JP7018484B2 - Information processing device and game image display method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a game image.

In recent years, a service of broadcasting a game image being played by a user to a plurality of viewing users via a shared site has become widespread. Patent Document 1 discloses a sharing process for broadcasting a live distribution image including a game image being played to a viewing user. The live distribution image disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a display area of a photographed image of a play user, a comment display area in which comments from a viewing user are sequentially displayed, and the like. Patent Document 1 discloses that a viewing user generates a command for a game through comment input, and the command is reflected in the processing of the game.

International Publication No. 2014/06886

In the sharing process in Patent Document 1, the same screen as the screen viewed by the play user is broadcasted to the viewing user. Therefore, for example, if the text chat area with a friend is displayed on the screen viewed by the play user, the text chat area is also encoded and delivered together with the game image, which is not preferable from the viewpoint of privacy. Can occur. Also, the viewing user may want to see a screen different from the screen that the playing user sees. The image sharing process via the sharing site is also performed in applications other than games.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that enables broadcast distribution of an application image different from the application image displayed to the play user.

In order to solve the above problems, the information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an application image generation unit that generates the first image and the second image of the application, and an image providing unit that provides the first image to the output device. , A shared processing unit for delivering a second image is provided.

Another aspect of the present invention is an application image distribution method. The method comprises a step of generating a first image and a second image of the application, a step of providing the first image to the output device, and a step of delivering the second image.

It should be noted that any combination of the above components and the conversion of the expression of the present invention between methods, devices, systems, recording media, computer programs and the like are also effective as aspects of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, there is provided a technique that enables broadcast distribution of an application image different from the application image displayed to the play user.

It is a figure which shows the information processing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the functional block of an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the game screen displayed on an output device. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen which shows the option of a sharing process. It is a figure which shows an example of a setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the game screen delivered to a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the screen example displayed on the output device.

FIG. 1 shows an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 realizes an environment in which a user A who is a distributor distributes a game image being played live and another viewing user views the game image. The information processing system 1 includes an information processing device 10 used by a distribution user, a management server 5, a shared server 11, and various terminal devices 16a and 16b used by a viewing user, which are the Internet or a LAN (Local Area). Network), connected via network 3 such as a telephone network. The access point (hereinafter referred to as “AP”) 8 has the functions of a wireless access point and a router, and the information processing device 10 connects to the AP 8 via wireless or wired, and the management server 5 on the network 3 Connects to the shared server 11 so that it can communicate with each other.

The input device 6 operated by the user is connected to the information processing device 10 wirelessly or by wire, and outputs the operation information by the user to the information processing device 10. When the information processing device 10 receives the operation information from the input device 6, it is reflected in the processing of the system software and the application software, and the processing result is output from the output device 4. In the embodiment, the application software may be game software, the information processing device 10 may be a game device that executes the game software, and the input device 6 may be a device such as a game controller that supplies operation information of the user. The input device 6 which is a game controller is configured to have a plurality of input units such as a plurality of push-type operation buttons, an analog stick capable of inputting an analog amount, and a rotary button. As described below, the input device 6 has at least a push-type operation button called a "SHARE button" for starting the sharing process.

The auxiliary storage device 2 is a large-capacity storage device such as an HDD (hard disk drive) or a flash memory, and may be an external storage device connected to the information processing device 10 by a USB (Universal Serial Bus) or the like, and is a built-in storage device. May be. The output device 4 may be a television having a display for outputting an image and a speaker for outputting audio. The output device 4 may be connected to the information processing device 10 with a wired cable, or may be wirelessly connected.

The access point (hereinafter referred to as "AP") 8 has the functions of a wireless access point and a router, and the information processing apparatus 10 connects to the AP 8 via wireless or wired to connect to an external network. The camera 7 is a stereo camera and photographs the space around the output device 4. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which the camera 7 is attached to the upper part of the output device 4, it may be arranged on the side of the output device 4, and in any case, the game is played in front of the output device 4. It is arranged at a position where the user A can be photographed.

The information processing device 10 broadcasts and distributes the game image being played to the shared server 11 to the terminal devices 16a and 16b that access the shared server 11. As described above, the information processing system 1 in the embodiment operates as a game image distribution system.

The management server 5 provides a game network service to the user of the information processing apparatus 10. The management server 5 manages a network account that identifies a user, and the user signs in to a network service provided by the management server 5 using the network account. By signing in to the network service from the information processing device 10, the user can register the save data of the game and the virtual prize (trophy) acquired during the game play in the management server 5, and the shared server 11 can be registered. Game images can be streamed to.

In the embodiment, the user A operates the input device 6 to play the game, and the output device 4 displays the game image being played (hereinafter, also referred to as “play image”). On the other hand, a game image different from the play image is distributed and displayed from the information processing device 10 to the terminal devices 16a and 16b of the viewing user. In FIG. 1, the terminal device 16a is a personal computer and is connected to the network 3 via the AP8, and the terminal device 16b is a mobile device such as a smartphone and is connected to the network 3 via the base station 9. Although the situation is shown, the viewing user may receive the distribution of the game image by the same terminal device as the information processing device 10. In yet another example, the information processing device 10 and the terminal device may be connected by P2P so that data can be transmitted and received to each other. Hereinafter, when not particularly distinguished, the terminal of the viewing user is collectively referred to as "terminal device 16".

FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus 10. The information processing device 10 includes a main power button 20, a power ON LED 21, a standby LED 22, a system controller 24, a clock 26, a device controller 30, a media drive 32, a USB module 34, a flash memory 36, a wireless communication module 38, and wired communication. It is configured with a module 40, a subsystem 50 and a main system 60.

The main system 60 includes a main CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory and a memory controller which are main storage devices, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and the like. The GPU is mainly used for arithmetic processing of a game program. These functions may be configured as a system-on-chip and may be formed on one chip. The main CPU has a function of executing a game program recorded in the auxiliary storage device 2 or the ROM medium 44.

The subsystem 50 includes a sub CPU, a memory as a main storage device, a memory controller, and the like, does not have a GPU, and does not have a function of executing a game program. The number of circuit gates of the sub CPU is smaller than the number of circuit gates of the main CPU, and the operating power consumption of the sub CPU is smaller than the operating power consumption of the main CPU. The sub CPU operates even while the main CPU is in the standby state, and its processing function is limited in order to keep the power consumption low.

The main power button 20 is an input unit for inputting operations from the user, and is provided on the front surface of the housing of the information processing apparatus 10 to turn on or off the power supply to the main system 60 of the information processing apparatus 10. Manipulated for. The power ON LED 21 lights up when the main power button 20 is turned on, and the standby LED 22 lights up when the main power button 20 is turned off.

The system controller 24 detects that the user presses the main power button 20. When the main power button 20 is pressed while the main power is off, the system controller 24 acquires the pressing operation as an "on instruction", while the main power is on when the main power is on. When the button 20 is pressed, the system controller 24 acquires the pressing operation as an "off instruction".

The clock 26 is a real-time clock that generates current date and time information and supplies it to the system controller 24, the subsystem 50, and the main system 60. The device controller 30 is configured as an LSI (Large-Scale Integrated Circuit) that executes information transfer between devices like a south bridge. As shown in the figure, devices such as a system controller 24, a media drive 32, a USB module 34, a flash memory 36, a wireless communication module 38, a wired communication module 40, a subsystem 50, and a main system 60 are connected to the device controller 30. Ru. The device controller 30 absorbs the difference in electrical characteristics and the difference in data transfer speed of each device, and controls the timing of data transfer.

The media drive 32 is a drive device that mounts and drives application software such as a game and a ROM medium 44 that records license information, and reads programs, data, and the like from the ROM medium 44. The ROM medium 44 may be a read-only recording medium such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a Blu-ray disc.

The USB module 34 is a module that connects to an external device with a USB cable. The USB module 34 may be connected to the auxiliary storage device 2 and the camera 7 with a USB cable. The flash memory 36 is an auxiliary storage device that constitutes an internal storage. The wireless communication module 38 is a communication protocol such as a Bluetooth (registered trademark) protocol or an IEEE 802.11 protocol, and wirelessly communicates with, for example, an input device 6. The wired communication module 40 communicates with an external device by wire and connects to the network 3 via the AP8. The information processing device 10 of the embodiment has a function of delivering an image different from the play image seen by the play user to the shared server 11.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of an information processing device 10 that operates as a streaming data distribution device. The information processing device 10 includes a processing unit 100, a communication unit 102, and a reception unit 104, and the processing unit 100 includes an execution unit 110, a declaration reception unit 140, a display image generation unit 150, an image providing unit 152, a voice providing unit 154, and the processing unit 100. A shared processing unit 160 is provided.

In FIG. 3, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured by a circuit block, a memory, or other LSI in terms of hardware, and system software or memory in terms of software. It is realized by the game program loaded in. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to any of them.

The execution unit 110 has a function of executing game software (hereinafter, also referred to simply as "game") to generate image data and audio data of the game. As described above, the function shown as the execution unit 110 is realized by system software, game software, hardware such as GPU, and the like. In the embodiment, the game is an example of an application, and the execution unit 110 may execute an application other than the game. The execution unit 110 includes a game image generation unit 120 that generates game image data, and a game sound generation unit 130 that generates game sound data.

During game play by the user A, the execution unit 110 performs arithmetic processing for moving the game character in the virtual space based on the operation information input to the input device 6 by the user A. The game image generation unit 120 includes a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that executes rendering processing and the like, receives arithmetic processing results in the virtual space, and generates game image data from a viewpoint position (virtual camera) in the virtual space. .. Further, the game voice generation unit 130 generates game voice data at a viewpoint position in the virtual space.

The game of the embodiment has a function of generating image data and audio data to be streamed separately from the image data and audio data output to the output device 4. Hereinafter, the image data and the audio data may be collectively referred to as "picture sound data". In the embodiment, the processing when the game having the function of generating the image sound data for distribution is executed will be described, but the execution unit 110 can also execute the game not having the function of generating the image sound data for distribution. Therefore, the shared processing unit 160 in charge of the distribution processing needs to confirm whether or not the distribution image sound data is generated by the running game.

Therefore, as soon as the game having the function of generating the image sound data for distribution is started by the execution unit 110, a declaration regarding distribution, specifically, a declaration that an image different from the image output to the output device 4 is distributed. Has the function of doing. The declaration receiving unit 140 receives a declaration regarding distribution from the game. At this time, the game also declares the resolution of the image for distribution that can be generated. For example, when four types of drawing resolutions of the information processing apparatus 10 are prepared, 360p (640 × 360), 540p (960 × 540), 720p (1280 × 720), and 1080p (1920 × 1080), the game is played. Declare at which resolution the image for distribution can be generated. The sharing processing unit 160 performs distribution processing of an image different from the image output to the output device 4 based on the declaration received by the declaration receiving unit 140.

A game that does not have a function of generating image sound data for distribution does not have to have a function of making a declaration regarding distribution. In this case, the declaration receiving unit 140 receives the declaration regarding distribution only from the game having the function of generating the image sound data for distribution. If the declaration receiving unit 140 does not accept the declaration from the started game, the sharing processing unit 160 executes the distribution processing of the image to be output to the output device 4. It should be noted that a game that does not have a function of generating image sound data for distribution may have a function of declaring distribution, specifically, declaring that the same image as the image output to the output device 4 is distributed. In this case, the shared processing unit 160 will execute the distribution processing of the output image of the output device 4 or an image different from the output image according to the content of the declaration received by the declaration receiving unit 140.

The game image generation unit 120 generates a first image generation unit 122 that generates a first image (play image) output from the output device 4, and a second image (distribution image) that is streamed to the shared server 11. It has an image generation unit 124. The first image and the second image are generated by making at least one of the position, the line-of-sight direction, or the angle of view of the virtual camera in the game virtual space different. The game voice generation unit 130 generates a first voice generation unit 132 that generates a first voice (play voice) output from the output device 4, and a second voice (delivery voice) that is streamed to the shared server 11. It has a voice generation unit 134. The first voice and the second voice may be different voices as long as the position or the line-of-sight direction of the virtual camera that captures the first image and the second image are different, but they may be the same voice. If the sound of the distributed image is always the same as the sound of the play image, the function of the second sound generation unit 134 is not necessary.

As described above, the second image generation unit 124 and the second sound generation unit 134 are realized by a game having a function of generating image sound data for distribution, and realized by a game having no function of generating image sound data for distribution. Not done. Therefore, in the embodiment, the game that does not have the function of generating the image sound data for distribution has only the functions of the first image generation unit 122 and the first sound generation unit 132 as in the conventional case.

In the information processing device 10, the communication unit 102 receives the operation information in which the user operates the input unit of the input device 6, and also transmits the distribution image sound data generated by the processing unit 100 to the shared server 11. The communication unit 102 is represented as a configuration having both the functions of the wireless communication module 38 and the wired communication module 40 shown in FIG.

The reception unit 104 is provided between the communication unit 102 and the processing unit 100, and transmits data or information between the communication unit 102 and the processing unit 100. When the reception unit 104 receives the operation information of the input unit provided in the input device 6 via the communication unit 102, the reception unit 104 supplies the operation information to the execution unit 110 and / or the shared processing unit 160 in the processing unit 100.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a game screen displayed on the output device 4. During the game play of the user A, the first image generation unit 122 generates a first image (play image) to be output to the output device 4, and the image providing unit 152 provides the first image to the output device 4. Similarly, the first voice generation unit 132 generates the first voice (play voice) to be output to the output device 4, and the voice providing unit 154 provides the first voice to the output device 4. As a result, the output device 4 outputs the play image and the play sound, and the user A plays the game. In FIG. 3, the first image output from the execution unit 110 is input to the image providing unit 152 via the display image generation unit 150, but the display image generation unit 150 is input to the first image from the system. You may also add a message from your friend (such as an email notification from a friend).

The sharing processing unit 160 of the embodiment performs a process for sharing the image sound data of the game being played by the user A with another user. This sharing process is executed when the user A operates a specific input unit (SHARE button) provided in the input device 6.

When the reception unit 104 receives the operation information of the SHARE button from the input device 6 of the user A during game play, the sharing processing unit 160 starts the sharing process for streaming the game sound data to the sharing server 11. .. First, the sharing processing unit 160 generates an input image showing options for sharing image sound data.

FIG. 5 shows an example of an input screen showing options for sharing processing. The setting image generation unit 162 generates an input image indicating options and displays it on the output device 4 from the image providing unit 152. On this input screen, three options for sharing image sound data are shown. "Upload video clip" is a GUI for specifying that the image recorded in the auxiliary storage device 2 is uploaded to the shared server 11, and "Upload screenshot" is the shared server 11 for the image of the screenshot. "Broadcast gameplay", a GUI for designating to upload to, is a GUI for designating live broadcasting of game sound data via a shared server 11. The user A operates the input device 6 to move the frame 200, selects one of the GUIs, and presses the enter button to execute the selected sharing process.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a setting screen displayed when "Broadcast gameplay" is selected. The setting image generation unit 162 generates a setting image for selecting the resolution of the game image in the broadcast distribution, and displays it on the output device 4 from the image providing unit 152.

As described above, the declaration receiving unit 140 accepts the declaration of the resolution of the distributed image that can be generated by the game immediately after the game is started. Here, it is assumed that the declaration receiving unit 140 has accepted that the resolutions of 540p, 720p, and 1080p can be supported. When 360p, 540p, 720p, 1080p are prepared as the drawing resolution of the information processing apparatus 10, the setting image generation unit 162 has a resolution that can be distributed is 540p, 720p, 1080p (that is, it cannot be distributed at 360p). Judge that there is) and include it as an option in the setting screen. User A selects the resolution of the delivered image. In this example, it is shown that 540p is selected.

A screenshot of the delivered image is displayed in the screenshot display area 204. This screenshot is generated by the second image generator 124. Here, the second image generation unit 124 generates an image of the virtual space of the soccer game played by the user A from above the soccer field. It should be noted that what kind of image the second image generation unit 124 generates depends on the game, and the game may change the camera position and the camera line-of-sight direction in the virtual space according to the situation. On the setting screen shown in FIG. 6, when the user arranges the frame 202 in "start broadcasting" and presses the enter button of the input device 6, the distribution resolution is confirmed, and the reception unit 104 shares the start of broadcasting. Notify 160.

The sharing processing unit 160 notifies the game of the distribution resolution when the broadcast is started. The game monitors whether or not broadcast distribution is being performed by a predetermined API, and when broadcast distribution starts, inquires about the distribution resolution to the shared processing unit 160, and the shared processing unit 160 receives an inquiry. You may notify the game of the delivery resolution. When the game is notified of the distribution resolution, the second image generation unit 124 generates a distribution image different from the play image at the notified resolution. As described above, the second image generation unit 124 may generate a game image to be taken by arranging the virtual camera downward in the virtual space above the soccer field. Further, for example, the second image generation unit 124 may generate a game image from the line of sight of a character different from the character operated by the user A.

The second image generation unit 124 and the second sound generation unit 134 generate the second image and the second sound for distribution, respectively, and supply them to the shared processing unit 160. The distribution image acquisition unit 164 acquires the second image generated by the second image generation unit 124, and the distribution audio acquisition unit 166 acquires the second audio generated by the second audio generation unit 134. The encoding unit 168 encodes the second image and the second sound, and the distribution processing unit 170 distributes the encoded image sound data to the shared server 11. As a result, the viewing user can view the game sound different from the play sound.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a game screen distributed to the terminal device 16 of the viewing user. During the game play of the user A, the second image generation unit 124 generates the second image (delivery image) for distribution, and the distribution image acquisition unit 164 acquires the second image. Further, the second voice generation unit 134 generates the second voice (delivery voice) for distribution, and the distribution voice acquisition unit 166 acquires the second voice. As a result, the distribution processing unit 170 of the embodiment can distribute a game image sound different from the play image sound.

On the other hand, when streaming distribution is started, as shown in Patent Document 1, the display area of the captured image of the play user and comments from the viewing user are sequentially displayed on the image output from the output device 4. A comment display area or the like may be included. While the game of the embodiment can freely generate the game image sound data to be distributed, it also has the freedom to switch the game image sound data to be distributed to the game image sound data to be output to the output device 4. Therefore, when the streaming distribution is started, the processing unit 100 includes an area for displaying an image taken by the camera 7 and a comment transmitted from the viewing user on the screen displayed by the output device 4.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen displayed on the output device 4. When the streaming distribution is started, the display image generation unit 150 generates a display image according to the screen layout shown in FIG. In the screen example shown in FIG. 8, the play image generated by the first image generation unit 122 is displayed in the play image display area 210. Since the play image display area 210 is smaller than the play image display area shown in FIG. 4, the display image generation unit 150 downsizes the first image data and displays it in the play image display area 210. .. The captured image captured by the camera 7 is displayed in the camera image display area 212.

Comments from viewing users are displayed in the comment display area 214. The viewing user can input a comment from the terminal device 16, and the input comment is transmitted to the information processing device 10 via the shared server 11.

In the message display area 216, a message input by the play user A to the viewing user is displayed. The message input by the play user A is included in the viewing screen provided by the shared server 11. This enables the play user and the viewing user to communicate with each other. If the play user A permits, even if the voice input to the microphone of the information processing device 10 is superimposed on the distribution voice generated by the second voice generation unit 134 and distributed to the shared server 11. good.

The display image generation unit 150 generates a display image, and the image providing unit 152 displays the display image from the output device 4. As a result, the user A can play the game while looking at the comments from the viewing user, and it is assumed that the comments include contents that assist the play.

Therefore, the user A can play with reference to the comment displayed in the comment display area 214, but since the viewing user makes a comment based on a game screen different from the play screen, the user can tell the truth of the comment from the play screen. Sometimes A cannot be confirmed. For example, even if the advice is given that "the forward of the ally is free in front of the goal, it is better to pass", if the front of the goal is not displayed on the play screen, the user A cannot confirm the truth. Therefore, there may be a situation in which the user A wants to confirm what kind of game image the viewing user is looking at and giving advice.

Therefore, it is preferable that the display image generation unit 150 includes information about the game image being distributed in the display image. The information about the distributed image is information indicating which scene the distributed image reflects. The display image generation unit 150 receives a description of the game image distributed to the viewing user from the game and includes it in the display image. The game provides the display image generation unit 150 with an explanation of "a bird's-eye view image from the sky above the soccer field" as an explanation of the distribution image, and the display image generation unit 150 displays the explanation of the distribution image in the distribution image explanation area 218. You may.

The display image generation unit 150 may include the game image itself being distributed as information about the game image being distributed in a part of the display image. The display image generation unit 150 acquires the game image being distributed from the game, downsizes it, and includes it in the display image. As a result, the user A can confirm the distributed game image. Since the user A only needs to be able to confirm what kind of game image is distributed, the display area of the distributed image may be small.

When the streaming distribution is started, the image output from the output device 4 may be changed to the screen layout shown in FIG. 8, but the game image shown in FIG. 4 may not be changed. Even in this case, the display image generation unit 150 preferably includes information about the game image being distributed in the display image, for example, the game image being distributed is displayed in a part of the area of the display image. You may.

As mentioned above, the game is free to determine the images to be distributed. When the game determines the display image from the output device 4 as the distribution image, the supply to the second image and the second voice sharing processing unit 160 generated by the second image generation unit 124 and the second voice generation unit 134 is It will be stopped. Instead, the image output from the image providing unit 152 to the output device 4 and the sound output from the sound providing unit 154 to the output device 4 are supplied to the shared processing unit 160. The distribution image acquisition unit 164 acquires the image provided by the image providing unit 152, and the distribution audio acquisition unit 166 acquires the sound provided by the audio providing unit 154. The encoding unit 168 encodes the provided image and sound, and the distribution processing unit 170 distributes the encoded image sound data to the shared server 11. As a result, the viewing user can view the same play image sound as the user A. When the user A is using the microphone, it is preferable that the microphone voice is superimposed on the game voice and provided to the shared server 11.

The present invention has been described above based on the examples. This embodiment is an example, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications are possible for each of these components and combinations of each processing process, and that such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. .. Although the output device 4 has been described as a television in the embodiment, it may be, for example, a head-mounted display having an audio output function.

The game may have a function of changing the distributed image in response to a request from the viewing user. The viewing user explained that the comment can be input from the terminal device 16, but the input comment is transmitted to the management server 5 via the shared server 11, and the management server 5 handles it as a change instruction of the distribution image. For example, if there is a predetermined character string in the comment, for example, the word "image switching request", the management server 5 handles the comment as a command for switching the distributed image. For example, when a comment such as "an image switching request from behind the goal of an ally" is input, the management server 5 linguistically analyzes the comment and identifies the distribution image desired by the viewing user. The management server 5 may collect comments from a plurality of viewing users and adopt the most desired requests. When the management server 5 identifies in this way that the viewing user desires an "image from behind the ally goal", the information processing device 10 is notified to that effect. The above processing may be carried out in the shared processing unit 160. When the reception unit 104 receives the distribution image switching request in the sharing processing unit 160, the image instruction unit 172 instructs the game to generate the distribution image. As a result, the second image generation unit 124 generates the second image by arranging the virtual camera behind the ally goal in the game virtual space.

Further, when the information processing apparatus 10 has a game image recording function, it may be possible to record a third image different from the first image and the second image. In this case, the game may generate a third image different from the first image and the second image, but the recording function generates a third image in which the first image and the second image are combined. It may be recorded in the auxiliary storage device 2.

The techniques described in the examples can also be used for applications other than games. As an example of an application that can be used, an application (live application) for live broadcasting a game played by a plurality of players is taken as an example. The live application causes the user (delivery user) who is the distributor to display the play image of each player on the output device 4. For example, in a game session in which four players participate, the play images of the four players are displayed in different display areas on the output device 4 of the distribution user.

The distribution user streams the play image of any player to the shared server 11, and also distributes the microphone sound as a live broadcast. That is, the output device 4 of the distribution user displays the play images for four people, but the game image distributed from the information processing device 10 of the distribution user is the play image of any one of them. The live application can make the image to be displayed on the output device 4 different from the image to be distributed by declaring the distribution at the time of startup.

1 ... Information processing system, 5 ... Management server, 10 ... Information processing device, 11 ... Shared server, 16a, 16b ... Terminal device, 100 ... Processing unit, 102 ... Communication unit, 104 ... reception unit, 110 ... execution unit, 120 ... game image generation unit, 122 ... first image generation unit, 124 ... second image generation unit, 130 ... Game voice generation unit, 132 ... first voice generation unit, 134 ... second voice generation unit, 140 ... declaration reception unit, 150 ... display image generation unit, 152 ... image provision unit, 154 ... Audio providing unit, 160 ... Shared processing unit, 162 ... Setting image generation unit, 164 ... Distribution image acquisition unit, 166 ... Distribution audio acquisition unit, 168 ... Encoding unit, 170 ... Distribution processing unit, 172 ... Image instruction unit.

Claims (5)

A game image generation unit that generates a first image viewed by the play user and a second image to be distributed to the viewing user viewing the game play by the play user based on the operation information of the play user who plays the game.
A display image generation unit that generates a display image including at least the first image, the second image, and a comment transmitted from the viewing user who views the second image .
An image providing unit that provides the display image to the output device is provided .
The first image and the second image are different, and the second image is displayed smaller than the first image.
An information processing device characterized by this. The display image includes information indicating a scene in which the second image is projected.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The first image and the second image are generated by differentiating at least one of the position, line-of-sight direction, or angle of view of the virtual camera in the virtual space.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. A step of generating a first image viewed by the play user and a second image to be distributed to the viewing user viewing the game play by the play user based on the operation information of the play user who plays the game.
A step of generating a display image including at least the first image, the second image, and a comment transmitted from the viewing user who views the second image .
The step of providing the display image to the output device is provided .
A game image display method, characterized in that the first image and the second image are different, and the second image is displayed smaller than the first image . On the computer
A function to generate a first image viewed by the play user and a second image to be distributed to the viewing user viewing the game play by the play user based on the operation information of the play user who plays the game.
A function of generating a display image including at least the first image, the second image, and a comment transmitted from the viewing user who views the second image .
It is a program for realizing the function of providing the display image to the output device .
A program characterized in that the first image and the second image are different, and the second image is displayed smaller than the first image .

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