US 12,452,470 B2
Image distribution apparatus, display apparatus, image capture apparatus, and control method
Takuma Jiko, Kanagawa (JP); and Koichi Okada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,968.
Application 18/485,968 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/014365, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-068531 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2021; and application No. 2022-009525 (JP), filed on Jan. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064351 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 13/194 (2018.01); H04N 13/282 (2018.01); H04N 13/296 (2018.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/6332 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/95 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 21/239 (2013.01) [H04N 13/194 (2018.05); H04N 13/282 (2018.05); H04N 13/296 (2018.05); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/6332 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/95 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
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1. An image distribution apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor of the image distribution apparatus to:
obtain a plurality of images generated by a plurality of image capture apparatuses capturing images of a predetermined subject from different directions;
transmit the plurality of images to the plurality of display apparatuses;
receive, from the plurality of display apparatuses, viewed image information regarding an image being displayed/reproduced in the plurality of display apparatuses;
calculate a degree of attention for each of the image capture apparatuses capturing the images, based on the viewed image information; and
transmit, to each of the image capture apparatuses, notification control information for causing a light-emitting element of the image capture apparatus to give notification based on the degree of attention, the light-emitting element being disposed in the same orientation as a lens unit of the image capture apparatus,
wherein an image capture apparatus from the plurality of image capture apparatuses with a degree of attention that is greater than the degree of attention associated with the plurality of image capture apparatuses emits light from the light-emitting element.