US 12,243,120 B2
Content distribution system, content distribution method, and content distribution program
Shinnosuke Iwaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Dwango Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by DWANGO Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/668,293.
Application 17/668,293 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/036969, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-180710 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0270302 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 13/00 (2011.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 11/00 (2013.01) [G06T 13/00 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A content distribution system for displaying a virtual space to a plurality of user terminals, comprising at least one processor configured to:
detect a state where an avatar corresponding to a first user performs a predetermined action in the virtual space, the predetermined action including an input operation of information secret to a second user, and the state including a state where the input operation is performed on a target virtual object of the input operation; and
display a content image of the virtual space on a user terminal of the second user among the plurality of user terminals in response to detection of the state,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
detect the state if a distance between a position of the target virtual object and a position of the avatar is less than a preset threshold such that the state is detected at a time point before the predetermined action is performed; and
make the predetermined action not visible in the content image if the state is detected, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect action information defining the predetermined action by comparing the action information with a prepared template.