Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of providing notification about a change of a thumbnail image at an appropriate timing provides notification about the first information to an information processing apparatus external to the image capturing apparatus in response to a change in the first information generated by the image capturing apparatus, registers information indicating an image capturing direction of the image capturing apparatus, generates a thumbnail image based on a captured image captured by an image capturing unit included in the image capturing apparatus in the registered image capturing direction, generates identification information that uniquely identifies the generated thumbnail image, and provides a notification about the generated identification information as the first information to the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that communicates with a storage device that stores, at a plurality of resolutions, tile images obtained by dividing a picked-up image into a plurality of predetermined regions and to which encoding processing including intra-frame encoding and inter-frame encoding has been performed comprises: a designation unit for designating a predetermined region of the picked-up image for a preset tour in advance; a request unit for requesting the storage device to transmit the tile image including the predetermined region with higher resolution from among the plurality of resolutions; and a display control unit for cutting out the predetermined region from the tile image and cause a display unit to display the cut-out predetermined region, wherein, when the predetermined region is designated in advance, wherein, when the predetermined region is designated in advance, the request unit requests the storage device to transmit the tile image including the predetermined region.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus is provided. The apparatus notifies an external apparatus of control information of the image capture apparatus that affects a captured image, in response to a change in the control information. The apparatus determines whether or not to perform control for restricting notification of the control information to the external apparatus, based on whether or not the image capture apparatus is operating in a specific mode. The apparatus has a plurality of modes. The plurality of modes include a first mode in which the image capture apparatus changes the control information in accordance with an instruction from an external apparatus, and a second mode in which the image capture apparatus automatically changes the control information. The specific mode is the second mode.

Abstract: An image reception apparatus including a reception unit that receives a first image from an image transmission apparatus and a transmission unit that transmits information on an attention area designated by a user in the first image to the image transmission apparatus. When the transmission unit transmits the information to the image transmission apparatus, the reception unit receives, from the image transmission apparatus, the first image together with one or more partial images corresponding to the attention area and constituting a second image of a resolution higher than a resolution of the first image.

Abstract: An image distribution apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a gazing area specified by a user in a first image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, from a second image having resolution higher than resolution of the first image and divided into a plurality of tile images, a first tile image where the gazing area belongs and a second tile image adjacent to the first tile image.

Abstract: An image distribution apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a gazing area specified by a user in a first image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, from a second image having resolution higher than resolution of the first image and divided into a plurality of tile images, a first tile image where the gazing area belongs and a second tile image adjacent to the first tile image.

Abstract: An image distribution apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a gazing area specified by a user in a first image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, from a second image having resolution higher than resolution of the first image and divided into a plurality of tile images, a first tile image where the gazing area belongs and a second tile image adjacent to the first tile image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that communicates with a storage device that stores, at a plurality of resolutions, tile images obtained by dividing a picked-up image into a plurality of predetermined regions and to which encoding processing including intra-frame encoding and inter-frame encoding has been performed comprises: a designation unit for designating a predetermined region of the picked-up image for a preset tour in advance; a request unit for requesting the storage device to transmit the tile image including the predetermined region with higher resolution from among the plurality of resolutions; and a display control unit for cutting out the predetermined region from the tile image and cause a display unit to display the cut-out predetermined region, wherein, when the predetermined region is designated in advance, wherein, when the predetermined region is designated in advance, the request unit requests the storage device to transmit the tile image including the predetermined region.

Abstract: An image reception apparatus including a reception unit that receives a first image from an image transmission apparatus and a transmission unit that transmits information on an attention area designated by a user in the first image to the image transmission apparatus. When the transmission unit transmits the information to the image transmission apparatus, the reception unit receives, from the image transmission apparatus, the first image together with one or more partial images corresponding to the attention area and constituting a second image of a resolution higher than a resolution of the first image.

Abstract: An image distribution apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a gazing area specified by a user in a first image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, from a second image having resolution higher than resolution of the first image and divided into a plurality of tile images, a first tile image where the gazing area belongs and a second tile image adjacent to the first tile image.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a determination unit configured to perform detection processing for detecting a volume of a sound obtained by sound obtaining unit corresponding to imaging unit, determine whether the volume is not less than a threshold, and execute volume determination processing for outputting a determination result, a change control unit configured to perform first change control for changing an imaging direction in the imaging unit, and a control unit configured to control to change control associated with the volume determination processing when the first change control is executed by the change control unit and the second change control is executed by the change control unit, so as not to set a state in which the first change control is performed, upon execution of the second change control.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging system which allows an imaging direction to be changed to a position intended by the user. An imaging system according to the present invention includes an image acquiring unit adapted to acquire an image captured by the first imaging apparatus; a position determining unit adapted to determine one of a plurality of pieces of position information in an object space of the image as an imaging position in priority order; and a controlling unit adapted to change a viewing point of a second imaging apparatus based on the imaging position.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a first image, and cuts out at least a portion of the first image to generate a second image that is distortion-corrected. The image processing apparatus provides a first user interface for setting, in the first image, an area associated with a function that influences encoding processing, and a second user interface for setting, in the second image, an area associated with the function that influences encoding processing. The image processing apparatus encodes the first image based on the area set using the first user interface, and encodes the second image using the area set using the second user interface.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a first image, cuts out at least a portion of the first image to generate a second image that is distortion-corrected, receives designation of a first area in which image quality is to be different in the first image, calculates a second area in the second image, the second area corresponding to the first area designated in the first image, and sets, as an area associated with a function that influences encoding processing for encoding the second image, an area that includes the second area and is based on a processing unit of the encoding processing for encoding the second image, the processing unit being an area in the second image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set, within an image, a specified region which is associated with a set quantization parameter, a determination unit configured to determine a quantization parameter to be used in encoding of an image of an outside of the specified region, in such a manner that a generated code amount obtained by encoding the image becomes a target code amount, and a changing unit configured, in a case in which the specified region is changed when the determination unit is activated, to change a quantization parameter of the image to a predetermined fixed value in such a manner that an image quality of the image becomes lower than a previous image quality obtained from a quantization parameter set for the specified region before the change.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a determination unit configured to perform detection processing for detecting a volume of a sound obtained by sound obtaining unit corresponding to imaging unit, determine whether the volume is not less than a threshold, and execute volume determination processing for outputting a determination result, a change control unit configured to perform first change control for changing an imaging direction in the imaging unit, and a control unit configured to control to change control associated with the volume determination processing when the first change control is executed by the change control unit and the second change control is executed by the change control unit, so as not to set a state in which the first change control is performed, upon execution of the second change control.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus to communicate with an external apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a receiving unit, a control unit, a determining unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives, from the external apparatus, a synthesizing command for controlling an operation of synthesizing images that have been captured by the image capturing unit under different exposure conditions, and an exposure setting command for controlling an operation of obtaining an image that has been generated under a set exposure condition. The control unit controls an operation that is performed based on the synthesizing and exposure setting commands, where the receiving unit receives the synthesizing and exposure setting commands.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a first image, and cuts out at least a portion of the first image to generate a second image that is distortion-corrected. The image processing apparatus provides a first user interface for setting, in the first image, an area associated with a function that influences encoding processing, and a second user interface for setting, in the second image, an area associated with the function that influences encoding processing. The image processing apparatus encodes the first image based on the area set using the first user interface, and encodes the second image using the area set using the second user interface.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a first image, cuts out at least a portion of the first image to generate a second image that is distortion-corrected, receives designation of a first area in which image quality is to be different in the first image, calculates a second area in the second image, the second area corresponding to the first area designated in the first image, and sets, as an area associated with a function that influences encoding processing for encoding the second image, an area that includes the second area and is based on a processing unit of the encoding processing for encoding the second image, the processing unit being an area in the second image.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus which communicates with an external apparatus via a network, includes an imaging unit; a first image processing unit configured to change, by image processing, a brightness of a captured image output from the imaging unit; a second image processing unit configured to change, by image processing that is different from the image processing by the first image processing unit, a brightness of a captured image output from the imaging unit; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the external apparatus via the network, a single command in which first image processing information for controlling an operation of the first image processing unit and second image processing information for controlling an operation of the second image processing unit may be described; and a control unit configured to control the first image processing unit and the second image processing unit in accordance with the command received by the receiving unit.