Sony Corporation

Satoshi Kawahata

Yoshiyuki Kunito

Yasuto Masuda

Takehiko Sasaki

Akihiro Hokimoto

Shinya Kimura

Tadayuki Hattori

Yosuto Masuda

Yasutaka Ogasawara

Isamu Yageta

This technique relates to a data distribution apparatus, a data distribution method, and a program capable of selecting stream data required by a portable terminal from among multiple stream data, and distributing the stream data. A receiving unit receives a first image generated by capturing an image, audio data generated by collecting sound, and second image data generated in advance before the first image is generated. An analyzing unit analyzes at least one of the audio data and the second image data. A generating unit generates distribution data including at least one of the first image and the second image in accordance with an analysis result provided by the analyzing unit. A distribution unit distributes the distribution data to a portable terminal as a stream. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a video conference apparatus.

Data distribution apparatus, data distribution method, and program

A service providing system is provided which enables the users of an information transmission service in which information is sent and received in real time over a network to recognize their respective environment and conditions for provision of their own information. The service providing system () includes a service provider () including a communication server (), a Web server () and a DB server () and a plurality of communication terminals () connected to the service provider () via the network, and it provides an information transmission service in which information is provided from one of communication devices to the other, or vice versa, in real time. The communication terminal () at the information provider first registers explanatory information, such as content, offering price, etc. of offered information to be provided into the DB server (), and updates the information registered in the DB server () to a log-in status when the information provider has become able to provide the information in real time; and the Web server () updates the Web page at each time so that the explanatory information having thus been in the log-in status will be included in choices.

Service managing apparatus and method, and service providing system and method

There is provided an image delivery apparatus including a camera capable of changing a shooting condition specified by at least a shooting direction, a camera controller that causes the camera to shoot image shots corresponding to a plurality of shooting conditions in a predetermined period according to a shooting pattern containing the plurality of mutually different shooting conditions and having the predetermined period, an image storage that stores data of image shots shot corresponding to the plurality of shooting conditions and updated in the predetermined period, an operation information receiver that receives operation information indicating any shooting condition contained in the shooting pattern from image reproducing apparatuses, and an image delivery unit that delivers data of image shots corresponding to the shooting condition indicated by the operation information received from each of the image reproducing apparatuses and updated in the predetermined period to each of the image reproducing apparatuses.

Image delivery apparatus, image delivery system, image delivery method and program

A call apparatus, a call method and a call system, are disclosed, in which the problem otherwise caused by fixed setting of the sound volume level of the BGM or the effect sound with respect to the call voice may be overcome. A decoded output of a decoder(PCM data) is multiplied in a gain adjustment unitwith a gain coefficient k, as the SE sound volume level as set by a user. A multiplication output of the gain adjustment unitis sent to an adder. The decoded output of a decoderis multiplied in a gain adjustment unitwith a gain coefficient k, as the BGM sound volume level, as set by the user. A multiplication output of the gain adjustment unitis sent to an adder. The addersums the multiplication outputs of the gain adjustment unitsandand sends a sum output to an encoder

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Kanagawa, Japan

Satoshi Kawahata