JP2020052661A - Management system, terminal device and terminal program - Google Patents

Abstract

To easily manage position information of a trap.SOLUTION: A management system includes an imaging part, an acquisition part, an addition part, a transmission part, and a storage part. The imaging part picks up images of an installation object. The acquisition part acquires position information of a current location. The addition part adds the position information acquired by the acquisition part to metadata included in an image file of the images picked up by the imaging part. The transmission part transmits the image file. The storage part stores the images included in the image file transmitted by the transmission part and the position information associated with each other in the storage part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a management system, a terminal device, and a terminal program.

  Traps may be set up to control pests such as wild boars and deer. In addition, one user may place many traps at different locations. Therefore, conventionally, a method for managing the installation location of the trap has been proposed.

  For example, there is known a method in which a trap has a global positioning system (GPS) function and the server collectively manages position information of the trap acquired by using the GPS function. Further, according to the conventional method, the user can browse the position information of the trap managed by the server using the terminal device having the communication function.

JP 2017-146778 A

  However, the conventional method has a problem that management of trap position information may not be easily performed. For example, when a GPS function is provided to each of a plurality of traps, the cost may increase.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a management system, a terminal device, and a terminal program for easily managing trap position information.

  The management system according to the present embodiment includes an imaging unit, an acquisition unit, an addition unit, a transmission unit, and a storage unit. The imaging unit captures an image of the installed object. The obtaining unit obtains position information of the current location. The adding unit adds the position information acquired by the acquiring unit to the metadata included in the image file of the image captured by the imaging unit. The transmitting unit transmits the image file. The storage unit stores the image and the position information included in the image file transmitted by the transmission unit in the storage unit in association with each other.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a management system, a terminal device, and a terminal program for easily managing trap position information.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image file according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the arrangement information according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an image transmission process of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a position display process of the terminal device according to the embodiment.

  The management system 1 according to the embodiment described below includes a terminal device 10 and a server 20. The terminal device 10 includes an imaging unit 11 that captures an image of an installation object. The terminal device 10 includes an acquisition unit 151 that acquires position information of the current location of the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 includes an adding unit 152 that adds the position information acquired by the acquiring unit 151 to the metadata included in the image file of the image captured by the imaging unit 11. The terminal device 10 includes a transmission unit 153 that transmits an image file to the server 20. The server 20 includes a storage unit 233 that stores the image and the position information included in the image file transmitted by the transmission unit 153 in the storage unit in association with each other.

  In addition, the terminal device 10 according to the embodiment described below further includes a display unit that displays, on a screen, a map on which a position indicated by the position information added to the image file by the adding unit 152 is mapped.

  Further, the terminal device 10 according to the embodiment described below, when the distance between the current location of the terminal device 10 and the position indicated by the position information added to the image file by the adding unit 152 is equal to or less than a predetermined value, It further includes a notifying unit 155 for notifying that the user is approaching the position.

  Hereinafter, a management system according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping description will be omitted. A management system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Configuration example of management system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a management system according to the embodiment. The management system 1 is a system for managing positional information of an installed object installed outdoors. In the embodiment, it is assumed that the installed object 30 is a trap installed for extermination of vermin. As shown in FIG. 1, the management system 1 includes a terminal device 10 and a server 20. The terminal device 10 and the server 20 are communicably connected via the network 2. In addition, the terminal device 10 captures an image of the installed object 30 using a camera function or the like. In addition, the terminal device 10 acquires position information using the GPS 40.

  For example, the terminal device 10 is a portable terminal device such as a smartphone, a tablet, and a digital camera. The server 20 is a server that manages information acquired from the terminal device 10. For example, the server 20 provides an application to each device and manages information used by the application. The terminal device 10 transmits the image file 100 to the server 20.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 10 includes an imaging unit 11, a communication unit 12, a display unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The imaging unit 11 captures an image. The imaging unit 11 is, for example, a camera. The image captured by the imaging unit 11 may be a still image or a moving image.

  The communication unit 12 is a network device for performing a wireless communication process or a wired communication process. For example, the communication unit 12 transmits and receives various information to and from the server 20 via the network 2. The display unit 13 is a display device that displays a screen. For example, the display unit 13 is a touch panel display.

  The storage unit 14 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a random access memory (RAM) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 14 according to the embodiment stores data used in each process executed by the terminal device 10.

  The control unit 15 has an internal memory for storing programs and required data defining various processing procedures and the like, and executes various processes by using these. The control unit 15 includes an acquisition unit 151, an addition unit 152, a transmission unit 153, a display control unit 154, and a notification unit 155.

  The acquisition unit 151 acquires position information of the current location of the terminal device 10. For example, the acquisition unit 151 acquires the latitude and longitude of the current location using the GPS 40.

  The adding unit 152 adds the position information acquired by the acquiring unit 151 to the metadata included in the image file of the image captured by the imaging unit 11. For example, the adding unit 152 can add the location information to the metadata of Exif (Exchangeable image file format) (registered trademark).

  The image file 100 to which the position information has been added by the adding unit 152 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image file according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the image file 100 includes image data 101 and metadata 102. The image data 101 is data representing an image of the installed object 30 captured by the imaging unit 11.

  Further, the metadata 102 includes items such as “date and time” and “place”. Here, the adding unit 152 adds the position information to the item “place” of the metadata 102. In the example of FIG. 3, the value of the item “date and time” of the metadata 102 is “2018/9/5 15:10”. The value of the item “location” of the metadata 102 is “34 ° 26′27.0” N 167 ° 39′10.1 ”E”. In addition, the adding unit 152 may add, to the metadata 102, information that can be obtained from outside, such as weather and temperature, in addition to the position information.

  The transmission unit 153 transmits the image file 100 to the server 20. The transmitting unit 153 transmits the image file 100 to which the position information has been added by the adding unit 152. Further, the transmission unit 144 may be a storage medium having a communication function (reference URL: https://jp.toshiba-memory.com/product/flashair/sduwa/).

  The display control unit 154 causes the display unit 13 to display, on a screen, a map on which a position indicated by the position information added to the image file by the adding unit 152 is mapped. In addition, when the distance between the current position of the terminal device 10 and the position indicated by the position information added to the image file by the adding unit 152 is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the notifying unit 155 indicates that the position is approaching the position. Notice. The processing by the display control unit 154 and the notification unit 155 will be described later in detail.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a server according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the server 20 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

  The communication unit 21 is a network device for performing a wireless communication process or a wired communication process. For example, the communication unit 21 transmits and receives various information to and from the terminal device 10 via the network 2.

  The storage unit 22 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 22 according to the embodiment stores data used in each process executed by the server 20. The storage unit 22 stores the arrangement information 221.

  The arrangement information 221 is information in which an image transmitted by the terminal device 10 is associated with a user ID for identifying a user and metadata. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the arrangement information according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the arrangement information 221 includes a user ID, an image, a date, and a position.

  For example, the first line of the arrangement information 221 in FIG. 10.1 "E" indicates that the image was captured.

  The control unit 23 has an internal memory for storing a program that defines various processing procedures and the like and required data, and executes various processing by these. The control unit 23 includes a reception unit 231, an authentication unit 232, a storage unit 233, and a transmission unit 234.

  The receiving unit 231 receives the image file transmitted by the terminal device 10. The authentication unit 232 authenticates the user. For example, the authentication unit 232 performs authentication using a user ID and a password. Further, the user ID and the password may be transmitted together with the image file.

  In the storage unit 233, the server 20 stores the image and the position information included in the image file transmitted by the transmission unit 153 in the storage unit 22 as the arrangement information 221 in association with each other. Further, the transmission unit 234 transmits the arrangement information 221 in response to a request from the authenticated user.

  The storage unit 233 may add a name or ID for identifying the installed object to the arrangement information 221. In addition, the storage unit 233 may store the history of the installation location of the installed object in the arrangement information 221 when the installed object is removed or moved.

  Here, the processing by the display control unit 154 and the notification unit 155 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal device according to the embodiment. Here, it is assumed that the terminal device 10 stores the captured image and the position information in the storage unit 14. The cormorant image and the position information stored in the storage unit 14 may be a copy of the data transmitted from the terminal device 10 to the server 20 or may be transmitted from the transmission unit 234 of the server 20 to the terminal device 10. Is also good.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the display unit 13 displays the captured image of the installation object and each installation location by mapping the map to a map. In addition, when the position of the terminal device 10 approaches one of the installation locations, the notification unit 155 displays a message in a pop-up. In the example of FIG. 6, the notification unit 155 causes the display unit 13 to display a message “Near the trap installation location”.

[Processing procedure]
The processing flow of the management system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an image transmission process of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a position display process of the terminal device according to the embodiment.

  First, the procedure of the image transmission process of the terminal device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the terminal device 10 acquires the position information of the current location using the GPS 40 (step S101). Next, the terminal device 10 captures an image of the installation object 30. Here, the terminal device 10 adds the position information to the metadata of the image file (Step S103). Then, the terminal device 10 transmits the image file to the server 20 (Step S104).

  Next, the procedure of the position display process of the terminal device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal device 10 acquires the position information of the current location using the GPS 40 (Step S201). Next, the terminal device 10 acquires a map around the current location (step S202). The terminal device 10 may store the map information in advance, or may download the map information from a server that provides the map information as appropriate.

  Here, the terminal device 10 acquires an image file whose location indicated by the metadata positional information of the image file that has been transmitted to the server 20 is close to the current location (step S203). In other words, the terminal device 10 acquires an image file that includes the position information of the place where the installed object near the current location is installed in the metadata. Then, the terminal device 10 displays the imaging position of the image on the map based on the acquired image file (Step S204).

  Further, the terminal device 10 determines whether or not the distance between the imaging position and the current location is equal to or smaller than a threshold (Step S205). When the terminal device 10 determines that the distance between the imaging position and the current position is equal to or smaller than the threshold (Yes at Step S205), the terminal device 10 notifies that the imaging position is close (Step S206). Here, the terminal device 10 may execute the procedure of FIG. 8 every time the user carrying the terminal device 10 moves and the current location changes.

  Although an embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is provided by way of example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. This embodiment can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. This embodiment falls within the scope and spirit of the invention, as well as within the scope of the invention described in the claims and its equivalents. Further, this embodiment can be appropriately combined within a range that does not contradict processing contents.

Reference Signs List 1 management system 2 network 10 terminal device 11 imaging unit 12, 21 communication unit 13 display unit 14, 22 storage unit 15, 23 control unit 151 acquisition unit 152 addition unit 153, 234 transmission unit 154 display control unit 155 notification unit 221 arrangement information 231 Receiving unit 232 Authentication unit 233 Storage unit

Claims (5)

An imaging unit that captures an image of an installed object;
An acquisition unit for acquiring location information of the current location;
An adding unit that adds the position information acquired by the acquiring unit to metadata included in an image file of an image captured by the imaging unit;
A transmission unit for transmitting the image file;
A storage unit for storing the image and the position information included in the image file transmitted by the transmission unit in a storage unit in association with each other. A display unit for displaying on a screen a map on which a position indicated by the position information added to the image file by the adding unit is mapped;
The management system according to claim 1, further comprising: A notifying unit that notifies that the current position is approaching the position when a distance between the current position and the position indicated by the position information added to the image file by the adding unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value;
The management system according to claim 1, further comprising: An imaging unit that captures an image of an installed object;
An acquisition unit for acquiring location information of the current location;
An adding unit that adds the position information acquired by the acquiring unit to metadata included in an image file of an image captured by the imaging unit;
A transmission unit that transmits the image file to a storage unit that stores the image file;
A terminal device comprising: An imaging procedure for capturing an image of an installation;
An acquisition procedure for acquiring location information of the current location;
An addition step of adding the position information acquired by the acquisition procedure to metadata included in an image file of an image captured by the imaging procedure;
A transmission procedure for transmitting the image file to a storage unit for storing the image file;
A terminal program for causing a computer to execute the following.

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