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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Xiaotian Zhao, Tokyo, JP;

Takafumi Okuyama, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Kitada, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
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);
Abstract

A distribution system according to one embodiment includes: an arrangement unit that arranges a plurality of virtual viewpoints around an object represented by stereoscopic data constituting stereoscopic video content; a first creation unit that creates, for each of the virtual viewpoints, one side stereoscopic data in which an amount of data of a portion of the object that cannot be visually recognized from the virtual viewpoint is reduced; and a distribution unit that distributes one side stereoscopic data of one virtual viewpoint among the one side stereoscopic data for each of the virtual viewpoints to a terminal of a user according to a position and a field of view of the user in a virtual space in which the object is arranged.


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