JP2002351778A - Method and system for controlling transmission of three- dimensional display contents, reception device, server, three-dimensional display terminal, three-dimensional display contents transmission control program and storage medium storing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize that an important part arrives at a terminal faster on a 3D display screen. SOLUTION: Priority is given to contents when they are transmitted by the 3D display position of the contents from a server and they are transmitted to a 3D terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and system for controlling transmission of three-dimensional display contents, a receiving device, a server, a three-dimensional display terminal, a three-dimensional display content transmission control program, and a storage storing a three-dimensional display content transmission control program. The present invention relates to a medium, and more particularly to a method and system for controlling transmission of three-dimensional display content for transmitting a plurality of contents in a network from a transmitting device and displaying the plurality of contents received by the receiving device in a 3D space, and a receiving device. The present invention relates to a server, a three-dimensional display terminal, a three-dimensional display content transmission control program, and a storage medium storing the three-dimensional display content transmission control program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of contents in a network are transmitted from a transmitting device, and the receiving device displays the received plurality of contents in a 3D space (Arai, Muto, Kanai, “Concept of ultra-high-speed navigation and requirements of its realization system”, IEICE Technical Report IN2000-4,
PP19-24, 2000.).

FIG. 9 shows an example of displaying a Web page on the Internet in a 3D space. In the system shown in FIG. 3, the 3D display terminal 200 transmits a request Web page list to the HTML rendering device 100. H
The TML rendering device 100 is a 3D display terminal 200
Requests the URL requested from Web page queue 140
To the Web server 300 from the head of the queue.
Request page b. Each of the acquired Web pages is accumulated in the reception Web page queue 150. The HTML rendering processing unit 130 receives the web page queue 15
0, perform HTML rendering processing sequentially from the top,
Convert web pages to images. The image-converted Web page is sent to the 3D display terminal 200, and is displayed in 3D according to the arrangement information shown in FIG.

Here, there are two 3D display terminals 200,
As in the example of the request Web page list in FIG. 9, URL3, URLa2, URLa are transmitted from the 3D display terminal 200A.
Request the Web page of 3, URLa4, URLa5, URLa6, and send the URLb1, U from the 3D display terminal 200B.
RLb2, URLb3, URLb4, URLb5, UR
Consider a case where an Lb6 Web page is requested.

A request for a Web page from the 3D display terminal 200A is sent at the timing of FIG. 11A, and a request for a Web page from the 3D display terminal 200B is sent at the timing of FIG. 12B, and the HTML rendering shown in FIG. The Web page is acquired via the Internet 500 via the network interface unit 120 of the apparatus 100. Web page acquisition from the Internet
Depending on the load state of the server b and the state of the network from the Web server to the terminal, the Web pages do not always arrive in the order of request. For example, as shown in FIG. 11C, the arrival at the reception Web page queue 150 is URLa.
5, URLb4, URLb3, URLa3, URLa
6, URLb6, URLa4, URLb5, URLa
1, URLa2, and URLb2. H
As shown in FIG. 12D, the TML rendering processing unit 130 outputs the W
The web page is converted into an image and transmitted to each 3D display terminal 200.

[0006] For this reason, the 3D display terminal 200A is provided with URLa5, URLa3, URLa6, and URLa6 in FIG.
Web page images arrive in the order of URLa4, URLa1, URLa2. Also, the 3D display terminal 200B has
(F) URLb4, URLb3, URLb6, of FIG.
Web pages arrive in the order of URLb5, URLb1, and URLb2.

[0007] FIG. 12 shows a Web on the 3D display terminal 200A.
Indicates the display order of the pages. In FIG. 12, the numbers in parentheses indicate the display order. In the example of FIG. 12, the Web outside the display area
The page URLa5 or the Web page URLa4 displayed small on the screen arrives first, and URLa1 and URLa2 occupying a large area on the screen are displayed last.

[0008]

In the above conventional method,
The images of the requested Web pages do not always arrive in the order requested. Web pages outside the display area or Web pages displayed small on the screen arrive first, and URLa1 and URLa2 that occupy a large area on the screen end last. Is displayed. Therefore, there is a problem that the user of the 3D display terminal 200A in FIG. 9 has a longer waiting time until an important part of the screen is displayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by assigning priorities to contents at the time of transmission based on the display positions of the contents on the 3D, important parts on the 3D display screen can be promptly transmitted to the terminal. Provided are a three-dimensional display content transmission control method and system, a receiving device, a server, a three-dimensional display terminal, a three-dimensional display content transmission control program, and a storage medium storing the three-dimensional display content transmission control program, which enable the user to arrive. The purpose is to:

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

[0011] The present invention (claim 1) provides a three-dimensional display content transmission control method for displaying a content received from a server in a network on a 3D display terminal in a 3D space. (Step 1), the priority of the content is determined based on the 3D display position (Step 2), and the content corresponding to the content request is obtained from the server according to the priority (Step 3). At the time of transmission, the contents are given the priority (step 4) and transmitted to the 3D display terminal (step 5).

[0012] The present invention (claim 2) provides 3D content.
The 3D display terminal determines the priority of the content based on the above table position, adds the priority to the content request, and transmits the request to the receiving device.

According to the present invention (claim 3), a content is transmitted from a server in a network via a transmission path, and the content received by a 3D display terminal is displayed in a 3D space.
In the three-dimensional display content transmission control method, a server that distributes content determines a priority for generating content based on a display position of the content in 3D, and dynamically generates content in descending order of priority.
The priority is added to the content, and the content is transmitted to a 3D display terminal that performs 3D display in the order in which the content was generated.

[0014] The present invention (claim 4) provides 3D content.
The 3D display terminal determines the priority of content generation based on the upper display position, adds the priority to the content request, and transmits the request to the server that generates the content.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

[0016] The present invention (claim 5) provides a receiving apparatus for receiving a content from a server in a network that transmits the content via a transmission path, and a 3D for displaying the content in a 3D space.
In the three-dimensional display content transmission control system including the display terminal, the receiving device 100 obtains the content from the server based on the 3D display position of the content included in the 3D content request received from the 3D display terminal 200. Priority order determining means 101 for determining the order;
Content acquisition means 102 for acquiring content according to priority, priority assignment means 103 for assigning priority to content at the time of transmission, priority assignment means 103
And content transmitting means 104 for transmitting the content assigned with priority to the 3D display terminal.
The display terminal 200 receives the 3D content request from the receiving device 10
The transmission means 201 includes a transmission means 201 for transmitting the content to the transmission unit 0, a reception means 202 for receiving the content assigned with the priority transmitted from the reception device 100, and a display means 203 for displaying the content according to the priority.

The present invention (claim 6) provides a 3D display terminal 20
0, determining means for determining the priority of the content based on the 3D display position of the content, and transmitting means for adding the priority to the content request and transmitting the request to the receiving apparatus 100.

The present invention (claim 7) provides a server in a network for transmitting content via a transmission path and a 3D display for displaying content received from the server in a 3D space.
A three-dimensional display content transmission control system including a display terminal, wherein the server includes: a priority determination unit configured to determine a priority of content generation; and a content generation unit configured to dynamically generate content in descending order of priority. It has a priority adding means for adding the priority to the content, and a transmitting means for transmitting the content with the priority added to the 3D display terminal, and the 3D display terminal is provided with the priority transmitted from the server. Receiving means for receiving the content,
Display means for displaying the content in accordance with the priority order.

According to the present invention (claim 8), in the 3D display terminal, a judging means for judging the priority of the content based on the 3D display position of the content, and transmitting the request to the receiving device by adding the priority to the content request. Means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving apparatus for transmitting, via a transmission path, three-dimensional display content to a 3D display terminal for displaying content received from a server in a 3D space. Priority order determination means for determining a priority order for acquiring content from the server based on the display position above, content acquisition means for acquiring content according to the priority order, priority order assignment means for assigning a priority order to the content at the time of transmission, A content transmitting unit that transmits the content to which the priority is assigned by the order assigning unit to the 3D display terminal.

[0021] The present invention (claim 10) is a 3D display terminal for displaying, in a 3D space, content received from a server via a transmission path, the 3D display content. It has means for judging the priority of the content based on the display position, and means for adding the priority to the content request and transmitting the request to the receiving device.

The present invention (claim 11) is a server for transmitting a three-dimensional display content to a receiving device for displaying the content in a 3D space via a transmission path, wherein the content is determined by the display position of the content in 3D. Priority determining means for determining the priority of generation of content, content generating means for dynamically generating content in descending order of priority, priority adding means for adding priority to the content, and priority adding. Transmitting means for transmitting the content to the 3D display terminal.

[0023] The present invention (claim 12) provides a 3D display content to be executed by a receiving apparatus that transmits a 3D display content to a 3D display terminal that displays the content obtained from the server in a 3D space via a transmission path. A transmission control program, a priority determination process of determining a priority of acquiring content from a server based on a display position of the content in 3D, a content acquisition process of acquiring content in accordance with the priority, and a display of content in 3D It has a priority assigning process for assigning priorities to contents at the time of transmission according to positions, and a content transmitting process for transmitting the contents assigned priority in the priority assigning process.

The present invention (claim 13) is a three-dimensional display content transmission control program to be executed by a server that transmits a three-dimensional display content to a 3D display terminal that displays the content in a 3D space via a transmission path. A priority determination process for determining the priority of content generation based on the display position of the content in 3D, a content generation process for dynamically generating content in descending order of priority, and adding a priority to the content. It has a priority addition process and a transmission process for transmitting the content with the priority added.

The present invention (claim 14) provides a 3D display content transmission control for receiving a 3D display content from a server via a transmission path and causing a 3D display terminal that displays the received content in a 3D space to execute the content. The program includes a determining process of determining the priority of the content based on a display position of the three-dimensional display content in 3D, and a transmitting process of adding a priority to the content request and transmitting the request to a receiving device or a server. .

The present invention (claim 15) is a storage medium storing a three-dimensional display content transmission control program for displaying three-dimensional display content in a 3D space via a transmission path. Claims 12 to 1
4 is stored. As described above, in the present invention, when a plurality of contents are displayed on a 3D screen (display terminal) in the 3D content server, processing is performed by assigning priorities to the respective contents according to the 3D display position (rendering device, terminal Sent to).

Further, the content is transmitted with a priority added at the time of transmission based on the 3D display position of the content, and the content is transmitted according to the priority of the transmission on the transmission route in the middle, whereby the priority added at the time of transmission is transmitted. Can be displayed on the 3D according to the content.

[0028]

FIG. 3 shows a system configuration according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The system shown in FIG.
An L rendering device) 100 and a 3D display terminal 200 are connected via a network 400. In the system shown in the figure, when the receiving device 100 receives a content request from the 3D display terminal 200, the receiving device 100 determines the priority order of acquiring Web pages from the arrangement information of the content on 3D included in the content request, and responds to the request. We
The b page is acquired from the Web server 300 based on the priority, and the acquired Web page is converted into an image, and then the image is given a priority and transmitted to the 3D display terminal 200.

The receiving apparatus 100 assigns a priority to content at the time of transmission based on a 3D display position of the content, a priority determining unit 101 for determining the priority of acquiring the content from the Web server 300, and a content obtaining unit 102. And a content transmitting unit 104 for transmitting the content to which the priority is assigned by the priority assigning unit 103.

The three-dimensional display terminal 200 includes a content requesting unit 201 and a content receiving unit 20 that receives the content with the priority transmitted from the receiving device 100.
2 and a display unit 2 for displaying contents according to priority.
03.

FIG. 4 shows a system configuration according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The system shown in FIG.
The dimension display terminal 200 is connected via a network 400. When the server 300 receives a content request from the 3D display terminal 200, the system illustrated in FIG. 3 determines the priority of content generation, generates content in the server 300 in the determined order, and assigns the priority to the content. To the 3D display terminal 200 that has requested the content. The server 300 determines the content 3
A priority determining unit 301 that determines the priority of content generation based on the display position on D, a content generating unit 302 that dynamically generates content in descending order of the priority determined by the priority determining unit 301, It is composed of a priority adding section 303 for giving the content, and a content transmitting section 304 for transmitting the content to which the priority has been given to the 3D display terminal 200.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, a case where the content is a Web page and a plurality of Web pages are displayed in 3D will be described.

FIG. 5 shows an example of priorities in 3D display of contents according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the priority is set to four levels, and the smaller the numerical value in the circle, the higher the priority. The priorities are as follows.

Web having a large display area within the display area
Page; a web page having a small display area in the display area; a web page arranged behind another web page in the display area; W displayed when the screen is scrolled outside the display area.
FIG. 6 shows an example of displaying a Web page on the Internet in a 3D space in the system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the request Web of the 3D display terminal 200A
The priorities shown in FIG. 5 are added to the page list. Also, the priority of the Web page requested by the 3D display terminal 200B (the numerical value in the circle below) is URLb1, URLb2, URLb3, URLb4, URLb5, URLb6, and this priority is included in the requested Web page list of the 3D display terminal 200B. Is added.

The 3D display terminal 200A transmits the requested Web page list A to the HTML rendering device 100 in FIG.
At the timing (A) shown in FIG. Further, the 3D display terminal 200B transmits the requested Web page list to the HTML rendering device 100 at the timing shown in FIG.

The HTML rendering apparatus 100 has 3
Request URL from D display terminals 200A and 200B
The Web page is accumulated in the Web page queue 140, and requests Web pages from the Web server in descending order of priority from the head of the queue. Each of the acquired Web pages is accumulated in the reception Web page queue 150. Receive Web page queue 150
It is assumed that the arrival order of the Web pages to the server is the same as that of FIG. 11C as shown in FIG. The first HTML
The rendering processing is performed by the HTML rendering processing unit 13
0, the processing is started from the first received Web page URLa5. The second and subsequent HTML rendering processes are H
Among the plurality of Web pages received while the TML rendering processing unit 130 is converting the previous Web page into an image, the processing is performed from the one with the highest priority. FIG. 7D shows the HTML rendering processing order. In this case, 3
The arrival of the Web page image at the D display terminal 200A is shown in FIG.
(E). FIG. 8 shows Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
The display order of the Web pages of the D display terminal A is shown. In the figure, the numbers in parentheses are the display order. URLa5
Has first arrived at the receiving Web page queue 150, and is therefore subjected to HTML rendering processing first, and first to 3D rendering.
Although the display terminal 200A arrives, other Web pages can be displayed in an order according to the priority.

In the above embodiment, the HT shown in FIG.
Construct the components of the ML rendering device 100 as a program and install them on the CPU of the computer used as the HTML rendering device, or
It is also possible to distribute via a network.

Similarly, the components of the Web server 300 are constructed as a program and installed in the CPU of a computer used as the Web server, or
It is also possible to distribute via a network.

In the above embodiment, the process of assigning the priority to the content is performed by the HTML rendering device which is the receiving device. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. Can be given to the 3D display terminal 200 and transmitted to the 3D display terminal 200.

The constructed program is stored in a hard disk device connected to a computer used as an HTML rendering device, or in a portable storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or CD-ROM. The present invention can be easily realized by installing the software when implementing.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, priorities are added at the time of transmission based on the display position of the contents on the 3D, and the contents are transmitted according to the priorities of the transmissions on the transmission route in the middle. By doing so, it is possible to display on the 3D screen on the display terminal side from the content having the higher priority on the transmission side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating W in a 3D display terminal A according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a priority order for displaying an web page.

FIG. 6 is an example of displaying a Web page on the Internet in a 3D space in the system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of an image request processing order according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows W in the 3D display terminal A according to one embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure showing the display order of an web page.

FIG. 9 is an example of displaying a Web page on the Internet in a 3D space.

FIG. 10 is an example of arrangement information.

FIG. 11 is an example of an image request processing order according to a conventional method.

FIG. 12 is an example of a display order of a Web page in a 3D space according to a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 300 server, Web server 100 Receiving device 101 Priority determination unit, Priority determination unit 102 Content acquisition unit, Content acquisition unit 103 Priority assignment unit, Priority assignment unit 104 Content transmission unit, Content transmission unit 110, 120 Network interface unit 130 HTML rendering processing unit 140 Requested Web page queue 150 Received Web page queue 200 Receiving device, 3D display terminal 201 Content requesting unit, Content requesting unit 202 Receiving unit, Content receiving unit 203 Displaying unit, Display unit 300 Server, Web server 301 Priority Order determination unit 302 Content generation unit 303 Priority addition unit 304 Content transmission unit 400 Network 500 Internet

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A three-dimensional display content transmission control method for displaying a content received from a server in a network on a 3D display terminal for displaying the content in a 3D space, the receiving device comprising: Determining the priority of the content according to the following; obtaining the content from the server based on the priority; assigning the priority to the content at the time of transmission;
A method for controlling transmission of three-dimensional display content, comprising transmitting to a D display terminal. 2. A 3D display terminal determines the priority of the content based on the 3D table position of the content,
The method according to claim 1, wherein a priority is added to the content request and the content request is transmitted to the receiving device. 3. A three-dimensional display content transmission control method for transmitting content from a server in a network via a transmission path and displaying the content received by a 3D display terminal in a 3D space. A priority for generating content is determined based on a display position of the content in 3D, the content is dynamically generated in the descending order of the priority, the priority is added to the content, and 3D display is performed. A three-dimensional display content transmission control method, wherein the external content is transmitted to a display terminal in the order of generation. 4. The 3D display terminal determines a priority of content generation based on a 3D display position of the content, and transmits the request to the server that generates the content by adding a priority to the content request. 3 of 3
Dimensional display content transmission control method. 5. A three-dimensional display content transmission control system, comprising: a receiving device that receives a content from a server in a network that transmits the content via a transmission path; and a 3D display terminal that displays the content in a 3D space. A receiving unit configured to determine a priority of acquiring the content from the server based on a display position of the content on the 3D; a content acquiring unit acquiring the content in accordance with the priority; And a content transmission unit that transmits the content, to which the priority has been assigned by the priority assignment unit, to a 3D display terminal, wherein the 3D display terminal is configured to transmit the content transmitted from the reception device. Receiving means for receiving the content to which the priority has been given; Three-dimensional display content transmission control system characterized by having display means for displaying according to the priority. 6. The 3D display terminal includes: a determination unit configured to determine a priority of the content based on a 3D display position of the content; and a transmission unit configured to add a priority to the content request and transmit the content request to the reception device. Item 3. The three-dimensional display content transmission control system according to Item 5. 7. A three-dimensional display content transmission control system, comprising: a server in a network that transmits content via a transmission path; and a 3D display terminal that displays content received from the server in a 3D space. A server that determines a priority of content generation based on a display position of the content in 3D; a content generation unit that dynamically generates content in descending order of the priority; And a transmission unit for transmitting the content with the priority added to the 3D display terminal, wherein the 3D display terminal is configured to receive the priority transmitted from the server. Receiving means for receiving the selected content, and display means for displaying the content according to the priority order. Three-dimensional display content transmission control system according to claim and. 8. The 3D display terminal includes: a determination unit configured to determine a priority of the content based on a 3D display position of the content; and a transmission unit configured to add a priority to the content request and transmit the content request to the reception device. Item 3. The three-dimensional display content transmission control system according to Item 7. 9. A receiving apparatus for transmitting, via a transmission path, three-dimensional display content to a 3D display terminal for displaying content received from a server in a 3D space, wherein the content is displayed based on a 3D display position of the content. Priority determining means for determining the priority of acquiring content from the server; content acquiring means for acquiring content according to the priority; priority assigning means for assigning a priority to the content at the time of transmission; And a content transmitting means for transmitting the content to which the priority is assigned to the 3D display terminal. 10. A 3D display terminal for displaying, on a 3D space, content received from a server via a transmission path, the content being prioritized by a display position of the 3D display content in 3D. A 3D display terminal comprising: means for determining the order; and means for adding a priority to a content request and transmitting the request to a receiving device. 11. A server that transmits three-dimensional display content to a receiving device that displays the content in a 3D space via a transmission path, and determines a priority of content generation based on the display position of the content in 3D. Priority determining means, content generating means for dynamically generating content in descending order of the priority, priority adding means for adding the priority to the content, and content adding the priority. Transmitting means for transmitting the data to the 3D display terminal. 12. A three-dimensional display content transmission control program to be executed by a receiving device for transmitting, via a transmission path, three-dimensional display content to a 3D display terminal that displays content obtained from a server in a 3D space, A priority determination process of determining a priority of acquiring content from the server based on a display position of the content in 3D; a content acquisition process of acquiring content in accordance with the priority; a priority of assigning a priority to the content at the time of transmission A three-dimensional display content transmission control program, comprising: a priority assigning process; and a content transmitting process of transmitting content to which the priority is assigned in the priority assigning process. 13. A three-dimensional display content transmission control program to be executed by a server that transmits a three-dimensional display content to a 3D display terminal that displays the content in a 3D space via a transmission path, comprising: A priority determination process for determining a priority of content generation based on a display position; a content generation process for dynamically generating content in descending order of the priority; and a priority adding process for adding the priority to the content. And a transmission process for transmitting the content with the priority added thereto. 14. A three-dimensional display content transmission control program for receiving a three-dimensional display content from a server via a transmission path, and causing a 3D display terminal that displays the received content in a 3D space to execute the content. It has a determining process of determining the priority of the content based on the display position of the three-dimensional display content on the 3D, and a transmitting process of adding the priority to the content request and transmitting the request to the receiving device or the server. 3D display content transmission control program. 15. A storage medium storing a three-dimensional display content transmission control program for displaying the three-dimensional display content in a 3D space via a transmission path, wherein the storage medium stores a three-dimensional display content transmission control program. A storage medium storing a three-dimensional display content transmission control program, wherein the storage program stores fourteen programs.