WO2013015318A1

WO2013015318A1 - Video publishing device, method, and computer program

Info

Publication number: WO2013015318A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/068846
Authority: WO
Inventors: 武櫻井
Original assignee: Sakurai Takeshi
Priority date: 2011-07-27
Filing date: 2012-07-25
Publication date: 2013-01-31
Also published as: JP2013047944A; JP5052696B1; JP2013047930A

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a system with which videos for events are aggregated and published on prescribed web pages, and with which viewers of the relevant web pages can easily find desired videos. [Solution] When event IDs and videos are received from contributor terminals (2), a video shooting date and time information acquisition unit (105) acquires video shooting start date and time information for the videos, and a thumbnail generation unit (108) generates thumbnails of the videos. The generated thumbnails are uploaded to the web page for each event. On this occasion, the thumbnails that were uploaded to a web page are displayed side-by-side in order of the video shooting start date and time for the video corresponding to each thumbnail. When a request to access the web page for a prescribed event is received from a visitor terminal, the relevant web page is transmitted, and the relevant video is delivered to the visitor terminal (2) according to a request for delivery of a video corresponding to a thumbnail displayed on the web page.

Description

Movie publishing apparatus, method, and computer program

The present invention relates to a technology for accepting posting of a moving image and categorizing it according to a date such as a reception date or a shooting date and disclosing it in a distributable manner.

In recent years, as seen in smartphones, terminals with a high data communication speed have become widespread. In the future, the spread of LTE (Long Term Evolution) is also expected, and the data communication speed is expected to improve further.
If mobile terminals having a high data communication speed become widespread in this way, it is considered that communication of large volumes of data such as moving images, which has been inconvenient with mobile terminals so far, will be easy.

On the other hand, as seen in blogs (Weblog), services that record and release personal experiences and specific topics like a diary and disseminate information are popular. In a blog or the like, information can be easily updated even from a mobile terminal, and a photograph taken with the mobile terminal is uploaded.

Under such a background, Patent Document 1 is a posting method capable of posting a moving image stored in a mobile phone to a Web server, the step of acquiring the machine number of the user's mobile phone, A step of issuing a unique channel number to the machine number, a step of posting the video stored in the user's mobile phone to the mail server in association with the channel number or the machine number, and uploading the same to the web server Techniques for executing steps have been proposed.
Also, in Patent Document 2, a plurality of content contents stored in a device such as a digital camera are captured, and the thumbnails of the plurality of contents are arranged in the order of new contents at the time in the clockwise direction, and the contents are displayed using the thumbnails. There has been proposed a technique for displaying the image in a selectable manner.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 is a system for storing photographed content in a shared server and displaying the stored content in a list, in which the presence / absence of content is displayed by time zone. Proposed.

JP 2008-71330 A JP 2010-33132 A JP 2010-154377 A

In the technology described in Patent Document 1, a video is simply uploaded to a Web server, and a technology for grasping what video is accumulated and easily finding a desired video distribution is disclosed. Absent.
In the technique described in Patent Document 2, the thumbnails of the contents are displayed side by side in time order. However, the contents are collected only from devices such as a digital camera and organized, and a technique for accepting the posting of a moving image. There is no disclosure about.
Further, in the technique described in Patent Document 3, since all time zones are displayed for each content and the time zone content is displayed, the number of contents that can be displayed as a list is limited, and the desired content is displayed. Difficult to find content. Also, when registering content, it is necessary to select an event every time, which is troublesome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system in which moving image data for each event is aggregated and released on a predetermined Web page, and a viewer of the Web page can easily find desired moving image data.

In order to achieve the above object, a video publishing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of contributor terminals used by a contributor who posts video data including shooting start date and time information in metadata, and the posted A device that is configured to be communicable with a viewer terminal used by a viewer who browses video data via a network and publishes posted video data on a web page prepared for each event, Movie information storage means for storing movie data, thumbnails of the movie data, and shooting start date / time information of the movie data in association with each other, event identification information for identifying the event, and a Web page prepared for each event The web page displaying the thumbnail of the video data posted by the contributor is stored in association with each other. Video information receiving means for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal, shooting date / time information acquiring means for acquiring shooting start date / time information of the video data, and video data A thumbnail generation unit that generates a thumbnail of the video, and the video information storage unit that associates the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired shooting start date and time information according to the generation of the thumbnail of the video data In accordance with the registration of the received moving image data, the moving image information registering means to be registered with the event information storing means, the page specifying means for specifying the Web page associated with the received event identification information, The above specified Web page is used to display thumbnails of all moving image data stored in the moving image information storage means. Page update means for updating to a web page displayed side by side in order of shooting start date and time of recorded video data, a browse request receiving means for receiving a browse request for a web page of a predetermined event from the browser terminal, and the event information storage Means for extracting the Web page requested to be browsed, Web page transmitting means for transmitting the extracted Web page to the browser terminal, and the browser terminal, The distribution request receiving means for receiving the distribution request for the moving picture data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page, and the moving picture information storage means, the moving picture data specified by the thumbnail is sent to the viewer terminal. And a distribution means for distributing the data.

These events include sports and concerts as well as themes. A theme is a subject or title about something.
Therefore, in the case of moving image data about an event, in addition to those obtained by photographing the contents of sports and concerts, those taken on a certain theme are included.

Also, referring to the event information storage means, event information extraction means for extracting event holding time zone information related to the received event identification information, event time extraction information of the extracted event, and the video data Determination processing means for determining whether or not the moving image data has been shot in the event holding time period based on shooting start date and time information, and the event information storage means identifies the event Event identification information, a web page prepared for each event, and a web page displaying thumbnails of video data posted by the poster and the event holding time zone information are stored in association with each other. Then, as a result of the determination process, the thumbnail generation means captures the moving image data during the event holding time zone. When had it may be one that generates a thumbnail of the moving image data.

Further, the metadata of the moving image data further includes shooting end date / time information or playback time information, and refers to the event information storage means to extract event holding time zone information related to the received event identification information. Event information extracting means for performing the extracted event holding time zone information, shooting start date / time information of the moving image data, and shooting time zone of the moving image data derived from the shooting end date / time information or playback time information. And a determination processing means for determining whether or not the event holding time zone and the video data shooting time zone overlap, wherein the event information storage means is an event identification for identifying the event. Information and a web page prepared for each event, displaying a thumbnail of the video data posted by the contributor The eb page and the event holding time zone information are stored in association with each other, and the shooting date / time information acquisition means stores the shooting start date / time information of the moving image data and the shooting end date / time information or the playback time information. And the thumbnail generation means generates a thumbnail of the video data when there is an overlapping time between the event holding time zone and the video data shooting time zone as a result of the determination process. Also good.

The event identification information is configured as an email address unique to each event, and the moving image data receiving means receives an e-mail addressed to the event identification information with moving image data attached from the poster terminal. Then, the page specifying means may refer to the event information storage means and specify a Web page associated with event identification information configured as a mail address of the electronic mail.

Further, an event identification information issuing means for issuing the event identification information may be further included.

In addition, the reception date and time information acquisition means for acquiring the reception date and time information of the moving picture data and the received moving picture data by the moving picture information registration means are registered in the moving picture information storage means, and are stored in the moving picture information storage means. When the number of moving image data exceeds a predetermined number, the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage means is deleted in order from the oldest reception date and time by the amount exceeding the predetermined number Processing means, and the moving picture information storage means stores the moving picture data, the thumbnail of the moving picture data, the shooting start date / time information of the moving picture data, and the reception date / time information of the moving picture data in association with each other. The moving image information registering means, in response to the generation of the thumbnail of the moving image data, the received moving image data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquisition A shooting start date and time information may be one that registered in the moving image information storage means in association with the reception date and time information acquired above.

Further, user identification information for identifying the contributor or the viewer is issued to the contributor or the viewer. In the Web page extracted by the page extraction unit, the video information storage unit is referred to, and Identification that specifies a thumbnail associated with the same user identification information as the user identification information received from the viewer terminal by the browsing request receiving means and sets an identification effect for distinguishing the thumbnail from other thumbnails An effect setting means, wherein the moving picture data receiving means receives user identification information, event identification information, and moving picture data from the poster terminal, and the moving picture information storage means includes the user identification information. And the video data, the thumbnail of the video data, the shooting start date / time information of the video data, The browsing request receiving means receives a browsing request for a Web page of a predetermined event together with the user identification information from the viewer terminal, and stores the Web page transmission. The means may transmit a web page in which the identification effect is set to the browser terminal.

In addition, a video publishing apparatus according to another configuration of the present invention includes a plurality of contributor terminals used by a contributor who posts video data, and a viewer terminal used by a viewer who browses the posted video data. An apparatus that publishes posted video data on a Web page that is configured to be communicable via a network and is prepared for each event, the video data, a thumbnail of the video data, and the video data Video information storage means for storing the received date and time information in association with each other, event identification information for identifying the event, a Web page prepared for each event, and a thumbnail of the video data posted by the poster Event information storage means for storing a Web page to be displayed in association with each other, and event identification information from the poster terminal Video data receiving means for receiving video data, reception date information acquisition means for acquiring the reception date information of the video data, thumbnail generation means for generating a thumbnail of the received video data, and thumbnails of the video data Refer to the event information storage unit and the video information registration unit that registers the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired reception date information in the video information storage unit in association with each other. Then, the page specifying means for specifying the Web page associated with the received event identification information and the specified Web page are stored in the moving picture information storage means in response to the registration of the received moving picture data. Web page displaying thumbnails of all moving image data arranged in order of reception date and time of the moving image data A page update means for updating, a browse request receiving means for receiving a browse request for a web page of a predetermined event from the browser terminal, and extracting the web page requested for browsing with reference to the event information storage means Extraction processing means, Web page transmission means for transmitting the extracted Web page to the browser terminal, and browsing of the video data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page from the browser terminal Browsing request receiving means for receiving a request; and moving picture data distribution means for delivering the moving picture data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the moving picture information storage means. And

Further, when the received moving image data is registered in the moving image information storage unit by the moving image information registration unit, when the number of moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit exceeds a predetermined number, The moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit may further include a deletion processing unit that deletes the moving image data that has exceeded the predetermined number in order from the oldest reception date and time.

In addition, the video publishing method according to another aspect of the present invention browses a plurality of poster terminals used by a poster who posts video data including shooting start date and time information in metadata, and the posted video data. A moving picture information storage means configured to be able to communicate with a browsing terminal used by a browsing person via a network and to store the moving picture data, the thumbnail of the moving picture data, and the shooting start date / time information of the moving picture data in association with each other. And event identification information for identifying the event, and a web page prepared for each event, the web page displaying a thumbnail of the video data posted by the contributor and stored in association with each other A video posted on a web page prepared for each event by a computer having information storage means A process for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal, a process for obtaining shooting start date / time information of the video data, and a thumbnail of the video data. A process of generating, a process of registering the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired shooting start date / time information in the video information storage unit in association with the generation of the thumbnail of the video data , Referring to the event information storage means, specifying the Web page associated with the received event identification information, and registering the specified Web page according to the registration of the received video data. A web page in which thumbnails of all moving image data stored in the storage means are displayed side by side in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data. A process of receiving a web page browsing request for a predetermined event from the browser terminal, a process of extracting the web page requested to browse by referring to the event information storage means, A process of transmitting the extracted Web page to the browser terminal, a process of receiving a distribution request for moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page from the browser terminal, A process for delivering the moving picture data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the moving picture information storage means is performed.

A computer program according to still another aspect of the present invention browses a plurality of poster terminals used by a poster who posts video data including shooting start date and time information in metadata, and the posted video data. A moving picture information storage means configured to be able to communicate with a browsing terminal used by a browsing person via a network and to store the moving picture data, the thumbnail of the moving picture data, and the shooting start date / time information of the moving picture data in association with each other. And event identification information for identifying the event, and a web page prepared for each event, the web page displaying a thumbnail of the video data posted by the contributor and stored in association with each other And a computer having information storage means on a Web page prepared for each event. A program for causing the computer to function as a video publishing device for publishing the recorded video data, processing for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal to the computer, and starting shooting of the video data Processing for acquiring date / time information, processing for generating thumbnails of the video data, and generation of thumbnails of the video data, the received video data, the generated thumbnails, and the acquired shooting start date / time information Are registered in the moving picture information storage means, the processing for specifying the Web page associated with the received event identification information with reference to the event information storage means, and registration of the received moving picture data In response to the above, the specified Web page is transferred to all the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage means. Updating the web page displayed in the order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data, processing for receiving a web page browsing request for a predetermined event from the browser terminal, and the event information storage means Referring to the process of extracting the web page requested to be browsed, the process of transmitting the extracted web page to the browser terminal, and the browser terminal displayed on the web page A process of receiving a distribution request for moving image data corresponding to a thumbnail and a process of distributing moving image data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the moving image information storage unit .

According to the present invention, video data for each event is aggregated and released on a predetermined web page, and each of them is arranged in a predetermined order of thumbnails of data. Can be found ready.

It is the schematic diagram which showed the outline | summary of the series of processes performed by the moving image release apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the functional block diagram which showed the function with which the moving image disclosure apparatus which concerns on this embodiment is provided. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the user information storage part in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the event information storage part in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the moving image information storage part in this embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which receives the contribution of moving image data from a poster terminal among the processes by the moving image publishing apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of input of the email produced when a contributor contributes moving image data in the process by the moving image publishing apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen of the web page for every event provided by the moving image publication apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen of the web page for every event provided by the moving image publication apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which distributes moving image data with respect to a viewer terminal among the processes by the moving image disclosure apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen of the web page for every event provided by the moving image publication apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the moving image information storage part in 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is the functional block diagram which showed the function with which the moving image disclosure apparatus which concerns on 3rd embodiment of this invention is provided. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the moving image information storage part in this embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which receives the contribution of moving image data from a poster terminal among the processes by the moving image publishing apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen of the web page for every event provided by the moving image publication apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen of the web page for every event provided by the moving image release apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Next, a moving picture publishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, with reference to FIG. 1, an overview of the entire processing by the moving image publishing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
Note that a web page for accepting posting of a moving image related to the event, and publishing / distributing it is prepared in advance by the moving image disclosing device 1 for each event such as a sport or a concert.
Each event is issued with an event ID for identifying the event. In the general description of the present embodiment, a case where the event ID is configured as a mail address unique to the event is taken as an example.

A contributor who participates in various events such as sports and concerts takes pictures of the event using the contributor terminal 2 (S1).
The contributor obtains an event ID from the venue terminal 4 installed at the venue of the event in order to post moving image data obtained by shooting (S2).
In this embodiment, the event ID issued for each event and configured as an e-mail address is encoded into a two-dimensional barcode such as a QR code (registered trademark) and installed in the event venue. 4 is displayed. The contributor can acquire the event ID by reading and decoding it on the contributor terminal 2.

The contributor posts the moving image data by e-mail with the acquired event ID as a destination and the moving image data obtained by shooting attached (S3).
The moving image publishing apparatus 1 acquires the e-mail transmitted from the poster terminal 2.
Then, the moving image publishing apparatus 1 identifies the event by the e-mail address, and uploads the moving image data attached to the e-mail on the Web page prepared for the identified event (S4).

The video publishing apparatus 1 provides a corresponding Web page when receiving a browsing request for a Web page prepared for each event via the browser terminal 3 from the viewer. Furthermore, the moving image data is distributed in response to the distribution request for the moving image data uploaded to the Web page (S5).

Next, a specific configuration for realizing a series of processes by the moving image publishing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The video publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a poster terminal 2 used by a poster who posts video data, a viewer terminal 3 used by a viewer of video data, and a venue terminal installed in the event venue. 4 can be communicated with each other via a network NW such as the Internet.

In this embodiment, both the poster and the viewer are the entities that use the service provided by the video publishing apparatus 1, but their positions are conceptual. Therefore, the user of the service can be a poster or a viewer depending on the position of using the service.
In this embodiment, a contributor and a viewer are collectively referred to as a user, and when the user posts video data, the user is referred to as a contributor and the user browses the video data. The user is referred to as a viewer.
Further, the number of users is not particularly limited, and a plurality of users can use the service provided by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment at the same time.

The video publishing apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing computer programs and predetermined data, and an external storage such as a hard disk drive. Depending on the device, user information storage unit 101, event information storage unit 102, moving image information storage unit 103, event ID issuing unit 104, shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105, event information extraction unit 106, determination processing unit 107, thumbnail generation unit 108, Each functional block includes a moving image information registration unit 109, a page identification unit 110, a page update unit 111, a page extraction unit 112, an identification effect setting unit 113, a communication processing unit 114, and a distribution processing unit 115.

The user information storage unit 101 is a storage unit that is a user of a service provided by the video publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment and can store information about a user who can be a poster or a viewer of video data. is there.
In this embodiment, in order to post moving image data as a contributor, it is assumed that user registration is performed, and information on the user is stored in the user information storage unit 101 by user registration.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the user information storage unit 101 stores a user ID for identifying the user and a password for authenticating the user in association with each other.
The user ID is information for identifying the user, and in this embodiment, the email address of the email used by the user is used as the user ID.
In addition, the user information storage unit 101 may store personal information such as name and address.

The event information storage unit 102 is a storage unit that can store information related to events.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the event information storage unit 102 stores, for each event, an event ID for identifying the event, an event holding time period, and a Web page prepared for each event in association with each other. ing.

The holding time zone is information indicating the time when the event was held, and includes, for example, the start date and time and the end date and time of the event.
The information related to the holding time period becomes a reference when accepting the posting of moving image data in the processing by the determination processing unit 107 described later, and the posting is accepted only for moving image data shot during the holding time period. It is done. Therefore, the information related to the holding time zone does not necessarily coincide with the holding time zone of the event, and may be arbitrarily set by an operator or the like as a time zone for accepting posting of video data. Good.

The Web page prepared for each event is actually stored as an HTML file or the like for configuring the Web page. In the HTML file, reference information of thumbnails to be uploaded to a Web page, reference information of moving image data, and the like are embedded.
In addition, the web page prepared for each event is not necessarily composed of only one page, but may be composed of a plurality of web pages linked to each other.

The moving image information storage unit 103 is a storage unit that can store information related to moving image data posted from the poster terminal 2.
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the moving image information storage unit 103 receives moving image data that has been accepted, thumbnails of moving image data, text information that has been accepted when posting via e-mail, and received from a viewer. The evaluation information related to the moving image data and the user ID of the poster who posted the moving image data can be stored in association with each other.

The video data, thumbnail, text information, and user ID of the poster are registered when the post is accepted by the judgment processing unit 107 after receiving the e-mail attached with the video data from the poster terminal 2. Registered by the unit 109.
The evaluation information is an evaluation when the viewer views the moving image data. The evaluation information is received from the browser terminal 3 at any time and is registered each time.

The moving image data includes a file name of the moving image data, binary data that is the moving image itself, metadata, and the like.
The metadata of the moving image data includes at least information related to the shooting start date and time of the moving image data.
The thumbnail of the moving image data includes a file name, binary data that is the image itself as a thumbnail, and the like.

The event ID issuing unit 104 is a functional unit that issues an event ID for identifying an event.
In the present embodiment, the event ID issued by the event ID issuing unit 104 is configured by a unique mail address as a destination for posting moving image data on a Web page prepared for each event.
All e-mails destined for the e-mail address as the event ID are supplied to the moving image publishing apparatus 1 by a predetermined mail server or the like.

The shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105 analyzes the metadata of the moving image data and executes processing for acquiring information related to the shooting start date / time.

When the event information extraction unit 106 receives an e-mail attached with moving image data from the poster terminal 2, the event information extraction unit 106 refers to the event information storage unit 102 and based on the event ID configured as the e-mail address of the e-mail. Then, a process of extracting information related to the event holding time zone is executed.

The determination processing unit 107 is posted by e-mail based on the information related to the event time period extracted by the event information extraction unit 106 and the information related to the shooting start date and time acquired by the shooting date and time information acquisition unit 105. A process is performed to determine whether the moving image data is taken during the event holding time period.

For example, when the event holding time is from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 5, 2011, and the shooting start date and time of the posted video data is June 5, 2011 at 16:00, the shooting start date and time Belongs to the event holding time period, it is determined that the posted moving image data was taken during the event holding.
On the other hand, in the same way, when the event holding time is from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 5, 2011, the shooting start date and time of the posted moving image data is 18:00 on June 5, 2011. Since the start date and time does not belong to the event holding time, it is determined that the posted moving image data is not taken during the event.

The thumbnail generation unit 108 executes a process of generating a thumbnail of moving image data posted from a poster.
For example, the thumbnail generation unit 108 generates a thumbnail by converting the first scene of the moving image data into a still image and reducing it.

The moving image information registration unit 109 generates the newly received moving image data in accordance with the generation of the moving image data thumbnail by the thumbnail generation unit 108, the generated thumbnail, the acquired shooting start date / time information, the subject field of the posted mail, and the body text. A process of registering in the moving image information storage unit 103 in association with the text information input in the column and the user ID is executed.

The page specifying unit 110 refers to the event information storage unit 102 and executes a process of specifying the Web page associated with the event ID configured as the email address of the email received from the poster terminal 2.
In this process, after receiving the e-mail attached with the moving image data from the poster terminal 2, the determination processing unit 107 accepts the posting, and the moving image information registration unit 109 adds the new moving image data and the thumbnail of the moving image data. Is executed each time the image is registered in the moving image information storage unit 103.

When the moving image data is newly registered by the moving image information registration unit 109, the page update unit 111 executes a process of updating the Web page for uploading the moving image data.
In this process, after a Web page is specified by the page specifying unit 110, a thumbnail of the moving image data newly registered in the moving image information storage unit 103 is uploaded to the specified Web page, and the event information storage unit 102 is uploaded. The web page stored in is updated. At this time, based on the shooting start date / time information of each moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103, thumbnails of all moving image data uploaded to the Web page are displayed side by side in the order of shooting start date / time of the moving image data.

When the page extraction unit 112 receives a browsing request for a Web page prepared for a predetermined event from the browser terminal 3, the page extraction unit 112 refers to the event information storage unit 102 and extracts the Web page requested for browsing. Execute the process.

The identification effect setting unit 113 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103, and among the thumbnails uploaded to the Web page extracted by the page extraction unit 112, the user received together with the Web page browsing request from the browser terminal 3 A thumbnail stored in association with the same user ID as the ID is specified. Then, an identification effect is set for the identified thumbnail to distinguish it from other thumbnails uploaded to the Web page.
Here, the identification effect to be set for the specified thumbnail can be achieved by various methods such as coloring with a predetermined color, reversal of color, and so on, as long as it can be distinguished from other thumbnails. The method is not limited.

The communication processing unit 114 is a processing unit that performs data transmission / reception processing according to a predetermined protocol via the poster terminal 2, the viewer terminal 3, and the venue terminal 4 and a network NW such as the Internet, and is a web browser or mailer. Etc.
For example, the communication processing unit 114 receives an e-mail attached with moving image data with the poster terminal 2.
In addition, a browsing request for a web page of a predetermined event is received together with the browser user ID together with the browsing terminal 3, and the requested web page is transmitted, or the thumbnail displayed on the web page is displayed. Or receiving a corresponding video data distribution request.
In addition, an event ID is transmitted to the venue terminal 4.

The distribution processing unit 115 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103 when the distribution terminal 115 requests distribution of moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail designated by the viewer on the Web page. The process which delivers the moving image data with respect to the browser terminal 3 is performed.
The moving image data may be distributed as long as the viewer can view the moving image data through the browser terminal 3, and can be distributed by, for example, streaming distribution or download.

The poster terminal 2 is a terminal used by the poster, and is realized by, for example, a mobile phone with a camera or a tablet terminal.
The contributor terminal 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) storing a computer program and predetermined data, a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like. , A time block 202, a moving picture information storage unit 203, an input / output processing unit 204, and a communication processing unit 205 constitute a functional block.
In addition, the poster terminal 2 is configured to be able to communicate with the video publishing apparatus 1 via a network NW such as the Internet.

The photographing unit 201 generates moving image data composed of audio and video according to the shooting of the event by the poster, and saves it in a predetermined file format such as MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) or AVI (Audio Video Interleave) For example, a CCD camera.
In addition, the photographing unit 201 can capture a two-dimensional barcode such as a QR code (registered trademark) and can also execute a process of decoding the captured two-dimensional barcode.
The moving image data generated and saved by the photographing unit 201 is provided with a field for storing metadata. In the present embodiment, this metadata includes at least information related to the shooting start date and time. This shooting start date and time is acquired by referring to the timer unit 202 at the start of shooting.

The timer unit 202 is a functional unit that provides current date and time information.
By referring to the date and time information provided by the time measuring unit 202, it is possible to grasp the shooting start date and time of the moving image data.

The moving image information storage unit 203 is a storage unit that can store the moving image data generated by the photographing unit 201.

The input / output processing unit 204 is a processing unit that executes input / output of data, and is realized by a display or speaker for outputting data, a numeric keypad or keyboard for inputting data, a touch panel, or the like.
For example, the input / output processing unit 204 can create an e-mail with moving image data attached thereto, or check the captured moving image data.

The communication processing unit 205 is a processing unit that executes data transmission / reception processing according to a predetermined protocol via the moving image publishing apparatus 1 and a network NW such as the Internet, and is realized by a Web browser, a mailer, or the like.
For example, the communication processing unit 205 can transmit an e-mail with moving image data attached to the moving image publishing apparatus 1.

The browser terminal 3 is a terminal used by a viewer who browses a web page for each event, receives video data related to the event, and views it.
The browser terminal 3 is realized by, for example, a so-called personal computer, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, or the like, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a computer program, and a RAM (Random for storing predetermined data) A functional block including an input / output processing unit 301 and a communication processing unit 302 is configured by an access memory (ROM) or a read only memory (ROM).

The input / output processing unit 301 is a processing unit that performs input / output of data, and is realized by a display or speaker for outputting data, a mouse or keyboard for inputting data, a touch panel, or the like.
For example, the input / output processing unit 301 can browse a Web page for each event or view desired moving image data.

The communication processing unit 302 is a processing unit that executes data transmission / reception processing according to a predetermined protocol via the moving image disclosure apparatus 1 and a network NW such as the Internet, and is realized by a Web browser or the like.
For example, the communication processing unit 302 can transmit a browsing request for a Web page for each event to the moving image disclosure apparatus 1 or receive distribution of moving image data.

The venue terminal 4 is a terminal installed in an event venue or the like, and is realized by, for example, a so-called personal computer.
The venue terminal 4 receives an event ID from the moving image publishing apparatus 1 configured to be communicable via a network NW such as the Internet, and encodes it into a two-dimensional barcode and displays it on the display.
Note that the event ID may be coded in advance in the moving image publishing apparatus 1.

Next, details of a flow of a series of processes performed by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.
A Web page is prepared in advance for each event, and an event ID configured as an e-mail address of an e-mail for posting moving image data is issued by the event ID issuing unit 104. Further, the issued event ID is transmitted from the moving image disclosing device 1 to the venue terminal 4 via the network NW, and is ready to be acquired from the venue terminal 4.

First, referring to FIG. 6, the flow of processing for accepting posting of moving image data from a poster via the poster terminal 2 will be described.
The poster who participated in the event uses the poster terminal 2 to photograph the event (S101).
The moving image data obtained in this way is stored in the moving image information storage unit 203 (S102).
The moving image data includes at least shooting start date / time information in the metadata. The information related to the shooting start date and time is acquired by referring to the timer unit 202 at the start of shooting.

When posting the moving image data, the poster obtains an event ID from the venue terminal 4 installed in the venue (S103).
The event ID is configured as a unique e-mail address for each event, and the contributor makes an e-mail (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “post e-mail”) for posting moving image data, with the e-mail address as the address. create.

FIG. 7 shows an example of post mail creation.
A mail address configured as an event ID acquired from the venue terminal 4 is input into the postal mail address input field.
In the subject and body input fields, text data accompanying the moving image data is input as desired by the poster.
The moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 203 is attached to the posted mail.

The contributor posts the video data by transmitting the created post mail by the contributor terminal 2 (S104).

When the moving image publishing apparatus 1 receives the posted mail, the shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105 analyzes the metadata of the moving image data and acquires shooting start date / time information (S105).
Further, the event information extraction unit 106 refers to the event information storage unit 102 based on the event ID configured as the mail address, and extracts information related to the holding time zone of the corresponding event (S106).

The determination processing unit 107 determines whether or not shooting of moving image data was started during the holding time of the event based on the extracted holding time information of the event and the shooting start date / time information of the acquired moving image data. Judgment is made (S107).

As a result, when the shooting of the video data has not started during the event holding time, it is determined that the video data is not related to the event designated by the poster, and the poster terminal 2 On the other hand, the process is terminated by returning an error message indicating that the posting is not accepted (S108).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination processing in S107, when shooting of moving image data is started during the event holding time period, it is determined that the moving image data is related to the event designated by the poster and the posting is accepted. .
In accepting the posting, first, the thumbnail generator 108 generates a thumbnail of the moving image data (S109).
Then, the moving image information registration unit 109 receives the moving image data attached to the mail received from the poster terminal 2, the thumbnail generated by the thumbnail generation unit 108, the text information input in the subject and body fields of the posted mail, and the shooting date / time information. The shooting start date and time information acquired by the acquisition unit 105 and the user ID as the transmission source address of the posted mail are associated with each other and registered in the moving image information storage unit 103 (S110).

Also, in response to the registration of new moving image data, the page identification unit 110 refers to the event information storage unit 102 and identifies the Web page associated with the event ID configured as the mail address of the posted mail (S111). ).
Here, an example of the Web page for each event stored in the event information storage unit 102 is shown in FIG.
On the Web page, together with event information 10 related to the event, a thumbnail list 11 that lists thumbnails of posted videos is displayed.

In the thumbnail list 11, shooting start date / time information, text information, evaluation information, and the like of each moving image data extracted from the moving image information storage unit 103 are also displayed.
The thumbnails in the thumbnail list 11 are displayed side by side in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data corresponding to each thumbnail.

When the Web page is specified by the page specifying unit 110, the page update unit 111 newly generates a thumbnail for the Web page based on the shooting start date / time information of each moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103. Upload. At this time, the thumbnails of all the moving image data uploaded to the Web page are displayed side by side in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data corresponding to each thumbnail.

The change of the Web page by this processing will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 8 shows a Web page before uploading a newly generated thumbnail, and FIG. 9 shows a Web page after uploading a newly generated thumbnail.
As shown in FIG. 9, the newly generated thumbnail 11a is inserted in the thumbnail list 10 at a position corresponding to the order of shooting start date and time.
That is, since the shooting start date and time of the moving image data corresponding to the newly generated thumbnail 11a was 15:11 on June 5, 2011, the moving image shot at 15:07 on June 5, 2011 It is inserted between the thumbnail of the data and the thumbnail of the moving image data taken at 15:15 on June 5, 2011.

When the thumbnail of the newly posted moving image data is generated in this way, it is reflected on the Web page, and the Web page of the event information storage unit 102 is updated (S112).

Next, a flow of processing in which moving image data is distributed to a viewer by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
First, a browsing request for a web page of a predetermined event is transmitted from the viewer terminal 3 to the moving image publishing apparatus 1 via a separately prepared website or the like (S201).
Note that a login page for authenticating a user is provided on the website for providing a service by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As a result, for users who log in and receive service provision, services are provided while identifying users through established sessions, and for users who receive service provision without logging in as guest users who do not specifically identify users. Service can be provided.

In response to the browsing request from the browser terminal 3, the video publishing apparatus 1 uses the page extraction unit 112 to refer to the event information storage unit 102 and extract the requested Web page (S202).
After extracting the Web page, it is determined whether or not the user ID of the browser of the browser terminal 3 that has transmitted the browsing request is acquired (S203).
As a result, if the user ID has not been acquired, for example, if the viewer is a guest user who has not logged in from a predetermined login screen, the extracted web page is transmitted to the viewer terminal 3 as it is (S205). ).

On the other hand, if the user ID of the browser has been acquired as a result of the determination process in S203, for example, if the viewer has logged in using a user ID from a predetermined login screen, the extracted Web In the page, an identification effect is set on the thumbnail of the moving image data posted by the user corresponding to the user ID so as to be distinguishable from other thumbnails (S204).

First, the identification effect setting unit 113 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103 by the identification effect setting unit 113, and among the thumbnails uploaded to the Web page extracted by the page extraction unit 112, the user who is the viewer A thumbnail stored in association with the same user ID as the user ID is specified. Then, an identification effect is set for the identified thumbnail to distinguish it from other thumbnails uploaded to the Web page.

Here, FIG. 11 shows an example of a Web page in which the identification effect is set.
In the thumbnail list 11 in which thumbnails are listed in the Web page, the thumbnail 11b associated with the same user ID of the viewer's user ID is surrounded by a thick triple line unlike the other thumbnails.

The web page in which the identification effect is set is transmitted to the browser terminal 3 by the communication processing unit 114 (S205).
Thereby, the viewer can identify the thumbnail of the moving image data posted by himself / herself from the plurality of thumbnails.

When a viewer who has received a web page from the video publishing apparatus 1 wants to view desired video data, he / she designates a thumbnail in the web page and instructs the video publishing apparatus 1 to correspond to the designated thumbnail. A data distribution request is transmitted (S206).

In response to the distribution request from the viewer terminal 3, the video disclosing device 1 refers to the video information storage unit 103 and distributes the video data associated with the specified thumbnail to the viewer terminal 3 (S207). ).
Through the above processing, the viewer can easily identify his / her moving image data related to the event and the moving image data of others and select and view desired moving image data. Also, since the thumbnails are arranged in time series according to the shooting date and time, it is possible to easily find the moving image data of the time that you want to watch.

In this embodiment, in response to a web page browsing request from a viewer who cannot grasp the user ID, a web page that does not set the identification effect is provided. In this case, login may be requested or user registration may be requested.

In the first embodiment, in the determination process by the determination processing unit 107, the posted moving image data is captured in the event holding time zone based on the information related to the event holding time zone and the shooting start date and time of the video data. In the second embodiment, it is determined whether or not the event holding time zone and the video data shooting time zone overlap. , Accept video data posting.

In this example, the metadata of the moving image data includes one or both of shooting end date information and reproduction time information in addition to shooting start date information. Therefore, in the metadata of the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 of this example, as shown in FIG. 12, in addition to the information related to the shooting start date and time of the moving image data, the shooting end date or playback of the moving image data Either time or both are included.
Note that even if the metadata includes only one of the shooting end date / time and playback time of the video data, the shooting start date / time and playback time, or the shooting start date / time and shooting end date / time, respectively. The end date / time or playback time is calculated.

Also, in this example, the shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105 executes processing for acquiring information related to the shooting end date / time and / or the playback time, in addition to the information related to the shooting start date / time, from the metadata of the moving image data.

In this example, the determination processing unit 107 also includes information related to the event holding time period extracted by the event information extraction unit 106, the shooting start date and time of the moving image data acquired by the shooting date and time information acquisition unit 105, and shooting. Whether or not the posted video data overlaps the event time zone and the video data shooting time zone based on the information related to the shooting time zone of the video data derived from the end date and time or the information related to the playback time information Therefore, it is determined whether or not the moving image data is taken during the event holding time zone.

For example, when the event time period is from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 5, 2011, the shooting start date and time of the posted video data is June 1st, 2011 at 16:00 and the shooting end date and time is 2011. When it is 16:30 on June 5, 2012, the shooting time zone of the video data is derived as 16:30 from 16:00 on June 5, 2011, and the shooting time zone of the video data is the event holding time zone. Since it overlaps, the posted moving image data is determined to have been taken during the event.
Similarly, when the event is held from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 5, 2011, the shooting start date and time of the posted video data is June 5, 2011 at 16:30. When the time is 1 hour, the shooting time zone of the moving image data is derived from 16:30 to 17:30 on June 5, 2011, and the shooting time zone of the moving image data overlaps with the event holding time zone. The posted moving image data is determined to have been taken during the event.
On the other hand, in the same way, when the event time period is from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 5, 2011, the shooting start date and time of the posted video data is June 5, 2011 at 18:00, and the shooting end date and time Since the shooting time zone of the video data does not overlap with the event holding time zone when it is 15:00 on June 5, 2011, the posted video data is not taken during the event holding. to decide.

As a result of the determination processing by the determination processing unit 107 according to the present embodiment, when it is determined that the posted moving image data is taken during the event holding time period, the page update unit 111 updates the Web page. It will be. The thumbnails in the Web page updated at this time are arranged in the order of shooting start date and time.

In the above embodiment, as long as the event holding time zone and the shooting time zone of the video data partially overlap, it is determined that the video data was shot during the event holding and posted. However, in another embodiment, the posting of the moving image data can be received only when the shooting time zone of the moving image data is completely within the event holding time zone.

In the third embodiment, in accordance with the posting of the moving image data from the poster terminal 2, the moving image data with the oldest reception date is automatically deleted from the accumulated moving image data.
A specific configuration for realizing a series of processes by the moving image publishing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The video publishing apparatus 5 according to this embodiment includes a poster terminal 2 used by a poster who posts video data, a viewer terminal 3 used by a viewer of video data, and a venue terminal installed in the event venue. 4 can be communicated with each other via a network NW such as the Internet.
Note that the configurations of the poster terminal 2, the viewer terminal 3, and the venue terminal 4 in the present embodiment are the same as described above.

The moving image publishing apparatus 5 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing the computer program and predetermined data, and a hard disk By an external storage device such as a drive, a user information storage unit 101, an event information storage unit 102, a moving image information storage unit 103, an event ID issue unit 104, a shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105, an event information extraction unit 106, a determination processing unit 107, Thumbnail generation unit 108, moving image information registration unit 109, page specification unit 110, page update unit 111, page extraction unit 112, identification effect setting unit 113, communication processing unit 114, distribution processing unit 115, reception date and time information acquisition unit 116, deletion Each functional block including the processing unit 117 is configured.
Note that the user information storage unit 101, event information storage unit 102, event ID issuing unit 104, shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105, event information extraction unit 106, determination processing unit 107, thumbnail generation unit 108, video information registration unit 109, page The functions of the specifying unit 110, the page updating unit 111, the page extracting unit 112, the identification effect setting unit 113, the communication processing unit 114, and the distribution processing unit 115 are the same as the functions of the corresponding functional units in the first embodiment described above. It is.

The moving image information storage unit 103 is a storage unit that can store information related to moving image data posted from the poster terminal 2.
For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the moving image information storage unit 103 includes moving image data that has been accepted for posting, reception date and time of moving image data, thumbnails of moving image data, and text information that has been received at the time of posting by e-mail. The evaluation information regarding the moving image data received from the viewer and the user ID of the poster who posted the moving image data can be stored in association with each other.
The reception date / time of the moving image data is acquired by the reception date / time information acquisition unit 116.

The reception date / time information acquisition unit 116 acquires the reception date / time information of the moving image data. The reception date / time information acquisition unit 116 acquires the reception date / time information by referring to the current date / time information when receiving the posted mail while timing the current date / time information.

The deletion processing unit 117 registers the moving image data received by the moving image information registration unit 109 in the moving image information storage unit 103, so that the number of moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 exceeds a predetermined number. In addition, the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 is deleted in the order from the oldest reception date and time in an amount exceeding a predetermined number.

Next, a flow of processing for accepting posting of moving image data from a poster via the poster terminal 2 by the video publishing apparatus 5 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The poster who has participated in the event uses the poster terminal 2 to photograph the event (S301).
The moving image data obtained in this way is stored in the moving image information storage unit 203 (S302).

When posting the moving image data, the contributor obtains an event ID from the venue terminal 4 installed in the venue (S303).
The event ID is configured as a unique e-mail address for each event, and the contributor creates an e-mail ("posted mail") for posting moving image data, with this mail address as the address.
The contributor posts the moving image data by transmitting the created post mail through the contributor terminal 2 (S304).

When the video publishing apparatus 5 receives the posted mail, the reception date / time information acquisition unit 116 acquires the reception date / time information of the video data (S305).
Further, the shooting date / time information acquisition unit 105 analyzes the metadata of the moving image data and acquires shooting start date / time information (S306).
Further, the event information extraction unit 106 refers to the event information storage unit 102 based on the event ID configured as an email address, and extracts information related to the holding time zone of the corresponding event (S307).

The determination processing unit 107 determines whether or not shooting of moving image data was started during the holding time of the event based on the extracted holding time information of the event and the shooting start date / time information of the acquired moving image data. Judgment is made (S308).

As a result, when the shooting of the video data has not started during the event holding time, it is determined that the video data is not related to the event designated by the poster, and the poster terminal 2 On the other hand, the process is terminated by returning an error message indicating that the posting is not accepted (S309).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination processing in S308, if shooting of moving image data has been started during the event holding time period, it is determined that the moving image data relates to the event designated by the poster, and posting is accepted. .
In accepting the posting, first, the thumbnail generator 108 generates a thumbnail of the moving image data (S310).
Then, the moving image information registration unit 109 receives the moving image data attached to the mail received from the poster terminal 2, the thumbnail generated by the thumbnail generation unit 108, the text information input in the subject and body fields of the posted mail, and the shooting date / time information. The shooting start date and time information acquired by the acquisition unit 105 and the user ID as the transmission source address of the posted mail are associated with each other and registered in the moving image information storage unit 103 (S311).

Here, the deletion processing unit 117 has registered the moving image data in the moving image information storage unit 103 by the moving image information registration unit 109 so that the number of moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 exceeds a predetermined number. It is determined whether or not (S312).
As a result, when the number of moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 exceeds a predetermined number, the reception date and time of each moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 is referred to. In order from the oldest, the video data corresponding to the predetermined number is deleted (S313).

In response to the registration of new moving image data, the page specifying unit 110 refers to the event information storage unit 102 and specifies a Web page associated with the event ID configured as the mail address of the posted mail (S314). ).
Here, an example of a Web page for each event stored in the event information storage unit 102 is shown in FIG.
On the Web page, together with event information 20 related to the event, a thumbnail list 21 in which thumbnails of posted videos are listed is displayed.

In the thumbnail list 21, shooting start date / time information, text information, evaluation information, and the like of each moving image data extracted from the moving image information storage unit 103 are also displayed.
The thumbnails in the thumbnail list 21 are displayed vertically in the order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data corresponding to each thumbnail, but may be displayed in the order of the reception date and time of the moving image data.

Thus, when the thumbnail of the newly posted moving image data is generated, it is reflected on the Web page, and the Web page of the event information storage unit 102 is updated (S315).
Thereby, the amount of data to be stored in the moving image publishing apparatus 5 can be reduced, and the processing burden can be reduced.
In addition, moving image data with a new reception date and time can be easily noticed.

In the fourth embodiment, unlike the above-described embodiment that determines whether or not to accept posting of moving image data based on the shooting start date and time and the shooting time zone, whether or not to accept posting of moving image data based on the received date and time of moving image data It is good also as what judges.
This embodiment will be described as a modification of the above-described third embodiment.

In this example, the determination processing unit 107 is based on the information related to the event time period extracted by the event information extraction unit 106 and the information related to the reception date and time of the posted mail acquired by the date and time information acquisition unit 105. It is determined whether or not the moving image data is related to the event designated by the poster based on whether or not the posted moving image data is received during the event holding time period.

For example, if the event is held from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 5, 2011, and the received date / time of the posted email is 15:00 on June 5, 2011, the received date / time of the posted email is the event Therefore, the moving image data attached to the posted mail is determined to be related to the event.
On the other hand, similarly, when the event is held from 15:00 on June 5, 2011 to 17:00, when the received date / time of the posted email is 18:00 on June 5, 2011, the received date / time of the posted email Does not belong to the event time zone, it is determined that the video data attached to the posted mail is not related to the event.

As a result of the determination processing by the determination processing unit 107 according to the present embodiment, when it is determined that the posted moving image data is related to an event, the page update unit 111 updates the Web page. In addition, the thumbnails in the Web page updated at this time are arranged in order of the received date and time of the posted moving image data.

In the above embodiment, the contributor terminal 2 is provided with all the configurations of the photographing unit 201, the timing unit 202, the moving image information storage unit 203, the input / output processing unit 204, and the communication processing unit 205. The functional units of the unit 201, the time measuring unit 202, and the moving image information storage unit 203 are provided in a digital camera or the like, and the moving image data acquired thereby is posted to the moving image publishing apparatus 1 from another terminal such as a mobile phone. The poster terminal 2 may be configured by separate devices.

In the present embodiment, the event ID is acquired from the venue terminal 4, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the event ID is provided on a predetermined website or printed on a paper medium such as a pamphlet related to the event. Or provide it.

Moreover, the structure demonstrated in the above this embodiment can be implemented in various combinations. For example, in addition to a configuration in which moving image data is arranged and displayed in order of shooting date and time, a configuration in which moving image data with an older reception date and time is deleted by an amount exceeding a predetermined number is added, and moving image data is arranged and displayed in order of reception date A configuration in which moving image data with an older reception date and time is deleted by a portion exceeding a predetermined number can be added to the configuration to be deleted.
In another example, in addition to a configuration for displaying moving image data side by side in order of shooting date and time, not only a configuration for adding an identification effect to moving image data posted by a viewing user but also moving image data in the order of reception date and time is added. It is also possible to add a configuration that gives an identification effect to the moving image data posted by the browsing user, with respect to the configuration that displays them side by side.

In addition, a function for searching for moving image data may be provided as appropriate on the Web page for each event for releasing moving image data in the present embodiment.
In the search, for example, it is possible to search the shooting start date / time and reception date / time of each moving image data within a predetermined time interval, such as moving image data shot from what hour / minute to 10 minutes / month / day. Good. Information such as the shooting start date and time and the reception date and time can be obtained from the metadata of each moving image data stored in the moving image data storage unit.
In addition to searching for specific moving image data from Web pages for each event, a plurality of Web pages prepared for each event may be searched across.

Further, the text information displayed together with the thumbnail may be the text information input in the body or subject of the posted mail, or may be arbitrarily editable by the user. In this case, a setting tool for editing text may be provided on a management screen for each user.
With such a setting tool, the same text data may be inserted every day, or a link to a predetermined website or the like may be inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 17, various icons 21a may be pasted in a frame for displaying text information. The icon 20a may be a link to a predetermined Web site or the like, or may be a simple design for drawing attention.

In addition, in the posting of moving image data in the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that it is executed by the mailer included in the contributor terminal 2, but the dedicated application software ( So-called application) or via a predetermined website.

When using dedicated application software incorporated in the poster terminal 2, the application software, for example, refers to a moving image information storage unit that stores a moving image shot by the shooting unit, and extracts extracted moving image data. , A function for developing a thumbnail or the like on the screen so that a selection input by a poster can be accepted, a video selected by a poster according to a predetermined communication protocol with reference to a preset address on the Internet of the video publishing apparatus 1 It has a function of transmitting data to the video publishing apparatus 1 together with poster identification information and event ID. As the poster identification information in this case, an ID issued in advance to the poster, an identification number unique to the terminal, or the like can be used.
According to this, since a program specialized for posting video data is used, it is possible to omit part of operations by the poster such as extraction of video data and input of upload destination address of video data. is there. Further, by storing moving image data or storing a posting history in the software, the operation can be simplified and the convenience can be improved.

In addition, when making it possible to post moving image data from a predetermined website, for example, a contributor captures moving image data shot by a digital camera or a camera-equipped mobile terminal into a contributor terminal such as a PC. The user logs in to the website with a login ID or the like issued in advance to the poster, and uploads the video data to the video publishing apparatus. According to this, the contributor can post moving image data only by preparing a communication environment to the network.

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Communicate via a network with multiple contributor terminals used by contributors who post video data that includes shooting start date and time information in metadata, and reader terminals used by viewers who view the posted video data An apparatus that publishes posted video data on a web page prepared for each event, the video data, a thumbnail of the video data, and shooting start date / time information of the video data, Video information storage means for associating and storing, event identification information for identifying the event, a Web page prepared for each event, and a Web page for displaying a thumbnail of the video data posted by the poster , Event information storage means for storing the event holding time information in association with each other, and the poster terminal Referring to the event information storage means, the moving picture data receiving means for receiving the event identification information and the moving picture data, the shooting date and time information acquiring means for acquiring the shooting start date and time information of the moving picture data, and the event information storage means. Based on the event information extraction means for extracting the event holding time information related to the event identification information, the event holding time information of the extracted event, and the shooting start date / time information of the video data, A determination processing means for determining whether or not the moving image data has been shot; and when the moving image data is not shot at the time of the event, a determination processing means for rejecting acceptance of posting of the moving image data; As a result of the determination process, when the video data was shot during the event time period, a thumbnail of the video data is generated. Movie information registered in the movie information storage unit in association with the received movie data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired shooting start date / time information in accordance with the thumbnail generation unit and the thumbnail of the movie data A registration means, a page specifying means for specifying a Web page associated with the received event identification information with reference to the event information storage means, and the specified Web page according to the registration of the received video data A page update unit that updates thumbnails of all the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data, and a predetermined event from the viewer terminal. Refer to the browsing request receiving means for receiving the browsing request for the Web page and the event information storage means. The page extraction means for extracting the web page requested to be browsed, the web page transmission means for transmitting the extracted web page to the viewer terminal, and the web page from the browser terminal. The distribution request receiving means for receiving the distribution request of the video data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the video and the video information storage means, and the video data specified by the thumbnail is distributed to the viewer terminal A moving image disclosing device.

1, 5 Movie Disclosing Device 101 User Information Storage Unit 102 Event Information Storage Unit 103 Movie Information Storage Unit 104 Event ID Issuing Unit 105 Shooting Date / Time Information Acquisition Unit 106 Event Information Extraction Unit 107 Judgment Processing Unit 108 Thumbnail Generation Unit 109 Video Information Registration Unit 110 page identification unit 111 page update unit 112 page extraction unit 113 identification effect setting unit 114 communication processing unit 115 distribution processing unit 116 reception date and time information acquisition unit 117 deletion processing unit 2 poster terminal 201 imaging unit 202 timing unit 203 moving image information storage unit 204 I / O processing unit 205 Communication processing unit 3 Browser terminal 301 I / O processing unit 302 Communication processing unit 4 Venue terminal NW network

Claims

Communicate via a network with multiple contributor terminals used by contributors who post video data that includes shooting start date and time information in metadata, and reader terminals used by viewers who view the posted video data An apparatus that publishes posted video data on a web page configured for each event,
Movie information storage means for storing the movie data, the thumbnail of the movie data, and the shooting start date and time information of the movie data in association with each other;
Event information storage that stores event identification information that identifies the event and a Web page that is prepared for each event and that displays a thumbnail of the moving image data posted by the poster in association with each other Means,
Video data receiving means for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal;
Shooting date and time information acquisition means for acquiring shooting start date and time information of the video data;
Thumbnail generation means for generating a thumbnail of the video data;
In accordance with generation of the thumbnail of the moving image data, the received moving image data, the generated thumbnail, and the moving image information registration unit that registers the acquired shooting start date and time information in association with the moving image information storage unit,
Referring to the event information storage means, a page specifying means for specifying a Web page associated with the received event identification information;
In response to the registration of the received moving image data, the specified Web page is displayed on a Web page in which thumbnails of all moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit are displayed side by side in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data. Page update means to update;
A browsing request receiving means for receiving a browsing request for a web page of a predetermined event from the browser terminal;
Referring to the event information storage means, a page extracting means for extracting the web page requested to be browsed;
Web page transmitting means for transmitting the extracted Web page to the browser terminal;
Distribution request receiving means for receiving a distribution request for moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page from the browser terminal;
A delivery means for delivering the video data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the video information storage means;
A video publishing apparatus characterized by that.
With reference to the event information storage means, event information extraction means for extracting event time zone information of the event related to the received event identification information;
Determination processing means for determining whether or not the moving image data was shot in the holding time zone of the event based on the extracted holding time information of the event and shooting start date and time information of the moving image data; Have
The event information storage means includes event identification information for identifying the event, a Web page prepared for each event, a Web page displaying a thumbnail of the video data posted by the poster, and the event Store the time zone information in association with each other,
The thumbnail generation means generates a thumbnail of the video data when the video data was shot during the event holding time as a result of the determination process.
The moving image disclosing device according to claim 1.
The metadata of the video data further includes shooting end date / time information or playback time information,
With reference to the event information storage means, event information extraction means for extracting event time zone information of the event related to the received event identification information;
The event holding time based on the extracted event holding time information, the shooting start date / time information of the moving image data, and the shooting time zone of the moving image data derived from the shooting end date / time information or the reproduction time information. Determination processing means for determining whether or not the band and the shooting time period of the moving image data overlap,
The event information storage means includes event identification information for identifying the event, a Web page prepared for each event, a Web page displaying a thumbnail of the video data posted by the poster, and the event Store the time zone information in association with each other,
The shooting date / time information acquisition means acquires shooting start date / time information of the moving image data and the shooting end date / time information or playback time information,
The thumbnail generation means generates a thumbnail of the video data when there is an overlapping time between the event holding time zone and the video data shooting time zone as a result of the determination process.
The moving image disclosing device according to claim 1.
The event identification information is configured as a unique email address for each event,
The moving image data receiving means receives an e-mail to which the moving image data is attached and the event identification information is a destination from the poster terminal,
The page identifying means refers to the event information storage means to identify a web page associated with event identification information configured as a mail address of the email;
The moving image disclosing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
Further comprising event identification information issuing means for issuing the event identification information,
The moving image disclosing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
A reception date and time information acquisition means for acquiring the reception date and time information of the video data;
When the number of video data stored in the video information storage means exceeds a predetermined number by registering the received video data in the video information storage means by the video information registration means, the video information Deletion processing means for deleting the moving image data stored in the storage means, in order from the oldest reception date and time, by an amount exceeding the predetermined number,
The moving image information storage means stores the moving image data, the thumbnail of the moving image data, the shooting start date / time information of the moving image data, and the received date / time information of the moving image data in association with each other,
The moving image information registration means associates the received moving image data, the generated thumbnail, the acquired shooting start date / time information, and the acquired received date / time information in accordance with generation of the thumbnail of the moving image data. Register in the video information storage means,
The moving image disclosing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
User identification information for identifying the contributor or the viewer is issued to the contributor or the viewer,
In the Web page extracted by the page extraction unit, the moving image information storage unit is referred to, and a thumbnail associated with the same user identification information as the user identification information received from the viewer terminal by the browsing request receiving unit is specified. And an identification effect setting means for setting an identification effect for distinguishing the thumbnail from other thumbnails,
The moving image data receiving means receives user identification information, event identification information, and moving image data from the poster terminal,
The moving image information storage means associates the user identification information, the moving image data, the thumbnail of the moving image data, the shooting start date / time information of the moving image data, and the reception date / time information of the moving image data when acquired. Remember,
The browsing request receiving means receives a browsing request for a Web page of a predetermined event together with the user identification information from the browsing terminal,
The Web page transmitting means transmits a Web page in which the identification effect is set to the browser terminal.
The moving image disclosing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
It is configured to be communicable via a network with multiple contributor terminals used by contributors who post video data, and reader terminals used by viewers viewing the posted video data, and prepared for each event. An apparatus for publishing posted video data on a posted web page,
Movie information storage means for storing the movie data, the thumbnail of the movie data, and the reception date information of the movie data in association with each other;
Event information storage that stores event identification information that identifies the event and a Web page that is prepared for each event and that displays a thumbnail of the moving image data posted by the poster in association with each other Means,
Video data receiving means for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal;
A reception date and time information acquisition means for acquiring the reception date and time information of the video data;
Thumbnail generation means for generating a thumbnail of the received video data;
In accordance with the generation of the thumbnail of the moving image data, the moving image information registration unit that associates the received moving image data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired reception date information with the moving image information storage unit,
Referring to the event information storage means, a page specifying means for specifying a Web page associated with the received event identification information;
In response to the registration of the received moving image data, the specified Web page is updated to a Web page that displays thumbnails of all moving image data stored in the moving image information storage means in order of the reception date of the moving image data. Page update means to
A browsing request receiving means for receiving a browsing request for a web page of a predetermined event from the browser terminal;
An extraction processing means for extracting the Web page requested to be browsed with reference to the event information storage means;
Web page transmitting means for transmitting the extracted Web page to the browser terminal;
Browsing request receiving means for receiving a browsing request for moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page from the browser terminal;
Video data distribution means for distributing the video data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the video information storage means,
A video publishing apparatus characterized by that.
When the number of video data stored in the video information storage means exceeds a predetermined number by registering the received video data in the video information storage means by the video information registration means, the video information Deletion processing means for deleting the moving image data stored in the storage means in order from the oldest reception date and time by the amount exceeding the predetermined number;
The moving image disclosing device according to claim 8.
Communicate via a network with multiple contributor terminals used by contributors who post video data that includes shooting start date and time information in metadata, and reader terminals used by viewers who view the posted video data Configured and possible
Movie information storage means for storing the movie data, thumbnails of the movie data, and shooting start date / time information of the movie data in association with each other, event identification information for identifying the event, and a web page prepared for each event A computer having event information storage means for storing a web page displaying thumbnails of moving image data posted by the contributor in association with each other,
A method of publishing posted video data on a web page prepared for each event,
Processing for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal,
A process of acquiring shooting start date and time information of the video data;
Processing to generate thumbnails of the video data,
A process of associating the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired shooting start date / time information in the video information storage unit in accordance with generation of the thumbnail of the video data;
A process of referring to the event information storage means to identify a Web page associated with the received event identification information;
In response to the registration of the received moving image data, the specified Web page is displayed on a Web page in which thumbnails of all moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit are displayed side by side in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data. Update process,
A process for receiving a web page browsing request for a predetermined event from the browser terminal;
A process of referring to the event information storage means and extracting the web page requested to be browsed;
A process of transmitting the extracted web page to the browser terminal;
A process of receiving a distribution request for moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page from the browser terminal;
A process of referring to the moving image information storage means and distributing the moving image data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal;
A video publishing method characterized by that.
Communicate via a network with multiple contributor terminals used by contributors who post video data that includes shooting start date and time information in metadata, and reader terminals used by viewers who view the posted video data Configured and possible
Movie information storage means for storing the movie data, thumbnails of the movie data, and shooting start date / time information of the movie data in association with each other, event identification information for identifying the event, and a web page prepared for each event A computer having event information storage means for storing a web page displaying thumbnails of moving image data posted by the contributor in association with each other,
A program for functioning as a video publishing device for publishing posted video data on a web page prepared for each event,
In the above computer,
Processing for receiving event identification information and video data from the poster terminal,
A process of acquiring shooting start date and time information of the video data;
Processing to generate thumbnails of the video data,
A process of associating the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the acquired shooting start date / time information in the video information storage unit in accordance with generation of the thumbnail of the video data;
A process of referring to the event information storage means to identify a Web page associated with the received event identification information;
In response to the registration of the received moving image data, the specified Web page is displayed on a Web page in which thumbnails of all moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit are displayed side by side in order of the shooting start date and time of the moving image data. Update process,
A process for receiving a web page browsing request for a predetermined event from the browser terminal;
A process of referring to the event information storage means and extracting the web page requested to be browsed;
A process of transmitting the extracted web page to the browser terminal;
A process of receiving a distribution request for moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail displayed on the Web page from the browser terminal;
Processing to distribute the video data specified by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the video information storage means;
Computer program.