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Title:
IMAGE-DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD, IMAGE-DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE-RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3951695
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute images in real time without jaming network traffic.
SOLUTION: An image-transmitting apparatus 1 transmits an image 202 in a specific range in an all-directional image 201 to an image-receiving apparatus 2 by steps S1 and S2. The image-receiving apparatus 2 displays an image 204 corresponding to a viewpoint in the image 202. When the viewpoint is moved in a direction marked by an arrow 205, the travel information is transmitted from the image-receiving apparatus 2 to the image-transmitting apparatus 1, and an image 208 corresponding to a new viewpoint is transmitted from the image-transmitting apparatus 1 to the image-receiving apparatus 2. The image- receiving apparatus 2 displays an image 210 corresponding to the viewpoint in the newly received image 208.


Inventors:
Futenma Satoshi
Eisaburo Itakura
Takahiro Fukuhara
Yasuhiko Ichino
Application Number:
JP2001377667A
Publication Date:
August 01, 2007
Filing Date:
December 11, 2001
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Assignee:
ソニー株式会社
International Classes:
H04N5/765; H04L29/06; H04N5/92; H04N7/173; H04N21/2187; H04N21/239; H04N21/24; (IPC1-7): H04N7/173; H04N5/765; H04N5/92
Domestic Patent References:
JP10224772A
JP2001008232A
JP6141211A
JP9261552A
JP7059000A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Inamoto