Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshiro Hikida

Satoshi Watanabe

Naohiro Yoshikawa

Yasufumi Takada

Yosato Hitaka

Masaki Sagoh

Hajime Satow

Toshiyuki Fukui

Akihiro Kohno

Takao Fujita

An image capture control apparatus for controlling the image capture direction of an image capture unit limits the control range of the image capture direction to part of a range where the image capture direction is changeable, and generates, based on the output of the image capture unit, an image having an aspect ratio selected from a plurality of aspect ratios.

Image capture control apparatus, method of limiting control range of image capture direction, and storage medium

When a captured image having the first aspect ratio is to be output, the first captured image obtained by imaging the first imaging range is output. When a captured image having the second aspect ratio smaller at the ratio of the length in one of the vertical and horizontal directions to the length in the other direction than the first aspect ratio is to be output, the second captured image with an imaging range in the one direction corresponding to the first imaging range is output.

Output apparatus for outputting a captured image based on an aspect ratio change, method of controlling output apparatus, and recording medium

A video delivery apparatus for delivering a video stream with a property according to a request from a client. The video delivery apparatus includes reception means for receiving a delivery request from one client, first estimation means for estimating a current processing load by calculating a sum total of the processing loads for other clients connected to deliver a video stream upon reception of the delivery request from the one client, second estimation means for estimating a processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, and delivery control means for performing the delivery control of the video stream on the basis of at least one of the current processing load estimated by the first estimation means and the processing load upon delivering the video stream to the one client according to the delivery request, which is estimated by the second estimation means.

Video delivery apparatus and method

In an image processing apparatus, the data form of data to be processed by an application program is stored and the data forms of data are stored. Processing by the application program, and the data to be processed are represented by respective peculiar icons, and the correspondence between the icon representing the processing by the application program and the icon representing the data to be processed by the application program is displayed based on the stored&mdash;information. Thus, the user can operate with the data without being aware of the correspondence between data and an application which can process the data.

Method and apparatus for setting a limitation of copy to generated data in a system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to a network

An information network is disclosed in which information to be made available to each of several information processing apparatuses is stored together with associated periods of accessibility; and the accessibility of the stored information to the information processing apparatuses is controlled according to the stored associated periods of accessability.

Method and apparatus for controlling access of stored data in a system

CCP data as common data, which can be utilized by a plurality of users or applications, are stored in a CCP buffer in units of data types (format IDs). More specifically, the CCP buffer stores one CCP data per format ID. Upon reception of a request for CCP data from an application, the system analyzes this request to acquire the format ID of the CCP data requested by the application. The system searches CCP data having a format ID coinciding with the requested format ID from data management information of CCP data. The system passes the searched CCP data to the application, and ends processing. In this manner, CCP data can be stored in correspondence with a plurality of data types, and required CCP data can be easily selected by using its format ID. Therefore, operability with respect to common data can be improved, and work efficiency of users can be improved.

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Yoshiro Hikida