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Transmission apparatus, instruction apparatus, transmission method, instruction method, and storage medium

  • US 9,888,049 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2013
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A moving image transmission apparatus configured to transmit a plurality of video streams captured by one imaging apparatus to a plurality of moving image reception apparatuses, the moving image transmission apparatus comprising:

  • a reception unit configured to receive, from a moving image reception apparatus from the plurality of moving image reception apparatuses, a video stream request for acquiring the video stream from the plurality of video streams, the video stream request including setting information used for determining whether to restrict viewing of a part of or a whole of an image; and

    a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the moving image reception apparatus, a video stream of restricted moving image data in which at least a partial area of an image included in the video stream is restricted from viewing or a video stream of unrestricted moving image data in which an image included in the video stream is not restricted from viewing, according to the setting information received by the reception unit,wherein the reception unit receives, from the moving image reception apparatus, an inquiry request for inquiring whether the moving image reception apparatus is capable of receiving the video stream of the unrestricted moving image data, andwherein the transmission unit transmits, to the moving image reception apparatus, a response to the inquiry request, the response corresponding to authority of the moving image reception apparatus that has transmitted the inquiry request,wherein the inquiry request is independent from the video stream request,wherein the inquiry request is transmitted from the moving image reception apparatus to the reception unit, before transmitting the video stream request including the setting information from the moving image reception apparatus to the reception unit,wherein the transmission unit transmits, to the moving image reception apparatus, the response to the inquiry request, before receiving the video stream request including the setting information from the moving image reception apparatus, andwherein, for each video stream from the plurality of video streams, whether to restrict viewing of a part of or a whole of an image is determined.

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