US 12,138,538 B2
Information processing apparatus and game image distributing method
Masahiro Fujihara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/911,767
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/011300
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/193399, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-056770 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138533 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/53 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/53 (2014.09) [A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a game image generation unit configured to generate a game image;
a message generation unit configured to generate a notification message;
a setting unit configured to register setting information determining whether or not a camera image is to be included in a distribution image;
an image processing unit configured to generate a distribution image including the game image;
a distribution processing unit configured to distribute the distribution image; and
a system image generation unit configured to generate a system image including the notification message, wherein:
when the camera image is set to be included in the distribution image, the image processing unit generates the distribution image including a region in which the notification message is superimposed,
when the camera image is set not to be included in the distribution image, the image processing unit generates the distribution image not including the region in which the notification message is superimposed,
when the camera image is set to be included in the distribution image, the system image generation unit generates the system image including the camera image,
when the camera image is set to be included in the distribution image, the image processing unit merges the game image and the system image to generate the distribution image, and
when the camera image is set not to be included in the distribution image, the image processing unit generates the distribution image including the game image and not including the system image.