WO2016084649A1 - 情報処理装置、情報処理方法およびプログラム - Google Patents
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- This technology relates to an information processing apparatus. Specifically, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and information processing method for exchanging various types of information using wireless communication, and a program for causing a computer to execute the method.
- a wireless communication technology has been proposed in which a group is formed by a plurality of information processing devices and various information is exchanged within the group. In this case, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus belonging to the group is changed.
- a wireless communication device has been proposed that changes the topology of a group based on the relationship between the number of devices that operate the function of providing and using content, and the status of content provision and use by the parent device (for example, , See Patent Document 1).
- the processing time becomes longer according to the number. Therefore, it is important to quickly perform processing related to group formation.
- This technology was created in view of such a situation, and aims to quickly perform processing related to group formation.
- a first aspect of the present technology is that a first group to which one or more information processing devices including the own device belong belongs to the first group belonging to the first group.
- the second group Information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control for exchanging capability information related to the one or more information processing apparatuses with a second information processing apparatus belonging to a group, the information processing method thereof, and the method as a computer
- This is a program to be executed.
- control unit performs control so as to perform exchange processing of Request and Response including information on an available frequency channel or data transmission band with the second information processing apparatus. It may be. This brings about an effect of performing a request and response exchange process including information on an available frequency channel or data transmission band with the second information processing apparatus.
- the control unit when the control unit forms the second group, prior to the request and response exchange processing, the control unit sends a group change request including predetermined bandwidth information to the second information. You may make it control to transmit to a processing apparatus. Accordingly, when the second group is formed, the group change request including the predetermined band information is transmitted to the second information processing apparatus prior to the request and response exchange processing.
- control unit may control the exchange of the Request and Response to be realized by provision discovery. This brings about the effect that the exchange process of Request and Response is realized by the provision discovery.
- the second information processing apparatus may form the second group based on capability information regarding the one or more information processing apparatuses. Thereby, the second information processing apparatus has an effect of forming the second group based on the capability information regarding one or more information processing apparatuses.
- control unit may perform control for forming the second group based on how the first information processing apparatus is used.
- the second group is formed based on how the first information processing apparatus is used.
- control unit is information used when determining the role of the second group, and includes state information indicating the role of each information processing device belonging to the first group.
- control unit is assigned to the second group based on at least one of a display form of the first information processing device and a usage of the first information processing device. You may make it perform control for notifying the said 2nd information processing apparatus of the information regarding the recommended use frequency and transmission rate.
- information on the recommended frequency and transmission speed recommended for the second group is stored in the second information processing. The effect is to notify the device.
- the first information processing apparatus may manage device management information of each information processing apparatus belonging to the first group. Thereby, the first information processing apparatus has an effect of managing the device management information of each information processing apparatus belonging to the first group.
- the first information processing apparatus includes the group owner of the second group and the second information so that at least one client belonging to the first group becomes the second information processing apparatus. You may make it determine the client of a group and notify the said content of determination to each information processing apparatus which belongs to the said 2nd group. Thus, the first information processing apparatus determines the group owner of the second group and the client of the second group so that at least one client belonging to the first group becomes the second information processing apparatus, and the determination content is determined. This brings about the effect of notifying each information processing apparatus that will belong to the second group.
- the group owner of the second group may form the second group by performing an invitation process on each information processing apparatus that is a client of the second group.
- the group owner of the second group has an effect of forming the second group by performing an invitation process on each information processing apparatus that is a client of the second group.
- the group owner of the second group forms the second group by performing a provision discovery process based on information received from an information processing apparatus serving as a client of the second group. You may do it.
- the group owner of the second group performs the provision discovery process based on the information received from the information processing apparatus serving as the client of the second group, thereby forming the second group.
- the first information processing apparatus notifies the information management apparatus newly participating in the first group of device management information managed by the first information processing apparatus, and transmits the first group. You may make it set the mode for participating in. As a result, the first information processing apparatus notifies the information processing apparatus newly participating in the first group of the device management information managed by the first information processing apparatus, and sets the mode for participating in the first group. Bring about an effect.
- control unit performs control for forming the second group by setting the group owner of the second group and the client of the second group via the first group. You may make it perform.
- the second group is formed by setting the group owner of the second group and the client of the second group via the first group.
- control unit performs control for transmitting Capability information necessary for forming the second group to each information processing apparatus belonging to the second group. May be.
- Capability information necessary for forming the second group is transmitted to each information processing apparatus that belongs to the second group.
- the first information processing apparatus when the first information processing apparatus does not have a concurrent function, transmits the capability information managed by the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing. You may make it cut
- the capability information may include at least one of information on a used frequency, information on a used transmission rate, and information on the presence / absence of a concurrent function. Accordingly, at least one of information on the used frequency, information on the used transmission rate, and information on the presence / absence of the concurrent function is notified as Capability information.
- 3 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- 3 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- 3 is a sequence chart illustrating a communication processing example between a source device and a sink device according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- It is a block diagram showing an example system configuration of communication system 640 in a 2nd embodiment of this art.
- It is a block diagram showing an example system configuration of communication system 640 in a 2nd embodiment of this art.
- It is a block diagram showing an example system configuration of communication system 640 in a 2nd embodiment of this art.
- It is a block diagram showing an example system configuration of communication system 640 in a 2nd embodiment of this art.
- 22 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- 36 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of communication processing by the information processing device 680 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- 36 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure at the time of multi-sync GO in a processing procedure of communication processing performed by the information processing device 680 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- 22 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- 22 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- 22 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 22 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology. It is a figure which shows an example of the frame format exchanged between each apparatus which comprises the communication system 640 in 2nd Embodiment of this technique. It is a figure which shows an example of the frame format exchanged between each apparatus which comprises the communication system 640 in 2nd Embodiment of this technique. It is a figure which shows an example of the frame format exchanged between each apparatus which comprises the communication system 640 in 2nd Embodiment of this technique. It is a figure which shows an example of the frame format exchanged between each apparatus which comprises the communication system 640 in 2nd Embodiment of this technique.
- FIG. 22 is a sequence chart illustrating an example of communication processing between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology. It is a block diagram showing an example system configuration of communication system 600 in a 2nd embodiment of this art. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a schematic structure of a smart phone. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a schematic structure of a car navigation apparatus.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration example of the communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a communication system that can perform wireless connection by P2P (Peer to Peer) direct communication.
- P2P Peer to Peer
- the communication system 100 includes an information processing device 200, an information processing device 300, and an information processing device 400.
- the communication system 100 is a communication system in which the information processing apparatus 300 receives data (for example, image data and audio data) transmitted from at least one of the information processing apparatus 200 and the information processing apparatus 400.
- the information processing apparatuses 200, 300, and 400 are transmission / reception devices having a wireless communication function.
- the information processing devices 200, 300, and 400 are display devices (for example, personal computers) and portable information processing devices (for example, smartphones and tablet terminals) that have a wireless communication function.
- the information processing apparatuses 200, 300, and 400 have IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Electronics) (802.11), IEEE 802.15, IEEE 802.16, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) specifications (for example, W-CDMA (for example).
- the information processing apparatuses 200, 300, and 400 can exchange various types of information using a wireless communication function.
- Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
- TDLS Transmission Link Setup
- ad hoc network ad hoc network
- mesh network ad hoc network
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast technical specification: Wi-Fi Display
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast uses Wi-Fi Direct and TDLS technologies to transmit audio and display images that are played back on one terminal to other terminals, and the other terminals can transmit the audio, This is a mirroring technology that outputs image data.
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast realizes UIBC (User Input Back Channel) on TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).
- UIBC is a technique for transmitting operation information of an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard from one terminal to the other terminal.
- other remote desktop software for example, VNC (Virtual Network Computing) may be applied.
- H.Fi CERTIFIED Miracast images (videos) are recorded on, for example, H.Fi. H.264 is used for compression / decompression.
- H. H.264 can be adjusted on the transmission side.
- H.264 is not limited thereto. 265 (e.g., HEVC (high efficiency video coding), SHVC (scalable video coding extensions, high high efficiency video coding)), MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) 4, and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) 2000.
- a line-based codec for example, Wavelet, DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform)
- DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
- a codec that reduces a transmission rate without performing compression such as DCT or Wavelet by obtaining a difference from a previous code amount region of a specific code amount region (such as a picture or a bundle of multiple lines or a macro block).
- the image (video) may be transmitted / received without compression.
- the information processing apparatus 200 illustrates an example in which image data and audio data generated by an imaging operation are transmission targets.
- the information processing apparatus 400 is an example in which content (for example, content including image data and audio data) stored in a storage unit (for example, a hard disk) is a transmission target.
- a storage unit for example, a hard disk
- the information processing apparatus 200 an electronic device (for example, a personal computer, a game machine, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal) equipped with a camera may be used.
- the information processing apparatus 300 another electronic device including a display unit (for example, an imaging device, a game machine, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal) may be used.
- the information processing apparatus 400 may be provided with a tethering function, and the information processing apparatus 400 may acquire content stored in an ISP (Internet Services Provider) via a wireless or wired network and make it a transmission target. .
- ISP Internet Services Provider
- image data generated by the imaging operation of the information processing apparatus 200 is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 300, and the image 11 based on the image data is displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing apparatus 300.
- content stored in a storage unit (for example, a hard disk) of the information processing device 400 is transmitted to the information processing device 300, and an image 12 based on the content is displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing device 300.
- the information processing device (source device) on the source side is the information processing devices 200 and 400
- the information processing device (sink device) on the sink side is the information processing device 300.
- An example is shown.
- the information transmission range 101 is an information transmission range (service range) when the information processing apparatus 300 is used as a reference.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the information processing device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present technology. Note that the functional configuration related to wireless communication of the information processing apparatus 400 is substantially the same as that of the information processing apparatus 200. For this reason, in the first embodiment of the present technology, only the information processing apparatus 200 will be described, and the description of the information processing apparatus 400 will be omitted.
- the information processing apparatus 200 includes an antenna 210, a wireless communication unit 220, a control signal receiving unit 230, a control unit 240, an image / audio signal generation unit 250, an image / audio compression unit 260, and a stream transmission unit 270. Is provided.
- the wireless communication unit 220 uses the wireless communication to control each piece of information (for example, image data and audio data) with another information processing device (for example, the information processing device 300) based on the control of the control unit 240.
- Information processing device for example, the information processing device 300
- the wireless communication unit 220 uses the wireless communication to control each piece of information (for example, image data and audio data) with another information processing device (for example, the information processing device 300) based on the control of the control unit 240.
- the antenna 210 For example, when image data transmission processing is performed, the image data generated by the image / audio signal generation unit 250 is compressed by the image / audio compression unit 260, and the compressed image data (image stream) is wirelessly transmitted. It is transmitted from the antenna 210 via the communication unit 220.
- the wireless communication unit 220 can transmit / receive each information to / from another information processing apparatus (for example, the information processing apparatus 300) using a plurality of frequency channels.
- another information processing apparatus for example, the information processing apparatus 300
- the wireless communication unit 220 has a function capable of transmitting and receiving three types of frequency channels of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz is shown.
- the sink device for example, the information processing apparatus 300 controls which frequency channel is used by each source device. Can do.
- the control signal receiving unit 230 includes a control signal (for example, exchange with the information processing device 300) transmitted from another information processing device (for example, the information processing device 300) among the pieces of information received by the wireless communication unit 220. Information). Then, the control signal receiving unit 230 outputs the acquired control signal to the control unit 240.
- the control unit 240 performs control related to each piece of information transmitted from the information processing apparatus 200.
- the control unit 240 controls the image / sound signal generation unit 250 and the image / sound compression unit 260 based on the control signal received by the control signal receiving unit 230.
- the control unit 240 performs control for changing the resolution of the image data to be transmitted and the number of audio channels, and control for changing the image area of the image data to be transmitted. That is, the control unit 240 performs transmission control of a stream to be transmitted based on the control signal received by the control signal receiving unit 230.
- the stream transmission control is, for example, data transmission rate control, multi-reception diversity setting control, or content protection setting control.
- control unit 240 has a function of measuring a radio wave propagation state (link radio wave propagation state) when data is transmitted / received to / from the sink device using wireless communication, and the measurement result (the radio wave) Propagation measurement information) may be transmitted to the sink device.
- the radio wave propagation measurement information is, for example, information used when determining whether or not the line quality with the sink device is a quality capable of transmitting and receiving image data and audio data.
- the radio wave propagation measurement information is used, for example, when stream transmission control is performed.
- the radio wave propagation measurement information will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the control unit 240 may count the number of retransmissions of the same packet, and the stream transmission control may be performed based on the count number.
- the data transmission rate mainly means the rate of occupying the communication path, and includes the meaning of communication speed and communication capacity.
- the resolution is defined as an index of image quality composed of elements such as an image data image frame (vertical and horizontal number of pixels) and image data bit rate (compression rate).
- the stream throughput can be used as an image quality index.
- the number of audio channels is monaural (1.0 ch), stereo (2.0 ch), 5.1 ch, 9.1 ch, high resolution (high resolution audio (High-Resolution Audio)), etc.
- the meaning of The number of audio channels is defined as a sound quality index composed of elements such as the bit rate (compression rate) of audio data and the number of channels. Further, the stream throughput can be used as an index of sound quality.
- the control unit 240 performs control for improving a state that cannot be stabilized by data rate control.
- the control unit 240 grasps the system performance information of the sink device by exchanging information with the sink device (for example, the information processing apparatus 300).
- the system performance information is, for example, performance information related to the sink device system.
- the system performance information includes usable frequency channels, resolution, TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), and UDP (User Datagram Protocol).
- the system performance information is information indicating, for example, encryption method support, SD (Standard Definition) / HD (High Definition) support, and low power consumption mode support.
- the control unit 240 performs stream transmission control (for example, data transmission rate control) that further improves the stability of the entire system of the communication system 100 depending on whether or not the sink device supports the low power consumption mode. You can choose the method.
- the control unit 240 puts information on whether or not the information processing apparatus 200 is a mobile device in the exchange of information with the information processing apparatus 300.
- information on whether or not the information processing apparatus 200 is a mobile device can be included in the capability information regarding the information processing apparatus 200.
- the information processing apparatus 300 recognizes that the information processing apparatus 200 is a mobile device, the information processing apparatus 300 determines that it is not necessary to operate the information processing apparatus 200 based on the relationship with another information processing apparatus connected thereto. Can do.
- the information processing apparatus 200 receives a transmission stop command from the information processing apparatus 300.
- control unit 240 When the control unit 240 grasps the transmission stop command, the control unit 240 can power down the functions of the image / audio signal generation unit 250, the image / audio compression unit 260, and the stream transmission unit 270 for a certain period of time. it can. In addition, the control unit 240 can also shift the wireless communication unit 220 to intermittent reception (a mode in which the wireless communication unit 220 periodically wakes up to such an extent that a command can be received from the information processing apparatus 300 and the other is a power-down mode).
- intermittent reception a mode in which the wireless communication unit 220 periodically wakes up to such an extent that a command can be received from the information processing apparatus 300 and the other is a power-down mode.
- the image / sound signal generation unit 250 generates data (image data, sound data) to be output based on the control of the control unit 240, and outputs the generated data to the image / sound compression unit 260.
- the image / sound signal generation unit 250 includes an imaging unit (not shown) and a sound acquisition unit (not shown).
- the imaging unit for example, a lens, an imaging element, and a signal processing circuit
- the sound acquisition unit for example, a microphone
- the data generated in this way becomes a transmission target to another information processing apparatus (for example, the information processing apparatus 300).
- the image / sound compression unit 260 compresses (encodes) the data (image data and sound data) generated by the image / sound signal generation unit 250 based on the control of the control unit 240. Then, the image / audio compression unit 260 outputs the compressed data (image data and audio data) to the stream transmission unit 270.
- the control unit 240 determines whether to cause the image / audio compression unit 260 to perform compression and non-compression of data based on whether the source device or the sink device is a mobile device. May be. That is, the control unit 240 may determine whether to transmit the compressed data as it is without transcoding based on whether the source device or the sink device is a mobile device.
- the image / audio compression unit 260 can output the data generated by the image / audio signal generation unit 250 without compression.
- the image / sound compression unit 260 may be realized by execution of encoding by software, or may be realized by execution of encoding by hardware.
- the image / sound compression unit 260 is assumed to function as a codec, but can handle uncompressed images or sounds.
- the image / sound compression unit 260 can also function as a scalable codec.
- the scalable codec means a codec that can be freely adapted according to, for example, the resolution of the information processing apparatus (sink device) on the receiving side, the network environment, and the like.
- the stream transmission unit 270 transmits the data (image data and audio data) compressed by the image / audio compression unit 260 as a stream from the antenna 210 via the wireless communication unit 220 based on the control of the control unit 240. The processing is performed.
- the information processing apparatus 200 can include a display unit, an audio output unit, an operation reception unit, and the like in addition to the above-described units, which are not illustrated in FIG. Further, although an example in which the information processing device 200 generates image data and audio data to be transmitted is shown, the information processing device 200 may acquire image data and audio data to be transmitted from an external device. Good. For example, the information processing apparatus 200 may acquire image data and audio data to be transmitted from a web camera with a microphone. In addition, the information processing apparatus 200 transmits content (for example, content including image data and audio data) stored in a storage device (for example, a hard disk) regardless of whether the information processing apparatus 200 is inside or outside. You may do it.
- a storage device for example, a hard disk
- the content stored in the storage device is a compressed content.
- the compressed content is compressed by the encoding method defined by the standard adopted by the communication system 100, the compressed content is transmitted without being decoded. You may make it do.
- the display unit (not shown) of the information processing apparatus 200 is a display unit that displays an image generated by the image / audio signal generation unit 250, for example.
- various display panels can be used as the display portion.
- organic EL Electro Luminescence
- crystal LED Light Emitting Diode
- LCD Liquid Crystal Display
- the audio output unit (not shown) of the information processing apparatus 200 is an audio output unit (for example, a speaker) that outputs the audio generated by the image / audio signal generation unit 250, for example.
- the image can be output from both the transmitting device and the receiving device, but the sound is preferably output from only one of them.
- the operation reception unit (not shown) of the information processing apparatus 200 is an operation reception unit that receives an operation input performed by a user, and is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a game pad, a touch panel, a camera, and a microphone.
- the operation receiving unit and the display unit can be integrally configured using a touch panel that allows a user to input an operation by touching or approaching the finger with the display surface.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the information processing device 300 according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- the information processing apparatus 300 includes an antenna 310, a wireless communication unit 320, a stream reception unit 330, an image / sound development unit 340, an image / sound output unit 350, a user information acquisition unit 360, a control unit 370, A control signal transmission unit 380 and a management information holding unit 390 are provided.
- the wireless communication unit 320 uses wireless communication to control each piece of information (for example, image data and audio data) with another information processing device (for example, the information processing device 200) based on the control of the control unit 370.
- Information processing device for example, the information processing device 200
- the wireless communication unit 320 uses wireless communication to control each piece of information (for example, image data and audio data) with another information processing device (for example, the information processing device 200) based on the control of the control unit 370.
- image data reception processing image data received by the antenna 310 is expanded (decoded) by the image / sound expansion unit 340 via the wireless communication unit 320 and the stream reception unit 330.
- the developed image data is supplied to the image / sound output unit 350, and an image corresponding to the developed image data is output from the image / sound output unit 350. That is, an image corresponding to the developed image data is displayed on the display unit 351.
- the wireless communication unit 320 can transmit and receive each piece of information with another information processing apparatus (for example, the information processing apparatus 200) using a plurality of frequency channels.
- another information processing apparatus for example, the information processing apparatus 200
- the wireless communication unit 320 has a function capable of transmitting and receiving three types of frequency channels of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz is shown. That is, the wireless communication unit 320 can perform communication using the first frequency band and communication using the second frequency band having a higher data transmission rate than the first frequency band.
- the control unit 370 controls which frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels is used for wireless communication with each source device.
- the link between the information processing device 200 and the information processing device 300 and the link between the information processing device 400 and the information processing device 300 may be the same frequency channel or different frequency channels. Also good.
- the wireless communication unit 320 has a function capable of transmitting and receiving three types of frequency channels of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the wireless communication unit 320 may have a function capable of transmitting and receiving other frequency channels and two or more frequency channels.
- the stream receiving unit 330 Based on the control of the control unit 370, the stream receiving unit 330 receives information and a stream (for example, an image stream and an audio stream) of exchange with each source device from among the information received by the wireless communication unit 320. To do. Then, the stream reception unit 330 outputs the received command information to the control unit 370, and outputs the received stream to the image / audio development unit 340 and the control unit 370.
- a stream for example, an image stream and an audio stream
- the information on the exchange with each source device is information transmitted from the source device (for example, the information processing apparatus 200) and includes, for example, an acquisition request for system performance information of the information processing apparatus 300.
- This system performance information is information indicating, for example, usable frequency channels, resolution, TCP, UDP, encryption method support, SD / HD support, and low power consumption mode support.
- the stream receiving unit 330 has a function of measuring a radio wave propagation state (link radio wave propagation state) when data is transmitted / received to / from the sink device using wireless communication. Then, the stream receiving unit 330 outputs the measurement result (radio wave propagation measurement information) to the control unit 370.
- the radio wave propagation measurement information will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the image / sound developing unit 340 develops (decodes) a stream (image data and sound data) transmitted from another information processing apparatus (for example, the information processing apparatus 200) based on the control of the control unit 370. is there. Then, the image / sound developing unit 340 outputs the developed data (image data and sound data) to the image / sound output unit 350.
- the image / sound decompression unit 340 may be realized by executing decoding by software, or may be realized by executing decoding by hardware.
- the image / sound development unit 340 is assumed to function as a codec, but can handle an uncompressed image or sound. Further, the image / sound development unit 340 can also function as a scalable codec.
- the image / sound output unit 350 includes a display unit 351 and a sound output unit 352.
- the display unit 351 is a display unit that displays each image (for example, the images 11 and 12 shown in FIG. 1) based on the image data developed by the image / sound developing unit 340.
- a display panel such as an organic EL panel, a crystal LED display, or an LCD panel can be used.
- a touch panel on which a user can perform an operation input by touching or approaching his / her finger to the display surface may be used.
- the sound output unit 352 is a sound output unit (for example, a speaker) that outputs various sounds (such as sound related to the image displayed on the display unit 351) based on the sound data developed by the image / sound development unit 340.
- a sound output unit for example, a speaker
- various sounds such as sound related to the image displayed on the display unit 351
- the method can be used.
- a method is used in which the sound volume of the source device assigned to the central channel is set as the main and the sound volume of the source device assigned to the peripheral channel is reduced and played back. Can do. Note that other audio output methods may be used.
- the user information acquisition unit 360 acquires information about the user (user information), and outputs the acquired user information to the control unit 370.
- the user information acquisition unit 360 can acquire user information by receiving input from an operation reception unit (keyboard, mouse, remote controller, game pad, touch panel) that allows the user to directly set the display method.
- the operation accepting unit is an operation member for designating an arbitrary region in the image displayed on the display unit 351, for example.
- the user information acquisition unit 360 receives an input from a device that can grasp the user's intention such as a camera, a microphone, various sensors (for example, a gyro sensor, a sensor that senses a human body), and the like. User information can be acquired.
- the user information acquisition unit 360 is a user when information based on a stream received from another information processing apparatus (for example, the information processing apparatus 200) using wireless communication is output from the image / sound output unit 350.
- User information generated by the operation is acquired.
- This user information is user information generated by a user operation relating to an image displayed on the display unit 351, for example.
- the user information is information generated based on a user operation related to the image displayed on the display unit 351.
- the user information acquisition unit 360 can acquire the image data generated by the imaging unit 361 (shown in FIG. 1) and generate user information. Further, for example, the user information acquisition unit 360 may acquire information (for example, position information and identification information) acquired by an external device (for example, each sensor or wearable device) to generate user information. .
- information for example, position information and identification information
- an external device for example, each sensor or wearable device
- the control unit 370 holds each piece of information acquired by the stream receiving unit 330 in the management information holding unit 390, and manages each source device based on the management information held in the management information holding unit 390. Further, the control unit 370 controls transmission of streams so that the stability of the streams transmitted from a plurality of source devices is improved in the entire system.
- the control unit 370 performs stream transmission control based on the user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 360 and the management information held in the management information holding unit 390. For example, data transmission rate control, scalability transmission rate control, multi-reception diversity setting control, and content protection setting control are performed. Specifically, the control unit 370 generates a control signal for performing transmission control of a stream for each source device based on the management information held in the management information holding unit 390, and the generated control signal Is output to the control signal transmission unit 380. For example, the control unit 370 changes the resolution of the image displayed on the display unit 351 based on the user information and management information, and generates a control signal for requesting each source device to transmit a transmission rate equivalent to this resolution. To do.
- control unit 370 generates a control signal for changing the image display area in the display unit 351 based on the user information and the management information. For example, the control unit 370 generates a control signal for changing the size of the image on the display unit 351 based on the user information and the management information.
- control unit 370 performs control for setting the frequency channel to be used and the resolution based on the user information and management information. For example, the control unit 370 sets a frequency channel to be used for each source device for a plurality of frequency channels included in the wireless communication unit 320. In addition, when the power consumption mode is different for each frequency channel, the control unit 370 can grasp each mode and set a frequency channel that cares about the power consumption of the mobile device. That is, the control unit 370 separately sets the first power consumption mode related to the first frequency band and the second power consumption mode related to the second frequency band having a higher data transmission rate than the first frequency band. can do.
- the control signal transmission unit 380 performs transmission processing for transmitting the control signal output from the control unit 370 to another information processing apparatus via the wireless communication unit 320 and the antenna 310.
- the management information holding unit 390 is a table that holds information (management information) for managing each source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication. The contents held by the management information holding unit 390 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of contents held by the management information holding unit 390 according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- the management information holding unit 390 is a table that holds information (management information) for managing each source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- the management information holding unit 390 includes terminal identification information 391, frequency channel 392, radio wave propagation measurement information 393, device information 394, band usage level 395, display mode 396, standby / wakeup 397, The multi-reception diversity support 398, the basic service 105, and the concurrent presence / absence 106 are held in association with each other.
- the terminal identification information 391 stores identification information for identifying a source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- the frequency channel 392 stores the frequency channel actually used by the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- the radio wave propagation measurement information 393 stores radio wave propagation measurement information related to the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- the radio wave propagation measurement information is measured by the stream receiving unit 330 for each source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- radio wave propagation measurement information 393 for example, PER (Packet Error Rate), BER (Bit Error Rate), the number of packet retransmissions, and throughput are stored. Further, as the radio wave propagation measurement information 393, for example, a frame drop, SIR (Signal-to-Interference-Ratio), and RSSI (Received-Signal-Strength-Indicator) are stored. Here, SINR (Signal to (Interference plus Noise Ratio) may be used instead of SIR. Note that the radio wave propagation measurement information 393 illustrated in FIG. 4 is an example, and at least one of these may be stored, and other radio wave propagation measurement information is measured and stored by the stream reception unit 330. You may do it.
- radio wave propagation measurement information measured by the source device may be acquired and stored. Further, the packet delay received by the receiving side may be determined, and information regarding this packet delay may be used as the radio wave propagation measurement information.
- This packet delay is one indicator for radio wave propagation because, for example, when an error occurs, a delay occurs in transmission to the receiving side due to retransmission processing in layer 2. Further, the packet delay is an index indicating whether some link characteristic is deteriorated in a wireless system in which a plurality of devices share a wireless band, for example.
- the device information 394 stores the type (source device attribute) of the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication. For example, either a mobile device or a stationary device is stored as the source device type. Note that, as the type of the source device, either a device that is used while the power is inserted or another device may be stored. Further, as the type of the source device, either a battery-driven device or any other device may be stored.
- the bandwidth usage level 395 stores the bandwidth usage level by the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- the band usage level for example, resolution or throughput can be used.
- the bandwidth usage level may store the throughput being used.
- a predetermined table is prepared, and a number indicating which range of the table corresponds is stored and managed. You may do it.
- the display form 396 stores a data display form (output form) based on a stream transmitted from a source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- the display form main image (center channel), sub-image (peripheral channel)
- the output form main audio, sub audio
- the sub-image may not be displayed.
- the standby / wakeup 397 stores the mode of the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication (standby mode, wakeup mode).
- the multi-reception diversity support 398 stores information indicating whether the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication is compatible with multi-reception diversity. Note that multi-reception diversity will be described in detail in a third embodiment of the present technology.
- the basic service 105 stores a service supported by the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication.
- this service for example, image transmission / reception is possible (can be both a source device and a sink device), only image transmission is possible (can be a source device), and only image reception is possible (sink Any of which can be a device).
- the concurrent presence / absence 106 stores whether or not the source device connected to the information processing apparatus 300 using wireless communication has a concurrent function (time division concurrent function or simultaneous use concurrent function) as a wireless LAN function. .
- the source device having the concurrent function can be time-divisionally or simultaneously connected to both the access point and the sink device without switching the disconnection of the access point and the sink device.
- the management information held in the management information holding unit 390 associates identification information (terminal identification information 391) for identifying another information processing apparatus and capability information related to the other information processing apparatus.
- the management information includes capability information related to other information processing apparatuses, information related to radio wave propagation measurement related to communication with other information processing apparatuses (radio wave propagation measurement information 393), and information related to power consumption (standby / wakeup 397). And at least.
- the management information held in the management information holding unit 390 includes at least information related to a display form (display form 396) for displaying image information as Capability information related to another information processing apparatus.
- the information related to the display form is information indicating that the image information is main-displayed or sub-displayed, for example.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a transition example of an image displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing device 300 according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- 5A shows an example of a display form in which the image 11 is the main image, the image 12 is the sub-image, and the image 11 and the image 12 are displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing apparatus 300.
- 5B illustrates an example of a display form in which the image 11 and the image 12 are displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing apparatus 300 with the image 11 as a sub-image and the image 12 as a main image.
- each of the information processing device 200 and the information processing device 400 transmits a standard resolution stream (image data and audio data) to the information processing device 300.
- the image 11 based on the image data from the information processing device 200 and the image 12 based on the image data from the information processing device 400 have the same size.
- the information can be displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing apparatus 300.
- the given resolution and display area are defined to be the same.
- a scaler function is added to the display unit 351 so that the images 11 and 12 are rescaled and displayed on the display unit 351. May be.
- this function is not used in order to simplify the description.
- each display form of the image 11 and the image 12 for example, the display form set at the previous communication is held, and the images 11 and 12 are displayed in the display unit of the information processing apparatus 300 according to the display form. 351 may be displayed.
- the display formats of the image 11 and the image 12 may be determined based on the order of connection to the information processing apparatus 300. For example, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus 200 is first connected to the information processing apparatus 300 and the information processing apparatus 400 is connected to the information processing apparatus 300 after this connection. In this case, the image 11 and the image 12 are displayed on the display unit 351 of the information processing apparatus 300 using the image 11 as a central channel and the image 12 as a peripheral channel. That is, based on the connection order to the information processing apparatus 300, the display may be performed in the order of the central channel and the peripheral channel.
- the image 11 is the central channel
- the image 12 is the peripheral channel
- the image 11 and the image 12 are displayed on the display unit 351, the user who uses the image 12 as the central channel.
- information is acquired by the user information acquisition unit 360.
- the viewer performs an operation for setting the image 12 as the central channel using a pointer such as a remote controller or a gesture
- user information regarding the image 12 as the central channel is acquired by the user information acquisition unit 360.
- the image 11 and the image 12 are displayed on the display unit 351 with the image 12 as a central channel and the image 11 as a peripheral channel.
- the display positions of the image 11 and the image 12 on the display surface of the display unit 351 are also determined based on user information (for example, manual operation, line of sight) acquired by the user information acquisition unit 360.
- Example of communication 6 to 8 are sequence charts illustrating communication processing examples between devices included in the communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present technology. 6 to 8 illustrate examples of communication processing between the information processing apparatus 200 and the information processing apparatus 300.
- the image / audio signal generation unit 250, the image / audio compression unit 260, and the stream transmission unit 270 are shown as the data transmission system 201 among the units constituting the information processing apparatus 200.
- the antenna 210, the wireless communication unit 220, the control signal receiving unit 230, and the control unit 240 are shown as a line control system 202.
- the antenna 310, the wireless communication unit 320, the stream reception unit 330, the control unit 370, and the control signal transmission unit 380 are shown as the line control system 301 among the units constituting the information processing apparatus 300. Also, the image / sound development unit 340, the image / sound output unit 350, and the user information acquisition unit 360 are shown as the input / output system 302.
- FIGS. 6 to 8 show a connection setup example of the information processing device 200 and the information processing device 300 and a transition example of the power consumption mode in the information processing device 200.
- the display form (image display form, sound output form) of the information processing apparatus 300 is the previous display form (display form when the information processing apparatus 300 is turned off). Is set (501). Further, the control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 causes the management information holding unit 390 (shown in FIG. 4) to hold management information of each source device connected to the information processing device 300 using wireless communication. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 displays the images 11 corresponding to the two streams transmitted from the information processing device 200 and the information processing device 400 based on the previous display form. , 12 are displayed on the display unit 351.
- the display form setting operation (change operation) is performed by the user (502).
- a control signal related to the setting operation is acquired as user information by the user information acquisition unit 360, and the user information is output to the control unit 370.
- the control unit 370 changes the content held in the management information holding unit 390 (shown in FIG. 4) based on the user information (503, 504).
- FIG. 5b a case is assumed in which a setting operation (change operation) for setting the image 11 based on the image data from the information processing apparatus 200 as a sub image is performed.
- the control unit 370 changes the display form 396 (shown in FIG. 4) of the information processing apparatus 200 in the management information holding unit 390 to “sub” (503, 504).
- the information processing apparatus 200 transmits a mode table request (inquiry request for resolution / sound quality, low power consumption mode, etc.) to the information processing apparatus 300 periodically or irregularly (including only at the start) (505, 506).
- This mode table request includes information managed by the information processing device 300 (management information related to the information processing device 300 and information used for communication with the information processing device 200 (for example, displayed by the information processing device 200). Request for possible resolution information, etc.)).
- the information processing apparatus 300 transmits command information corresponding to the mode table request (507, 508).
- This command information is information about the information processing apparatus 200 for the information processing apparatus 300 to make a setting request to the information processing apparatus 200 in consideration of, for example, a radio wave propagation environment and a display form.
- the command information is information including resolution / sound quality display form information (for example, main image, sub image), availability of low power consumption mode, manufacturer name, and presence / absence of a multi-reception diversity function.
- the command information includes resolution / sound quality, image / audio codec type, 3D function presence / absence, content protection presence / absence, display device display size, topology information, usable protocols, and setting information for these protocols ( Port information, etc.), connection interface information (connector type, etc.), horizontal synchronization / vertical synchronization position, source device performance priority request information, mode control table response such as availability of low power consumption mode, wireless transmission maximum This is information including throughput or maximum receivable throughput, CPU (Central Processing Unit) power, remaining battery power, and power supply information. Each of these pieces of information is included in a part of the capability information.
- the resolution / sound quality display form information regarding the information processing apparatus 200 is information indicating whether the display form of data from the information processing apparatus 200 is main or sub, for example. Further, the information processing apparatus 300 transmits a request regarding the setting of the resolution / sound quality and the low power consumption mode as a parameter in the command information from the viewpoint of the information processing apparatus 300. Note that the information processing apparatus 300 may transmit, as command information, information related to all source devices in addition to information related to the information processing apparatus 200. In this case, the information processing apparatus 200 selects and uses only information for the own apparatus.
- the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 specifies whether the display form of the data from the information processing device 200 is main or sub based on the command information. . In addition, the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 determines whether the information processing device 300 has a function corresponding to the power consumption operation mode based on the command information. Subsequently, the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 transmits mode setting information indicating that the specified display form is set to the information processing apparatus 300 (509, 510). Here, it is assumed that the display form of data from the information processing apparatus 200 is specified to be sub. Further, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus 300 has a function corresponding to the low power consumption mode. Therefore, the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 notifies the information processing device 300 of mode setting information for notifying that the specified display form (sub) is set and that the low power consumption mode is set. Transmit (509, 510).
- the low power consumption mode is set by specifying whether the image is a main image or a sub image based on command information, but it is determined whether the image is a main image or a sub image.
- the low power consumption mode may be set without using it as a reference.
- the low power consumption mode may be set by exchanging permission flags that can be shifted to the low power consumption mode between the source device and the sink device.
- the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 sets the sub mode as the transmission mode (511).
- the data transmission system 201 sets the resolution for displaying the sub image and the sound quality for outputting the sub sound (512).
- the low power consumption mode is set (513).
- both the sink device and the source device need to have the function.
- mobile devices for example, mobile phones, smartphones, tablet terminals
- the display form of the data from the own apparatus is not main (when it is a sub)
- the setting process (512) only the sound of the source device assigned to the main image may be reproduced from the speaker and the sound of the source device assigned to the sub image may not be reproduced.
- the sound volume of the source device assigned to the main image may be set as the main, and the sound volume of the source device assigned to the sub image may be set to be played back.
- control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 performs control for setting the low power consumption mode in the information processing device 200 when the display form is set as a sub-image (sub-display). That is, the control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 performs control to set the power consumption mode in the information processing device 200 based on the display form of the display unit 351 that outputs image information based on the stream.
- the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 starts intermittent transmission (514 to 522).
- the information processing apparatus 200 stops the transmission process for a predetermined time and sleeps each unit (514). Subsequently, when a certain time elapses (514), the information processing apparatus 200 In order to perform the transmission process, each part of the information processing apparatus 200 is waked up, and the transmission process to the information processing apparatus 300 is performed (515 to 520).
- control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 transmits an inquiry message to the information processing device 300 to confirm whether or not there is any change (for example, a change in display form) in the information processing device 300 (515, 516).
- any change for example, a change in display form
- the control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 transmits a response message for notifying whether or not there is any change (for example, change of display form) to the information processing device 200 ( 517, 518).
- a response message for notifying whether or not there is any change for example, change of display form
- the control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 transmits a response message for notifying that there is no change (for example, a change in display form) to the information processing device 200 (517, 518).
- the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 transmits a stream for outputting the sub image and the sub sound to the information processing device 300 (519, 520).
- the information processing apparatus 300 outputs an image and sound based on the received stream (521). For example, as illustrated in b of FIG. 5, the image 11 based on the stream from the information processing apparatus 200 is displayed on the display unit 351 as a sub image.
- the information processing apparatus 200 stops the transmission process for a predetermined time and sleeps each unit (522). Further, intermittent transmission is continuously performed until there is a change request from the information processing apparatus 300.
- the information processing apparatus 300 performs display processing such that an image corresponding to the stream received from the information processing apparatus 200 is interpolated and displayed.
- the information processing apparatus 300 does not have an interpolation processing function.
- the image from the information processing apparatus 200 cannot be displayed on the display unit 351 during the sleep period.
- the transmission of image data from the information processing apparatus 200 may be continuously performed. For example, the last image data when the transmission is stopped among the streams to be transmitted from the information processing apparatus 200 is held in the transmission buffer.
- the image processing of the information processing apparatus 200 is stopped, but the transmission processing is continuously performed for the wireless link, and the transmission of the image data held in the transmission buffer is continuously performed.
- only the image corresponding to the stream transmitted from the information processing apparatus 400 may be displayed on the display unit 351.
- an image corresponding to the stream transmitted from the information processing apparatus 400 can be displayed on the entire surface of the display unit 351.
- the control unit 370 When the display mode setting operation (change operation) is performed by the user (531), as described above, the control unit 370, based on the user information related to the setting operation, the management information holding unit 390 (FIG. The content held in (4) is changed (532, 533).
- the control unit 370 changes the display form 396 (shown in FIG. 4) of the information processing apparatus 200 in the management information holding unit 390 to “main” (532, 533).
- the information processing apparatus 200 when the low power consumption mode is set in the information processing apparatus 200, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus 200 is in the sleep state. As described above, when the information processing apparatus 200 is in the sleep state, it is not possible to notify the information processing apparatus 200 that the display mode setting operation (change operation) by the user has been performed.
- This change trigger is a trigger for notifying the information processing apparatus 200 that a display mode setting operation (change operation) has been performed by the user when an inquiry message is received from the information processing apparatus 200.
- This change trigger the state where the information processing apparatus 200 is in the standby mode is released, and the information processing apparatus 200 is notified that the display mode setting operation (change operation) by the user has been performed.
- each part of the information processing apparatus 200 is woken up and transmission processing to the information processing apparatus 300 is started.
- the control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 transmits a Standby release message to the information processing device 200 (535, 536).
- the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 Upon receiving the Standby release message (536), the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 transmits a response message to the information processing device 300 (537, 538).
- the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 transmits a mode table request to the information processing apparatus 300 (539, 540).
- this mode table request requests transmission of each piece of information managed by the information processing apparatus 300 (management information related to the information processing apparatus 200).
- an exchange for example, a response message to the inquiry message in each process (515 to 518)
- a change for example, a change in display form
- the information processing apparatus 300 transmits command information corresponding to the mode table request (541, 542).
- the information processing apparatus 300 may transmit only the difference information as the command information corresponding to the mode table request (541, 542).
- This difference information is information relating to the change, for example, display format information of resolution / sound quality related to the information processing apparatus 200.
- the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 specifies whether the display form of the data from the information processing device 200 is main or sub based on the command information. . Subsequently, the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 transmits mode setting information indicating that the specified display form is set to the information processing apparatus 300 (543, 544). Here, it is assumed that the display form of data from the information processing apparatus 200 is specified to be main. Therefore, the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 sends mode setting information for notifying that the specified display form (main) is set and that the normal power consumption mode is set. (543, 544).
- each processing (539 to 544) may be performed by capability re-negotiation.
- capability Re-negotiation it is not necessary to negotiate again for the setting value in which the display form does not change in the process (534). Examples thereof include wfd-displayedid, wfd-client-rtports, wfd-I2C, and wfd-connectortype.
- the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 sets the main mode as the transmission mode (545).
- the data transmission system 201 sets the resolution for displaying the main image and the sound quality for outputting the main audio (546).
- a normal power consumption mode is set (547).
- the control unit 240 of the information processing apparatus 200 starts a normal transmission process (548, 549). That is, the information processing apparatus 200 transmits a stream for outputting a main image and main audio to the information processing apparatus 300 (548, 549).
- the information processing apparatus 300 outputs an image and sound based on the received stream (550). For example, as illustrated in a of FIG. 5, the image 11 based on the stream from the information processing device 200 is displayed on the display unit 351 as the main image.
- the previous display form (display form when the information processing apparatus 300 is turned off) is set as the display form of the display unit 351. Indicated.
- another display form may be set.
- the default display form may be always set. Or you may make it determine a display form based on the order connected to the information processing apparatus 300.
- 6 to 8 show an example in which the information processing apparatus 200 inquires about setting information of the information processing apparatus 300 and sets transmission parameters based on the received parameter information.
- the parameter to be set by the information processing apparatus 200 may be requested to the information processing apparatus 300, and the parameter may be set when the information processing apparatus 300 receives a response indicating that there is no problem.
- management information held in the management information holding unit 390 can be exchanged by using a command prepared in Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast.
- Capability negotiation or Capability re-negotiation defined in the Wi-Fi Display specifications can be used.
- capability negotiation or capability re-negotiation for example, RFC5939 and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast specifications can be cited.
- Capability negotiation or Capability re-negotiation is not limited to these, and is defined as exchange of device performance information.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of communication using the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast specification command.
- FIG. 9 is a sequence chart illustrating a communication process example between the source device and the sink device according to the first embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of communication using the RTSP protocol.
- the source device 420 corresponds to the information processing devices 200 and 400
- the sink device 430 corresponds to the information processing device 300.
- RTSP M3 Request (RTSP GET_PARAMETER Request) message transmitted from the source device to the sink device and a response from the sink device is transmitted to the source device.
- RTSP M3 Response (RTSP GET_PARAMETER Response) message can be used.
- This exchange processing corresponds to, for example, the processing (505 to 508) shown in FIG. 6 and the processing (539 to 542) shown in FIG. On the other hand, it may be appropriately transmitted from the source device to the sink device.
- the exchange between the “RTSP M3 Request” (RTSP GET_PARAMETER Request) message and the “RTSP M3 Response” (RTSP GET_PARAMETER Response) message is omitted, and the management information is included in the message sent from the source device to the sink device.
- the management information may be transmitted from the source device to the sink device, and the sink device may select the information and hold it in the management information holding unit 390.
- link protection setup is performed after M3 Response. For this reason, it may be desired that communication can be performed while ensuring the secrecy of the link once set by performing only the message of M4 or more.
- the wireless communication unit 320 can exchange the capability information through the capability negotiation or the capability re-negotiation defined in the Wi-Fi Display specification. Also, the capability information is exchanged, for example, in RTSP M3 Message in Capability negotiation or Capability re-negotiation.
- the wireless communication unit 320 of the information processing device 300 performs communication with the source device for exchanging the capability information related to the information processing device 300 and the capability information related to the information processing device 200.
- the wireless communication unit 220 of the information processing apparatus 200 performs communication with the information processing apparatus 300 for exchanging Capability information regarding the information processing apparatus 200 and Capability information regarding the information processing apparatus 300.
- the radio communication units 220 and 320 can exchange the capability information by the capability negotiation or the capability re-negotiation.
- control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 is based on Capability information regarding the information processing device 200, radio wave propagation measurement information regarding communication with the information processing device 200, and how the information processing device 300 is used. 200 (for example, data transmission rate control, scalability transmission rate control, multi-reception diversity setting control, content protection setting control). Further, although the stream transmission method is different from the embodiment of the present technology, the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 includes Capability information related to the information processing device 200 and radio wave propagation measurement information related to stream communication with the information processing device 300.
- stream transmission control with the information processing apparatus 300 (for example, data transmission rate control, scalability transmission rate control, multi-reception diversity setting control, content protection setting control) is performed. It can also be done.
- control unit 370 of the information processing device 300 performs control to set the power consumption mode in the information processing device 200 based on capability information regarding the information processing device 200 (for example, information indicating whether the device is a mobile device). .
- the control unit 370 may perform control to set the low power consumption mode in the information processing apparatus 200 based on the capability information regarding the information processing apparatus 200 and the management information for managing the information processing apparatus 200. it can.
- the control unit 240 of the information processing device 200 sets the power consumption mode based on control from the information processing device 300 based on the capability information regarding the information processing device 200.
- an example of a topology with two source devices has been described, but the present technology is not limited to the embodiment of the present technology.
- Second Embodiment> In the first embodiment of the present technology, an example in which image transmission is performed from one or more source devices to one sink device has been described. Here, it is also possible to perform image transmission from one or more source devices to a plurality of sink devices.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 are block diagrams illustrating a system configuration example of the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology. 10 and 11, an example in which communication is performed between a plurality of sink devices (information processing device 650 and information processing device 660) and a plurality of source devices (information processing device 670 and information processing device 680). Show.
- the communication system 640 includes an information processing device 650, an information processing device 660, an information processing device 670, and an information processing device 680.
- the communication system 640 corresponds to the communication system 100 shown in FIG.
- the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 660 correspond to the information processing device 300 that is the sink device
- the information processing device 680 corresponds to the information processing device 200 that is the source device
- the information processing device 670 corresponds to the source device.
- a part of description about the part which is common in the communication system 100 is abbreviate
- an information processing apparatus capable of concurrent operation capable of simultaneously using a plurality of frequency channels among the three types of frequency channels of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz.
- An example using is shown.
- connection processing can be performed while switching between a plurality of devices in the same frequency channel or a plurality (two or more) of different frequency channels.
- a plurality of MAC (Media Access Control) layers may be provided in the same frequency channel or in a plurality of different frequency channels, and may be connected simultaneously.
- a wireless communication unit compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad standard represented by 60 GHz is used.
- a 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz wireless communication unit is used.
- one device may be provided with a plurality of wireless communication units (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz wireless communication unit, 60 GHz wireless communication unit), and one wireless communication unit may include a plurality of types of communication methods (2. (4 GHz, 5 GHz, 60 GHz) may be realized.
- the information processing device 650 includes a wireless communication unit 651.
- the wireless communication unit 651 performs wireless communication using one or a plurality of types of communication methods (for example, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz).
- the information processing apparatus 660 includes a wireless communication unit 661.
- the wireless communication unit 661 performs wireless communication using one or a plurality of types of communication methods (for example, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz).
- the relationship between devices when the information processing device 680 operates as a GO (group owner) with respect to the wireless communication unit 651 of the information processing device 650 is schematically shown by a dotted arrow 682. Further, a relationship between the devices when the information processing device 680 operates as a GO with respect to the wireless communication unit 661 of the information processing device 660 is schematically shown by a solid line arrow 681.
- the group owner is not limited to the operation of the Wi-Fi Direct GO, but may function as a part of an access point function or a part of a NAN (Neighbor Awareness Network) Master function.
- the relationship between devices when the information processing device 670 operates as a P2P client with respect to the wireless communication unit 651 of the information processing device 650 is schematically shown by a dotted arrow 671.
- one source device transmits the same image data to a plurality of sink devices (information processing devices 650 and 660) simultaneously.
- the information processing device 680 may copy the image data transmitted to one sink device (for example, the information processing device 650) and transmit it to the other sink device (for example, the information processing device 660). it can.
- the image data to be transmitted is not limited to the same data.
- different image data may be transmitted simultaneously (or separately) to a plurality of sink devices (information processing devices 650 and 660).
- FIG. 11 shows an example in which one source device (information processing device 670) transmits the same image data to a plurality of sink devices (information processing devices 650 and 660) simultaneously or separately (solid line arrows). 672, shown by dotted arrow 673).
- one source device (information processing device 680) and a plurality of sink devices (information processing devices 650 and 660) constitute one network.
- one source device (information processing device 670) and one sink device (information processing device 650) form one network.
- one source device (information processing device 670) and a plurality of sink devices (information processing devices 650 and 660) constitute one network.
- one source device (information processing device 680) and one sink device (information processing device 650) constitute one network.
- These networks can be grasped as NAN (Neighbor Awareness Network).
- NAN Neighbor Awareness Network
- each piece of information exchanged in these networks may be exchanged via another information processing apparatus (for example, an access point).
- the above-described access point may substitute the group owner of one network and construct the setting of another network.
- an information processing device equivalent to the information processing devices 650, 660, 670, and 680 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 will be described as an example. That is, an example of an information processing apparatus corresponding to both a source device and a sink device is shown.
- the information processing apparatus operates in an infrastructure mode or a direct communication mode. Further, when the information processing apparatus operates in the infrastructure mode, the information processing apparatus communicates with another information processing apparatus via the access point.
- the information processing apparatus operates in the direct communication mode, the information processing apparatus performs direct communication with surrounding information processing apparatuses without using an access point.
- the direct communication mode can be, for example, Wi-Fi Direct established by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
- this direct communication mode for example, communication is started after establishing a connection between the information processing apparatuses by a device discovery process, a formation process, or the like.
- the Device Discovery process is a process for discovering surrounding information processing apparatuses.
- a beacon, a Probe Request, and a Probe Response are communicated for scanning, waiting for a response, and searching.
- the formation process is a process for establishing a direct connection between apparatuses by wireless communication and forming a group of information processing apparatuses.
- the formation process includes a process for determining which information processing apparatus becomes GO, an authentication process (Provisioning), and the like.
- This invitation process is a process for joining surrounding information processing apparatuses to a group.
- information for setting is exchanged between information processing apparatuses.
- the provision discovery process is a process for joining a formed group.
- the information processing apparatus is in a state of, for example, a group owner (GO (Group Owner)), a P2P client, or a P2P not set (P2P Device).
- a group owner GO (Group Owner)
- P2P client P2P client
- P2P not set P2P Device
- GO P2P GO
- P2P client establishes a direct connection with each information processing device (P2P client) in a group of information processing devices formed by direct connection between devices by wireless communication.
- the GO performs, for example, transmission of a beacon, authentication of an information processing apparatus participating in the group, provision of connection setting information (Credential) to the information processing apparatus participating in the group, and the like. That is, the GO plays a role like an access point in the group.
- a P2P client establishes a direct connection with a GO in a group of information processing apparatuses formed by a direct connection between apparatuses by wireless communication. That is, the P2P client communicates with the GO or communicates with other P2P clients via the GO.
- an information processing apparatus that is not set to P2P does not establish a direct connection between apparatuses by wireless communication.
- GO includes Persistent GO and Temporary GO.
- the Persistent GO is a GO that retains connection setting information of the connection destination even after the end of the P2P connection session, and can be reconnected in accordance with the invitation Request and the Provision Discovery Request from the connection destination.
- the Temporary GO is a GO that retains connection setting information only during a P2P connection session and discards the connection setting information after the P2P connection session ends.
- the control unit of the information processing apparatus controls the overall operation of the information processing apparatus.
- the control unit of the information processing apparatus controls a device discovery process, a formation process, an invitation process, a provision discovery process, and the like performed by the wireless communication unit of the information processing apparatus.
- the wireless communication unit of the information processing apparatus corresponds to, for example, the wireless communication unit 220 illustrated in FIG. 2, the wireless communication unit 320 illustrated in FIG. 3, and the wireless communication units 651 and 661 illustrated in FIGS.
- the control unit of the information processing apparatus acquires state information indicating the state of each information processing apparatus regarding direct connection between apparatuses by wireless communication.
- the state information of the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus directly connected by wireless communication will be described as first state information and second state information.
- the first information processing device is, for example, a source device (corresponding to the information processing device 680 shown in FIG. 10)
- the second information processing device is, for example, a sink device (corresponding to the information processing device 650 shown in FIG. 10). ).
- the control unit of the first information processing device may establish a connection between the first information processing device and the second information processing device through the above-described wireless communication based on the first state information and the second state information. it can.
- the control unit of the second information processing device can establish a connection between the first information processing device and the second information processing device by the above-described wireless communication based on the first state information and the second state information. .
- the wireless communication is a wireless local area network (LAN) communication
- the direct connection described above is a direct connection conforming to Wi-Fi Direct.
- at least one of the first state information and the second state information is acquired via a link in the direct communication mode of the P2P group (first P2P group).
- first P2P group For example, among the first state information and the second state information, the first state information of the first information processing device is acquired from a storage unit built in the first information processing device.
- the second state information of the second information processing apparatus is acquired from the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group that has received the second state information.
- the information processing device 650 functions as GO and the information processing device 680 functions as a P2P client.
- the group formed in this case is defined as a first P2P group.
- An example of generating a new P2P group (second P2P group) different from the already formed first P2P group in this environment will be described.
- the information processing device 650 can acquire the first state information of the information processing device 680 via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group.
- the information processing device 680 can acquire the second state information of the information processing device 650 via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group.
- second P2P group when a new P2P group (second P2P group) is generated, the control unit of the information processing device 680 (corresponding to the control unit 240 or the control unit 370 illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3) The state (GO) of the device 650 is changed.
- the process for determining how to change the state of the information processing apparatus will be referred to as a second P2P group state change process.
- This state is one of the first state (ie, GO), the second state (ie, P2P client), and the third state (ie, P2P not set).
- the first state is, for example, a state where a direct connection is established with a plurality of information processing devices formed in the direct communication mode (that is, GO).
- the second state is a state where a direct connection is established with the information processing apparatus in the first state (that is, a P2P client).
- the third state is a state where a direct connection is not established with the information processing apparatus in the first state (that is, P2P is not set).
- a certain information processing apparatus changes the state of another information processing apparatus from any state among GO, P2P client, and P2P not set to another state among GO, P2P client, and P2P not set. Can be made. For example, by changing the state of GO, it becomes possible to establish a connection between devices having a direct connection function. If the status is GO or P2P client, the status information indicating the status includes information on the group to which it belongs (for example, group ID).
- the information processing device 680 (P2P client) can change the state of the information processing device 650 (GO) in the second P2P group from GO to P2P client or P2P unset.
- the information processing apparatus B can change the state of the information processing apparatus A in the second P2P group from GO or a P2P client to P2P unset.
- a case where a direct connection cannot be established between both apparatuses by a formation process, an invitation process, a provision discovery process, or the like is also assumed. Even in such a case, it is possible to establish a direct connection by a formation process, an invitation process, a provision discovery process, or the like after such a change in state.
- the state of the information processing device 680 in the second P2P group can be GO or a P2P client.
- the information processing device 680 can perform concurrent operation.
- the information processing device 680 is in a state of the information processing device 650 such that the state of the information processing device 650 is GO in the first P2P group and is a P2P client in the second P2P group. Can be changed.
- Such a change in state makes it possible to establish a connection between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 while maintaining GO in the existing P2P group. Also, the information processing device 680 changes the state of the information processing device 680 so that the state of the information processing device 680 becomes a P2P client in the first P2P group and becomes GO in the second P2P group. Can do.
- Such a change in state makes it possible to establish a connection between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 while maintaining the P2P client in the existing P2P group.
- the current operation includes P2P current and WLAN current.
- P2P current is a function that enables a P2P group to be a GO and a P2P client in another P2P group.
- WLAN current is a function that enables the direct communication mode and the infrastructure mode to operate together.
- the information processing device 680 includes constraint information (first constraint information) indicating constraints on the information processing device 680 regarding direct connection and constraint information (second constraint information) indicating constraints on the information processing device 650 regarding direct connection. And get more.
- the combination of at least one of the combination of the first state information and the first constraint information and the combination of the second state information and the second constraint information is acquired via the link in the direct communication in the first P2P group.
- the combination of the own device is acquired from the internal storage unit.
- the combination of the first state information and the first constraint information and the combination of the other devices among the combination of the second state information and the second constraint information are the direct combinations in the first P2P group that has received the state information. Obtained from the link in communication.
- the first constraint information includes, for example, information indicating whether the information processing apparatus 680 can be a GO in a certain P2P group and a P2P client in another P2P group. That is, the constraint information includes information indicating whether or not the current operation is possible.
- the state information is information used when determining the role of the second P2P group, and is information indicating the role of each information processing apparatus belonging to the first P2P group.
- the second constraint information includes, for example, information indicating whether or not a new information processing apparatus can be added to the P2P group when the state of the information processing apparatus 650 is GO in the P2P group.
- the constraint information includes information indicating Group Limit.
- the constraint information is information related to constraints on each information processing apparatus.
- the second constraint information includes information indicating whether the information processing apparatus 650 can operate as a device equivalent to the access point. That is, the second constraint information includes information indicating the ON / OFF state of Intra-Bss. Further, the second constraint information includes, for example, information indicating whether the information processing device 650 can establish a connection between another information processing device and an access point. That is, the second constraint information includes information indicating the presence / absence of the function of the external registrar. The second constraint information includes information indicating the ON / OFF state of the direct communication function in the information processing device 650 (for example, Wi-Fi P2P Power state).
- the second constraint information includes information (for example, WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) Capability) indicating whether or not the information processing device 650 can execute authentication for direct connection by wireless communication and provision of connection setting information.
- the second constraint information includes information (P2P Capability) indicating whether direct connection is possible in the information processing device 650.
- the second constraint information includes channel information (for example, listen / operating channel) in the information processing device 650.
- the second constraint information includes information related to the wireless communication interface in the information processing device 650 (for example, the MAC address of the wireless communication interface and the number of interfaces).
- the information processing device 680 selects a target pair of the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 to which the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 can be connected. Then, the information processing device 680 changes the state of the information processing device 680 so that the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 become the selected target pair.
- the information processing device 680 may change both the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680. For example, the information processing device 680 selects a target pair having a higher priority among the plurality of target pairs. For example, it is assumed that the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 are given GO Intent indicating the priority of becoming GO. In this case, a target pair that matches the GO Intent is selected. For example, it is assumed that the information processing device 650 has a higher GO Intent than the information processing device 680. In this case, the information processing apparatus 680 selects a target pair in which the state of the information processing apparatus 650 is GO and the state of the information processing apparatus 680 is a P2P client.
- the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 can be changed to desired states. It becomes possible. For example, it is possible to establish a direct connection between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 by setting either the state of the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 680 as GO. In addition, any one of the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 can be designated as GO.
- the information processing device 680 may acquire a target pair of the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 to which the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 can be connected. In this case, the information processing device 680 may change the state of the information processing device 650 so that the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 become a target pair.
- the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 can be changed to a desired state.
- the information processing device 680 may acquire the second state information and the target pair of the information processing device 650 via a link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group. Then, the information processing device 680 may change the state of the information processing device 680 based on the acquired target pair before the first state information of the information processing device 680 is transmitted to the information processing device 650. Good.
- the state in one information processing apparatus changes in advance before the state information is shared, so that the number of processing steps after the state information is shared can be reduced.
- the information processing device 680 controls processing for starting a service between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 after the connection between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 by wireless communication is established. You may do it.
- the service is a service that can be used after establishing a wireless communication connection, such as a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) service or a video and / or audio mirroring service.
- DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance
- This kind of processing control makes it possible to use the service immediately after establishing a wireless communication connection. Further, the information processing device 680 acquires information used to start the service via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group, and starts the service based on the acquired information. You may make it control a process.
- the information used for the service is, for example, device information of a device related to the service and service information related to the service.
- processing for acquiring information performed at the start of a service such as mirroring can be omitted.
- the processing for acquiring the information includes, for example, disconnecting the connection between information processing apparatuses, searching for an apparatus, and reestablishing a connection between information processing apparatuses. That is, the number of user operations can be reduced, the processing can be simplified, and the processing time can be shortened.
- the information used for starting the service is the information in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group when at least one of the state information is acquired via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group. It may be obtained via a link.
- the information processing apparatus may not have a direct connection function, and the state of the information processing apparatus is a fourth state (hereinafter referred to as “legacy apparatus”) that does not have a direct connection function. May be referred to as a “state”.
- the state of the other information processing apparatus is P2P client or P2P not set, the state of the other information processing apparatus can be changed from P2P client or P2P unset to GO. According to such a state change, it is possible to establish a connection between a device having a direct connection function and a legacy device (legacy device).
- the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 do not have a direct connection function, and the state of the information processing device 650 and the state of the information processing device 680 are legacy device states that do not have a direct connection function. Also good.
- the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 may establish a connection with the same access point. Such processing makes it possible to establish a connection between legacy devices.
- an information processing apparatus for example, a legacy apparatus
- a direct connection function can establish a connection. That is, even when a connection between information processing apparatuses cannot be established by a predetermined process for establishing a direct connection, a connection between the information processing apparatuses can be established.
- FIGS. 12 and 13 show communication examples in the case where one sink device includes a plurality of wireless communication units.
- [Configuration example of communication system] 12 and 13 are block diagrams illustrating a system configuration example of the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 an example in which communication is performed between a plurality of sink devices (information processing device 650 and information processing device 660) and a plurality of source devices (information processing device 670 and information processing device 680).
- Show. 12 and 13 are obtained by modifying a part of FIGS. 10 and 11.
- a communication system communication system 640
- a wireless communication unit 652 is added to the information processing device 650 illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11 is illustrated.
- a part of description about the part which is common in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 is abbreviate
- IEEE802.11ad used for the main image can perform high-speed transmission of several Gbps at the maximum. Therefore, the resolution is not limited to HD, and 4K (4K resolution) transmission can be performed, which is suitable for high-quality image transmission.
- IEEE802.11ad employs a technology that increases the distance by providing directivity to the antenna, so an environment in which a link cannot be secured such as blocking by a person is assumed. Is done. Therefore, FIGS. 12 and 13 show an example in which multi-receive diversity is appropriately set (an example corresponding to a topology change) in such an environment.
- the information processing apparatus 650 includes two wireless communication units 651 and 652.
- the wireless communication units 651 and 652 are wireless communication units compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad standard, represented by 60 GHz. 12 and 13 show an example in which one frequency band is used, but the present technology is not limited to this.
- the wireless communication unit may be used separately for 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz and 60 GHz, and a plurality of frequency bands may be used in a time division manner in each wireless communication unit.
- the sink device includes a plurality of reception units (60 GHz wireless communication units 651 and 652) for performing reception using multi-reception diversity.
- the plurality of receiving units 60 GHz wireless communication units 651 and 652 are used.
- the information processing device 680 copies the same image data as the image data transmitted to the wireless communication unit 651 to perform wireless communication.
- the packet is transmitted to the unit 652.
- the information processing device 650 can interpolate the lost packet for the image data received by the wireless communication unit 651 from the image data received by the wireless communication unit 652. By performing interpolation in this way, the image data transmitted by the information processing device 680 can be as close as possible. Further, the information processing device 650 generates a main image based on the image data subjected to the interpolation processing and displays the main image on the display unit.
- the information processing device 670 can connect to the wireless communication unit 651 and transmit image data to the wireless communication unit 651.
- the information processing device 650 generates a sub image based on the image data received by the wireless communication unit 651 and displays it on the display unit.
- the connection between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 is 1 to 2 (dotted line 682, solid line 684).
- the connection between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 670 is one-to-one (indicated by a dotted line 671). be able to.
- FIG. 13 shows an example in which one source device (information processing device 670) transmits the same image data to a plurality of sink devices (information processing devices 650 and 660) simultaneously (solid arrows 672 and 674). , Indicated by dotted arrow 673).
- FIG. 14 is a sequence chart illustrating a communication processing example between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 14 illustrates an example of communication processing between the information processing device 650, the information processing device 660, and the information processing device 680.
- This process is started by establishing a link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 (441).
- the information processing device 680 transmits the first state information of the information processing device 680 to the information processing device 650 via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group (442, 443).
- this state information is information indicating any of GO, P2P client, P2P not set, or legacy device.
- the state information includes information directly indicating GO, P2P client, or P2P unset, the state indicated by the information is indicated, and when the information is not included, the legacy device is assumed.
- the information processing device 680 transmits the first constraint information of the information processing device 680 to the information processing device 650 via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group (442, 443).
- the constraint information includes information indicating whether or not the current operation is possible, information indicating the Group Limit, information indicating the ON / OFF state of the Intra-Bss, or information indicating the presence / absence of the function of the external registrar.
- the information processing device 650 that has received the first state information and the first constraint information processes the second state information and the second constraint information of the information processing device 650 via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group. Transmit to device 680 (444, 445).
- the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 execute the second P2P group state change process of the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 based on the state information of the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680. (446, 447). That is, how information processing device 650 and information processing device 680 change the states of information processing device 650 and information processing device 680 so that the connection between information processing device 650 and information processing device 680 can be established. (446, 447).
- both of the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 may autonomously execute the second P2P group state change process. Further, the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 may be configured such that one information processing device having the initiative executes the second P2P group state change process.
- the operation mode of both apparatuses is a mode for autonomously executing the second P2P group state change process.
- the operation mode of both apparatuses is a mode for autonomously executing the second P2P group state change process.
- the second P2P group state change process is performed by one of the both apparatuses. You may make it switch to a mode.
- the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 can perform wireless LAN communication for the purpose of using the second P2P group, communication using the wireless LAN is performed (448).
- wireless LAN communication can be performed by turning on the wireless communication unit or the like, communication using the wireless LAN is performed (448).
- the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 communicate with another information processing device 660 using a wireless LAN (448).
- a process for establishing a direct connection is performed between the information processing apparatus 650, the information processing apparatus 660, and the information processing apparatus 680 (448).
- each of the information processing device 650, the information processing device 660, and the information processing device 680 starts direct communication (Operation) (449, 450).
- the information processing device 650 includes device management information (each information shown in FIG. 4) and an interface that allows the user to input an operation by touching or approaching the finger with the display surface.
- device management information each information shown in FIG. 4
- the information processing apparatus 650 receives a usage method for generating a new group by using the information processing apparatus 680 as GO and desiring to generate a multisync topology from the user.
- the information processing apparatus 650 causes the information processing apparatus 680 to function as the GO of the second P2P group, so that the state information (first state information) and the restriction information (first restriction information) of the information processing apparatus 680 are used. Confirm. As a result of the confirmation, if there is no problem in functioning as the GO of the second P2P group, the information processing device 650 sets the information processing device 680 as the GO of the second P2P group, and the own device Set to the P2P client of the second P2P group.
- the link between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 in the second P2P group is exchanged in the first P2P group. For this reason, a part of the connection sequence between the GO and the P2P client can be omitted as the second P2P group. A new group is generated by these processes (some can be omitted).
- the information processing device 660 needs to participate in the second P2P group. Therefore, the information processing device 680 performs an invitation request process for the information processing device 660 (448).
- the information processing device 660 is connected to the information processing device 650 as the first P2P group.
- the information processing apparatus 660 can recognize that the information processing apparatus 680 has generated a new group using GO and has received a request from the user to generate a multisync topology. For this reason, the information processing device 660 may perform provision discovery processing on the information processing device 680 (448).
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of communication processing by the information processing device 680 according to the second embodiment of the present technology. This communication process is started, for example, when the information processing device 680 uses a link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group in which the information processing device 650 is GO.
- control unit of the information processing device 680 uses the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group, and the state information (first state information) and constraint information (first constraint information) of the information processing device 680. Is transmitted to the information processing device 650 (step S801).
- control unit of the information processing device 680 receives the state information (second state information) and the constraint information (second constraint information) of the information processing device 650 via the link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group. It is determined whether or not (step S802). If the second state information and the second constraint information are not received (step S802), monitoring is continued.
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines that the information processing device 680 has the existing P2P based on the first state information of the information processing device 680. It is determined whether or not the group is GO (step S803). If the information processing apparatus 680 is a GO of an existing P2P group (step S803), a multi-sync GO process is performed (step S810). This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 can set its own device as the GO of the second P2P group. As described above, the control unit of the information processing device 680 can set the own device internally as the GO of the second P2P group. However, the control unit of the information processing device 650 performs the normal processing as it is, and sets the own device as GO by setting a parameter for giving priority to GO (for example, GO Intent indicating the priority to become GO). You may make it set.
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines that the information processing device 680 is a P2P client of the existing P2P group based on the first state information of the information processing device 680. It is determined whether or not there is (step S804). If the information processing device 680 is a P2P client of an existing P2P group (step S804), processing for the P2P client is performed (step S805).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines whether the information processing device 680 is a legacy device based on the first state information of the information processing device 680. Is determined (step S806). If the information processing device 680 is a legacy device (step S806), processing for the legacy device is performed (step S807).
- step S806 processing when P2P is not set is performed.
- FIG. 16 illustrates an example of a processing procedure at the time of multi-sync GO (processing procedure of step S810 illustrated in FIG. 15) in the processing procedure of communication processing by the information processing device 680 according to the second embodiment of the present technology. It is a flowchart.
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines whether the information processing device 650 is not set to P2P based on the second state information of the information processing device 650 (step S811).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 performs an invitation process on the information processing device 650 (step S812).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 executes an invitation process by transmitting an invitation Request to the information processing device 650 via the communication interface (step S812).
- the communication interface means a wireless communication unit included in the information processing device 680 or a link in the direct communication mode of the first P2P group. Further, hereinafter, the communication interface is used in the same meaning.
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 can set the information processing device 650 as a P2P client of the second P2P group.
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 can also internally set the information processing device 650 as a P2P client of the second P2P group.
- step S811 the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines whether the information processing device 650 is a GO of an existing P2P group (step S813). If the information processing device 650 is a GO of an existing P2P group (step S813), a process when the connection destination is GO is performed (step S820). This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- step S813 the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines that the information processing device 650 is a P2P client of an existing P2P group based on the second state information of the information processing device 650. It is determined whether or not there is (step S814).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines whether both the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 belong to the same P2P group. (Step S815). If both belong to the same P2P group (step S815), the processing operation during multi-sync GO is terminated.
- control unit of the information processing device 680 When both do not belong to the same P2P group (step S815), the control unit of the information processing device 680 performs an invitation process to the own device, and performs a formation process after both have disconnected from the existing P2P group (step S815). S816).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 determines whether the information processing device 650 is a legacy device based on the second state information of the information processing device 650. Is determined (step S817).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 executes WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) processing using In-Band or OOB (Out of Band). (Step S818). Then, the processing operation at the time of multi-sync GO ends.
- the WPS process is a process including authentication and sharing of connection setting information (Credential). WPS is also referred to as WSC (Wi-Fi Simple Config) or WSC exchange.
- FIG. 17 illustrates an example of a processing procedure when the connection destination is GO in the processing procedure of the communication processing by the information processing device 680 according to the second embodiment of the present technology (the processing procedure of step S820 illustrated in FIG. 16). It is a flowchart.
- control unit of the information processing device 680 may disconnect the information processing device 650 from the existing P2P group via the communication interface (step S823).
- control unit of the information processing device 680 executes an invitation process by transmitting an invitation request to the information processing device 650 (step S823).
- the information processing device 650 becomes a P2P client of the P2P group in which the information processing device 680 is GO.
- This Capability information is, for example, information that can be obtained by the M3 message (get_parameter) of the Miracast standard, and each information shown in FIG.
- a GO that manages the capability information of all the devices in the Miracast group can provide information to GOs of other Miracast groups. Thereby, the effort which each apparatus performs Capability Negotiation for every GO can be reduced.
- step S822 the control unit of the information processing device 680 executes an invitation process for the information processing device 650 (step S824).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 executes the invitation process by transmitting an invitation Request to the information processing device 650 via the communication interface.
- the information processing device 650 becomes a P2P client of the P2P group in which the information processing device 680 is a GO as well as the GO of the existing P2P group.
- step S825 the process proceeds to step S823.
- control unit of the information processing device 680 changes the state of the information processing device 680 (step S826). Specifically, the control unit of the information processing device 680 changes the GO of the existing P2P group to the GO of the existing P2P group and P2P not set (step S826).
- the control unit of the information processing device 680 transmits the provision discovery request to the information processing device 650 via the communication interface, thereby executing provision discovery processing (step S827).
- provision discovery processing the information processing device 680 becomes a P2P client of the P2P group in which the information processing device 650 is GO as well as the GO of the existing P2P group.
- connection method even in the parameter environment of various information processing apparatuses, a connection method according to the situation can be realized. As a result, it is possible to perform a connection that does not require a user trouble.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a transition example of groups formed by information processing devices that configure the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 18 shows an example in which the second P2P group is formed in a state where the first P2P group is formed by the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 as described above.
- FIG. 18A schematically shows the first P2P group 700 formed by the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 by a dotted rectangle.
- FIG. 18 b schematically shows the second P2P group 701 formed by the information processing device 650, the information processing device 660, and the information processing device 680 with a dotted rectangle.
- the information processing apparatus 680 in the first P2P group 700, is a P2P client, whereas in the second P2P group 701, the information processing apparatus 680 is a P2P GO.
- the information processing apparatus 650 In the first P2P group 700, the information processing apparatus 650 is a P2P GO, whereas in the second P2P group 701, the information processing apparatus 650 is a P2P client.
- Example of communication when creating a new group 19 to 22 are sequence charts illustrating communication processing examples between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIGS. 23 to 26 are diagrams illustrating an example of a frame format exchanged between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 19 shows an example in which a multi-sync topology is formed through the mediation of the P2P GO (information processing apparatus 650) of the first P2P group 700. That is, the P2P GO (information processing device 680) and the P2P client (information processing device 660) of the second P2P group 701 are connected to each other by the mediation of the P2P GO (information processing device 650) of the first P2P group 700.
- An example of forming a sink topology is shown. Thereby, the topology of the second P2P group 701 is not mediated by the GO (information processing device 680) of the second P2P group 701 but by the mediation of the GO (information processing device 650) of the first P2P group 700. It becomes possible to construct.
- FIG. 19 first, it is assumed that the information processing device 660 is not connected to the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680. In this environment, it is assumed that the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 are capable of current operation, but the information processing device 660 is not capable of current operation.
- the information processing device 660 can be connected to the information processing device 680 serving as GO.
- the information processing apparatus 680 is still functioning as a P2P client of the first P2P group 700.
- the information processing device 660 performs the discovery request processing on the GO (information processing device 650) of the first P2P group 700 (702). In other words, the information processing device 660 transmits the discovery request processing to the information processing device 650 (702).
- the discovery capability request is shown in FIG.
- the information processing device 650 uses the information processing device 680 as the GO of the second P2P group 701, generates a new group (second P2P group 701), and is used to generate a multi-sync topology. Is assumed to be received from the user. In this case, the information processing apparatus 650 recognizes that the information processing apparatus 650 operates as a GO in the first P2P group 700 and operates as a P2P client in the second P2P group 701. For this reason, the information processing device 650 transmits a Discovery Request to the information processing device 680 (703).
- This Discoverability Request is a processing command for executing the following (1) and (2). For this reason, the Discovery Request includes information for executing the following (1) and (2).
- the second P2P group 701 operates as GO.
- the information processing device 650 that has received the Discovery Request sends the Discovery Request to the information processing device 680 (703). Also, the information processing device 650 transmits a Discovery Response to the information processing device 660 (704). Note that the Discovery Response is shown in FIG.
- the invitation sequence between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 can be omitted.
- a different MAC address may be used for each process.
- the 4-way-handshake is performed between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680.
- the 4-way-handshake between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 can be omitted.
- the information processing apparatus 680 assumes that the connection with the information processing apparatus 650 has been established, and starts a group formation process with the information processing apparatus 660 (705). In this process, information between groups can be exchanged.
- FIG. 19 shows an example in which the information processing device 660 cannot perform current operation.
- the example illustrated in FIG. 19 is applied. be able to.
- FIG. 20 shows an example in which the first P2P group and the second P2P group perform concurrent operations on different channels in the same frequency band (for example, only 5 GHz).
- FIG. 20 shows an example in which the first P2P group and the second P2P group use different frequency bands (for example, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz).
- the user uses the information processing device 650 to change the display forms of the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660 and transmits the display contents of the information processing device 680 to the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 660.
- an operation for giving an instruction is performed.
- the user changes the usage of the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660.
- the content transmitted from the information processing device 680 to the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 and displayed may be the same content (image) or different content (image).
- the image displayed on the information processing device 680 can be transmitted as it is to the information processing device 650, and the content stored in the storage unit of the information processing device 680 can be transmitted to the information processing device 660.
- the information processing apparatus 650 transmits a command (group change request) for requesting the formation of the second P2P group to the information processing apparatus 660 ( 711).
- the information processing device 650 has already performed Capability Negotiation.
- the information processing apparatus 650 is the GO of the first P2P group 710, it is possible to grasp in advance the availability of the used transmission band of each source device connected to the own apparatus. Therefore, the information processing device 650 can specify the usable frequency and the usable transmission band of the information processing device 660 by the group change request (711). That is, the information processing device 650 generates information for forming the second P2P group (for example, information on the frequency channel, data transmission band, and GO of the second P2P group requested by the information processing device 650). It can be sent in the change request.
- the information processing apparatus 660 starts a process for connecting to the information processing apparatus 680 based on the group change request (information for forming the second P2P group) received from the information processing apparatus 650.
- the information processing device 660 transmits a Discovery Request to the information processing device 650 in order to connect with the frequency channel or data transmission band requested by the information processing device 650 (712).
- the packet format in the discovery request includes a description field for a frequency channel or a data transmission band.
- the information processing device 650 transmits a Discovery Request to the information processing device 680 based on the Discovery Request received from the information processing device 660 (713).
- This Discovery Request is for the information processing device 650 to request the information processing device 680 to form the second P2P group, and includes second group request information.
- the second group request information is, for example, a used frequency, the presence / absence of concurrent, a transmission speed, and the like.
- the information processing device 650 transmits a response (Discoverability Response) to the discovery request to the information processing device 660 (714).
- the information processing device 650 urges the Group Formation (715) between the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660 by transmitting the Discovery Response.
- a group formation process is started between the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660 (715).
- the information processing device 650 performs a connection process with the information processing device 680. Note that the connection processing between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 performs only WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) processing without performing normal Group Formation processing.
- WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- a second P2P group 716 in which the information processing device 650 is P2P GO and a third P2P group 717 in which the information processing device 680 is P2P GO are formed.
- FIG. 20 illustrates an example in which the information processing apparatus 660 exchanges data in an environment connected to the first P2P group 710.
- the present invention is also applicable to a case where communication is performed in an environment where only the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 are connected to the first P2P group 710 (that is, an environment where the information processing device 660 is not connected). Can do. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 20, the information processing device 660 is connected as a sink device of a new P2P group (third P2P group 717) in an environment where the information processing device 660 is not connected to the first P2P group 710. It can also be applied to cases where
- the information processing device 660 connects to the GO (information processing device 650) of the first P2P group, and transmits a message suggesting that the second P2P group is formed.
- This message may be included in the Discovery Request or may be included in the Probe Request.
- the information processing device 650 When the message is received, the information processing device 650 notifies the information processing device 660 of the frequency channel or data transmission band used by the first P2P group. By this notification, the information processing device 660 can determine the frequency channel or data transmission band of the second P2P group. Note that the information processing device 660 may make a request to the information processing device 650 via the information processing device 680.
- the link between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 on a different frequency channel and the link between the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660 on another frequency channel are connected.
- the order of control is not limited.
- the connection processing between the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 680 may be a normal group formation process.
- FIG. 21 shows an example of coexistence using the same link as the first P2P group. That is, an example is shown in which the P2P client of the second P2P group is connected using the same frequency channel as the GO of the first P2P group.
- the user uses the information processing device 650 to change the display forms of the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660 and transmits the display contents of the information processing device 680 to the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 660.
- an operation for giving an instruction is performed.
- the user changes the usage of the information processing device 680 and the information processing device 660.
- the information processing apparatus 650 transmits a 2nd GO Setup Request to the information processing apparatus 680 to function as the GO of the second P2P group (721).
- the 2nd GO Setup Request includes information indicating whether or not the same link is used (shown in FIGS. 23 and 24).
- the information processing apparatus 680 that has received the 2nd GO Setup Request transmits a response (2nd GO Setup Response) to the 2nd GO Setup Request to the information processing apparatus 650 (722).
- the information processing apparatus 650 that has received the 2nd GO Setup Response confirms that the information processing apparatus 680 has become GO. Then, after the confirmation, the information processing device 650 transmits a Dissociation to the information processing device 660 (723).
- the information processing apparatus 680 exchanges P2P invitation requests / responses with the information processing apparatus 660 (724, 725). In addition, about P2P invitation Request / Response, it shows in FIG. Then, the information processing apparatus 680 performs a group formation process with the information processing apparatus 660 (726).
- the wireless link of the first P2P group 720 can be used as it is. Therefore, the connection of the second P2P group is omitted, the information processing device 650 performs P2P client processing, and the information processing device 680 performs processing for starting up the GO function.
- a second P2P group 727 in which the information processing device 650 is P2P GO and a third P2P group 728 in which the information processing device 680 is P2P GO are formed.
- FIGS. 19 to 21 show an example in which the information processing apparatuses 650 and 680 operate as P2P current (dotted rectangles 706, 707, 718, 719, 729, and 730) as the current operation.
- the information processing devices 650 and 680 may be operated by the WLAN current as the current operation. That is, the information processing devices 650 and 680 may operate in the direct communication mode and the infrastructure mode coexisting.
- or FIG. 21 is an example, and this technique is not limited to these.
- An application example of FIGS. 19 to 21 is shown in FIG.
- each group is formed (741 to 745). Then, image transmission is performed between the information processing apparatuses (746). This image transmission is possible by IP, UDP, or RTP.
- control signals for example, MAC address, TCP
- all the wireless links may be connected as the first P2P group, and the role of the information processing apparatus such as P2P GO or P2P client may be changed after the connection.
- FIGS. 21 and 22 may be performed after the group generation shown in FIGS. 19 and 20. Further, instead of the processes (747 to 750) performed after the image transmission (746) shown in FIG. 22, the processes (702 to 705) shown in FIG. 19 or the processes (711 to 715) shown in FIG. May be performed.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a transition example of groups formed by information processing devices that configure the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 27A and 27B show a transition example when the second P2P group 780 is formed in the state where the first P2P group 760 is formed. That is, the first P2P group 760 is shown in FIG. FIG. 27 b shows a second P2P group 780.
- the first P2P group 760 is a P2P group that performs image transmission from a plurality of source devices (information processing devices 670 and 680) to one sink device (information processing device 650).
- the second P2P group 780 is a P2P group that performs image transmission from a plurality of source devices (information processing devices 670 and 680) to one sink device (information processing device 660).
- FIG. 27 shows an example in which only one device (device management service device) that performs a device management service for managing each device (source device, sink device) among the devices configuring the communication system 640 is provided.
- This device management service device functions as a control device in the entire system, for example.
- FIG. 27 shows an example in which the device management service device is a sink device (information processing device 650).
- sink devices other than the device management service device (information processing device 650) are connected to the device management service device wirelessly or by wire.
- Each sink device can specify whether to start as a device management service device or another sink device at the time of startup.
- FIG. 27 shows an example in which each source device (information processing devices 670 and 680) switches a connection-destination sink device based on an instruction from a device management service device (information processing device 650).
- FIG. 27A schematically shows a first P2P group 760 formed by the information processing device 650, the information processing device 670, and the information processing device 680 by a dotted rectangle.
- the device management service device (information processing device 650) holds a device management list 850.
- the device management list 850 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 27 b schematically illustrates the second P2P group 780 formed by the information processing device 660, the information processing device 670, and the information processing device 680 with a dotted rectangle.
- the information processing apparatus 650 is a P2P GO
- the information processing apparatus 660 is a P2P GO. It is assumed that there is no change in the P2P clients in the first P2P group 760 and the second P2P group 780.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram schematically illustrating a transition example of the content held in the device management list 850 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- the device management list 850 is a table that holds information (management information) for managing each device connected to the information processing apparatus 650 using wireless communication. For example, in the device management list 850, terminal identification information 851, a device name 852, and a communication method 853 are stored in association with each other.
- the terminal identification information 851 stores identification information (unique ID (for example, physical address)) for identifying each device connected to the information processing device 650 using wireless communication.
- identification information unique ID (for example, physical address)
- the device name 852 a name related to each device connected to the information processing device 650 using wireless communication is stored.
- the communication method 853 stores a communication method that is actually used by each device connected to the information processing apparatus 650 using wireless communication.
- this communication method for example, wired wireless (a connection form between the information processing device 650 and each terminal having terminal identification information), a maximum transmission rate, and a frequency channel are stored.
- the contents of the device management list 850 shown in FIG. 28 may be included in the management information holding unit 390 shown in FIG. 4 for management.
- FIG. 29 is a sequence chart illustrating a communication processing example between devices included in the communication system 640 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- FIG. 29 different points from the above-described communication examples are mainly shown, and some of the common parts are omitted.
- a first P2P group 760 is formed by connecting a plurality of source devices (information processing devices 670 and 680) to one sink device (information processing device 650). Further, it is assumed that the sink device (information processing device 650) manages a plurality of source devices (information processing devices 670 and 680) by a device management list 850 (shown in a of FIG. 28). Further, it is assumed that image transmission is performed from a plurality of source devices (information processing devices 670 and 680) to a sink device (information processing device 650) (761 and 762).
- a sink device (information processing device 660) that does not belong to the first P2P group 760 starts a service (763).
- the sink device (information processing device 650), which is a device management service device, finds the sink device (information processing device 660) that started the service by device discovery processing (764).
- the sink device finds the sink device (information processing device 660)
- the sink device (information processing device 660) is registered in the device management list 850 (767).
- the sink device (information processing device 660) that started the service transmits an associate command to the sink device (information processing device 650) that is a device management service device (765).
- This associate command includes, for example, each piece of information (part or all) stored in the device management list 850 shown in FIG.
- the sink device When the sink device (information processing device 650) receives the associate command, the sink device (information processing device 660) transmits confirmation information indicating that the content has been confirmed (for example, information indicating OK or NG) to the sink device (information processing device 660). (766). In this case, it is also possible to confirm whether the sink device (information processing device 650), which is a device management service device, or the sink device (information processing device 650) can be connected from another device that can be controlled remotely. Make it possible.
- each piece of information regarding the sink device (information processing device 660) is stored in the device management list 850. (767). An example of this storage is shown in FIG.
- each source device accesses the device management list 850 managed by the sink device (information processing device 650), and stores the device management information stored in the device management list 850.
- the source devices can access the device management list 850 based on the control of the sink device (information processing device 650).
- each source device switches to image transmission to the sink device (information processing device 660) that started the service based on the acquired device management information (770 and 771). .
- a plurality of source devices are connected to a new sink device (information processing device 660), thereby forming a second P2P group 780.
- image transmission is performed from a plurality of source devices (information processing devices 670 and 680) to a new sink device (information processing device 660) (781, 782).
- each source device (information processing devices 670 and 680) switches the transmission destination of image transmission to a sink device (information processing device 650) (when returning to the original transmission destination).
- each source device (information processing devices 670 and 680) disconnects the link with the sink device (information processing device 660), and starts connection to the sink device (information processing device 650).
- the sink device (information processing device 660) transmits an image transmission state (for example, stop, disconnection, reproduction) to the sink device (information processing device 650). Is preferably notified.
- the wireless communication unit of each information processing device wirelessly communicates a stream for outputting image information from the sink device belonging to the first group in the first group to which a plurality of information processing devices including the device itself belongs. Use to communicate. Also, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the wireless communication unit of each information processing device transmits a stream for outputting image information from the sink device belonging to the first group to the wireless communication device in the first group. You may make it communicate via.
- This wireless communication apparatus is, for example, a wireless device such as an access point.
- the group owner of the first group notifies the group owner of the second group of the capability information regarding each information processing apparatus.
- the second group owner forms the second group based on the capability information regarding the plurality of information processing apparatuses.
- the control unit of each information processing apparatus can perform control for forming the second group based on how the sink device is used or how the first group owner is used.
- the capability information includes, for example, at least one of information on a used frequency, information on a used transmission rate, and information on the presence / absence of a concurrent function.
- control unit of each information processing device performs control for exchanging state information regarding each information processing device belonging to the first group and restriction information regarding each information processing device between the information processing devices belonging to the first group. In this manner, since it is possible to know in advance whether or not connection is possible, etc. before topology construction, it is possible to send a message in advance to the user about how to deal with it.
- control unit of each information processing apparatus obtains information on the recommended frequency and transmission speed recommended for the second group from the first group owner based on at least one of the display form of the sink device and how it is used. 2 Control for notifying the group owner can be performed. Thereby, in the formation of the second group, the second group can be formed while the service of the first group is stabilized in accordance with the frequency usage status of the first group, the concurrent mounting status of each device, and the transmission speed status. it can.
- the first group owner can determine the second group owner and the second group clients so that at least one client belonging to the first group becomes the second group owner. Then, the first group owner can notify the information processing apparatus that will belong to the second group of the determined content. In this case, the second group owner can form a second group by performing an invitation process on each information processing apparatus that is a client of the second group. Thereby, since Invitatin is transmitted to each P2P client after a 2nd group is produced
- the second group owner can form the second group by performing the provision discovery process based on the information received from the information processing apparatus serving as the client of the second group.
- the load on GO can be reduced by starting access from the P2P client.
- the first group owner notifies the information processing apparatus newly participating in the first group of the device management information (for example, each information shown in FIG. 4) managed by the first group owner and participates in the first group. Mode can be set. As a result, functions that can be grasped in advance can be set, and the time for topology connection can be reduced.
- the device management information for example, each information shown in FIG. 4
- control unit of each information processing apparatus can perform control for forming the second group by setting the second group owner and the second group client via the first group.
- control unit of each information processing apparatus can perform control for transmitting the capability information necessary for forming the second group to each information processing apparatus belonging to the second group.
- the first group owner can disconnect from the first group by transmitting the capability information managed by the first group owner to the second group owner.
- Each of these control examples can also be applied to a case where an information processing device other than the information processing device belonging to the first group is set as the group owner of the second group, as shown in FIGS. .
- control unit of each information processing device forms the second group
- the group owner of the first group sends the capability information about each information processing device to the group owner of the second group via the wireless communication device. Control for notification.
- a part of the processing for forming a group can be omitted for the links between the information processing devices that belong to the second group.
- scanning, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), and TCP part setting processing can be omitted.
- Wi-Fi P2P Technical Specification v1.1 Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Simple Configuration Technical Specification v2.0.1 Wi-Fi Simple Configuration Technical Specification v2.0.1
- the information of the first Miracast group can be used, and the GO of the second P2P group can grasp the common capability candidates or common service candidates of the plurality of P2P clients. . For this reason, connection time can be shortened. Further, since exchange of concurrent device information, frequency channel information, transmission band information, etc. is performed for two or more Miracast groups, an effective system as a radio band can be provided.
- the P2P protocol or the Miracast protocol in the second topology formation can be realized. Thereby, the process regarding group formation can be performed quickly.
- the first P2P group is a multi-sync environment, it may be used for connection of the second P2P group based on how the group owner, which is the source device, is used.
- 10 and 11 show an example in which the maximum number of P2P clients connected to one GO (information processing device 680) is two (information processing device 650 and information processing device 660).
- the second embodiment of the present technology can also be applied to a case where there are three or more P2P clients.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 communication is performed between a plurality of sink devices (information processing device 650 and information processing device 660) and a plurality of source devices (information processing device 670 and information processing device 680).
- An example is shown.
- the second embodiment of the present technology can also be applied to a case where communication is performed between a plurality of sink devices and one source device. That is, the second embodiment of the present technology can be applied to both a case where the information processing device 670 exists and a case where the information processing device 670 does not exist.
- FIG. 14 shows an example in which the information processing apparatus 660 constructs a topology (708), but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the information processing device 660 is a dedicated device for a sink device that can be connected to a plurality of source devices.
- FIG. 30 illustrates an example of communication between one sink device including a plurality of wireless communication units and a plurality of source devices.
- FIG. 30 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration example of the communication system 600 according to the second embodiment of the present technology.
- the communication system 600 includes an information processing device 610, an information processing device 620, and an information processing device 630.
- the communication system 600 corresponds to the communication system 100 shown in FIG.
- the information processing device 610 corresponds to the information processing device 300 that is a sink device
- the information processing device 620 corresponds to the information processing device 200 that is a source device
- the information processing device 630 is an information processing device that is a source device.
- the device 400 corresponds to the device 400. For this reason, below, a part of description about the part which is common in the communication system 100 is abbreviate
- FIG. 30 as shown in FIG. 5, a case where the display area of the main image is larger than the sub-image will be described as an example.
- the resolution of the main image is larger than that of the sub-image, it is desirable to perform high-quality image transmission for the main image and standard-quality image transmission for the sub-image.
- FIG. 30 shows an example in which an information processing apparatus capable of concurrent operation that can simultaneously use a plurality of frequency channels among the three types of frequency channels of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz is shown.
- connection processing can be performed while switching between a plurality of devices in the same frequency channel or a plurality (two or more) of different frequency channels.
- MAC Media Access Control
- FIG. 30 illustrates an example in which a wireless communication unit compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad standard represented by 60 GHz (for example, the wireless communication units 611 and 612 illustrated in FIG. 30) is used.
- a wireless communication unit compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad standard represented by 60 GHz for example, the wireless communication units 611 and 612 illustrated in FIG. 30
- a 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz wireless communication unit for example, a wireless communication unit 613 shown in FIG. 30
- IEEE802.11ad used for the main image can perform high-speed transmission of several Gbps at the maximum. Therefore, the resolution is not limited to HD, and 4K (4K resolution) transmission can be performed, which is suitable for high-quality image transmission.
- IEEE802.11ad employs a technology that increases the distance by providing directivity to the antenna, so an environment in which a link cannot be secured such as blocking by a person is assumed. Is done. Therefore, in the second embodiment of the present technology, an example in which multi-receive diversity is appropriately set in such an environment (an example that appropriately corresponds to a topology change) is shown.
- the information processing device 610 includes three wireless communication units 611 to 613.
- the wireless communication units 611 and 612 are assumed to be wireless communication units compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad standard, represented by 60 GHz.
- the wireless communication unit 613 is assumed to be a 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz wireless communication unit.
- the wireless communication unit is divided into 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz and 60 GHz.
- the wireless communication unit may not be divided as such, and only one frequency band may be used. You may make it use by division
- the sink device includes a plurality of reception units (60 GHz wireless communication units 611 and 612) for performing reception using multi-reception diversity.
- the plurality of receiving units 60 GHz radio communication units 611 and 612 are used. Accordingly, for example, even when an obstacle enters between the information processing device 620 and the wireless communication unit 611 (indicated by the solid line 622) and the link is disconnected, the information processing device 620 and the wireless communication unit 612 (solid line 621). Link) can be avoided. That is, image transmission between the information processing device 610 and the information processing device 620 can be prevented from being interrupted.
- the information processing device 620 when performing transmission using multi-reception diversity from the information processing device 620 to the information processing device 610, the information processing device 620 copies the same image data as the image data transmitted to the wireless communication unit 611 and performs wireless communication. The packet is transmitted to the unit 612.
- the information processing apparatus 610 can interpolate a lost packet for the image data received by the wireless communication unit 611 from the image data received by the wireless communication unit 612. By performing interpolation in this way, the image data transmitted by the information processing device 620 can be as close as possible. In addition, the information processing device 610 generates a main image based on the image data subjected to the interpolation processing and displays the main image on the display unit.
- the information processing device 630 can connect to the wireless communication unit 613 and transmit image data to the wireless communication unit 613.
- the information processing device 610 generates a sub image based on the image data received by the wireless communication unit 613 and displays it on the display unit.
- the connection between the information processing apparatus 610 and the information processing apparatus 620 is 1 to 2 (solid lines 621 and 622). Show).
- the information processing device 630 transmits the sub-image to the information processing device 610 as a standard quality image
- the connection between the information processing device 610 and the information processing device 630 is one-to-one (indicated by a dotted line 631). be able to.
- the connection between the information processing device 610 and the information processing device 620 is one-to-one (indicated by a dotted line 623). be able to.
- At least one of the source device and the sink device may have an NFC tag function or a Reader / Writer function.
- the device can participate in an existing group by a touch operation using NFC.
- a group owner of a new group can be determined by a touch operation using NFC.
- a device that touches a group owner (or sink device) of an existing group can be determined as a group owner of a new group.
- how to use the information processing device 650 and the information processing device 660 is not limited to the above. For example, issuing an instruction to display the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 as a multi-display by operating the display state of the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 can be grasped as how the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 is used. . Further, for example, operating the display state of the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 to change the display state of each device like an extended display is also an example of how the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 is used. I can grasp it.
- an operation for changing the GO to the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660 may be performed via another information processing device as a method of using the information processing device 650 or the information processing device 660.
- the other information processing apparatus can be connected to the information processing apparatus 650 or the information processing apparatus 660 using, for example, wired communication or wireless communication, and can be operated (for example, remote control). , Tablet devices, smartphones).
- control unit of each information processing device is configured to set multi-reception of streams related to other information processing devices based on capability information related to other information processing devices and how the information processing devices are used. Control can be performed.
- unnecessary power consumption is achieved by adjusting the resolution of the stream, stopping transmission, changing the frequency channel, etc. in the sink device that performs output based on the streams from the plurality of source devices. Can be reduced. Thereby, communication suitable for a mobile device can be realized. Further, it is possible to improve the bandwidth utilization efficiency of the frequency channel and realize communication with improved robustness.
- embodiments of the present technology can be applied to other devices having a wireless communication function.
- the embodiment of the present technology can be applied to an imaging apparatus (for example, a digital still camera or a digital video camera (for example, a camera-integrated recorder)) having a wireless communication function.
- an imaging apparatus for example, a digital still camera or a digital video camera (for example, a camera-integrated recorder)
- a display device for example, a television, a projector, a personal computer
- a portable information processing device for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal.
- the information processing apparatuses 200, 300, 400, 610, 620, 630, 650, 660, 670, and 680 are smartphones, tablet PCs (Personal Computers), notebook PCs, mobile terminals such as portable game terminals or digital cameras, You may implement
- in-vehicle terminals such as fixed terminals, such as a television receiver, a printer, a digital scanner, or network storage, or a car navigation apparatus.
- the information processing devices 200, 300, 400, 610, 620, 630, 650, 660, 670, and 680 are M2M (Machine) such as smart meters, vending machines, remote monitoring devices, or POS (Point Of Sale) terminals. It may be realized as a terminal (also referred to as an MTC (Machine Type Communication) terminal) that performs To Machine (To Machine) communication. Furthermore, the information processing apparatuses 200, 300, 400, 610, 620, 630, 650, 660, 670, and 680 are wireless communication modules (for example, integrated circuit modules configured by one die) mounted on these terminals. There may be.
- FIG. 31 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone 900 to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied.
- the smartphone 900 includes a processor 901, a memory 902, a storage 903, an external connection interface 904, a camera 906, a sensor 907, a microphone 908, an input device 909, a display device 910, a speaker 911, a wireless communication interface 913, an antenna switch 914, an antenna 915, A bus 917, a battery 918, and an auxiliary controller 919 are provided.
- the processor 901 may be, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a SoC (System on Chip), and controls the functions of the application layer and other layers of the smartphone 900.
- the memory 902 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), and stores programs and data executed by the processor 901.
- the storage 903 can include a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk.
- the external connection interface 904 is an interface for connecting an external device such as a memory card or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device to the smartphone 900.
- the camera 906 includes, for example, an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), and generates a captured image.
- the sensor 907 may include a sensor group such as a positioning sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an acceleration sensor.
- the microphone 908 converts sound input to the smartphone 900 into an audio signal.
- the input device 909 includes, for example, a touch sensor that detects a touch on the screen of the display device 910, a keypad, a keyboard, a button, or a switch, and receives an operation or information input from a user.
- the display device 910 has a screen such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, and displays an output image of the smartphone 900.
- the speaker 911 converts an audio signal output from the smartphone 900 into audio.
- the wireless communication interface 913 supports one or more wireless LAN standards such as IEEE802.11a, 11b, 11g, 11n, 11ac, and 11ad, and performs wireless communication.
- the wireless communication interface 913 can communicate with other devices via a wireless LAN access point in the infrastructure mode.
- the wireless communication interface 913 can directly communicate with other devices in the ad-hoc mode or the direct communication mode such as Wi-Fi Direct.
- Wi-Fi Direct unlike the ad hoc mode, one of two terminals operates as an access point, but communication is performed directly between the terminals.
- the wireless communication interface 913 can typically include a baseband processor, an RF (Radio Frequency) circuit, a power amplifier, and the like.
- the wireless communication interface 913 may be a one-chip module in which a memory that stores a communication control program, a processor that executes the program, and related circuits are integrated.
- the wireless communication interface 913 may support other types of wireless communication methods such as a short-range wireless communication method, a proximity wireless communication method, or a cellular communication method in addition to the wireless LAN method.
- the antenna switch 914 switches the connection destination of the antenna 915 among a plurality of circuits (for example, circuits for different wireless communication schemes) included in the wireless communication interface 913.
- the antenna 915 includes a single antenna element or a plurality of antenna elements (for example, a plurality of antenna elements constituting a MIMO antenna), and is used for transmission and reception of radio signals by the radio communication interface 913. It also has a wireless communication interface function for connecting to public lines such as IEEE 802.16, 3GPP specifications (for example, W-CDMA, GSM, WiMAX, WiMAX2, LTE, LTE-A), and communicates with public lines.
- the smartphone 900 is not limited to the example of FIG. 31, and may include a plurality of antennas (for example, an antenna for a wireless LAN, an antenna for a proximity wireless communication method, an antenna for public line communication, etc.).
- the antenna switch 914 may be omitted from the configuration of the smartphone 900.
- the bus 917 connects the processor 901, memory 902, storage 903, external connection interface 904, camera 906, sensor 907, microphone 908, input device 909, display device 910, speaker 911, wireless communication interface 913, and auxiliary controller 919 to each other.
- the battery 918 supplies electric power to each block of the smartphone 900 shown in FIG. 31 via a power supply line partially shown by a broken line in the drawing.
- the auxiliary controller 919 operates the minimum necessary functions of the smartphone 900 in the sleep mode.
- control unit 240 described with reference to FIG. 2 and the control unit 370 described with reference to FIG. 3 may be implemented in the wireless communication interface 913.
- control unit 370 described with reference to FIG. 3 may be implemented in the wireless communication interface 913.
- at least a part of these functions may be implemented in the processor 901 or the auxiliary controller 919.
- the smartphone 900 may operate as a wireless access point (software AP) when the processor 901 executes the access point function at the application level. Further, the wireless communication interface 913 may have a wireless access point function.
- FIG. 32 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation device 920 to which the technology according to the present disclosure can be applied.
- the car navigation device 920 includes a processor 921, a memory 922, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module 924, a sensor 925, a data interface 926, a content player 927, a storage medium interface 928, an input device 929, a display device 930, a speaker 931, and wireless communication.
- An interface 933, an antenna switch 934, an antenna 935, and a battery 938 are provided.
- the processor 921 may be a CPU or SoC, for example, and controls the navigation function and other functions of the car navigation device 920.
- the memory 922 includes RAM and ROM, and stores programs and data executed by the processor 921.
- the GPS module 924 measures the position (for example, latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the car navigation device 920 using GPS signals received from GPS satellites.
- the sensor 925 may include a sensor group such as a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and an atmospheric pressure sensor.
- the data interface 926 is connected to the in-vehicle network 941 through a terminal (not shown), for example, and acquires data generated on the vehicle side such as vehicle speed data.
- the content player 927 reproduces content stored in a storage medium (for example, CD or DVD) inserted into the storage medium interface 928.
- the input device 929 includes, for example, a touch sensor, a button, or a switch that detects a touch on the screen of the display device 930, and receives an operation or information input from the user.
- the display device 930 has a screen such as an LCD or an OLED display, and displays a navigation function or an image of content to be reproduced.
- the speaker 931 outputs the navigation function or the audio of the content to be played back.
- the wireless communication interface 933 supports one or more wireless LAN standards such as IEEE802.11a, 11b, 11g, 11n, 11ac, and 11ad, and executes wireless communication.
- the wireless communication interface 933 can communicate with other devices via a wireless LAN access point in the infrastructure mode.
- the wireless communication interface 933 can directly communicate with other devices in the ad-hoc mode or the direct communication mode such as Wi-Fi Direct.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may typically include a baseband processor, an RF circuit, a power amplifier, and the like.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may be a one-chip module in which a memory that stores a communication control program, a processor that executes the program, and related circuits are integrated.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may support other types of wireless communication systems such as a short-range wireless communication system, a proximity wireless communication system, or a cellular communication system.
- the antenna switch 934 switches the connection destination of the antenna 935 among a plurality of circuits included in the wireless communication interface 933.
- the antenna 935 includes a single antenna element or a plurality of antenna elements, and is used for transmission and reception of a radio signal by the radio communication interface 933.
- the car navigation apparatus 920 may include a plurality of antennas.
- the antenna switch 934 may be omitted from the configuration of the car navigation device 920.
- the battery 938 supplies power to each block of the car navigation device 920 shown in FIG. 32 via a power supply line partially shown by a broken line in the drawing. Further, the battery 938 stores electric power supplied from the vehicle side.
- control unit 240 described with reference to FIG. 2 and the control unit 370 described with reference to FIG. 3 may be implemented in the wireless communication interface 933. Further, at least a part of these functions may be implemented in the processor 921.
- the technology according to the present disclosure may be realized as an in-vehicle system (or vehicle) 940 including one or more blocks of the car navigation device 920 described above, an in-vehicle network 941, and a vehicle side module 942.
- vehicle-side module 942 generates vehicle-side data such as vehicle speed, engine speed, or failure information, and outputs the generated data to the in-vehicle network 941.
- the processing procedure described in the above embodiment may be regarded as a method having a series of these procedures, and a program for causing a computer to execute these series of procedures or a recording medium storing the program. You may catch it.
- a recording medium for example, a CD (Compact Disc), an MD (MiniDisc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a memory card, a Blu-ray disc (Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc), or the like can be used.
- An information processing apparatus comprising a control unit that performs control.
- the control unit controls to transmit a group change request including predetermined bandwidth information to the second information processing apparatus prior to the request and response exchange processing when forming the second group.
- the control unit is information used when determining the role of the second group, and includes state information indicating a role of each information processing device belonging to the first group, and constraint information regarding restrictions on each information processing device.
- the information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (6), wherein control for exchanging information processing apparatuses belonging to the first group is performed.
- the control unit is configured to provide information on a recommended use frequency and transmission rate for the second group based on at least one of a display form of the first information processing device and a usage of the first information processing device.
- the information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (7), wherein control for notifying the second information processing apparatus is performed.
- the information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (8), wherein the first information processing apparatus manages device management information of each information processing apparatus belonging to the first group.
- the first information processing apparatus determines a group owner of the second group and a client of the second group so that at least one client belonging to the first group becomes the second information processing apparatus.
- the information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (9), wherein contents are notified to each information processing apparatus that belongs to the second group.
- the group owner of the second group forms the second group by performing an invitation process on each information processing apparatus that is a client of the second group.
- the information processing apparatus according to (10), wherein the group owner of the second group forms the second group by performing a provision discovery process based on information received from an information processing apparatus serving as a client of the second group. apparatus.
- the first information processing apparatus notifies the information processing apparatus newly participating in the first group of device management information managed by the first information processing apparatus and sets a mode for participating in the first group.
- the information processing apparatus according to any one of (1) to (12).
- the control unit performs control for forming the second group by setting a group owner of the second group and a client of the second group via the first group. (1) to (13) The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.
- the control unit performs control for transmitting capability information necessary for forming the second group to each information processing apparatus belonging to the second group.
- the first information processing apparatus transmits capability information managed by the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus to transmit the first group.
- the capability information includes at least one of information on a used frequency, information on a used transmission rate, and information on the presence / absence of a concurrent function, according to any one of (1) to (16).
- Information processing device includes at least one of information on a used frequency, information on a used transmission rate, and information on the presence / absence of a concurrent function, according to any one of (1) to (16).
- An information processing method comprising: a control procedure for performing control.
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Description
1.第1の実施の形態(ユーザ情報や管理情報に基づいて無線通信に関する制御を行う例)
2.第2の実施の形態(マルチソース環境下でマルチシンクを設定する例)
3.応用例
[通信システムの構成例]
図1は、本技術の第1の実施の形態における通信システム100のシステム構成例を示すブロック図である。図1では、P2P(Peer to Peer)ダイレクト通信により無線接続を行うことができる通信システムの一例を示す。
図2は、本技術の第1の実施の形態における情報処理装置200の機能構成例を示すブロック図である。なお、情報処理装置400の無線通信に関する機能構成は、情報処理装置200と略同一の構成である。このため、本技術の第1の実施の形態では、情報処理装置200についてのみ説明し、情報処理装置400の説明を省略する。
図3は、本技術の第1の実施の形態における情報処理装置300の機能構成例を示すブロック図である。
図4は、本技術の第1の実施の形態における管理情報保持部390の保持内容の一例を模式的に示す図である。
図5は、本技術の第1の実施の形態における情報処理装置300の表示部351に表示される画像の遷移例を示す図である。
図6乃至図8は、本技術の第1の実施の形態における通信システム100を構成する各装置間における通信処理例を示すシーケンスチャートである。なお、図6乃至図8では、情報処理装置200および情報処理装置300間における通信処理例を示す。
送信処理を行うため、情報処理装置200の各部をウェークアップ(WakeUp)させ、情報処理装置300へ送信処理を行う(515乃至520)。
図9は、本技術の第1の実施の形態におけるソース機器およびシンク機器間における通信処理例を示すシーケンスチャートである。図9では、RTSPプロトコルを用いたやりとりの通信例を示す。なお、ソース機器420は、情報処理装置200、400に対応し、シンク機器430は、情報処理装置300に対応する。
本技術の第1の実施の形態では、1つ以上のソース機器から1つのシンク機器に画像伝送を行う例を示した。ここで、1つ以上のソース機器から複数のシンク機器に画像伝送を行うことも可能である。
図10および図11は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640のシステム構成例を示すブロック図である。図10および図11では、複数のシンク機器(情報処理装置650、情報処理装置660)と、複数のソース機器(情報処理装置670、情報処理装置680)との間で通信を行う場合の例を示す。
図12および図13は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640のシステム構成例を示すブロック図である。
図14は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640を構成する各装置間における通信処理例を示すシーケンスチャートである。なお、図14では、情報処理装置650、情報処理装置660および情報処理装置680間における通信処理例を示す。
図15は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における情報処理装置680による通信処理の処理手順の一例を示すフローチャートである。この通信処理は、例えば、情報処理装置680が、情報処理装置650をGOとする第1のP2Pグループのダイレクト通信モードにおけるリンクを利用することにより開始される。
図18は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640を構成する各情報処理装置により形成されるグループの遷移例を示す図である。
図19乃至図22は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640を構成する各装置間における通信処理例を示すシーケンスチャートである。
(1)第2のP2Pグループ701ではGOとして動作すること
(2)情報処理装置650との第2のP2Pグループ701に関する接続は省略すること(Invitation省略フラグ=1を記載(図25に示す))
以上では、第2のP2Pグループを形成する際に、第1のP2PグループのP2Pクライアント(ソース機器)を、第1のP2PグループのGOに切り替える例を示した。ただし、本技術は、これに限定されない。例えば、第2のP2Pグループを生成する際に、第1のP2PグループのP2Pクライアント(ソース機器)を、第2のP2PグループでもP2Pクライアントとすることができる。そこで、以下では、この例を示す。
図27は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640を構成する各情報処理装置により形成されるグループの遷移例を示す図である。
図28は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における機器管理リスト850の保持内容の遷移例を模式的に示す図である。
図29は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム640を構成する各装置間における通信処理例を示すシーケンスチャートである。なお、図29では、上述した各通信例と異なる点を中心に示し、共通する部分の一部を省略する。
図30は、本技術の第2の実施の形態における通信システム600のシステム構成例を示すブロック図である。
本開示に係る技術は、様々な製品へ応用可能である。例えば、情報処理装置200、300、400、610、620、630、650、660、670、680は、スマートフォン、タブレットPC(Personal Computer)、ノートPC、携帯型ゲーム端末若しくはデジタルカメラなどのモバイル端末、テレビジョン受像機、プリンタ、デジタルスキャナ若しくはネットワークストレージなどの固定端末、又はカーナビゲーション装置などの車載端末として実現されてもよい。また、情報処理装置200、300、400、610、620、630、650、660、670、680は、スマートメータ、自動販売機、遠隔監視装置又はPOS(Point Of Sale)端末などの、M2M(Machine To Machine)通信を行う端末(MTC(Machine Type Communication)端末ともいう)として実現されてもよい。さらに、情報処理装置200、300、400、610、620、630、650、660、670、680は、これら端末に搭載される無線通信モジュール(例えば、1つのダイで構成される集積回路モジュール)であってもよい。
図31は、本開示に係る技術が適用され得るスマートフォン900の概略的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。スマートフォン900は、プロセッサ901、メモリ902、ストレージ903、外部接続インタフェース904、カメラ906、センサ907、マイクロフォン908、入力デバイス909、表示デバイス910、スピーカ911、無線通信インタフェース913、アンテナスイッチ914、アンテナ915、バス917、バッテリー918及び補助コントローラ919を備える。
図32は、本開示に係る技術が適用され得るカーナビゲーション装置920の概略的な構成の一例を示すブロック図である。カーナビゲーション装置920は、プロセッサ921、メモリ922、GPS(Global Positioning System)モジュール924、センサ925、データインタフェース926、コンテンツプレーヤ927、記憶媒体インタフェース928、入力デバイス929、表示デバイス930、スピーカ931、無線通信インタフェース933、アンテナスイッチ934、アンテナ935及びバッテリー938を備える。
(1)
自装置を含む一以上の情報処理装置が属する第1グループにおいて、前記第1グループに属する第1情報処理装置から画像情報を出力させるためのストリームを無線通信を利用してやりとりする無線通信部と、
前記第1グループ以外の新たなグループである第2グループを形成する場合に、前記第2グループに属する第2情報処理装置との間で、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報を交換するための制御を行う制御部と
を具備する情報処理装置。
(2)
前記制御部は、前記第2情報処理装置との間で、利用可能な周波数チャネルまたはデータ伝送帯域の情報を含むRequestおよびResponseの交換処理を行うよう制御する、前記(1)に記載の情報処理装置。
(3)
前記制御部は、前記第2のグループを形成する際に、前記RequestおよびResponseの交換処理に先立って、所定の帯域情報を含むグループ変更要求を前記第2情報処理装置に送信するよう制御する、前記(2)に記載の情報処理装置。
(4)
前記制御部は、前記RequestおよびResponseの交換処理を、Provision Discoveryによって実現するよう制御する、前記(2)または(3)に記載の情報処理装置。
(5)
前記第2情報処理装置は、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報に基づいて前記第2グループを形成する前記(1)から(4)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(6)
前記制御部は、前記第1情報処理装置の使われ方に基づいて、前記第2グループを形成するための制御を行う前記(1)から(5)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(7)
前記制御部は、前記第2グループの役割を決定する際に用いられる情報であって前記第1グループに属する各情報処理装置の役割を示す状態情報および前記各情報処理装置の制約に関する制約情報を前記第1グループに属する情報処理装置間でやりとりするための制御を行う前記(1)から(6)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(8)
前記制御部は、前記第1情報処理装置の表示形態と前記第1情報処理装置の使われ方とのうちの少なくとも1つに基づいて、前記第2グループに推奨する使用周波数および伝送速度に関する情報を前記第2情報処理装置に通知するための制御を行う前記(1)から(7)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(9)
前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1グループに属する各情報処理装置の機器管理情報を管理する前記(1)から(8)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(10)
前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1グループに属する少なくとも1つのクライアントが前記第2情報処理装置となるように、前記第2グループのグループオーナーおよび前記第2グループのクライアントを決定して当該決定内容を前記第2グループに属することになる各情報処理装置に通知する前記(1)から(9)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(11)
前記第2グループのグループオーナーは、前記第2グループのクライアントとなる各情報処理装置にInvitation処理を行うことにより前記第2グループを形成する前記(10)に記載の情報処理装置。
(12)
前記第2グループのグループオーナーは、前記第2グループのクライアントとなる情報処理装置から受信した情報に基づいてProvision Discovery処理を行うことにより前記第2グループを形成する前記(10)に記載の情報処理装置。
(13)
前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1グループに新たに参加する情報処理装置に前記第1情報処理装置が管理する機器管理情報を通知して前記第1グループに参加するためのモードを設定させる前記(1)から(12)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(14)
前記制御部は、前記第1グループ経由で前記第2グループのグループオーナーおよび前記第2グループのクライアントを設定することにより前記第2グループを形成するための制御を行う前記(1)から(13)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(15)
前記制御部は、前記第2グループの形成に必要なCapability情報を、前記第2グループに属することになる各情報処理装置に送信するための制御を行う前記(1)から(14)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(16)
前記第1情報処理装置がコンカレント機能を備えない場合には、前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1情報処理装置が管理するCapability情報を前記第2情報処理装置に送信して前記第1グループから切断する前記(1)から(15)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(17)
前記Capability情報は、使用される周波数に関する情報と、使用される伝送レートに関する情報と、コンカレント機能の有無に関する情報とのうちの少なくとも1つを含む前記(1)から(16)のいずれかに記載の情報処理装置。
(18)
一以上の情報処理装置が属する第1グループにおいて、前記第1グループに属する第1情報処理装置から画像情報を出力させるためのストリームを無線通信を利用してやりとりする通信手順と、
前記第1グループ以外の新たなグループである第2グループを形成する場合に、前記第2グループに属する第2情報処理装置との間で、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報を交換するための制御を行う制御手順と
を具備する情報処理方法。
(19)
一以上の情報処理装置が属する第1グループにおいて、前記第1グループに属する第1情報処理装置から画像情報を出力させるためのストリームを無線通信を利用してやりとりする通信手順と、
前記第1グループ以外の新たなグループである第2グループを形成する場合に、前記第2グループに属する第2情報処理装置との間で、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報を交換するための制御を行う制御手順と
をコンピュータに実行させるプログラム。
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201 データ送信系
202 回線制御系
210 アンテナ
220 無線通信部
230 制御信号受信部
240 制御部
250 画像・音声信号生成部
260 画像・音声圧縮部
270 ストリーム送信部
300 情報処理装置
301 回線制御系
302 入出力系
310 アンテナ
320 無線通信部
330 ストリーム受信部
340 画像・音声展開部
350 画像・音声出力部
351 表示部
352 音声出力部
360 ユーザ情報取得部
361 撮像部
370 制御部
380 制御信号送信部
390 管理情報保持部
400 情報処理装置
420 ソース機器
430 シンク機器
600 通信システム
610 情報処理装置
611~613 無線通信部
620、630 情報処理装置
640 通信システム
650 情報処理装置
651、652 無線通信部
660 情報処理装置
661 無線通信部
670 情報処理装置
680 情報処理装置
900 スマートフォン
901 プロセッサ
902 メモリ
903 ストレージ
904 外部接続インタフェース
906 カメラ
907 センサ
908 マイクロフォン
909 入力デバイス
910 表示デバイス
911 スピーカ
913 無線通信インタフェース
914 アンテナスイッチ
915 アンテナ
917 バス
918 バッテリー
919 補助コントローラ
920 カーナビゲーション装置
921 プロセッサ
922 メモリ
924 GPSモジュール
925 センサ
926 データインタフェース
927 コンテンツプレーヤ
928 記憶媒体インタフェース
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- 自装置を含む一以上の情報処理装置が属する第1グループにおいて、前記第1グループに属する第1情報処理装置から画像情報を出力させるためのストリームを無線通信を利用してやりとりする無線通信部と、
前記第1グループ以外の新たなグループである第2グループを形成する場合に、前記第2グループに属する第2情報処理装置との間で、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報を交換するための制御を行う制御部と
を具備する情報処理装置。 - 前記制御部は、前記第2情報処理装置との間で、利用可能な周波数チャネルまたはデータ伝送帯域の情報を含むRequestおよびResponseの交換処理を行うよう制御する、請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第2のグループを形成する際に、前記RequestおよびResponseの交換処理に先立って、所定の帯域情報を含むグループ変更要求を前記第2情報処理装置に送信するよう制御する、請求項2記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記RequestおよびResponseの交換処理を、Provision Discoveryによって実現するよう制御する、請求項2記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第2情報処理装置は、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報に基づいて前記第2グループを形成する請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第1情報処理装置の使われ方に基づいて、前記第2グループを形成するための制御を行う請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第2グループの役割を決定する際に用いられる情報であって前記第1グループに属する各情報処理装置の役割を示す状態情報および前記各情報処理装置の制約に関する制約情報を前記第1グループに属する情報処理装置間でやりとりするための制御を行う請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第1情報処理装置の表示形態と前記第1情報処理装置の使われ方とのうちの少なくとも1つに基づいて、前記第2グループに推奨する使用周波数および伝送速度に関する情報を前記第2情報処理装置に通知するための制御を行う請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1グループに属する各情報処理装置の機器管理情報を管理する請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1グループに属する少なくとも1つのクライアントが前記第2情報処理装置となるように、前記第2グループのグループオーナーおよび前記第2グループのクライアントを決定して当該決定内容を前記第2グループに属することになる各情報処理装置に通知する請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第2グループのグループオーナーは、前記第2グループのクライアントとなる各情報処理装置にInvitation処理を行うことにより前記第2グループを形成する請求項10記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第2グループのグループオーナーは、前記第2グループのクライアントとなる情報処理装置から受信した情報に基づいてProvision Discovery処理を行うことにより前記第2グループを形成する請求項10記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1グループに新たに参加する情報処理装置に前記第1情報処理装置が管理する機器管理情報を通知して前記第1グループに参加するためのモードを設定させる請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第1グループ経由で前記第2グループのグループオーナーおよび前記第2グループのクライアントを設定することにより前記第2グループを形成するための制御を行う請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第2グループの形成に必要なCapability情報を、前記第2グループに属することになる各情報処理装置に送信するための制御を行う請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記第1情報処理装置がコンカレント機能を備えない場合には、前記第1情報処理装置は、前記第1情報処理装置が管理するCapability情報を前記第2情報処理装置に送信して前記第1グループから切断する請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 前記Capability情報は、使用される周波数に関する情報と、使用される伝送レートに関する情報と、コンカレント機能の有無に関する情報とのうちの少なくとも1つを含む請求項1記載の情報処理装置。
- 一以上の情報処理装置が属する第1グループにおいて、前記第1グループに属する第1情報処理装置から画像情報を出力させるためのストリームを無線通信を利用してやりとりする通信手順と、
前記第1グループ以外の新たなグループである第2グループを形成する場合に、前記第2グループに属する第2情報処理装置との間で、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報を交換するための制御を行う制御手順と
を具備する情報処理方法。 - 一以上の情報処理装置が属する第1グループにおいて、前記第1グループに属する第1情報処理装置から画像情報を出力させるためのストリームを無線通信を利用してやりとりする通信手順と、
前記第1グループ以外の新たなグループである第2グループを形成する場合に、前記第2グループに属する第2情報処理装置との間で、前記一以上の情報処理装置に関するCapability情報を交換するための制御を行う制御手順と
をコンピュータに実行させるプログラム。
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