Video display apparatus and video processing apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHIDEO NAMBA
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Abstract
In a case that a viewer performs video communication using an ultra high resolution display apparatus with a large screen, a video that can be captured is restricted due to restriction on arrangement of video cameras, and this reduces sense of presence and consequently impairs user experience. Multiple video camera apparatuses arranged outside a display area of a display apparatus are used to generate a video of an arbitrary view point from videos captured by the multiple video camera apparatuses, by using a video processing apparatus on a network and to display the generated video on a display apparatus of a communication partner.
Claims8
A video display apparatus for communicating with one or more video processing apparatuses, the video display apparatus comprising:
- a video display unit;
- multiple video camera units;
- a synchronization controller;
- and
- a controller, wherein
- each of the multiple video camera units is installed outside the video display unit,
- the synchronization controller synchronizes shutters of the multiple video camera units,
- the controller transmits, to any one of the one or more video processing apparatuses, camera capability information indicating capability of each of the multiple video camera units, camera arrangement information indicating an arrangement condition of the multiple video camera units, display capability information indicating video display capability of the video display unit, and video information obtained through capturing by each of the multiple video camera units, and
- video information transmitted from any one of the one or more video processing apparatuses is received and the video information is displayed on the video display unit.
A video processing apparatus for communicating with multiple video display apparatuses including a first video display apparatus and a second video display apparatus, wherein
- the video processing apparatus is configured to
- receive, from the first video display apparatus, camera capability information indicating capability of multiple video camera units, camera arrangement information indicating an arrangement condition of the multiple video camera units, display capability information indicating video display capability of the video display apparatus, and video information obtained through capturing by each of the multiple video camera units,
- generate an arbitrary view point video from the video information thus received, and
- transmit the arbitrary view point video to the second video display apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.