JP7025782B2 - Video distribution system, program, and control method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a video distribution system, a program, and a control method.

By uploading the video data of the game image (play video) that the user plays at the same time as playing the game to the posting site as a poster, the uploaded video data is played while being downloaded to the terminal by another user as a viewer. And browse. For example, a viewer may post a comment or the like while viewing a play video of a distributed game, thereby showing excitement among users (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-158620

However, in video distribution, the image quality (resolution, frame rate, etc.) may be reduced from the original video for the purpose of suppressing the amount of data. In addition, the display area of the viewer's terminal may be narrower than that of the terminal on which the poster plays the game. Therefore, the image quality of the play image displayed on the viewer's terminal is often inferior to the image quality of the play image displayed on the terminal played by the poster, and is displayed small in the play video. Parameters and the like may be difficult to read on the viewer's terminal. In particular, when important parameters (for example, puzzle game score, racing game time, etc.) are unreadable, the viewer may find it difficult to understand the game situation, which may lead to a decrease in browsing motivation.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a video distribution system, a program, and a control method for improving visibility at the time of viewing in video distribution.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a moving image distribution system, a program, and a control method capable of exerting the effects described in the embodiments described later.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, one aspect of the present invention is a first terminal device for transmitting moving image data and a second terminal for displaying moving images based on the moving image data transmitted from the first terminal device. A video distribution system including a device, wherein the first terminal device has a game execution unit that executes game processing and a game image generated by the game execution unit when a user plays the game. A video data generation unit that generates recorded video data, a data transmission unit that associates the video data generated by the video data generation unit with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit, and transmits the data transmission unit. The second terminal device includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring the moving image data transmitted from the first terminal device and the game data associated with the moving image data, and the data acquisition unit. A video distribution system including a display control unit that displays a video based on the acquired video data on a display unit and displays display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit based on the video data. Is.

Further, one aspect of the present invention is a game data generation unit that generates video data in which a game execution unit that executes game processing and a game image generated by the game execution unit when a user plays the game are recorded. It is transmitted from the first terminal device including the unit, a data transmission unit that associates the video data generated by the video data generation unit with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit, and transmits the data transmission unit. A data receiving unit that receives the data, a data acquisition unit that acquires the moving image data transmitted from the first terminal device and the game data associated with the moving image data, and the data acquisition unit acquired the data. A second terminal provided with a display control unit that displays a moving image based on the moving image data on a display unit and displays display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit based on the moving image data. It is a server device including a data transmission unit that transmits data to the device.

Further, one aspect of the present invention is a game data generation unit that generates video data in which a game execution unit that executes game processing and a game image generated by the game execution unit when a user plays the game are recorded. A data acquisition unit that acquires the video data transmitted from another terminal device and the game data of the game associated with the video data, and a video based on the video data acquired by the data acquisition unit. It is generated by the moving image data generation unit on a terminal device including a display control unit that displays the display information on the display unit and displays the display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit based on the moving image data. It is a terminal device including a data transmission unit that associates and transmits the moving image data with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit.

Further, one aspect of the present invention is a game data generation unit that generates video data in which a game execution unit that executes game processing and a game image generated by the game execution unit when a user plays the game are recorded. It is transmitted from another terminal device including a unit, a data transmission unit that associates the video data generated by the video data generation unit with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit, and transmits the data transmission unit. A data acquisition unit that acquires the video data and the game data of the game associated with the video data, and a video based on the video data acquired by the data acquisition unit are displayed on the display unit, and the data acquisition is performed. It is a terminal device including a display control unit that displays display information based on the game data acquired by the unit based on the moving image data.

Further, one aspect of the present invention is a program for making a computer function as the terminal device.

The block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the moving image distribution system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the hardware composition of the user terminal which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the hardware configuration of the server apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the game screen in the puzzle game which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the game screen on the viewing side which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows an example of the functional structure of the user terminal and the server apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the data example of the game data which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the data example of the game situation history table which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the data example of the game situation management table which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the moving image distribution processing which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the moving image distribution system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the moving image distribution processing which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the moving image distribution system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The video distribution system 1 includes a computer device of a user terminal 10-1, a user terminal 10-2, a user terminal 10-3, and a server device 30, and these computer devices are connected via a network NW. Will be done.

The user terminal 10-1, the user terminal 10-2, and the user terminal 10-3 are computer devices used by the user, and are PCs (Personal Computers), tablet PCs, mobile phones such as smartphones and feature phones, and personal digital assistants. (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant), home-use game machines, store-installed commercial game machines, and the like can be applied. Here, it is assumed that the user terminals 10-1 and 10-2 are smartphones, and the user terminals 10-3 are PCs. Since the user terminal 10-1, the user terminal 10-2, and the user terminal 10-3 are terminal devices having the same hardware configuration, they are "-1" and "-" unless otherwise specified. The description of "2" and the like will be omitted and the description will be given as the user terminal 10. Further, although three user terminals 10 are shown here, any number of user terminals 10 may be connected to the server device 30.

The user terminal 10 functions as a game device. For example, the user terminal 10 can play a game by a user by downloading and executing a game control program. By connecting the user terminal 10 to a game server, it is also possible to acquire and play a game screen of a game in which game processing is executed on the game server.

Further, in the video distribution system 1 according to the present embodiment, the user terminal 10 generates video data of a game image of a game played by a user, and distributes the generated video data. Hereinafter, the game image to be distributed is also referred to as a "play video". For example, the user terminal 10 generates moving image data of a play moving image in real time and distributes it in real time. Further, the moving image data distributed from the user terminal 10 can be viewed on another user terminal 10. Specifically, the moving image data generated by the user terminal 10 is transmitted to another user terminal 10 that has made a viewing request for the moving image data via the server device 30. The other user terminal 10 that has made the browsing request can browse the moving image data of the play moving image by acquiring and displaying the moving image data transmitted from the server device 30.

The server device 30 functions as a video distribution server device that relays video data distributed from the user terminal 10 on the distribution side to the user terminal 10 on the viewing side in the video distribution system 1. The server device 30 receives the moving image data transmitted from the user terminal 10 on the distribution side, receives the viewing request transmitted from the user terminal 10 on the viewing side, and sends the viewing request to the user terminal 10 on the viewing side. Send video data.

In addition to the function as a video distribution server device, the server device 30 may also have a function as a game server device that provides a game that can be executed on the user terminal 10. For example, the server device 30 provides a game control program (game control program) that can be executed on the user terminal 10 so that it can be downloaded from the user terminal 10. Further, the server device 30 may store various setting information and history information necessary for the game executed on the user terminal 10 and may transmit the information to the user terminal 10 as needed. Further, the server device 30 may execute the processing of the game played by the user on the user terminal 10.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment. The user terminal 10 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a communication unit 12, an input unit 13, a display unit 14, and a storage unit 15, and is connected to a server device 30 via a network NW. Communicates with other devices and the like via the communication unit 12. These components are communicably connected to each other via a bus.

The CPU 11 executes various programs stored in the storage unit 15 and controls each unit of the user terminal 10. For example, the CPU 11 processes the game by executing the game control program stored in the storage unit 15. Further, the CPU 11 processes the distribution or viewing of the play video by executing the video distribution control program or the video viewing control program stored in the storage unit 15. The video distribution control program or the video viewing control program may be integrated with the game control program. That is, the game application may be equipped with a video distribution function and a video viewing function.

The communication unit 12 communicates with the server device 30 and other devices via the network NW. The network NW is, for example, a mobile phone network, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) network, a GBP (Virtual Private Network) network, a dedicated communication line network, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), and a LAN (Local Area Network) Network. A communication network composed of a Switched Telephone Network (public switched telephone network) or a combination thereof.

The input unit 13 is configured integrally with the display (display unit 14) as a touch panel, for example, and various instructions are input by the user's operation. The input unit 13 may be another input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad, or a microphone into which various instructions are input by voice.
The display unit 14 is a display for displaying information such as images and texts, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display panel, and the like.

The storage unit 15 includes, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Program Memory), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), etc. It stores various data such as various programs (game control program, video distribution control program, video viewing control program, etc.), data indicating the game status, game history data, and the like. The storage unit 15 is not limited to the one built in the user terminal 10, and may be an external storage device connected by a digital input / output port such as USB. Further, the user terminal 10 may be configured to include a hardware configuration such as a speaker (not shown), an audio output terminal, a camera, a gyro sensor, and a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving module.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 30 according to the present embodiment. The server device 30 includes, for example, a CPU 31, a communication unit 32, an input unit 33, and a storage unit 35, and has a communication unit 32 with a plurality of user terminals 10 and other devices connected via a network NW. Communicate via. These components are communicably connected to each other via a bus.

The CPU 31 executes various programs stored in the storage unit 35 and controls each unit of the server device 30. For example, the CPU 31 serves as a video distribution server device that relays video data distributed from a user terminal 10 on the distribution side to a user terminal 10 on the viewing side by executing a video distribution management program stored in the storage unit 35. Execute the process to realize the function.

The communication unit 32 communicates with a plurality of user terminals 10 and other devices via the network NW. The input unit 33 is another input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad, or a microphone into which various instructions are input by voice.

The storage unit 35 includes, for example, an HDD, EEPROM, RAM, etc., and stores moving image data or the like transmitted from the user terminal 10. The storage unit 35 is not limited to the one built in the server device 30, and may be an external storage device connected by a digital input / output port such as USB. Further, the storage unit 35 may be an external storage device physically separated from the server device 30, or may be connected to the server device 30 via a communication network such as the Internet. Further, the server device 30 may be configured to include a hardware configuration such as a display unit (not shown), a speaker, and an audio output terminal.

[Outline of the game]
Next, an example of a game executed on the user terminal 10 will be described. For example, in the game according to the present embodiment, the puzzle pieces are erased according to the arrangement state of the puzzle pieces by performing an operation of moving any of the plurality of puzzle pieces displayed in the game screen played by the user. It is a puzzle game in which points are given. Here, the puzzle piece is an example of a "game object" used in the game. Here, a puzzle game in which a user operates to move a puzzle piece and defeats an enemy (an opponent) by erasing the puzzle piece according to the arrangement state of the puzzle piece will be described as an example. The enemy is, for example, an NPC (Non Player Character). The enemy may be a user who plays on another user terminal 10.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen displayed on the display unit 14 of the user terminal 10 in the puzzle game according to the present embodiment.
On the illustrated game screen G10, a game image when the user plays a puzzle game is displayed. For example, the game screen G10 includes a puzzle screen G11 in which the user operates the puzzle piece, and a game status screen G12 showing the status of the game.

On the puzzle screen G11, puzzle pieces are arranged on a matrix-like board of N rows × M columns (N and M are natural numbers, in this case 4 rows × 7 columns). Puzzle pieces are classified into several types according to their attributes. Attributes can be distinguished by the state in which they are displayed, such as color, shape, and pattern. That is, each puzzle piece arranged on the board is a puzzle piece of any attribute. For example, the user performs an operation of selecting one of the puzzle pieces arranged on the board (for example, a touch operation) and slides the selected puzzle piece (for example, a slide operation while touching). Move the puzzle piece with. For example, movement by sliding can be performed by one puzzle piece in four directions of up, down, left, and right. When the selected puzzle piece moves, the puzzle piece that originally existed at the destination moves to the position where the moved puzzle piece was before the movement and is replaced.

As a result of the user performing an operation of moving the puzzle piece, if the erasing condition of the puzzle piece is satisfied, the puzzle piece satisfying the erasing condition is deleted. For example, the erasing condition of puzzle pieces is that three or more puzzle pieces having the same attribute (for example, color) are arranged in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. When the puzzle piece is erased, the puzzle piece placed on the erased puzzle piece falls and moves. That is, another puzzle piece is replenished at the position of the erased puzzle piece. The replenished puzzle piece may be one placed on the erased puzzle piece, or may be newly generated automatically and dropped and moved from above. As a result, if three or more puzzle pieces with the same attribute are aligned, the puzzle pieces are also erased (so-called chain). As long as the erasing condition is satisfied, the falling movement and erasing of the puzzle pieces are repeated, and when the erasing condition is not satisfied, the process of changing the arrangement of the puzzle pieces and the erasing process based on the changed arrangement state is completed. Then, a score is calculated based on the number and type of erased puzzle pieces, the number of chains, and the like, and an attack according to the score is given as damage to the enemy (NPC). If this is repeated and the enemy's HP is reduced to zero, the user wins. The defeat condition of the user is that the HP of the user becomes zero before the HP of the enemy becomes zero. The user's HP is reduced by the attack that is activated when the enemy meets certain conditions. The specific condition is, for example, that the number of times the user performs an operation to move the puzzle piece becomes a predetermined value (10 times, etc.). The predetermined value may be different for each enemy.

In addition to the above-mentioned normal puzzle pieces, special puzzle pieces (hereinafter, also referred to as "bombs") are also arranged on the board. Bombs are generated when the conditions for generating bombs are satisfied and are placed on the board. The condition for generating bombs is, for example, that four or more puzzle pieces are erased at the same time. After being placed, the bomb can be moved by the user's operation in the same way as a normal puzzle piece, and when the puzzle piece placed under the bomb is erased, it falls. Bombs also have attributes (for example, colors) like puzzle pieces, and can be counted as a condition for erasing puzzle pieces. That is, even if puzzle pieces and bombs having the same attribute (for example, color) are mixed, if three or more are arranged, the erasing condition is satisfied. However, if the erasure condition is met, the puzzle piece is erased but the bomb remains unerased. A bomb is erased, for example, when the bomb activates an effect.

Bombs activate effects, unlike regular puzzle pieces. The effect is, for example, erasing a predetermined range or a predetermined number of puzzle pieces on the board, and is activated in response to a user operation (for example, a tap operation on a bomb). In addition, a bomb level indicating the degree of growth is set in the bomb, and the bomb level fluctuates based on the user's operation. For example, when a puzzle piece is erased by a user's operation, the bomb level rises according to the number of erased puzzle pieces, and the bomb grows. Then, the effect according to the growth degree (bomb level) of the bomb is activated. For example, the bomb level is set in the range of "1 to 5", the lower limit is "1", and the upper limit is "5".

On the game status screen G12, information on the battle status with the enemy and the game status such as the score label L11 on which the score is displayed and the bomb level label L12 on which the bomb level is displayed is displayed. The score indicates the score obtained by the user playing this puzzle game. The bomb level is the bomb level of the bomb generated on the puzzle screen G11. Further, on the game status screen G12, the video distribution icon B11 as an operator for inputting the instructions for starting and stopping the distribution of the video data of the play video is displayed.

In the present embodiment, the user terminal 10 has a function of delivering a play video in real time, and starts distribution of video data of the play video by operating the video distribution icon B11 (turns it ON (delivery state)). Further, when the operation for the video distribution icon B11 is performed again during the distribution of the video data of the play video, the user terminal 10 stops the distribution of the video data of the play video (turns it OFF (non-delivery state)).

Further, since the video data of the play video distributed from the user terminal 10 is transmitted at a low resolution, frame rate, etc. due to the problem of the amount of communication data, the visibility is lowered on the viewing side, and small characters and the like are discriminated. It may not be possible. Further, when the user terminal 10 on the distribution side is a PC and the user terminal 10 on the viewing side is a smartphone, the display screen on the viewing side is smaller than the display screen on the distribution side, so that the visibility on the viewing side is reduced. It may not be possible to distinguish small characters. Therefore, when the video data of the play video is distributed, the user terminal 10 also transmits the game data indicating the game status. This game data is, for example, data used for the progress of a game. As a result, when the user terminal 10 on the viewing side acquires the distributed video data and the game data, the play video based on the video data is displayed, and the information indicating the game status based on the game data is easily visible at a resolution and size. Now, it is superimposed on the play video and displayed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen displayed on the display unit 14 of the user terminal 10 on the viewing side according to the present embodiment. On the illustrated viewing side game screen G20, a play video having the same configuration as the game screen G10 shown in FIG. 4 (that is, the distribution side game screen) is displayed, but the resolution, frame rate, etc. are reduced or displayed. Visibility is low due to differences in the size of the area. Therefore, the user terminal 10 on the viewing side superimposes and displays the score label L21 and the bomb level label L22 on the play video at a resolution and size with high visibility based on the game data associated with the video data. The display based on this game data is, for example, the display of a character string using a font. In the illustrated example, the score label L21 and the bomb level label L22 are displayed at positions corresponding to the display positions of the score label L11 and the bomb level label L12 on the game screen G10 shown in FIG. 4, respectively. .. Further, each of the score label L21 and the bomb level label L22 is displayed larger on the screen than each of the score label L11 and the bomb level label L12. Further, the resolutions of the score label L21 and the bomb level label L22 are displayed higher than the resolutions of the score label L11 and the bomb level label L12 included in the distributed moving image data. This makes it possible to improve the visibility of the play video displayed on the viewing side.

Next, the functional configurations of the user terminal 10 and the server device 30 in the video distribution system 1 will be described in detail.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the user terminal 10 and the server device 30 according to the present embodiment. Here, as an example, the distribution side will be referred to as a user terminal 10-1, and the viewing side will be referred to as a user terminal 10-2. In the illustrated example, the distribution-side user terminal 10-1 and the viewing-side user terminal 10-2 each have a configuration of one of the distribution side and the configuration of the viewing side, but have both configurations. You may.

[Functional configuration of user terminal on the distribution side]
First, the functional configuration of the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side will be described.
The user terminal 10-1 includes a processing unit 110 as a functional configuration realized by the CPU 11 executing a game control program or a video distribution control program stored in the storage unit 15. The processing unit 110 includes a game execution unit 111, a display control unit 112, a moving image data generation unit 113, and a data transmission unit 114.

The game execution unit 111 has a function as a game application that executes a game process based on the game control program stored in the storage unit 15. For example, the game execution unit 111 executes the processing of the puzzle game described with reference to FIG. 4, and generates a game image displayed on the game screen G10 to be played by the user.

The display control unit 112 causes the display unit 14 to display the game image generated by the game processing by the game execution unit 111 as the game screen G10.

The video data generation unit 113 generates video data of a play video in which a game image generated by the game execution unit 111 is recorded when the user plays the game. That is, the moving image data generation unit 113 generates the moving image data of the play moving image displayed on the game screen G10. For example, when the video distribution icon B11 is turned on, the video data generation unit 113 captures the game image displayed on the game screen G10 in parallel with the game processing by the game execution unit 111, and the captured game image. Generate video data of the play video by.

The data transmission unit 114 transmits the moving image data generated by the moving image data generation unit 113 to the server device 30 at any time. As a result, the moving image data of the play moving image is uploaded to the server device 30. Identification information (video ID) that can individually identify the video data is added to the uploaded video data. In addition, identification information (terminal ID, user ID, etc.) that can identify the distribution source of the video data (user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side) is also included in the uploaded video data.

Further, the data transmission unit 114 transmits the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit 111 to the server device 30 as the data to be transmitted in association with the moving image data. This game data is, for example, a parameter based on the execution result of the game execution unit 111, and is a parameter representing a game situation related to the play video to be distributed. An example of the game status is a parameter updated by the game execution unit 111. Specifically, as described above, the video data generation unit 113 is a parameter such as a user's score and a bomb level displayed on the game screen G10 while the video data is being generated. The score, bomb level, and the like are parameters updated by the game execution unit 111 while the video data generation unit 113 is generating video data.

Further, the data transmission unit 114 transmits game data to which information corresponding to the time information of the moving image data is added. The time information of the moving image data is a time code for each frame image of the moving image. For example, the start of generating the moving image data is set as a reference time (for example, 0 o'clock), and the time information for each frame determined by the elapsed time from the reference time. Is. The reference time may be the transmission start time (delivery start time) of the moving image data. For example, time information synchronized with the time code of the moving image data is added to the game data as time information indicating the timing when the value of the parameter related to the game situation changes. As a result, the viewing side can update the value of the parameter related to the game status to be superimposed and displayed on the play video at an appropriate timing. For example, it is possible to update the parameters to be superimposed and displayed on the play video on the viewing side in accordance with the update timing of the parameters included in the play video on the distribution side. The information added to the game data is not limited to the information based on the time information of the video data (for example, the time information synchronized with the time code), and the timing between the video data and the game data may be taken. Any information may be used as long as it is possible. For example, a timer function may be included in the processing of the game executed by the game execution unit 111, and the time may be managed between the moving image data and the game data using the timer. In that case, the time information measured by the timer may be added to the video data and the game data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data example of game data transmitted in association with moving image data. The illustrated game data is stored in association with a terminal ID, a moving image ID, a time, a parameter ID, a value, a display position, a display size, and a display color. The terminal ID is the identification information of the user terminal 10-1 that has delivered this game data. The video ID is identification information of the video data to which the game data is associated. The time is the time information when the parameter changes, and is synchronized with the time information of the moving image data. The parameter ID is identification information for identifying the parameter. Here, the parameter ID "001" indicates a score. Further, the parameter ID "002" indicates the bomb level. The value is the value of the parameter of the game data to be transmitted. Here, the score value is "2000" and the bomb level value is "4". The display position is the display position (coordinates in the game screen on the viewing side) when displayed on the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, and the display size and color are the display of characters when displaying the game data. Aspects (eg, size, color, thickness, font type, background color, etc.).
The moving image ID may be assigned by the server device 30 at the time of distribution of the moving image data.

For example, the data transmission unit 114 transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data based on the user's operation on the video distribution icon B11. At the start of distribution of the moving image data, the data transmission unit 114 first transmits the initial values of all the parameters included in the game data. After that, when the game data (for example, the value of the parameter) is changed, the data transmission unit 114 transmits the game data about the changed parameter to the server device 30.

The data transmission unit 114 may periodically (such as at 1-second intervals) transmit game data to the server device 30 regardless of changes in the parameter values.

Further, the type of game data (score, bomb level, etc.) transmitted in association with the video data is basically set in advance in the game, and the data transmission unit 114 is generated by the video data generation unit 113. The video data is associated with the game data preset in the game and transmitted.

The type of game data to be transmitted may be configured to be selectable by the user. In that case, the data transmission unit 114 transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data selected by the user. In this way, when the type of game data to be transmitted is configured to be selectable by the user, it is possible to set the data that the user wants to hide or the data that the user wants to show on the contrary according to the needs.

[Functional configuration of server device]
Next, the functional configuration of the server device 30 will be described.
The server device 30 shown in FIG. 6 includes a processing unit 310 as a functional configuration realized by the CPU 31 executing a moving image distribution management program stored in the storage unit 35. The processing unit 310 includes a data receiving unit 311 and a data transmitting unit 312.

The data receiving unit 311 receives data (video data and game data) transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side. The video data and the game data received by the data receiving unit 311 are associated with the video ID, and are stored and managed in the storage unit 35 as the video data and the game status history data. The game status history data is a collection of game data transmitted from the distribution-side user terminal 10-1 (or another distribution-side user terminal 10). When the video data and the game status history data are stored in the storage unit 35, it is possible to request browsing from another user terminal 10 as the video content associated with the video ID.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of data in the game status history table stored in the storage unit 35 of the server device 30. The illustrated game status history table is associated with a terminal ID, a video ID, a time, a parameter ID, a value, a display position, a display size, and a display color, and the game data received by the data receiving unit 311 is the game status. It is accumulated as historical data.

When the viewing request is received from the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, the data transmission unit 312 transmits the video data to the user terminal 10-2 and refers to the game status history table to obtain the necessary game data. Send to the user terminal 10-2. Specifically, the data transmission unit 312 refers to the game status history table at the start of data transmission to the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, and transmits the latest game data for each parameter ID to the user terminal 10-2. do. After that, the data transmission unit 312 receives game data from the distribution-side user terminal 10-1 by the data reception unit 311 (that is, each time the value of any parameter of the game data is updated). The game data is transmitted to the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side.

[Functional configuration of the user terminal on the viewing side]
Next, the functional configuration of the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side will be described.
The user terminal 10-2 shown in FIG. 6 includes a processing unit 120 as a functional configuration realized by the CPU 11 executing a moving image viewing control program stored in the storage unit 15. The processing unit 120 includes a data acquisition unit 121 and a display control unit 122.

The data acquisition unit 121 acquires the moving image data and the game data transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 via the server device 30. Specifically, the data acquisition unit 121 transmits a viewing request for the play video to the server device 30, so that the video data and the game data associated with the video ID of the play video for which the viewing request has been requested are transferred to the server device. Obtained from 30 via the communication unit 12. The browsing request includes a moving image ID of the play video to be browsed, a terminal ID of the user terminal 10-2 that sent the browsing request, and the like.

Further, the data acquisition unit 121 adds or updates the acquired game data to the game status management table stored in the storage unit 35. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of data in the game status management table. The illustrated game status management table is associated with a terminal ID, a video ID, a time, a parameter ID, a value, a display position, a display size, and a display color, and is basically a game status history table of the server device 30. The same data as is stored, but the latest game data is updated and stored for each parameter ID instead of the history data.

The display control unit 122 reproduces the moving image data acquired by the data acquisition unit 121, and causes the display unit 14 to display a play moving image based on the reproduced moving image data. Further, the display control unit 122 superimposes and displays information (display information) indicating parameters related to the game status based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit 121 on the played play video (see FIG. 5). For example, when the display control unit 122 superimposes the display information based on the game data on the play video and displays it, the display control unit 122 sends the video data of the play video to the display memory (VRAM: Video RAM), and a part of the video data of the play video is used as the game data. It may be overwritten with the display information based on the display information, or the display information based on the game data may be written directly to the video data of the play video to change the video data itself. The display memory may be included in the storage unit 15, or may be provided in the user terminal 10 separately from the storage unit 15. Further, the display position, size, and display color of the parameters related to the game status are determined based on the game data for each parameter stored in the game status management table. Further, the position where the information indicating the parameter is superimposed may be the position where the parameter corresponds to the display position on the game screen (see FIG. 4) displayed on the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side.

Since the value of the parameter (bomb level) of the parameter ID "002" is "5" (upper limit value) in FIGS. 8 and 9, the display color is set to "red" so that it can be easily recognized. ing. The display color when the bomb level is "1 to 4" is set to "white". Conditions for changing such display colors and the like are set in advance in the game, for example, a game set in the process of the game executed by the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side and transmitted from the user terminal 10-1. It is reflected in the data.

In the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, the play image (for example, the game screen G20 shown in FIG. 5) is mounted on a viewing function (for example, a game application) executed by a dedicated application program such as a video viewing control program. It may be displayed using the browsing function), or it may be displayed using the display function of the Web browser. When a Web browser is used, the game data transmitted from the server device 30 is transmitted together with the moving image data in a language readable by the browser (HTML or the like). Further, when it is possible to browse on a relatively wide screen such as a PC instead of a smartphone or the like, the display control unit 122 does not superimpose and display the parameters related to the game status on the play video, and is the display area of the play video. A different display area may be provided and displayed in the display area.

[Processing operation by video distribution system]
Next, the operation of the video distribution process by the video distribution system 1 will be described. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the moving image distribution process according to the present embodiment.
The processing unit 110 of the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side starts processing a game (for example, a puzzle game) based on the user's operation (step S110).

Next, when the video distribution icon B11 is turned on by the user's operation on the game screen G10 (see FIG. 4), the processing unit 110 displays the game image displayed on the game screen G10 in parallel with the game processing. Is captured, and video data of a play video based on the captured game image is generated (step S112).

Then, the processing unit 110 transmits the generated video data to the server device 30 at any time, and also transmits the game data of the game to the server device 30 in association with the video data (step S114).

The processing unit 300 of the server device 30 receives the data (video data and game data) transmitted from the user terminal 10-1, associates the received video data and the game data with the video ID, and the video data and the game status history. Store as data (step S300).

The processing unit 120 of the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side transmits a viewing request for the play video to the server device 30 (step S120).

When the processing unit 300 of the server device 30 receives the viewing request transmitted from the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, the processing unit 300 is associated with the video data to be viewed and the video data based on the received viewing request. The game data is transmitted to the user terminal 10-2 (step S302).

The processing unit 120 of the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side acquires the video data and the game data to be viewed transmitted from the server device 30. Then, the processing unit 120 reproduces the acquired video data, displays the reproduced video (that is, the distributed play video) on the display unit 14, and provides information indicating parameters related to the game status based on the acquired game data (that is, the distributed play video). The display information) is superimposed and displayed on the played play video (see FIG. 5) (step S122).

[Summary of the first embodiment]
As described above, the video distribution system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a distribution-side user terminal 10-1 (an example of a first terminal device) for transmitting video data and a distribution-side user terminal 10-1. It is provided with a user terminal 10-2 (an example of a second terminal device) on the viewing side for displaying a moving image (for example, a play moving image) based on the moving image data transmitted from the user terminal 10-2. The user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side includes a game execution unit 111, a moving image data generation unit 113, and a data transmission unit 114. The game execution unit 111 executes the processing of the game. The video data generation unit 113 generates video data in which a game image generated by the game execution unit 111 is recorded when the user plays the game. The data transmission unit 114 transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit 111. For example, the data transmission unit 114 associates the video data with the game data and transmits the video data to the server device 30.
Further, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side includes a data acquisition unit 121 and a display control unit 122. The data acquisition unit 121 acquires the video data transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side and the game data associated with the video data. For example, the data acquisition unit 121 acquires the video data transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side and the game data associated with the video data via the server device 30. The display control unit 122 displays the moving image based on the moving image data acquired by the data acquisition unit 121 on the display unit 14, and displays the display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit 121 based on the moving image data.

In this way, since the distribution side user terminal 10-1 associates and transmits the game data when transmitting the video based on the video data (for example, the play video), the user terminal 10-1 on the viewing side browses. At that time, the game data can be superimposed and displayed on the moving image based on the moving image data (for example, the play moving image), and the visibility at the time of viewing can be improved in the moving image distribution. Further, since the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can superimpose the acquired game data on the play video when playing the play video acquired from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side, the moving image can be displayed. It is possible to improve the visibility at the time of browsing in the distribution. Therefore, the moving image distribution system 1 can improve the visibility at the time of viewing in the moving image distribution.

For example, the above-mentioned game data is a parameter based on the execution result of the game execution unit 111. As an example, this parameter is a parameter updated by the game execution unit 111 while the video data generation unit 113 is generating video data (for example, a parameter related to a game situation (score, bomb level, etc.)).
As a result, in the video distribution system 1, information such as parameters related to the game status of the game executed on the distribution side user terminal 10-1 is transmitted from the distribution side user terminal 10-1 to the viewing side user terminal 10-2. Since it is transmitted, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can easily visually display information such as parameters related to the acquired game status on the play video when playing the acquired play video. Therefore, when viewing the play video distributed as a video, the visibility of the parameters related to the game status displayed in the play video is improved, and it becomes easier to recognize the game status.

As an example, the above parameters are parameters updated by the game execution unit 111 while the video data generation unit 113 is generating video data (for example, parameters related to the game situation (score, bomb level, etc.)). As a result, in the video distribution system 1, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can easily visually display the parameters updated at any time in the play video of the game delivered in real time on the play video. Therefore, the viewing side can appropriately grasp the changing game situation.

The above-mentioned parameters related to the game situation are not limited to the score and the bomb level. For example, the parameter relating to the game situation may be a parameter that changes at any time based on the progress of the game, such as the play time (remaining time) of the game. Further, the above-mentioned game data may be information necessary for playing a game (explanation of a play method, explanation of characters and items, etc.).

Further, the above-mentioned game data may be data related to a user associated with the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side. The user associated with the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side is, for example, a user who plays a game on the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side. Further, the data related to the user is, for example, data set for each user, such as a user (player) name and profile. The profile is the level of the user in the game, the name of the character used, the number of friends, the progress of the game (stage, etc.), and the like. Further, in the case where the game is a game in which a deck using a plurality of characters or the like is organized to play against an enemy, the deck configuration is also included as data regarding the user. As a result, in the video distribution system 1, the distribution-side user terminal 10-1 transmits the data related to the user (user name, etc.) in association with the video data, so that the play video is transmitted on the viewing-side user terminal 10-2. When browsing, it is possible to properly grasp what kind of user is playing.

As described above, since the above-mentioned game data is complemented and displayed by the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side in order to improve the visibility of the display information displayed in the play video, the video data generation unit 113 Any game data may be used as long as it is game data displayed on the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side during generation of video data by the user terminal 10, and a part of the game data displayed on the user terminal 10. But it can be all. As a result, in the video distribution system 1, when the play video is viewed on the viewing side user terminal 10-2, the game status that can be grasped by the distribution side user terminal 10-1 can be grasped on the viewing side user terminal 10-2 as well. It will be easier to understand.

The game data is not displayed on the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side during the generation of the video data by the video data generation unit 113, but is data to be displayed only on the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side. May be good. For example, in a puzzle game that progresses by reducing the physical strength of the enemy to zero, even if the physical strength of the enemy is not displayed on the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side is used. The physical strength may be displayed in. Further, when the game is a quiz game, the correct answer may be displayed only on the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side during the answer. Also, even if information about the strategy (for example, "There is a hidden door here" or "If you use the XX item, you can proceed") is displayed only on the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side in an action game or the like. good. This makes it possible to provide a user who browses a game play video with various ways of enjoying the game and how to participate in various forms of the game.

Further, the game data (for example, the information related to the game situation (score or bomb level) may be character string data, image data, or the like. For example, if the display information indicating the bomb level is an icon image, the image of the icon image. By transmitting the data from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side to the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, the icon image may be displayed on the user terminal 10 on the viewing side.

Further, in the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side, the data transmission unit 114 transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data preset in the game. As described above, the game data transmitted together with the video data of the play video at the time of distribution of the play video is preset in the game. Thereby, for example, it is possible to improve the visibility of important game data at the time of browsing intended by the creator of the game.

The data transmission unit 114 may transmit the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data selected by the user. In this way, if the type of game data transmitted together with the video data of the play video is configured to be selectable by the user when the play video is distributed, the user who plays the game on the distribution side dares to hide it from the viewer. You can set the data you want or the data you want to show the other way around according to your needs.

Further, the data transmission unit 114 transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data based on the user's operation. For example, the user operation is an operation for the moving image distribution icon B11 shown in FIG. As a result, the user can distribute the play video at an arbitrary timing based on his / her own intention.

The timing of distribution and stop of the play video may be a predetermined timing in the game. For example, in the case of a puzzle game, the play video may be distributed only while the puzzle game is being played. In that case, at a timing other than during the play of the puzzle game such as the selection screen for selecting the stage to be played in the game, even if the video distribution icon B11 is turned ON (distribution state), the distribution does not start immediately and the game is played. Distribution may be started according to the operation of the start icon and the start of playing the puzzle game. Also, when the puzzle game ends playing, the distribution automatically stops. That is, the play video may be distributed when it is a part (game part) in which the play video can be distributed in advance in the game and the video distribution icon B11 is ON. That is,
The data transmission unit 114 may transmit the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 in association with the game data based on the timing preset in the game and the operation of the user. As a result, the user does not need to operate each time when the play video is regularly distributed, because the distribution is automatically started when the user starts the play by setting the play video to be distributed in advance. You can also prevent mistakes such as forgetting the operation and not being delivered.

Further, the data transmission unit 114 transmits game data to which time information (for example, a time code) based on the time information of the video data generated by the video data generation unit 113 is added. As a result, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can update the game data to be superimposed and displayed on the play video at an appropriate timing. For example, it is possible to update the parameters to be superimposed and displayed on the play video on the viewing side by matching the update timing of the parameters included in the play video on the distribution side.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the process of adding the time information to the game data is performed by the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side has been described, but the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side adds the time information to the game data. Instead, time information may be added to the game data received by the server device 30. Since there is a possibility that the time may shift due to a time lag due to video compression processing or communication processing during distribution, the time information is added to the game data by the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side rather than the server device 30. Is preferable. Further, in the present embodiment, since the real-time distribution is performed, it is not necessary to add the time information to the game data.

Further, in the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, the display control unit 122 superimposes and displays the display information based on the game data on a predetermined position in the image area of the play moving image based on the moving image data. As a result, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can display the game data at an appropriate position in the play video, and the visibility of the play video at the time of viewing can be improved.

For example, at the predetermined position, display information based on game data is displayed in the image area of the game image displayed on the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side (for example, in the screen area of the game screen G10 shown in FIG. 4). It is a position corresponding to the position to be performed. As a result, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can set the position where the game data is displayed in the play video at the time of viewing to the position displayed on the distribution side, and improve the visibility of the play video at the time of viewing. Can be made to.

The game data includes information indicating a display mode (for example, size, color, thickness, font type, background color, etc.). In the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, the display control unit 122 displays the display information based on the game data according to the display mode included in the game data. As a result, the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can display the game data displayed in the play video at the time of viewing in an appropriate size and display color so as to have good visibility.

Further, the server device 30 includes a data receiving unit 311 that receives data transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side, and a data transmitting unit 312 that transmits data to the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side. There is. As a result, the server device 30 transmits the video data and the game data transmitted from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side to the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, so that the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side can perform. When playing a play video based on the video data, the game data can be superimposed and displayed on the play video, so that the visibility at the time of viewing can be improved in the video distribution.

In the above embodiment, the configuration of real-time distribution from the distribution side to the viewing side has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to real-time distribution and can be applied to distribution other than real-time distribution. The real-time distribution includes (1) playing a game, (2) transmitting data from the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side to the server device 30, and (3) user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side from the server device 30. It is a distribution in which the processes (1) to (4) of (4) transmission of data to and (4) playback of a play video on the viewing side user terminal 10-2 are performed in parallel at the same time.

On the other hand, for distribution other than real-time distribution, distribution in which the processing timings of (1) and (2) are different, for example, video data is once generated by the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side, and the server device 30 is used at another time. There is a configuration that distributes by uploading to (so-called configuration that allows you to view videos uploaded to video sites). Further, for distribution other than real-time distribution, distribution in which the processing timings of (2) and (3) are different, for example, a video that has already been uploaded to the server device 30 can be viewed later on the user terminal 10-. There is a configuration for viewing in 2 (so-called configuration for viewing videos uploaded to video sites, or configuration for time-shifting playback of live video). Further, for distribution other than real-time distribution, distribution in which the processing timings of (3) and (4) are different, for example, instead of reproducing (stream reproduction) while receiving from the server device 30, the data is once viewed on the viewing side. There is a configuration in which the user terminal 10-2 downloads and then plays the data.

In the case of non-real-time distribution, distribution and viewing are executed at different times, so that the user terminal 10-1 on the distribution side does not have to transmit the video data and the game data at any time, and all or partially of the video data and the game data do not have to be transmitted at any time. You may upload them to the server device 30 all at once.

Further, in the case of not real-time distribution, the server device 30 transmits the video data to the user terminal 10-2 on the viewing side, and at the time described in the time for the game data, the user on the viewing side displays the data of the corresponding parameter. It may be transmitted to the terminal 10-2.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the first embodiment, the configuration example in which the server device 30 relays the distribution of the moving image data has been described, but the server device 30 may be configured to distribute the moving image data between the terminals without going through the server device 30. For example, if the number of viewers is small and the processing capacity of the distribution-side terminal can withstand the load of video data distribution processing, the distribution-side terminal and the viewing-side terminal communicate using a P2P (Peer-to-Peer) method. You may go.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the moving image distribution system 1A according to the present embodiment. The video distribution system 1A includes a distribution-side user terminal 10A (10A-1) and a viewing-side user terminal 10A (10A-2), and the distribution-side and viewing-side user terminals 10A-2 directly communicate with each other. This is different from the configuration of the video distribution system 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 6. The basic hardware configuration of the user terminal 10A is the same as the hardware configuration of the user terminal 10 shown in FIG.

The user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side includes a processing unit 110A. The processing unit 110A includes a game execution unit 111, a display control unit 112, a video data generation unit 113, and a data transmission unit 114A, and the data transmission unit 114A directly feeds data to the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side. The functional configuration is the same as that of the processing unit 110 of the first embodiment, except that the data is transmitted.

Further, the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side includes a processing unit 120A. The first embodiment includes a data acquisition unit 121A and a display control unit 122, except that the data acquisition unit 121A directly acquires data from the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side. It has the same functional configuration as the processing unit 120 of.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the moving image distribution process according to the present embodiment.
The processing unit 110A of the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side starts processing of a game (for example, a puzzle game) based on the user's operation (step S1110).

Next, when the video distribution icon B11 is turned on by the user's operation on the game screen G10 (see FIG. 4), the processing unit 110A displays the game image displayed on the game screen G10 in parallel with the game processing. Is captured, and video data of a play video based on the captured game image is generated (step S1112). The processing unit 110A starts generating video data, but keeps a distribution ready state in which distribution of video data is not started until a viewing request is received from the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side.

The processing unit 120A of the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side transmits a viewing request for the play video to the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side (step S1120).

When the processing unit 110A of the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side receives the browsing request transmitted from the user terminal 10A-2 on the browsing side, the processing unit 110A generates the moving image data based on the received browsing request on the user terminal 10A-2. At the same time, the game data of the game is transmitted to the user terminal 10A-2 in association with the moving image data (step S1114).

The processing unit 120A of the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side acquires the moving image data and the game data transmitted from the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side. Then, the processing unit 120A reproduces the acquired video data, displays the reproduced play video on the display unit 14, and reproduces the information (display information) indicating the parameters related to the game status based on the acquired game data. It is superimposed on the moving image and displayed (see FIG. 5) (step S1122).

As described above, the video distribution system 1A according to the present embodiment transmits video data from the distribution side user terminal 10A-1 (an example of the first terminal device) and the distribution side user terminal 10A. It is provided with a user terminal 10A-2 (an example of a second terminal device) on the viewing side that displays a moving image based on the moving image data. The user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side includes a game execution unit 111, a moving image data generation unit 113, and a data transmission unit 114A. On the other hand, the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side includes a data acquisition unit 121A and a display control unit 122. For example, the data transmission unit 114A of the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side associates the video data with the game data and directly transmits the video data to the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side. Further, the data acquisition unit 121A of the user terminal 10A-2 on the viewing side directly acquires the video data and the game data transmitted from the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side from the user terminal 10A-1 on the distribution side. ..

As a result, as in the first embodiment, the viewing side user terminal 10A-2 can superimpose and display the acquired game data on the play video when playing the acquired play video. It is possible to improve the visibility at the time of viewing in the video distribution.

[Modification example]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes designs and the like within a range that does not deviate from the gist of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, the puzzle game has been described as an example, but the type of the game may be any kind of game such as a music game, a card game, a slot game, and an RPG (Role Playing Game) game. That is, the game execution unit 111 may execute not only the processing of the puzzle game but also the processing of various games as described above as the game processing. Specifically, the game execution unit 111 may execute, for example, a process of organizing a deck, a process of naming a character, and the like according to the contents of various games.

Further, a program for realizing the respective functions of the processing units 110, 110A, 120, 120A, and 310 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into the computer system. Then, the processing as each of the processing units 110, 110A, 120, 120A, and 310 may be performed by executing the processing. Here, "loading and executing a program recorded on a recording medium into a computer system" includes installing the program in the computer system. The term "computer system" as used herein includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. Further, the "computer system" may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and a dedicated line. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium in which the program is stored may be a non-transient recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes an internal or external recording medium accessible from the distribution server for distributing the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program in a format that can be executed by the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server does not matter as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. It should be noted that the configuration in which the program is divided into a plurality of parts and downloaded at different timings and then combined by the terminal device, or the distribution server for distributing each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, a "computer-readable recording medium" is a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that serves as a server or client when a program is transmitted via a network, and holds the program for a certain period of time. It shall include things. Further, the above program may be for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions. Further, a so-called difference file (difference program) may be used, which can realize the above-mentioned function in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

Further, a part or all of the functions of the above-mentioned processing units 110, 110A, 120, 120A, and 310 may be realized as an integrated circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration). Each of the above-mentioned functions may be made into a processor individually, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a processor. Further, the method of making an integrated circuit is not limited to the LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. Further, when an integrated circuit technology that replaces an LSI appears due to advances in semiconductor technology, an integrated circuit based on this technology may be used.

[Additional Notes]
From the above description, the present invention can be grasped as follows, for example. Reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are added in parentheses for convenience in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

(Appendix 1) The moving image distribution system (1, 1A) according to one aspect of the present invention is transmitted from a first terminal device (10-1, 10A-1) for transmitting moving image data and the first terminal device. A video distribution system including a second terminal device (10-2, 10A-2) for displaying a moving image based on the moving image data, wherein the first terminal device is a game for executing game processing. An execution unit (111, S110, S1110) and a video data generation unit (113, S112, S1112) that generates video data in which a game image generated by the game execution unit is recorded when the user plays the game. A data transmission unit (114, 114A, S114, S1114) for associating and transmitting video data generated by the video data generation unit with game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit is provided. The second terminal device includes a data acquisition unit (121, 121A, S122, S1122) for acquiring the moving image data transmitted from the first terminal device and the game data associated with the moving image data. A display control unit (122) that displays a moving image based on the moving image data acquired by the data acquisition unit on the display unit and displays display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit based on the moving image data. , S122, S1122).

According to the configuration of Appendix 1, the second terminal device (viewing side) is the first when displaying a moving image (for example, a play moving image) based on the moving image data acquired from the first terminal device (distribution side). Since the game data acquired from the terminal device (distribution side) of the above can be superimposed and displayed on a moving image (for example, a play moving image) based on the moving image data, the visibility at the time of viewing can be improved in the moving image distribution.

(Appendix 2) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the moving image distribution system according to the appendix 1, and the game data is a parameter based on the execution result of the game execution unit.

According to the configuration of Appendix 2, in the video distribution system 1, information such as parameters related to the game status of the game executed by the first terminal device (distribution side) is transmitted from the first terminal device (distribution side) to the second terminal device (distribution side). Since it is transmitted to the terminal device (viewing side) of the second terminal device (viewing side), when displaying a video (for example, a play video) based on the acquired video data, the second terminal device (viewing side) has parameters related to the acquired game status and the like. Information can be easily visually displayed in a moving image based on moving image data (for example, a play moving image). Therefore, when viewing the play video distributed as a video, the visibility of the parameters related to the game status displayed in the play video is improved, and it becomes easier to recognize the game status.

(Appendix 3) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to the appendix 2, wherein the parameters are parameters updated by the game execution unit while the video data generation unit is generating video data. Is.

According to the configuration of Appendix 3, the second terminal device (viewing side) sets a parameter that is updated at any time in the video based on the video data of the game delivered in real time (for example, the play video) to the video based on the video data (for example). , Play video) can be displayed in an easy-to-see manner. Therefore, the viewing side can appropriately grasp the changing game situation.

(Appendix 4) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the moving image distribution system according to the appendix 1 or the appendix 2, and the game data is data relating to a user associated with the first terminal device.

According to the configuration of Appendix 4, the first terminal device (distribution side) transmits the data related to the user (user name, etc.) in association with the video data, so that the video data is transmitted by the second terminal device (viewing side). When viewing a video based on (for example, a play video), it is possible to appropriately grasp what kind of user is playing.

(Appendix 5) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of the appendices 1 to 4, wherein the game data is generated during the generation of the video data by the video data generation unit. This is the data displayed on the first terminal device.

According to the configuration of Appendix 5, when viewing a video (for example, a play video) based on video data on the second terminal device (viewing side), the game status that can be grasped by the first terminal device (distribution side) can be determined. , It becomes easy to grasp even on the second terminal device (viewing side).

(Appendix 6) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of the appendices 1 to 4, wherein the game data is generated during the generation of the video data by the video data generation unit. This data is not displayed on the first terminal device, but is displayed on the second terminal device.

According to the configuration of Appendix 6, users who view videos based on the delivered video data (for example, play videos) are provided with various ways of enjoying games and participating in various forms of games. can.

(Appendix 7) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of the appendices 1 to 6, wherein the data transmission unit is the video data generated by the video data generation unit. , Is transmitted in association with the game data preset in the game.

According to the configuration of Appendix 7, for example, the visibility of important game data at the time of viewing intended by the game creator can be improved.

(Supplementary Note 8) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of Supplementary note 1 to Supplementary note 6, wherein the data transmission unit is the video data generated by the video data generation unit. , The game data selected by the user is associated with the transmission.

According to the configuration of Appendix 8, a user who plays a game on the distribution side can set data that he / she wants to hide from the viewer or data that he / she wants to show to the viewer according to his / her needs.

(Appendix 9) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of the appendices 1 to 8, wherein the data transmission unit is a video data generation unit based on a user's operation. The moving image data generated by the above-mentioned game data is associated with the game data and transmitted.

According to the configuration of Appendix 9, the user can distribute the moving image data at an arbitrary timing based on his / her own intention.

(Supplementary Note 10) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of Supplementary note 1 to Supplementary note 9, wherein the data transmission unit is a video data generated by the video data generation unit. The game data to which the information corresponding to the time information is added is transmitted.

According to the configuration of Appendix 10, the second terminal device (viewing side) can update the game data to be superimposed and displayed on the moving image (for example, the play moving image) based on the moving image data at an appropriate timing. For example, it is possible to update the parameters to be superimposed and displayed on the play video on the viewing side by matching the update timing of the parameters included in the play video on the distribution side.

(Supplementary Note 11) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of Supplementary note 1 to Supplementary note 10, wherein the display control unit displays display information based on the game data and the video data. It is superimposed and displayed at a predetermined position in the image area of the moving image based on.

According to the configuration of Appendix 11, the second terminal device (viewing side) can display the game data at an appropriate position in the video based on the video data (for example, the play video), and the play video at the time of viewing can be displayed. Visibility can be improved.

(Appendix 12) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of the appendices 1 to 5, wherein the display control unit displays display information based on the game data and the video data. The predetermined position is displayed by superimposing it on a predetermined position in the image area of the moving image based on the above, and the display information based on the game data is displayed in the image area of the game image displayed on the first terminal device. This is the position corresponding to the displayed position.

According to the configuration of Appendix 12, the second terminal device (viewing side) sets the position where the game data is displayed in the video based on the video data at the time of viewing (for example, the play video) as the position displayed on the distribution side. It is possible to improve the visibility of a moving image (for example, a play moving image) based on the moving image data at the time of viewing.

(Appendix 13) Further, one aspect of the present invention is the video distribution system according to any one of the appendices 1 to 12, wherein the game data includes information indicating a display mode. The display control unit displays the display information based on the game data according to the display mode.

According to the configuration of Appendix 13, the second terminal device (viewing side) has an appropriate size so that the game data displayed in the video (for example, the play video) based on the video data at the time of viewing has good visibility. It can be displayed in the pod display color.

(Appendix 14) Further, in the server device (30) according to one aspect of the present invention, the game execution unit (111, S110) for executing the game processing and the game execution unit when the user plays the game. A video data generation unit (113, S112) that generates video data in which a game image to be generated is recorded, video data generated by the video data generation unit, and game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit. The data receiving unit (311 and S300) for receiving the data transmitted from the first terminal device (10-1) including the data transmitting unit (114, S114) for transmitting the data in association with each other, and the first A data acquisition unit (121, S122) that acquires the video data transmitted from the terminal device and the game data associated with the video data, and a display unit that displays a video based on the video data acquired by the data acquisition unit. A second terminal device (10-) including a display control unit (122, S122) for displaying display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit and displaying the display information based on the moving image data. A data transmission unit (312, S302) for transmitting data to 2) is provided.

According to the configuration of Appendix 14, the server device transmits the video data and the game data transmitted from the first terminal device (distribution side) to the second terminal device (viewing side), thereby transmitting the second terminal device (viewing side). When the terminal device (viewing side) plays a video based on video data (for example, play video), the game data can be superimposed and displayed on the video based on the video data (for example, play video). Therefore, it is possible to improve the visibility at the time of viewing in the moving image distribution.

(Appendix 15) Further, in the terminal device (10-1, 10A-1) according to one aspect of the present invention, a game execution unit (111, S110, S1110) that executes game processing and a user play the game. In the video data generation unit (113, S112, S1112) that generates video data in which the game image generated by the game execution unit is recorded, and the video data and the video data transmitted from other terminal devices. The data acquisition unit (121, 121A, S122, S1122) for acquiring the associated game data of the game and the video based on the video data acquired by the data acquisition unit are displayed on the display unit, and the data acquisition is performed. The moving image is mounted on a terminal device (10-2, 10A-2) including a display control unit (122, S122, S1122) for displaying display information based on the game data acquired by the unit based on the moving image data. It includes a data transmission unit (114, 114A, S114, S1114) for transmitting the moving image data generated by the data generation unit in association with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit.

According to the configuration of Appendix 15, since the terminal device (distribution side) transmits the game data in association with each other when transmitting the video based on the video data (for example, the play video), the terminal device (distribution side) is used. When browsing, the game data can be superimposed and displayed on a moving image based on the moving image data (for example, a play moving image), and the visibility at the time of viewing can be improved in the moving image distribution.

(Appendix 16) Further, in the terminal device (10-2, 10A-2) according to one aspect of the present invention, a game execution unit (111, S110, S1110) that executes game processing and a user play the game. The video data generation unit (113, S112, S1112) that generates video data in which the game image generated by the game execution unit is recorded, the video data generated by the video data generation unit, and the game execution. It was transmitted from another terminal device (10-1, 10A-1) provided with a data transmission unit (114, 114A, S114, S1114) for transmitting in association with the game data of the game acquired from the unit. A data acquisition unit (121, 121A, S122, S1122) that acquires the video data and the game data of the game associated with the video data, and a display unit that displays a video based on the video data acquired by the data acquisition unit. A display control unit (122, S122, S1122) for displaying display information based on the game data acquired by the data acquisition unit based on the moving image data is provided.

According to the configuration of Appendix 16, when the terminal device (viewing side) displays a video (for example, a play video) based on the video data acquired from the other terminal device (distribution side), the terminal device (distribution side) is another terminal device (distribution side). Since the game data acquired from the side) can be superimposed and displayed on a moving image based on the moving image data (for example, a play moving image), the visibility at the time of viewing can be improved in the moving image distribution.

(Appendix 17) Further, the program according to one aspect of the present invention is a program for making a computer function as the terminal device according to the appendix 15 or the appendix 16.

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Claims (8)

A first terminal device for transmitting moving image data, a second terminal device for displaying a moving image based on moving image data transmitted from the first terminal device, and the second terminal device from the first terminal device. It is a video distribution system equipped with a server device that relays video data transmitted to.
The first terminal device is
A game execution unit that executes a process of the game that generates a game image and game data of the game when the user plays the game, and a game execution unit.
A video data generation unit that generates video data in which a game image generated by the game execution unit is recorded when the user plays the game, and a video data generation unit.
A data transmission unit that associates and transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit with the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit, and
Equipped with
The game data is data updated based on the execution result of the game processing by the game execution unit, and information corresponding to the time information determined by the elapsed time from the reference time in the video data is added. ,
The server device is
A server receiving unit that receives and stores video data and game data transmitted from the first terminal device, and
In response to the request from the second terminal device, the video data and the game data received by the server receiving unit are the video based on the video data and the display information based on the game data in the second terminal device. A server transmission unit that transmits data to the second terminal device so that it can be displayed, and
Video distribution system equipped with. The game data is data displayed on the first terminal device while the moving image data is generated by the moving image data generation unit.
The video distribution system according to claim 1. The data transmission unit transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit in association with the game data preset in the game.
The video distribution system according to claim 1 or 2. The server transmitter is
The video distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the game data transmitted from the data transmission unit is transmitted to the second terminal device at a timing based on the time information. The game data includes information indicating a display mode, and includes information indicating a display mode.
The second terminal device is
Display information based on the game data is displayed according to the display mode.
The video distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . A computer as a terminal device,
A game execution unit that executes a process of the game that generates a game image and game data of the game when the user plays the game, and a game execution unit.
A video data generation unit that generates video data in which a game image generated by the game execution unit is recorded when the user plays the game, and a video data generation unit.
In response to a request from another terminal device, the moving image data and the game data can be displayed on the other terminal device so that the moving image based on the moving image data and the display information based on the game data can be displayed on the other terminal device. A data transmission unit that transmits the video data generated by the video data generation unit and the game data of the game acquired from the game execution unit to the server device that transmits the data.
To function as
The game data is data updated based on the execution result of the game processing by the game execution unit , and information corresponding to the time information determined by the elapsed time from the reference time in the video data is added. Yes,
program. A computer as a server device that relays moving image data transmitted from a first terminal device to a second terminal device.
When the user plays the game, the game image and the game data of the game are generated . The processing of the game is executed, and the video data in which the game image generated by the user playing the game is recorded is generated. A server receiving unit that receives the video data and the game data transmitted from the first terminal device, which transmits the generated video data in association with the game data of the game.
In response to the request from the second terminal device, the video data and the game data received by the server receiving unit are the video based on the video data and the display information based on the game data in the second terminal device. A server transmitter that transmits data to the second terminal device so that it can be displayed.
To function as
The game data is data updated based on the execution result of the game processing by the first terminal device , and information corresponding to the time information determined by the elapsed time from the reference time in the moving image data is added. Has been,
program. It is a control method in a server device that relays moving image data transmitted from a first terminal device to a second terminal device.
The server receiver executes the process of the game that generates the game image and the game data of the game when the user plays the game, and the game image generated by the user playing the game is recorded. A step of receiving the video data and the game data transmitted from the first terminal device, which generates the video data and transmits the generated video data in association with the game data of the game.
In response to a request from the second terminal device, the server transmitting unit uses the video data and the game data received by the server receiving unit in the second terminal device to obtain the video and the game data based on the video data. The step of transmitting to the second terminal device so that the display information based on the above can be displayed, and
Have,
The game data is data updated based on the execution result of the game processing by the first terminal device , and information corresponding to the time information determined by the elapsed time from the reference time in the moving image data is added. Has been,
Control method.

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