US 12,294,706 B2
Image data transfer apparatus, image display system, and image transfer method
Katsushi Otsuka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/907,834
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/011134
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/193361, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-053773 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142944 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/61 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.01); H04N 19/129 (2014.01); H04N 19/174 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/129 (2014.11) [G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); G09G 5/36 (2013.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.11); H04N 19/174 (2014.11)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image data transfer apparatus that transfers data for a moving image to a client terminal, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
generate data for a frame included in the moving image and write the data for the frame to a memory;
obtain information pertaining to a scan order for a plurality of partial panels of a display panel connected to the client terminal;
read out pixel data for the frame from the memory in an order based on the information pertaining to the scan order;
switch the order of reading out the pixel data from the memory according to the scan order for the plurality of partial panels;
compress and encode the pixel data; and
perform a streaming transfer of compressed and encoded frame data to the client terminal.