Image capture apparatus, control method therefor, image processing apparatus, and image processing system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshihiro Shibata
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Abstract
An image capture apparatus obtains image data captured using an image sensor and then generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data. The image capture apparatus comprises a first output circuit for outputting the image data in a first format to an external apparatus and a second output circuit for outputting a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus. The second output circuit is from the first output circuit.
Claims15
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- an obtainment processor or circuit that obtains image data captured using an image sensor;
- a metadata generation processor or circuit that generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data;
- a first output processor or circuit that outputs the image data and a part of the metadata in a first format to an external apparatus, wherein the first format conforms to Serial Digital Interface (SDI) standard and the part of metadata is added as ancillary data;
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- a second output processor or circuit that outputs a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus, wherein the second format based on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the second output processor or circuit is different from the first output processor or circuit.
An image processing apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus in a communication-enabled manner,
- wherein the information processing apparatus comprising:
- an obtainment processor or circuit that obtains image data captured using an image sensor;
- a metadata generation processor or circuit that generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data;
- a first output processor or circuit that outputs the image data and a part of the metadata in a first format to an external apparatus, wherein the first format conforms to Serial Digital Interface (SDI) standard and the part of metadata is added as ancillary data;
- and
- a second output processor or circuit that outputs a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus, wherein the second format based on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the second output processor or circuit is different from the first output processor or circuit, and
- wherein the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a first input processor or circuit that receives the image data and the part of the metadata that have been output from the first output processor or circuit and then converted into a format different from the first format;
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- a second input processor or circuit that receives the part of the metadata in the second format that has been output from the second output processor or circuit.
An image processing system in which an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus are connected in a communication-enabled manner,
- wherein the information processing apparatus comprising:
- an obtainment processor or circuit that obtains image data captured using an image sensor;
- a metadata generation processor or circuit that generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data;
- a first output processor or circuit that outputs the image data and a part of the metadata in a first format to an external apparatus, wherein the first format conforms to Serial Digital Interface (SDI) standard and the part of metadata is added as ancillary data;
- and
- a second output processor or circuit that outputs a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus, wherein the second format based on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the second output processor or circuit is different from the first output processor or circuit, and
- wherein the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a first input processor or circuit that receives the image data and the part of the metadata that have been output from the first output processor or circuit and then converted into a format different from the first format;
- and
- a second input processor or circuit that receives the part of the metadata in the second format that has been output from the second output processor or circuit.
A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising:
- obtaining image data captured using an image sensor;
- generating, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data;
- outputting the image data and a part of the metadata in a first format to an external apparatus, wherein the first format conforms to Serial Digital Interface (SDI) standard and the part of metadata is added as ancillary data;
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- outputting a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus, wherein the second format based on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the second output processor or circuit is different from the first output processor or circuit.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer of an image capture apparatus to execute a control method for an image capture apparatus that includes a first output processor or circuit and a second output processor or circuit different from the first output processor or circuit, wherein the control method comprising:
- obtaining image data captured using an image sensor;
- generating, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data;
- outputting the image data and a part of the metadata in a first format to an external apparatus, wherein the first format conforms to Serial Digital Interface (SDI) standard and the part of metadata is added as ancillary data;
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- outputting a part of the metadata in a second format to the external apparatus, wherein the second format based on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the second output processor or circuit is different from the first output processor or circuit.
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