Patent ID: 7450840
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image distribution apparatus for distributing a portion of the image captured by a capture device, comprising: a setting right management device configured to assign a field-of-view range setting right, which is a right of setting a position to cut out an image captured by the capture device, to an image receiving apparatus; and a distribution management device configured to manage plural field-of-view range setting rights and distribute plural portions of the image each of which is cut out in accordance with a request to set a position to cut out the image from the image receiving apparatus having one of the field-of-view range setting rights, wherein the distribution management device selects one of the plural portions of the image in response to a field-of-view selection request from an image receiving apparatus not having the field-of-view range setting right and distributes the selected one of the plural portions of the image to the image receiving apparatus not having the field-of-view range setting right.