Abstract: A distribution control system is connected to one or more communication terminals that output image and/or sound data indicating at least one of an image and sound and transmits the image and/or sound data to the communication terminals. The distribution control system includes a browser management unit configured to start up a browser appropriate for the communication terminals; a browser configured to generate the image and/or sound data by rendering content data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the image and/or sound data to the communication terminals. The browser management unit is configured to start up the browser for open use when outputting the image and/or sound data permitted to be open to the other communication terminals. The browser management unit is configured to start up the browser for personal use when outputting the image and/or sound data not permitted to be open to the other communication terminals.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus having a display apparatus to display information includes a specified position detector configured to detect a specified position on a display surface displaying information, a visual information generator configured to generate visual information based on the specified position detected by the specified position detector, a symbol recognizer configured to recognize a symbol formed of one or more visual information items generated by the visual information generator and determine recognition process candidates of the symbol, and a saving unit configured to save the symbol and the recognition process candidates as a file in a storage.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first image acquiring unit configured to acquire a first image stored in a storage unit; a second image acquiring unit configured to acquire a second image from a visual image input from an external device; an image determining unit configured to determine that the second image is to be displayed without displaying the first image when the visual image does not satisfy a predetermined condition, configured to determine that the first image and the second image are to be displayed when the visual image satisfies the predetermined condition, and configured to determine that the first image is to be displayed when the visual image is not input; an image superimposing unit configured to superimpose the first image with the second image; and a display unit configured to display the first image and the second image.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus capable of synchronizing setting information with another information processing apparatus. [Means of Achieving the Object] A communication system (1) including information processing apparatuses forming a hierarchic structure having a depth of three or more levels.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus having an upper information processing apparatus present at an upper position in a hierarchical structure of at least three hierarchies, providing a function by software, and behaving based on setup information related to an operation includes a communication information memory unit storing communication information, a first determining unit communicating with the immediately above information processing apparatus and determine whether a version of the software installed on the information processing apparatus matches a version of the software installed on the immediately above information processing apparatus, and a setup information acquiring unit communicating with the immediately above information processing apparatus and acquire the setup information from the immediately above information processing apparatus when the first determining unit determines that the version of the software installed on the information processing apparatus matches the version of the software

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is for displaying a first image on a display apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display request detection unit configured to detect a display request to the display apparatus for displaying a second image that is different from the first image; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image signal of the second image from an outside; a superimposition display unit configured to superimpose and display the second image, formed by using the image signal, on the first image in a case in which the display request detection unit detects the display request; and a display mode changing unit configured to change, in a case in which the second image is superimposed and displayed on the first image, at least a display mode of the first image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for displaying objects on a display device includes: a designating unit configured to enclose one or more objects in a frame to designate the one or more objects; an operation accepting unit configured to display an operation item for selecting an operation directed to the designated one or more objects and accept the selected operation; a coordinate changing unit configured to change coordinates of constituting points of the one or more objects, in a case where the operation is a scaling operation; and an object displaying unit configured to display the one or more objects whose coordinates of the constituting points have been changed. The operation item displayed by the operation accepting unit differs, corresponding to which one of an inside or an outside the frame is indicated. A base point for scaling coordinates of the constituting points is a corner of the frame.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected via a communication network, the information processing apparatus including a setter configured to set a communication path by adding a communication port between the information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus to transmit first content data of a first content; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the other information processing apparatus, second content data of a second content created with respect to the first content according to a communication system using an electronic blackboard that is a second information processing system, from the communication port added to set the communication path between the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus to transmit the first content data of the first content according to an electronic conference system that is a first information processing system.

Abstract: A distribution management apparatus includes a generator configured to generate still-picture data from content data, a converter configured to convert the still-picture data into video data, and a distributer configured to distribute the video data to each of a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal, which are capable of playing back and displaying the video data. When first operation data indicating an operation of zooming into a partial region of the video data being played back and displayed on the first communication terminal is transmitted, the converter generates video data representing a partial region, which depends on display/playback capabilities of the second communication terminal, of the video data being played back and displayed on the first communication terminal, and the distributer distributes the video data representing the partial region generated by the converter to the second communication terminal.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects terminal position information including information concerning a position of another display apparatus with respect to the display apparatus; and a display unit that displays a part of a given image based on the terminal position information detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an event acquisition unit that acquires a pen event based on an operation on a screen; a drawing-click determining unit that determines whether the pen event is an event concerning a stroke of a dot image or concerning a click operation; and a countdown timer that starts clocking when the drawing-click determining unit receives a determination-target pen event to determine, wherein the drawing-click determining unit determines that the determination-target pen event is an event concerning a stroke of a dot image when the clocking has ended and the event acquisition unit has acquired a pen event concerning another stroke, or when an elapsed time from an end of a pen event concerning another stroke acquired prior to the determination-target pen event is within a certain period of time.

Abstract: An electronic information board apparatus includes: a guide generating unit configured to display a handwriting region on a screen; a coordinate detecting unit configured to detect coordinates of an indication body moving in the handwriting region on the screen; an image drawing unit configured to generate a stroke image based on the coordinates and display the generated stroke image in the handwriting region on a first layer of the screen; a character recognizing unit configured to execute character recognition based on a hand-written image that is hand-written inside the handwriting region and outputs text data; and a display superimposing unit configured to display the text data acquired from the character recognizing unit at a position that is approximately the same as that of the hand-written image that is hand-written inside the handwriting region on the screen, and on a second layer of the screen different from the first layer.

Abstract: A distribution control system includes a managing unit configured to manage sites where communication terminals are positioned; a generating unit configured to generate distribution data; a converting unit configured to convert the distribution data into transmission data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the distribution data to one or more communication terminals that are managed to be positioned at a same site by the managing unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication circuit that communicates with a memory that stores address information of an image processing apparatus, circuitry that reads the address information of the image processing apparatus from the memory, and a second communication circuit that exchanges data with the image processing apparatus identified with the address information read from the memory through a communication network.

Abstract: A distribution control system includes a generating unit configured to generate still image data from content data; a converting unit configured to convert the still image data into video data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the video data to a communication terminal.

Abstract: A system distributes, to a communication terminal, first frame data reproduced singly by the terminal or second frame data as a difference with the previous frame data distributed to the terminal. The system includes a generating unit configured to generate the first or the second frame data from certain frame data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit third frame data with the contents not updated or non-update information indicating that the contents are not updated, in place of the first or the second frame data, to the terminal when contents of the certain frame data are not updated over a certain range as compared with contents of the frame data previously generated. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit fourth frame data higher in image quality than the first frame data to the terminal before the third frame data or the non-update information is transmitted to the terminal.

Abstract: A distribution control system is connected to a plurality of communication terminals that output image and/or sound data indicating at least either one of an image and sound and transmits the image and/or sound data to the communication terminals. The distribution control system includes a browser management unit is configured to start up a browser appropriate for the communication terminals; a browser configured to generate the image and/or sound data by rendering content data; a transmitter configured to transmit the image and/or sound data to the communication terminals; and a receiver configured to receive input information from the communication terminals. The transmitter is configured to transmit the image and/or sound data updated by the browser in accordance with the input information to the communication terminals.

Abstract: A distribution control system includes a generating unit configured to generate video frame data and sound frame data from content data; a first converting unit configured to convert the video frame data into first transmission data to be transmitted through a communication network by encoding the video frame data; a second converting unit configured to convert the sound frame data into second transmission data to be transmitted through the communication network by encoding the sound frame data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first transmission data to a first communication terminal connected to the communication network and transmits the second transmission data to a second communication terminal connected to the communication network.

Abstract: A delivery managing device to which a plurality of terminals are connected through a network includes a creating unit that creates display information based on operation information indicating an operation input accepted by a terminal; a converting unit that converts the display information into video information; and a delivery unit that delivers the video information to a terminal. When non-public operation information is received from a terminal, the non-public operation information indicating operation information not to be published to another terminal, the delivery unit delivers video information that is converted from display information not based on the non-public operation information, to the other terminal.

Abstract: A distribution control apparatus is connected to a communication terminal via a network. The distribution control apparatus includes a receiving unit, a whiteboard control unit, a whiteboard unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives, from the communication terminal, operation data representing an operation performed by a user. When the operation is a stroke command, the whiteboard control unit stores a series of coordinates entered onto the communication terminal and contained in the operation data in a first storage unit and generates stroke data representing a stroke from the stored coordinates. The whiteboard unit stores the generated stroke data in a second storage unit and generates video data by rendering the stroke data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the communication terminal, converted video data that is obtained by converting the generated video data into a data format that allows distribution.