Abstract: An image data acquirement section of an image processing apparatus acquires data regarding a frame of a moving image generated by a server. A decoding/decompression section repeats a cycle of a decoding/decompression process for each of frames at a rate higher than the frame rate of the moving image. An image processing section repeats a cycle of applying a necessary image process to each of the frames at the rate higher than the frame rate of the moving image. The display control section outputs the data regarding the frame ready for displaying to a display panel at the rate higher than the frame rate of the moving image.

Abstract: A processing section executes processes concerning a plurality of applications in a time division manner. A CSDMA engine detects a switching timing of an application to be executed in the processing section. When detecting the switching timing, the CSDMA engine saves a context of an application that is being executed in the processing section 46, to a main memory from the processing section, and installs a context of an application to be subsequently executed in the processing section, from the main memory to the processing section, not through a process by software managing the plurality of applications.

Abstract: A graphics processor having a command processor and a geometry engine and connected to a memory and another graphics processor includes a bus fabric that delivers and receives data to and from the memory connected thereto, and a first interconnect that is connected to the command processor and the geometry engine and that delivers and receives data to and from a command processor and a geometry engine of the other graphics processor. Via a second interconnect, the bus fabric delivers and receives data to and from a bus fabric of the other graphics processor, and is accessibly connected to a memory connected to the other graphics processor.

Abstract: An attention degree estimation section in a compression coding section of a server estimates an attention degree on the basis of contents indicated by a moving image generated by an image forming section, for each of unit regions produced by dividing a frame plane. A compression coding processing section compression-codes the moving image at a compression rate varied in the frame plane according to a distribution of the attention degrees. A communication section transmits compression-coded data to an image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A dividing section of a server divides, along a common boundary, a plurality of images that are formed by an image forming section and correspond to respective frames of a moving image, to form image blocks. A first coding section compression-codes one of the plurality of images in units of the image block. A second coding section compression-codes another one of the plurality of images in units of the image block, using data compression-coded by the first coding section. A communication section transmits data of the compression-coded image blocks to an image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A server performs a part of a forming process necessary for conversion into formats corresponding to display modes of a head mounted display and a flat-plate display connected to an image processing apparatus, and transmits a processing result to the image processing apparatus. At this time, the server switches the part of the process to transmit any one of a pair of a left-eye image and a right-eye image, an image suited for the flat-plate display, and an image constituted by a left-eye image and a right-eye image to each of which distortion for an ocular lens has been given.

Abstract: A gaze point acquisition section 470 in a compression coding section 422 of a server 400 acquires position information associated with a gaze point of a user in a moving image that is generated by an image forming section 420 and is displayed on a client. An attention degree estimation section 472 estimates an attention degree on the basis of a position of the gaze point, for each of unit regions produced by dividing a frame plane. A compression coding processing section 474 compression-codes the moving image at a compression rate varied in the frame plane according to a distribution of the attention degrees. A communication section 426 transmits compression-coded data to an image processing apparatus 200.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus, a transmission method, and a program that can reduce the number of times that useless transmission of image data is performed due to a failure in reception of image data indicating a reference destination. A transmission failure likelihood data management section checks the likelihood of a failure in transmission of first image data. Second image is an image rendered in a frame buffer for the first time after a timing when a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the first image data. An encoding processing section controls whether or not to generate second image data requiring no reference destination, depending on the likelihood of the failure in the transmission of the first image data at a timing of encoding the second image.

Abstract: An image contents acquisition section in a compression coding section of a server acquires information associated with contents indicated by a moving image generated by an image generation section. A communication status acquisition section acquires a status of communication with an image processing apparatus corresponding to a data transmission destination. A compression coding processing section adjusts a data size of the moving image according to a change of the communication status, by using means determined on the basis of the contents indicated by the moving image, and compression-codes data of the moving image. A communication section transmits compression-coded data to the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A compression coding section compression-codes an image formed by an image forming section of a server in units of a partial image smaller than one frame, and transmits the compression-coded image to an image processing apparatus via a communication section together with its formation time. An image data acquisition section of the image processing apparatus acquires the transmitted image data, and a decoding decompression section decoding-decompresses the image data for each partial image. An image processing section performs necessary processing for each of the partial images. A display control section outputs data of the partial images to a display device while changing an output target or controlling an output order according to an acquisition status of the data of the partial images.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a memory and a memory controller writing data to the memory in response to a write for writing the data to the memory, in which the memory executes error correction processing for each data of a predetermined data length, and the memory controller executes, in place of the memory, read modify write processing in a case where a data length of the data related to the write instruction is smaller than the predetermined data length.

Abstract: An image forming section of a server predicts a position or a posture of a head of a user wearing a head mounted display at the time of display, and draws an image of a frame of a moving image in a visual field corresponding to the predicted position or posture. A communication section transmits data of the moving image and a prediction value of the position or the posture to an image processing apparatus. An image processing section of the image processing apparatus corrects an image on the basis of a difference between a latest position or posture and the prediction value. A display control section changes a correction target on the basis of the difference.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, a transmission method, a reception method, and a program by which whether or not a GDR technology is to be used can be suitably controlled according to a situation are provided. An acquisition unit sequentially acquires a frame image drawn in a frame buffer. A GDR usage determination unit determines, on the basis of the frame image or a communication situation, whether or not the GDR is to be used. An encode processing unit encodes, according to the determination as to whether or not the GDR is to be used, the frame image into any one of an ordinary I-frame and data including an I-slice in the GDR. A transmission unit transmits the I-frame or the data including an I-slice.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives an access request to a plurality of storage devices and executes access to one of the plurality of storage devices in response to the received access request. The information processing apparatus changes a mode of the access according to a performance required for readout of target data that is a target of the access request.

Abstract: A display control apparatus, a transmission apparatus, a display control method, and a program that enable an image display time interval at the display control apparatus, which is connected to the transmission apparatus through a network, to properly follow an image rendering time interval at the transmission apparatus. A data reception section sequentially receives image data indicating an image associated with rendering time data capable of determining an image rendering time for the image in a cloud server. A display timing determination section determines, based on the rendering time data, a display timing of the image indicated by the image data. A display control section controls display of the image in accordance with the determined display timing.

Abstract: A signal processing chip includes a plurality of signal processing blocks each configured to transmit and receive a signal via a signal line, samples the signal on the signal line that is transmitted and received by the signal processing blocks, and transmits, to another signal processing chip, a data frame including information indicating the signal sampled at a timing of satisfying a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A GPU generates a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of applications executed in parallel and stores the plurality of images in a frame buffer. A compression coder reads out the images stored in the frame buffer and codes the images. The compression coder reads out the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of applications from the frame buffer at different timings for each application.

Abstract: A data processing system includes a GPU and a switching instruction section. The GPU performs in a time-divided manner a process of generating a plurality of pieces of data corresponding to a plurality of applications executed in parallel. In the case where the GPU completes a process of generating one unit of data that is data corresponding to a first application and that is to be handed over to subsequent processing sections, the switching instruction section instructs the GPU to switch to a process of generating an image corresponding to a second application different from the first application.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, an image acquisition section acquires captured images from a stereo camera of a head-mounted display. An image correction section performs correction on a partial image-wise basis, a partial image being smaller than one frame, while referring to a displacement vector map representing displacement vectors of pixels required for the correction. A feature point extraction section extracts feature points from partial images, and supplies the feature points sequentially to a feature point comparison section. The feature point comparison section associates feature points in a plurality of images with one another. A space information acquisition section acquires information as to a real space on the basis of correspondence information as to the feature points.

Abstract: A content processing apparatus 200 compresses image data of content in a lossy manner and transmits the image data to a head-mounted display 100 through an interface 300. An image processing integrated circuit 120 of the head-mounted display 100 transmits the image data to a display panel 122 through an interface 304 whose protocol is different from a protocol of the interface 300, without decoding and decompressing the image data. The display panel 122 displays the image that has been decoded and decompressed after being transmitted through the interface 304.