Abstract: An imaging system includes: a transmitter that is attached to an object and wirelessly transmits a positioning signal; a positioning device that determines the position of the object based on the positioning signal; an imaging device that images the object in a variable direction and at a variable magnification; and a control device. The control device calculates a direction and a distance from the imaging device to the object based on the position of the object, and sets a first direction and a first magnification on the imaging device based on the calculated direction and distance. Then, the control device sets a second direction and a second magnification on the imaging device based on imaging data generated by imaging the object, the imaging data being generated by the imaging device on which the first direction and the first magnification are set.

Abstract: An imaging system includes: a transmitter that is attached to an object and wirelessly transmits a positioning signal; a positioning device that determines the position of the object based on the positioning signal; an imaging device that images the object in a variable direction and at a variable magnification; and a control device. The control device calculates a direction and a distance from the imaging device to the object based on the position of the object, and sets a first direction and a first magnification on the imaging device based on the calculated direction and distance. Then, the control device sets a second direction and a second magnification on the imaging device based on imaging data generated by imaging the object, the imaging data being generated by the imaging device on which the first direction and the first magnification are set.

Abstract: The video transmission system includes a divided-clip generator for generating first and second clips, a transmission unit for sequentially transmitting the first and second clips, and a display apparatus for displaying the first and second clips. The first clip is generated by dividing video data by a specific time period and by dividing audio data by a specific time period. The second clip is generated after the first clip. The divided-clip generator includes a video output unit and an audio output unit. The video output unit divides the video data by a first time period equal to a multiple of a unit frame time of the video data. The audio output unit divides the audio data by a second time period equal to a multiple of a unit frame time of the audio data. The end of the first time period is before the end of the second time period.

Abstract: An information communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor acquiring information inside and outside the apparatus, and a connection maintaining unit maintaining a connection for transmitting the information from the sensor to a server connected via a communication network. The connection maintaining unit includes a normal connection maintaining section transmitting the information from the sensor to the server, and an interrupt connection maintaining section transmitting data other than the information from the sensor to the server. If, during continuous transmission of the information from the sensor to the server which is performed by the normal connection maintaining section, the continuous transmission of the information from the sensor becomes impossible, the interrupt connection maintaining section transmits the data other than the information from the sensor to the server, to allow the connection maintaining unit to maintain the connection.

Abstract: An information communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor acquiring information inside and outside the apparatus, and a connection maintaining unit maintaining a connection for transmitting the information from the sensor to a server connected via a communication network. The connection maintaining unit includes a normal connection maintaining section transmitting the information from the sensor to the server, and an interrupt connection maintaining section transmitting data other than the information from the sensor to the server. If, during continuous transmission of the information from the sensor to the server which is performed by the normal connection maintaining section, the continuous transmission of the information from the sensor becomes impossible, the interrupt connection maintaining section transmits the data other than the information from the sensor to the server, to allow the connection maintaining unit to maintain the connection.

Abstract: The video transmission system includes a divided-clip generator for generating first and second clips, a transmission unit for sequentially transmitting the first and second clips, and a display apparatus for displaying the first and second clips. The first clip is generated by dividing video data by a specific time period and by dividing audio data by a specific time period. The second clip is generated after the first clip. The divided-clip generator includes a video output unit and an audio output unit. The video output unit divides the video data by a first time period equal to a multiple of a unit frame time of the video data. The audio output unit divides the audio data by a second time period equal to a multiple of a unit frame time of the audio data. The end of the first time period is before the end of the second time period.

Abstract: An image editing apparatus includes: a processor that: (i) generates an editing information indicating a content of editing applied to at least one of frames included in a video stream, and performs an editing process in which the editing is applied to the at least one frame; (ii) specifies a subject frame to be edited from among the frames, based on the editing information; and (iii) generates a thumbnail for the subject frame to which the editing has been applied, and outputs the generated thumbnail.

Abstract: An image editing device includes: a display controller that outputs a video signal to a display device; an input interface that receives from a user settings information about a plurality of candidate images, about a total play time of a sequence of images to be created, and about displaying effects of the respective images used in the sequence of images; and an image sequence creating unit that creates the sequence of images using a plurality of images that are selected from the plurality of candidate images. When the total play time and the displaying effects are set, or when at least one of the total play time and the displaying effects is changed, a total count of images planned to be used in the sequence of images, or an estimated value of the total count, is determined and displayed on the display device.

Abstract: An electronic device (100) capable of editing, with greater focus on story configuration, a group of pictures to be successively displayed includes: a time information obtainment unit (111) which obtains time information (111a) of a video in which one or more of the pictures are successively displayed; a template reading unit (113) which reads template data (104d) for specifying (i) the number of repetitions of each of units of repetition made up of one or more switching effects used in switching between two of the pictures included in the video, and (ii) a unit time of each of the one or more switching effects of the unit of repetition; an adjustment unit (114) which adjusts the number of repetitions of the unit of repetition, based on the obtained reproduction time information (111a) and each of the unit times specified in the read template data (104d).

Abstract: An image editing device includes: a display controller that outputs a video signal to a display device; an input interface that receives from a user settings information about a plurality of candidate images, about a total play time of a sequence of images to be created, and about displaying effects of the respective images used in the sequence of images; and an image sequence creating unit that creates the sequence of images using a plurality of images that are selected from the plurality of candidate images. When the total play time and the displaying effects are set, or when at least one of the total play time and the displaying effects is changed, a total count of images planned to be used in the sequence of images, or an estimated value of the total count, is determined and displayed on the display device.

Abstract: An electronic device (100) capable of editing, with greater focus on story configuration, a group of pictures to be successively displayed includes: a time information obtainment unit (111) which obtains time information (111a) of a video in which one or more of the pictures are successively displayed; a template reading unit (113) which reads template data (104d) for specifying (i) the number of repetitions of each of units of repetition made up of one or more switching effects used in switching between two of the pictures included in the video, and (ii) a unit time of each of the one or more switching effects of the unit of repetition; an adjustment unit (114) which adjusts the number of repetitions of the unit of repetition, based on the obtained reproduction time information (111a) and each of the unit times specified in the read template data (104d).