Patent ID: 8830326

Claim:
An image transmission apparatus configured to connect with an image capture unit and configured to transmit an image captured by the image capture unit to a client terminal via a network, the image transmission apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a high-resolution version of a still image captured by the image capture unit, a low-resolution version of the still image captured by the image capture unit, and a real-time image captured by the image capture unit having a resolution lower than that of the high-resolution version of the still image; a reception unit configured to receive a predetermined instruction from the client terminal; and a control unit configured to control the image capture unit and the transmission unit (A) in a case where the reception unit receives the predetermined instruction during the transmission of the real-time image by the transmission unit, such that the transmission unit interrupts the transmission of the real-time image, the transmission unit transmits notification for notifying the client terminal that transmission of the real-time image is interrupted, the image capture unit captures the high-resolution version of the still image, the transmission unit transmits the low-resolution version of the still image acquired from the high-resolution version of the still image to the client terminal, and the transmission unit resumes the transmission of the real-time image after a completion of the transmission of the low-resolution version of the still image to the client terminal, (B) such that the transmission unit transmits the high-resolution version of the still image to the client terminal in a case where the reception unit receives the predetermined instruction while the transmission unit does not transmit the real-time image to the client terminal, and (C) such that the transmission unit transmits the high-resolution version of the still image to the client terminal in a case where the reception unit receives an instruction for acquiring the high-resolution version of the still image, wherein the high-resolution version of the still image is captured by the image capture unit in accordance with the reception of the predetermined instruction during the transmission of the real-time image to the client terminal.