Abstract: An information processing apparatus for displaying content received from a server apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits, to the server apparatus, information indicating a first monetary value of a thing and a second monetary value of a thing to be provided to a streamer of the content, in response to an operation performed on the information processing apparatus by a first user of the information processing apparatus and a second user of another information processing apparatus, a reception unit that receives, from the server apparatus, respective pieces of information indicating the first monetary value of the thing and the second monetary value of the thing have provided to the streamer, and a control unit that performs control in such a way as to output the information indicating the first monetary value of the thing and the information indicating the second monetary value of the thing in different forms.

Abstract: The present invention provides an encoder which comprises an input portion configured to be input an encoding target image acquired from an image capturing portion, wherein the encoder is arranged to divide the encoding target image into coding units, the coding units including an encoding block of a luma signal and an encoding block of a chroma signal; to acquire characteristics of chroma components of the encoding target image; and to further divide the encoding block of the luma signal and the encoding block of the chroma signal into encoding blocks of a same division structure or different division structures, in accordance with the acquired shooting condition.

Abstract: An image coding apparatus comprising a coding unit generating coded data by executing prediction coding of an image of a coding target frame, a compression/decompression unit compressing a decoded image obtained by decoding the coded data and store it in a memory, and decompressing a compressed decoded image and output the decompressed decoded image as a reference image in the prediction coding, and a compression ratio calculation unit calculating a compression ratio of the compressed decoded image from the decoded image before compression and the compressed decoded image, wherein in accordance with the compression ratio of the compressed decoded image corresponding to a reference image used in inter-prediction coding processing among the stored compressed decoded images, execution of the bidirectional prediction using the reference image is controlled.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide for each group a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups by the deciding unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide for each group a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value, wherein the deciding unit selects, as the encoding scheme of a respective group, either of a first encoding scheme that outputs quantized image data and a second encoding scheme that outputs encoded data of a differential between quantized image data and prediction data, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups.

Abstract: An imaging processing apparatus includes a frame position determining unit configured to specify during a reproduction of developed first moving image data a frame position in the first moving image data of an image designated during the reproduction of the first moving image data by a user as an image to be extracted as a still image, a developing unit configured to read out undeveloped image data at a frame position adapted to the frame position specified by the frame position determining unit from undeveloped second moving image data corresponding to the first moving image data and develop the undeveloped image data, a still image encoding unit configured to compression encode the image data developed by the developing unit into a still image data, and a recording unit configured to record the still image data obtained by being compression encoded by the still image encoding unit onto a recording medium.

Abstract: An image coding apparatus comprising a coding unit generating coded data by executing prediction coding of an image of a coding target frame, a compression/decompression unit compressing a decoded image obtained by decoding the coded data and store it in a memory, and decompressing a compressed decoded image and output the decompressed decoded image as a reference image in the prediction coding, and a compression ratio calculation unit calculating a compression ratio of the compressed decoded image from the decoded image before compression and the compressed decoded image, wherein in accordance with the compression ratio of the compressed decoded image corresponding to a reference image used in inter-prediction coding processing among the stored compressed decoded images, execution of the bidirectional prediction using the reference image is controlled.

Abstract: The moving image coding apparatus generates at least one motion prediction information for prediction-coding a coding target image of color components, for each color component, determines a correlation relationship of at least one motion prediction information of each of the generated color components, determines a color component which is to be a correction target, on the basis of a result of the determination of the correlation relationship, and corrects at least one motion prediction information of the determined color component using the motion prediction information corresponding to at least one color component among the other color components.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising, an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide for each group a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups by the deciding unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide for each group a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value, wherein the deciding unit selects, as the encoding scheme of a respective group, either of a first encoding scheme that outputs quantized image data and a second encoding scheme that outputs encoded data of a differential between quantized image data and prediction data, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups.

Abstract: An imaging processing apparatus includes a frame position determining unit configured to specify during a reproduction of developed first moving image data a frame position in the first moving image data of an image designated during the reproduction of the first moving image data by user as an image to be extracted as a still image, a developing unit configured to read out undeveloped image data at a frame position adapted to the frame position specified by the frame position determining unit from undeveloped second moving image data corresponding to the first moving image data and develop the undeveloped image data, a still image encoding unit configured to compression encode the image data developed by the developing unit into a still image data, and a recording unit configured to record the still image data obtained by being compression encoded by the still image encoding unit into a recording medium.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus converts a frame size of a decoded moving image, determines a block size for re-encoding the decoded moving image with the frame size being converted, and encodes the decoded moving image with the frame size being converted in accordance with the determined block size.

Abstract: A moving image encoding apparatus decides a picture number for identifying a frame which is encoded by each encoding unit on the basis of a count value of a sync signal of an input moving image signal and a value corresponding to the number of a plurality of encoding units and notifies each encoding unit of the picture number. Each encoding unit obtains a moving image signal of the frame to be subjected to encoding among the input moving image signal, on the basis of the notified picture number and encodes the obtained moving image signal. Data encoded by a plurality of encoding units is multiplexed as a bit stream in accordance with the picture number and output.

Abstract: The moving image coding apparatus generates at least one motion prediction information for prediction-coding a coding target image of color components, for each color component, determines a correlation relationship of at least one motion prediction information of each of the generated color components, determines a color component which is to be a correction target, on the basis of a result of the determination of the correlation relationship, and corrects at least one motion prediction information of the determined color component using the motion prediction information corresponding to at least one color component among the other color components.

Abstract: There is provided a digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising an acceptance unit and a change unit. Subsidiary information includes application control information indicating “finishing” or “not finishing” the execution of a data broadcast application by an execution unit when a program included in broadcast program data in playback by a playback unit has been switched to another program. The acceptance unit is configured to accept a continuation instruction indicating continuing the execution of the data broadcast application by the execution unit even after a program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit is finished. The change unit is configured to, when the application control information has indicated “finishing” and the acceptance unit has accepted the continuation instruction, change the application control information so as to indicate “not finishing” before the program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit is finished.

Abstract: A moving image encoding apparatus decides a picture number for identifying a frame which is encoded by each encoding unit on the basis of a count value of a sync signal of an input moving image signal and a value corresponding to the number of a plurality of encoding units and notifies each encoding unit of the picture number. Each encoding unit obtains a moving image signal of the frame to be subjected to encoding among the input moving image signal, on the basis of the notified picture number and encodes the obtained moving image signal. Data encoded by a plurality of encoding units is multiplexed as a bit stream in accordance with the picture number and output.

Abstract: There is provided a digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising an acceptance unit and a change unit. Subsidiary information includes application control information indicating “finishing” or “not finishing” the execution of a data broadcast application by an execution unit when a program included in broadcast program data in playback by a playback unit has been switched to another program. The acceptance unit is configured to accept a continuation instruction indicating continuing the execution of the data broadcast application by the execution unit even after a program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit is finished. The change unit is configured to, when the application control information has indicated “finishing” and the acceptance unit has accepted the continuation instruction, change the application control information so as to indicate “not finishing” before the program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit is finished.

Abstract: An editing of a video signal and an audio signal time-shared multiplex compressed by an MPEG-2 transport method designates a dividing position of the video signal at a boundary of video TS packets constituting a GOP, constructing a stream in front of said designated dividing position so as to include all audio TS packets corresponding to video TS packets present in the stream, overwriting a video TS packet, not having a corresponding audio TS packet in the stream, with a dummy TS packet, and overwriting, in a stream behind said designated dividing position, an audio TS packet with a dummy TS packet until an audio TS packet, coinciding with a reproducing timing of a video TS packet at said dividing position, appears. Thus a defective data reproduction resulting from a discontinuity in the data structure of audio frame before and after the dividing position can be avoided.

Abstract: There is provided a method for printing a still image out of moving images in accordance with a printing request, comprising the steps of generating printing request timing in accordance with an operation by a user; computing the inter-frame difference value between a frame image corresponding to the printing request timing and a frame image of I picture before and/or after the frame image; and determining, based on the computed result, whether the frame image of the above I picture is used as a print prospect or a frame image of P picture before and/or after a frame image corresponding to the printing request timing is used as a print prospect. According to the method of the present invention, it is possible to print a still image without noise deterioration at a high quality.

Abstract: In an information recording medium, there is a tendency that unevenness in the number of times of access is liable to be generated between an area frequently accessed and an area not frequently accessed, so that a fault such as a write error, a read error, or the like is liable to occur due to physical degradation with time or the like resulting from frequent access to a specific area. Therefore, the numbers of times of recording of respective areas are managed to avoid nonuniformity of the numbers of times.