Server, client terminal, system, and program for presenting landscapes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9721392-B2
Application number	US-201615049006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 8, 2012
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a server including a reception unit configured to receive, from a client terminal, position information indicating a position of the client terminal, and direction information indicating a direction in which the client terminal is directed, and a search unit configured to search for image data provided with position information indicating an opposite position across a target object present in the direction indicated by the direction information with respect to the position of the client terminal based on the position information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A server, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive, from a terminal, first position information of the terminal and direction information of the terminal;
retrieve, based on current situation information of the terminal, a first image corresponding to second position information indicating a first opposite position across a first target object present in a direction of the direction information and a second image corresponding to third position information indicating a second opposite position across a second target object present in the direction of the direction information, wherein the current situation information corresponds to one of an altitude, an imaging date, an imaging time band, or weather information associated with a third image captured by the terminal in the direction indicated by the direction information; and
transmit the first image and the second image to the terminal.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
combine the first image with the third image captured by the terminal in the direction indicated by the direction information to generate a composite image; and
transmit the composite image to the terminal.

3. The server according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to combine the first image with the third image such that the first target object shown in the third image becomes transparent to cause the first image to be viewed, the first image being a first landscape behind the first target object and the second image being a second landscape behind the second target object.

4. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the current situation information corresponds to the altitude at which the third image is captured by the terminal.

5. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the current situation information corresponds to the imaging date on which the third image is captured by the terminal.

6. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the current situation information corresponds to the imaging time band during which the third image is captured by the terminal.

7. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the current situation information corresponds to the weather information associated with the third image captured by the terminal.

8. A terminal, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
transmit, to a server, first position information of the terminal and direction information of the terminal; and
receive from the server, based on current situation information of the terminal, a first image corresponding to second position information indicating a first opposite position across a first target object present in a direction of the direction information and a second image corresponding to third position information indicating a second opposite position across a second target object present in the direction of the direction information, wherein the current situation information corresponds to one of an altitude, an imaging date, an imaging time band, or weather information associated with a third image captured by the terminal in the direction indicated by the direction information.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
combine the first image with the third image captured in the direction indicated by the direction information to generate a composite image, wherein the third image is captured by the terminal from a position that corresponds to the first position information of the terminal; and
control display of the composite image.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to combine the first image with the third image such that the first target object shown in the third image becomes transparent to cause the first image to be viewed, the first image being a first landscape behind the first target object and the second image being a second landscape behind the second target object.

11. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control display of the first image.

12. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to detect a position that corresponds to the first position information of the terminal and the direction in which the terminal is directed.

13. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein based on a lack of a captured image that is stored in association with the second position information, the circuitry is further configured to provide a notification through a display.

14. A system, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
acquire first position information of a terminal and direction information of the terminal;
retrieve, based on current situation information of the terminal, a first image corresponding to second position information indicating a first opposite position across a first target object present in a direction of the direction information and a second image corresponding to third position information indicating a second opposite position across a second target object present in the direction of the direction information, wherein the current situation information corresponds to one of an altitude, an imaging date, an imaging time band, or weather information associated with a third image captured by the terminal in the direction indicated by the direction information; and
transmit the first image and the second image to the terminal.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, from a terminal, first position information of the terminal and direction information of the terminal;
retrieving, based on current situation information of the terminal, a first image corresponding to second position information indicating a first opposite position across a first target object present in a direction of the direction information and a second image corresponding to third position information indicating a second opposite position across a second target object present in the direction of the direction information, wherein the current situation information corresponds to one of an altitude, an imaging date, an imaging time band, or weather information associated with a third image captured by the terminal in the direction indicated by the direction information; and
transmitting the first image and the second image to the terminal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
transmitting, to a server, first position information of a terminal and direction information of the terminal;
receiving from the server, based on current situation information of the terminal, a first image corresponding to second position information indicating a first opposite position across a first target object present in a direction of the direction information and a second image corresponding to third position information indicating a second opposite position across a second target object present in the direction of the direction information, wherein the current situation information corresponds to one of an altitude, an imaging date, an imaging time band, or weather information associated with a third image captured by the terminal in the direction indicated by the direction information.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute operatio

Assignees

• C/O Sony Corp
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Takatoshi
• Sako Yoichiro
• Takehara Mitsuru

Classifications

• G06T19/006 Primary

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• G06F17/30265

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30256

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/58

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/5838

  using colour · CPC title