JP2000285168A - Information processor, method for processing information, medium and image editing processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively put an image fetched from the outside in order and edit it without complicated operation. SOLUTION: This information processor is provided with a schedule preparing means for preparing a schedule provided with a character description area and an image display area together with a date/time, an image fetching means for fetching image data, to which date/time information in the image pickup is added, from the outside, a date/time information extracting means for extracting the date/time information from the image data and a control means for synthesizing image data and storing them in a prescribed storage means so as to overlap an image corresponding to the image data in the image display area where the date/time information is correspondent to the date/time of the schedule.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a medium, and an image editing processing system, and is applied to, for example, organizing and editing still image data captured by a digital still camera or the like on a personal computer. It is preferable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a personal computer apparatus, generally, a still image data captured by a digital still camera or the like is taken in, and various image processing processes are performed to generate an image desired by a user.

[0003]

The personal computer having such a configuration has only an editing processing function of arranging still image data in the order of imaging, except for executing image processing when still image data is captured. However, there is a problem in that the user is forced to perform a complicated operation in order to move the still image data to a desired image display area and effectively organize and edit the still image data.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a medium, and an image editing process capable of effectively organizing and editing an image taken from outside without complicated operations. It is intended to propose a system.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a schedule table creating means for creating a schedule table provided with a character entry area and an image display area together with a date and time, and date and time information at the time of imaging. An image capturing unit that externally captures the added image data, a date and time information extracting unit that extracts date and time information from the image data, and an image corresponding to the image data in an image display area where the date and time information and the date and time of the schedule correspond. And control means for synthesizing the image data so as to overlap the image data and storing the synthesized image data in a predetermined storage means.

An image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on an image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule based on the date and time information of the image data fetched from the outside, so that the image is externally displayed on the image display area of the schedule. The captured image can be automatically pasted and stored.

In the present invention, a schedule creation step for creating a schedule in which a character entry area and an image display area are provided together with the date and time, and an image capture that externally captures image data to which date and time information at the time of imaging has been added. And a date and time information extracting step of extracting date and time information from the image data, and synthesizing the image data so that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on an image display area corresponding to the date and time and the date and time of the schedule. And a control step of storing in the storage means.

An image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on an image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule based on the date and time information of the image data taken in from the outside, so that the image display area of the schedule is externally displayed. The captured image can be automatically pasted and stored.

Further, in the present invention, a schedule creation step for creating a schedule in which a character entry area and an image display area are provided together with the date and time, and an image capture which captures image data to which date and time information at the time of imaging is added from the outside. Step,
A date and time information extracting step of extracting date and time information from the image data; and synthesizing the image data such that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on an image display area where the date and time information and the date and time of the schedule correspond to each other. A medium for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a program comprising a control step of storing the program is provided.

The information processing apparatus executes a program for synthesizing an image corresponding to the image data on the image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule based on the date and time information of the image data fetched from the outside. Images taken from outside can be automatically pasted and stored in the image display area of the table.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an image transmitting apparatus for transmitting image data to which date and time information at the time of image capturing has been added by an image capturing means, and an image capturing apparatus for capturing the image data transmitted by the image transmitting apparatus. Scheduler creating means for creating a schedule provided with a character entry area and an image display area together with the date and time; date and time information extracting means for extracting date and time information from the image data; And an information processing apparatus comprising control means for synthesizing image data so that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on a corresponding image display area and storing the synthesized image data in a predetermined storage means.

[0012] Image data transmitted from an external image transmission device is taken in, and based on the date and time information of the image data, synthesized so that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on an image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule. Thereby, the image taken from the outside can be automatically pasted and stored in the image display area of the schedule.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Configuration of Portable Information Terminal Communication System In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable information terminal communication system as a whole, and a portable information terminal device 2 is a base for charging and data transfer (hereinafter referred to as a cradle). 3) and from the cradle 3 to RS232C (Recommended S
tandard 232C) LA via standard serial cable 4
N (Local Area Network) 5.

Here, the cradle 3 is provided with a charging terminal and a data terminal (not shown) at a portion in contact with the portable information terminal device 2, and a battery (not shown) of the portable information terminal device 2 is connected to the cradle 3 via the charging terminal. It can be charged and can be accessed from the data terminal via the serial cable 4 and the LAN 5 to the portable information terminal dedicated server 6 (hereinafter simply referred to as a dedicated server).

The dedicated server 6 transfers a home page requested from the portable information terminal device 2 and a mail spool 6A.
The management of the e-mail stored in the portable information terminal device 2, the processing of image data in response to a request from the portable information terminal device 2, and the like are executed.

A personal computer 7 is connected to the LAN 5. When a communication state is set between the personal computer 7 and the portable information terminal device 2, the personal computer 7 connects the serial cable 4 and the cradle 3 from the LAN 5. By transmitting a control command desired by the user to the portable information terminal device 2 via the data terminal,
The portable information terminal device 2 can be remotely operated.

The LAN 5 has a gateway server 8
Are connected, the portable information terminal device 2 and the dedicated server 6
And the personal computer 7 is a gateway server 8
And data communication with an external terminal (not shown) connected to the Internet 9 via the Internet.

The portable information terminal device 2 is provided with a display section 11 composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) at substantially the center of the front, and a CC provided at the upper part of the front.
D (Charge Coupled Device) A still image captured by the camera 12 is displayed, or an e-mail or homepage sent via the LAN 5 is displayed. The display unit 11 is a touch panel (not shown) for performing handwriting input via input means such as a touch pen in a data input mode for inputting a memo or an e-mail.

A microphone 13 is provided on the right side of the CCD camera 12, and collects a user's voice. A speaker 14 is built in a portion adjacent to the left of the CCD camera 12, and an antenna 18 provided at the left end of the upper surface is provided.
It outputs a ringtone when there is an incoming call via the Internet, the sound of a homepage, and the like.

Incidentally, the portable information terminal device 2 has an antenna 1
8 has a wireless communication unit (not shown) therein, and is provided with an ordinary mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handy-Phon
e System).

The portable information terminal device 2 is provided with an infrared port 15 conforming to the IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard at the upper part on the right side thereof, for example, a CCD camera for the other portable information terminal device 2 and the personal computer 7. The still image data captured by the camera 12 can be transferred via the infrared port 15 and the still image data transferred from another portable information terminal device 2 or the personal computer 7 can be received via the infrared port 15. ing.

The portable information terminal device 2 is also provided with an infrared port 15 (not shown) at the upper part on the left side, so that the left and right infrared ports 15 can be used depending on the use conditions.

Below the infrared port 15 is a memory stick slot 17 for a memory stick (trademark) 16.
The portable information terminal device 2 can use the memory stick 16 as an additional flash memory when the memory stick 16 is inserted into the memory stick slot 17.

The memory stick 16 is a type of flash memory card developed by Sony Corporation, the assignee of the present invention. This memory stick 16
Is an electrically erasable and erasable EEPROM (Electrically Erasab) in a small and thin plastic case measuring 21.5 x 50 x 2.8 [mm].
le and Programmable Read Only Memory), which stores a flash memory element, and enables writing and reading of various data such as images, voices, and music via a 10-pin terminal.

The memory stick 16 employs a unique serial protocol that can ensure compatibility with the device to be used, so that it can cope with a change in use of the built-in flash memory due to an increase in capacity or the like. Have been made to gain. Furthermore, the memory stick 16
High-speed performance with a maximum writing speed of 1.5 [MB / S] and a maximum reading speed of 2.45 [MB / S] is achieved, and erroneous erasure prevention switches prevent erroneous erasure to ensure high reliability.

Further, the portable information terminal device 2 includes a display unit 11
Are provided with a plurality of operation buttons 19 at the bottom of the CCD camera 1.
2 transmits to the personal computer 7 via the data terminal of the cradle 3 and the serial cable 4. By the way, the portable information terminal device 2
Transmits the still image data to the personal computer 7 by wireless communication via the wireless communication unit (not shown) and the antenna 18 when not set in the cradle 3.

When the transmission button 19B is pressed while the infrared port 15 and the infrared port (not shown) of the personal computer 7 are opposed to each other, the portable information terminal device 2 outputs the still image data captured by the CCD camera 12. Can be transmitted to the personal computer 7.

(1-1) Circuit Configuration of Portable Information Terminal Device Next, the circuit configuration of the portable information terminal device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The portable information terminal device 2 is roughly composed of a control unit 21 and a wireless communication unit 22.

The control unit 21 has a CPU (Central Pro
cessing Unit) controls the entire control unit 21 and the wireless communication unit 22. The system control unit 23 includes:
ROM (Read Only Memory) 24, DRAM (Dynamic Ran
dom Access Memory) 25, flash memory 26 composed of rewritable nonvolatile memory, and memory stick 1
6 is connected to a memory stick slot 17.

Here, the DRAM 25 is used as a work area for loading a predetermined program or application software read from the ROM 24 and executing a predetermined process.

The ROM 24 includes a wireless communication control program for controlling wireless communication by the wireless communication unit 22,
An image transmission program for controlling transmission of still image data captured by the CCD camera 12, an HTML (Hyper Tex
t Markup Language) Various application software such as a WWW browser for analyzing a file and displaying a home page, a display control program for controlling display of the display unit 11, and a menu program for displaying a menu screen are stored. The data is read out and loaded into the DRAM 25 as needed.

Also, the system control unit 23
LCD driver 2 based on the display control program read from M24 and various application software.
7 is driven to display C on the display unit 11 composed of an LCD.
A still image, a menu screen, a homepage, and the like captured by the CD camera 12 are displayed, and the speaker 1 is displayed.
4 to output a voice.

Further, the system control unit 23
The transmission / reception data processing unit 31 transmits still image data captured by the CD camera 12, audio data collected by the microphone 13, and input data such as e-mail created by operating a touch pen or touch keys on the touch panel 28 of the display unit 11. After performing predetermined data processing, the data is transmitted to the data transmission / reception interface 32 or the modem 29 as transmission data.

Here, when the portable information terminal device 2 is set in the cradle 3, the transmission / reception data processing section 31 sends the transmission data to the modem 29, and from the data terminal 3A of the cradle 3 via the modem 29. The data is transmitted to the personal computer 7 via the serial cable 4 (FIG. 1) and the LAN 5.

On the other hand, when the portable information terminal device 2 is not set in the cradle 3, the transmission / reception data processing unit 31 sends the data to the data transmission / reception interface 32 for data transmission by wireless communication or infrared communication.

The data transmission / reception interface 32 converts the transmission data into a data format capable of wireless communication, and sends it to the wireless communication unit 22. Wireless communication unit 2
2 is a predetermined modulation process (for example, Q
After performing PSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) modulation processing, frequency conversion is performed to a predetermined frequency band to generate a transmission signal, which is amplified to a predetermined power, and then transmitted to the antenna 18.
To a predetermined access point (not shown) via the access point and the LAN 5 (FIG. 1) via the access point.
To the personal computer 7.

The data transmission / reception interface 32
Converts the transmission data into a data format capable of performing infrared communication when performing infrared communication, and transmits the data to another portable information terminal device 2 or personal computer 7 via the infrared port 15.

Actually, in the portable information terminal device 2, C
When the still image data D51 is captured by the CD camera 12, the still image data D51 is transmitted to the system control unit 23. The system control unit 23 uses the date and time captured by the CCD camera 12 based on an internal clock (not shown) as date and time information as the image file name of the still image data D51 (for example, 1 16 0
6:00. pct), and the image files are sequentially stored in the flash memory 26.

When the transmission button 19B of the operation button group 19 is pressed by the user, the portable information terminal device 2 reads out the image file of the still image data D51 from the flash memory 26, and sends the data transmission / reception interface 31 32 or to the personal computer 7 via the cradle 3.

(1-2) Circuit Configuration of Personal Computer Next, the circuit configuration of the personal computer 7 will be described with reference to FIG. The personal computer 7
The CPU 81, ROM 83, RAM 84, hard disk 85, keyboard and mouse 86, graphics processing circuit 87, and communication interface 89 are connected to the bus 81.

The RAM 84 is used as a work area for loading a predetermined program or application software read from the ROM 83 and executing a predetermined process. The ROM 83 is a still image automatic editing software or a scheduler software as a medium in the present invention. Are stored in the RAM 84 as needed.

The personal computer 7 has a ROM 83
Reads the scheduler software from the RAM 84
And a display unit 8 such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube Display) via a graphics processing circuit 87.
8, a schedule screen 90 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

The schedule screen 90 displays the date (January 16, 1
17) and the time are displayed. In this case, the “message” regarding the “side dish” of the menu prepared by the user has already been entered in the message area 91 corresponding to the time. An image display area 92 corresponding to time is provided on the left or right side of the message area 91.

The personal computer 7 has the RO
Read out the still image automatic editing program from M83 and
In the state where the mobile information terminal device 2 is started up on the AM 84, the still image data D 51 transmitted from the portable information terminal device 2 via the LAN 5 is captured via the communication interface 89.

CPU 82 of personal computer 7
Is the image file name (1) of the still image data D51 based on the automatic still image editing program. 16 06:00.
pct) to extract date and time information (in this case, January 16, 06
0:00) and sends out the still image data D51 to the graphics processing circuit 87 together with the date and time information.

The graphics processing circuit 87 includes a CPU 8
Based on the control of 2, the still image data D51 is synthesized so as to be pasted on the image display area 92 of the schedule table screen 90 corresponding to the date and time information of the still image data D51.
Is generated and displayed on the display unit 88. In the schedule table screen 93, a still image corresponding to the still image data D51 is pasted on the image display area 92.

Next, the procedure for automatically editing a still image by the personal computer 7 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. CPU 82 of personal computer 7
Starts from the start step of RT1 and moves to step SP1.

In step SP1, the CPU 82 displays the schedule table screen 90 on the display unit 88 based on the scheduler software, and converts the still image data D51 transferred from the portable information terminal device 2 based on the automatic still image editing program. The process proceeds to the next step SP2.

In step SP2, the CPU 82 determines whether or not there is an image file of the still image data D51 that has not been edited (pasting of a still image) on the schedule table screen 90.

If a negative result is obtained here, this means that there is no image file that has not been edited on the schedule table screen 90, and that all of the captured still images have been pasted. At this time, the CPU 82 moves to the next step SP7 and ends the processing.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP2, this means that there is an image file that has not been edited on the schedule table screen 90. At this time, the CPU 82 proceeds to the next step SP3. Move on.

In step SP3, the CPU 82 determines the date and time information (1) from the image file name of the still image data D51.
16 06:00. pct) is read, and the routine goes to the next step SP4.

At step SP4, the CPU 82 determines whether or not another image file has already been pasted on the image display area 92 of the schedule table screen 90 corresponding to the date and time information. If a positive result is obtained here, this means that another image file is pasted in the image display area 92 of the schedule table screen 90 corresponding to the date and time information. At this time, the CPU 82 proceeds to the next step. Move on to SP5.

In step SP5, the CPU 82 advances the time to search for an empty image display area 92, and proceeds to the next step SP6.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP4, this means that no other image file is pasted in the image display area 92 of the schedule screen screen 90 corresponding to the date and time information. , Then the CPU
82 moves to the next step SP6.

In step SP6, the CPU 82 pastes the image file of the still image data D51 into the image display area 92 of the schedule table screen 90 corresponding to the date and time information, synthesizes the resultant, and displays the resulting schedule table screen 93 on the display unit 11. , And stored in the hard disk 85, returning to step SP2 again to repeat the above-described processing, and terminate the automatic image processing procedure for still images.

(2) Operation and Effect of the Embodiment of the Portable Computer In the above configuration, the personal computer 7 displays the schedule table screen 90 (FIG. 4) on the display unit 88 based on the scheduler software, and executes the automatic still image editing program. The still image data D51 transferred from the portable information terminal device 2 is captured based on the

Then, the personal computer 7 reads out the date and time information from the image file name of the still image data D51, and displays the image display area 9 corresponding to the date and time on the schedule table screen 90.
A schedule table screen 93 (FIG. 5) is generated by combining the image file of the still image data D <b> 51 with the image file 2 so as to be pasted thereon, and is displayed on the display unit 88 and stored in the hard disk 85.

According to the above configuration, the personal computer 7 reads the date and time information from the image file of the still image data D51 transferred from the portable information terminal device 2 based on the automatic still image editing program, and The still image data D5 is displayed in the image display area 92 corresponding to.
The schedule file screen 93 is generated by combining the first image file so as to be pasted, and is displayed on the display unit 88 and stored in the hard disk 85, so that the schedule table screen 93 is transferred without complicated operation by the user. Still image data D5
One image file can be automatically organized and edited.

When the user publishes the schedule display screen 93 as his / her home page via a WWW (World Wide Web) server, the personal computer 7 can automatically organize and edit the image files. Therefore, the creation of the schedule table screen 93 can be simplified, the creation time when the contents of the schedule table screen 93 are updated daily can be shortened, and the usability can be further improved.

Further, the portable information terminal device 2 transfers the still image data D51 picked up by the CCD camera 12 to the personal computer 7, and the personal computer 7 edits and manages the still image.
There is no need to store the still image data D51, and the storage capacity of the flash memory 26 can be reduced accordingly.

(3) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the personal computer 7 as the information processing apparatus is operated by the CPU 82 as the schedule table creating means, together with the date and time, the message area 91 as the character entry area and the image area. A schedule in which an image display area 92 as a display area is provided is created, and still image data D51 as image data to which date and time information at the time of imaging is added by a communication interface 89 as an image capturing means.
As a date and time information extracting means
82, the date and time information is extracted from the still image data D51, and the CPU 82 as a control means displays a still image corresponding to the still image data D51 in an image display area 92 corresponding to the date and time information and the date and time of the schedule screen 90 as a schedule. Have been described, the still image data D51 are synthesized and stored in the hard disk 85 as a predetermined storage means. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the schedule table including various other circuit configurations Creation means, image capture means,
The information processing apparatus may be configured by the date and time information extracting means and the control means.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the personal computer 7 captures a still image of a predetermined image size captured by the CCD camera 12 provided in the portable information terminal device 2 and the image display area 9 of the schedule table screen 90.
2 has been described, and the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this, and various image sizes of various other image capturing means such as a digital video camera may be used. The still image may be converted into the image size of the image display area 92 by the CPU 82 and pasted on the image display area 92.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a still image is pasted on the image display area 92 of the schedule table screen 90 displayed on the display section 88 as the display means based on the scheduler software. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Regardless of the arrangement of the image display area 92 of the schedule table screen 90, the still image is pasted in a desired layout corresponding to the date and time based on the still image automatic editing program. Is also good.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the personal computer 7 takes in a still image picked up by the CCD camera 12 provided in the portable information terminal device 2 as an image transmitting device and automatically enters the still image in the image display area 92. Although the case of pasting has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and a moving image captured by various other imaging means such as a digital video camera may be pasted to the image display area 92 by the CPU 82. good.
In this case, a moving image is displayed in the image display area 92.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the still image automatic editing program as a medium is read from the ROM 83 of the personal computer 7 and provided, but the present invention is not limited to this. , CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory),
DVD (Digital Video Disc), package media such as memory stick 16, semiconductor memory and magnetic disk temporarily or permanently stored, and local and area networks, the Internet, digital satellite broadcasting and other wired and wireless communication media, It may be provided by various communication interfaces such as a router and a modem.

Further, in the above embodiment, RO
The case has been described in which the personal computer 7 executes the automatic editing processing of the still image based on the automatic editing program for the still image read from the M83. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An automatic image editing program may be stored, and the portable information terminal device 2 may execute an automatic editing process of a still image.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention, an image corresponding to image data is superimposed on an image display area corresponding to the date and time of a schedule based on the date and time information of image data fetched from outside. Information processing device that can automatically paste and store an externally captured image in the image display area of the calendar, and thus can effectively edit the externally captured image without complicated operations. Can be realized.

Further, according to the present invention, based on the date and time information of the image data fetched from the outside, the image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on the image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule, and the image is synthesized. An image taken from the outside can be automatically pasted and stored in the image display area of the table, and thus an information processing method can be realized in which an image taken from the outside can be edited effectively without complicated operation.

Further, according to the present invention, a program for synthesizing an image corresponding to image data on an image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule based on the date and time information of the image data fetched from the outside is provided. By causing the apparatus to execute, it is possible to realize a medium capable of automatically pasting and storing an image fetched from outside in the image display area of the schedule.

Further, according to the present invention, image data transmitted from an external image transmitting apparatus is fetched, and an image corresponding to the image data is displayed in an image display area corresponding to the date and time of the schedule based on the date and time information of the image data. Can be automatically pasted and stored in the image display area of the calendar, and thus the images imported from the external image transmission device can be saved without complicated operations. Thus, an image editing processing system that can perform editing effectively can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a portable information terminal communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of the portable information terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a personal computer.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a schedule table screen of a scheduler.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schedule table screen of a scheduler on which a still image is pasted.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for automatic paranoid processing of a still image.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Personal digital assistant communication system, 2 ... Personal digital assistant, 3 ... Cradle, 5 ... LAN, 6 ... Dedicated server, 7 ... Personal computer, 11 ... Display part, 12 ... CCD camera 23 system control section, 24, 83 ROM, 25 DRAM, 26
... Flash memory, 27 LCD driver, 31
... Transmission / reception data processing unit, 81, bus, 82, CP
U, 84 RAM, 85 Hard disk, 87
... Graphics processing circuit, 88 ... Display unit.

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A schedule creating means for creating a schedule in which a character entry area and an image display area are provided together with a date and time; an image capturing means for externally capturing image data to which date and time information at the time of imaging is added; Date and time information extracting means for extracting date and time information from the image data; and synthesizing the image data so that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on the image display area corresponding to the date and time information and the date and time of the schedule. Control means for storing the information in a predetermined storage means. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means displays said image data on a predetermined display means after synthesizing said image data in said image display area. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the image data captured by the image capturing unit has different image sizes, the control unit converts the image data into an image size corresponding to the image display area. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 4. A schedule creation step for creating a schedule in which a character entry area and an image display area are provided together with a date and time; an image capture step for externally capturing image data to which date and time information at the time of imaging is added; A date and time information extracting step of extracting date and time information from the image data; and synthesizing the image data so that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on the image display area corresponding to the date and time information and the date and time of the schedule. And storing the information in a predetermined storage means. 5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein in the control step, the image data is combined with the image display area and then displayed on predetermined display means. 6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the image data captured by the image capturing step has different image sizes, the image data is converted to an image size corresponding to the image display area. An information processing method according to claim 1. 7. A schedule creation step for creating a schedule in which a character entry area and an image display area are provided together with a date and time; an image capture step for externally capturing image data to which date and time information at the time of imaging is added; A date and time information extracting step of extracting date and time information from the image data; and synthesizing the image data so that an image corresponding to the image data is superimposed on the image display area corresponding to the date and time information and the date and time of the schedule. And causing the information processing apparatus to execute a program, the control step comprising: storing the program in a predetermined storage unit. 8. The medium according to claim 7, wherein said control step causes the information processing apparatus to execute a program, wherein the image data is combined with the image display area and displayed on a predetermined display means. 9. The program according to claim 1, wherein the control step converts, when the image sizes of the image data captured in the image capturing step are different from each other, the image data to an image size corresponding to the image display area. The medium according to claim 7, which is executed by a processing device. 10. An image transmitting device for transmitting image data which is imaged by a predetermined image capturing device and to which date and time information at the time of image capturing is added, and an image capturing device for capturing the image data transmitted by the image transmitting device. Schedule creation means for creating a schedule provided with a character entry area and an image display area together with the date and time, date and time information extraction means for extracting date and time information from the image data, and the date and time and the date and time of the schedule And an information processing device comprising control means for synthesizing the image data so as to overlap an image corresponding to the image data on the corresponding image display area and storing the synthesized image data in a predetermined storage means. Image editing processing system. 11. The image editing processing system according to claim 10, wherein said control means of said information processing apparatus displays said image data on a predetermined display means after synthesizing said image data in said image display area. 12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means of said information processing apparatus converts said image data into an image size corresponding to said image display area when said image data has different image sizes. Claim 1
0. The image editing processing system according to 0.