JP5064917B2 - Electronic album system and electronic album creation method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to retrieval and electronic album system and electronic album creating how to edit a particular image data from the storage device for storing the image data of the photograph.

  The electronic album system downloads and downloads an electronic album creation device that stores and edits image data of a photograph taken by a user with a digital camera as an electronic album, and image data stored in the electronic album creation device. And a playback device that plays back the image data obtained in the slide show format. According to the electronic album system, electronic albums can be managed and viewed online.

  In addition, an electronic album system has been proposed in which music data associated with image data is reproduced as background music and images are displayed in a slide show. According to the electronic album system, the user of the electronic album system can browse photos with greater sensitivity.

On the other hand, a plurality of music data classified based on various genres and themes are stored in advance, and when reproducing the music data selected by the user, the model image is displayed at a timing in harmony with the melody of the music data. An electronic album creating apparatus that accepts editing of model images as appropriate has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).
According to Patent Document 1, it is possible to easily edit an electronic album with BGM in which an image is inserted at a timing in harmony with the music melody.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-116094

However, in the conventional electronic album system, it is necessary for the user to select a song suitable for the image data, prepare the song data, and associate the song data with the image data. There was a problem of requiring.
Also in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to perform an editing operation for selecting music in harmony with the image based on the genre and theme of the image.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is configured so that an electronic album creating apparatus selects music based on attribute information of image data and provides music data of the selected music to a playback apparatus. , the selection of the music in harmony with the image, eliminates the need for album editing such obtain music data, automatically providing an electronic album system and electronic album creating how that can create music with electronic album With the goal.

  Another object of the present invention is that the electronic album creating apparatus is configured to receive the image data and image attribute information transmitted from the reproducing apparatus and store the received image data and image attribute information. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic album system that can automatically create an electronic album with music only by transmitting image data and image attribute information to the electronic album creating apparatus.

  Another object of the present invention is to extract and store image attribute information from an image file transmitted from a playback device, for example, an Exif (Exchangeable image file) format file obtained by imaging with a digital camera. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic album system that can automatically create an electronic album with music without the need to prepare and transmit image attribute information.

  Another object of the present invention is to select a music piece based on image attribute information including time information and music attribute information, thereby reproducing related image data and music data in parallel on the time axis. It is an object to provide an electronic album system that can automatically create an electronic album with music that can be moved.

  Another object of the present invention is to select an image based on image attribute information including information indicating the time of image shooting and music attribute information including information indicating the popularity of the music. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic album system capable of automatically creating a sensitive electronic album with music that can be reproduced in parallel with music and music data of a music popular at the time of photographing the image data.

  Another object of the present invention is to search for image data based on time information, and to reproduce the searched image data and music data related to the image data in time series order, along the time axis. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic album system capable of automatically creating a sensitive electronic album with music that can remind a user of visual memory and auditory memory.

  Another object of the present invention is that the electronic album creating apparatus stores the user's birth information and the music based on the user's age information, the birth information and the music attribute information transmitted from the playback apparatus. By configuring the data to be selected, the user specifies the time by age, so that when the user is a certain age and the music data related on the time axis, for example, the user has a certain age. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic album system capable of automatically creating a sensitive electronic album with music capable of reproducing popular music data.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of preventing frequent recollections due to music reproduction by reproducing each music data for a predetermined time or more when reproducing a plurality of music data. To provide an album system.

  Another object of the present invention is such that, when a plurality of music data related to image data is selected, a playback device selects and plays back one or a plurality of music data according to a user's operation. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic album system capable of selecting music data that is memorable for the user and reproducing image data together with the selected music data.

An electronic album system according to the present invention includes: an electronic album creating device that searches for specific image data from a storage device that stores image data of a photo, edits the searched image data, and transmits the data obtained by editing; An electronic album system comprising: a playback device that receives and plays back data transmitted from the electronic album creation device, wherein the playback device uses time information for searching for image data; and Means for transmitting age information indicating a person's age, and the electronic album creating apparatus stores image attribute information including image data and information indicating the time and location of shooting of the image data; a music storage means for storing the music attribute information including music data and the information representing the associated location in the time information and music piece data of the musical piece data, using Based on the received time information, means for storing birth information indicating the birth date of the device, means for receiving time information transmitted from the playback device, means for receiving age information transmitted from the playback device, and Means for searching for specific image data, and selection means for selecting music data related to the specific image data based on the received age information, the birth time information, the image attribute information, and the music attribute information. And transmission means for transmitting the specific image data and the music data selected by the selection means in time-series order of the image data, and the playback device receives the image data and music data transmitted by the transmission means receiving means for the user of the age range starting display line indicating the start of age range based on the age information and age range ending display line indicating the end of the age range, and said receiving means Reproducing means for reproducing the image data and music data signal in parallel to, when playing the image data and music data in parallel, by moving operation of the age range starting display line and age range ending display lines, music Means for accepting changes in the starting point and ending point of the age used for data selection, and means for sending age information indicating the accepted age range to the electronic album creating apparatus, and the electronic album creating apparatus further comprises: Means for receiving age information transmitted from the playback device, and the selecting means selects music data related to the changed age range based on the received age information, the birth time information and the music attribute information; and said that you are so.

  In the electronic album system according to the present invention, the playback device includes means for transmitting image data and image attribute information of the image data, and the electronic album creation device includes image data and image attributes transmitted from the playback device. An information receiving unit is provided, and the image storage unit stores the received image data and image attribute information.

  In the electronic album system according to the present invention, the playback device includes means for transmitting an image file including image data and image attribute information, and the electronic album creation device receives the image file transmitted from the playback device. Means, and means for extracting image attribute information from the received image file, wherein the image storage means stores the extracted image attribute information.

Electronic album system according to the present invention, prior Symbol music attribute information, comprising information indicating trendy timing of the music data.

An electronic album creating apparatus for retrieving specific image data from a storage device for storing photo image data, editing the retrieved image data, and transmitting the data obtained by editing the electronic album creating method according to the present invention And a playback device that receives and plays back data transmitted from the electronic album creation device, the playback device including time information for searching for image data and a user's Age information indicating the age is transmitted, and the electronic album creating apparatus stores image attribute information including image data and information indicating the shooting time and shooting location of the image data, music data, and the music data. a music storage means for storing the music attribute information including information indicating a location associated with the time information and the musical composition data, a birth information indicating the time of birth of the user Providing a means for憶, the received time information and the age information sent from the reproducing apparatus, based on the received time information, and searches the particular image data, received age information, the birth information, Based on the image attribute information and the music attribute information, select music data related to the specific image data, and transmit the specific image data and the selected music data in chronological order of the image data, The playback device receives the transmitted image data and music data, an age range start point display line indicating the start point of the age range based on the age information of the user, an age range end point display line indicating the end point of the age range, and the above When the image data and music data received by the receiving means are reproduced in parallel, and the image data and music data are reproduced in parallel, the age range start point display line and the age range end point display line The change of the starting point and the ending point of the age used to select the music data is accepted by the moving operation, and the age information indicating the accepted age range is transmitted to the electronic album creating device. The electronic album creating device receives the change from the playback device. The transmitted age information is received, and music data related to the changed age range is selected based on the received age information, the birth time information, and the music attribute information .

In the present invention, the selection means of the electronic album creating apparatus uses the song data related to the specific image data based on the image attribute information indicating the attribute of the image data and the song attribute information indicating the attribute of the song data. And the transmission means transmits the selected image data and music data to the playback apparatus.
The receiving means of the playback apparatus receives the image data and music data transmitted from the electronic album creating apparatus, and the playback means plays back the image data and music data in parallel.
Therefore, it is possible to save the effort of editing the album related to the music such that the user selects the music in harmony with the image, obtains the music data, and associates the image data with the music data.
Note that the music data includes data of voice music, instrumental music, sounds generated in the natural world, electronic sounds, and other sounds regardless of the presence or absence of lyrics.

In the present invention, the playback device transmits image data and image attribute information to the electronic album creation device, and the electronic album creation device receives the image data and image attribute information transmitted from the playback device, and receives the received image data. And music data.
Therefore, only by transmitting image data and image attribute information from the playback device to the electronic album creation device, the electronic album creation device can select music data related to the image data, that is, edit an electronic album with music. The image data and music data can be transmitted to the playback device.

In the present invention, the playback device transmits an image file including image data and image attribute information, for example, an Exif format file obtained by imaging with a digital camera, to the electronic album creation device. The image file transmitted from is received, and the image attribute information is received from the received image file and stored.
Therefore, only by transmitting the image file from the playback device to the electronic album creation device, the electronic album creation device can select music data related to the image data included in the image file, that is, edit the electronic album with music. The image data and music data can be transmitted to the playback device.

In the present invention, the image attribute information and the music attribute information include time information. For this reason, the selection means selects music data related to the image data on the time axis.
Therefore, the playback device can play back related image data and music data on the time axis in parallel.

In the present invention, the image attribute information includes information indicating when the image data is captured, and the music attribute information includes information indicating the fashion time of the music data.
Therefore, the playback device can play back the image data and the music data popular at the time of shooting the image data in parallel.

In the present invention, the playback apparatus transmits time information for retrieving image data to the electronic album creating apparatus. The electronic album creating apparatus receives the time information transmitted from the playback apparatus, and searches for specific image data based on the received time information. The selection means selects the music data related to the image data on the time axis as described above, and the transmission means transmits the image data and the music data to the playback device. The playback device plays back the transmitted image data in chronological order.
Therefore, the playback device can play back temporally related image data and music data along the time axis.

In the present invention, the playback device transmits age information indicating the past or current age of the user. The electronic album creating device stores birth information indicating the birth time of the user, receives age information transmitted from the playback device, receives the received age information, birth time information, music attribute information, On the basis of the music data, the music data related to when the user is a certain age is selected.
More specifically, the age of the user is a relative time based on the user's birth time, but the electronic album creating apparatus stores the user's birth time information. Based on the transmitted age information and the birth time information, it is possible to obtain time information that does not depend on the user's birth, and based on the time information and the music attribute information, Music data can be selected.
Accordingly, only by transmitting age information that can be perceptually recognized by the user from the playback device to the electronic album creation device, the electronic album creation device selects music data related to the age, and the playback device selects the music data. Can be played.

In the present invention, when the playback device plays back a plurality of image data and music data, each music data is played back for a predetermined time or more.
Therefore, the reproduction of the music data is not interrupted within a predetermined time.

In the present invention, when the selection means of the electronic album creating apparatus selects a plurality of music data, a plurality of music identification information for identifying each music data is transmitted to the reproducing apparatus. The playback device receives the music identification information transmitted from the electronic album creation device, selects one or more music identification information from the plurality of music identification information, and plays the music data specified by the selected music identification information To do.
Therefore, it is possible to select music data that is particularly sensitive to the user from the music data related to the image data, and to reproduce the music data and the image data in parallel.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically create an electronic album with music without the need for album editing such as selection of music in harmony with images and acquisition of music data.

  According to the present invention, an electronic album with music can be automatically created simply by transmitting image data and image attribute information to the electronic album creating device using a playback device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically create an electronic album with music without the trouble of preparing and transmitting image attribute information.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically create a sensitive electronic album with music capable of reproducing related image data and music data in parallel on the time axis.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically create a sensitive electronic album with music that can be reproduced in parallel with image data and music data of music popular at the time of photographing the image data.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the sensitive electronic album with a music which can make a user recall visual memory and auditory memory along a time-axis can be created automatically.

  According to the present invention, when the user designates time by age, music data related to the user at a certain age and on the time axis, for example, music popular when the user is a certain age It is possible to automatically create a sensitive electronic album with music that can be played back.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can prevent that the recollection by music reproduction is interrupted frequently.

  According to the present invention, music data memorable for a user can be selected, and image data can be reproduced together with the selected music data.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments thereof.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an electronic album system according to the present invention. The electronic album system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention includes an electronic album creation device 1 and a plurality of playback devices 2 connected to the electronic album creation device 1 via a communication network N. The electronic album system is a system that saves the trouble of editing the album and allows the user to enjoy browsing the electronic album with music easily.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The electronic album creating apparatus 1 is a computer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 that controls the entire apparatus. Connected to the CPU 11 are a ROM 12 storing a control program necessary for the operation of the computer, a RAM 13 for temporary storage, a communication unit 14, an interface unit 15, a storage unit 16, and an auxiliary storage unit 17 via the bus 10. .

The ROM 12 is a non-volatile memory such as a mask ROM or EEPROM that stores a control program necessary for the operation of the computer.
The RAM 13 is a volatile memory such as DRAM or SRAM that temporarily stores various data generated when the arithmetic processing of the CPU 11 is executed.
The auxiliary storage unit 17 is an optical disk drive that reads information from a recording medium 3 such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM in which the computer program 4 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is recorded in a computer-readable manner.
The storage unit 16 is a hard disk, for example, and records the computer program 4 read from the recording medium 3 by the auxiliary storage unit 17.

  The CPU 11 reads the computer program 4 recorded in the storage unit 16 into the RAM 13 and executes it, thereby implementing the electronic album creating method described later according to the present invention and operating as the electronic album creating apparatus 1.

  When the CPU 11 executes the electronic album creation process, the communication unit 14 transmits / receives data relating to the electronic album such as photo image data and music data to / from the retransmission device.

  When the CPU 11 executes the electronic album creation process, the interface unit 15 accesses various databases stored in the storage device 18 and acquires image data, music data, and the like.

The storage device 18 includes an image database 18a (image storage means), a music database 18b (music storage means), and a hit music database 18c (music storage means). The CPU 11 uses, for example, SQL (Structured Query Language). , Processing such as storage and retrieval of image data, music data, and other data is executed.
The image database 18 a stores image data of photographs transmitted from the playback device 2 on the user side to the electronic album creating device 1. The music database 18b stores music data as material of an electronic album with music, and the hit music database 18c stores information for selecting music in harmony with image data.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the image database 18a. The table (file) of the image database 18a has a plurality of columns (fields) such as “image ID”, “image data”, “user ID”, “photo title”, “category”, “tag”, “shooting date”. ”,“ Memo ”, and“ Public availability ”, and each row (record) has information stored in each column.

The “image data” column stores a plurality of image data, and the “image ID” column stores image identification information unique to each image data, for example, numerical values or characters in association with the image data. The image data is a Flash file or a JPEG format file that can be played back by a photo viewer using Flash (registered trademark).
The “user ID” column is a numerical value or a character unique to the registrant of the image data, the “photo title” column is the title of the image data, the “category” column is a classification of family, friends, etc., and the “tag” column is The keyword arbitrarily determined by the user according to the characteristics of the image, the “shooting date” column is the shooting date (at the time of shooting) of the image data, the “memo” column is the user's memo, “whether it can be published” The column stores data indicating whether or not public release of the image data is permitted.

  The row is information stored in each column, for example, the top record is “1”, “image data 1”, “user ID XX”, “XX trip”, “family” stored in each column. , “Genki”, “2007/5/5”, “xxx”, and “impossible” information.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the music database 18b. The table of the music database 18b includes a plurality of columns, for example, “music ID”, “music data”, “music title”, “singer”, and “genre”, and each row includes information stored in each column. Have

The “music data” column stores a plurality of music data bodies, and the “music ID” column stores music identification information unique to each music data, for example, numerical values in association with each other. The music data is, for example, data in the Flash format, and is edited so that the reproduction time is about 1 minute.
In addition, the “music title” column stores the title of the music data, the “singer” column stores the name of the person who sings the music data, and the “genre” column stores, for example, classifications such as J-POP, Western music, and animation. .

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the hit song database 18c. The table of the hit song database 18c is composed of a “year” column, a “month” column, and a “song ID” column indicating songs popular at that time, and each row includes information stored in each column. Have

  The “Year” column is the year of the trend of music (music attribute information), the “Month” column is the month of the trend (music attribute information), and the “Music ID” is a music ID unique to the music popular in that year and month. Is stored.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the playback device 2. The playback device 2 is, for example, a CPU 21.
It is a personal computer provided with. A ROM 22, a RAM 23, a storage unit 24, a communication unit 25, an input unit 26, a display unit 27, an interface unit 28, and a speaker 29 are connected to the CPU 21 via the bus 20.

The ROM 22 is a non-volatile memory that stores a control program necessary for the operation of the computer, and the RAM 23 is a volatile memory that temporarily stores various data generated when the arithmetic processing of the CPU 21 is executed.
The storage unit 24 stores a photo viewer, a browser, and other various software for reproducing image data and music data in the Flash format.
When the CPU 21 executes processing related to the electronic album, the communication unit 25 transmits / receives data related to the electronic album such as photo image data and music data to / from the electronic album creating apparatus 1.
The input unit 26 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting an electronic album browsing operation. The display unit 27 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or a CRT, and displays an image related to the electronic album. The speaker 29 outputs music related to the electronic album.

  The interface unit 28 includes, for example, a USB connector to which an imaging device A such as a digital camera is connected, a flash memory, and a slot in which a portable recording medium B such as an SD card is mounted. An image file is read from the portable recording medium B via the interface unit 28.

The CPU 21 operates the photo viewer and the browser by developing the computer program stored in the storage unit 24 in the RAM 23 and executing the computer program.
The photo viewer transmits / receives image data and music data related to the electronic album to / from the electronic album creating apparatus 1, reproduces the received image data and music data, displays the reproduced image on the display unit 27, and The reproduced music is amplified by the speaker 29 and output.
The browser analyzes and displays an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) file transmitted / received to / from the electronic album creating apparatus 1 by the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) on the display unit 27.

  Next, a user authentication process, a photo posting process, and a slide show reproduction process for an electronic album with music will be described in order in the electronic album system.

  First, the playback device 2 on the user side accesses the electronic album creating device 1 and causes the display unit 27 to display a top page related to the electronic album. Then, the playback device 2 receives the user ID and password on the top page, and transmits the received user ID and password to the electronic album creation device 1. The electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the transmitted user ID and password, checks the user ID and password registered in advance, and performs user authentication processing. When the user authentication is successful, the electronic album creating apparatus 1 transmits information on My Page that can be accessed only by the authenticated user to the playback apparatus 2, and the playback apparatus 2 displays the My Page image 50 on the display unit 27. .

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the my page image 50. The my page image 50 includes a horizontally long and substantially rectangular thumbnail display section 50a in an outer frame, and various buttons and an input form are disposed below the thumbnail display section 50a.
Inside the thumbnail display section 50a, small images (hereinafter referred to as thumbnail images) indicating the contents of the image data stored in the image database 18a are displayed in an array.

The “post photo” button 50b arranged below the thumbnail display portion 50a transmits image data to the electronic album creation device 1 from the photo posting process, that is, the playback device 2, and the image data is sent to the image database 18a. It is a button for starting the process to record in.
An input form 50c for album search, a “search” button 50d, and a “play” button 50e are juxtaposed in this order from the left side to the right side in the figure in the lower part of the “post photo” button 50b. The album search input form 50c accepts character input for searching for an album to be described later. The “search” button 50d is a button for starting an album search based on the characters input in the input form 50c. The “playback” button 50e is a button for starting slideshow playback of the image data retrieved from the image database 18a.
Further below the “play” button 50e, an input form 50f for inputting a time for searching for image data, an input form 50g for searching for image data by a tag of image attribute information, and a “search” button 50h, “Logout” buttons 50i are juxtaposed in this order from the left side to the right side in the figure. The “search” button 50h is a button for executing image data search processing based on the information input in the input forms 50f and 50g.

Next, the photo posting process will be described.
FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure related to posting of a photograph. When the “post photo” button 50b is operated, the CPU 21 of the playback device 2 displays a selection screen for image data and accepts the posting of a photo (step S11).

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the selection screen 51 for photographic image data. On the selection screen 51, a list 51a of file names of image data stored in the storage unit 24 of the playback apparatus 2 is arranged, and a “select” button 51b is arranged below the list 51a. . The user can select desired image data and operate the “select” button 51b to select image data to be posted.

  Next, the CPU 21 transmits an image file including the image data of the selected photograph and image attribute information indicating the attribute of the image data to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 via the communication unit 25 (step S12).

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the data structure of an image file. For example, an Exif format image file includes SOI (Start Of Image), Exif information, main body image data, and EOI (End Of Image). The Exif information includes data such as an Exif header, an image shooting date, a category, a keyword, and a thumbnail image.

  The CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the image file transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 via the communication unit 14 (step S13), and the image data and image attribute information included in the received image file, particularly the shooting date and time. A day is extracted (step S14).

  Then, the CPU 11 assigns a unique image ID to the image data (step S15). Next, the CPU 11 creates thumbnail image data based on the image data, and transmits an image ID, a thumbnail URL, and a shooting date (step S16). The thumbnail URL is information indicating the location of thumbnail image data. If thumbnail image data is included in the image file, the thumbnail image data may be extracted from the image file.

The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the image ID, thumbnail URL, and shooting date transmitted from the electronic album creation device 1 (step S17). Then, the playback device 2 acquires thumbnail image data using the received thumbnail URL (step S18). Next, the CPU 21 displays a thumbnail image based on the acquired thumbnail image data (step S19), and accepts editing of image attribute information (step S20).

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the image attribute information editing screen 52. In the left part of the image attribute information editing screen 52, a list 52a of thumbnail images showing the contents of the image data to be posted is displayed in a vertical and horizontal arrangement.
On the right side of the editing screen, various forms for editing image attribute information, a list box, and radio buttons are arranged. Specifically, an input form 52b for editing “title of photo”, a list box 52c for selecting “category”, an input form 52d for editing “tag”, and “shooting date” are displayed. An input form 52e for editing, an input form 52f for editing a “memo”, a radio button 52g for selecting whether to publish, a “confirm” button 52h, and the like are arranged in the vertical direction. Prior to editing, image attribute information extracted from the image file is displayed. If the shooting date is unknown, the creation date of the image file may be estimated and displayed as the shooting date.

  When the process of step S20 is completed, the CPU 21 transmits the image ID and the edited image attribute information to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S21), and the CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 transmits from the reproducing apparatus 2. The received image ID and image attribute information are received (step S22), and the received image ID, image attribute information, and image data are associated with each other and stored in the image database 18a of the storage device 18 (step S23). Then, the CPU 11 transmits the posting processing result to the playback device 2 (step S24).

  The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the processing result of the posting transmitted from the electronic album creating device 1 (step S25) and displays the processing result (step S26). For example, when the image data is normally recorded, the display unit 27 displays that the photo has been successfully posted. If the number of characters in the title is greater than or equal to the specified number, the display unit 27 displays that the posting has failed.

  And CPU21 detects the operation state of the input part 26, and determines whether a photograph contribution process is performed continuously (step S27). If it is determined that the photo posting process is to be continued (step S27: YES), the playback device 2 returns the process to step S11. If it is determined that the photo posting process is not to be executed (step S27: NO), the playback device 2 displays the my page image 50 (step S28) and ends the process related to the photo posting.

Next, a slide show reproduction process for an electronic album with music will be described.
FIG. 13 to FIG. 15 are flowcharts showing processing procedures related to slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music. First, the CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives search conditions (step S51), and transmits the received search conditions to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S52). The search condition is a part of the image attribute information. In the first embodiment, the shooting date and tag are accepted as the search condition.
The user inputs the shooting date of a photo desired to be played back as a slideshow in the input form 50f shown in FIG. 7, inputs a keyword tag in the input form 50g, and operates the “search” button 50h, thereby Can be entered. When the “search” button 50h is operated, the CPU 21 accepts the search conditions input to the input forms 50f and 50g.

The CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the search condition transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 (step S53), and searches for image data from the image database 18a based on the received search condition, that is, image attribute information (step S54). ). Then, the CPU 11 searches the music database 18b for music data whose shooting date matches the fashion time based on the image attribute information of the searched image data, particularly the shooting date (step S55). In addition,
CPU11 which performs step S55 functions as a selection means which selects a music based on the image attribute information of image data, and the music attribute information of music data. Then, the CPU 11 transmits the thumbnail URL of the searched image data, the image URL indicating the location of the image data, the image attribute information, and the music list to the playback device 2 (step S56). The music list is information including a music ID for specifying each music searched in step S55.

  The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the thumbnail URL, the image URL, the image attribute information, and the music list transmitted from the electronic album creation device 1 (step S57). Then, the CPU 21 acquires thumbnail image data based on the received thumbnail URL (step S58), and displays a list of thumbnail images on My Page based on the acquired thumbnail image data (step S59).

  FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of an example of a My Page image 50 including a thumbnail image list of searched images. In the thumbnail display portion 50a of the My Page image 50, a list of thumbnail images of the searched images is displayed. Further, a button 50j for “add to album” is arranged on the side of the “post photo” button 50b. When the button 50j for “add to album” is operated, the search condition accepted in step S51 is stored as an album. Since the search result changes every day depending on the image data stored in the image database 18a, the search condition can be regarded as a dynamic album. Thereafter, by using the stored album, the image data can be searched under the same search condition without inputting the search condition.

  Next, the CPU 21 sequentially and repeatedly transmits the music ID (step S60), and the CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the music ID transmitted from the playback device 2 (step S61) and is identified by the received music ID. The music data to be played is transmitted to the playback device 2 (step S62).

  The CPU 21 of the reproducing apparatus 2 receives the music data transmitted from the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S63), and reproduces the received music data (step S64). Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the music data has been reproduced for a predetermined time or more (step S65). When it determines with having reproduce | regenerated more than predetermined time (step S65: YES), CPU21 returns a process to step S60. When it is determined that the time is less than the predetermined time (step S65: NO), the CPU 21 determines whether or not to play the slide show by detecting the operation state of the input unit 26 (step S66). If it is determined not to play the slide show (step S66: NO), the CPU 21 returns the process to step S63.

  When the slide show reproduction is accepted (step S66: YES), the CPU 21 sequentially transmits the image URL received in step S57 and the image attribute information, particularly the shooting date, to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S67).

  The CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the image URL and image attribute information transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 (step S68), and based on the received image attribute information, in particular, the shooting date and the hit song Based on the database 18c, the music database 18b is searched for music data related to the shooting date and the fashion time (step S69).

  Next, the CPU 11 transmits to the playback device 2 a music list including the image data specified by the image URL and the music ID for specifying each music searched in step S69 (step S70).

The CPU 21 of the playback apparatus 2 receives the image data and the music list transmitted from the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S71), plays back the received image data, and displays an image related to the image data on the display unit 27. It is displayed (step S72).

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the slide show playback image 53. In the slide show playback image 53, the slide show playback image is arranged on the right side from the center, and the thumbnail images arranged in a spiral spiral are arranged on the left side. The thumbnail images are juxtaposed in chronological order of the shooting date, and the thumbnail images arranged at the center of the spiral are older in shooting date and the thumbnail image size is also displayed smaller.
The shooting date of the image is displayed as “07 10/25” in the upper part of the image reproduced in the slide show. An analog clock indicating the time of shooting is displayed on the right side of the shooting date. In addition, a pie-shaped clock indicating the shooting date is displayed in the lower part of the slide show reproduction image 53 in the substantially central portion in the horizontal direction.
The slide show reproduction image 53 is an example, and the image may be configured to be displayed on the full screen.

  Next, the CPU 21 sequentially and repeatedly transmits the music ID to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S73).

  The electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the music ID transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 (step S74), searches the music database 18b for music data based on the received music ID, and transmits the music data to the playback apparatus 2. (Step S75).

  The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the music data transmitted from the electronic album creating device 1 (step S76), and plays back the received music data (step S77).

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the music data has been reproduced for a predetermined time or more (step S78). When it determines with having reproduce | regenerated more than predetermined time (step S78: YES), CPU21 returns a process to step S73.

  When it is determined that it is less than the predetermined time (step S78: NO), the CPU 21 determines whether or not to display the next image (step S79). For example, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous image was displayed, it is determined that the next image is displayed. If it is determined to display the next image (step S79: YES), the CPU 21 returns the process to step S67. When it is determined that the next image is not displayed (step S79: NO), the CPU 21 determines whether or not to end the reproduction (step S80).

  When it determines with not complete | finishing reproduction | regeneration (step S80: NO), CPU21 returns a process to step S76. When it determines with complete | finishing reproduction | regeneration (step S78: YES), CPU21 complete | finishes the process which concerns on the slide show reproduction | regeneration of an electronic album with a music.

  In the electronic album system, the electronic album creating apparatus 1, the electronic album creating method, and the computer program configured as described above, it is possible to save the time and effort of editing the album such as selection of music in accordance with the image and acquisition of music data. The electronic album with music can be automatically created simply by transmitting the image data of the photograph from the playback device 2 to the electronic album creating device 1.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide an electronic album system that can create an electronic album with music simply by transmitting an image file including image attribute information from the playback device 2 to the electronic album creating device 1.

  Furthermore, it is possible to automatically create a sensitive electronic album with music that can be reproduced in parallel with image data and music data of music popular at the time of photographing the image data.

  Furthermore, it is possible to automatically create a sensitive electronic album with music that can remind the user of visual and auditory memory along the time axis.

  Furthermore, it is possible to automatically create an electronic album capable of preventing frequent meditations from being interrupted.

  In the first embodiment, the electronic album creating apparatus is configured by one computer provided with a storage device, but the electronic album creating apparatus and the storage device may be configured separately. . Needless to say, the electronic album creating apparatus may be configured by a plurality of servers.

  Further, although the non-portable personal computer has been described as the playback device, the playback device may be configured by another communication device as long as it is a device that can transmit and receive image data and music data. For example, you may comprise with portable terminals, such as a portable mobile telephone, PDA, and a game device, or non-portable television, a game device, etc.

  Furthermore, the music data may be voice data, instrumental music, natural sound, or other sound data, as long as it is data related to sound.

  Furthermore, the music data related to the image data is selected based on the time image attribute information. However, the related music data is selected based on other image attribute information such as a genre and a tag. You may comprise.

Furthermore, the concept of the present invention may be applied to various apparatuses and systems that select music data related to one piece of image data.
For example, in a system including a playback device and a music data providing device, the playback device includes means for storing image data of one photograph and means for transmitting image attribute information indicating an attribute of the image data. Based on the received image attribute information and the music attribute information; means for receiving image attribute information transmitted from the playback device; music storage means for storing music data and music attribute information indicating attributes of the music data; The music data providing apparatus may include a selection unit that selects music data related to the image data stored in the playback device, and a transmission unit that transmits the music data selected by the selection unit. good.

(Embodiment 2)
The electronic album system according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and only the processing procedure is different. Therefore, the difference will be mainly described below.

FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure related to the slide show reproduction of the electronic album with music in the second embodiment.
The CPUs 21 and 11 of the playback device 2 and the electronic album creation device 1 execute the same image search processing as steps S51 to S59 in the first embodiment in steps S251 to S259.

  When the process of step S259 is completed, the CPU 21 displays the music list transmitted from the electronic album creating apparatus 1 on the display unit 27 (step S260), and receives one or more music selected by the user (step S261). ). Next, the CPU 21 sequentially and repeatedly transmits a music ID for identifying the selected music (step S262).

  The CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the music ID transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 (step S263), and transmits the music data specified by the received music ID to the playback apparatus 2 (step S264).

  The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the music data transmitted from the electronic album creation device 1 (step S265) and plays back the received music data (step S266). Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the music data has been reproduced for a predetermined time or more (step S267). When it determines with having reproduce | regenerated more than predetermined time (step S267: YES), CPU21 returns a process to step S262. When it is determined that the time is less than the predetermined time (step S267: NO), the CPU 21 determines whether or not to play the slide show (step S268). If it is determined not to play the slide show (step S268: NO), the CPU 21 returns the process to step S265.

  When the reproduction of the slide show is accepted (step S268: YES), the CPU 21 executes the slide show reproduction (step S269), and ends the process related to the slide show reproduction. The process related to the slide show reproduction is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  In the electronic album system according to the second embodiment, music data memorable for the user can be selected, and image data can be reproduced together with the selected music data.

  Other configurations, operations, and effects of the electronic album system according to the second embodiment are the same as those of the electronic album system according to the first embodiment. Detailed description thereof will be omitted.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an electronic album system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The electronic album system according to Embodiment 3 is wirelessly connected to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 via the communication network N and the electronic album creating apparatus 1 and has a global positioning system (GPS). Phone 202. Since the electronic album system according to the third embodiment is different from the electronic album system according to the first embodiment in that music selection is performed based on the shooting date and shooting position, the differences will be mainly described below. .

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the mobile phone 202. The mobile phone 202 includes a CPU 221. A ROM 222, a RAM 223, an imaging unit 224, a communication unit 225, an operation unit 226, a display unit 227, a microphone 228, a speaker 229, and a GPS 230 are connected to the CPU 221 through a bus 220.

A ROM 222 is a non-volatile memory that stores a control program necessary for the operation of the mobile phone 202, a computer program according to the present invention, a photo viewer, a browser, and other various software. A RAM 223 executes a calculation process of the CPU 221. It is a volatile memory that temporarily stores various data generated.
The imaging unit 224 performs AD conversion of a lens, an image sensor such as a CCD or CMOS that converts an image formed by the lens into an electric signal, and an electric signal converted by the image sensor into digital image data, An image processing unit that performs various types of image processing on the image data of the AD-converted photograph.
The communication unit 225 includes a high-frequency transmission / reception unit, an antenna, and the like, and wirelessly transmits and receives various data including image data of music, music data, and voice data related to a call to and from the electronic album creating apparatus 1.
The operation unit 226 includes a call button, numeric keys, and various buttons for inputting an electronic album browsing operation. The display unit 227 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays an image related to the image data transmitted from the electronic album creating apparatus 1. The speaker 229 amplifies and outputs the audio signal related to the music data transmitted from the electronic album creating apparatus 1 and the audio signal related to the call. The microphone 228 converts sound input from the outside into a sound signal, and gives the converted electric signal to the communication unit 225.

  The GPS 230 includes a receiver that receives GPS information transmitted from a GPS satellite. The GPS information includes time information, orbit information indicating the orbit of the GPS satellite, and the GPS 230 calculates the position of the mobile phone 202 based on the GPS information received by the receiver.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of an image database according to the third embodiment. The table of the image database has a column of “shooting position” in addition to the same column (field) as in the first embodiment, and each row has information stored in each column.
The “shooting position” column stores the position where each image data was shot, that is, information indicating the shooting point, for example, latitude and longitude, or a region name such as Kyoto or Tokyo, in association with each image data.

  Further, the storage device 18 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 stores a music related position database in which music is associated with a position on the earth.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a music related position database.
The table of the music related position database is composed of a plurality of columns, for example, “music ID” and “music related position” columns, and each row has information stored in each column.
In the “music ID”, a music ID unique to each music data stored in the storage device 18 is stored, and a “music related position” column is a position related to music data corresponding to each music ID (hereinafter referred to as “music ID”). , Information indicating music related positions) is stored.

  As with the first embodiment, the electronic album creating apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment executes processing related to photo posting and slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music by transmitting and receiving image data and music data to and from the mobile phone 202. To do. However, in the third embodiment, music data that matches the shooting date of the image data and the fashion time of the music data is selected, and music data that matches the shooting position of the image data and the music related position is selected. Configured to select.

  In the electronic album system according to the third embodiment, image data and music that is popular at the time of shooting the image data, and the music data of the music that is closely related to the shooting position of the image data It is possible to automatically create a sensitive electronic album with music that can be played.

(Embodiment 4)
The electronic album system according to the fourth embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and only the processing procedure is different. Therefore, the difference will be mainly described below. The electronic album creating apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment is configured such that music data that was popular at the specified age can be reproduced by the user specifying the age as the popular time.

  The storage device 18 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 4 includes an image database 18a, a music database 18b, a hit music database 18c, and a user information database.

  FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a user information database. The table of the user information database includes a plurality of columns, for example, “user ID”, “password”, “birth date”, and each row has information stored in each column.

The “user ID” column stores user identification information unique to each user, and the “password” column associates a password for each user to use the electronic album system according to the present invention with each user ID. Stored. The “birth date” column stores birth time information indicating the birth date of each user in association with each user ID.
Information such as the user ID, password, and date of birth is stored in the storage device 18 by the electronic album creating apparatus 1 at the time of user registration. More specifically, the playback device 2 receives the user ID, password, and date of birth information, transmits the received information to the electronic album creation device 1, and the electronic album creation device 1 is transmitted from the playback device 2. Information is received, and each received information is registered in the user information database. The user's date of birth may be accepted after user registration and stored in the user information database.

  FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the image database 18a according to the fourth embodiment. The record structure of the image database 18a is the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the shooting date having a time width is stored in the “shooting date” column. For example, the image database 18a stores information of “April 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000” at the time of photographing having a time span of three years as the photographing date of the image data 1. Information of “April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2004” is stored at the time of photographing having a time width of four years as the photographing date of data 3. A shooting date having a time width is specified by changing image attribute information when registering image data of a photograph, for example.

  FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the slide show reproduced image 55 according to the fourth embodiment. The configuration of the slide show playback image 55 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the shooting age display circle 55a that displays the age of the user corresponding to the shooting of the image data in a pie chart is in the horizontal center of the slide show screen. Since the points displayed in the lower part are different, the differences will be described.

On the periphery of the age display circle 55a at the time of shooting, a scale indicating the age is evenly arranged, and the age corresponding to the time of shooting having a time width is displayed in a fan-shaped part with hatching, a semicircular part or a circular part. Yes. For example, when the shooting is from April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2004, and the user's birthday is January 1, 1982, as shown in FIG. Is displayed in a semi-circle. Then, music data that is popular at the time of the age displayed in the shooting age display circle 55a, for example, when the user is 18 to 22 years old, is reproduced.
A line segment constituting a sector, the line segment on the counterclockwise side is an age range start point display line 55b indicating the start point of the age range, and the line segment on the clockwise side is an age range end point display indicating the end point of the age range Line 55c. As shown in FIG. 26 (b), the user can change the age range end point by dragging the age range end point display line 55c counterclockwise with a mouse pointer (not shown). Music data popular at that time, for example, music data popular when the user is 18 years old is reproduced. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 26 (c), by dragging the age range start point display line 55b in the clockwise direction with the mouse pointer, the start point of the age range can be changed. The music data that was popular when the user was 22 years old, for example, is reproduced.

FIG. 27, FIG. 28, and FIG. 29 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure related to slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music in the fourth embodiment.
When the CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 and the CPU 21 of the playback apparatus 2 execute the processes of steps S51 to S66 similar to those in the first embodiment and the CPU 21 accepts playback of the slide show (step S66: YES), The CPU 21 sequentially transmits a user ID, an image URL, and image attribute information to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S411).

  The CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the user ID, the image URL, and the image attribute information transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 (step S412), and receives the received image attribute information and the song attribute information from the song database 18b. In particular, based on the shooting date, the music data in which the shooting date matches the fashion time is searched from the music database 18b (step S413).

  Next, the CPU 11 searches the user information database for the date of birth of the user using the received user ID, and shoots based on the date of birth obtained by the search and the shooting date of the image attribute information. The age corresponding to the time is calculated (step S414). For example, when the user's date of birth is January 1, 1982, the age corresponding to the shooting date of the image data 3 from April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2004 is 18 to 22 years old. calculate.

  Next, the CPU 11 reproduces the image data specified by the image URL, the music list including the music ID for specifying each music searched in step S413, and the age information indicating the age calculated in step S414. (Step S415).

  The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the image data, the music list, and the age information transmitted from the electronic album creation device 1 (step S416), plays back the received image data, and displays an image related to the image data on the display unit. 27 (step S417). Then, the CPU 21 displays the age corresponding to the shooting date on the shooting age display circle 55a based on the received age information as shown in FIG. 26A (step S418).

  Next, the CPU 21 sequentially and repeatedly transmits the music ID to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S419).

  The electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the song ID transmitted from the playback device 2 (step S420), searches the song database 18b for song data based on the received song ID, and plays the song data obtained by the search. It transmits to the apparatus 2 (step S421).

  The CPU 21 of the playback device 2 receives the music data transmitted from the electronic album creation device 1 (step S422), and plays back the received music data (step S423).

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 26B and 26C, the CPU 21 receives a change in age range (step S424) and determines whether or not there is a change in age range (step S425). When it is determined that there is a change in age range (step S425: YES), the CPU 21 transmits age information indicating the changed age range to the electronic album creating apparatus 1 (step S426).

  The CPU 11 of the electronic album creating apparatus 1 receives the age information transmitted from the playback apparatus 2 (step S427), and based on the received age information, birth time information stored in the user information database, and music attribute information. Then, music data popular at the time of the age is selected (step S428). For example, the CPU 11 calculates a time corresponding to the age indicated by the age information based on the birth time information and the age information, and calculates the time based on the calculated time and the music attribute information. Select music data that was popular at the time. Specifically, when the age information indicates an age of 18 to 19 years old, and the user's birthday is January 1, 1982, the age is from January 1, 2000 to January 1, 2001. Converted to a day, music data that matches the time period and the fashion period is selected. Then, the CPU 11 transmits a music list including a music ID for specifying each music searched in step S428 to the playback device 2 (step S429), and the CPU 21 of the playback device 2 transmits from the electronic album creation device 1. The received music list is received (step S430), and the process returns to step S418.

  When it is determined in step S425 that there is no age change (step S425: NO), the CPU 21 of the reproducing device 2 determines whether or not the music data has been reproduced for a predetermined time or more (step S431). When it determines with having reproduce | regenerated more than predetermined time (step S431: YES), CPU21 returns a process to step S418.

  When it is determined that it is less than the predetermined time (step S431: NO), the CPU 21 determines whether or not to display the next image (step S432). When it determines with displaying the next image (step S432: YES), CPU21 returns a process to step S411. When it is determined that the next image is not displayed (step S432: NO), the CPU 21 determines whether or not to end the reproduction (step S433).

  When it determines with not complete | finishing reproduction | regeneration (step S433: NO), CPU21 returns a process to step S422. When it determines with complete | finishing reproduction | regeneration (step S433: YES), CPU21 complete | finishes the process which concerns on the slide show reproduction | regeneration of an electronic album with a music.

In the electronic album system according to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to designate the popular time of music according to the user's own age, and to reproduce the music data popular at the specified age, so that the electronic album can be browsed with great sensitivity. be able to. Since the fashion season can be specified by the age of each user, not by the Christian era, the fashion season can be specified sensuously.
For example, when there is a time range such as April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2004 at the time of image data shooting, songs popular in the last four years are reproduced sequentially, but FIG. As shown in FIG. 26, when the user designates the age at the time of shooting as 18 years old, music data that was popular when the user was 18 years old is reproduced, and as shown in FIG. 26C, when the age is designated as 22 years old, The music data popular by the user at the age of 22 is reproduced.

  It should be understood that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the meanings described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the electronic album system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic album production apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of an image database notionally. It is explanatory drawing which shows a music database notionally. It is explanatory drawing which shows a hit music database notionally. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a reproducing | regenerating apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of my page image. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on photography contribution. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on photography contribution. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the selection screen of photograph image data. It is explanatory drawing which shows notionally the data structure of an image file. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the edit screen of image attribute information. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the slide show reproduction | regeneration of the electronic album with a music. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the slide show reproduction | regeneration of the electronic album with a music. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the slide show reproduction | regeneration of the electronic album with a music. It is a schematic diagram of an example of my page including a thumbnail image list of searched images. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a slide show reproduction | regeneration image. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to a slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music in the second embodiment. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to a slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music in the second embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the electronic album system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of a mobile telephone. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of an image database according to Embodiment 3. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a music related position database notionally. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a user information database notionally. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram conceptually illustrating an example of an image database according to Embodiment 4. FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a slide show playback image in the fourth embodiment. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to a slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music in the fourth embodiment. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to a slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music in the fourth embodiment. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure related to a slide show reproduction of an electronic album with music in the fourth embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic album production apparatus 2 Playback apparatus 3 Recording medium 4 Computer program 11 CPU
14 Communication Unit 18 Storage Device 18a Image Database 18b Music Database 18c Hit Music Database 21 CPU
25 Communication Unit 202 Mobile Phone (Playback Device)
N communication network

Claims (5)

Search for specific image data from the storage device that stores the image data of the photo, edit the searched image data, and transmit the data obtained by editing, and the electronic album creation device transmitted from the electronic album creation device An electronic album system comprising a playback device for receiving and playing back data,
The playback device
Means for transmitting time information for retrieving image data;
Means for transmitting age information indicating the age of the user;
With
The electronic album creating device
Image storage means for storing image attribute information including image data and information indicating the shooting time and shooting point of the image data;
Music storage means for storing music attribute information including music data and time information of the music data and information indicating a position related to the music data;
Means for storing birth information indicating the birth date of the user;
Means for receiving time information transmitted from the playback device;
Means for receiving age information transmitted from the playback device;
Means for searching for specific image data based on the received time information;
Selection means for selecting music data related to the specific image data based on the received age information, the birth time information, the image attribute information, and the music attribute information;
Transmission means for transmitting the specific image data and the music data selected by the selection means in chronological order of the image data , and
The playback device
Receiving means for receiving image data and music data transmitted by the transmitting means;
The age range start point display line indicating the start point of the age range based on the age information of the user, the age range end point display line indicating the end point of the age range, and the image data and music data received by the receiving unit are reproduced in parallel. Reproduction means ;
Means for accepting changes in the age start point and end point used to select music data by moving the age range start point display line and the age range end point display line when image data and music data are being reproduced in parallel; ,
Means for transmitting age information indicating the accepted age range to the electronic album creating device;
With
Furthermore,
The electronic album creating device
Means for receiving age information transmitted from the playback device;
The selection means includes
The music data related to the changed age range is selected based on the received age information, the birth information and the music attribute information.
Electronic album system comprising a call. The playback device
Means for transmitting image data and image attribute information of the image data;
The electronic album creating device
Means for receiving image data and image attribute information transmitted from the playback device;
The image storage means includes
2. The electronic album system according to claim 1, wherein the received image data and image attribute information are stored. The playback device
Means for transmitting an image file including image data and image attribute information;
The electronic album creating device
Means for receiving an image file transmitted from the playback device;
Means for extracting image attribute information from the received image file,
The image storage means includes
3. The electronic album system according to claim 2, wherein the extracted image attribute information is stored. The electronic album system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the music attribute information includes information indicating a fashion period of music data. Search for specific image data from the storage device that stores the image data of the photo , edit the searched image data, and transmit the data obtained by editing, and the electronic album creation device transmitted from the electronic album creation device Electronic album creation method using a playback device that receives and plays back data ,
The playback device
Send time information for searching the image data and age information indicating the age of the user,
The electronic album creating apparatus
Image storage means for storing image attribute information including image data and information indicating the shooting time and shooting point of the image data, music data, time information of the music data, and information indicating a position related to the music data A music storage means for storing the music attribute information, and a means for storing birth information indicating the birth date of the user ;
Receiving time information and age information transmitted from the playback device;
Search for specific image data based on the received time information,
Based on the received age information, the birth information, the image attribute information and the music attribute information, select music data related to the specific image data ,
The specific image data and the selected music data are transmitted in chronological order of the image data,
The playback device
Receive the transmitted image data and music data,
The age range start point display line indicating the start point of the age range based on the age information of the user, the age range end point display line indicating the end point of the age range, and the image data and music data received by the receiving unit are reproduced in parallel. ,
When image data and music data are played back in parallel, the age start point and end point used for selection of music data are accepted by moving the age range start point display line and age range end point display line,
Send age information indicating the accepted age range to the electronic album creating device,
The electronic album creating device
Receiving age information transmitted from the playback device;
A method for creating an electronic album, comprising: selecting music data related to the changed age range based on the received age information, the birth time information, and the music attribute information .

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