Hitachi-kokusai Electric Inc.

Sony Corporation

Tsuyoshi Kawabe

Hirotada Ueda

Kazuhito Yaegashi

Naoko Seki

Yoshiaki Shibata

Yoshinori Ishida

Mitsue Ito

Yoshie Tadano

Rikako Yanagisawa

Akiyuki Takano

Yusuke Kitamura

Yuki Hikita

Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a receiving unit which receives event information capable of specifying a type of an event; a template acquiring unit which acquires a template of the event of the type specified by the event information received by the receiving unit as a template which becomes a source of an editing list of a plurality of scenes; an editing list creating unit which creates the editing list of the plurality of scenes based on the template acquired by the template acquiring unit; and a digest creating unit which creates data of the plurality of scenes included in the editing list created by the editing list creating unit from one or more photographed materials acquired from another information processing apparatus and creates a digest by combining the created data of the plurality of scenes.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and information processing system

An information processing apparatus includes a creating block configured to create relating information for relating each of one or more news gathering materials that are data obtained as a result of news gathering in accordance with predetermined news gathering contents with an On Air material, which is abbreviated to OA material, obtained as a result of editing the one or more news gathering materials.

Information processing apparatus and method, program, and information processing system

A transmission server system includes: a material output portion that temporarily stores materials making up a program and transferred from a material server and outputs the materials by successively reading out the materials, wherein the material output portion has a plurality of recording and reproducing portions, the materials making up the program are transferred from the material server commonly to the plurality of recording and reproducing portions and recorded in each, and the respective materials are reproduced by and outputted from a recoding and reproducing portion as a transmission subject among the plurality of recording and reproducing portions.

Transmission server system and material transfer method

A change detecting method and apparatus constituted by an input portion for inputting image data obtained by imaging apparatus, a processing unit for processing the image data inputted from the input portion, and a storage for storing the image data. The processing unit has an image data change detecting portion, a monitoring information generating/transmitting portion. The storage has a monitoring schedule table. The image data change detecting portion reads the image data from the storage based on the monitoring schedule table, and detects a change in image data from the image data. The monitoring information generating/transmitting portion generates monitoring information based on a result of the detected change and outputs the monitoring information.

Change detecting method and apparatus

A video distribution method and a video distribution system connected to a transmission path such as the Internet. The system has a video signal input unit, an encoder for converting the video signal into a digitally compressed image data, an image accumulation and distribution unit for accumulating and distributing the digitally compressed image data, a notification unit for reading the accumulated images and detecting an image change, an image browsing data converter for reducing the accumulated image, and an information terminal for accessing the images of the image accumulation and distribution unit and the image browsing data converter. The notification unit, upon detection of an image change, records the image change occurrence time. The information terminal acquires the image from the image accumulation and distribution unit or the video browsing data converter based on the change occurrence time information stored in the notification unit.

Video distribution method and video distribution system

A method for editing an image on a display unit, an apparatus for executing the method and a computer program product for the method, wherein a predetermined CG object is designated in an image on the display unit, and in order to edit the image, a first command list for speech, motion, moving image reproduction or audio reproduction is displayed on the display unit, a command for editing the designated CG object is selected from the first command list and executed for the designated CG object. In the method of editing the image on the display screen and the apparatus for executing the method, the position information of the CG object located in the CG studio on the display unit and the information on the position and orientation of the camera for imaging the CG studio are read from a memory, it is determined whether the CG object selected by the pointing device is a CG character or a property, the information on the position to which the pointing icon has moved on the display unit by manipulating the pointing device is acquired, and the selected CG object is moved to the position to which the pointing icon has moved. Based on the information on the position to which the CG object has moved, the data on the character set-up window is updated in the case where the CG object is a CG character, and the data on the studio set-up window is updated in the case where the CG object is a property. The selected CG object can be dragged to the desired position by the pointing device.

Method and apparatus for editing image data, and computer program product of editing image data

A change detecting apparatus and monitoring system using the apparatus as a notification apparatus. The change detecting apparatus has an input unit receiving a monitor image captured by a pickup unit, a region specification unit specifying N regions (N&#x2267;2) in the monitor image, a notification destination specification unit specifying notification destinations of image changes in the monitor image in advance according to the image change characteristics, a change detection unit detecting an image change in the N regions, a characteristics extraction unit extracting a feature of the image change, a monitor information generation unit generating monitor information related to the detected image change and a transmission unit transmitting the monitor information. Based on the detected image change characteristics, the monitor information is transmitted to a notification destination set in the notification destination specification unit.

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Tsuyoshi Kawabe