Medical video distribution system and medical video distribution method

A medical video distribution system comprising:

• a plurality of medical devices that output video data;
• a server device that stores the video data output from the medical devices;
• and one or a plurality of display terminals that receive, and then play, the video data received from the sever device by way of streaming,
• the display terminal being designed to execute;
• an origin designation process designating one or a plurality of origins of the video data from among the plurality of medical devices;
• a layout designation process designating a layout of the video data to be displayed on the display terminal(s);
• and
• an correspondence designation process freely designating to which display area(s) the origin(s) having been designated by the origin designation process to be correlated, out of one or a plurality of display areas contained in the layout designated by the layout designation process, in response to an user's operation,
• and,
• the server device being designed to execute:
• an editing process editing the video data output from the origin(s) designated by the origin designation process, on a basis of the correspondence designated by the correspondence designation process, in the display area(s) contained in the layout designated by the layout designation process;
• and
• a first distribution process streaming the video data having been edited by the editing process towards the display terminal(s),
• and,
• when there is a single origin designated by the origin designation process, the server device assigns, in the editing process, a single video data output from the designated origin to the display area contained in the designated layout, and streams in the first distribution process the single video data towards the display terminal,
• and,
• when there are plurality of origins designated by the origin designation process, the server device synthesizes, in the editing process, a plurality of video data output from the origins to produce a single synthesized video data having a data volume nearly equal to that of the single video data streamed when there were a single origin designated by the origin designation process, and streams in the first distribution process the single synthesized video data towards the display terminal(s).

A medical video distribution method using:

• a plurality of medical devices that output video data;
• a server device that stores the video data output from the medical devices;
• and
• one or a plurality of display terminals that receive, and then play, the video data received from the sever device by way of streaming,
• the display terminal executing:
• a first step designating one or a plurality of origins of the video data from among the plurality of medical devices;
• a second step designating a layout of the video data to be displayed on the display terminal(s);
• and
• a third step freely designating to which display area(s) the origin(s) having been designated by the first step to be correlated, out of one or a plurality of display areas contained in the layout designated by the second step, in response to an user's operation,
• and,
• the server device executing:
• a fourth step editing the video data output from the origin(s) designated by the first step, on a basis of the correspondence designated by the third step, in the display area(s) contained in the layout designated by the second step;
• and
• a fifth step streaming the video data having been edited by the fourth step towards the display terminal(s), and
• when there is a single origin designated by the first step, the server device assigns, in the fourth step, a single video data output from the designated origin to the display area contained in the designated layout, and streams in the fifth step the single video data towards the display terminal, and,
• when there are plurality of origins designated by the first step, the server device synthesizes, in the fourth step, a plurality of video data output from the origins to produce a single synthesized video data having a data volume nearly equal to that of the single video data streamed when there were a single origin designated by the first step, and streams in the fifth step the single synthesized video data towards the display terminal(s).