Abstract: An output system includes a terminal device, an image-forming apparatus, and a server device. The terminal device includes an acquirer that acquires content from the server device, a generator that generates job data including a setting for outputting the content based on the acquired content, a transmitter that transmits the job data to the image-forming apparatus, and a reception slip outputter that outputs a reception slip including a reception number corresponding to the generated job data. The image-forming apparatus includes a receiver that receives the job data from the terminal device, and an outputter that outputs the content after executing a job based on the job data corresponding to the reception number when the reception number is input.

Abstract: Device for controlling a transmission rate of information includes a reception element receiving an input signal, and outputting received data; a transmission element accepting a transmission frame, transmitting a transmission signal at a first transmission rate set based on transmission control information, and outputting a transmission timing signal indicating completion timing of transmission of the transmission signal; an information extracting element extracting the transmission control information from the received data, and designating a second transmission rate when transmitting the next transmission frame to the transmission element; and a service quality control element changing, upon detecting a second transmission rate smaller than the first transmission rate, an upper limit transmission rate to the second transmission rate or less, changing, upon detecting a second transmission rate larger than the first transmission rate, the upper limit transmission rate to the second transmission rate or less

Abstract: An end user is provided with an environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. For this purpose, on a client side, the content of camera control is described in file-transfer protocol description, and the description is transferred to a camera server on the Internet via a browser. The camera server interprets the description, controls a camera in accordance with the designated content, to perform image sensing, and returns the obtained video image as the content of a file to the client. The client performs various controls while observing the video image. When a desired angle has been found, the client instructs to register the angle in a bookmark, then angle information displayed at that time is registered. Thereafter, when the user of the client can see the video image obtained on the same image-sensing conditions by merely select-designating the angle information registered in the bookmark.

Abstract: Device for controlling a transmission rate of information includes a reception element receiving an input signal, and outputting received data; a transmission element accepting a transmission frame, transmitting a transmission signal at a first transmission rate set based on transmission control information, and outputting a transmission timing signal indicating completion timing of transmission of the transmission signal; an information extracting element extracting the transmission control information from the received data, and designating a second transmission rate when transmitting the next transmission frame to the transmission element; and a service quality control element changing, upon detecting a second transmission rate smaller than the first transmission rate, an upper limit transmission rate to the second transmission rate or less, changing, upon detecting a second transmission rate larger than the first transmission rate, the upper limit transmission rate to the second transmission rate or less

Abstract: An end user is provided with an environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. For this purpose, on a client side, the content of camera control is described in file-transfer protocol description, and the description is transferred to a camera server on the Internet via a browser. The camera server interprets the description, controls a camera in accordance with the designated content, to perform image sensing, and returns the obtained video image as the content of a file to the client. The client performs various controls while observing the video image. When a desired angle has been found, the client instructs to register the angle in a bookmark, then angle information displayed at that time is registered. Thereafter, when the user of the client can see the video image obtained on the same image-sensing conditions by merely select-designating the angle information registered in the bookmark.

Abstract: An end user is provided with an environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. For this purpose, on a client side, the content of camera control is described in file-transfer protocol description, and the description is transferred to a camera server on the Internet via a browser. The camera server interprets the description, controls a camera in accordance with the designated content, to perform image sensing, and returns the obtained video image as the content of a file to the client. The client performs various controls while observing the video image. When a desired angle has been found, the client instructs to register the angle in a bookmark, then angle information displayed at that time is registered. Thereafter, when the user of the client can see the video image obtained on the same image-sensing conditions by merely select-designating the angle information registered in the bookmark.

Abstract: In order to select and designate the appropriate identification information when the multi image representing picture is recorded as a multi image onto a recording medium, a reproducing circuit 20 reproduces a recorded image at a designated track, its reproduced image is stored as a mini image for the representation of the multi image into a frame memory 24, and the ID signal for each reproduced image is stored in a memory 34. A recording circuit 32 records the multi image representing picture to be stored in the memory 24 as one still picture and records it in the recording medium. A system control circuit 22 reads only an ID signal of a track corresponding to the state of instructing means 36 or switching means 38 among the ID signals stored in the memory 34, and supplies other portions except for the field/frame and the track number to the recording circuit 32.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit which receives first encoded video data encoded by a first video encoding system from the first apparatus through a wireless network; a decoding unit which decodes the first encoded video data to provide decoded video data; an encoding unit which encodes the decoded video data into second encoded video data using a second video encoding system; and a wired communication unit which transmits the second encoded video data to the second apparatus through a wired network. The first video encoding system is suitable for a first communication protocol used between the first apparatus and the communication apparatus. The second video encoding system is suitable for a second communication protocol used between the second apparatus and the communication apparatus. The first video encoding system uses a video encoding different from MPEG encoding. The second video encoding system uses MPEG encoding.

Abstract: An end user is provided with an environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. For this purpose, on a client side, the content of camera control is described in file-transfer protocol description, and the description is transferred to a camera server on the Internet via a browser. The camera server interprets the description, controls a camera in accordance with the designated content, to perform image sensing, and returns the obtained video image as the content of a file to the client. The client performs various controls while observing the video image. When a desired angle has been found, the client instructs to register the angle in a bookmark, then angle information displayed at that time is registered. Thereafter, when the user of the client can see the video image obtained on the same image-sensing conditions by merely select-designating the angle information registered in the bookmark.

Abstract: An end user is provided with an environment to easily remote-control a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. For this purpose, on a client side, the content of camera control is described in file-transfer protocol description, and the description is transferred to a camera server on the Internet via a browser. The camera server interprets the description, controls a camera in accordance with the designated content, to perform image sensing, and returns the obtained video image as the content of a file to the client. The client performs various controls while observing the video image. When a desired angle has been found, the client instructs to register the angle in a bookmark, then angle information displayed at that time is registered. Thereafter, when the user of the client can see the video image obtained on the same image-sensing conditions by merely select-designating the angle information registered in the bookmark.

Abstract: In general, it is difficult for the end user to implement a simulate illustration process for an image, since manual setups of the process are complicated and require skills. Also, there is room for improvement in terms of image quality. In this invention, the luminance histogram of an original image is generated, the brightness of that image is detected based on the histogram, and the image undergoes a filter process corresponding to the detected brightness, thus easily performing the simulate illustration process using bright tone for the image. Especially, since a filter is set for rasterized image data in correspondence with the number of lines of the data to be processed, an effective simulate illustration process can be implemented.

Abstract: In order to select and designate the appropriate identification information when the multi image representing picture is recorded as a multi image onto a recording medium, a reproducing circuit 20 reproduces a recorded image at a designated track, its reproduced image is stored as a mini image for the representation of the multi image into a frame memory 24, and the ID signal for each reproduced image is stored in a memory 34. A recording circuit 32 records the multi image representing picture to be stored in the memory 24 as one still picture and records it in the recording medium. A system control circuit 22 reads only an ID signal of a track corresponding to the state of instructing means 36 or switching means 38 among the ID signals stored in the memory 34, and supplies other portions except for the field/frame and the track number to the recording circuit 32.

Abstract: In order to select and designate the appropriate identification information when the multi image representing picture is recorded as a multi image onto a recording medium, a reproducing circuit 20 reproduces a recorded image at a designated track, its reproduced image is stored as a mini image for the representation of the multi image into a frame memory 24, and the ID signal for each reproduced image is stored in a memory 34. A recording circuit 32 records the multi image representing picture to be stored in the memory 24 as one still picture and records it in the recording medium. A system control circuit 22 reads only an ID signal of a track corresponding to the state of instructing means 36 or switching means 38 among the ID signals stored in the memory 34, and supplies other portions except for the field/frame and the track number to the recording circuit 32.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to form an image effectively by reading the image from the same film on which the image and information concerning the image have been recorded in different methods. To attain the object, there is provided an image processing apparatus of the present invention comprising optical read means for optically reading image data from a film and magnetic read means for magnetically reading additional information concerning the image data from the film. Consequently, the image indicated by the image data can be formed effectively by automatically selecting the size of a paper, a zoom ratio of the image or the like on the basis of the additional information.

Abstract: A data communication system capable of freely performing effective data communication even between equipments respectively performing data communication according to different protocols is provided. In the system, a data communication apparatus (home station) 102 which is provided between a first equipment 101 performing wireless data transmission/reception according to a first protocol (PIAFS protocol) and second equipments 103 to 105 connected to a bus (home bus) according to a second protocol (IEEE 1394 Standard protocol) performs format conversion to data wirelessly transmitted from the first equipment 101 into data according to the second protocol, and then transmits the converted data to the second equipments 103 to 105 through the bus.

Abstract: In order to select and designate the appropriate identification information when the multi image representing picture is recorded as a multi image onto a recording medium, a reproducing circuit 20 reproduces a recorded image at a designated track, its reproduced image is stored as a mini image for the representation of the multi image into a frame memory 24, and the ID signal for each reproduced image is stored in a memory 34. A recording circuit 32 records the multi image representing picture to be stored in the memory 24 as one still picture and records it in the recording medium. A system control circuit 22 reads only an ID signal of a track corresponding to the state of instructing means 36 or switching means 38 among the ID signals stored in the memory 34, and supplies other portions except for the field/frame and the track number to the recording circuit 32.

Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes among other functions a recording arrangement which has first and second recording modes, such as field-and frame-recording modes, and is capable of varying the number of picture planes to be recorded per unit time is arranged to control the recording speed setting range to be different between recording speeds for the first recording mode and recording speeds for the second recording modes; and, in the event of setting of a recording speed which can be set for the first recording mode but cannot be set for the second mode, the recording speed is automatically changed to a recording speed which can be set for the second recording mode.

Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes among other functions a recording arrangement which has first and second recording modes, such as field-and frame-recording modes, and is capable of varying the number of picture planes to be recorded per unit time is arranged to control the recording speed setting range to be different between recording speeds for the first recording mode and recording speeds for the second recording modes; and, in the event of setting of a recording speed which can be set for the first recording mode but cannot be set for the second mode, the recording speed is automatically changed to a recording speed which can be set for the second recording mode.