Patent ID: 7256821
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising: image capturing means for capturing an image; storage means for storing said image captured by said image capturing means; playback means for playing back said image stored by said storage means; maintaining means for maintaining an HTML file which forms a home page with command buttons and a display area for displaying said image within the home page; receiving means for receiving a command output by an electronic device connected to said image capturing apparatus via a network; detecting means for detecting whether said command requests a real-time image which is being captured by said capturing means or a pre-recorded image which is stored in said storage means; transmission means for transmitting said HTML file maintained by said maintaining means to said electronic device in such a manner as to correspond to said command received by said receiving means, whereby said home page is displayed on said electronic device; coding means for coding said image captured by said image capturing means for generating coded image data when said command is a request for a real-time image; readout means for reading out said stored image from said storage means when said command is a request for a pre-recorded image; readout speed control means for controlling a readout speed of said readout means; supply means for supplying said coded image data generated by said coding means or said stored image readout by said readout means to said electronic device in such a manner as to correspond to said command received by said receiving means; whereby the image is displayed in said display area of said home page displayed on said electronic device; line checking means for checking a communication capacity and a degree of congestion on said network; and coding-rate control means for controlling a coding rate of said coding means in such a manner as to correspond to the communication capacity and degree of congestion on said network.