JP2011257195A - Facility name assignment device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance convenience in using an image and to eliminate complicated steps in assigning a facility name to an image.SOLUTION: In a facility name assignment device 10, a main controller 31 acquires image information composed of an image and various data (such as a file name, a photographing date, and a photographing position) added to the image from external devices (such as a photographing device 11 and a storage medium); extracts the photographing position of the image from the acquired image information and extracts, from facility information of a map data storage section 24, the facility position, the facility name, and the weighting coefficient of the facility genre corresponding to the facility name of the facility located within a prescribed distance range from the photographing position. Then, the main controller 31 calculates the distance between the photographing position and the facility position for each extracted facility, and displays on a display 28 each facility name as a facility name candidate in order based on the distance and the weighting coefficient, for example, in order according to the score derived from the product of the distance and the weighting coefficient.

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility name assigning apparatus.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a route search device that extracts image data corresponding to a destination from image data to which a shooting position is added and performs a route search using the shooting position added to the extracted image data as a destination is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
Conventionally, for example, the position where the vehicle was stopped at the shooting date and time added to the image data is acquired, the tourist destination titles within a predetermined distance range from this position are displayed as a list, and the tourist destination title and image data are displayed. An associated album system is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-39628 A JP 2006-53111 A

By the way, in the route search device according to the above-described prior art, since the image data is displayed and the operator selects the image data corresponding to the destination, it is necessary for the operator to browse the image data. When data is displayed, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to browse image data and set a destination.
In addition, in the album system according to the above-described prior art, only the sightseeing spot titles within a predetermined distance range from the position where the vehicle was stopped are displayed in a list, so that other than the sightseeing spot titles desired by the operator. A large number of tourist destination titles may be displayed, and there is a problem that the convenience in associating the tourist destination titles with image data cannot be improved.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and improves the convenience when a facility name is assigned to an image and uses the image, and it takes time and labor when assigning the facility name to the image. It aims at providing the facility name provision apparatus which can be prevented.

  In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the facility name assigning apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes facility information storage means (for example, facility information storing means including facility name, facility genre, and facility position). Map data storage unit 24) in the embodiment, weight coefficient storage means for storing the weight coefficient for each facility genre (for example, the map data storage unit 24 in the embodiment also serves), an image, and the image Image information acquisition means (for example, main controller 31 in the embodiment, step S01 in the embodiment) for acquiring image information including the shooting position from the outside, and facility name candidates related to the image information acquired by the image information acquisition means Is extracted from the facility name of the facility information stored in the facility information storage means, and the facility name candidate extraction display means (for example, actual And the facility name selection means (for example, the facility name selection means for selecting the facility name to be added to the image information from the facility name candidates displayed by the facility name candidate extraction display means) In addition, the main controller 31 and the operation unit 26 in the embodiment, step S03), and an image information storage unit (for example, an implementation) that assigns and stores the facility name selected by the facility name selection unit to the image information. And the facility name candidate extraction / display unit extracts a shooting position of the image from the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit, and a predetermined distance range from the shooting position. The facility name of the facility located inside is extracted from the facility information stored in the facility information storage means, The weighting factor of the facility genre corresponding to the facility name extracted from the weighting coefficients stored in the weighting coefficient storage unit, displays the facility name candidates in the order based on the heavy viewed coefficient.

  Furthermore, the facility name assigning apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention is the facility name assigning apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the facility name candidate extraction and display means includes the photographing position and the facility position of the facility name candidate. And the facility name candidates are displayed in the order based on the distance and the weighting factor.

  According to the facility name assigning apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the facility name candidates that are highly likely to be selected by the operator are displayed at the top by displaying the facility name candidates in the order based on the weighting factor of the facility genre. It is possible to display the information, and it is possible to prevent troublesome work when the facility name is assigned to the image information and stored.

  According to the facility name assigning apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the weight coefficient of the facility genre, the facility name candidates are displayed in the order based on the distance between the shooting position and the facility position, thereby It is possible to further reduce the work load when the image information is given and stored.

It is a block diagram of the facility name provision apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen (image registration screen) on the display of the facility name provision apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the facility name provision apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the facility name provision apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a facility name assigning apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A facility name assigning device 10 according to this embodiment is a navigation device mounted on a vehicle as shown in FIG. 1, for example, and includes various external devices such as a photographing device 11 and a storage medium (not shown). It can be connected by wire or wireless.

  The facility name assigning apparatus 10 includes, for example, a communication driver 21, an image data storage unit 22, a current position calculation unit 23, a map data storage unit 24, a route search unit 25, an operation unit 26, and a display driver 27. The display 28, the RAM 29, the ROM 30, and the main controller 31 are provided.

The communication driver 21 is a predetermined communication standard (for example, between the facility name assigning device 10 and various external devices (for example, the photographing device 11 and the storage medium) connected to the facility name assigning device 10 by wire or wirelessly. (Such as USB).
The image data storage unit 22 stores various images (for example, a file name and a shooting date / time) added in advance to an image acquired by the main controller 31 from various external devices (for example, the shooting device 11 and a storage medium). And the shooting position, etc.) and the facility name data added by the operator.

  The current position calculation unit 23 uses, for example, a positioning signal such as a GPS signal received by the antenna 23a, and further detects detection signals output from a vehicle speed sensor (not shown) and a yaw rate sensor (not shown) mounted on the vehicle. The current position of the facility name assigning apparatus 10 is calculated by the autonomous navigation calculation process based on the information.

The map data storage unit 24 stores map data for displaying a map image on the display 28, road data composed of information such as a road connection state and shape, and facility information.
The map data is composed of, for example, topographic map data, polygon data corresponding to various facilities, blocks, lakes, and the like, and character data such as facility names and place names associated with each polygon. Yes.
The road data includes, for example, a node (that is, a coordinate point for grasping the road shape), a link that is a line connecting each node, a distance of each link, a road intersection angle, shape, width, type, and the like. It consists of data.
The facility information includes, for example, a facility name, a facility genre, a facility position, and a facility genre weighting factor.

The route search unit 25 searches for a route from the current position calculated by the current position calculation unit 23 to a destination set by an input operation of the operator with respect to the operation unit 26.
The operation unit 26 includes, for example, a position input device such as a touch pad incorporated in the display 28 and various switches.

  The display driver 27 controls display on the display 28 including a liquid crystal display or the like according to a command signal output from the main controller 31.

The main controller 31 receives image information including images from various external devices (for example, the photographing device 11 and storage medium) and various data added to the images (for example, a file name, a photographing date and a photographing position, etc.). get. Then, the imaging position of the image is extracted from the acquired image information, and the facility position of the facility located within a predetermined distance range from the imaging position, the facility name, and the weight coefficient of the facility genre corresponding to the facility name are stored in the map data storage unit 24. Extracted from the facility information stored in
Then, the distance between the photographing position and the facility position is calculated for each extracted facility, and the order based on the distance and the extracted weighting factor, for example, the order according to the score by the product of the distance and the weighting factor, for example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, each facility name is displayed on the display 28 as a facility name candidate.

  For example, on the display screen (image registration screen) on the display 28 shown in FIG. 2, images acquired from various external devices (for example, the photographing device 11 and storage medium) and files previously added to the images are displayed. A name, a plurality of facility name candidates from which any one can be selected, a button (for example, “registration”) for instructing an association between an image and any one facility name candidate, and an order corresponding to the score Buttons for instructing display of a plurality of lower-level facility name candidates (for example, “next five cases”) and the like are displayed.

  The facility genre weighting factor is, for example, as shown in Table 1 below, a smaller weighting factor for a facility genre that is more likely to be selected by the operator (that is, a facility genre that is more likely to be photographed). Is set. For example, the weighting factor F for the facility genre that is most likely to be selected (for example, a sight, a tourist spot) is 0.1, and for the facility genre that is least likely to be selected (for example, a building or other building). The weighting factor F is 1.0.

For example, the main controller 31 displays the facility name candidates on the display 28 in ascending order of scores based on the product of the distance between the shooting position and the facility position and the weighting factor.
Then, the main controller 31 selects one of the facility name candidates from among the facility name candidates displayed on the display 28 according to, for example, an operator's predetermined input operation with respect to the operation unit 29. This facility name candidate is assigned to the image information and stored in the image data storage unit 22 together with the image.

  The facility name assigning apparatus 10 according to this embodiment has the above-described configuration. Next, the operation of the facility name assigning apparatus 10 will be described.

  First, in step S01 shown in FIG. 3, for example, various external devices (for example, the photographing device 11 and storage medium) connected to the facility name assigning apparatus 10 and various data added to the image (for example, Image information including a file name, a shooting date and time, a shooting position, etc.) is acquired and displayed on a display screen (image registration screen) on the display 28.

  Next, in step S02, as will be described later, a facility name candidate is searched from facility information stored in the map data storage unit 24 based on the captured position of the acquired image information, and the display screen on the display 28 is displayed. Display on the (image registration screen).

Next, in step S03, it is determined whether any one facility name candidate has been selected, for example, according to a predetermined input operation by the operator on the operation unit 29.
If this determination is “NO”, the flow proceeds to step S 04, and in this step S 04, the facility name candidate is selected by another method such as searching on the display screen of the map image, and the flow proceeds to step S 05. .
On the other hand, if this determination is “YES”, the flow proceeds to step S 05.

In step S05, the selected facility name candidate is added to the image information and stored in the image data storage unit 22 together with the image.
In step S06, it is determined whether or not another image exists in various external devices (for example, the photographing device 11 and the storage medium) connected to the facility name assigning apparatus 10.
If this determination is “YES”, the flow returns to step S 01 described above.
On the other hand, if this determination is “NO”, the flow proceeds to the end.

Hereinafter, the process in step S02 described above will be described.
For example, in step S11 shown in FIG. 4, the shooting position (coordinate value) of the image information is acquired.
Next, in step S12, facility information Sk (k = 1,..., N) of facilities existing within a predetermined distance range centered on the photographing position (coordinate values) is acquired from the map data storage unit 24.
Next, in step S13, it is determined whether or not the number n of facilities existing within a predetermined distance range centered on the photographing position (coordinate value) is zero.
If this determination is “YES”, the flow proceeds to the end.
On the other hand, if this determination is “NO”, the flow proceeds to step S14.

Next, in step S14, an initial value “1” is set in the counter k.
Next, in step S15, a distance Dk from the photographing position (coordinate value) of the k-th facility information Sk by the counter k to the facility is calculated.
Next, in step S16, a score Ck based on the product of the weighting coefficient of the facility information Sk and the distance Dk is calculated.
Next, in step S17, it is determined whether or not the counter k is equal to the natural number n.
If the determination result is “NO”, the process proceeds to step S18. In step S18, the counter k is incremented by “1”, and the process returns to step S05 described above.
On the other hand, if the determination is “YES”, the flow proceeds to step S19.

In step S19, the facility information Sk (k = 1,..., N) is rearranged in ascending order of the score Ck according to the score Ck (k = 1,..., N).
Next, in step S20, a facility name is extracted from a predetermined number of facility information Sk in the higher order.
Next, in step S21, the extracted facility name is displayed as a facility name candidate, and the process proceeds to the end.

As described above, according to the facility name assigning apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the facility name that is likely to be selected by the operator is displayed by displaying the facility name candidates in the order based on the weighting factor of the facility genre. Candidates can be displayed at the top, and it is possible to prevent troublesome work when assigning and storing facility names to image information.
Furthermore, in addition to the weight coefficient of the facility genre, by displaying the facility name candidates in the order based on the distance between the shooting position and the facility position, the workload when the facility name is assigned to the image information and stored, It can be further reduced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the main controller 31 displays the facility name candidates on the display 28 in ascending order of the score based on the product of the distance between the shooting position and the facility position and the weighting coefficient. For example, the facility name candidates may be displayed on the display 28 in ascending order of the weight coefficient.

10 Facility name assigning device 22 Image data storage unit (image information storage means)
24 Map data storage unit (facility information storage means, weight coefficient storage means)
26 Operation part (facility name selection means)
28 display (facility name candidate extraction display means)
31 Main controller (image information acquisition means, facility name candidate extraction display means)
Step S01 Image information acquisition means, Facility name candidate extraction / display means Step S02 Facility name candidate extraction / display means Step S03 Facility name selection means

Claims (2)

Facility information storage means for storing facility information including facility name, facility genre, and facility position;
Weight coefficient storage means for storing a weight coefficient for each facility genre,
Image information acquisition means for acquiring image information including an image and a shooting position of the image from the outside;
A facility name candidate extraction display that extracts a facility name candidate related to the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit from the facility name of the facility information stored in the facility information storage unit and displays an extraction result Means,
Facility name selection means for selecting the facility name to be given to the image information from the facility name candidates displayed by the facility name candidate extraction display means;
Image information storage means for assigning and storing the facility name selected by the facility name selection means to the image information;
The facility name candidate extraction / display unit extracts a shooting position of the image from the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit, and stores a facility name of a facility located within a predetermined distance range from the shooting position. The facility information stored in the means is extracted from the facility information, the facility genre weight coefficient corresponding to the facility name is extracted from the weight coefficient stored in the weight coefficient storage means, and the order based on the weight coefficient The facility name assigning apparatus, wherein the facility name candidates are displayed. The facility name assigning device according to claim 1,
The facility name candidate extraction and display means calculates a distance between the shooting position and the facility position of the facility name candidate, and displays the facility name candidates in an order based on the distance and the weighting factor. Facility name assignment device.

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