Video distribution apparatus, video distribution method, and recording medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsutoshi Tajiri
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Abstract
A video distribution apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a captured video image in a predetermined unit, a reception unit configured to receive a request regarding a segment length which is transmitted from an external reception apparatus, a generation unit configured to generate from the predetermined unit held by the holding unit a segment of the video image of the segment length corresponding to the request received by the reception unit, and a distribution unit configured to distribute to the reception apparatus the segment generated by the generation unit.
Claims10
A video distribution apparatus comprising:
- a holding unit configured to hold a captured video image in a predetermined unit;
- a reception unit configured to receive a request regarding a segment length which is transmitted from an external reception apparatus;
- a generation unit configured to generate from the predetermined unit held by the holding unit a segment of the video image of the segment length corresponding to the request received by the reception unit;
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- a distribution unit configured to distribute to the reception apparatus the segment generated by the generation unit.
A video reception apparatus comprising:
- a transmission unit configured to transmit to a video distribution apparatus a request regarding a segment length of a video image which is distributed from the video distribution apparatus;
- a reception unit configured to receive from the video distribution apparatus a segment which is generated from a predetermined unit of a captured video image and has the segment length specified in the request regarding the segment length;
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- a reproduction unit configured to sequentially reproduce the segment received by the reception unit.
A video distribution method comprising:
- holding a captured video image in a predetermined unit;
- receiving a request regarding a segment length which is transmitted from an external reception apparatus;
- generating from the held predetermined unit a segment of the video image of the segment length corresponding to the received request;
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- distributing the generated segment to the reception apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as:
- a holding unit configured to hold a captured video image in a predetermined unit;
- a reception unit configured to receive a request regarding a segment length which is transmitted from an external reception apparatus;
- a generation unit configured to generate from the predetermined unit held by the holding unit a segment of the video image of the segment length corresponding to the request received by the reception unit;
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- a distribution unit configured to distribute to the reception apparatus the segment generated by the generation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.