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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Susumu Okada, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Nojima, Hadano, JP;
Susumu Okada, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Nojima, Hadano, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Providing picture transmission apparatus, a picture transmission method and a recording medium, and a picture transmission program that can transmit the latest picture data in real time depending on the situation of the network bandwidth. The aforementioned picture transmission apparatus comprises a picture extracting sectionfor extracting pictures stored in the video camera, a picture converterfor converting the pictures to a format for transmission to picture receiving apparatusvia the network, a picture transmitterfor transmitting the converted pictures to picture receiving apparatusvia the network, a transmission time measuring sectionfor measuring the time required for picture transmission and saving the measurement result, a transmission time predicting sectionfor using a predetermined number of the saved measurement results to predict the time required for picture transmission, and an operation timing controllerfor determining the start timing of picture conversion in the picture converterbased on the predicted transmission time and the time required for picture conversion.