Information data processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuma Mikawa
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Abstract
A signal processing apparatus of a configuration capable of requesting a transmission of an information file including the currently received information data in response to an instruction for starting a recording in the course of reception of information data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus and decoding of the information data by a decoder, and receiving the information file transmitted from the transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request, while suspending the decoding process by the decoder.
Claims39
A signal processing apparatus comprising:
- instruction means;
- a decoder for decoding an information data stream;
- communication means for receiving the information data stream transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, wherein said communication means has a first mode for receiving the information data while decoding the information data, and a second mode for receiving the information data while suspending the decoding of the information data;
- storing means for storing the information data stream received by said communication means;
- and
- control means for requesting said communication means to transmit an information data file including the information data stream in response to an instruction provided by said instruction means in a course of reception of the information data stream in the first mode, and controlling said communication means so as to receive in the second mode the information data file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus, in response to such transmission request.
An apparatus according to claim. 1, wherein
- said control means further detects a format of the information data file including the information data received in said first mode, and determines, according to a result of the detection, whether or not to request the transmission of the information data file to said transmitting apparatus.
A signal processing apparatus comprising:
- communication means for receiving information data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus;
- a decoder for decoding the information data;
- instruction means;
- and
- control means for controlling said communication means and said decoder so as to request to said transmitting apparatus a transmission of an information file including the information data currently in the course of reception, when an instruction is provided by said instruction means in a course of reception of the information data by said communication means and decoding of the information data by said decoder, and to receive the information file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to such transmission request, while suspending the decoding process by said decoder.
A signal processing apparatus comprising:
- communication means for receiving image data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus;
- instruction means;
- storing means for storing the image data;
- display means for displaying an image corresponding to the image data;
- and
- control means for controlling said communication means and said display unit so as to request to said transmitting apparatus a transmission of an image file including the image data currently in the course of reception, when an instruction is provided by said instruction means in a course of reception of said image data by said communication means and display of said image data by said display unit, and to receive the image file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request to output the received image file to said storing means, while suspending the display process by said display unit.
A signal processing apparatus comprising:
- communication means for receiving plural information files and an information data stream contained in said information files from a transmitting apparatus;
- instruction means;
- and
- control means for controlling said communication means so as to request, in response to a first instruction provided by said instruction means in a course of reception of the information data stream by said communication means, a transmission of an information file including the information data stream currently in the course of reception, and to request a transmission of another information data stream in said plural information files, other than the currently received information data stream.
A signal processing apparatus comprising:
- instruction means;
- a decoder for decoding an information data stream;
- communication means for receiving the information data stream transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, wherein said communication means has a first mode for receiving the information data while decoding the information data, and a second mode for receiving the information data while suspending decoding of the information data;
- a storage for storing the information data stream received by said communication means;
- and
- control means for controlling said communication means so as to request in response to an instruction provided by said instruction means in a course of reception of the information data stream in the first mode, a transmission of an information data file including the information data stream, to said transmitting apparatus and to receive the information data file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request in the second mode, to output the information data file to said storage.
A signal processing method comprising:
- a instruction step of giving an instruction;
- a decoding step of decoding an information data stream;
- a communication step of receiving the information data stream transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, wherein said communication step has a first mode for receiving the information data while decoding the information data, and a second mode for receiving the information data while suspending the decoding of the information data;
- a storage step of storing the information data stream received in said communication step;
- and
- a control step of requesting said communication step to transmit an information data file including the information data stream in response to an instruction provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data stream in the first mode, and controlling said communication step so as to receive in the second mode the information data file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request.
A signal processing method comprising:
- a communication step of receiving information data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus;
- a decoding step of decoding the information data;
- an instruction step for giving an instruction;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step and said decoding step so as to request to said transmitting apparatus a transmission of an information file including the information data currently in the course of reception, when an instruction is provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data in said communication step and decoding of the information data in said decoding step, and to receive the information file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to such transmission request, while suspending the decoding process in said decoding step.
A signal processing method comprising:
- a communication step of receiving image data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus;
- an instruction step of giving an instructions;
- a storage step of storing the image data in a storage;
- a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the image data;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step and said display step so as to request to said transmitting apparatus a transmission of an image file including the image data currently in the course of reception, when an instruction is provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of said image data by said communication step and display of said image data by said display step, and to receive the image file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request to output the received image file to said storage, while suspending the display process in said display step.
A signal processing method comprising:
- a communication step of receiving plural information files and an information data stream contained in said information files from a transmitting apparatus;
- an instruction step of giving an instruction;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step so as to request, in response to a first instruction provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data stream in said communication step, a transmission of an information file including the information data stream currently in the course of reception, and to request a transmission of another information data stream in said plural information files, other than the currently received information data stream.
A signal processing method comprising:
- an instruction step of giving an instruction;
- a decoding step of decoding an information data stream;
- a communication step of receiving the information data stream transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, wherein said communication step has a first mode for receiving the information data while decoding the information data, and a second mode for receiving the information data while suspending decoding of the information data;
- a storage step of storing in a storage the information data stream received by said communication step;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step so as to request in response to an instruction provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data stream in the first mode, a transmission of an information data file including the information data stream, to said transmitting apparatus and to receive the information data file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request in the second mode, to output the information data file to said storage.
A computer readable memory medium storing a program for a signal processing method, said program comprising:
- a instruction step of giving an instruction;
- a decoding step of decoding an information data stream;
- a communication step of receiving the information data stream transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, wherein said communication step has a first mode for receiving the information data while decoding the information data, and a second mode for receiving the information data while suspending the decoding of the information data;
- a storage step of storing the information data stream received in said communication step;
- and
- a control step of requesting said communication step to transmit an information data file including the information data stream in response to an instruction provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data stream in the first mode, and controlling said communication step so as to receive in the second mode the information data file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request.
A computer readable memory medium storing a program for a signal processing method, said program comprising:
- a communication step of receiving information data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus;
- a decoding step of decoding the information data;
- an instruction step for giving an instruction;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step and said decoding step so as to request to said transmitting apparatus a transmission of an information file including the information data currently in the course of reception, when an instruction is provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data in said communication step and decoding of the information data in said decoding step, and to receive the information file, transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to such transmission request, while suspending the decoding process in said decoding step.
A computer readable memory medium storing a program for a signal processing method, said program comprising:
- a communication step of receiving image data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus;
- an instruction step of giving an instruction;
- a storage step of storing the image data in a storage;
- a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the image data;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step and said display step so as to request to said transmitting apparatus a transmission of an image file including the image data currently in the course of reception, when an instruction is provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of said image data by said communication step and display of said image data by said display step, and to receive the image file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request to output the received image file to said storage, while suspending the display process in said display step.
A computer readable memory medium storing a program for a signal processing method, said program comprising:
- a communication step of receiving plural information files and an information data stream contained in said information files from a transmitting apparatus;
- an instruction step of giving an instruction;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step so as to request, in response to a first instruction provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data stream in said communication step, a transmission of an information file including the information data stream currently in the course of reception, and to request a transmission of another information data stream in said plural information files, other than the currently received information data stream.
A computer readable memory medium storing a program for a signal processing method, said program comprising:
- an instruction step of giving an instruction;
- a decoding step of decoding an information data stream;
- a communication step of receiving the information data stream transmitted from a transmitting apparatus, wherein said communication step has a first mode for receiving the information data while decoding the information data, and a second mode for receiving the information data while suspending decoding of the information data;
- a storage step of storing in a storage the information data stream received by said communication step;
- and
- a control step of controlling said communication step so as to request in response to an instruction provided in said instruction step in a course of reception of the information data stream in the first mode, a transmission of an information data file including the information data stream, to said transmitting apparatus and to receive the information data file transmitted from said transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request in the second mode, to output the information data file to said storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.