JP2001103445A - Information processing unit and control method therefor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply update and image included in a document to be sent on a network. SOLUTION: An HD 106 stores data to set a photographing time and a photographing state of a camera 11 with variable panning angle, tilt angle and zooming. When the photographing time arrives, the camera photographs an object according to the set contents and the HD 106 stores the obtained image. When an object edit program runs, a CRT 103 displays a document, to which an image is inserted as described above. When a desired image is designated, the inserted image is replaced with a newly photographed image object corresponding to the designated position. Then the generated document is uploaded to a WWW server after that.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus for creating an electronic document using an image captured and stored by a video input apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of users connected to the Internet has significantly increased. It is also possible to provide a homepage on the Internet as a source of information, not just as an accessing side. In addition, networks within the framework of companies and affiliated companies, so-called intranets, are also becoming popular.

Until now, it has been common to use newspapers (and their inserts) and magazines or broadcasts when advertising their own stores. However, by setting up a homepage, it is possible to eliminate the problem of resource saving, and from the viewpoint of the purpose of promoting your store, it is thought that this form will spread more and more in the future, Small stores will often use such services.

[0004]

In order to change the homepage, it is necessary to edit the homepage on its own terminal and upload the result to a WWW server.

In the case of a personal homepage, it is considered that the frequency is not so high. However, when the homepage is frequently changed, this work is complicated and incurs another cost.

[0006] For example, consider a homepage displayed such as a cafeteria menu. In this case, when the item is changed, it is desired to update the published image list page immediately. Specifically, each item is photographed again with a digital camera or the like, and the image data is captured using an HTML document editor or the like, and editing is performed. Then, the procedure will be to upload the final data to the WWW server.

[0007] Therefore, it is necessary to promptly contact the editor in charge of the item change and immediately perform the editing operation.
In other words, the editor must wait for a time when there is a possibility of changing the item, which in turn causes an operation cost. Also, it takes time to update.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a storage medium for easily updating an image included in a document to be transmitted on a network are provided. It is intended to provide.

[0009]

To solve this problem, for example, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, an information processing apparatus for transmitting document information including an image via a network, comprising: an image input unit; a schedule storage unit for storing input schedule information of the image input unit; Image storage means for storing the obtained image, and document creation means for creating new document information by replacing the image of the document information with the image stored in the image storage means.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<First Embodiment> FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram in an embodiment. In the figure, 100 is a camera server that functions as an image editing system, and 110 is a network (the Internet or the like). 202 is a client connected to the network 110, 203 is WW
A WWW server 203 that provides a W (World Wide Web) service.

In the present embodiment, a home page (hereinafter simply referred to as a page) is edited and created based on the image photographed and recorded by the camera server 100, and is uploaded to the WWW server 203. And client 2
By accessing the WWW server 203 from 02, an image (page) captured by the camera server 100 is browsed.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a camera server 100 that operates as an image editing system in the embodiment.

The camera server 100 includes a memory 101 for storing programs and data necessary for starting up the system, a central processing unit 102 for controlling arithmetic and processing, and a display for displaying characters, symbols, images, and the like. A CRT 103 as a display device, an image input interface 104 for capturing an image, a serial interface 105 for transmitting and receiving control commands and the like, an auxiliary storage device (such as a hard disk) 106 for storing data, a keyboard device 107 for inputting characters, etc. A pointing device 108 for pointing a character or the like with a cursor and a network communication interface 109 for transmitting and receiving data between multiple points are connected via a bus 112.

The camera server 100 is connected to a network 110 via a network communication interface 109.

The camera 111 is connected to an image input interface (VC) 104 for capturing an image and a serial interface (RS) 105 for receiving a control command and the like and transmitting a status signal (current situation and the like). I have. That is, control relating to photographing of the camera 111 (pan angle, tilt angle, zoom magnification, exposure, etc.)
Is performed by sending a command via the RS 105, and the captured image is received by the VC 104 and taken in as digital data. A program for this control is stored in the memory 101.

The memory 101 roughly stores an operation setting program 113, a recording execution program 114, a candidate editing program 115, and a page selection program 116.

The above program is stored in a storage medium (not shown), and is loaded and executed on the memory 101 via a drive device (not shown) for the storage medium connected to the bus 112. May be. In other words, although the camera server 100 has an interface for connecting the camera 111, it can also use a general-purpose information processing device (for example, a personal computer).

The operation of the embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described in detail in the following order.

At the time set by the operator by the execution of the operation setting program 113, the camera server 100 displays an image at a predetermined position on the camera 11
Let 1 shoot and accumulate it.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the operation setting for setting the shooting schedule of the camera server. The flow of the operation setting program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, existing setting data (not shown) is read from the auxiliary storage device 106 (S601), and a setting page screen 301 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed according to the read data (S602). When there is no setting data, the items described below are left blank.

In this screen, a field 302, a field 303, and a field 304 are fields for inputting a shooting start time, a shooting end time, and a shooting interval, respectively.

Also, the pan of the first preset position,
The tilt and zoom information are respectively described in a field 306.
-1p, 306-1t, and 306-1z. Information on the pan, tilt, and zoom of the second preset position is respectively described in fields 306-2p and 306-2.
t, 306-2z. Similarly, in this embodiment, up to five preset positions can be input in each field. Of course, it is possible to increase or decrease the number.

Thereafter, the setting input process of step S604 is repeated until the setting save button 307 is pressed, and when the setting save button 307 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S605 (S603).

In the setting input processing (step S604),
Check data entry in various fields and change the display of input data. In the example of FIG. 3, the shooting start time,
The shooting end time, shooting interval, and camera angle information of the first to fourth preset positions are set.

Since no data is designated in the fifth preset position, the photographing and recording at the four preset positions are designated at the designated photographing intervals from the photographing start time to the photographing end time.

In step S605, the displayed information is written to the auxiliary storage device 106 as a setting file.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the first operation is performed at intervals of 20 minutes (a total of six times) from 10:00 to 11:40.
Camera angle of preset position (pan value 9.7
2, tilt value 0.00, zoom value 46.80) image from the camera angle at the fourth preset position (pan value 1)
(1.30, tilt value: 5.00, zoom value: 40.00) The setting of photographing four images at a time is stored.

At this time, registration is performed in the operating system so that the recording execution program 114 is activated at each photographing time. This is the end of the description of the operation setting program.

At the time designated by the operation setting program, the recording execution program 114 is called, and the image is taken and stored.

Here, the flow of the recording execution program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, setting file data (not shown)
Is read from the auxiliary storage device 106 (step S70).
1) For each preset position, an image acquisition command of a predetermined camera angle is transmitted to the camera 111, whereby the camera 111 is controlled to acquire an image,
The image is written to the auxiliary storage device at each timing and each preset position (step S702).

For example, for the first preset position shown in FIG.
11 is issued.

GetStillImage? Pan = 9.72 & tilt = 0.00 & zoom =
46.80 & ... and shooting time 10: 0 as shown in FIG.
From 0, the image at the first preset position is “image data 120-1-1”, the image at the second preset position is “image data 120-2-1”, and the image at the third preset position is “image data 120-1-1”. 3-1 ", 4th
The image of the preset position is displayed as “Image data 120-4
−1 ”is stored as a file in the auxiliary storage device 106.

Similarly, from the next photographing time 10:20, the image at the first preset position is displayed as “image data 120”.
-1-2 ", the image at the second preset position is stored as" image data 120-2-2 "... When all the shooting schedules are completed by repeating the above, the recording execution program ends.

In the above description, the operation setting data is
The example in which the data is stored in the auxiliary storage device 106 has been described.
01 may be stored.

Next, an example of the flow of image editing is shown in FIG.

The flow of the candidate editing program 115 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This is started when the page candidate editor activates the page selection program 115.

In this embodiment, the "canteen menu page"
An example will be described in which an intranet is built in the company and a menu page of the employee cafeteria is created.
First, a candidate list screen 410 for selecting a page to be edited is displayed (step S801).

If there is no image page candidate, an image page displaying a list of images at a specific time at each photographing position is automatically generated based on the photographed and stored image data, and step S802 is performed. Go to and this page is displayed.

When one of the candidates is selected, an image page generated by the system is displayed as a page plan 1 and a changed image selection screen 411 is displayed (step S802).

Here, page plan data 401 before editing
As shown in FIG. 2, page plan 1 is composed of image data 120-1-1, 120-2-1, and
, The first candidate image of each preset position is used.

Next, when the completion button is pressed, step S is executed.
Proceed to 806. When one of the display images is selected, the process proceeds to step S805 (steps S803 and S80).
4).

In step S805, a replacement image selection screen 412 is displayed in which the images captured at the same preset position as the selected image at the respective times are displayed as replacement candidate images. If one of them is selected, it is replaced with the image at that time, and step S802
And the process is repeated. That is, the changed image selection screen 4
13 is displayed.

For example, by clicking on image 421-2-1 to change it, this image is selected, and the flow advances to step S805.

The image 421-2-1 is composed of the image data 120
-2-1, and is a captured image at the first time of the second preset position. Then, an image of each shooting time at the second preset position is displayed, and an image candidate selection screen is displayed. Therefore, when the image 421-2-3 is selected, the image data 120-2-1 is changed to the image data 120-2-1.
A page replaced with 2-3 is created.

Thus, when the completion button 422 is pressed, the page plan data 402 is created as the page plan 2,
At the same time, it is stored in the auxiliary storage device 106 (step S80).
6), the candidate list is updated (step S807), and in the next editing process, one candidate is added and displayed on the candidate list screen as indicated by 414. This is the end of the description of the candidate editing program.

When all the image replacement editing is completed, the page selection program 116 performs page approval processing and upload processing to the WWW server 203.

This is because the approver has the page selection program 1
The process is started by activating 16.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the flow of this page approval.
Here, the flow of the page selection program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a connection to the WWW server is made. At this time, an authentication screen 501 of the approver is displayed, and a password authentication process is performed (step S901). If not authenticated, the process is interrupted.

When authenticated, candidate page selection screen 502
Is displayed (step S902), and when a target candidate is selected, a page approval processing screen 503 is displayed (step S903). Here, when the reject button 510 is pressed, the processing ends, and the approval button 511 is pressed. If it is determined that it has occurred (step S904), the process proceeds to step S905.

In step S905, the approved image page is uploaded and transferred to the WWW server 203.
The process ends. If a general public line is used instead of a network such as an intranet (for example, the Internet may be used), it is also possible to perform a line disconnection process after the transfer is completed.

According to the above procedure, the WWW server 2
02, the image page is opened to the network by the WWW service, and can be accessed and displayed from the WWW browser on the client.

This is the end of the description of the page selection program.

It should be noted that a plurality of persons can utilize the present system as an image page capture editor.

Based on a page edited by an editor,
Different editors can easily create different image pages. Therefore, it becomes possible to create a candidate proposal on a volunteer basis, and finally, the responsible person can select and approve one of the candidates and publish the page.

As described above, according to this embodiment, an image page can be created only by selecting an appropriate photographed image for each position, and the load of editing work can be greatly reduced. Of the image pages automatically generated by the system, it is possible to correct the image page only by selecting the replacement of the captured image for the position that needs to be changed, and it is only necessary to change the position where the image is not well captured, editing work Can be further reduced. Furthermore, on a volunteer basis, it is possible to have several volunteers create some candidate image pages, and simply select and select the best one from the created candidate image pages. Thus, the image page is uploaded to, for example, a WWW server, and the image page can be disclosed, and the operation cost can be further reduced.

<Second Embodiment> In the above embodiment (first embodiment), images are uniformly displayed on candidate pages, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the second embodiment, when the candidate page is displayed, it is specified that the displayed image has been accepted. By doing so, it can be seen at a glance whether or not an editing action has been performed on the image, and the efficiency of editing the image page can be increased.

The details of the second embodiment will be described below.

The system configuration diagram is different from the candidate editing program 115 in the camera server configuration diagram shown in FIG.
It can be realized by changing to the same 115 ′.

Also, as shown in FIG. 10, a replacement recording table 121 is added to the HD 106 of the camera server configuration diagram of FIG. 1 of the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described in detail.

The operations of the operation setting program 113, the recording execution program 114, and the page selection program 116 are the same as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the flow of image editing. In the figure, reference numeral 412a denotes a selected image (image 2 in the illustrated case).
This button is used to approve (accept) -3) as it is. When an image is selected, the operator is informed by displaying the image so that the frame of the image is different from that of the non-selected image. For example, various things such as changing the color or changing the thickness of the frame may be considered. When an image which has already been approved is selected again, the display of the approval button 412a is switched to "cancel support", and when this is selected, the approval can be canceled.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the replacement recording table 121.

A table is held for the first to fourth presets of each image data of each candidate page, and a check is recorded in a column corresponding to a case where replacement or approval is given as it is.

The candidate page 1 is the page selection program 11
5 is automatically generated, so that there is no selection or agreement for all the preset positions, so that the column is blank.

The table for a new candidate page has the same information as the original candidate page copied and added at the time of replacement or agreement for the first time. However, if an operation to cancel the approval instruction is performed once, the check in that column is canceled, and the same operation as the unchecked operation is performed.

The flow of the operation of the candidate editing program 115 'is that the flowchart of FIG. 8 of the first embodiment is changed to the replacement image selection processing of S805' as shown in FIG.

Steps S801, S803, S in FIG.
Steps 804, S806, and S807 are the same as those in FIG. 8 of the first embodiment because the processing contents are the same.

At step S805 'following the selection of an image at step S804, an image approval button 4
A replacement image selection screen 412 'to which 12a is added is displayed, and when the button 412a is pressed, the image is replaced as it is, and when another image is selected, the image is replaced.

In any case, the replacement recording table 121
The check is recorded in the column corresponding to. Then, the process returns to step S802 to perform a candidate page display process.

In the display process of the candidate page in step S802, the replacement record table 121 is used to display a change image selection screen 411, a replacement image confirmation screen 413, a new page plan generation screen, or the like shown in FIG. Like, enclose the selected and agreed images in a bold frame 1400,
Perform distinct display. In this way, the selected and approved images can be clearly identified. In addition, the list in FIG. 13 may be totaled and the number of people who have obtained the approval may be displayed together.

Here, in step S801, when the original candidate page is first selected from the candidate list, the replacement record of the original page is displayed using the replacement record table 121, and the new candidate page is newly selected or approved. When a page is created, it may be displayed using a newly created replacement record of a new candidate page.

In this way, a new candidate page can be created after the original candidate page is first replaced with the original (original) page and the image that has been approved is clarified. .

On the contrary, it is possible to clarify an image which has not been selected or agreed.

By doing so, it is possible to know an image that has not been subjected to artificial editing, and it is possible to increase the efficiency of editing image pages.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, a suitable image page can be easily created by using, for example, an edit record such as selection or approval in an image page created by volunteers.

In particular, first, by replacing the original candidate page with the original (original original) page and specifying the image for which approval has been obtained, only the images for which no approval is obtained can be replaced. Is also possible, and it becomes easier to create a more suitable new candidate page.

Also, when a candidate page is edited, it is easy to create a suitable new candidate page by clearly indicating that an image has already been selected or approved. Furthermore, when creating a candidate page, it is possible to clarify the image to be edited by clearly indicating that the image has not already been selected or approved, to increase the efficiency of editing the image page, and to create a suitable new candidate page. To facilitate. Then, it is possible to know an image to which no artificial editing has been performed, and it is also possible to easily create a suitable new candidate page.

<Third Embodiment> In the second embodiment, the image replacement information is used for specifying the image. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

In the third embodiment, when an image is not replaced or agreed upon when a candidate page is approved, the candidate page is replaced with a predetermined image and approved.

In this way, for an image that has not been edited, by using a predetermined image prepared in advance, the image can be replaced with a suitable image, and the appearance of the image page can be improved.

The details of the third embodiment will be described below.

The system configuration is such that the operation setting program 113 and the page selection program 116 in FIG. 10 of the second embodiment are changed to the operation setting program 113 'and the page selection program 116' as shown in FIG. The processing program 117 is added.

Further, the preferred images 150-1, 150-2,... 150-4 are added to the HD 106 of the second embodiment.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described in detail.

The operation of the recording execution program 114 is the same as in the second embodiment.

The operation of the candidate editing program 115 is the same as in the second embodiment.

Next, an example of the operation setting of the operation setting program 113 'is shown in FIG.

The operation setting of FIG. 16 is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The predetermined image setting field 151-1,
151-2,..., 151-4,.

Predetermined image setting fields 151-1 and 15
1-2,..., 151-4..., Suitable images 150-1, 150-2,. 150-4 ...
Is input, and a suitable image is stored in the HD 106.

The flow of operation of the operation setting program 113 'is the same as that of the operation setting program 113 shown in FIG.
The same as the above, except that the setting of the preferred image is added. For example, when a predetermined image setting field is selected on the operation setting screen of FIG. 3, the screen is switched to a screen for specifying a suitable image, and the specification is performed.

Further, the page selection program 116 ′
The operation is the same as the example of the operation of the page setting program 116 in FIG. 5 of the first embodiment except that a suitable image is added.
However, in the flow of the operation of the page selection program 116 ', step S905 in FIG. 9 of the first embodiment is performed.
The upload process of the page has changed.

Next, the flow of the operation of the upload processing program 117 in the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step S904 in FIG. 9 of the first embodiment
Similarly, when the approval button is pressed, the upload processing program 117 is activated.

In step S1701, the replacement record of the approved candidate page is read from the replacement record table 121, and a preset position that has not been selected or agreed is searched.

Subsequently, in step S1702, corresponding images are selected from the suitable images 150-1, 150-2,..., 150-4,.

In the manner described above, an image which is neither changed nor agreed is replaced with a preset image and uploaded.

At this time, a preset position that has not been selected or approved can be deleted from the candidate page.

For example, when the image at the preset position 4 of the candidate page is neither selected nor approved, a candidate page including only the preset positions 1 to 3 is constructed and approved.

FIG. 1 shows an example of an approved image page at this time.
FIG.

In this way, an image which has not been subjected to any artificial editing action can be automatically replaced with a suitable image, and the appearance of the image page can be improved.

Further, by deleting an image that has not been subjected to artificial editing, only a suitable image can be made public and the appearance of the image page can be improved.

As described above, in the third embodiment, when a candidate page is approved and made public, an image that has not been subjected to artificial editing is automatically replaced with a suitable image. You can improve the appearance of the page.

Further, when the candidate page is approved and publicly disclosed, by deleting an image that has not been subjected to artificial editing, the appearance of the image page can be improved.

In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the operation setting program, the recording execution program, the candidate editing program, the page selection program, and the like are executed on the camera server 100. However, the camera server 100 interprets the command. Then, if the photographed image is returned to the information processing device that sent the command, these programs may be executed by the information processing device.

For example, the WWW server 203 can perform operation setting, recording execution, candidate editing, and page selection processing. In this case, the operation setting program 113, the recording execution program 114, the candidate editing program 115, and the page selection program 116 are connected to the CGI (Common Gateway Interface).
ace) If described as a program, the user
Each program can be executed via the WWW service on the server 203.

With this configuration, the image page editor or approver does not need to visit the camera server 100, and can also edit data for shooting at a remote place via a network.

Further, the recording execution program may be executed by the camera server, and the operation setting program, candidate editing program, page selection program and the like may be executed on the WWW server 203.

In this case, the data set by the operation setting program may be transferred to the camera server 100, and a recording operation may be performed based on the transferred data. And
Candidate editing program 115 and page selection program 11
In step 6, when image data is required, the camera server 100
May be transferred and processed.

In this case, since the photographing and recording of the image is performed locally, there is also an effect that even if the bandwidth of the network is narrow, the image is not missed. Further, images may be taken from a plurality of camera servers on the network. Thereby, for example, it is possible to create a menu by combining images of a plurality of display shelves.

Although the present embodiment is applied to page creation of display items such as a cafeteria menu, it is also possible to create a pet list page of a pet shop where breeding boxes are piled up, or to create a page such as a gardening shop. It can also be applied to create a list page of pot plants that are widely arranged on the floor. In addition, the present invention can be applied to shooting a street corner, a resort facility, and the like, and creating an image page with a best shot at each camera angle. In addition, regardless of the camera angle, if images from a plurality of cameras are used as the respective portions of the image, it can be applied to the creation of the best shot collection for each camera site. That is, the present invention is not limited by the imaging target.

Instead of selecting an image automatically captured and stored by the camera in each part of the image page, the image page is divided into a plurality of parts, and candidate images are prepared in advance in each part. A plurality of editors may collaboratively create an image page by changing an image as a partial image for an arbitrary part.

For example, product images having variations in chromaticity, lightness, and saturation, illustrations showing seasons, and illustrations reminiscent of various scenes such as sports and hobbies are prepared as candidate images. Catalog pages and facility information pages can be easily created jointly.

Furthermore, the image itself is divided into a plurality of areas,
The image of each part may be replaced or the image of each part may be modified. When the facility guide or event guide is represented by an image like a schematic map, or when a product or exhibit is introduced along with various illustrations and cuts in one picture, each part By replacing or correcting the partial images every time, it becomes easy to jointly create a guide board, a guide map, and the like.

Further, as described above, the present invention requires specific hardware (hardware for connecting to a network or for inputting and communicating images from a camera). Basically, it can be realized by a program that operates on a general-purpose information processing device (such as a personal computer).

Therefore, the present invention provides a computer with a recording medium recording the above-mentioned program code,
The present invention can also be achieved by an OS or the like running on the computer performing part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments. Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into the memory provided on the function expansion board or the function expansion unit inserted into the computer, the CPU provided on the function expansion board or the function expansion unit issues instructions of the program code. And part or all of the actual processing is performed based on the processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by the processing. When the present invention is applied to the storage medium,
The storage medium stores the program code corresponding to the above-described flowchart.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to create an image page only by selecting an appropriate photographed image for each position, and to greatly reduce the load of editing work. it can.

Further, of the image pages automatically generated by the system, the image page can be corrected only by selecting the photographed image replacement only at the position that needs to be changed. This improves the editing work load.

Further, on the volunteer basis, it is possible to have a plurality of volunteers leave some volunteers to create some candidate image pages. Simply select and upload the image page to, for example, a WWW server,
The image page can be published, and the operation cost can be further reduced.

In the second embodiment, the original candidate page is first replaced by the original (original) page and the image which has been approved by the original page is clearly indicated. Make it easy to create candidate pages.

In the second embodiment, creation of a suitable new candidate page can be facilitated by clearly indicating that an image has already been selected or approved at the time of editing the candidate page. In addition, when creating a candidate page, it is possible to clarify the image to be edited by clearly indicating that the image is not already selected or approved, to improve the efficiency of editing the image page, and to create a suitable new candidate page. To facilitate. Furthermore, it is possible to know an image that has not been subjected to artificial editing, and it is possible to easily create a suitable new candidate page.

Further, in the third embodiment, when a candidate page is approved and made public, an image which has not been subjected to artificial editing is automatically replaced with a suitable image, and the appearance of the image page is improved. Can be better.
In addition, when the candidate page is approved and publicly disclosed, by deleting an image that has not been subjected to artificial editing, the appearance of the image page can be improved.

[0128]

As described above, according to the present invention, an image to be included in a document to be transmitted on a network is
Updates can be made easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a camera server according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram to which the camera server of the embodiment is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a user interface for setting a shooting schedule of a camera server according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of image editing in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of page approval in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an operation setting program according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a recording execution program according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a candidate editing program according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a page selection program according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a camera server according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow of image editing in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a candidate editing program according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the contents of a replacement table in the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example in an image selection process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a camera server according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a user interface for setting a shooting schedule of a camera server according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of an upload program according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a deleted image list page according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 100 camera server 101 memory 106 auxiliary storage device 113 operation setting program 114 recording execution program 115 candidate editing program 116 page selection program 120-1-1, 120-1-2, ..., 120-nm
Image data 401, 402 Image data 301 Setting page screen 410 Candidate list screen 411 Changed image selection screen 412 Replacement image selection screen 502 Candidate page selection screen 503 Page approval processing screen

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Akihiro Kono 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Yoichi Kamei 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon (72) Inventor Tadashi Yamakawa 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo F-term (reference) 5B089 GA23 GB03 HA10 JA23 JB02 KA01 KC22 LB10 LB17 5C064 BA01 BB03 BB05 BC16 BC20 BD08

Claims (19)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for transmitting document information including an image via a network, comprising: an image input unit; a schedule storage unit configured to store input schedule information of the image input unit; Therefore, an image storage unit that stores the obtained image, and a document creation unit that creates new document information by replacing the image of the document information with an image stored in the image storage unit, Information processing device. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for transferring document information created by said document creating means to said network server. 3. An image in the conventional document information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a specification unit configured to specify whether to change the image using the image newly stored in the storage unit. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising display control means for displaying the changed image separately. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising display control means for displaying the image in the document information separately from other images when the selection is determined. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing an image prepared in advance and replacing an unmodified image in the document information with the image prepared in advance. Information processing device. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document information is HTML-format document information. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input schedule includes a photographing position and a photographing time. 9. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus for transmitting document information including an image via a network, comprising: storing input schedule information of a predetermined image input unit; A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: a step of storing an obtained image; and a step of replacing the image of the document information with an image stored in the step to create new document information. 10. A storage medium having an image input means and storing a computer program code for an information processing apparatus for transmitting document information including an image via a network, wherein input schedule information of a predetermined image input means is provided. A program code of a step of storing the obtained image according to the schedule information, and replacing the image of the document information with the image stored in the step to generate new document information. A storage medium for storing a program code of a step of creating. 11. An information processing apparatus for updating an image in document information to be transmitted via a network, comprising: video input means capable of remotely controlling a shooting position; a shooting position of the video input means; Schedule storage means for storing schedule information having: a control means for energizing the video input means in accordance with the schedule information stored in the schedule storage means and storing the obtained image in a predetermined image storage means; A document creation unit that creates new document information by replacing an image stored in the image storage unit with an image of the same shooting position in the previous document information corresponding to the shooting position of the image. Information processing device. 12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising means for transferring document information created by said document creating means to said network server. 13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising designating means for designating which image in the conventional document information is to be changed with the image newly stored in said storage means. Item 13. The information processing device according to item 12. 14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising display control means for displaying the changed image separately. 15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising display control means for displaying the image in the document information separately from other images when the selection is determined. 16. An image prepared in advance is stored,
12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising: means for replacing an unchanged image in the document information with the prepared image. 17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the document information is HTML-format document information. 18. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: video input means capable of remotely controlling a shooting position, wherein the video input means captures an image in document information to be transmitted via a network, A step of storing schedule information having a photographing position and a photographing time of the video input unit; and a step of energizing the video input unit according to the stored schedule information and storing an obtained image in a predetermined image storage unit. And replacing the image stored in the image storage unit with an image of the same photographing position in the previous document information corresponding to the photographing position of the image to create new document information. Control method for an information processing device to perform. 19. A computer program code for an information processing apparatus, comprising video input means capable of remotely controlling a photographing position, and causing the video input means to capture an image in document information to be transmitted via a network. A storage medium, comprising: a program code for storing schedule information having a shooting position and a shooting time of the video input unit; and energizing the video input unit according to the stored schedule information to obtain an image obtained. Is stored in a predetermined image storage unit, and the image stored in the image storage unit is replaced with an image of the same shooting position in the previous document information corresponding to the shooting position of the image. A storage medium storing a program code of a step of creating document information.