IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISTRIBUTION METHOD

• Main Authors: SHIMOMURA MICHIO, UCHIDA NAOKI, ARAKAWA NORIYASU, SATO HIROYUKI, TSUCHIKAWA HITOSHI, UCHIDA NORIYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.03.2015
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image distribution system that realizes simultaneous viewing of images in different directions by a viewer and reduction of distribution delay of images in an inexpensive system configuration regardless of a direction of imaging apparatus.SOLUTION: A image distribution system has: an image acquisition device 110 equipped with an image photographing section 111 and a direction information acquiring section 112; an image selection device 130 equipped with an image input section 131, a direction information receiving section 132, a setting storage section 133 which stores arrangement information of the image photographing section 111 and an image display section 141, an image selection and cutout section 134, and an image distribution section 135; and an image display device 140 equipped with an image receiving section 142 which receives a partial image and an image display section 141 which displays the partial image. The image photographing section has overlapped regions where an image photographed by each image photographing section 111 and images photographed by adjacently arranged image photographing sections 111 are overlapped, and the sections are arranged such that a size of the regions is larger than a size of the partial image. 【課題】視聴者による異なる方向の画像の同時視聴と、安価なシステム構成における画像の配信遅延の低減とを、画像撮影装置の方向に係わらず実現させる画像配信システムを提供する。【解決手段】画像撮影部１１１及び方向情報取得部１１２を備える画像取得装置１１０と、画像入力部１３１、方向情報受信部１３２、画像撮影部１１１及び画像表示部１４１の配置情報を記憶する設定記憶部１３３、画像選択・切出し部１３４、及び画像配信部１３５を備える画像選択装置１３０と、部分画像を受信する画像受信部１４２及び部分画像を表示する画像表示部１４１を備える画像表示装置１４０とを有し、各画像撮影部１１１が撮影する画像と、隣接して配置された画像撮影部１１１が撮影する画像とが重なり合う重複領域を有し、その大きさが、部分画像の大きさよりも大きくなるように配置する。【選択図】図１