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US 11,601,582 B2Granted
Image transmission apparatus and image transmission method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKazuki Nogami, Makoto Noguchi
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Abstract
To appropriately prevent an image with disadvantageous or inappropriate imaged content from being transmitted when such imaged content is generated in a use case such as real-time distribution of a captured image, and to prevent mistrust of a viewer due to malfunction or the like. Therefore, a transmission unit is caused to execute transmission of a first image that is delayed by a delay processing unit. If a switching trigger is detected during this time, the image that the transmission unit is caused to transmit is switched from a first image to a second image that is reproduced by a reproduction unit.
Claims10
An image transmission apparatus, comprising:
- a memory configured to store an existing movie;
- and
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
- delay a first image by a specific time;
- generate a digest image for the first image;
- store, in the memory, the generated digest image;
- transmit the delayed first image;
- reproduce a second image;
- switch from the first image to the second image;
- detect a switching trigger during the transmission of the delayed first image;
- transmit the second image in a first period based on the switching trigger detected during the transmission of the delayed first image;
- reproduce the stored digest image and the stored existing movie in the first period in which the second image is transmitted, wherein
- the first period includes a second period and a third period,
- the reproduction of the stored digest image is after the reproduction of the stored existing movie;
- and
- detect a transmission restarting trigger for the first image, wherein
- the stored existing movie is reproduced in the second period from a time point at which the switching trigger is detected to a time point at which the transmission restarting trigger for the first image is detected,
- the stored digest image is reproduced in the third period from the time point at which the transmission restarting trigger for the first image is detected to a time point at which a delay time has elapsed after the detection of the transmission restarting trigger for the first image, and
- the digest image is generated from the first image excluding the second period.
16 more elements
An image transmission apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
- delay an image by a specific time;
- generate a digest image for the image;
- store, in the memory, the generated digest image;
- transmit the delayed image;
- reproduce the stored digest image;
- switch from the image to the reproduced digest image;
- detect a switching trigger during the transmission of the delayed image;
- and
- transmit the digest image based on the switching trigger detected during the transmission of the delayed image,
- wherein the digest image is reproduced in a period from a time point at which a transmission restarting trigger for the image is detected to a time point at which a delay time has elapsed from the detection of the transmission restarting trigger.
10 more elements
An image transmission method, comprising:
- delaying a first image by a specific time;
- generating a digest image for the first image;
- storing, in a memory, the generated digest image and an existing movie;
- transmitting the delayed first image;
- reproducing a second image;
- switching from the first image to the second image;
- detecting a switching trigger during the transmission of the delayed first image;
- transmitting the second image in a first period based on the switching trigger detected during the transmission of the delayed first image;
- reproducing the stored digest image and the stored existing movie in the first period in which the second image is transmitted, wherein
- the first period includes a second period and a third period,
- the reproduction of the stored digest image is after the reproduction of the stored existing movie;
- and
- detecting a transmission restarting trigger for the first image, wherein
- the stored existing movie is reproduced in the second period from a time point at which the switching trigger is detected to a time point at which the transmission restarting trigger for the first image is detected,
- the stored digest image is reproduced in the third period from the time point at which the transmission restarting trigger for the first image is detected to a time point at which a delay time has elapsed after the detection of the transmission restarting trigger for the first image, and
- the digest image is generated from the first image excluding the second period.
13 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor of an image transmission apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- delaying a first image by a specific time;
- generating a digest image for the first image;
- storing, in a memory, the generated digest image and an existing movie;
- transmitting the delayed first image;
- reproducing a second image;
- switching from the first image to the second image;
- detecting a switching trigger during the transmission of the delayed first image;
- transmitting the second image in a first period based on the switching trigger detected during the transmission of the delayed first image;
- reproducing the stored digest image and the stored existing movie in the first period in which the second image is transmitted, wherein
- the first period includes a second period and a third period,
- the reproduction of the stored digest image is after the reproduction of the stored existing movie;
- and
- detecting a transmission restarting trigger for the first image, wherein
- the stored existing movie is reproduced in the second period from a time point at which the switching trigger is detected to a time point at which the transmission restarting trigger for the first image is detected,
- the stored digest image is reproduced in the third period from the time point at which the transmission restarting trigger for the first image is detected to a time point at which a delay time has elapsed after the detection of the transmission restarting trigger for the first image, and
- the digest image is generated from the first image excluding the second period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.