IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20170019504A1
• Filed: 10/07/2014
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: OYAMA, Kazufumi, OTA, Osamu
• Granted Patent: US 10,356,219 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• 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 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

The present invention provides an image transmission apparatus, an information processing terminal, an image transmission method, an information processing method, a program, and an information storage medium that allow a user to obtain a high-quality image according to a desired field-of-view range without constraining the communication band. A panorama image acquiring section acquires an image. A field-of-view range data accepting section accepts field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range from a client. A clip image transmitting section transmits, to the client, an image that is an image generated on the basis of part of the acquired image and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the accepted field-of-view range data.

Claims

1. An image transmission apparatus comprising:

an image acquiring section that acquires an image;

a field-of-view range data accepting section that accepts field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range from an information processing terminal; and

a transmitting section that transmits, to the information processing terminal, an image that is an image generated on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data accepted.

2. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image acquiring section acquires a plurality of images each associated with an image to be transmitted by the transmitting section,

the field-of-view range data accepting section accepts pieces of the field-of-view range data associated with field-of-view ranges about a plurality of timings, and

the transmitting section transmits, to the information processing terminal, a moving image including, as frame images, a plurality of images that are each an image generated on the basis of part of the image that is associated and acquired and are each an image according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data about an associated timing.

3. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image acquiring section acquires a moving image, and

the transmitting section transmits, to the information processing terminal, a moving image including, as frame images, images that are each an image generated on the basis of part of a frame image included in the moving image acquired and are each according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data accepted.

4. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the field-of-view range data accepting section accepts the field-of-view range data from each of a plurality of information processing terminals,

the image transmission apparatus further includes a clip image generating section that generates the image that is an image generated on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data accepted,

the transmitting section transmits the image generated to the information processing terminal of a transmission source of the field-of-view range data associated with the image, and

acceptance of the field-of-view range data and transmission of the image are carried out for each of the information processing terminals as transmission sources of the field-of-view range data in parallel.

5. An information processing terminal comprising:

a field-of-view range data transmitting section that transmits field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range to an image transmission apparatus that transmits an image generated on the basis of part of an image acquired; and

an accepting section that accepts, from the image transmission apparatus, the image that is generated by the image transmission apparatus on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data.

6. An image transmission method comprising:

acquiring an image;

accepting field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range from an information processing terminal; and

transmitting, to the information processing terminal, an image that is an image generated on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data accepted.

7. An information processing method comprising:

transmitting field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range to an image transmission apparatus that transmits an image generated on the basis of part of an image acquired; and

accepting, from the image transmission apparatus, the image that is generated by the image transmission apparatus on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data.

8. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising:

acquiring, by an image acquiring section, an image;

accepting, by a field-of-view range data accepting section, field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range from an information processing terminal; and

transmitting, by a transmitting section, to the information processing terminal, an image that is an image generated on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data accepted.

9. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising:

transmitting, by a field-of-view range data transmitting section, field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range to an image transmission apparatus that transmits an image generated on the basis of part of an image acquired; and

accepting, by an accepting section, from the image transmission apparatus, the image that is generated by the image transmission apparatus on the basis of part of the image acquired and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the field-of-view range data

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