Image pickup apparatus and image distributing method

An image pickup apparatus capable of distributing a picked up image through a network is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of a predetermined monitoring area and output an image signal thereof; a plurality of encoding units configured t...

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Main Author HIROSE, TOSHIHIKO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 30.08.2006
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
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Summary:An image pickup apparatus capable of distributing a picked up image through a network is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of a predetermined monitoring area and output an image signal thereof; a plurality of encoding units configured to simultaneously convert the image signal into video data of different encoding methods; a moving-object detecting unit configured to detect a moving object entered the monitoring area based on the image signal; an unmoving-object detecting unit configured to detect an unmoving object in the monitoring area based on the image signal; and a transmission control unit configured to control distribution of the video data to the network based on a detection result generated by the moving-object detecting unit and the unmoving-object detecting unit.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060250323