US 12,423,915 B2
Distribution control system, distribution control apparatus, distribution control method, and program
Xiaotian Zhao, Tokyo (JP); Takafumi Okuyama, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyuki Kitada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/557,268
Filed by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/017244
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/230186, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144602 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 17/205 (2013.01) [G06T 15/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/234345 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); G06T 2210/08 (2013.01); G06T 2210/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distribution control system comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising:
generating a plurality of virtual viewpoints around an object represented by stereoscopic data, wherein the stereoscopic data form at least a part of stereoscopic video content;
creating, for each virtual viewpoint of the plurality of virtual viewpoints, a piece of side stereoscopic data, wherein the piece of side stereoscopic data has a reduced amount of data according to a portion of the object that is visually unrecognizable from the virtual viewpoint; and
distributing the piece of side stereoscopic data of the virtual viewpoint among the piece of side stereoscopic data for each virtual viewpoint of the plurality of virtual viewpoints to a terminal of a user according to a position and a field of view of the user in a virtual space of the object.