JP7307611B2 - Information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to technology for distributing video.

In Patent Document 1, in order to relay the content of a sports competition in which a plurality of teams or athletes compete simultaneously in parallel, based on imaging data collected by imaging using a plurality of imaging devices, via the Internet. A technology is disclosed in which a plurality of broadcast pages to be published are generated by the viewer, and the viewer selects a broadcast page to be watched from among the broadcast pages.

JP-A-2002-41955

For example, in a broadcast of a golf match, many players are competing at the same time, but only the images of the players selected and broadcast by the broadcasting station can be viewed. Therefore, it would be convenient for the viewer to be able to select and display an image of a player who is in a situation that he or she wants to see. It may happen that you miss the video of other players in the situation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to easily view a video in a specific situation that has been overlooked in video distribution of an athlete.

In order to achieve the above object, in a sport in which a plurality of athletes compete at the same time, the present invention provides an accumulation unit for accumulating images of a specific athlete continuously photographed, and a display area for displaying the images accumulated in the accumulation unit. When a first operation is performed, the displayed player is switched to an image captured during a period in which the player is in a specific situation, and when a second operation is performed, the displayed player is different from the displayed player. a display control unit that switches to an image captured during a period in which the player is in the specific situation , and the display control unit has the same attribute as the player being displayed and the player when the second operation is performed. To provide an information processing device for switching to an image shot during a period in which a player who plays a game is in the specific situation .

Further, in the present invention, in the sport, a competition is held while progressing in a competition area, and when the second operation is performed, the display control unit identifies a player whose degree of progress is the same as that of the player being displayed. You may switch to the video shot during a certain period of time.

In addition, in the sports, the intermediate progress of each player's ranking is displayed even during the competition, and the display control unit, when the second operation is performed, displays the ranking of the athlete being displayed at a predetermined point in time. may be switched to an image shot during a period in which the player with the predetermined relationship was in the specific situation.

Further, according to the present invention, the predetermined point in time may be a point in time when the player being displayed is in the specific situation.

Further, according to the present invention, when the second operation is performed, the display control unit selects a player different from the player being displayed from among images shot during a period in which the player was in the specific situation. The video may be switched to a place where the player will compete with another player or a video having common features of the place.

Further, the present invention includes a determination unit that determines a player who is highly likely to be viewed by the user based on information related to the user associated with the display area, and the display control unit performs the second operation. , the video may be switched to a video captured during a period in which the player corresponding to the determined possibility, among the players different from the player being displayed, was in the specific situation.

Further, according to the present invention, when the first operation or the second operation is performed, the display control unit displays still images in the display area among the images shot during the period in which the player was in the specific situation. You may switch to an image that is not displayed.

Further, the present invention includes a selection unit for selecting one of the images taken during the period in which the player was in the specific situation, and the display control unit selects the image selected by the selection unit. may be displayed in the display area, and the image may be switched to the selected image when the link is operated.

Further, in the present invention, the display control unit may arrange and display the link at a position according to the relationship between the position of the player appearing in the image indicated by the link and the position of the player being displayed.

Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to easily view a video in a specific situation that has been overlooked in video distribution of an athlete.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a video distribution system according to an embodiment; A diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a server device Diagram showing an example of camera hardware configuration A diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a display device Diagram showing the functional configuration realized by each device A diagram showing an example of a video from behind a player at address A diagram showing an example of the positional relationship between the camera and the player A diagram showing an example of an imaging target table A diagram showing an example of stored player data A diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display surface Diagram showing an example of video switching operation A diagram showing an example of video switching by the first switching operation. A diagram showing an example of video switching by the second switching operation. A diagram showing an example of the operation procedure of each device in the distribution process A diagram showing an example of a displayed link Diagram showing an example of link placement A diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display surface in the modified example.

[1] Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of a video distribution system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same elements shown in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions are omitted.
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a video distribution system 1 according to an embodiment. The video distribution system 1 is a system for distributing sports videos, and particularly distributes sports videos in which a plurality of athletes compete at the same time.

In the above sports, for example, in addition to sports in which multiple athletes start at once and aim for the goal, such as marathons, each athlete starts in turn and plays (competition) individually, such as golf, and finally There are sports that compete for a good score. Both are sports in which multiple athletes compete at the same time. You can, but you cannot see the current competition status of players who are not in the video.

Also, depending on the player, the recorded video may be displayed, or the video of multiple players may be displayed by splitting the screen, but even in that case, you can only watch the recording of the player selected by the broadcasting station. Can not. On the other hand, the video distribution system 1 is characterized in that the viewer can change the player's video to be viewed at his/her own will. In this embodiment, an example in which the video distribution system 1 distributes a golf video will be described.

A video distribution system 1 includes a network 2 , a server device 10 , a plurality of cameras 20 and a display device 30 . A network 2 is a communication system including a mobile communication network, the Internet, etc., and relays data exchange between devices accessing the system. The network 2 is accessed by the server device 10 and the display device 30 through wired communication (or wireless communication), and accessed by the camera 20 through wireless communication.

The camera 20 is operated by a cameraman to continuously photograph a specific player among the plurality of players participating in the sport (golf in this embodiment). Since the camera 20 transmits video data by wireless communication, the player and the cameraman can freely move around the golf course following the player. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the number of cameras 20 is sufficiently sufficient, and one camera 20 is attached to each athlete during the competition to capture an image.

A plurality of cameras 20 each transmit image data representing captured images to server device 10 . The server device 10 performs processing for distributing, to the display device 30, one of the images of a plurality of athletes indicated by the plurality of transmitted image data. The server device 10 is an example of the "information processing device" of the present invention. A video to be distributed is selected based on the operation of a viewer (user of the display device 30 ) who watches sports using the display device 30 .

The display device 30 is a device that displays sports videos distributed by the server device 10 . The display device 30 is, for example, a television, but may be a smart phone, a tablet terminal, or the like. The display device 30 transmits to the server device 10 operation data indicating the viewer's operation on the display device 30 . The server device 10 identifies an image based on an operation (details of which will be described later) indicated by the transmitted operation data, and distributes the identified image.

For example, each device of the server device 10, the plurality of cameras 20, and the display device 30 in one example of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs the information processing of the present disclosure. Note that in the following description, the term "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of each device may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without some of the devices.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 10. As shown in FIG. The server device 10 may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 11, a memory 12, a storage 13, a communication device 14, a bus 15, and the like. The processor 11, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 11 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, registers, and the like.

Each function in the server device 10 is performed by loading predetermined software (programs) on hardware such as the processor 11 and the memory 12 so that the processor 11 performs calculations, controls communication by the communication device 14, controls communication by the communication device 14, and by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage 13 .

The processor 11, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 11 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, registers, and the like. For example, the baseband signal processor, call processor, etc. may be implemented by the processor 11 .

The processor 11 also reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 13 and the communication device 14 to the memory 12, and executes various processes according to these. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least part of the operations described in the above embodiments is used.

For example, each function of the server device 10 may be implemented by a control program stored in the memory 12 and running on the processor 11, and other functional blocks may be implemented similarly. Although it has been explained that the various processes described above are executed by one processor 11, they may be executed by two or more processors 11 simultaneously or sequentially. Processor 11 may be implemented by one or more chips. Note that the program may be transmitted from a network via an electric communication line.

The memory 12 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one of, for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and RAM (Random Access Memory). may be The memory 12 may also be called a register, cache, main memory (main storage device), or the like. The memory 12 can store executable programs (program code), software modules, etc. for performing information processing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The storage 13 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disc such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disc, a magneto-optical disc (e.g., a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, and/or the like. The storage 13 may also be called an auxiliary storage device. The aforementioned storage medium may be, for example, a database, server or other suitable medium including at least one of memory 12 and storage 13 .

The communication device 14 is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like. Each device such as the processor 11 and the memory 12 is connected by a bus 15 for communicating information. The bus 15 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between devices.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the camera 20. As shown in FIG. The camera 20 is physically a computer device including components such as a processor 21, a memory 22, a storage 23, a communication device 24, an imaging device 25, a sensor device 26, an input device 27, and a bus 28. may be configured as Since the communication device 24 transmits video data to the server device 10 by wireless communication, it is desirable to have sufficiently high-speed wireless communication performance. The photographing device 25 is hardware for photographing the athletes, and is, for example, a video camera having performance equivalent to that of a professional digital video camera.

The sensor device 26 is a device having a group of sensors that measure values related to the situation of the player being photographed (playing situation in this embodiment). The sensor device 26 includes, for example, a position sensor that measures the camera position (latitude and longitude representing the position of the own camera) and a direction sensor that measures the camera direction (the direction in which the optical axis of the own camera points). The relationship between the measured values of the sensor device 26 and the game situation will be described later. The input device 27 is an input device (for example, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside, and receives input operations by the cameraman.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the display device 30. As shown in FIG. The display device 30 is physically configured as a computer device including components such as a processor 31, a memory 32, a storage 33, a communication device 34, a display device 35, an input device 36, and a bus 37. good too. The display device 35 is hardware that has a display surface 351 and displays an image distributed from the server device 10 on the display surface 351 .

The input device 36 is an input device (for example, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside. The input device 36 also accepts input by operating a remote controller. Note that the display of images and the reception of input may be performed by a touch screen in which the display device 35 and the input device 36 are integrated.

In addition, the server device 10, the plurality of cameras 20, and the display device 30 include a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate). Array), etc., and part or all of each functional block may be implemented by the hardware. For example, the processor 11 etc. may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

Each function of each device provided in the video distribution system 1 is executed by the processor by loading predetermined software (program) onto hardware such as each processor and memory, and controlling communication by each communication device. or by controlling at least one of reading and writing data in memory and storage.

FIG. 5 shows the functional configuration realized by each device. The server device 10 includes a video storage unit 101 , an instruction reception unit 102 , a video identification unit 103 , a counting unit 104 and a video distribution unit 105 . Camera 20 includes photographing unit 201 , measuring unit 202 , input accepting unit 203 , and transmitting unit 204 . Note that each of the plurality of cameras 20 shown in FIG. 1 includes each unit shown in FIG. The display device 30 includes an operation reception section 301 and an image display section 302 .

A photographing unit 201 of the camera 20 has a function of photographing an image. In this embodiment, the cameraman has decided on the player to be photographed, and is instructed to continue photographing the player from at least the 1st hole to the end of the 18th hole. (may include practice area and post-hole out interviews). As a result, the photographing unit 201 continuously photographs a specific player among the plurality of players who are playing golf. The photographing unit 201 performs supply processing for supplying image data indicating the photographed image and photographing time to the transmitting unit 204 in parallel with the photographing processing.

The measurement unit 202 measures a value related to the state of the game of the athlete photographed by the photographing unit 201 . Specifically, the measurement unit 202 repeatedly measures the above-described camera position and camera direction at regular time intervals (for example, every second). As described above, the cameraman takes pictures while moving with the player to be photographed. It is assumed that the cameraman is instructed to keep the distance between himself and the player (hereinafter referred to as "shooting distance") substantially constant when moving.

As the shooting distance, a distance (approximately 5 to 10 m) that is as short as possible and does not interfere with the player's shot is determined. By keeping the shooting distance constant, it is possible to calculate the player's game position (the position where the player is playing; in this embodiment, the position where the player is playing) from the camera position and camera direction. Also, when the player hits the ball (at the time of the shot), the cameraman is instructed to stand behind the player who is about to hit the ball and shoot an image.

FIG. 6 shows an example of an image from behind player P1 at address. Player P1 is a right-handed hitter and is addressing to hit the ball in the flight line direction A1. The cameraman determines the direction of the flying line A1 from the line connecting the shoulders of player P1, the line connecting both feet, the direction of the club face, etc., and stands on the side opposite to the direction of the flying line A1 of player P1. shoot video.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the positional relationship between the camera 20 and the player P1. In the example of FIG. 7, the camera 20, which is separated from the player P1 at the time of the shot by the shooting distance L1, captures the image of the flight line direction A1. By directing the camera 20 from behind the player P1 toward the flight line direction A1, the direction in which the player wants to hit the ball is represented by the camera direction. The measurement unit 202 performs supply processing for supplying measurement data indicating the measurement results of the camera position and camera direction and the measurement time to the transmission unit 204 in parallel with the measurement processing.

Also, it is assumed that the cameraman is instructed to perform a specific operation on the camera 20 when the player is in a specific state. Specific states include, for example, a state of preparing for a shot (preparation state) in which the player arrives at the ball position and confirms the lie of the ball, the direction of launch, the number of the club, etc. (preparation state), the state of entering address (hitting state), A state in which the shot is completed and the player has started walking (moving state). Note that the state of waiting for another player's shot is included in the preparation state, for example.

The input receiving unit 203 receives an operation indicating that the player to be photographed has entered a specific state such as a hitting state. The input device 27 of the camera 20 has buttons (preparation button, batting button, move button) corresponding to each state. For example, when the preparation button is pressed, the input reception unit 203 supplies the transmission unit 204 with state data indicating that the player to be photographed is ready for a shot and the current time. As described above, the transmission unit 204 is supplied with video data, measurement data, and state data.

The transmission unit 204 adds a camera ID (Identification) for identifying the own camera to the data supplied from each unit, and transmits the data to the server device 10 as player data regarding the player to be photographed. In the video distribution system 1, the player ID of each player is determined, and a shooting target table in which the camera ID of the camera 20 for shooting the player is associated with the player ID of the player is stored in the server device 10. there is

FIG. 8 shows an example of an imaging target table. In the shooting target table shown in FIG. 8, player IDs "P001", "P002" and "P003" are associated with camera IDs "C001", "C002" and "C003", respectively. Note that each ID is just an example, and it is not necessary to associate IDs with the same number. Alternatively, instead of the player ID, for example, the player name may be directly associated with the camera ID.

The video storage unit 101 of the server device 10 acquires a plurality of player data respectively transmitted from the plurality of cameras 20, and associates each acquired player data with a player ID corresponding to the camera ID indicated by each player data. memorize it.
FIG. 9 shows an example of stored player data. In the example of FIG. 9, player data of each player such as "A001 (Player A)", "A002 (Player B)", "A003 (Player C)", . . . is stored.

For example, player A has an image with a data name of "M1001", a shooting time such as "T1001", a camera position such as "P1001", a camera direction such as "θ1001", a "movement state", a "preparation state" and "hitting state" are stored in association with each other. The shooting time represents the time when the player's state changed. For example, "T1002" is the time when player A's state changed from the preparation state to the batting state.

"T1003" is the time when the state of player A changes from the hitting state to the ready state, and "T1004" is the time when the state of player A changes from the ready state to the moving state. If the player does not wait for another player's shot after hitting the ball, the player immediately changes from the hitting state to the moving state, as in "T3003" of player C. It shall be in the moving state after it becomes.

The game position where the player hit the shot is represented by the camera position and camera direction associated with the shooting time when the ball is hit. For example, the game position where player A hit the tee shot is represented by camera position P1002 and camera direction θ1002 associated with T1002 where player A hits the ball. Next, it is represented by a camera position P1006 and a camera direction θ1006 associated with T1006 in the hitting state.

As shown in FIG. 9, the video storage unit 101 stores the player data in association with the player ID, thereby continuously displaying the video indicated by the stored player data, that is, the specific player identified by the player ID. Accumulate the images to be shot. The video storage unit 101 is an example of the "storage unit" of the present invention. The images (videos of the players that are continuously captured) accumulated in the image accumulation unit 101 are distributed based on the user's operation on the display device 30 .

The operation accepting unit 301 of the display device 30 accepts an operation related to video distribution. The operation reception unit 301 receives, for example, a start operation for instructing the start of video distribution, and transmits operation data indicating the received operation and the device ID of its own device to the server device 10 . The instruction receiving unit 102 of the server device 10 receives an instruction corresponding to the operation indicated by the transmitted operation data as an instruction regarding video distribution. For example, when the operation data indicates a distribution start operation, the instruction receiving unit 102 receives a distribution start instruction as an instruction corresponding to the start operation.

Upon receiving the distribution start instruction, the instruction reception unit 102 supplies the video identification unit 103 with the device ID of the display device 30 that has issued the start instruction. The image specifying unit 103 specifies an image to be distributed to the display device 30 that has instructed the start of distribution from among the images of the players accumulated in the image accumulation unit 101 . At the start of video distribution, the video specifying unit 103 selects, from among the stored videos of the athletes, video that satisfies start time conditions determined for specifying video to be displayed at the start of distribution as video to be distributed. Identify.

The video specifying unit 103 determines, for example, that the video of the player with the highest rank among the players in the competition satisfies the condition at the start. Golf is a sport in which the intermediate progress of each player's ranking is indicated during the game, and the ranking is indicated by the score (number of strokes) of each player. The tallying unit 104 tallies the scores of each player. In the golf relay, volunteers called scorers accompany the players in each group, count the scores of each player for each shot, and report to the relay headquarters.

When the person in charge of the relay headquarters receives the report of the score, he/she enters the score of each player into the score input terminal prepared at the headquarters. The terminal for score input transmits score data indicating the input score, the hole played, and the player ID to the server device 10 . The tallying unit 104 sums the score of each hole indicated by the transmitted score data for each player, and generates tally data indicating the total score, the hole being played, the ranking, and the player ID for each player.

When the device ID is supplied from the instruction receiving unit 102, that is, when the display device 30 instructs the image specifying unit 103 to start distributing the image, the image specifying unit 103 refers to the total data generated by the totalizing unit 104, and determines the current ranking. The video of the player with the best score, that is, the video of the player who satisfies the condition at the start is specified as the video to be delivered first. Note that if there are multiple players with the highest score, the video specifying unit 103 may specify, for example, the video of the player who completed the most holes as the video to be distributed.

Also, if the number of holes completed by the player with the best score is the same, for example, the video identification unit 103 compares the scores of the latest holes and ranks the player with the lower number of strokes higher. It is also possible to go back until the match is settled with the previous hole, and specify the video of the remaining player as the video to be delivered first. In either case, the video identification unit 103 identifies the real-time video currently being shot at the start of distribution.

The video identification unit 103 supplies the video distribution unit 105 with the player ID of the player appearing in the distribution target video identified and the device ID of the display device 30 that instructed to start distribution of the video. When the player ID and the device ID are supplied, the video distribution unit 105 acquires the player data indicating the supplied player ID from the video storage unit 101, and acquires the tally data indicating the supplied player ID from the tally unit 104. do.

The video distribution unit 105 distributes the video data of the player with the player ID supplied from the video identification unit 103 among the video data of the player indicated by the player data supplied from the video storage unit 101 . is sent to the display device 30 having the device ID. In addition, the video distribution unit 105 adds the player's name indicated by the obtained tally data, the information of the hole being played, the score, and the image indicating the ranking to the video of the player, and then transmits the video data. .

By transmitting the video data as described above, the video distribution unit 105 distributes the distribution target video identified by the video identification unit 103 to the display device 30 that has instructed to start distribution of the video. The video display unit 302 of the display device 30 displays the video distributed from the server device 10 on the display surface 351 of its own device. The display surface 351 is an example of the "display area" of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows an example of an image displayed on the display surface 351. As shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 10, the image display unit 302 displays the image of player A playing, the information of the hole being played (“7”=number of holes, “Par4”, “465 yds”), and the score of player G ( “-2”) and a play image B1 indicating the ranking (“Leader”=tournament leader) are displayed.

After the video distribution is started as described above, the operation receiving unit 301 receives, for example, an end operation for instructing the end of the distribution. When the distribution end operation is accepted, the instruction reception unit 102 of the server device 10 receives the distribution end instruction, and the video distribution unit 105 ends the distribution. The operation accepting unit 301 also accepts an operation for switching the displayed image (image switching operation).

FIG. 11 shows an example of a video switching operation. In FIG. 11, a leftward operation C1, a rightward operation C2, an upward operation C3, and a downward operation C4 are shown as examples of switching operations. For example, in the case of a remote controller operation, the operation reception unit 301 performs operations C1 (left button), C2 (right button), C3 (up button), and C4 for the left and right buttons and the up and down buttons provided on the remote controller. Accept as (down button).

Further, the operation accepting unit 301 accepts leftward, rightward, upward, and downward flick operations as operations C1, C2, C3, and C4, respectively, as far as they are operations on the touch screen. The operation accepting unit 301 transmits operation data indicating the accepted operation to the server device 10 . When the transmitted operation data represents the up, down, left, and right operations shown in FIG. 11, the instruction reception unit 102 of the server device 10 receives the operation data as an instruction to switch the video to be distributed, and supplies the received operation data to the video identification unit 103. do.

The image specifying unit 103 specifies an image that satisfies the conditions corresponding to the operation indicated by the supplied operation data as the image to be displayed next. Specifically, the image identifying unit 103 identifies the image to be displayed that satisfies the first condition in the case of the left/right operation, and displays the image that satisfies the second condition in the case of the up/down operation. Identify it as the target video. The left-right direction operation is an example of the "first operation" of the present invention, and is hereinafter also referred to as the "first switching operation". Further, the upward/downward operation is an example of the "second operation" of the present invention, and is hereinafter also referred to as the "second switching operation".

In this embodiment, when the first switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 specifies an image captured during a period in which the player being displayed is in a specific situation as an image to be displayed that satisfies the first condition. do. Further, when the second switching operation is performed, the video identification unit 103 sets the video captured during the period in which the player different from the player being displayed is in the specific situation as the video to be displayed that satisfies the second condition. Identify.

The "situation" here includes not only situations directly related to the game (in the case of golf, situations in which the player makes a shot, etc.), but also situations that occur in relation to the player during the game. A situation not directly related to the game (in the case of golf, a situation of shaking hands with a fan, etc.) may be included. However, in this embodiment, a specific situation refers to a situation in which a player is playing a specific game.

Specific plays are, for example, shots made in various situations in golf, such as tee shots, shots aimed at the green, approach shots, bunker shots, shots over water, intentional slice shots, and intentional hook shots. and long putts.

The video identification unit 103 identifies, for example, the video of the player whose distance from the tee ground is within a threshold value among the players in the preparation state and the ball-hitting state described above, as the video of the player making the tee shot. Specifically, the video identification unit 103 identifies the video from the shooting time when the preparation state of the player who takes the tee shot starts to the shooting time when the hitting state ends as the video of the player who takes the tee shot.

In the example of FIG. 9, the image specifying unit 103 selects an image of player A who makes a tee shot from shooting time T1001 at which the preparation state for the first hole starts to shooting time T1003 at which the hitting state ends (=next preparation). Specify the video up to the shooting time when the state starts. In addition, the image identification unit 103 identifies an image of a player who is in a position in the bunker among the players in the preparation state or the batting state as an image of the player who makes a bunker shot.

For example, in the example of FIG. 9, if player A's second shot in the first hole is a shot from a bunker, the image specifying unit 103 starts a preparation state for the second shot as an image of player A who performs a bunker shot. The image from the shooting time T1005 to the shooting time T1007 at which the hitting state ends (=the shooting time at which the next moving state starts) is specified.

In addition, the image identification unit 103 identifies the image of the player who is on the green and whose distance to the hole is equal to or greater than a threshold value (for example, 10 m or more) among the players in the batting state as the image of the player making a long putt. . In addition, in the case of putting, it is difficult to judge whether a long putt is a long putt or not because many players are near the hole even in a ready state, so players in a ready state are excluded.

In addition, the image specifying unit 103 selects the image of the player who is within a predetermined range (for example, 50 yards to 250 yards) from the green among the players in the preparation state and the ball-hitting state. Identify as In addition, the image identifying unit 103 identifies the image of the player in the predetermined area in front of the pond among the players in the preparation state and the ball-hitting state as the image of the player making a shot over the pond.

In addition, the image specifying unit 103 selects an image of a player who is in a predetermined area in front of a tree in the hole among the players in the preparation state and the ball-hitting state as an intentional slice shot (on the right side of the fairway) or an intentional hook. Identifies as footage of a player making a shot (if left of fairway). In this embodiment, the server device 10 stores the type of play (tee shot, etc.) that the user wants to watch as the status of the player that the user wants to watch, and the user's identification information (for example, the device ID). ) are stored in association with each other.

When either the first switching operation or the second switching operation is performed, the video identification unit 103 reads the type of play associated with the device ID of the display device 30 on which the switching operation is performed, A video to be displayed is specified by using a situation in which the read type of play is performed as a specific situation. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, assume that player A playing the 7th hole is displayed and a tee shot is read out as a play performed in a specific situation.

If the first switching operation is performed, the image identifying unit 103 identifies the displayed tee shot images of player A from the 1st hole to the 6th hole as images to be displayed. Further, if the second switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 selects the tee shot images of players B and C, etc., who are players different from the displayed player A, as images to be displayed. Identify.

In the above example, the video identifying unit 103 identifies a video in which a specific situation has already ended (in this embodiment, a video in which a specific play has ended) when the switching operation is performed. Without being limited to this, the image specifying unit 103 may select an image that is in a specific situation when the switching operation is performed but continues to be in that situation (in this embodiment, a specific play is started, but The play has not ended, that is, the video in the middle of the play) may be specified as the video shot during the period in which the specific situation occurred (in this embodiment, the period in which the specific play was being performed). .

In either case, the image specifying unit 103 specifies, as the image to be displayed, the image of the player in a specific situation in the past (that is, the image of the play performed in the past). Further, in the above example, when the switching operation is performed, the video identification unit 103 sets the type of situation (situation in which a specific play is performed) preferred by the user who performed the switching operation as the specific situation, and sets the video to be displayed. identified.

Not limited to this, the image specifying unit 103 specifies images when various situations are specified as specific situations (for example, when various plays are specified as specific plays) so as to be able to deal with any user in advance. It is also possible to repeat the identification of the video at regular time intervals (for example, every minute). By specifying the video in advance, the time required for switching the video can be shortened compared to the case where the video is specified after the switching operation.

When the switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 switches to the video specified as described above. Specifically, when the first switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 changes the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 to a video captured during a period when the player being displayed was in a specific situation. When the player is switched to video and a second switching operation is performed, the video is switched to video shot during a period when a player different from the player being displayed was in a specific situation. The video distribution unit 105 is an example of the "display control unit" of the present invention.

The video distribution unit 105 performs switching by the second switching operation when videos of two or more players are accumulated. This is because if there is no video of two or more players, there is no video of a player different from the player being displayed. In addition, since there are two types of first switching operations, leftward and rightward, and two types of second switching operations, upward and downward, the video distribution unit 105 changes the video to be switched according to the direction of the operation.

When the leftward operation is performed in the first switching operation, the video distribution unit 105 switches the video while going back in time to the period in which the player being displayed was in the specific situation, and performs the rightward direction in the first switching operation. When the operation is performed, the video is switched while advancing the period in which the displayed player was in a specific situation toward the present.

FIG. 12 shows an example of video switching by the first switching operation. In the example of FIG. 12, when the image of player A's tee shot at the 4th hole is displayed, if a leftward operation is performed, the image is switched to the image of player A's 3rd hole tee shot, and a rightward operation is performed. It is shown that when the player is touched, the image switches to the image of player A's tee shot at the 5th hole. Further, when the image of the tee shot of the 3rd (or 5th) hole is displayed, if a rightward (or leftward) operation is performed, the image of the tee shot of the 4th hole is displayed.

In addition, when the upward operation of the second switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 specifies the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 as a player whose degree of progress is the same as that of the player being displayed. Switch to the video shot during the period when the situation was In addition, when the downward operation of the second switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 specifies a player whose degree of progress is not the same as that of the player being displayed in the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 . Switch to the video shot during the period when the situation was

In golf, usually two or three players form a team and play a game while progressing through the playing area. In other words, the athletes with the same degree of progress are in the same group, and the athletes with the different degree of progression are in different groups.
FIG. 13 shows an example of video switching by the second switching operation. In the example of FIG. 13, the initial state is the state in which the image of player A's tee shot at the 4th hole is displayed.

When an upward operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 switches from the initial state to the image of the tee shot of player B in the same group as player A in the 4th hole. switch to the image of player C's tee shot at the 4th hole. When an upward operation is performed, the image distribution unit 105 loops the image and switches to the image of player A's 4th hole tee shot again.

Further, when an upward operation is performed after switching to the tee shot video of the 3rd hole or the 5th hole in the first switching operation, the video distribution unit 105 displays the tee shot video of the 3rd hole or the 5th hole. Similarly, switching to player B and player C is performed. In addition, the image distribution unit 105 switches from the initial state to the image of the 4th hole tee shot of player D in a group different from player A when a downward operation is performed.

Player D is a player in the group behind player A by one. In addition, when a downward operation is performed in a state in which the image of the tee shot of the 4th hole of the player D is displayed, the image distribution unit 105 displays the 4th tee shot of the player G in a group different from the player D (the group one behind). When the image is switched to the tee shot of the hole and a further downward operation is performed, the image is switched to the tee shot image of the 4th hole of player J who is in a group different from player G (one group behind).

Further, when a downward operation is performed after switching to the tee shot video of the 3rd hole or the 5th hole in the first switching operation, the video distribution unit 105 displays the tee shot video of the 3rd hole or the 5th hole. Similarly, switch to player D and player G. Note that the video distribution unit 105 determines the players to be switched from among multiple players in different groups by fixing the combination of the players (for example, making players A, D, G, and J into one group). , or it can be determined randomly.

Also, the video distribution unit 105 may determine a player who satisfies a predetermined condition as a switching destination player. The predetermined condition is, for example, a condition that the player with the highest ranking at present satisfies. Also, depending on the player, there may be cases where the video of the corresponding hole has not yet been filmed. In the example of FIG. 12, it is assumed that player J has not yet hit the tee shot of the 5th hole. In that case, the video distribution unit 105 switches to the video of the players of the different group at another hole (in the example of FIG. 12, the video of the tee shot of the 4th hole).

For example, when an upward operation is performed in a state in which an image of player D's tee shot at the 4th hole is displayed, the video distribution unit 105 displays player D's tee shot at the 4th hole of player E or F in the same group as player D. switch to the image of Similarly, when the image of player G is being displayed, the image distribution unit 105 switches to the image of player H or I in the same group as player G. Also, tee shots are played on all holes, but bunker shots and long putts are played on some holes and not on others.

In that case, the video distribution unit 105 performs switching by replacing the hole order in FIG. 12 with a specific play order. For example, in the case of a bunker shot, player A's first bunker shot, second bunker shot, and third bunker shot are read as such. In this case, when the image of player A's second bunker shot is displayed, when an upward operation is performed, the image is switched to player B's second bunker shot, and when a downward operation is performed, the image of player D's second bunker shot is displayed. Switch to the video of the second bunker shot.

Each device included in the video distribution system 1 performs distribution processing for distributing the video of the athlete based on the above configuration.
FIG. 14 shows an example of the operation procedure of each device in the distribution process. Although only one camera 20 is shown in FIG. 14, the other cameras 20 are assumed to perform the same operation. The operation procedure shown in FIG. 14 is started, for example, when a sports broadcast starts.

First, the camera 20 (image capturing unit 201) captures an image of the player (step S11). Next, the camera 20 (measuring unit 202) measures the camera position and the like (step S12). Subsequently, the camera 20 (input receiving unit 203) receives an operation indicating that the player to be photographed is in a specific state such as a hitting state (step S13). Then, the camera 20 (transmitting unit 204) transmits to the server device 10 the player data obtained by adding the camera ID to the data acquired in the operations from steps S11 to S13 (step S14).

Note that the order of operations from steps S11 to S13 may be different. Also, the operations from steps S11 to S14 are repeatedly performed by a plurality of cameras 20 . The server device 10 (image accumulation unit 101) accumulates the images indicated by the player data respectively transmitted from the plurality of cameras 20 (step S15). Here, it is assumed that the display device 30 issues an instruction to start distributing video.

First, the server device 10 (video identification unit 103) identifies the first video to be distributed (video of a player who satisfies the conditions at the start) from among the accumulated videos (step S21). Next, the server device 10 (video distribution unit 105) transmits the video data representing the specified video to the display device 30 that instructed to start distribution (step S22). The display device 30 (image display unit 302) displays the image indicated by the transmitted image data on the display surface 351 of its own device (step S23).

After that, it is assumed that a video switching operation is performed on the display device 30 . The display device 30 (operation reception unit 301) receives the switching operation (step S31), and transmits operation data indicating the received switching operation to the server device 10 (step S32). The server device 10 (image identification unit 103) identifies the image that satisfies the condition corresponding to the switching operation indicated by the transmitted operation data as the image to be displayed next (step S33).

When the first switching operation is performed, the server device 10 (video specifying unit 103) changes the video captured during the period in which the player being displayed was in the specific situation to the condition corresponding to the switching operation (first 1 condition) is specified as a video to be displayed. When the second switching operation is performed, the server device 10 (video specifying unit 103) changes the video captured during the period when the player different from the displayed player was in the specific situation to the switching operation. The video to be displayed is specified as a video that satisfies the condition (second condition) to be displayed.

Next, the server device 10 (video distribution unit 105) transmits the video data of the specified player to the display device 30 (step S34). The display device 30 (image display unit 302) switches the image of the player displayed on the display surface 351 of its own device to the image of the player indicated by the transmitted image data (step S35). The operations from steps S31 to S35 are performed each time the viewer performs a switching operation.

In this embodiment, as described above, by accumulating images of athletes, the viewer can switch to images of other athletes by his/her own operation. Further, when the switching operation (the first switching operation and the second switching operation) is performed, the image is captured during the period in which the player is in a specific situation (in this embodiment, the period in which the player is playing a specific play). You can switch to the original image. As a result, in video distribution of sports players, for example, compared to searching for a video in a specific situation (video of a specific play being performed in this embodiment) by fast-forwarding or fast-reversing recorded video, it is possible to find a specific player that has been overlooked. You can easily watch the video in the situation.

In addition, in the present embodiment, by performing the upward operation of the second switching operation, the image of the athlete having the same degree of sports progress can be displayed. It is possible to easily view a video of a player whose situation is highly similar to that of the player (in the case of golf, for example, players playing in the same hole). Conversely, when the downward operation of the second switching operation is performed, the video of the player whose degree of similarity to the player being displayed is low (for example, playing on a different hole in the case of golf) can be easily viewed. be able to.

[2] Modifications The embodiment described above is merely an example of implementation of the present invention, and may be modified as follows. Moreover, the embodiment and each modification may be combined as necessary. In that case, each modification may be implemented with an order of priority (by prioritizing which one should be prioritized when a competing event occurs when implementing each modification).

[2-1] Position of player In the embodiment, the position of the player was calculated from the camera position and camera direction. may be used as the position of the player as it is.

If it is difficult to keep the shooting distance constant, the shooting distance may be calculated from the player's video. In this case, for example, the video identifying unit 103 stores height data of each player in advance, and recognizes the player's appearance from the accumulated video using pattern recognition technology or machine learning technology. Then, the image specifying unit 103 calculates the distance to the player, that is, the shooting distance from the size of the recognized player in the image and the actual height, and calculates the position of the player using the calculated shooting distance.

[2-2] Athlete in specific state In the embodiment, when a specific operation is performed on the camera 20, the player enters a specific state (preparation state, batting state, and movement state). However, instead, it may be determined from the video of the player that the player has entered a specific state. For example, the image specifying unit 103 stores in advance data indicating a person's movement in a specific state.

Then, the video identification unit 103 recognizes the figure of the player from the accumulated video using pattern recognition technology or the like, and the similarity between the movement indicated by the recognized figure and the movement of the person in the specific state reaches or exceeds a threshold. Athletes are considered to be in a particular condition if Note that even if there is no data indicating a person's movement, the video identification unit 103 can determine a player in a specific state by learning the features of the player's video in a specific state using machine learning technology. may

[2-3] Sports The video distribution system 1 may distribute, for example, marathons, relay races, bicycle races, automobile races, sailing, etc., in addition to golf. All marathons and the like are sports in which a plurality of athletes compete at the same time. Also, for example, even in a competition such as a rally in which each player does not start all at once but individually makes a time attack, the video distribution system 1 that distributes the accumulated past video is a distribution target.

In competitions such as rally and sailing where it is difficult for a cameraman to get close to the athletes, the images may be taken remotely from a helicopter or the like, or the images may be taken with a drone tracking them. In any case, if the shooting distance is determined, the player's position can be obtained from the camera position and camera direction. Note that, as described above, the player's position may be calculated by calculating the photographing distance based on the size of the equipment in the image and the actual size. Alternatively, instead of the state data, the video storage unit 101 may acquire measured values obtained by a positioning device installed in an automobile, a yacht, or the like, and the player's position may be obtained.

Incidentally, in a rally, a yacht, or the like, a plurality of players may run a single car, yacht, or the like. In this case, the image storage unit 101 may acquire images continuously photographing a plurality of athletes as specific athletes, or images continuously photographing each of the plurality of athletes individually as a particular athlete. may be obtained. Also, athletes of sports such as soccer and baseball played in a stadium may be photographed. Even in such a case, by preparing a camera 20 for continuously photographing each player, it is possible to switch the video of the player.

[2-4] Accumulation of images The image accumulation unit 101 may accumulate not only images captured in the same match, but also images captured in other matches. The more videos that are stored, the more videos shot in specific situations (for example, videos of specific plays).

[2-5] Number of Cameras In the embodiment, each athlete during the competition is attached with one camera 20 to shoot images. or random players may be selected and photographed. Also, if the number of cameras 20 is greater than the number of players, two or more cameras 20 may be attached to one player to capture images. In that case, any one of two or more videos of one player may be distributed.

However, in the video distribution system 1 , at least three or more cameras 20 are used to switch the player being displayed to either a player satisfying the first condition or a player satisfying the second condition by two types of operations. Each player must be photographed. By doing so, the image distribution unit 105 displays any of the images acquired for three or more players in the display area, and the displayed images are the players satisfying the first condition and the player satisfying the second condition. You can switch to either video.

[2-6] Correspondence between cameras and athletes In the embodiment, one camera 20 and one athlete are associated as shown in the shooting target table shown in FIG. of cameras 20 may be associated. Specifically, one may show the player and the other may show the ball hit by the player. Also, when the number of cameras 20 is less than the number of athletes in the competition, two or more athletes may be associated with one camera 20, and the athletes in the same group may be photographed in turn.

Also, the cameras 20 associated with the players may be changed during the round, and the number of cameras 20 associated with the players may be changed during the round. Specifically, for example, the first nine holes may be photographed by one camera 20 for two players, and the latter nine holes may be photographed by one camera 20 for one player. In either case, it suffices that each player, the hole to be played, and the camera 20 are associated with each other by means of a photographing target table or the like.

[2-7] Video Identification Method The video identification unit 103 may identify a video by a method different from that of the embodiment. For example, the input reception unit 203 of the camera 20 may receive an input of the player's situation, and the image identification unit 103 may identify the player in a specific situation based on the player's situation indicated by the state data. . Also, when there is no input to the camera 20, a player in a specific situation can be specified as follows.

For example, the image specifying unit 103 analyzes the image of the player and extracts the contour of the player. judge there is. Then, the image specifying unit 103 specifies a player in a specific situation (in this case, a player playing a specific play) based on the position of the player when the ball is hit (for example, A player who hits a ball on the tee is identified as a player who is ready to make a tee shot).

Further, for example, when the camera 20 for photographing the player and the camera 20 for photographing the point where the ball is dropped cooperate to photograph an image of one player, the image identifying unit 103 also captures the image of the flying ball as an image. Identify. For example, the input device 27 of the camera 20 has a fly-ball start button and a fly-ball end button in addition to the hitting button, and when the ball is hit, the player's cameraman presses the fly-ball start button, The cameraman on the side of the falling point may press the fly ball end button when the ball stops.

The video specifying unit 103 specifies the first half of the video from the player's video from the video time when the batted state started to the video time when the flying state started (the time when the fly start button was pressed). In addition, the video identification unit 103 identifies the video from the shooting time when the flying state starts to the shooting time when the flying state ends (the time when the fly ball end button is pressed) as the second half video.

Note that instead of judging the start of the fly ball state based on the time when the button is pressed, the image specifying unit 103 analyzes the above-described image, and determines whether the fly ball is ready when the player is in a finishing posture after the swing. It may be determined that the state has started. In a competition such as a marathon, the image specifying unit 103 may select a player who is competing for the top position, running alone, overtaking a previous player, or having a faster lap time, in a specific situation. Identify as a player.

Further, in a competition such as a rally, the image specifying unit 103 specifies, for example, a player who is running at maximum speed or running in a difficult section as a player in a specific situation. The image specifying unit 103 specifies the players who perform a single run or the like based on the position of each player and the amount of positional change (that is, speed) per unit time, for example. As described above, the image specifying unit 103 may specify a player in a specific situation based on the measured value of the sensor of the camera 20, the measured value of the sensor attached to the player, the cameraman's operation, and the like.

Note that, when there are a plurality of players in a specific situation, the video distribution unit 105 may preferentially switch the video of the player with the best performance in the game in that situation. In this modification, the tallying unit 104 tallies not only the score of each player but also various stats. A stat is a statistical numerical value representing a tendency of a game, such as an average driving distance, a fairway keeping rate, a par-on rate, an average number of putts, and the like.

Some stats are highly relevant to play taking place in specific situations. For example, if the play performed in a specific situation is a tee shot, the average driving distance, fairway keeping rate, etc. are closely related. If the play performed in a specific situation is an approach shot, the average distance to the cup after approach and the average distance to the cup after the approach shot are highly related. If a putt is played in a specific situation, the average number of putts, the 3-putt rate, and the like are highly related.

When there are multiple players in a specific situation, the image specifying unit 103 reads out the stats that are highly relevant to the play performed in that situation from the counting unit 104, and sequentially displays the images of the players with the best results in the read stats. This is specified as a video to be displayed preferentially. By switching to the specified video, the video distribution unit 105 preferentially switches to the video of the player who has a better performance in the competition in a specific situation. As a result, when watching a video of a specific situation that has been overlooked, a video of a better player can be viewed first.

[2-8] Ranking of Athletes The video distribution unit 105 may switch videos by a method different from that of the embodiment. In this modification, when the second switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 changes the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 to the player being displayed among the players different from the player being displayed. Switching to video shot during a period in which a player whose ranking relationship at a predetermined point in time is in a predetermined relationship was in a specific situation. The predetermined ranking relationship is, for example, a relationship in which the ranking difference is equal to or less than a threshold value (for example, about one to three differences).

The predetermined time is, for example, the current time. In this case, when the second switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 reads out the latest ranking from the tallying unit 104, and the image of the athlete whose ranking difference with the displayed athlete is equal to or less than the threshold (specified The video captured during the period in which the situation was present) is specified as the video to be displayed that satisfies the second condition. By switching to the specified video, the video distribution unit 105 switches to the video of the player whose current rank difference with the player being displayed is equal to or less than the threshold.

In this case, for example, when viewing the video of the current high-ranking player, the video of the player close to the high-ranking can be watched continuously. As the predetermined point in time, a point in time when the player being displayed is in a specific situation may be used. In this case, for example, the video accumulation unit 101 reads out and accumulates the ranking of each player at the time when each player's video was taken from the tallying unit 104 in association with the time when each player's video was taken.

Then, when the second switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 determines the shooting time (for example, the specific play) at which the displayed player was in the specific situation among the players in the specific situation. The video of the athlete whose ranking is stored in association with the shooting time) satisfies the above conditions (the difference in ranking from the athlete being displayed is equal to or less than the threshold) is used as the video to be displayed that satisfies the second condition. Identify. In this case, for example, while watching the video of the player on the cutline on the second day, the video of the player on the cutline can also be watched continuously.

In addition, as the predetermined point in time, for example, when predetermined weather conditions such as rain or strong wind occur on the way, a point in the time zone in which the weather condition occurs may be used. In that case, you can continue to watch videos of competitions held under the same weather conditions. Also, the predetermined order relationship is not limited to the above relationship. For example, a relationship in which the second digit of the ranking is the same (tenths, twenties, etc.) and a relationship in which the changing trend of rankings is close (increasing trend, descending trend, etc.) may be used as the predetermined ranking relationship.

[2-9] Competition place In this modification, when the second switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 reproduces the video shot during the period when the player different from the player being displayed was in a specific situation. Of these, the display is switched to a video in which the player being displayed and the place where the competition is taking place are common. A common playing field is, for example, the same hole.

When the second switching operation is performed, the video identification unit 103 of this modification identifies the hole being played from the camera position at the shooting time of the video being displayed, and the video of the game played in the identified hole. is specified as the image to be displayed that satisfies the second condition. By switching to the specified video, the video distribution unit 105 switches to the video in which the displayed athlete and the place where the competition is being held are common.

In addition to the above, the common playing field may be, for example, the same area of the same hole (tee ground, fairway, rough, bunker, green, etc.) or the same golf course. In either case, the viewer will be able to see the athletes in the same specific situation where the displayed athletes are competing, compared to when the video is switched regardless of where the athletes are competing. (It may be the same player as the player being displayed) can be easily viewed.

Further, when the second switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 shoots the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 during a period in which a player different from the player being displayed is in a specific situation. Among the displayed images, the displayed image may be switched to an image in a situation in which the displayed player and the place where the competition is performed have the same characteristics. The situation where the characteristics of the place where the competition is played is common, for example, the situation of playing on a hole with the same number of regular strokes (par 3, par 4, par 5), the situation of playing on a downhill area, and the situation on an uphill area. Playing on a rough with a particular type of grass (such as Bermuda grass).

When the feature of the place where the game is played is used, the image specifying unit 103 stores, for example, the feature of each place on the golf course, and when the second switching operation is performed, the image being displayed is displayed at the shooting time. The location where the athletes are competing is specified from the camera position, and the image of the competition held at the location having the same features as the specified location is specified as the image to be displayed that satisfies the second condition.

By switching to the specified video, the video distribution unit 105 switches to the video of the player who shares the characteristics of the place where the player is competing with the player being displayed. This allows the viewer to identify the location where the displayed athlete is competing in the same manner as in other locations that share common characteristics, compared to the case where the video is switched regardless of the characteristics of the location where the competition is taking place. You can easily watch the video of the player in the situation.

[2-10] Common attribute In this modification, when the second switching operation is performed, the video distribution unit 105 changes the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 to a player different from the player being displayed. Among the videos shot during a specific situation, switch to a video of a player who has the same attributes as a player with the player being displayed. Attributes as an athlete are attributes that represent personal physical characteristics such as height, weight, and origin (country, region, school, etc.) or a career from which competition experience can be inferred.

Attributes as a player also include sports play style. For example, in the case of golf, the playing style is a fade hitter, a draw hitter, a long hitter, a shot maker, a good putt player, and the like. For example, the image specifying unit 103 of this modification stores the attribute of each player registered by the system operator in association with the player ID, and when the second switching operation is performed, the player being displayed is displayed. The attribute stored in association with the player ID is read.

The video identification unit 103 counts the number of attributes common to the read attributes for each player. When there are a plurality of videos of a player in a specific situation, the video identification unit 103 preferentially identifies a video of a player with many common attributes as a video to be displayed that satisfies the second condition. By switching to the specified video, the video distribution unit 105 switches to the video having the same attributes as the player and the competitor being displayed.

Competitors with common attributes are more likely to compete in similar ways than those with no common attributes. For example, draw hitters and fade hitters tend to have the same tee shot aim. According to this modified example, the viewer can easily watch the video of the player whose competition is similar to that of the player being displayed, compared to the case where the video is switched regardless of the player's attribute.

[2-11] User's Viewing Tendency In this modification, the video is switched based on the user's viewing tendency. When the second switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 of the present modification determines the tendency of the player viewed by the user (that is, the viewer) of the display device 30 on which the image to be distributed is displayed, and determines A player who satisfies the second condition is judged based on the tendencies obtained. The image specifying unit 103 is an example of the "determining unit" of the present invention.

The video identification unit 103 determines the tendency of the player viewed by the user based on the information on the user. The video identification unit 103 uses, for example, the viewing history of the user as information about the user to determine the tendency of viewing a specific individual among the plurality of athletes whose video is captured. The tendency to view a specific individual is a viewing tendency in which the possibility of viewing an individual player is higher than the possibility of viewing other players, regardless of the content of the player's competition or ranking.

When the video distribution unit 105 distributes the video to the display device 30, the video distribution unit 105 stores information about the distributed video as a distribution history. The delivery history includes the player ID of the player appearing in the video, the device ID of the delivery destination display device 30, and the delivery time. The video identification unit 103 refers to the distribution history and calculates the total distribution time of the player ID associated with the device ID of the display device 30 on which the second switching operation has been performed.

The video identification unit 103 determines, as the user's viewing tendency, the tendency that the player with the longest calculated total time is the player most likely to watch. Note that the video identification unit 103 may determine the tendency that the player with the highest number of viewing times is the player with the highest possibility of viewing in order. The video specifying unit 103 determines the priority of each player based on the determined viewing possibility.

The video identification unit 103, for example, determines a higher priority for a player with a higher judged viewing possibility. When the downward operation of the second switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 sequentially determines that the image of the athlete with the highest determined priority is the image that satisfies the second condition, and selects the image. Identify. In other words, every time a downward operation is performed, the image identification unit 103 identifies an image of a player whose priority is one lower than that of the player being displayed.

In addition, when the upward operation of the second switching operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 determines that the image meets the second condition in order from the image of the player with the lowest determined priority. Identify the video to be displayed. That is, every time an upward operation is performed, the image specifying unit 103 specifies an image of a player whose priority is one higher than that of the player being displayed.

By switching to the specified video as described above, the video distribution unit 105 makes the video displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 different from the player being displayed when the second switching operation is performed. The video is switched to a video shot during a period when the player in accordance with the determined viewing possibility of the player was in a specific situation.

It can be said that the player who is more likely to be watched by the user is the player that the user likes. Therefore, by switching videos according to the above-mentioned priority, the user can see his/her favorite player first when switching videos. In addition, by the second switching operation, the video of the player with the higher priority can be switched to the video of the player with the lower priority. .

Note that the viewing possibility determination method is not limited to the above method. For example, when the user also plays sports, the video identification unit 103 may determine the viewability based on the degree to which the attributes as a player are common to the user. Specifically, the video identification unit 103 determines that the player with more attributes in common with the user is more likely to be viewed. In addition, the image specifying unit 103 may determine that a player with a higher rank in the game or a player closer to a specific rank (for example, a rank near the cutline) is more likely to be viewed.

In addition, the image specifying unit 103 may determine that the player who competes in the competition area at a specific degree of progress (for example, the final group and the group before that) is more likely to view the game area. In addition, the video identification unit 103 assigns points to each player's viewing history, common attribute, ranking in the game, and degree of progress, and determines that the player with a higher total number of points given is more likely to watch the video. good. At that time, each point may be weighted. In either case, the user can see his/her favorite player first when the video is switched.

[2-12] Combination When there are multiple athletes in a specific situation, the image specifying unit 103 sets parameters such as the performance of the game in the specific situation, the ranking of the players, the place of the game, the common attribute, and the viewing tendency of the user. A video to be displayed may be specified in combination. For example, the image specifying unit 103 assigns points according to each parameter to each player in a specific situation, and specifies the images to be displayed in descending order of the total number of points assigned to the player.

Note that each of the above points may be weighted according to the degree of importance of each parameter (a parameter having a higher relationship with the user's interest is more important). In either case, when the second switching operation is performed, the video specifying unit 103 specifies a video captured during a period in which a player different from the player being displayed is in a specific situation, and distributes the video. The unit 105 may switch to the video specified in this way. As a result, in video distribution of sports players, it is possible to easily view the video in a specific situation that has been overlooked, as in the embodiment.

[2-13] Undisplayed video The video distribution unit 105 displays the video on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 when the switching operation (both or either of the first switching operation and the second switching operation) is performed. A player (a player being displayed in the case of the first switching operation, a player different from the player being displayed in the case of the second switching operation) is in a specific situation. , the image may be switched to an image that has not yet been displayed on the display surface 351 of the display device 30 .

An example of FIG. 13 will be described. The video distribution unit 105 switches to the video of player A's 5th tee shot when the first rightward switching operation is performed in a state in which the video of player A's 4th tee shot is displayed. Subsequently, when the first switching operation to the left is performed, the video distribution unit 105 displays the video of player A's tee shots on the 4th and 5th holes, so that the video of player A's tee shots on the 3rd hole is displayed. Switch to shot footage.

Further, when the second upward switching operation is performed twice from the state where the image of the tee shot of the 4th hole of player A is displayed, the image distribution unit 105 displays the image of the tee shot of the 4th hole of player B. , to the tee shot image of Player C on the 4th hole. Subsequently, when the second upward switching operation is performed again, the video distribution unit 105 generates a message ("All Since it has already been displayed, please perform another switching operation.", etc.) may be displayed.

Further, the video distribution unit 105 may switch to a non-displayed video on the assumption that another switching operation has been performed. The other switching operation may be, for example, a second switching operation in the opposite direction (that is, a second switching operation in a downward direction), or may be the first switching operation instead of the second switching operation. By switching to an undisplayed video as described above, more video can be viewed than when switching is performed regardless of whether or not the video is displayed.

[2-14] Link to video The video distribution unit 105 may display a link to a specific video. In this modification, the image specifying unit 103 selects one of the images taken during the period in which the player was in the specific situation as the link destination image. The video identification unit 103 in this case is an example of the "selection unit" of the present invention.

The image specifying unit 103 selects, for example, an image of a player competing in a specialty hole at a golf course that is the venue for the match, as a link destination image. Further, the operation receiving unit 301 of the display device 30 is configured to receive a link creation operation, and the image specifying unit 103 selects the image displayed when the link creation operation is accepted as a link destination image. You may choose.

Further, the video identification unit 103 may select, as a link destination video, a video with the largest number of viewing times or viewing times by a plurality of users who view the distributed video. Also, the video identification unit 103 may select two or more videos (for example, a predetermined number of videos in descending order of viewing time or viewing frequency) as link destination videos. The video distribution unit 105 causes the display surface 351 of the display device 30 to display a link to the selected video.

FIG. 15 represents an example of the displayed links. In the example of FIG. 15, the image display unit 302 of the display device 30 displays the image of the player K during the competition and the links D1, L2 and L3. As each link, for example, a thumbnail image of the video of the linked player is used. Since thumbnail images of player videos are small and it is difficult to identify which player, for example, a close-up video of a player's upper body or face captured in advance may be used as a link.

When an operation to select any link (that is, an operation to a link) is performed, the video distribution unit 105 selects the video displayed on the display surface 351 from among the videos selected by the video identification unit 103, by the user. Switch to the video corresponding to the link selected by the operation. In the example of FIG. 15, when the link D1 to the player T is operated, the image of the player T is displayed, and when the link D2 to the player M is operated, the image of the player M is displayed.

By performing the display by the link, the video of the selected player can be viewed earlier than performing the switching operation. In the example of FIG. 15, the video distribution unit 105 displays the links of players T, M, and I, who have the longest viewing time, from the top in descending order of viewing time. . The video distribution unit 105 may display the links in an arrangement different from the example in FIG. 15 .

FIG. 16 shows an example of arrangement of links. In the example of FIG. 16, the video distribution unit 105 displays group images K3, K4, K5, K6, and K7 (representing groups 3 to 7, respectively) showing groups of players. Here, it is assumed that the displayed player K is in the fifth group, and the linked players T, M, and I are in the seventh, fifth, and third groups. Therefore, the video distribution unit 105 displays a player image E1 indicating that the displayed player K is in the fifth group, superimposed on the group image K5.

Further, the video distribution unit 105 superimposes the link D3 of the player I of the third group on the group image K3, displays the link D2 of the player M of the fifth group superimposed on the group image K5, and superimposes the link D2 of the player M of the fifth group on the group image K5. The link D1 of the player T is displayed superimposed on the group image K7. As described above, the video distribution unit 105 arranges and displays the link to the selected video at a position corresponding to the relationship between the position of the player appearing in the video indicated by the link and the position of the player being displayed.

For example, since the link D2 of the player M is superimposed on the same group image as the player image E1 of the player K, it can be seen that the player M is in the same group as the player K. Also, it can be seen that player I is in the group two places before player K, and player T is in the group two places after player K. By displaying the link as described above, the user can intuitively grasp the positional relationship between the displayed player and the linked player.

Note that in the example of FIG. 16, the group image does not have to be displayed. Even in that case, it is possible to intuitively grasp the positional relationship (front group, back group, or same group) between the displayed player and the linked player from the positional relationship between the player image and the link. .

[2-15] Main screen and sub-screen The image distribution unit 105 sets the display area for distributing the athlete's image as a main display area (hereinafter referred to as "main screen") and a sub display area (hereinafter referred to as "sub-screen"). ), and when the switching operation (the first switching operation or the second switching operation) is performed, the video of the player scheduled to be displayed next may be displayed on the sub-screen.

FIG. 17 shows an example of an image displayed on the display surface 351 in this modified example. In the example of FIG. 17, the video distribution unit 105 displays a main screen Mn1 and sub-screens Sb11, Sb12, Sb13, Sb14, and Sb15 (referred to as "sub-screen Sb10" when not distinguishing between them). Sub-screens Sb12 (left), Sb13 (right), Sb14 (top), and Sb15 (bottom) are arranged on the left, right, top and bottom of the sub-screen Sb11, respectively.

In the example of FIG. 17, the image distribution unit 105 displays the image of player A's tee shot at the 4th hole on the main screen Mn1. In addition, the video distribution unit 105 also displays the video of the player displayed on the main screen Mn1 on the sub screen Sb11. In the example of FIG. 17, the sub-screen Sb11 shows a character string "Player A-4" indicating that the image is of the 4th hole of player A. In the example shown in FIG.

In this modified example, the image specifying unit 103 specifies in advance the image to be displayed when the first switching operation and the second switching operation are performed before the first switching operation and the second switching operation are performed. back. Then, the image distribution unit 105 causes the sub-screen Sb10 to display the previously specified image to be displayed. In the example of FIG. 17, the image distribution unit 105 generates the image to be displayed when the first switching operation is performed in the example of FIG. 5th hole) is displayed on the sub-screens Sb12 and Sb13.

13, the image distribution unit 105 displays the image to be displayed when the second switching operation is performed (the 4th hole of player B when the upward operation is performed, and the 4th hole of player D when the downward operation is performed). are displayed on the sub-screens Sb14 and Sb15. In the example of FIG. 17, for example, when the upward operation of the second switching operation is performed, the image distribution unit 105 changes the image of the player displayed on the main screen Mn1 to the player displayed on the sub screen Sb14. Switch to the image of the tee shot of the 4th hole of B.

By displaying the video of the player on the sub-screen as described above, it becomes possible to know in advance which player will appear next when the switching operation is performed. can be made easier. Note that the display method of the sub-screen is not limited to the example in FIG. For example, the video distribution unit 105 may display only the sub-screens Sb12 to Sb15 without displaying the sub-screen Sb11, or may display only three, two, or one sub-screen.

In addition, the video distribution unit 105 displays, on the sub-screen, not only the video of the player scheduled to appear next, but also the video of the player scheduled to appear when the switching operation (the first switching operation or the second switching operation) is repeated twice or more. You may let Specifically, the video distribution unit 105 prepares, for example, a first sub-screen and a second sub-screen, displays a player scheduled to be shown next on the first sub-screen, and then performs a switching operation. When the process is repeated twice), the players scheduled to appear are displayed on the second sub-screen. As a result, the player to be displayed can be known in advance by performing the switching operation a plurality of times, so that it is possible to search for the desired player more easily than in the case where only the player scheduled to be displayed next is displayed.

[2-16] Condition at start In the embodiment, the player with the highest rank among the competitors during the competition satisfies the condition at start, but the condition at start is not limited to this. For example, tournament organizers or viewers may predefine player priorities, and the player with the highest priority among the players in competition may meet the starting conditions. Also, the player who completed the most holes or the player who took the least number of strokes (just started) among the players during the game may satisfy the conditions at the start. Also, a condition for switching displayed players, which will be described later, may be used as a condition for starting.

[2-17] First operation and second operation In the embodiment, the left-right operation was performed as an example of the first operation, and the up-down operation was performed as an example of the second operation. The operation and the second operation are not limited to these. For example, the up-down operation may be the first operation, and the left-right operation may be the second operation. Also, the operation to the first operator may be the first operation and the operation to the second operator may be the second operation. Alternatively, the tap operation may be the first operation and the flick operation may be the second operation. Further, when the voice operation is possible, the utterance of the first word may be the first operation, and the utterance of the second word may be the second operation. In short, any operation may be the first operation and the second operation as long as the two types of operations are determined.

[2-18] Apparatus for realizing each function The apparatus for realizing each function shown in FIG. 5 is not limited to the apparatus described above. For example, an external device may implement some of the functions implemented by the server device 10 (the video specifying unit 103, the counting unit 104, etc.). Both the server device 10 and the external device may be computer resources provided by a cloud service.

Further, in each of the above examples, the video identification unit 103 determines the viewing tendency, selects the linked video, and identifies the video to be distributed. functions may be performed. Also, one function may perform the operation by the video specifying unit 103 and the operation by the video distribution unit 105 (distribution of video, etc.). In short, as long as the functions shown in FIG. 5 are realized in the video distribution system 1 as a whole, and the player's video is distributed, the functional assignment of each device and the range of actions performed by each function can be freely determined. can be

[2-19] Category of the Invention The present invention provides an information processing system (video distribution system) including information processing devices such as the server device 10 and the display device 30 described above, as well as such information processing devices and photographing means such as the camera 20. 1 is an example). The present invention can also be regarded as an information processing method for realizing the processing performed by those information processing apparatuses, and also as a program for causing a computer that controls these information processing apparatuses to function. This program may be provided in the form of a recording medium such as an optical disc storing it, or may be provided in the form of being downloaded to a computer via a network such as the Internet and installed and made available. may be

[2-20] Functional Blocks The block diagrams used in the description of the above embodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks (components) are implemented by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Also, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be implemented using one device physically or logically coupled, or directly or indirectly using two or more physically or logically separated devices (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be implemented using these multiple devices. A functional block may be implemented by combining software in the one device or the plurality of devices.

Functions include judging, determining, determining, calculating, calculating, processing, deriving, examining, searching, checking, receiving, transmitting, outputting, accessing, resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, assuming, expecting, assuming, Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc. can't For example, a functional block (component) that makes transmission work is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

[2-21] Input/output direction Information, etc. (*see the item “Information, Signal”) can be output from an upper layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or an upper layer). It may be input and output via multiple network nodes.

[2-22] Handling of input/output information, etc. Input/output information, etc. may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory), or may be managed using a management table. Input/output information and the like can be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information and the like may be deleted. The entered information and the like may be transmitted to another device.

[2-23] Judgment method Judgment may be made by a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), by a boolean value (Boolean: true or false), or by a numerical value. may be performed by a comparison of (eg, a comparison with a predetermined value).

[2-24] Application system Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure is LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system) , 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi®), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX®), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth®, other suitable systems and It may be applied to at least one next-generation system extended based on these. Also, a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G, etc.).

[2-25] Processing Procedures, etc. The processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure may be rearranged in order as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of the various steps using a sample order, and are not limited to the specific order presented.

[2-26] Handling of input/output information, etc. Input/output information, etc. may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory), or may be managed in a management table. Input/output information and the like can be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information and the like may be deleted. The entered information and the like may be transmitted to another device.

[2-27] Software Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or otherwise, means instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs , subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, and the like.

Software, instructions, information, etc. may also be sent and received over a transmission medium. For example, the software uses wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.) and/or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) to create websites, Wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium when sent from a server or other remote source.

[2-28] System, Etc. As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

[2-29] Parameters, etc. The information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using corresponding separate values. may be represented using the information of

[2-30] Server/Client At least one of a server and a client may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, or the like. At least one of the server and the client may be a device mounted on a mobile object, the mobile object itself, or the like. The mobile object may be a vehicle (e.g., car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile object (e.g., drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned ).

At least one of the server and the client includes devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor. Also, the server in the present disclosure may be read as a client terminal.

For example, a configuration in which communication between a server and a client terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of user terminals (for example, D2D (Device-to-Device), V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything), etc.) Each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to. In this case, the display device 30 may have the functions of the server device 10 described above. Similarly, the client terminal in the present disclosure may be read as a server. In this case, the server device 10 may have the functions of the display device 30 described above.

[2-31] Information, Signals Information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may refer to voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. may be represented by a combination of

[2-32] "judgment", "decision"
As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Judgement", "determining" are, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (eg, lookup in a table, database, or other data structure);

Also, "judgment" and "determination" are used for receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., transmitting information), input, output, access (accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory) may include deeming that a "judgment" or "decision" has been made. In addition, "judgment" and "decision" are considered to be "judgment" and "decision" by resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. can contain. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" may include considering that some action is "judgment" and "decision". Also, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", or the like.

[2-33] Meaning of "Based on" As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based only on," unless expressly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

[2-34] "first", "second"
Any reference to elements using the "first,""second," etc. designations used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, reference to a first and second element does not imply that only two elements can be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.

[2-35] "means"
The “means” in the configuration of each device described above may be replaced with “unit”, “circuit”, “device”, or the like.

[2-36] "comprising," etc. In this disclosure, when the terms "include,""including," and variations thereof are used, these terms refer to the term "comprising." ” is intended to be inclusive. Furthermore, the term "or" as used in this disclosure is not intended to be an exclusive OR.

[2-37] Articles In this disclosure, when articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, this disclosure recognizes that the nouns following these articles are plural. may include

[2-38] "Different"
In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." The term may also mean that "A and B are different from C". Terms such as "separate,""coupled," etc. may also be interpreted in the same manner as "different."

[2-39] "and", "or"
In the present disclosure, regarding configurations that can be implemented with either “A and B” or “A or B,” the configuration described in one expression may be used as the configuration described in the other expression. For example, when "A and B" are described, they may be used as "A or B" as long as they are not inconsistent with other descriptions and practicable.

[2-40] Variations of Aspects, etc. Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, may be used in combination, or may be used by switching according to execution. In addition, the notification of predetermined information (for example, notification of “being X”) is not limited to being performed explicitly, but may be performed implicitly (for example, not notifying the predetermined information). good too.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in this disclosure. The present disclosure can be practiced with modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Accordingly, the description of the present disclosure is for illustrative purposes and is not meant to be limiting in any way.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 video distribution system 10 server device 20 camera 30 display device 101 video storage unit 102 instruction reception unit 103 video identification unit 104 totalization unit 105 video distribution unit 201 Photographing unit 202 Measurement unit 203 Input reception unit 204 Transmission unit 301 Operation reception unit 302 Video display unit.

Claims (9)

an accumulation unit for accumulating images of a specific player continuously photographed in a sport in which a plurality of players compete at the same time;
A display control unit for displaying an image accumulated in the accumulation unit in a display area, wherein when a first operation is performed, the displayed image is switched to an image captured during a period in which the player is in a specific situation, and a second operation is performed. A display control unit that switches to a video shot during a period in which a player different from the player being displayed is in the specific situation when is performed ,
The display control unit, when the second operation is performed, is an information processing device that switches to an image captured during a period in which the displayed player and the player having the same attribute as the player were in the specific situation. In the sport, a competition is held while progressing in the competition area,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the second operation is performed, the display control unit switches to an image captured during a period in which a player whose degree of progress is the same as that of the player being displayed is in the specific situation. . In the above sports, the intermediate progress of each player's ranking is displayed even during the competition,
The display control unit, when the second operation is performed, captures an image of a player having a predetermined ranking relationship with the displayed player at a predetermined point in time during the period in which the player is in the specific situation. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is switched to the image that has been changed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined time is a time when the player being displayed is in the specific situation. When the second operation is performed, the display control unit performs a competition with the player being displayed among the images captured during the period in which the player different from the player being displayed is in the specific situation. 5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein switching is performed to an image having a common location or characteristics of the location. A determination unit that determines a player who is likely to be viewed by the user based on information related to the user associated with the display area,
When the second operation is performed, the display control unit shoots a player corresponding to the determined possibility among the players different from the player being displayed during the period in which the player is in the specific situation. 6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the image is switched to the image that has been displayed. The display control unit controls, when the first operation or the second operation is performed, an image that has not yet been displayed in the display area among images captured during a period in which the player was in the specific situation. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the information processing apparatus switches to . A selection unit that selects one of the images taken during the period in which the player was in the specific situation,
8. Any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the display control unit displays a link to the image selected by the selection unit in the display area, and switches to the selected image when the link is operated. The information processing device according to the item. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the display control unit arranges and displays the link at a position according to the relationship between the position of the player appearing in the image indicated by the link and the position of the player being displayed. .

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