JP2006165610A - Portable image photographing/transmitting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable image photographing/transmitting apparatus capable of easily transmitting image data and being used as a crime-prevention apparatus etc. <P>SOLUTION: The portable image photographing/transmitting apparatus is provided with a photographing means 1 for acquiring image data, an image data storing means 2 for storing the acquired image data, a transmission means 3 for transmitting the image data, and a transmission destination registering means 4 for previously registering a transmission destination of the image data. When the photographing means 1 acquires the image data, the apparatus automatically transmits the image data to a transmission destination 5 previously registered in the registering means 4 by the transmission means 3. The registering means 4 can register a plurality of transmission destinations. As at least one of the transmission destinations, a public agency such as a police office or a security company having a contract is selected so that the apparatus can be used as a portable crime-prevention apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable image capturing / transmitting device, and more particularly, to a portable image capturing / transmitting device that can easily transmit image data and can also be used as a security device.

In recent years, mobile phones with cameras that have a still image or movie shooting function as well as a voice communication function have become the mainstream, and it is possible to send captured still image or movie image data to a designated destination. It is like that.
By the way, in the case of this type of camera-equipped mobile phone, the shooting of a still image or a moving image and the transmission of image data of the shot still image or moving image are not linked and are operated by a person separately. Yes.
For example, when taking and transmitting a still image or a moving image with a camera-equipped mobile phone, first, the mobile phone is set to a shooting mode, shooting is performed, and image data of the still image or the moving image is stored in a storage unit. After that, the image data to be transmitted is selected from the stored image data, the transmission destination is designated, and the image data is transmitted to the transmission destination.
Since these operations require a lot of work and time, not only the transmission operation becomes difficult at night or in crowded crowds, but also the operation itself may be difficult for children and elderly people.

In recent years, crimes such as child kidnapping by perverts have increased, but there is little evidence at the time of the crime, making the investigation difficult, and irreversible results such as criminal committing murder Is often invited.
Even though the victim may have a camera phone for crime prevention, there is no evidence that, as mentioned above, it takes time and effort to send the image data to the destination. For this reason, if the image data cannot be transmitted to the transmission destination and the criminal takes away the camera-equipped mobile phone, no evidence remains.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portable image capturing and transmitting apparatus that can easily transmit image data and can also be used as a security device in view of the problems of the conventional camera-equipped cellular phone. .

  In order to achieve the above object, the portable image capturing / transmitting device of the present invention includes a capturing unit for acquiring image data, a transmitting unit for transmitting image data, and a transmission destination registration for previously registering the transmission destination of image data. And when the image data is acquired by the photographing means, the image data is automatically transmitted to the transmission destination registered in advance in the transmission destination registration means by the transmission means.

  In this case, a plurality of transmission destinations can be registered in the transmission destination registration means.

  In addition, the photographing unit may be provided with a dedicated operation unit that automatically activates the photographing unit and the transmission unit and transmits the image data to the transmission destination.

  In addition, the portable image capturing / transmitting device can also serve as a mobile phone, a camera, or a video camera, or can be a dedicated portable security device.

The portable image capturing / transmitting apparatus of the present invention automatically transmits image data to a transmission destination registered in advance in the transmission destination registering means by the transmitting means when the image data is acquired by the photographing means. , Image data can be transmitted without much effort and time, which not only makes it difficult to perform transmission operations at night and in crowded crowds, but also makes transmission operations difficult for children and the elderly. Can be done without.
Further, since the captured image data is transmitted to a transmission destination registered in advance, the capacity of the image data storage means on the portable image capturing / transmitting device side is reduced or omitted by storing the image data at the transmission destination. can do.
This portable image capturing / transmitting device can automatically transmit image data to a transmission destination registered in advance in the transmission destination registering means simply by acquiring image data by the photographing means. As a result, even if the criminal takes away the portable image capturing / transmitting device, the transmitted image data remains as evidence, so that it functions effectively for the early resolution of the crime and, consequently, the suppression of the crime itself.

  Further, by allowing a plurality of transmission destinations to be registered in the transmission destination registration means, it is possible to quickly utilize the transmitted image data.

  Further, by providing the photographing unit with a dedicated operation unit that automatically activates the photographing unit and the transmission unit and transmits the image data to the transmission destination, it is possible to improve usability and reduce erroneous operations. .

  In addition, the portable image capturing / transmitting device can be used as a mobile phone, a camera or a video camera, or can be a dedicated portable security device, so that it can be an easy-to-use device suitable for the purpose.

  Embodiments of a portable image capturing / transmitting device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 2 show an embodiment of a portable image photographing / transmitting device of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the portable image capturing / transmitting device is configured such that the portable image capturing / transmitting device also serves as a mobile phone, and the basic specifications are the same as those of camera mobile phones that are currently widely used. .

  Specifically, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 1, the portable image capturing / transmitting apparatus includes a capturing unit 1 that acquires image data, an image data storage unit 2 that stores the acquired image data, and transmission of image data. And a transmission destination registration unit 4 for previously registering the transmission destination of the image data. When the image data is acquired by the photographing unit 1, the transmission unit 3 automatically transmits the transmission destination registration unit. 4 is configured to transmit image data to a destination 5 registered in advance.

In this case, the image data to be photographed can be a moving image as well as a still image.
In addition, sound (sound) data can be included in the image data as necessary.

In addition, one or a plurality of transmission destinations can be registered in the transmission destination registration means.
As a transmission destination to be registered, an arbitrary transmission destination such as a home, a relative, a friend, a public organization such as the police, a contracted security company, or the like can be selected.
Thereby, according to the use of a portable image photographing transmission device, image data can be used quickly.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the photographing means 1 automatically starts the photographing means 1 and the transmission means 3 separately from the operation unit (not shown) used for normal photographing, and the transmission destination 5 A dedicated operation unit 11 for transmitting image data can be provided.
Thereby, the usability of the portable image capturing / transmitting apparatus can be improved, and erroneous operations can be reduced.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the dedicated operation unit 11 is composed of one push button. However, in order to reduce erroneous operations, the dedicated operation unit 11 is composed of two push buttons that are activated by the above-described means simultaneously. You can also.
In addition to the pressing operation, the dedicated operation unit 11 can adopt an arbitrary operation mechanism. For example, the dedicated operation unit 11 can be operated to pull an attached string, can be operated to pull out a pin, or voice recognition means. It is also possible to configure so that each of the above-described units is activated by recognizing a specific voice by the above or by recognizing a specific fingerprint by the fingerprint recognition unit.
If the dedicated operation unit 11 is not provided, normal shooting and shooting including automatic transmission can be switched with a single operation unit by switching the setting of the portable image shooting / transmitting apparatus. Like that.

In this portable image capturing / transmitting apparatus, when image data is acquired by the image capturing means 1, the image data is automatically transmitted to the transmission destination 5 registered in advance in the transmission destination registration means 4 by the transmission means 3. As a result, image data can be transmitted without much effort and time, which not only makes it difficult to perform transmission operations at night and in crowded crowds, but also makes it difficult for children and elderly people to perform transmission operations. It can be done without it.
Further, since the captured image data is transmitted to a transmission destination registered in advance, the capacity of the image data storage means 2 on the portable image capturing / transmitting device side can be reduced or reduced by storing the image data at the transmission destination. Can be omitted.
The portable image capturing and transmitting apparatus can automatically transmit the image data to the transmission destination 5 registered in advance in the transmission destination registration means 4 simply by acquiring the image data by the photographing means 1. By using it as a device, even if the criminal takes away the portable image capture and transmission device, the transmitted image data remains as evidence, so it functions effectively for the early resolution of crimes and, consequently, the suppression of crimes themselves. .

By the way, although the thing of a present Example makes a portable image photographing transmission device serve also as a mobile phone, besides this, a portable image photographing transmission device can also serve as a camera or a video camera, or a dedicated portable device. Security equipment.
Thereby, the portable image capturing / transmitting device can be a user-friendly device suitable for the purpose.

  The portable image capturing / transmitting apparatus of the present invention has been described based on the embodiments thereof. However, the present invention is not limited to the configurations described in the above embodiments, and the configurations thereof are appropriately made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Can be changed.

  Since the portable image capturing / transmitting device of the present invention can easily transmit image data, it can be suitably used for a portable information terminal, and can also be used for a security device, for example. .

It is a flowchart of operation | movement of the portable image photographing transmission apparatus of this invention. It is a front view which shows one Example of the portable image photographing transmission apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image | photographing means 11 Dedicated operation part 2 Image data storage means 3 Transmission means 4 Transmission destination registration means 5 Transmission destination

Claims (6)

  An image capturing unit that acquires image data, a transmission unit that transmits image data, and a transmission destination registration unit that registers the transmission destination of image data in advance. When image data is acquired by the image capturing unit, In addition, the portable image capturing and transmitting apparatus is characterized in that the image data is transmitted to the transmission destination registered in advance in the transmission destination registration means by the transmission means.   2. The portable image capturing / transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission destination registration means is capable of registering a plurality of transmission destinations.   3. The portable image photographing and transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photographing means includes a dedicated operation unit that automatically activates the photographing means and the transmitting means and transmits the image data to the transmission destination.   4. The portable image photographing / transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the portable image photographing / transmitting device is a mobile phone.   4. The portable image capturing / transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the portable image capturing / transmitting device is a camera or a video camera. 4. The portable image photographing / transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the portable image photographing / transmitting device is a portable crime prevention device.

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