IMAGE DISTRIBUTING DEVICE, IMAGE DISTRIBUTING METHOD, RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANSFER METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image distributing device and an image distributing method with which at least a significant image area can be displayed on the display device of a client, and to provide a receiving device, a receiving method, a transfer device and transfer method suitable for the same. SOLUTION: In the image distributing device, one entire image 11 is divided into a plurality of areas 12 and an information element is generated for reproducing and displaying each area. A most significant area 13 exists in these areas 12 and the image distributing device first distributes the information element corresponding to the most significant area 13. Afterwards, the image distributing device successively distributes information parts in the helical order in the entire image 11. Since the information element can be treated in image reproducing processing independently of each of other areas, the receiving device can perform processing for displaying the image corresponding to the ability or setting of the display range of its own display device.