JP2001326742A - Imaging system, server system and communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system which intermediates in information exchange between users and provides each user with information matched to the desire of the user. SOLUTION: This imaging system 100 communicable a server system 200 for housing information concerning a user through a communication network 300 is provided with an imaging part 140 for imaging the image of the user, a portable telephone communication part 112 for communication with a user's portable telephone set 400, a personal authentication data obtaining part for obtaining personal authentication data for authenticating the user through the part 112 and a data identifying part for coordinating virtual memory personal authentication data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an imaging system, a server system, and a communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to an imaging system for capturing an image of a user, a server system for holding the captured image, and a communication system including the imaging system and the server system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an information exchange mediation device for electronically mediating information exchange between users. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-232893 discloses that W
A device that mediates information exchange between users as a WW server is disclosed.

[0003] In recent years, mobile phones have rapidly spread, and are used by a wide range of users as business tools and communication tools.

[0004]

However, when exchanging information, it is important to provide information that matches the wishes of the user, and it is desired to provide more desired information. Also, leakage of personal information due to information disclosure has been a problem.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an imaging system, a server system, and a communication system that can solve the above-mentioned problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an imaging system capable of communicating via a communication network with a server system for storing information relating to a user, wherein an image of the user is captured. A mobile phone communication unit that communicates with the user's mobile phone; a personal authentication data obtaining unit that obtains personal authentication data identifying the user via the mobile phone communication unit; A data identification unit for associating authentication data.

[0007] The apparatus may further include a profile input unit for inputting the user's profile. The data identification unit may associate the profile with the personal authentication data.

[0008] A server communication unit for transmitting at least one of the image and the profile to the server in a state where the correspondence with the personal authentication data can be recognized may be further provided.

[0009] The information processing apparatus may further include a disclosure content specifying unit that specifies disclosure content to be disclosed via the communication network from the personal authentication data, the image data, and the profile.

[0010] The personal authentication data may be a telephone number of the mobile phone.

[0011] The mobile phone communication unit may transmit the image captured by the imaging unit to a mobile phone of the user so that the image can be used as wallpaper of the mobile phone.

[0012] The microphone may further include a microphone for inputting voice, and a voice data identification unit for associating voice data of the voice input by the microphone with the personal authentication data.

[0013] The imaging section may capture an image of a group user including a plurality of users. The profile input unit may input a profile of the group user. The data identification unit may associate the image with the profile of the group user.

[0014] The imaging unit may capture an image of a group user including the plurality of users. The mobile communication unit may communicate with a plurality of the mobile phones owned by each of the group users. The personal authentication data obtaining unit may obtain the personal authentication data from each of the group users. The data identification unit may associate a combination of the image and the personal authentication data of each user.

[0015] When the portable communication unit communicates with the plurality of portable telephones, an instruction to indicate to each user that the users are arranged in an order corresponding to the personal authentication data of each user of the group users. A unit may be further provided.

[0016] The mobile phone may further include a mobile phone outlet for connecting the plurality of mobile phones. The mobile communication unit may communicate with the plurality of mobile phones via the mobile phone slot. The instruction unit may indicate to the user that the users are arranged in an order corresponding to a position where the insertion port is provided.

[0017] The profile input unit may input the profile of each of the group users. The data identification unit may associate the personal authentication data of the same user with the profile of each user.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server system for receiving and holding information on a registered user registered in the imaging system from an imaging system via a communication network, wherein the personal system identifies the registered user. Authentication data,
An image of the registered user, an imaging system communication unit that receives at least one of data of the profile of the registered user from an imaging system, personal authentication data for identifying the registered user, an image of the registered user, and an image of the registered user. A user information holding unit that holds at least one data of the profile, and a search condition receiving unit that receives a search condition of the data stored in the user information storage unit from a browsing user who browses information about the user in the browsing system. User information extraction for extracting data hitting the search condition from the disclosed content and non-public content other than the disclosed content stored in the user information storage unit based on the search condition received by the search condition receiving unit. Unit. The imaging system communication unit transmits the data extracted by the user information extraction unit to the imaging system.

[0019] A public content extracting section for extracting the public content from the data extracted by the user information extracting section may be further provided. The imaging system communication unit may transmit the disclosure content extracted by the disclosure content extraction unit to the imaging system.

[0020] The data stored in the user information storage unit may be distributed to a plurality of users via the communication network.

[0021] The imaging system communication section may receive disclosure specification information for specifying the disclosure content.

[0022] The user information storage unit may store the data of the browsing user. When the search condition receiving unit receives the search condition from the browsing user and the user information extracting unit extracts the data of the registered user, the data of the browsing user is stored in a mobile phone of the registered user. A mobile phone communication unit for transmitting may be further provided.

When the communication unit receives an image of a group user including a plurality of users and a profile of the group user, the user information storage unit stores the image and the profile of the group user in association with each other. You may.

[0024] When the communication unit receives personal authentication data of each of the group users, the user information storage unit may store the combination of the image data and the personal authentication data in association with each other. .

[0025] The communication unit may receive position information indicating the position of the personal authentication data of each user of the group user in an image of the group user. The user information storage unit may store the position information.

When the communication unit receives the image and / or the profile associated with the personal authentication data already stored in the user information storage unit,
The image processing apparatus may further include a user information monitoring unit that deletes the image data and / or the profile stored in the user information storage unit.

[0027] The personal authentication data may be a telephone number of the mobile phone.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system capable of communicating information about a user via a communication network, comprising: an imaging system for transmitting the information of the user; And a server system for storing the information. An imaging unit that captures an image of the user; a mobile phone communication unit that communicates with a mobile phone of the user; and an individual that obtains personal authentication data for identifying the user via the mobile phone communication unit. An authentication data acquisition unit; and a data identification unit that associates the user image with the personal authentication data. The server system includes:
An imaging system communication unit configured to receive at least one of image data indicating the image of the user and a profile of the user from an imaging system in a state where the correspondence with the personal authentication data for identifying the user can be recognized; A user information storage unit that stores the image data and / or the profile received from the system communication unit and the personal authentication data in association with each other.

The above summary of the present invention does not list all of the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these features may also constitute the present invention.

[0030]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the present invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention and have the features described in the embodiments. Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the entire communication system. The communication system includes imaging systems 100a and 100b and a server system 200. Imaging system 100
The server system 200 communicates via the communication network 300. The communication network is a network connecting a plurality of terminals, such as the Internet and a telephone line. The imaging systems 100a and 100b capture an image of a user and further input a profile of the user. Imaging system 100a, b
Transmits user information about the user, such as the user's image and profile, to the server system 200. The server system 200 receives and holds user information from the imaging systems 100a and 100b.

The imaging system 100 also provides the user with the user information stored in the server system 200.
The imaging system 100 receives a search condition from a user,
The search condition is transmitted to the server system 200. The server system 200 transmits the user information that matches the search condition to the imaging system 100. The imaging system 100 provides the user with the user information received from the server system 200. Detailed operations of the imaging system 100 and the server system 200 in registering user information and searching for user information will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The communication system according to the present embodiment is composed of a plurality of imaging systems 100.
00 communicates with the server system 200 via the communication network 300. Since a plurality of imaging systems 100 are provided, they can be distributed and arranged in a wide area. Therefore, the user can use the imaging system 100 without being restricted by a place. Also, since all the imaging systems 100 are communicating with the communication network 300,
Each imaging system 100 can extract user information to be provided to the user from all user information input from each imaging system 100.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the appearance of the imaging system 100. On the front of the imaging system 100, mobile phone insertion ports 104a, 104b, 104c, a printer 106, and a microphone 108 are provided. Mobile phone outlets 104a, b, c
Connect to mobile phone 400. When the user inserts the mobile phone 400 into the mobile phone slots 104a, 104b, 104c, the imaging system 100 establishes communication with the mobile phone 400. Since three mobile phone outlets 104a, 104b, and 104c are provided, the imaging system 100 can communicate with three users simultaneously.

When communication with mobile phone 400 is established, image capturing system 100 captures an image of the user. The printer 106 outputs the captured user image. Operation unit 1
10 receives an input from a user. Microphone 108
Inputs voice. The user can use these to enter the user's profile and voice message. The imaging system 100 registers these data as user information.

FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of the imaging system 100. The imaging system 100 includes a mobile phone insertion slot 104a, b, c, a mobile phone communication unit 112, a personal authentication data memory 114, a control unit 116, an operation unit 118, an imaging unit 120, an image memory 122, an audio data memory 124, a profile. A memory 126, a public content memory 128, a search condition memory 130, a server communication unit 134,
An LCD monitor 102 and a printer 106 are provided. The control unit 116 according to the present embodiment includes a “data identification unit”, a “voice data identification unit”, and a “public content designation unit” described in the claims. The control unit 116 stores the ROM and RA
M and the like. The functions of the "data recognition unit", "voice data identification unit", and "public content designation unit" may be provided by a CPU and software stored in a ROM or a RAM, and may be executed by the CPU.

The mobile phone outlets 104a, 104b, 104c connect to the user's mobile phone 400. Mobile phone communication unit 112
Communicates with the mobile phone 400 via the mobile phone slots 104a, 104b, 104c. In the mobile phone communication unit 112, the mobile phone outlets 104a, 104b, and 104c can be connected to two or three mobile phones 400 at the same time. As described above, since the mobile phone 400 has the plurality of mobile phone insertion ports 104a, 104b, and 104c, it is possible to simultaneously communicate with the plurality of mobile phones 400.

When the communication is established, the mobile phone communication section 112 acquires personal authentication data for identifying the user from the mobile phone 400 and sends the personal authentication data to the personal authentication data memory 114. The personal authentication data of the present embodiment is a telephone number. The mobile phone communication unit 112 further includes a mobile phone outlet 104a,
Position information indicating which of the outlets b and c is connected is created and sent to the personal authentication data memory 114. The personal authentication data memory 114 stores the mobile phone communication unit 1
The telephone number and the position information are received from 12, and the telephone number and the position information are stored in association with each other. In this way, the telephone number and the personal authentication data memory 114 are stored in the mobile phone slot 1
Since the position information indicating the positions of 04a, b, and c are stored in association with each other, even when a plurality of mobile phones 400 are connected,
The telephone number and connection position of each mobile phone 400 can be identified.

The imaging unit 120 captures an image of the user and sends the user image to the image memory 122. The image memory 122 holds a user image. The operation unit 118
An instruction from the user is accepted, and the input content is sent to the control unit 116. The microphone 108 inputs voice and sends the input voice message to the voice data memory 124. The voice data memory 124 holds the voice message received from the microphone 108.

The control unit 116 creates a user's profile based on the input from the operation unit 118 and sends it to the profile memory 126. Profile memory 126
Holds the received profile.

The control unit 116 stores the personal authentication data memory 1
The telephone number held in 14, the image held in the image memory 122, the voice message held in the voice data memory 124, and the profile held in the profile memory 126 are extracted. The control unit 116 specifies public contents to be disclosed via the communication network 300 from these data, and creates public specification information for specifying the contents to be disclosed. The control unit 116 sends the disclosure designation information to the disclosure content memory 128. The public content memory 128 holds the public designation information.

The control unit 116 controls the portable telephone outlet 104
When the mobile phones a, b, and c are unplugged, the personal authentication data held in the personal authentication data memory 114, the image memory 122
, The voice message stored in the voice data memory 124, the profile stored in the profile memory 126, and the public designation information stored in the public content memory 128 are sent to the server communication unit 134. In this way, the personal authentication data, profile, image and voice message are sent continuously. Therefore, the control unit 116
The user information corresponding to one user can be transmitted in a state where it is possible to recognize which user the user information corresponds to.

The control unit 116 further includes an image memory 122
Is transmitted to the mobile phone communication unit 112. The mobile phone communication unit 112 transmits the image received from the control unit 116 to the user's mobile phone 400 so that the image can be used as wallpaper of the mobile phone 400.

When the imaging system 100 is used for a search, the control unit 116 receives a search condition based on an input from the operation unit 118. The control unit 116 sends the search condition to the search condition memory 130. Search condition memory 130
Holds the search condition. When receiving the search result from the server communication unit 134, the control unit 116 sends the search result to the LCD monitor 102 and the printer 106.

The server communication unit 134 transmits the data received from the control unit 116 to the telephone number, the image, the profile, the voice message, and the public content designation information.
Send to The server communication unit 134 also sends the data received from the server system 200 to the control unit 116. L
The CD monitor 102 and the printer 106 include a control unit 116
Outputs the data received from.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the imaging unit 120 of the imaging system 100. Imaging unit 120
Has an imaging unit 140, an inset unit 142, an image frame selection unit 144, and an image frame holding unit 146.

The image capturing section 140 captures an image and sends the captured image to the fitting section 142. Image frame holding unit 1
46 holds a plurality of image frames. The image frame selection unit 144 selects an image frame from the image frames stored in the image frame storage unit 146 based on the input from the operation unit 118. Image frame selection unit 144
Sends the selected image frame to the fitting unit 142.
The fitting unit 142 fits the image received from the imaging unit 140 into the image frame received from the image frame selecting unit 144 to create image data.

FIG. 5 is a schematic functional block diagram of the server system 200. The server system 200 includes an imaging system communication unit 202, a server system control unit 204, a user information database 206, a profile database 208, an image database 210, and a voice database 2.
12 and a mobile phone communication unit 214. The server system control unit 204 according to the present embodiment includes a “search condition receiving unit”, a “user information extracting unit”,
And “public content extraction unit”. The server system control unit 204 according to the present embodiment includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The above “search condition receiving unit”, “user information extracting unit”,
And the function of the "disclosed content extraction unit" are a CPU and R
The OM may be provided by software stored in the RAM, and may be executed by the CPU.

[0049] The imaging system communication unit 202 transmits and receives data to and from the imaging system 100. The imaging system communication unit 202 includes:
At least one of personal authentication data, an image, and a profile is received from the imaging system 100.
The imaging system communication unit 202 further receives the public designation information and the position information.

The user information database 206 holds file names of data included in user information in association with telephone numbers. The profile database 208, the image database 210, and the voice database 212 hold profiles, images, and voice messages, respectively.

The server system control unit 204 receives the user information from the imaging system communication unit 202 and assigns an ID number for identifying the user information. The server system control unit 204 stores the user information with the ID number in the user information database 206 and the profile database 20.
8. Image database 210 and audio database 2
Send to 12.

The server system control unit 204 also makes public contents held in the user information database 206, profile database 208, image database 210, and audio database 212 based on the search conditions received via the imaging system communication unit 202. , And user information including data that hits the search condition is extracted from non-public contents other than the public contents. Server system control unit 2
In step 04, the public contents are extracted from the extracted user information. The server system control unit 204 transmits the extracted disclosure contents to the imaging system 100 via the imaging system communication unit 202.

The mobile phone communication section 214 transmits the data received from the server system control section 204 to a predetermined mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the user information database 206. The ID number of the user information, the telephone number included in the user information, the position information, the image, the profile, and the voice message are stored in association with each other. An image of a group user including a plurality of users is held in association with user information of each user included in the group user. In the case of group user registration, one ID is given to the image of the group user. That is, the same ID is assigned to the user information of each user included in the group user information. As a result, information of each user included in the group user can be held in association with each other. Also, as described above, the user information database 20
No. 6 holds the file names of the image, profile, and voice message in association with the ID number, so that the correspondence between these data can be recognized.

When the user information database 206 holds a plurality of pieces of user information having the same ID included in the group user information, the user information database 206 compares the telephone numbers of the plurality of pieces of user information and sets the telephone number to an 11-digit number. , User information including a telephone number that becomes a small number is stored in order. As described above, since the data is regularly stored, the data stored in the user information database 206 can be efficiently searched when searching.

Further, among the data held in the user information database 206, a flag is given to the public contents. Thereby, the server system control unit 204
Can easily determine whether the content is to be disclosed.

FIG. 7 shows the profile database 208.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the data configuration of FIG. The profile database 208 stores, as a profile of each user,
Gender, date of birth, address, character, hobby, text message,
And hold voice messages. These are held in association with the telephone number of the user's mobile phone. As described above, the profile data is held in association with the telephone number. Therefore, when one user registers in a plurality of groups, it is possible to prevent the user information of the same user from being redundantly stored. Therefore, the memory can be used effectively.

Further, as shown in the figure, a flag is given to the contents to be made public, whereby the contents to be disclosed can be easily extracted from the held contents.

The structure of the image data and voice message data held in the image database 210 and the voice database 212 is almost the same as the profile database 208 described with reference to FIG. That is, the image database 210 and the voice database 212 hold the image and the voice message 2 in association with the telephone number.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the imaging system 100 when an image is taken and user registration is performed. When the mobile phone 400 is inserted into the mobile phone slots 104a, b, and c, the operation of the imaging system 100 starts. The mobile phone communication unit 112 is connected to the mobile phone
Communication with the mobile phone inserted into 4a, b, c is established (S100).

Next, the imaging unit 120 captures images of the users arranged in front of the imaging system 100 (S10).
2). Next, when performing user registration (S104),
The user inputs user information via the operation unit 118 (S106). If the user registration is not performed in S104, the process jumps to S110.

When the input of the user information is completed, the server communication section 134 transmits the user information to the server system 200 via the server communication section 134 (S108). Next, the control unit 116 receives the image held in the image memory 122 and sends the image to the printer 106. Printer 10
6 prints the received image (S110). Next, the control unit 116 uses the image held in the image memory 122 as the wallpaper of the mobile phone 400 as the wallpaper of the mobile phone 400.
2 to the mobile phone 400 (S112). Thus, the operation of the imaging system 100 in the registration of the user information ends. In this manner, the user information is registered while the captured image is printed and transmitted to the user's mobile phone 400, so that the waiting time can be effectively utilized.

FIG. 9A shows a wallpaper 404 displayed on the mobile phone 400. FIG. 9B shows a sticker 410 output from the printer 106. As described above, the user can display the image captured by the image capturing unit 120 on the mobile phone display unit 402 of the mobile phone 400 by using the wallpaper 4.
04. Image sticker 410
Is a print of the user image output from the printer 106.

FIG. 10 shows the communication establishment stage (S10) of FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed operation of the imaging system 100 in (0). Cellular phone outlets 104a, b, c
When the mobile phone 400 is inserted into the mobile phone, the mobile phone communication unit 1
12 is established with the mobile phone 400 (S12).
0). Next, the mobile phone communication unit 112 acquires the telephone number of the mobile phone 400 connected to the mobile phone outlets 104a, 104b, 104c. When a plurality of mobile phones 400 are connected, the telephone number of each mobile phone 400 is obtained. The mobile phone communication unit 112 also includes the mobile phone outlets 104a, b, and c.
Of the mobile phone 400 is created and sent to the personal authentication data memory 114 in association with the telephone number of the mobile phone 400 (S122).

When the telephone number is stored in personal authentication data memory 114, control unit 116 sends the telephone number stored in personal authentication data memory 114 to LCD monitor 102. The LCD monitor 102 displays the received telephone number (S124). Thus, the imaging system 100
The user can be identified by the telephone number of the mobile phone 400. Further, the user operates the LCD monitor 10.
From the content displayed in 2, it can be recognized that communication with the mobile phone 400 has been established.

FIG. 11 shows the image acquisition step (S10) of FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the detailed operation | movement of the imaging system 100 in 2). When communication with a plurality of mobile phones 400 has been established, that is, when an image of a group user is captured (S140), control unit 116 corresponds to the telephone number and position information held in personal authentication data memory 114. Sequence information indicating that each user is lined up in order
Send to D monitor 102. The LCD monitor 102 displays the sequence information, and instructs the user on the order in which they are arranged. That is,
The fact that each user is arranged in the order corresponding to the telephone number of each user of the group user is indicated to each user (S142).

When the preparation is completed, the user
0, the completion is notified to the imaging system 100 (S144). Next, the imaging unit 140 captures an image of the user (S146). If an image of one user is to be captured in S140, the process jumps to S146. Next, the user selects an image frame desired by the user from the image frames held in the image frame selection unit 144 (S148). Next, the fitting unit 142 fits the image received from the imaging unit 140 into the image frame selected by the user to create an output image (S150).

FIG. 12 shows a screen displayed on the LCD monitor 102 in the step (S142) of FIG. 11 showing the order of the users. The LCD monitor 102 in the figure displays sequence information. As described above, when capturing an image of a group user including a plurality of users, the mobile phone outlet 104
The user is urged to arrange in the order corresponding to the order of insertion into a, b, c. This makes it possible to easily associate the plurality of users in the image with the telephone numbers of the mobile phones owned by each user.

FIG. 13 shows the user information input step (S
It is a flowchart which shows the detailed operation | movement of the imaging system 100 in 106). The control unit 116 extracts the telephone number stored in the personal authentication data memory 114. In the case of a group user, a telephone number of one of the group users is extracted. The control unit 116 displays on the LCD monitor 102 a content that prompts the user who owns the mobile phone of the extracted telephone number to input user information (S1).
60).

Next, the control unit 116 extracts position information indicating a position corresponding to the extracted telephone number and sends it to the voice data memory 124 and the profile memory 126 (S1).
62). Next, the LCD monitor 102 displays a profile input screen. Next, upon receiving an instruction from the user via the operation unit 118, the control unit 116 creates a profile and sends it to the profile memory 126. The profile memory 126 holds the received profile in association with the position information received from the control unit 116 (S164).

Next, an input of a voice message is received from the user via the microphone 108. Next, the voice data memory 124 receives the voice message, and
16 in association with the position information received from
166).

Next, the control unit 116 creates, on the basis of the input from the operation unit 118, disclosure designation information for designating disclosure contents to be disclosed to the communication network 300 among telephone numbers, images, profiles, and voice messages. Then, it is stored in the public content memory 128 (S168).

If the user information of the next user is to be input (S170), the process returns to S160, and the input of the user information is repeated. Next, the telephone number and position information stored in the personal authentication data memory 114, the image stored in the image memory 122, the voice message stored in the voice data memory 124, and the profile stored in the profile memory 126 are transmitted to the server. It is sent to the unit 134 (S172).
As described above, since the user information corresponding to one image is sent to the server communication unit 134 at a time, the user information corresponding to one image can be recognized.

As described above, the profile and the voice message are held in association with the position information.
The position information is associated with a telephone number held in the personal authentication data memory 114. Therefore, the profile and the voice message stored in the profile memory 126 and the voice data memory 124 can recognize which telephone number corresponds to which profile.

FIG. 14 shows the user information input step (S
106) shows a screen displayed on the LCD monitor 102. Thus, the telephone number of the user to be registered is displayed. In the profile, entry items are predetermined, and the user fills in each item. A check box is displayed on the left side of each item. When this check box is checked,
Specified in public content. Thus, the user can
A profile can be input along with the display on the monitor 102. The user can also specify the contents to be published along with the display on the LCD monitor 102.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of server system 200 when registering user information. The server system 200 includes the imaging system communication unit 20
2, a telephone number, location information, an image, a profile, and a voice message are received (S200). Next, the imaging system communication unit 202 sends the received user information to the server system control unit 204. The server system control unit 204 associates the received telephone number, location information, profile, and voice message with the image. The server system control unit 204 compares the telephone number stored in the user information database 206 with the telephone number included in the user information received from the imaging system communication unit 202 (S
202).

When the telephone number stored in the user information database 206 is different from the telephone number included in the user information received from the imaging system communication unit 202 (S20)
4), the server system control unit 204 recognizes that the user information is the user information of a new user, and assigns an ID number to the user information (S206). Next, the server system control unit 20
Reference numeral 4 denotes a user information database 206, a profile database 208,
Image database 210 and audio database 212
(S208).

In step S204, if the telephone number included in the user information received from the imaging system communication unit 202 matches the telephone number already stored in the user information database 206, the server system control unit 204 The image data, profile, and / or voice message associated with the telephone number stored in 206 is deleted and replaced with the image data, profile data, and / or voice message received from the imaging system communication unit 202.

FIG. 16 shows that the imaging system communication unit 202
When the user information of the group user composed of three users is received, the telephone number comparing step of FIG. 15 (S2
It is a flowchart which shows the detailed operation | movement of the server system 200 in 02). Server system control unit 204
Is the phone number included in the received user information
The telephone number which becomes the smallest number when the telephone number is 11 digits is extracted, and this telephone number is compared with the telephone number held in the user information database 206 (S22).
0). The user information stored in the user information database 206 is stored in ascending order of telephone number in the case of a group user, so if there are a plurality of telephone numbers having the same ID, Just compare.

If the user information database 206 holds the same telephone number as the telephone number extracted by the server system control unit 204 (S222), the server system control unit 204 stores the user information including the same telephone number in the user information. It is extracted from the information database 206 (S224).
Next, the server system control unit 204 extracts the second smallest telephone number included in the user information received from the imaging system communication unit 202, and
Then, it is compared with the second telephone number of each user information extracted from the user information 06 (S226). If the two telephone numbers match (S228), the server system control unit 204
Compares the third telephone number included in the user information including the matched telephone number with the remaining telephone numbers included in the user information received from the imaging system communication unit 202 (S
230). When both phone numbers match (S23
2) The group user of the user information received by the imaging system communication unit 202 is already in the user information database 2
06 is determined to be held (S224).

If the telephone numbers do not match in S212, S218, and S222, the group user of the user information received from the imaging system communication unit 202 is:
It is determined that the user is a new group user (S23)
6). As described above, in the case of a group user, it is possible to prevent the same combination of group users from being registered repeatedly.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the imaging system 100 when the user searches for user information. Here, a user who has registered user information in the server system 200 is a registered user, and a user performing a search is a browsing user. The browsing user inputs search conditions (S300). The search condition is, for example, gender, address, age, personality, and the like. Next, the server communication unit 134 transmits the search condition to the server system 200 (S30).
2). Next, the server communication unit 134 communicates with the server system 2
00, user information matching the search condition is received (S
304). Next, the LCD monitor 102 displays the received user information (S306). Next, when printing the received user information (S308), the control unit 116
Causes the printer 106 to print the search result (S310). If the search result is not to be printed in S308, S310 is skipped. Thus, the operation of the imaging system 100 when searching for user information ends.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 when the browsing user searches for user information. When the browsing user inputs search conditions to the imaging system 100, the imaging system communication unit 202 receives the search conditions from the imaging system 100 and sends the search conditions to the server system control unit 204 (S400). Next, the server system control unit 204 sets the profile database 208
Is compared with the search condition, and user information that matches the search condition is extracted (S402). At this time, the server system control unit 204 extracts user information that matches the search condition based on both the public and private data of the profile. As described above, since the non-disclosed contents are also considered, it is possible to extract user information that matches the search condition.

Next, the server system control unit 204 extracts data specified in the public contents from the extracted user information (S404). Next, the imaging system communication unit 20
2 transmits the extracted disclosure content to the imaging system 100 (S406).

Next, when transmitting the user information of the browsing user to the registered user's mobile phone 400 (S408),
The server system control unit 204 sends the user information of the viewing user to the mobile phone communication unit 214. Mobile phone communication unit 21
4 is a registered user's mobile phone 4 via the communication network 300.
00, the user information of the viewing user is transmitted (S41).
0). If the user information of the browsing user is not transmitted to the registered user's mobile phone 400 in S408, S410 is skipped. Thus, the operation of the server system 200 when searching for user information ends.

As described above, the present invention has been described using the embodiments. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims.

As a first modification, in the present embodiment, the imaging system 100 associates the user information of each user of the group user with the image of the group user. One profile may be input to associate one profile with the image of the group user.

As a second modification, in the present embodiment, the imaging system 100 associates the telephone number of each user of the group user with the position in the image for the image of the group user. The combination of the telephone number of each user may be associated with the image.

As a third modification, in the present embodiment, the imaging system 100 and the mobile phone 400 communicate with each other through the mobile phone sockets 104a, 104b, 104c, but instead of Bluetooth. Communication may be performed.
In this case, each user of the group users may be associated with the mobile phone according to the order in which the communication was established. In another embodiment, the user may call the imaging system 100 from the mobile phone 400. Also in this case, each user of the group users may be associated with a telephone number in accordance with the order in which the communication was established.

As a fourth modified example, three mobile phone outlets 104 are provided in the present embodiment, but the number of mobile phone outlets 104 is not limited.

As a fifth modification, in the present embodiment, the user browses the user information with the imaging system 100, but the imaging system 100 sends the user information to a plurality of users via a communication network such as the Internet. Information may be distributed.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to mediate information exchange between users and to provide each user with information that matches the user's wishes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an entire communication system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of the imaging system 100.

FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of the imaging system 100.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an imaging unit 120 of the imaging system 100.

FIG. 5 is a schematic functional block diagram of a server system 200.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of data held in a user information database 206.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of data held in a profile database 208.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the imaging system 100 when capturing an image.

9 is a diagram showing a sticker 410 output from the printer 106 and a wallpaper 404 displayed on the mobile phone 400. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the imaging system 100 in the communication establishment stage (S100) of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the imaging system 100 in the image acquisition step (S102) of FIG.

FIG. 12 illustrates a state where L is set in the communication establishment stage (S100) of FIG.
4 shows a screen displayed on the CD monitor 102.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the imaging system 100 in the profile input step (S106) of FIG.

FIG. 14 shows a screen displayed on the LCD monitor 102 in the profile input step (S106) of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation of the server system 200 when registering user information.

FIG. 16 shows a server system 2 in the telephone number comparison step (S202) in FIG. 15 when the imaging system communication unit 202 receives the user information of the group user.
12 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an imaging system 1 when searching for user information.
12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 00.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation of the server system 200 when searching for user information.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: imaging system 102: LCD monitor 1
04: mobile phone insertion port 106: printer 108: microphone 110: operation unit 112: mobile phone communication unit 114: personal authentication data memory 116: control unit 118: operation unit 1
20: imaging unit 122: image memory 124
... voice data memory 126 ... profile memory
128: public contents memory 130: search condition memory 132: server communication unit 140: imaging unit 14
2 ... inset section 14 ... 4 image frame selection section 1
46 image frame holding unit 200 server system 202 imaging system communication unit 204 server system control unit 206 user information database
208: Profile database 210: Image database 212: Audio database 214 ...
Cellular phone communication unit 300 Communication network 400 Cellular phone 402 Cellular phone display unit 404 Wallpaper 4
10. Image sticker

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Claims (23)

[Claims] An imaging system capable of communicating via a communication network with a server system that stores information about a user, comprising: an imaging unit that captures an image of the user; and mobile phone communication that communicates with a mobile phone of the user. A personal identification data acquisition unit that acquires personal authentication data identifying the user via the mobile phone communication unit; and a data identification unit that associates the image with the personal authentication data. system. 2. The imaging system according to claim 1, further comprising a profile input unit for inputting a profile of the user, wherein the data identification unit associates the profile with the personal authentication data. 3. A server communication unit for transmitting at least one of the image and the profile to the server in a state where the correspondence with the personal authentication data can be recognized. 3. The imaging system according to claim 1. 4. The personal authentication data, the image data,
4. The imaging system according to claim 2, further comprising a disclosure content specifying unit that specifies disclosure content to be disclosed via the communication network from the profile. 5. 5. The imaging system according to claim 1, wherein the personal authentication data is a telephone number of the mobile phone. 6. The mobile phone communication unit according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone communication unit transmits the image captured by the imaging unit to a mobile phone of the user so that the image can be used as wallpaper of the mobile phone. An imaging system according to any one of the above. 7. The microphone according to claim 1, further comprising: a microphone for inputting a voice; and a voice data identification unit that associates voice data of the voice input by the microphone with the personal authentication data. An imaging system according to any of the preceding claims. 8. The image capturing section captures an image of a group user including a plurality of users, the profile input section inputs a profile of the group user, and the data identification section captures the image and the group user. The imaging system according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the profiles are associated with each other. 9. The image capturing unit captures an image of a group user including the plurality of users, the mobile communication unit communicates with a plurality of mobile phones owned by each user of the group user, and the personal The authentication data acquisition unit acquires the personal authentication data from each of the group users, and the data identification unit associates the combination of the image with the personal authentication data of each user. 3. The imaging system according to claim 1. 10. The mobile communication unit, when communicating with the plurality of mobile phones, informs each user that the users are arranged in an order corresponding to the personal authentication data of each user of the group users. The imaging system according to claim 9, further comprising an instruction unit for indicating. 11. The mobile communication device further includes a mobile phone outlet for connecting the plurality of mobile phones, the mobile communication unit communicates with the plurality of mobile phones via the mobile phone outlet, and the instruction unit includes The imaging system according to claim 10, wherein the user is informed that the users are arranged in an order corresponding to a position where the insertion port is provided. 12. The profile input unit inputs the profile of each user of the group user, and the data identification unit associates the profile of each user with the personal authentication data of the same user. The imaging system according to claim 10 or 11, wherein 13. A server system for receiving and holding information on a registered user registered in the imaging system from an imaging system via a communication network, wherein the personal authentication data identifies the registered user, and an image of the registered user. And an imaging system communication unit that receives at least one data of the profile of the registered user from an imaging system; and at least one of personal authentication data for identifying a registered user, an image of the registered user, and a profile of the registered user. A user information holding unit that holds two pieces of data; a search condition receiving unit that receives a search condition of the data stored in the user information storage unit from a browsing user who browses information about the user in the browsing system; The user based on the search condition received by the receiving unit A user information extraction unit that extracts data that hits the search condition from the public content stored in the report storage unit and non-public content other than the public content, wherein the imaging system communication unit includes the user information extraction unit And transmitting the data extracted by the server to the imaging system. 14. A public content extracting unit for extracting the public content from the data extracted by the user information extracting unit, wherein the imaging system communication unit transmits the public content extracted by the public content extracting unit to the public content. 14. The server system according to claim 13, wherein the server system transmits the data to an imaging system. 15. The server system according to claim 13, wherein said data stored in said user information storage unit is distributed to a plurality of users via said communication network. 16. The server system according to claim 13, wherein said imaging system communication unit receives public specification information for specifying said public contents. 17. The user information storage unit stores the data of the browsing user, the search condition receiving unit receives the search condition from the browsing user, and the user information extracting unit stores the data of the registered user. 17. The server system according to claim 13, further comprising a mobile phone communication unit that transmits the data of the browsing user to the mobile phone of the registered user when the data is extracted. 18. When the communication unit receives an image of a group user including a plurality of users and a profile of the group user, the user information storage unit associates the image with the profile of the group user. 18. The server system according to claim 13, wherein the server system stores the information. 19. When the communication unit receives personal authentication data of each of the group users, the user information storage unit stores the combination of the image data and the personal authentication data in association with each other. The server system according to any one of claims 13 to 17, wherein: 20. The communication unit receives personal authentication data of each user of the group user and position information indicating a position in an image of the group user, wherein the user information storage unit stores the position information. The server system according to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein: 21. When the communication unit receives the image and / or the profile associated with the personal authentication data already stored in the user information storage unit, the image and / or the profile is held in the user information storage unit. 21. The server system according to claim 13, further comprising a user information monitoring unit that deletes the image data and / or the profile. 22. The personal authentication data according to claim 13, wherein the personal authentication data is a telephone number of the mobile phone.
The server system according to any one of the above. 23. A communication system capable of communicating information about a user via a communication network, comprising: an imaging system that transmits the information of the user; and a server system that receives and holds the information of the user. An imaging unit that captures an image of the user; a mobile phone communication unit that communicates with a mobile phone of the user; and an individual that obtains personal authentication data identifying the user via the mobile phone communication unit. An authentication data acquisition unit; and a data identification unit that associates the personal authentication data with the image of the user, wherein the server system is configured to recognize the correspondence between the personal authentication data identifying the user and the user. Image data indicating an image of, and an imaging system communication unit that receives at least one of the user's profile from an imaging system And a user information storage unit for storing the image data and / or the profile received from the imaging system communication unit and the personal authentication data in association with each other.