JP6522209B1 - Video distribution server, video distribution method and video distribution program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to view a plurality of games in a game tournament. A moving image distribution server 1 distributes moving image data of a game according to the progress of a game tournament, for a game tournament in which a plurality of games in which a plurality of players compete is played. The video distribution server 1 divides the display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the video game acquisition unit 21 for acquiring video data of a plurality of games, and the video of the game in each of the divided display areas. The system comprises a synthesizing unit that allocates data and synthesizes the synthesized moving image data, and a distributing unit that distributes the synthesized moving image data to a viewer terminal. [Selected figure] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a moving picture distribution server, a moving picture distribution method, and a moving picture distribution program for distributing moving picture data of a game according to the progress of a game tournament for a game tournament in which a plurality of competition games are played.

  With the recent development of information communication, games such as e-sports where players compete using a computer via a communication network have become widespread. There is also a system for managing tournaments and league play game tournaments for these games (see Patent Document 1).

  In the system described in Patent Document 1, when the game organizer inputs setting information of a game tournament such as a league name, an online game league of the game tournament is created, and a member is played and scored. In addition, Patent Document 1 discloses displaying a list of games currently in progress or open, such as a game for recruiting participants and a game capable of watching a game. In the list screen of this game, attribute information such as rules applied in this game is displayed.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-521541

  However, Patent Document 1 only displays a list of games currently in progress or open, and in order to check the status of each game, it is necessary to select a game and participate as a spectator.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a moving picture distribution server, a moving picture distribution method, and a moving picture distribution program for distributing moving picture data that can be viewed and viewed over a plurality of games in a game tournament.

  In order to solve the above problems, a first feature of the present invention relates to a moving image distribution server for distributing moving image data of a game according to the progress of a game tournament, for a game tournament in which a plurality of competition games are played. A moving image distribution server according to a first feature of the present invention divides a display area according to a moving image acquisition unit for acquiring moving image data of a plurality of games and a display area according to the number of games to be displayed in a game tournament. The system includes a combining unit that assigns moving image data of a game to each of the regions and combines the moving image data into combined moving image data, and a distributing unit that delivers the combined moving image data to the viewer terminal.

  When the game assigned to the display area ends, the combining unit assigns the moving picture data assigned to the display area adjacent to the display area assigned to the moving picture data of the finished game to the moving picture data of the finished game The display area and the adjacent display area may be allocated to a combined area.

  The combining unit may assign digest moving image data of moving image data of the finished game to the display area of the finished game when the game assigned to the display area is finished.

  The combining section divides the display area according to the number of games of a predetermined tournament group or the number of games of a plurality of tournament groups when the game tournament is played in a winning match, and a pair for determining an opponent of the game to be played by the win. The moving image data of the above game may be allocated to the adjacent display area.

  The combining unit is configured such that, when one ongoing game is ended, moving image data of a game paired with the ended game, a display area assigned to moving image data of the ended game, and a game paired with the ended game The display area assigned to the moving image data may be assigned to the combined area.

  The combining unit divides the display area according to the number of games of a predetermined number of league groups when the game competition is conducted in a round-robin game, and sets moving image data of a plurality of games belonging to each league group to adjacent display areas. It may be assigned.

  When one game in progress ends, the combining unit assigns moving image data of another game of the league group to which the ended game belongs to the display area allocated to each game of the league group to which the ended game belongs. good.

  A second feature of the present invention relates to a moving image distribution method for distributing moving image data of a game according to the progress of a game tournament for a game tournament in which a plurality of competition games are played. In the moving image distribution method according to the second aspect of the present invention, the computer divides the display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, and the computer acquires moving image data of a plurality of games. The method comprises the steps of assigning moving image data of a game to each of the divided display areas and combining it into composite moving image data, and delivering a composite moving image data to a viewer terminal by the computer.

  A moving image distribution program according to a third aspect of the present invention relates to a moving image distribution program for distributing moving image data of a game according to the progress of a game tournament, for a game tournament in which a plurality of competition games are played. A moving image distribution program according to a third feature of the present invention divides a display area into a computer according to the number of games to be displayed in a game tournament, and a moving image acquiring unit for acquiring moving image data of a plurality of games. The moving image data of the game is assigned to each of the displayed areas, and functions as a synthesizing unit that synthesizes the synthesized moving image data and a distributing unit that distributes the synthesized moving image data to the viewer terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a moving picture distribution server, a moving picture distribution method, and a moving picture distribution program for distributing moving picture data that can be viewed and viewed over a plurality of games in a game tournament.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure explaining the system configuration | structure of the game tournament system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram explaining the outline | summary of a process of the game tournament system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the hardware and the functional block of the moving image delivery server which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of synthetic animation data which a synthetic unit concerning an embodiment of the present invention outputs. It is a flowchart explaining the synthetic | combination processing by the synthetic | combination part which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of the moving image selection screen which the moving image information provision part which concerns on embodiment of this invention displays. It is an example of the synthetic | combination moving image data which the synthetic | combination part which concerns on embodiment of this invention outputs, Comprising: It is a figure explaining the example in which a game tournament is performed by a winning battle system. It is an example of the synthetic | combination moving image data which the synthetic | combination part which concerns on embodiment of this invention outputs, Comprising: It is a figure explaining the example in which a game tournament is performed by a league game system. It is an example of synthetic animation data which a synthetic unit concerning an embodiment of the present invention outputs, and is a figure explaining an example which replaces each animation data of a plurality of games by a predetermined time unit.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are given the same or similar reference numerals.

(Game tournament system)
With reference to FIG. 1, a game tournament system 9 in which a moving image distribution server 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used will be described. The game tournament system 9 includes a game tournament providing system 4 including a moving image distribution server 1, a first distributor terminal 5 a, a second distributor terminal 5 b, and a viewer terminal 6. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first distributor terminal 5a and the second distributor terminal 5b may be simply described as the distributor terminal 5 when they are not particularly distinguished.

  In the game tournament according to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of players repeatedly play the game to determine a final winner. Each player plays with each player in a winning battle system or a league game system, and the winner is the winner.

  The game according to the embodiment of the present invention is typically a battle game in which a computer is used to compete for predetermined index values such as points, time, physical fitness values, etc., but is not limited thereto. For example, a non-competitive game played by one person may have its own determination criterion such as time and score, and a plurality of players may play each other to compete. Alternatively, it may be a realistic game in which a plurality of players existing in the same space play a match. The realistic game is, for example, a game of shogi using actual pieces, a game of chess, playing cards, a sport of soccer, basketball, judo or the like.

  The game tournament providing system 4 includes a video distribution server 1 and a game tournament control server 2. The video distribution server 1 and the game tournament control server 2 are communicably connected to each other via a communication network 3 such as a LAN (Local Area Network). Furthermore, the video distribution server 1 and the game tournament control server 2 connect to the distributor terminal 5 and the viewer terminal 6 via the communication network 7 such as the Internet.

  The video distribution server 1 distributes video data of a game to the viewer terminal 6 in accordance with the progress of a game tournament, for a game tournament in which a plurality of competitive games are played. The moving picture distribution server 1 may distribute moving picture data to each viewer terminal 6 in real time, or may distribute the moving picture data already accumulated to the requesting viewer terminal 6 on demand.

  The video distribution server 1 distributes at least one video data for each of the plurality of competition games in the game tournament. The moving image data may be a moving image obtained by capturing a screen of a game played on a computer, or in the case of a realistic game, a moving image obtained by capturing an appearance of the game.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the moving image distribution server 1 distributes to the viewer terminal 6 moving image data obtained by combining the appearances of a plurality of games. The moving image distribution server 1 can distribute the combined moving image data without applying a load to the network band or each processing device by generating the image quality with a drop in image quality when combining a plurality of game situations.

  The game competition control server 2 holds various information for advancing the game competition such as the progress of each game performed in the game competition according to the embodiment of the present invention and the combination of a winning match or a league match, Advance the tournament. The game tournament control server 2 also holds various information such as an identifier such as a handle name of a player who plays a game, results of the current game tournament, results of the past game tournament, and the like.

  The distributor terminal 5 is a terminal used by a distributor who provides the game tournament providing system 4 with moving image data for drawing the appearance of the game tournament. The distributor terminal 5 may be a terminal of a player who participates in a game tournament and plays a game, or may be a terminal of a host who provides a game in the game tournament. In addition, as for a realistic game or the like, it may be a terminal that acquires moving image data obtained by photographing the state of the game and transmits it to the game tournament providing system 4.

  The viewer terminal 6 is a terminal used by a viewer who views the moving image data distributed by the moving image distribution server 1. In the embodiment of the present invention, the moving picture distribution server 1 distributes moving picture data obtained by combining the appearances of a plurality of games, so that the viewer can observe the appearances of the plurality of games.

  A moving image distribution method in the tournament system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S1, the first distributor terminal 5a distributes the first moving image data to the moving image distribution server 1, and in step S2, the second distributor terminal 5b distributes the second moving image data to the moving image distribution server 1 Do. Although not shown in FIG. 2, the moving picture distribution server 1 distributes the first moving picture data and the second moving picture data to the viewer terminal 6. Each moving image data distributed by the moving image distribution server 1 is associated with a search key of moving image data called a tag. The tag may be given by the distributor or the viewer, or may be given by the video distribution server 1.

  In step S3, the moving picture distribution server 1 acquires the game situation from the game tournament control server 2 in step S3. The video distribution server 1 acquires, for example, information of each game of the target game tournament.

  In step S4, the moving picture distribution server 1 specifies moving picture data of the game from the information on the game acquired in step S3. The video distribution server 1 acquires, from the game tournament control server 2, a game situation including information specifying each game such as a game identifier and a player identifier for each game in a game tournament currently held. The moving image distribution server 1 further specifies moving image data of each game based on the information specifying each game. The video data of each game is identified by comparing the information specifying each game with the tag of the video data or the metadata of the video data. Furthermore, the moving image distribution server 1 may, for example, have a possibility that the player may compete in the future with the progress of a game such as moving image data currently in progress, moving image data in progress at a predetermined time, and a game in which a predetermined player participates. Based on a predetermined condition such as a game related to a player, such as a game for determining an opponent, a game to be synthesized with synthetic moving image data is specified. In addition, a game to be composited with synthetic video data may be specified according to the progress of a game tournament such as a winning game or a predetermined (multiple) game such as a league.

  When the moving image distribution server specifies moving image data of each game in step S4, in step S5, the specified moving image data is synthesized to generate synthetic moving image data. At this time, the moving picture distribution server 1 assigns each game to the moving picture display area so that the progress of the group of game tournaments to which each game belongs (predetermined tournament or winning league, etc. of winning match) can be seen in the combined moving picture data. .

  When the moving image distribution server 1 receives a request for composite moving image data from the viewer terminal 6 in step S6, the moving image distribution server 1 delivers the combined moving image data generated in step S5 to the viewer terminal 6 in step S7. Here, it is assumed that composite moving image data obtained by combining the first moving image data and the second moving image data is distributed. With respect to such synthetic moving image data, the area to which the first moving image data is allocated is associated with a request for viewing the first moving image data, and the area to which the second moving image data is allocated is a second moving image Requests to view data are mapped.

  Here, when the display area to which the first moving image data in the composite moving image data is assigned is selected in the viewer terminal 6 in step S8, a request for viewing the first moving image data is transmitted to the moving image distribution server 1 Be done. The moving picture distribution server 1 distributes the first moving picture data to the viewer terminal 6 in step S9. The viewer confirms the progress of the entire game tournament and the game situation in the composite video data, and selects one of them to reproduce the video data of the selected game over the entire display area and view it. can do.

(Video distribution server)
A moving image distribution server 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The video distribution server 1 is a general computer provided with a storage device 10, a processing device 20, and a communication control device 30. A general computer executes the conversion logic generation program to realize the function shown in FIG.

  The storage device 10 is a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk, or the like, and stores various data such as input data, output data, and intermediate data for the processing device 20 to execute processing. . The processing device 20 is a central processing unit (CPU), and executes processing in the moving image distribution server 1 by reading and writing data stored in the storage device 10 and inputting and outputting data with the communication control device 30. Do. The communication control device 30 is an interface for the moving image distribution server 1 to communicably connect with the game tournament control server 2, the distributor terminal 5 and the viewer terminal 6.

  The storage device 10 stores the moving image data group 11, the game situation data 12, and the composite moving image data 13.

  The moving image data group 11 is a plurality of moving image data distributed from the distributor terminal 5. Each moving image data is associated with a tag as a search key. Although not illustrated, the storage device 10 may store data in which the moving image data group 11 is combined and the identifier of each moving image data is associated with metadata such as the identifier of the distributor and the title.

  The game situation data 12 is data provided to the video distribution server 1 by the game tournament control server 2. The game situation data 12 includes, for each game in the game tournament, information such as a game identifier, a player identifier, and a result when the game is over. The game situation data 12 may include an identifier for specifying moving image data regarding each game. The game situation data 12 may further include peripheral information that is a key for the viewer to search for moving image data, such as the past scores of each player. The game situation data 12 may include data necessary for the combination unit 23 described later to specify moving image data to be combined, or to generate a screen provided by the moving image information provision unit 25. It is set appropriately according to the configuration of the game or the like.

  The composite moving image data 13 is data generated by combining a plurality of moving image data of the moving image data group 11 by the combining unit 23 described later based on the game situation data 12. The composite moving image data 13 is distributed to the viewer terminal 6.

  The processing device 20 includes a moving image acquisition unit 21, a game status acquisition unit 22, a combining unit 23, a distribution unit 24, and a moving image information provision unit 25.

  The video acquisition unit 21 acquires video data from the distributor terminal 5. In the embodiment of the present invention, the moving image acquisition unit 21 particularly acquires moving image data of a plurality of games. The moving image acquisition unit 21 stores the acquired moving image data in the moving image data group 11 as necessary, for example, to use the material of the composite moving image data 13.

  The game situation acquisition unit 22 acquires the game situation data 12 from the game tournament control server 2 and stores the game situation data 12 in the storage device 10. The game status acquisition unit 22 acquires the game status data 12 from the game tournament control server 2 at a predetermined timing such as the timing of generating the composite moving image data 13.

  The combining unit 23 divides the display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, assigns the moving image data of the game to each of the divided display areas, and combines it into the combined moving image data 13. The combined moving image data 13 generated by the combining unit 23 connects frame data of the same timing of each moving image data to be combined and generates frame data of the combined moving image data 13. At this time, the distribution of the composite moving image data 13 is adjusted appropriately by, for example, reducing the image quality of the frame data before combining.

  The synthesizing unit 23 specifies moving image data to be synthesized with reference to the game situation data 12. The combining unit 23 may set moving image data of all the games currently in progress in the game tournament as a combination target, or may set moving image data of a game satisfying a predetermined condition among the games currently in progress as a combination target. For example, referring to the game situation data 12, moving image data of a highly relevant game such as moving image data of a game belonging to the same tournament or league in a winning match, moving image data of a game for determining a player to compete in the future , To identify as a composition target. At this time, the synthesizing unit 23 allocates each moving image data to the display area so that moving image data of a game having a higher degree of association can be allocated closer.

  The combining unit 23 may combine only moving image data distributed in real time with respect to a game in progress, or may combine only moving image data distributed about a game which has already ended, or these may be mixed and combined. It may be a target. The game already finished may be moving image data obtained by processing original moving image data, such as digest moving image data consisting of only the main part. The combining unit 23 may also specify moving image data to be combined according to the conditions specified by the viewer.

  When the game assigned to the display area ends, the combining unit 23 assigns the moving image data assigned to the display area adjacent to the display area assigned to the moving image data of the finished game to the moving image data of the finished game. It may be allocated to the combined display area and the adjacent display area. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, when moving image data A to D of a game in progress is to be synthesized, moving image data A is allocated to the display region V11 above the display region V1 of the moving image data. The moving image data B is allocated to the upper right display region V12, the moving image data C is allocated to the lower left display region V13, and the moving image data D is allocated to the lower right display region V14. Here, it is assumed that the game ends in the moving image data A. In that case, as shown in a display area V2 of FIG. 4B, the moving picture data B is displayed in a display area V15 in which the display area V11 to which the moving picture data A is allocated and the display area V12 to which the moving picture data B is allocated. Is assigned. There is no change in the display areas V13 and V14. As another example, the display area V <b> 11 may be generated by combining the display area V <b> 11 and the display area V <b> 13 vertically adjacent to each other. In this manner, the viewer ends the game of the moving image data A by expanding the display area of the other moving image data to the area where the ended moving image data is displayed without displaying the ended moving image data. Can be intuitively understood.

  As another example, when the game assigned to the display area is completed, the combining unit 23 may assign digest moving image data of moving image data of the finished game to the display area of the finished game. For example, in the display area V1 shown in FIG. 4A, it is assumed that the game is ended in the moving image data A allocated to the display area V11. In that case, as shown in FIG. 4C, moving image data of the digest version of the game of moving image data A is allocated to the display area V11. Thus, the viewer can grasp that the game of the moving image data A has ended, and can understand the outline of the game contents by the digest of the game. Each display area to which moving image data is allocated does not have to be allocated to an equal area, and may be of any size.

  The outline of the process of the synthesizing unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG. In step S101, the combining unit 23 reads the game situation data 12 acquired by the game situation acquisition unit 22, and identifies moving image data to be combined in step S102. In step S103, the combining unit 23 arranges the moving image data specified in step S102 according to the attribute of each moving image data to generate combined moving image data 13, and in step S104, distributes the combined moving image data 13 generated in step S103. Deliver to 24

  Here, when the combining unit 23 detects that one of the games of the moving image data to be combined ends in step S105, the moving image data of the game in the adjacent display area up to the display area of the ended game in step S106. Expand. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4B, the display area of the moving image data B is expanded and displayed to the display area of the moving image data A where the game is over. The extended composite moving image data 13 is distributed by the distribution unit 24 in step S104.

  When the distribution of the moving image is ended in step S107, the synthesizing process by the synthesizing unit 23 is ended.

  The distribution unit 24 distributes the composite moving image data 13 to the viewer terminal 6 in addition to the individual moving image data constituting the moving image data group 11. When a predetermined area of the display area in which the composite moving image data 13 is reproduced in the viewer terminal 6 is selected, the distribution unit 24 distributes the moving image data allocated to the selected area. The moving image data distributed here has moving image data of one game allocated to the entire display area, and the viewer can clearly view the game in a wider area compared with composite moving image data. .

  The moving image information providing unit 25 displays a screen for causing the viewer to select desired moving image data related to the game tournament, and distributes the desired moving image data to the viewer. The moving picture information providing unit 25 specifies moving picture data of each game of the game tournament according to the information of the game situation data 12. The moving image information providing unit 25 displays a list in which links of URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) that can be viewed are associated with information such as attributes of each moving image data. The viewer can view desired moving image data by selecting from the list.

  The moving picture information providing unit 25 displays the moving picture selection screen V100 shown in FIG. 6 on the viewer terminal 6, and allows the viewer to specify the filtering condition of the moving picture data desired to be viewed or the sort key of the search result. You may display the search result of data. Filtering conditions include game termination status such as game termination and game termination, game type such as final, semifinals and qualifiers, last win, first appearance, 5 or more entries, and 5 or more game attributes such as victory, etc., platform And the like. The viewer can check the list of moving images according to the set conditions by appropriately checking the check boxes provided in association with these filtering conditions. Further, the viewer can specify the number of comments in the video, the number of viewers, the number of winners of the player, the number of participants, etc. as sort keys for sorting the search results on the video selection screen V100.

  The moving image information providing unit 25 may display thumbnail images of a plurality of moving images, and generate a list in which each thumbnail image is associated with a URI capable of viewing each moving image. When such a list is displayed on the viewer terminal 6 and the thumbnail image of the moving image is selected, the moving image data associated with the selected thumbnail image is reproduced. The moving image list generated by the moving image information providing unit 25 is distributed from the moving image distribution server 1 to the viewer terminal 6 via the game tournament control server 2 or directly. Similarly, the moving image list may be distributed from the moving image distribution server 1 to viewer terminals of other moving image distribution servers via the other moving image distribution server (other platforms) or directly.

  The combining unit 23 may specify moving image data to be combined in the combined moving image data 13 according to the condition checked by the viewer on the moving image selection screen V100 shown in FIG. In other words, each moving image data filtered in the moving image selection screen V100 may be combined by the method described in the combining unit 23 and distributed to the viewer terminal 6.

  The moving image information providing unit 25 is not only information of moving image data distributed by the moving image distribution server 1 but also moving image data distributed by another moving image distribution server operated by another business entity, etc. It may also provide information on moving picture data regarding. This allows the viewer to view a large number of video data related to a given game tournament, regardless of the platform on which the video data is provided.

  In addition, the method of searching for moving pictures permitted to the viewer may be limited depending on whether the viewer is charged or not. For example, the moving image selection screen V100 may be displayed only for the viewer who has charged.

(Composition unit)
An example of the synthetic moving image data 13 generated by the synthesizing unit 23 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

  With reference to FIG. 7, an example of the synthetic moving image data 13 in the case where the game tournament is performed by a winning system (knockout system) will be described.

  The combining unit 23 divides the display area according to the number of games of a predetermined tournament group or the number of games of a plurality of tournament groups when the game tournament is played in a winning game, and determines the opponent of the game to be played by the win. Allocate moving image data of a pair game to an adjacent display area. The combining unit 23 divides the display area in the combined moving image data 11 according to the number of games to be displayed. The synthesizing unit 23 may divide the display area by the number of games to be displayed or more. When there is a display area to which moving image data of each game is not allocated, information related to the game to be displayed, such as the allocation status of moving image data and a digest moving image in the past may be displayed in the display area.

  In addition, when one ongoing game is ended, the synthesizing unit 23 makes a pair with moving image data of a game that is paired with the ended game, a display area assigned to moving image data of the ended game, and the ended game. Allocate the display area allocated to the video data of the game to the combined area. With respect to a game to be played in the future, moving image data of two games for determining an opponent of the game are referred to as moving image data A and moving image data B, respectively. When the game of moving image data A ends, moving image data B is expanded and displayed to the display area to which moving image data A is assigned. As a result, since it is possible to display one or more games for deciding the opponent for each game to be played in the future in the predetermined display area, the progress of the tournament in the game tournament can be displayed as the composite video data 13 It can be grasped from the point of view. In addition, when a game where the winners of moving image data A and B fight is started, moving image data of the game is divided into a display area to which moving image data A is allocated and an area connecting the display area to which moving image data B is allocated. You may display it.

  A case where the combining unit 23 generates the combined moving image data 13 for the tournament group illustrated in FIG. 7A will be described. In the tournament group shown in FIG. 7A, four games are played in the first round, and the moving image data of each game is moving image data A to D. The video data of the game in which the winners of each of the video data A and B games compete as the semi-final is the video data E, and the video data of the game in which the winners of the video data C and D compete is the video data F It is. In other words, each game of video data A and B is a pair of games for determining an opponent of the game of video data E, and each game of video data C and D is an opponent of the game of video data F Is a pair game to decide the. As a final, moving image data of a game in which each winner of each of the moving image data E and F games competes is moving image data G. In other words, each game of the video data E and F is a pair of games for determining an opponent of the video data G game.

  In the tournament group shown in FIG. 7A, the synthetic moving image data 13 having the display area V3 shown in FIG. 7B is distributed during the battle of the first round. For the display area V3, moving image data A is allocated to the upper left display area V31, moving image data B is allocated to the upper right display area V32, and moving image data C is allocated to the lower left display area V33. The moving image data A is allocated to the display area V34.

  Here, when the game of the moving image data A ends, the composite moving image data 13 having the display area V4 shown in FIG. 7C is distributed. The display area V4 is different from the display area V3 of FIG. 7B in that moving image data B is allocated to the upper display area V35. The display area V35 is a game for determining the opponent of the display area V31 of the ended game (the game of the moving image data A) and the winner of the ended game (the game of the moving image data A) Of the moving image data B is combined with the display region V32. By distributing such composite video data 13, the viewer has finished the video data A game of the first round and the video data B to D game is being played, and the four semifinals match It is possible to intuitively understand that one of the persons is decided.

  Thereafter, when the respective games of the moving image data B to D end, the composite moving image data 13 having the display area V5 shown in FIG. 7D is distributed. In the display area V5, the moving image data E is allocated to the upper display area V35, and the moving image data F is allocated to the lower display area V36. By distributing such composite moving image data 13, the viewer can intuitively understand that the game on the first line has ended and moving image data E and F of the semifinals are being played.

  Furthermore, when each game of moving image data E and F ends, composite moving image data 13 having a display area V6 shown in FIG. 7E is distributed. There is no division in the display area V6, and the moving image data G is displayed on the entire surface of the display area V6. By distributing such composite moving image data 13, the viewer can intuitively understand that each game of the semi-finals in this tournament group is finished and the finals are being performed.

  Although the example shown in FIG. 7 has described the case of creating the composite moving image data 13 for a predetermined tournament group, the composite moving image data 13 may be created for a plurality of tournament groups in a game tournament. For example, when the winner of each of the four tournament groups further wins in the semifinals and finals to determine the winner, the video data of the game of each final of the four tournament groups is shown in FIG. I assume. As described above, the game to be synthesized by the synthesis unit 23 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a part of a predetermined tournament, or each part or each of a plurality of tournaments.

  An example of the composite moving image data 13 in the case of the league match system will be described with reference to FIG.

  The combining unit 23 divides the display area according to the number of games of a predetermined number (one or more) of the league groups when the game competition is played in a round-robin game (league match), and a plurality of games belonging to each league group Assign video data to the adjacent display area. The combining unit 23 divides the display area in the combined moving image data 11 according to the number of games to be displayed. The combining unit 23 may divide the display area by a number larger than the number of games to be displayed, and display the allocation status of moving image data, past digest moving images, etc. in the display area to which moving image data of each game is not allocated. Information related to the target game may be displayed.

  In addition, when one ongoing game ends, the combining unit 23 assigns moving image data of another game of the league group to which the ended game belongs to the display area allocated to each game of the league group to which the ended game belongs. . For example, when two games are played for a certain league and one of them is finished and one is in progress, one game in progress is extended and displayed to the display area of the finished game. Thereby, since the game of each league can be displayed in a predetermined display area, it is possible to intuitively grasp the progress of the league match in the game tournament from the composite moving image data 13.

  The case where the combining unit 23 generates the combined moving image data 13 for the four league groups shown in FIG. 8A will be described. The four league groups shown in FIG. 8A are A league, B league, C league and D league, and in A league, each game corresponding to moving image data A1 and A2 is performed, and in B league, The respective games corresponding to the moving image data B1 and B2 are performed, the respective games corresponding to the moving image data C1 and C2 are performed in the C league, and the respective games corresponding to the moving image data D1 and D2 are performed in the D league. Later, change the opponent in each league and play rounds in the league.

  When each game is in progress, the composite moving image data 13 having the display area V7 shown in FIG. 8 (b) is distributed. In the display area V7, the moving image data A1 and A2 are allocated to the upper left display areas V71 and V72, and the moving image data B1 and B2 are allocated to the upper right display areas V73 and V74, and the lower left display area V75 and Moving image data C1 and C2 are assigned to V76, and moving image data D1 and D2 are assigned to the lower right display regions V77 and V78.

  Here, when the game of the moving image data A1 ends, the composite moving image data 13 having the display area V8 shown in FIG. 8C is distributed. The display area V8 is different from the display area V7 of FIG. 8B in that moving image data B is allocated to the display area V79 located on the upper left side. The display area V79 is an area where the display area V71 of the finished game and the display area V72 to which the moving image data A2 of the game belonging to the same league as the finished game is allocated. By distributing such composite moving image data 13, the viewer intuitively sees that the game corresponding to the moving image data A1 is ended and the game corresponding to the moving image data A2 is being played in the A-league. I can understand.

  An example of the synthetic moving image data 13 related to a randomly selected game will be described with reference to FIG. In the examples of FIGS. 7 and 8, a case is described in which one frame data of moving image data is allocated to a plurality of moving image data and synthesized, but in FIG. 9, the moving image allocated to frame data at every predetermined time A case where data A to D are replaced to generate composite moving image data 13 will be described. The display area V9 of the composite moving image data 13 is replaced with moving image data A → moving image data B → moving image data C → moving image data D → moving image data A in a predetermined order on a predetermined time basis. By distributing such composite moving image data 13, the viewer can confirm the status of each game on one wide screen.

  In this way, by devising how to assign each display area, such as changing the size of the display area of the moving image according to the progress of the game, the combining unit 23 can make the viewer easy to understand the progress of the game. Can be generated. There is also a method of generating composite moving image data 13 that is easy for the viewer to understand by devising the arrangement of moving image data. For example, videos of a plurality of games selected at random, randomly selected, or selected by a predetermined rule are equally allocated, and when the game is ended, among the games other than the ended games The video data of popular games such as a game with the largest number of viewers and a game with the largest number of comments may be expanded and displayed. This makes it possible to visually show the popular game to the viewer. In addition, the video data of the game that has been focused on rapidly, such as the video of a game in which the number of viewers or comments has significantly increased in the last unit time, as well as the number of viewers or comments, is expanded and displayed as appropriate It can apply.

  Although the case of displaying only the game in progress has been described in the examples of FIGS. 7 to 9, the game may be replaced with moving image data of the digest version of the ended game when the game is ended.

  The moving image distribution server 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can distribute moving image data that can be viewed and watched over a plurality of games in a game tournament.

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As mentioned above, although described by the embodiment of the present invention, it should not be understood that the statement and drawing which make a part of this disclosure limit this invention. Various alternative embodiments, examples and operation techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure.

  For example, the moving image distribution server described in the embodiment of the present invention may be configured on one hardware as shown in FIG. 3, or may be configured on a plurality of hardware according to its function and the number of processing. It may be done. Also, it may be realized on an existing computer.

  Of course, the present invention includes various embodiments and the like which are not described herein. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the invention-specifying matters according to the scope of claims appropriate from the above description.

1 video distribution server 2 game tournament control server 3, 7 communication network 4 game tournament provision system 5 distributor terminal 6 viewer terminal 9 game tournament system 10 storage device 11 video data group 12 game situation data 13 composite video data 20 processing device 21 Video acquisition unit 22 Game status acquisition unit 23 Synthesis unit 24 Distribution unit 25 Video information provision unit

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A video distribution server for distributing video data of a game according to the progress of a game competition, for a game competition in which a plurality of competitive games are played,
A moving image acquisition unit that acquires moving image data of each of the plurality of games;
A combining unit that divides a display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, assigns moving image data of the game to each of the divided display areas, and combines the video data into composite moving image data;
And a distribution unit for distributing the composite video data to the viewer terminal,
When the game assigned to the display area ends, the combining unit assigns the moving image data assigned to the display area adjacent to the display area assigned to the moving image data of the finished game to the moving image data of the finished game. A moving image distribution server characterized in that the display area and the adjacent display area are allocated to a combined area. A video distribution server for distributing video data of a game according to the progress of a game competition, for a game competition in which a plurality of competitive games are played,
A moving image acquisition unit that acquires moving image data of each of the plurality of games;
A combining unit that divides a display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, assigns moving image data of the game to each of the divided display areas, and combines the video data into composite moving image data;
And a distribution unit for distributing the composite video data to the viewer terminal,
The combining unit divides a display area according to the number of games of a predetermined tournament group or the number of games of a plurality of tournament groups when the game tournament is played in a winning game, and an opponent of a game to be played by the win is determined. A moving image distribution server characterized by assigning moving image data of a game of a pair to be determined to an adjacent display area. The combining unit is configured such that, when one ongoing game ends, moving image data of a game paired with the ended game, a display area assigned to moving image data of the ended game, and a game paired with the ended game The moving picture distribution server according to claim 2 , wherein a display area allocated to the moving picture data of is assigned to a combined area. A video distribution server for distributing video data of a game according to the progress of a game competition, for a game competition in which a plurality of competitive games are played,
A moving image acquisition unit that acquires moving image data of each of the plurality of games;
A combining unit that divides a display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, assigns moving image data of the game to each of the divided display areas, and combines the video data into composite moving image data;
And a distribution unit for distributing the composite video data to the viewer terminal,
The combining unit divides the display area according to the number of games of a predetermined number of league groups when the game competition is performed in a round-robin game, and displays moving image data of a plurality of games belonging to each league group adjacent to each other A video delivery server characterized by assigning to a region. The combining unit assigns, when one ongoing game is over, moving image data of another game of the league group to which the finished game belongs to a display area allocated to each game of the league group to which the finished game belongs. The video distribution server according to claim 4 , characterized in that 5. The computer program according to claim 2 , wherein the combining unit assigns digest moving image data of moving image data of the finished game to a display area of the finished game when the game assigned to the display area is finished. Video distribution server. A video distribution method for distributing video data of a game according to the progress of a game competition, for a game competition in which a plurality of competing games are played,
A computer acquiring moving image data of each of the plurality of games;
The computer divides the display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, assigns moving image data of the game to each of the divided display areas, and combines it into synthetic moving image data;
Delivering the composite video data to a viewer terminal by the computer.
The combining step changes the size of at least one of the divided display areas according to the progress of the game to be displayed .
In the combining step, when the game assigned to the display area is finished, the moving picture data assigned to the display area adjacent to the display area assigned to the moving picture data of the finished game is assigned to the moving picture data of the finished game A moving image distribution method characterized in that the display area and the adjacent display area are allocated to a combined area . A video distribution program for distributing video data of a game according to the progress of a game competition, for a game competition in which a plurality of competing games are played,
Computer,
A moving image acquisition unit that acquires moving image data of each of the plurality of games;
A combining unit that divides a display area according to the number of games to be displayed in the game tournament, assigns moving image data of the game to each of the divided display areas, and combines the video data into composite moving image data;
Function as a distribution unit for distributing the composite video data to a viewer terminal,
The combining unit changes the size of at least one of the divided display areas according to the progress of the game to be displayed.
When the game assigned to the display area ends, the combining unit assigns the moving image data assigned to the display area adjacent to the display area assigned to the moving image data of the finished game to the moving image data of the finished game. A moving image distribution program characterized in that the display area and the adjacent display area are allocated to a combined area .

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