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Video delivery apparatus and method

  • US 8,219,702 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2005
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A video delivery apparatus for delivering a video stream to clients, comprising:

  • an input unit configured to input video data from an image sensing device;

    a processing unit configured to process the video data to generate the video stream to be delivered to the clients;

    a control unit configured to control a direction of the image sensing device;

    a reception unit configured to receive from a first client a request including a control request of the image sensing device and a delivery request of the video stream;

    a determining unit configured to determine whether the video stream corresponding to the delivery request is to be delivered to the first client in accordance with a first processing load based on a sum total of the processing loads of the processing unit to generate the video stream to be delivered to other clients, a second processing load of the control unit to control the image sensing device, and a third processing load of the processing unit to generate the video stream to be delivered to the first client, wherein the first processing load is related to a resolution of the video stream to be delivered to other clients and the third processing load is related to a resolution of the video stream corresponding to the delivery request; and

    a delivery unit configured to deliver the video stream corresponding to the delivery request to the first client in accordance with the determination by the determining unit.

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