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US 8,571,379 B2Granted
Video reproduction method, video reproduction device, and video distribution system
AssigneeHitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
InventorAtsushi Honda
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AssigneeHitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
InventorAtsushi Honda
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In case that a plurality of video reproduction devices obtains video data from one same camera, a distribution rate thereof may be decreased to be lower than that expected by a user. There is provided a video reproduction device or system capable of obtaining a video from a camera at a distribution rate that is expected by the user. In case that a video reproduction device newly requests the camera to distribute a video thereto, if the camera has been distributing the video to a different video reproduction device and a video distribution capacity of the camera is less than a sum of a distribution rate of the different video reproduction device and a distribution rate requested by the video reproduction device, the video reproduction device requests the different video reproduction device to distribute the video thereto and receives it from the different video reproduction device.
A video reproduction method of a video reproduction device for obtaining through a network a video photographed by a camera connected to the network and reproducing the obtained video, comprising the steps of:
A video distribution system comprising a video reproduction device that obtains a video photographed by a camera connected to a network therefrom and reproduces the obtained video, the device comprising:
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