CONTENT PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD

摘要

There is provided a content provision system including an information processing apparatus and a terminal device wherein the information processing apparatus provides a content that includes images respectively captured at discrete capturing locations to the terminal device, the information processing apparatus comprising: a retrieving unit configured to retrieve the content and a position information item associated with the content; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the content and the position information item to the terminal device; the terminal device comprising: a reception unit configured to receive the content and the position information item; and a content reproduction unit configured to reproduce the content by selecting an image to be displayed and displaying a partial area of the selected image, the displayed partial area being extracted from the selected image to show a view in a direction of the designated position for at least one of the images.

主权项

1. A content provision system including an information processing apparatus and a terminal device wherein the information processing apparatus provides a content that includes a plurality of images respectively captured at discrete capturing locations to the terminal device,
the information processing apparatus comprising: a retrieving unit configured to retrieve the content from a content storage device for storing the content, and a position information item associated with the content from a position information storage device for storing the position information item, the position information item defining a designated position; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the retrieved content and the retrieved position information item to the terminal device; the terminal device comprising: a reception unit configured to receive the content and the position information item; and a content reproduction unit configured to reproduce the content by successively selecting an image to be displayed from the images included in the content and displaying a partial area of the selected image, the displayed partial area being extracted from the selected image to show a view in a direction of the designated position for at least one of the images that is identified based on a distances between the designated position and a capturing location of the at least one of the images.