Information processing device and method

1. A first information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

transmit transmission information to a second information processing device through wireless communication; and

control at least one of the wireless communication, encoding of the transmission information, or a processing process on the transmission information based on blockage prediction period information, wherein

the blockage prediction period information indicates prediction result on a blockage of a first communication path from the first information processing device to the second information processing device, and

the blockage prediction period information indicates a blockage start time of the blockage of the first communication path and a blockage duration for which the first communication path is blocked.

2. The first information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to generate the blockage prediction period information based on a movement line of an obstacle between the first information processing device and the second information processing device and a propagation route in a case where the first communication path is used.

3. The first information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to obtain the movement line based on a plurality of surrounding environment images at mutually different times, and

the plurality of surrounding environment images contain the second information processing device as a subject.

4. The first information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to obtain the propagation route based on arrival angle information and rotation angle information received from the second information processing device,

the arrival angle information indicates an angle of arrival of a signal sent from the first information processing device at the second information processing device, and

the rotation angle information indicates an orientation of the second information processing device.

5. The first information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to generate the blockage prediction period information for a plurality of communication paths including the first communication path used for the transmission of the transmission information.

6. The first information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to control switching of the first communication path used for the transmission of the transmission information based on the blockage prediction period information.

7. The first information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein

in a case where the blockage of the first communication path is predicted, the circuitry is further configured to:

perform a training for a plurality of communication paths excluding the first communication path to be blocked during a training period; and

switch the first communication path to a second communication path of the plurality of communication paths, for which the training is performed, based on the blockage prediction period information.

8. The first information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein

in a case where the blockage of the first communication path is predicted, the circuitry is further configured to:

perform a training for a plurality of communication paths excluding the first communication path to be blocked at a same timing as the first communication path being used; and

switch the first communication path to a second communication path of the plurality of communication paths, for which the training is performed, based on the blockage prediction period information.

9. The first information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein

in a case where the first communication path is switched from a specific communication path to a second communication path, the circuitry is further configured to:

switch the first communication path from the second communication path to the specific communication path after a blockage period of the first communication path ends, wherein the blockage period is identified by the blockage start time and the blockage duration.

10. The first information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to change an encoding method for the transmission information based on the blockage prediction period information.

11. The first information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to change the encoding method from a first encoding method used in a period including a blockage period of the first communication path to a second encoding method in which a picture in the transmission information is encoded as an I picture,

the transmission information includes video information including the picture, and

the blockage period is identified by the blockage start time and the blockage duration.

12. The first information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to change the encoding method from a first encoding method used in a period including a blockage period of the first communication path to a second encoding method in which a first picture in the transmission information is encoded as a picture whose reference target is a second picture outside the blockage period, wherein

the transmission information includes video information including the first picture, and

the blockage period is identified by the blockage start time and the blockage duration.

13. The first information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

generate control information that instructs the processing process on as the transmission information,

wherein the transmission information includes video information; and

transmit the control information to the second information processing device.

14. An information processing method, comprising:

in a first information processing device:

transmitting transmission information to a second information processing device through wireless communication; and

controlling at least one of the wireless communication, encoding of the transmission information, or a processing process on the transmission information based on blockage prediction period information, wherein

the blockage prediction period information indicates a prediction result on a blockage of a communication path from the first information processing device to the second information processing device, and

the blockage prediction period information indicates a blockage start time of the blockage of the communication path and a blockage duration for which the communication path is blocked.

15. A first information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive video information from a second information processing device through wireless communication; and

control a processing process on the video information based on blockage prediction period information, wherein

the blockage prediction period information indicates a prediction result on a blockage of a communication path to the second information processing device, and

the blockage prediction period information indicates a blockage start time of the blockage of the communication path and a blockage duration for which the communication path is blocked.

16. The first information processing device according to claim 15 , wherein the blockage prediction period information is received from the second information processing device.

17. The first information processing device according to claim 15 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to:

select the processing process from a plurality of processing processes based on the blockage prediction period information; and

perform the selected processing process on the video information.

18. The first information processing device according to claim 15 , wherein the processing process is one of a process of blurring a video image based on the video information, a process of adding a text message to the video image, or a process of displaying a captured image whose subject is a surrounding scene of the second information processing device in a partial region of the video image.

19. An information processing method, comprising:

in a first information processing device:

receiving video information from a second information processing device through wireless communication; and

controlling a processing process on the video information based on blockage prediction period information, wherein

the blockage prediction period information indicates a prediction result on a blockage of a communication path to the second information processing device, and

the blockage prediction period information indicates a blockage start time of the blockage of the communication path and a blockage duration for which the communication path is blocked.