Abstract: An image display device is configured to cut out and display a moving object within an omnidirectional image. The image display device includes: a moving object position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the moving object within the omnidirectional image; a determination unit configured to determine whether to correct an upward direction of a cutout image; a parameter correction unit configured to correct a cutout parameter when the determination unit determines to correct the upward direction of the cutout image; a cutout unit configured to cut images including the moving object out of the omnidirectional image based on the cutout parameter corrected by the parameter correction unit; and a display unit configured to display the images including the moving object, which are cut out by the cutout unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for forming a display image and a display control device for displaying an image in which the position of a target is significantly easier to find. In a display control device (100), a clipped region setting unit (140) sets a clipped region candidate including both a target and a characterized area which characterizes a position in a region to be imaged as the clipped region. When a characterized area is not included in the clipped region candidate, a clipped region candidate modification unit (130) modifies either the size or the position of the clipped region candidate until said clipped region candidate includes both the target and the characterized area.

Abstract: A position identifying system (1) is comprised of a radio terminal device (2) carried by a monitoring target and a sensor device (3) provided with a radio communication unit (9) for communicating by radio with the radio terminal device (2) and a camera unit (10) for taking an image of the monitoring target. In the sensor device (3), the position (tag position) of the radio terminal device (2) is detected on the basis of a detection signal from the radio terminal device (2), and the position (image position) of the monitoring target is calculated on the basis of the image taken by the camera unit (3). By linking the tag position with the image position, the position of the monitoring target is identified. Thus, there is provided the position identifying system capable of identifying the position of the monitoring target and keeping track of the movement of the monitoring target even if the image of the monitoring target cannot be taken.

Abstract: An image processing device comprises a region dividing unit which divides a captured image obtained by a camera unit into a plurality of regions, and an image compressing unit which compresses each of region images obtained by the division by the region dividing unit while changing the compression rate according to the distance from a predetermined point in the captured image to each of the region images and the distance from the camera unit to a target included in each of the regions. For example, the image compressing unit compresses the region image having a larger angle from the optical axis at a larger compression rate, thereby achieving compression in which the amount of data in low-quality regions is greatly reduced and the quality of high-quality regions is maintained.

Abstract: An omnidirectional image processing apparatus is provided that enables the visibility of a specified monitoring object in an omnidirectional image to be improved while maintaining the continuity of that omnidirectional image. An omnidirectional image processing apparatus (400) is an apparatus that performs image processing on an omnidirectional image, and has a monitoring object specification section (405) that specifies a monitoring object photographed in the omnidirectional image, an image rotating section (406) that rotates the omnidirectional image so that the position of a specified monitoring object becomes upper-central, and a center position moving section (407) that moves the center position of the omnidirectional image rotated by the image rotating section (406) downward by means of warping processing.

Abstract: A reliability extracting section (102) extracts the reliability of positioning at a person's position calculating section (101) on the basis of an image captured from an imaging section (121). A section (104) for creating a possibly-existing area determines a possibly-existing area (AR1) on the basis of the result of positioning obtained by the person's position calculating section (101) and reliability (precision of positioning) obtained by the reliability extracting section (102). An entry determining section (105) determines entering and/or leaving to/from a targeted monitored area (AR0) on the basis of the overlapping of the possibly-existing area (AR1) with the monitored area (AR0).

Abstract: Disclosed is a target detection device which can match a moving object in a captured image to an identifier when a plurality of identifiers began to be received in a short time, or when the number of identifiers received was larger than the number of detected position histories. The device (100) comprises: a feature information extraction unit (103) which extracts the feature information of at least one moving object imaged in a captured image, a read unit (104) which reads the identifier of the wireless terminal held by the moving object, a history controller (105) which links and saves the feature information and the identifier at each time, and a matching unit (106) which matches the feature information and an identifier stored in the history controller (105) based on the degree of similarity with the feature information stored in the history controller (105) and the links between the feature information and the identifier.

Abstract: A position identifying system (1) is comprised of a radio terminal device (2) carried by a monitoring target and a sensor device (3) provided with a radio communication unit (9) for communicating by radio with the radio terminal device (2) and a camera unit (10) for taking an image of the monitoring target. In the sensor device (3), the position (tag position) of the radio terminal device (2) is detected on the basis of a detection signal from the radio terminal device (2), and the position (image position) of the monitoring target is calculated on the basis of the image taken by the camera unit (3). By linking the tag position with the image position, the position of the monitoring target is identified. Thus, there is provided the position identifying system capable of identifying the position of the monitoring target and keeping track of the movement of the monitoring target even if the image of the monitoring target cannot be taken.

Abstract: A motion locus creation system which is capable of displaying the trajectory of movement of an object to be tracked in an understandable way even if using no 3D model information. A camera unit forms a detection flag indicating whether or not the object to be tracked has been able to be detected from a captured image. A motion locus-type selection section determines the display type of a motion locus according to the detection flag. A motion locus creation section produces a motion locus according to coordinate data acquired by a tag reader section and a motion locus-type instruction signal selected by the motion locus-type selection section.

Abstract: Information relating to a playback of divided static media data included in static media transmission data is stored in static media transmission data previous than the static media transmission data, and transmitted, thereby making it possible to determine whether there is no divided static media data originally or lost when the divided static media data is not received. Accordingly, in the case where static media such as timed text and the like is used in distribution of streaming type, when receiving no static media data, a data receiving apparatus determines whether there is no media data to be next displayed or media data is lost in the course of transmission to notify a user of loss of media data correctly. Moreover, it is possible to reduce time required for packet loss detection to execute a retransmission request without increasing pre-buffering.

Abstract: A technique that can enhance convenience on each of both sides that distribute and use content under the conditions where use limitations intended to protect the copyright of content have diversified. According to this technique, a right gateway 100 is provided, that converts the condition of use in the right information of content subject to transmission from repository 20 at the transmitting end to repository 30 at the transmission destination in accordance with the right management capacity (capacity information 200) of content in repository 30 at the transmission destination. With right gateway 100 performing processing, the range of equipment and recording mediums capable of use of content expands, thereby promoting the use of content.

Abstract: A content delivery method for exporting content from a server to a terminal includes acquiring information on right management capability supported by the terminal, the information being reported from by terminal. The content that is appropriate to the terminal is selected based on the acquired information, and the selected content is delivered to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

Abstract: An information export method for exporting content and right information of the content to a repository includes referring to the right information when the content is exported to the repository and checking whether the repository is allowed to have the content based on a description of the right information. When the repository is not allowed to have the content, it is determined not to export the content and the right information to the repository.

Abstract: A content creation apparatus (10) has a playback control module (32) which plays back a multimedia template; an input module (26) which accepts a user's instruction relating to selection of media data to be inserted into the multimedia template during playback of the multimedia template by the playback control module (32); a control module (30) which inserts the media data accepted through the input module (26) and plays back the multimedia template by the playback control module (32); and a scenario transforming module (38) which creates multimedia contents based on the multimedia template and confirmed media data in accordance with confirmation of the media data selected through the input module (26).

Abstract: A content delivery method for exporting content from a server to a terminal includes acquiring information on right management capability supported by the terminal, the information being reported from by terminal. The content that is appropriate to the terminal is selected based on the acquired information, and the selected content is delivered to the terminal in response to a request from the terminal.

Abstract: An information export method for exporting content and right information of the content to a repository includes referring to the right information when the content is exported to the repository and checking whether the repository is allowed to have the content based on a description of the right information. When the repository is not allowed to have the content, it is determined not to export the content and the right information to the repository.

Abstract: An image-taking apparatus 10 comprises: an image-taking section 18 for obtaining a taken image; a combination playback section 20 for reading stored data to compose a scenario image; a scenario storage section 12 for storing combination information for combining said scenario image and said taken image; a combination playback control section 22 for combining, according to combination information stored in said scenario storage section 12, said scenario image read by said combination playback section 20 and a taken image obtained by said image-taking section 18; and a display section 24 for displaying a combined image obtained by said combination playback control section 22.

Abstract: Information relating to a playback of divided static media data included in static media transmission data is stored in static media transmission data previous than the static media transmission data, and transmitted, thereby making it possible to determine whether there is no divided static media data originally or lost when the divided static media data is not received. Accordingly, in the case where static media such as timed text and the like is used in distribution of streaming type, when receiving no static media data, a data receiving apparatus determines whether there is no media data to be next displayed or media data is lost in the course of transmission to notify a user of loss of media data correctly. Moreover, Moreover, it is possible to reduce time required for packet loss detection to execute a retransmission request without increasing pre-buffering.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to reuse the available part of data in cases where data is determined not to be authentic. The input section inputs the data, and the processing section generates the processed data. According to the generation of the processed data, the authentication data generation section generates the authentication data for authenticating the processed data and the output section outputs the data with authentication wherein the processed data is correlated with the authentication data. By including the data inputted into the processed data, even if the processed data cannot be authenticated, a process can be performed by using the data as long as the authenticity of the data can be guaranteed. Moreover, it becomes possible to specify a flexible process by including the status return information in the processed data required for the process in the case where the authenticity cannot be affirmed.

Abstract: Content information can be transmitted without infringing the rights of the copyright holder. A content information transferring apparatus comprises a content information storage section for storing content information, a rights information storage section for storing rights information regarding restriction of transfer of content information, a transfer processing section for generating transfer processing information regarding transfer of content information based on the rights information stored in the rights information storage section, and a transmitting section for transmitting content information stored in the content information storage section based on transfer processing information generated by the transfer processing section.