Communication System, Communication Apparatus, Communication Program, And Computer-Readable Storage Medium Stored With The Communication Program
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorKeigo Tamura
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Abstract
The client apparatus 1 is connected to a network and includes a communication packet reception unit 13 and a texture processing unit 18. The communication packet reception unit 13 receives image data, audio data, and image type information designating type of the image data, which are transmitted from another client apparatus connected to the network. The texture processing unit 18 renders an image for the received image data. Moreover, the texture processing unit 18 subjects the image for the image data to a predetermined processing when the image type information received by the communication packet reception unit 13 is information of a predetermined image.
Claims10
A communication system including a first and a second communication apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
- said first communication apparatus, comprising:
- an audio input unit;
- and
- a transmitter, which transmits to the second communication apparatus image data designating a user of the first communication apparatus, audio data for a voice entered from the audio input unit, and image type information designating a type of the image data, and
- said second communication apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver, which receives image data, audio data, and image type information transmitted from the first communication apparatus,
- a display control unit, which displays on a display screen an image for the image data received, and
- an audio output control unit, which outputs from the audio output unit a voice represented by the audio data received;
- wherein
- the display control unit, when the image type information received is information designating a predetermined image, subjects the image for the image data to a predetermined rendering process and then displays the resulting image.
A communication apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
- a receiver, which receives image data, audio data, and image type information designating the type of the image data transmitted from other communication apparatus connected to the network,
- a display control unit, which displays in a display screen an image for the image data received, and
- an audio output control unit, which outputs from an audio output unit a voice represented by the audio data received;
- wherein
- the display control unit, when the image type information received is information designating a predetermined image, subjects the image for the image data to a predetermined rendering process and displays the resulting image in the display screen.
A communication program, which instructs a computer, which is included in a communication unit that receives image data, audio data, and image type information designating the type of the image data transmitted from other communication apparatus via a network, to perform a predetermined processing;
- said predetermined processing comprising:
- a display control step in which an image for the image data received is displayed in a display screen, and
- an audio output control step in which a voice represented by the audio data received is output from an audio output unit;
- wherein
- the display control step includes a step in which, when the image type information received is information designating a predetermined image, the image for the image data is subjected to a predetermined rendering process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.