IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image distribution system which many users can access and distributes an image almost in real time.

SOLUTION: The image distribution system comprises: cameras (3-n) each photographing an image as electronic data; photographing terminals (2-n) to which the cameras (3-n) are connected and which receive image data including images from the cameras (3-n); a server (1) connected to the photographing terminals (2-n) via a network and receiving the image data from the photographing terminals (2-n); and user terminals (5-n) connected to the server (1) via the network and receiving and displaying the image data from the server (1). The server (1) temporarily stores each of the plurality of image data received from the plurality of photographing terminals (2-n) to a buffer (20) and distributes the image data stored in the buffer (20) to the plurality of user terminals (5-n) almost in real time.

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