therein a specific image representing an image portion that is not to be displayed on the client device;

a comparing unit configured to compare the modification image with the specific image; and

a sending unit configured to send, to the client device, the modification image not containing the specific image and not to send, to the client device, image portion in the modification image that match with the specific image.

2. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising a generating unit configured to generate the plurality of pieces of image data in such a way that the specific image is included in the modification image.

3. The server device according to claim 2, wherein the generating unit generates the plurality of pieces of image data in such a way that the specific image is displayed in a specific area in a flashing manner.

4. The server device according to claim 2, wherein the generating unit generates the plurality of pieces of image data in such a way that a display position of the specific image changes over time.

5. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the sending unit sends in advance, to the client device, reference image data that represents image data present immediately before starting the display of the specific image.

6. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the sending unit sends, to the client device, an image portion in the modification image that does not match with the specific image.

7. The server device according to claim 1, wherein, when the modification image contains the specific image, the sending unit does not send the modification image to the client device.

8. The server device according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit configured to receive the plurality of pieces of image data from an external device, wherein

the obtaining unit extracts, from each of the plurality of pieces of image data received by the receiving unit, a portion which has got modified as compared to corresponding previous piece of image data and obtains an image displayed in the extracted portion as the modification image.

9. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining unit obtains the modification image from an external device.

10. A client device that performs communication with a server device, the client device comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of pieces of image data generated in a sequential manner in the server device, a modification image representing an image portion which has got modified as compared to corresponding previous piece of image data;

a first storing unit configured to store therein a specific image representing an image portion that is not to be displayed;

a second storing unit configured to store therein reference image data that represents image data present immediately before starting the display of the specific image;

a comparing unit configured to compare the modification images with the specific image; and

a display control unit configured to generate, on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing unit and the reference image data, display image data that is image data representing an image to be displayed and that does not contain image portion in the modification image that match with the specific image, and display the display control data.

11. The client device according to claim 10, further comprising an updating unit configured to update the reference image data to the display image data.

12. An image transfer system comprising:

a server device;

a client device; and

a relay device that communicates with the server device and with the client device, wherein

the relay device includes;

an obtaining unit configured to obtain, from each of a plurality of pieces of image data generated in a sequential manner in the server device, a modification image representing an image portion which has got modified as compared to corresponding previous piece of image data;

a storing unit configured to store therein a specific image representing an image portion that is not to be displayed on the client device;

a comparing unit configured to compare the modification image with the specific image; and

a sending unit configured to send, to the client device, the modification image not containing the specific image and not to send, to the client device, image portion in the modification image that match with the specific image.