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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Satoshi Futenma, Tokyo, JP;
Eisaburo Itakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Ichino, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Futenma, Tokyo, JP;
Eisaburo Itakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Ichino, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A picture transmitting apparatus transmits, to a picture receiving apparatus, a picture as a predetermined area of an omnidirectional picture. The picture receiving apparatus displays a portion of the transmitted picture which corresponds to a viewpoint. When the viewpoint is moved, information of the movement is transmitted from the picture receiving apparatus to the picture transmitting apparatus, and a picture corresponding to the new viewpoint is transmitted from the picture transmitting apparatus to the picture receiving apparatus. The picture receiving apparatus displays a portion of the received picture which corresponds to the viewpoint.