Image distribution apparatus, image receiving apparatus, management method for image distribution apparatus, and setting method for image receiving apparatus

An image receiving apparatus comprising:

• a communication device for receiving from an image distribution apparatus an image, on a field-of-view range and information on a field-of-view range setting right, said image distribution apparatus receiving a field-of-view range setting request from an image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right which is a right of setting a field-of-view of an image to be distributed, to reflect the field-of-view range setting request upon a cut-out position of a captured image, and receiving a field-of-view selection request from an image receiving apparatus not having the field-of-view range setting right, to select an image to be distributed to the image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right as a distribution image to the image receiving apparatus not having the field-of-view range setting right;
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• a field-of-view range setting device capable of setting a position and size of a field-of-view if it is judged by referring to the information received from said communication device that the field-of-view is assigned the field-of-view range setting right, and capable of selecting the field-of-view of an image to be received, from fields of view of images to be distributed to the image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right if it is judged from the received information that the field-of-view is not assigned the field-of-view range setting right.

A setting method for an image receiving apparatus, comprising steps of:

• receiving from an image distribution apparatus an image, a field-of-view range and information on a field-of-view range setting right, said image distribution apparatus receiving a field-of-view range setting request from an image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right which is a right of setting a field-of-view of an image to be distributed, to reflect the field-of-view range setting request upon a cut-out position of a captured image, and receiving a field-of-view selection request from an image receiving apparatus not having the field-of-view range setting right, to select an image to be distributed to the image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right as a distribution image to the image receiving apparatus not having the field-of-view range setting right;
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• allowing to set a position and size of a field-of-view if it is judged by referring to the received information that the field-of-view is assigned the field-of-view range setting right, and allowing to select the field-of-view of an image to be received, from fields of view of images to be distributed to the image receiving apparatus having the field-of-view range setting right if it is judged from the received information that the field-of-view is not assigned the field-of-view range setting right.