Communication System, Terminal Device, Registration Method, and Storage Medium

• US 20150110469A1
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ushiyama, Kentaro
• Application Number:
  US14/584,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20150110469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/19 by using information detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/8583 by creating hot-spots

Abstract

There are provided a communication system, a terminal device, a registration method, and a program capable of sharing pseudo camera works performed by the other users without editing uploaded video data itself. The terminal device displays video data acquired from a server device and generates edit data representing a display range designated as a range to be displayed in a plurality of image frames configuring the video data. Then, the terminal device registers the generated edit data in the server device in association with the video data.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program that causes a computer of a terminal device to execute:

a first acquisition step of acquiring video data from a server device that stores the video data;

a first control step of displaying the video data acquired in the first acquisition step;

a generation step of generating edit data that represents a display range designated as a range to be displayed in a plurality of image frames configuring the video data acquired in the first acquisition step; and

a registration step of registering the edit data generated in the generation step in a server device that is accessible from another terminal device in association with the video data.

2. The medium according to claim 1, the program causes the computer to execute:

a second acquisition step of acquiring the edit data generated by the another terminal device and the video data associated with the edit data from the server device; and

a second control step of displaying the display range represented by the edit data acquired in the second acquisition step in a plurality of image frames configuring the video data acquired in the second acquisition step based on the edit data acquired in the second acquisition step.

3. The medium according to claim 2,

wherein the second acquisition step acquires from the server device that stores the video data associated with the edit data, and

in the second control step, a display range of the image frames configuring the acquired video data is displayed in accordance with the display range represented by the acquired edit data.

4. The medium according to claim 2,

wherein the server device includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of video data including first video data displaying a display target with a first resolution and a second video data displaying the display target with a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution,

at least the second video data is configured by a plurality of pieces of divided image data that is acquired by dividing image frames configuring the second video data,

in the first control step, image frames configuring the first video data are sequentially acquired from the server device, and the display range of the acquired image frames is displayed, and

the program causes the computer to execute:

a determination step of determining at least one piece of the divided image data that is an acquisition target among the plurality of pieces of the divided image data configuring the second video data according to at least one of a degree of margin of a bandwidth of a network between the terminal device and the server device and performance of the terminal device; and

a third control step of displaying the divided image data determined in the determination step in at least a part of the display range of the image frames configuring the first video data.

5. The medium according to claim 1,

wherein the display range is a range relating to a drawing region that is drawn on a screen of a display in the image frames, and

the edit data represents a coordinate position of the drawing region with respect to the image frames.

6. The medium according to claim 1, wherein

meta-information including information restricting an operation relating to reproduction of the video data is stored in the server device in association with the video data, and

in the first acquisition step, the meta-information and the video data are acquired from the server device, and

the program causes the computer of the terminal device to further execute a fourth restriction step of restricting generation of the edit data in the generation step in a case where the meta-information is acquired in the first acquisition step.

7. A terminal device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute;

a first acquisition step of acquiring video data from a server device storing the video data;

a first control step of displaying the video data acquired by the first acquisition step;

a generation step of generating edit data representing a display range designated as a range to be displayed in a plurality of image frames configuring the video data acquired by the first acquisition step; and

a registration step of registering the edit data generated by the generation step in a server device that is accessible from another terminal device in association with the video data.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, the program causes the computer to execute:

a second acquisition step of acquiring the edit data generated by the another terminal device and the video data associated with the edit data from the server device; and

a second control step of displaying the display range represented by the edit data acquired in the second acquisition step in a plurality of image frames configuring the video data acquired in the second acquisition step based on the edit data acquired in the second acquisition step.

9. The terminal device according to claim 8,

wherein the second acquisition step acquires from the server device that stores the video data associated with the edit data, and

in the second control step, a display range of the image frames configuring the acquired video data is displayed in accordance with the display range represented by the acquired edit data.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8,

wherein the server device includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of video data including first video data displaying a display target with a first resolution and a second video data displaying the display target with a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution,

at least the second video data is configured by a plurality of pieces of divided image data that is acquired by dividing image frames configuring the second video data,

in the first control step, image frames configuring the first video data are sequentially acquired from the server device, and the display range of the acquired image frames is displayed, and

the program causes the computer to execute:

a determination step of determining at least one piece of the divided image data that is an acquisition target among the plurality of pieces of the divided image data configuring the second video data according to at least one of a degree of margin of a bandwidth of a network between the terminal device and the server device and performance of the terminal device; and

a third control step of displaying the divided image data determined in the determination step in at least a part of the display range of the image frames configuring the first video data.

11. The terminal device according to claim 7,

wherein the display range is a range relating to a drawing region that is drawn on a screen of a display in the image frames, and

the edit data represents a coordinate position of the drawing region with respect to the image frames.

12. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein

meta-information including information restricting an operation relating to reproduction of the video data is stored in the server device in association with the video data, and

in the first acquisition step, the meta-information and the video data are acquired from the server device, and

the program causes the computer of the terminal device to further execute a fourth restriction step of restricting generation of the edit data in the generation step in a case where the meta-information is acquired in the first acquisition step.

13. A communication system in which a terminal device and a server device are communicable with each other through a network, wherein

the server device comprises a storage unit that stores video data,

the terminal device comprises a processor, and a memory configured to store a program to be executed by the processor,

the processor acquires the video data from the server device;

the processor controls to display the video data acquired by the processor;

the processor generates edit data representing a display range designated as a range to be displayed in a plurality of image frames configuring the video data acquired by the processor; and

the processor registers the edit data generated by the processor in the server device that is accessible from another terminal device in association with the video data.