Imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakahiro Iwasaki
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Abstract
There has been a problem that continuous recording of monitoring data may be impeded by inconsistency in setting values, occurring due to changes in settings of an imaging unit or compression encoding unit performed while recording. Provided are a recording source which outputs a stream including compression-encoded video data, instructing means which change a parameter relating to the recording source, according to a command transmitted from an external device connected via a network, and control means which perform control so as to switch whether or not a command by the instructing means as to the recording source correlated with the recording job can be accepted, in accordance with the recording state of the recording job.
Claims19
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit the image captured by the imaging unit to an external device connected via a network;
- a recording unit configured to record the image into a storage unit;
- a receiving unit configured to receive a request from the external device for changing a mode related to the image, the mode specifying a combination of at least maximum resolution of the image and a maximum frame rate of the image;
- and
- a control unit configured not to change the mode in response to the request, if the recording unit is recording the image, and to change the mode in response to the request, if the recording unit is not recording the image.
A control method for an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- capturing an image;
- transmitting the image to an external device via a network;
- recording the image into a storage unit;
- receiving a request from the external device for changing a mode related to the image, the mode specifying a combination of at least maximum resolution of the image and a maximum frame rate of the image;
- and
- not changing the mode in response to the request if the recording is being executed and changing the mode in response to the request if the recording is not being executed.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform operations comprising:
- capturing an image;
- transmitting the image to an external device via a network;
- recording the image into a storage unit;
- receiving a request from the external device for changing a mode related to the image, the mode specifying a combination of at least maximum resolution of the image and a maximum frame rate of the image;
- and
- not changing the mode in response to the request while the recording is being executed and changing the mode in response to the request if recording the image is not being executed.
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to capture an image;
- a transmission unit configured to transmit the image captured by the imaging unit to an external device connected via a network;
- a recording unit configured to record the image into a storage unit;
- a receiving unit configured to receive a request command from the external device for changing a set of parameters including at least a parameter of resolution of the image and a parameter of a frame rate of the image;
- and
- a control unit configured not to change the set of parameters in response to the request command, if the recording unit is recording the image, and to change the set of parameters in response to the request command if the recording unit is not recording the image.
A control method for an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- capturing an image;
- transmitting the image to an external device via a network;
- recording the image into a storage unit;
- receiving a request command from the external device for changing a set of parameters including at least a parameter of resolution of the image and a parameter of a frame rate of the image;
- and
- not changing the set of parameters in response to the request command if the recording is being executed and changing the set of parameters in response to the request command if the recording is not being executed.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform operations comprising:
- capturing an image;
- transmitting the image to an external device via a network;
- recording the image into a storage unit;
- receiving a request command from the external device for changing a set of parameters including at least a parameter of resolution of the image and a parameter of frame rate of the image;
- and
- not changing the set of parameters in response to the request command while the recording is being executed and changing the set of parameters in response to the request if recording the image is not being executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.