IP Library Granted Patent US 9,088,723
Granted Patent B2
US 9,088,723 · App. 13/927,392 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Server, client terminal, and program

Inventors: Yoichiro Sako (Tokyo, JP); Takatoshi Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuru Takehara (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Asada (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyuki Sakoda (Chiba, JP); Katsuhisa Aratani (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Akira Tange (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Hanaya (Kanagawa, JP); Yuki Koga (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Onuma (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,088,723
App. No.
13/927,392
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a server including a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal.

Claims (43)

1. A server comprising:

a reception section which receives, from a client terminal, present position information showing a position of the client terminal, direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, and zoom distance information showing a distance from the position of the client terminal to a zoom position;

a retrieval section which retrieves sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and surrounding the distance shown by the zoom distance information from the position of the client terminal; and

a transmission section which transmits the sensory data retrieved by the retrieval section to the client terminal.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the sensory data is data detected by a sensor installed at a position shown by the detection position information added to the sensory data.

3. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the sensory data is at least one of audio data, force sense data, or smell sense data.

4. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the present position information and the detection position information are three dimensional position information which further includes altitude information in addition to latitude and longitude information.

5. The server according to claim 1 , wherein acquirer information of the sensory data is added to the sensory data.

6. The server according to claim 1 , wherein classification information of the sensory data is added to the sensory data.

7. The server according to claim 1 , wherein image data captured at a detection position of the sensory data is added to the sensory data.

8. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the reception section further receives current elevation angle information of the client terminal, and

the retrieval section retrieves the sensory data based on the elevation angle information of the client terminal.

9. A client terminal comprising:

a transmission section which transmits present position information showing a position of a client terminal, direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal, and zoom distance information showing a distance from the position of the client terminal to a zoom position;

a reception section which receives sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal, and surrounding the distance shown by the zoom distance information from the position of the client terminal; and

an output control section which performs control in a manner that the sensory data received by the reception section is output.

10. The client terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the output control section performs control in a manner that the sensory data is processed and output based on a relative relation between a zoom position and the position shown by the detection position information added to the sensory data.

11. The client terminal according to claim 10 , wherein, in the case where a plurality of pieces of the sensory data are received by the reception section, the output control section performs control in a manner that the plurality of processed pieces of sensory data are output in combination with each other based on the relative relation.

12. The client terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the sensory data is audio data, and wherein the output control section controls a pitch of the audio data based on a zoom speed.

13. The client terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the output control section controls the pitch of the audio data in a manner that a Doppler effect is simulated.

14. The client terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the sensory data is audio data, and

wherein the output control section controls a reproduction speed of the audio data based on a zoom speed.

15. The client terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the sensory data is force sense data or smell sense data, and

wherein the output control section controls an output intensity of the force sense data or smell sense data based on a zoom speed.

16. The client terminal according to claim 9 , wherein a zoom position automatically changes at a prescribed speed in the direction shown by the direction information.

17. The client terminal according to claim 9 , further comprising:

an operation input section,

wherein a zoom position changes in accordance with a zoom operation by a user detected by the operation input section.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing the computer to perform:

transmitting present position information showing a position of a client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal;

receiving sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal; and

controlling in a manner that the sensory data received by the reception section is output,

wherein a zoom position automatically changes at a prescribed speed in the direction shown by the direction information.

19. A client terminal comprising:

a transmission section which transmits present position information showing a position of a client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal;

a reception section which receives sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal; and

an output control section which performs control in a manner that the sensory data received by the reception section is output,

wherein the sensory data is audio data, and wherein the output control section controls a pitch or a reproduction speed of the audio data based on a zoom speed.

20. A client terminal comprising:

a transmission section which transmits present position information showing a position of a client terminal, and direction information showing an orientation of the client terminal;

a reception section which receives sensory data to which detection position information is added corresponding to a position in a vicinity of an axial line extending in a direction shown by the direction information from the position of the client terminal; and

an output control section which performs control in a manner that the sensory data received by the reception section is output,

wherein the sensory data is force sense data or smell sense data, and wherein the output control section controls an output intensity of the force sense data or smell sense data based on a zoom speed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2013
From: SAKO, YOICHIRO; NAKAMURA, TAKATOSHI; TAKEHARA, MITSURU; ASADA, KOHEI; SAKODA, KAZUYUKI; ARATANI, KATSUHISA; WATANABE, KAZUHIRO; TANGE, AKIRA; HANAYA, HIROYUKI; KOGA, YUKI; ONUMA, TOMOYA
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-152088 · Jul 6, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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