Remote rendering system, image processing method, server device, and program

An image processing method in which a terminal having a sensor and a server are included, the terminal transmitting information about a sensor state to the server, and the server transmitting a rendered image corresponding to the sensor state to the terminal, the method comprising:

• transmitting information about the current sensor state from the terminal to the server;
• predicting, by the server, a plurality of possibilities of the sensor state to be expected in an immediate future based on the received information about the current sensor state;
• performing rendering corresponding to the predicted possibilities of the sensor state;
• and
• storing a plurality of the rendered images generated by the rendering.

A server device that transmits, to a terminal having a sensor, a rendered image corresponding to a sensor state received from the terminal, the server device comprising:

• a sensor information reception unit that receives information about the current sensor state from the terminal;
• a prediction unit that predicts a plurality of possibilities of the sensor state to be expected in an immediate future based on the received information about the current sensor state;
• a rendering unit that performs rendering corresponding to the predicted possibility of the sensor state;
• a storage unit that stores a plurality of the rendered images generated by the rendering;
• an image selection unit that selects the rendered image corresponding to the current sensor state from the plurality of rendered images stored in the storage unit;
• and
• an image transmission unit that transmits the selected rendered image to the terminal.