Image display system, display apparatus, and display method

• US 8,009,219 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sako, Yoichiro, Kimura, Keiji, Tsuruta, Masaaki, Asukai, Masamichi, Ito, Taiji, Ozaki, Nozomu, Sugino, Akinobu, Sekizawa, Hidehiko, Totsuka, Yonetaro
• Primary Examiner(s): HANNETT, JAMES M
• Application Number:
  US12/781,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20100220037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 348/333.01
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an image display system including a display apparatus, an imaging apparatus placed on a movable body; and a server apparatus. The display apparatus and the imaging apparatus are capable of communicating with the server apparatus. The imaging apparatus includes: an imaging section; a speed detection section; and a control section that controls transmission of image data and speed information to the server apparatus. The server apparatus includes: a movable body speed management section that manages the moving speed of the movable body using the speed information; and a control section that identifies an imaging apparatus that matches speed specification information, and causes image data to be transferred from the identified imaging apparatus to the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display section; and a control section that performs a speed specification process, an image request transmission process, and a display process.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display section configured to perform image display;

a communication section configured to perform data communication with an external server apparatus; and

a control section configured to;

transmit speed specification information to the external server apparatus via said communication section to request image data then being captured by an imaging apparatus, wherein the speed specification information indicates a specified speed of the imaging apparatus; and

instruct the display section to display the image data received from the external server apparatus in response to the request for the image data.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control section further performs a location specification process of setting location specification information, and, in the image request transmission process, performs a process of transmitting the speed specification information and the location specification information to the server apparatus.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control section further performs a map display process of causing said display section to display a map image and a location specification process of setting location specification information based on a user input for the map image, and, in the image request transmission process, performs a process of transmitting the speed specification information and the location specification information to the server apparatus.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the location specification information set by said control section in the location specification process is information of a latitude and longitude of a point specified for the map image.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control section further performs a date/time specification process of setting date/time specification information for specifying a date and time, and, in the image request transmission process, performs a process of transmitting the speed specification information and the date/time specification information to the server apparatus.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display section is configured to be arranged in front of an eye of a user to perform image display.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging section configured to take an image to obtain image data; and

a speed detection section configured to detect a moving speed and generate speed information indicative of the moving speed, wherein

said control section is capable of performing a transmission control process of causing the image data obtained by said imaging section and the speed information generated by said speed detection section to be transmitted to the server apparatus via said communication section.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a lighting section configured to transmit light in a direction in which the imaging section is configured to take the image.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an audio input section configured to detect external sounds including at least one instruction from a user.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an audio output section configured to output audio to a user.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the speed specification information indicates a range of speeds of the imaging apparatus.

8. A display method comprising:

setting speed specification information based on a user input, wherein the speed specification information indicates a specified speed of an imaging apparatus;

transmitting the speed specification information to an external server apparatus to make a request for image data then being captured by the imaging apparatus; and

receiving the image data transmitted from the external server apparatus in response to the request, and performing display based on the received image data.

9. The display method according to claim 8, further comprising:

setting location specification information on the imaging apparatus, wherein in said act of transmitting, a process of transmitting the speed specification information and the location specification information to the server apparatus is performed.

10. The display method according to claim 9, further comprising:

displaying a map image, wherein in said act of setting location specification information, the location specification information is set based on a user input for the map image.

11. The display method according to claim 8, further comprising:

setting date/time specification information for specifying a date and time, wherein in said act of transmitting, a process of transmitting the speed specification information and the date/time specification information to the server apparatus is performed.

16. The display method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the speed specification information from the user; and

setting the speed specification information in response to receiving the speed specification information from the user.

17. The display method according to claim 9, wherein the speed specification information indicates a range of speeds of the imaging apparatus.