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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage mediumRelated Patent Categories: Pulse Or Digital Communications, Bandwidth Reduction Or Expansion, Television Or Motion Video SignalInformation processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080049831, Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and storage medium. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a storage medium, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a storage medium, suitable for presenting to a user an image and motion corresponding to the image or suitable for presenting motion corresponding to an image selected by an user. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] An apparatus is known in which a chair on which an audience sits is moved in synchronization with a displayed image the audience is watching thereby presenting a realistic feeling to the audience. The chair is moved in accordance with motion data generated from data which was output from a sensor for detecting an angle, such as an acceleration sensor, when the image was taken. In some cases, the motion data is manually generated by a human operator by guessing motion from a given image. [0005] However, in this technique in which motion data is generated from data acquired using a sensor when an image is taken, complicated processing is needed to acquire the data. Furthermore, because the image and the data from which the motion data is generated should be synchronized with each other when motion is presented to an audience, it is difficult to acquire a plurality of sets of an image and corresponding motion data. [0006] As a result, images and motions which can be practically presented are limited. Even in the case where an image and motion can be selected from a plurality of sets, the number of sets is limited, and thus it is impossible to present an image and motion which can sufficiently satisfy users. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique of presenting an image and corresponding motion in response to a request issued by an user, in which an image supplied by an audience is transmitted to another apparatus via a network, motion data is generated by that apparatus, and the resultant motion data is presented to the user. It is another object of the present invention to provide a technique of presenting an image and corresponding motion in response to a request issued by an user, in which an image supplied by an audience is transmitted to another apparatus via a network, motion data is generated by that apparatus, and the resultant motion data is presented not only to the user who has issued the request for generation of the motion data but also to other users. [0008] According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising: inputting means for inputting image data; motion data generating means for generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to the input image data; ID data generating means for generating ID data corresponding to at least one of the image data and the motion data; first storing means for storing the image data and the motion data; second storing means for storing the ID data corresponding to the at least one of the image data and the motion data and also storing address data indicating an address in the first storing means at which the at least one of the image data and the motion data is stored, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; presenting means for presenting an image corresponding to the image data and also presenting motion corresponding to the motion data; and output means for reading, in response to receiving ID data from the presenting means, address data related to the ID data from the second storing means, and then reading image data and motion data from the first storing means in accordance with the address data, and finally transmitting a set of the image data and the motion data to the presenting means. [0009] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: input means for inputting image data via a network; motion data generating means for generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data input via the input means; ID generating means for generating an ID corresponding to a set of the image data input via the input means and the motion data generated by the motion data generating means; and transmitting means for transmitting the image data, the motion data, and the ID data, in a mutually related fashion, to another apparatus via the network. [0010] The information processing apparatus may further comprise charging means for charging a total fee including a fee for use of the information processing apparatus and a fee for use of another apparatus; and data generating means for generating data indicating the amount of fee for use of another apparatus, included in the total fee charged by the charging means. [0011] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising the steps of: inputting image data via a network; generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data input in the inputting step; generating an ID corresponding to a set of the image data input in the inputting step and the motion data generated in the motion data generating step; and transmitting the image data, the motion data, and the ID data, in a mutually related fashion, to another apparatus via the network. [0012] The information processing method may further comprise the steps of: charging a total fee including a fee for use of the information processing apparatus and a fee for use of another apparatus; and generating data indicating the amount of fee for use of another apparatus, included in the total fee charged in the charging step. [0013] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium including a computer-readable program stored thereon, the program comprising the steps of: generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data input in the inputting step; generating an ID corresponding to a set of the image data input in the inputting step and the motion data generated in the motion data generating step; and transmitting the image data, the motion data, and the ID data, in a mutually related fashion, to another apparatus via the network. [0014] In the storage medium including a computer-readable program stored thereon, the program may further comprise the steps of: charging a total fee including a fee for use of the information processing apparatus and a fee for use of another apparatus; and generating data indicating the amount of fee for use of another apparatus, included in the total fee charged in the charging step. [0015] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: input means for inputting image data, motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data, an ID assigned to a set of the image data and the motion data, and charge data used for charging; first storing means for storing the image data and the motion data input via the input means; second storing means for storing the ID data input via the input means and also storing address data indicating addresses in the first storing means at which the image data and the motion data are stored, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; read operation commanding means for reading, when the ID is input from another apparatus, the address data related to the ID data from the second storing means and commanding the first storing means to read the image data and the motion data in accordance with the address data read from the second storing means; and charging means for charging in accordance with the charge data input via the input means. [0016] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method, comprising the steps of: inputting image data, motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data, an ID assigned to a set of the image data and the motion data, and charge data used for charging; storing the image data and the motion data input in the inputting step; storing the ID data input in the inputting step and also storing address data indicating addresses at which the image data and the motion data have been stored in the step of storing the image data and the motion data, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; reading, when the ID is input from another apparatus, the address data related to the ID data stored in the ID data storing step and issuing a read command to read the image data and the motion data in accordance with the address data; and charging in accordance with the charge data input in the inputting step. [0017] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium including a computer-readable program stored thereon, the program comprising the steps of: inputting image data, motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data, an ID assigned to a set of the image data and the motion data, and charge data used for charging; storing the image data and the motion data input in the inputting step; storing the ID data input in the inputting step and also storing address data indicating addresses at which the image data and the motion data have been stored in the step of storing the image data and the motion data, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; reading, when the ID is input from another apparatus, the address data related to the ID data stored in the ID data storing step and issuing a read command to read the image data and the motion data in accordance with the address data; and charging in accordance with the charge data input in the inputting step. [0018] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a terminal, a first information processing apparatus, a second information apparatus and a presenting apparatus, which are connected to each other via a network, in which the terminal comprises first transmitting means for transmitting image data, the first information processing apparatus comprises first receiving means for receiving image data transmitted from the first transmitting means; motion data generating means for generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data received via the first receiving means; ID data generating means for generating ID data corresponding to a set of the image data received via the first receiving means and the motion data generated by the motion data generating means; and second transmitting means for transmitting the image data, the motion data, and the ID data, in a mutually related fashion, to the second information processing means, the second information processing apparatus comprises second receiving means for receiving the image data, the motion data, and the ID data transmitted from the second transmitting means; first storing means for storing the image data and the motion data received via the second receiving means; second storing means for storing the ID data received via the second receiving means and also storing address data indicating addresses in the first storing means at which the image data and the motion data are stored, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; and third transmitting means for reading, when ID data is received from the presenting apparatus, address data related to the ID data from the second storing means, and then reading image data and motion data from the first storing means in accordance with the address data, and finally transmitting a set of the image data and the motion data to the presenting apparatus, and the presenting apparatus comprises: third receiving means for receiving the image data and the motion data transmitted from the third transmitting means; and presenting means for presenting an image in accordance with the image data received via the third receiving means and also presenting motion in accordance with the motion data received via the third receiving means. [0019] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: first storing means for storing image data input via a network; ID data generating means for generating ID data corresponding to the image data; second storing means for storing the ID data generated by the ID generating means and also storing address data indicating an address in the first storing means at which the image data is stored, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; reading means for reading, when ID data is input from another apparatus, address data related to the ID data stored in the second storing means and reading image data from the first storing means in accordance with the address data read from the second storing means; motion data generating means for generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to the image data read by the reading means; and transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the reading means and the motion data generated by the motion data generating means to another apparatus, such that the image data and the motion data are related to each other. [0020] The information processing apparatus may further comprise charging means for charging in accordance with charge data from another apparatus. [0021] According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising the steps of: storing image data input via a network; generating ID data corresponding to the image data; storing the ID data generated in the ID data generating step and also storing address data indicating an address at which the image data has been stored in the image data storing step, such that the ID data and the address data are related to each other; reading, when the ID is input from another apparatus, the address data related to the ID data stored in the ID data storing step, and further reading the image data stored in the image data storing step, in accordance with the address data; generating motion data for controlling motion corresponding to an image in accordance with the image data read in the image data reading step; and transmitting the image data read in the image data reading step and the motion data generated in the motion data generating step to another apparatus, such that the image data and the motion data are related to each other. 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