US 12,005,350 B2
Image transmission/reception system, image transmission apparatus, image reception apparatus, image transmission/reception method, and program
Katsushi Otsuka, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/435,857
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/050906
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194957, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-056322 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152489 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01)
CPC A63F 13/355 (2014.09) [A63F 13/52 (2014.09); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); A63F 2300/538 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image transmission/reception system comprising:
an image transmission apparatus; and
an image reception apparatus,
the image transmission apparatus including
an image generation unit configured to generate a first image and generate a second image after generating the first image,
an image data transmission unit configured to transmit first image data generated on a basis of the first image, and
a transmission control unit configured to control whether or not to transmit second image data generated on a basis of the second image,
the image reception apparatus including
an image data reception unit configured to receive the first image data,
a to-be-displayed image generation unit configured to generate a first to-be-displayed image on a basis of the first image data,
an alternative image generation unit configured to generate an alternative image by estimating, on the basis of the first image data, a second to-be-displayed image to be generated on a basis of the second image data by the to-be-displayed image generation unit, and
a display control unit configured to display, after displaying the first to-be-displayed image, any one of the second to-be-displayed image generated on the basis of the second image data and the alternative image, depending on whether or not reception of the second image data has succeeded,
wherein the transmission control unit controls whether or not to transmit the second image data on a basis of a possibility of successful estimation of the second to-be-displayed image on the basis of the first image data by the alternative image generation unit, the possibility being determined on a basis of a feature amount of the first image and a feature amount of the second image.