JP2002183333A - Ceremony virtual attendance system using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system capable of virtual attendance to a ceremony by a specific and a plurality of browsing persons from the whole world, by executing image delivery of the ceremony state on the Internet. SOLUTION: This ceremony virtual attendance system is equipped with an image delivery device 3 for delivering a dynamic image/sound signal photographed by a video camera in each ceremony place through the Internet 8, a Web server 6, an image browsing device 4, a delivery reservation device 7, and an IP address control device 5. A reservation control part 6-2 in the Web server 6 registers peculiar/common information of the bride and bridegroom and a password inputted by the delivery reservation device 7. The browsing person selects or designates the ceremony desired to be browsed on a homepage 6-1 accessed from the image browsing device 4, and inputs the password noticed beforehand. The Web server 6 acquires the IP address of the image delivery device 3 of the browsing object from the IP address control device 5, and delivers the dynamic image/sound signal to the image browsing device 4 from the image delivery device 3 through the Web server 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention distributes the status of a wedding ceremony on the Internet as a part of a wedding service, and enables the ceremony to be specified from around the world and to be virtually attended by a plurality of viewers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a video service in the conventional wedding service, there is a wedding video shooting service.
In the case of a video shooting service, the content can only be viewed after editing the shot video. Nor can the majority of people see the content of the video at the same time.

[0003] Patents and utility models that have been published for bridal applications include the following. (1) Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 09-269962 A method of guiding bridal information such as a wedding hall (2) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-083418 A guidance system of bridal information such as a wedding hall (3) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-177601 Providing wedding-related information System (4) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-308772 Message communication system and message mediation device (5) Japanese registration 3038785 Wedding-related information providing device (6) Japanese registration 3052673 A marriage information service device using the Internet

The above-mentioned published (1) (2) (3)
(5) The patent application and registered utility model of (6) are a presentation system for a couple planning a wedding, and are used before the wedding is carried out. The published patent application (4) is a one-way message transmission system.

[0005]

In the conventional ceremony, there is a case where even if the applicant wishes to join, he / she cannot join. For example, there are cases in which a person who wants to attend is bedridden, lives in a remote place in Japan or overseas, or cannot attend due to unexpected circumstances. Further, there are cases where the bride and groom can only invite a small number of guests at overseas weddings and the like, and cases where the number of invited guests is limited due to the wedding budget. In such a case, those who cannot attend the ceremony are not satisfied with their desire to bless and cannot directly convey the words they wish to bless. On the other hand, brides and grooms have a limited number of guests to the wedding, but are not satisfied with the desire to be blessed by as many people as possible.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is as follows:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system which distributes the wedding ceremony on the Internet through images and enables the ceremony to be specified from around the world and to be virtually attended by a plurality of viewers.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, a wedding virtual attendance system according to the present invention comprises the following steps: (1) Distribute a moving image and a sound signal captured by a video camera to the Internet for each wedding hall; (2) a web server on the system operation manager side, and (3) a viewer side provided with an image receiving unit for receiving, displaying and reproducing moving images and audio signals from the Internet, and an image display unit. An image browsing device which is a computer; (4) a distribution reservation device which is a computer of a wedding service provider provided with means for reserving the distribution of the wedding; and (5) all image distribution devices provided by the system operation manager. A virtual virtual attendance system including an IP address management device, which is a computer having a means for managing the IP address of the Web server. The reservation management unit registers the unique / common information of the bride and groom and the password for permitting the browsing of the wedding ceremony input by the distribution reservation device. (B) The homepage opened on the Web server accessed by the image browsing device via the Internet receives a browsing request for selecting or designating a desired wedding ceremony and a password input notified in advance by the bride and groom. Accept. (C) The Web server collates the input password, and if the right to view the wedding is granted, the IP address management device via the Internet based on the viewing request received on the homepage. Of the image distribution device installed at the wedding hall
Get the address. (D) The Web server sends a distribution request to the image distribution device corresponding to the acquired IP address. (E) The image distribution device that has received the distribution request distributes a moving image / audio signal to a homepage established on the Web server via the Internet. (F) The Web server distributes a moving image / audio signal from the image distribution device to the image browsing device via the Internet. (G) The image browsing device displays and reproduces a moving image / audio signal from the Web server. (A)
Means for executing step (g).

[0008] The wedding virtual attendance system of the present invention can be provided with a function of selecting or specifying a wedding desired to be browsed based on the unique / fixed information of the bride and groom. In the wedding virtual attendance system, the Web server may have a function of distributing a program for recording / reproducing a moving image / audio signal to the image browsing device by selecting the program from the image browsing device. it can.
Further, by installing a video camera, an image distribution device, and an image browsing device in the wedding hall and the viewer, two-way communication between the wedding hall and the viewer can be performed.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

[0010] 1. Preparation of the ceremony hall (1) The image distribution device 3 is installed in the ceremony hall where the shooting is to be performed. (2) At this time, the video camera 1 is connected to the image input unit 3-1.
And the robot camera 2 are connected. The video camera 1 is fixed on the floor with a tripod, or the cameraman moves to photograph the wedding. The robot camera 2 can control the direction and zoom of the camera, and one or more of these cameras are installed in the wedding hall. Note that the video camera 1 and the robot camera 2 may be either a digital system or an analog system. In the case of the analog system, the video camera 1 and the robot camera 2 are connected via an A / D converter (not shown).
It is converted into a digital signal and taken into the image input unit 3-1.

2. (1) The bride and groom (including the bride and groom themselves, including their relatives, etc.) who wish to have the wedding service delivered from the delivery reservation device 7 via the Internet 8 Access -1. (2) The bride and groom use the delivery reservation device 7 to reserve
Check the reservation status registered in 2. (3) The bride and groom input the pre-marriage name, date of birth, address, telephone number, work place, and the like as unique information of the bride and groom from the distribution reservation device 7 in order to reserve the wedding distribution. In addition, as the common information of the bride and groom, a password for browsing permission, the name of the ceremony hall, the date of the ceremony, the ceremony start time, the ceremony end time, and the like are input. The bride and groom use a letter, telephone, e-mail, etc. to notify the viewer of the password before the wedding. (4) The input unique information and common information of the bride and groom are registered in the reservation management unit 6-2 from the distribution reservation device 7 via the Internet 8.

3. Photographing the wedding hall (1) The video camera 1 and the robot camera 2 shoot the situation of the wedding hall. (2) The captured moving image / audio signal is transmitted to the image input unit 3-
1 is input.

4. Virtual attendance of wedding ceremony by viewers
To access the homepage 6-1 via. (2) The viewer refers to the list of the wedding schedule registered in the reservation management unit 6-2 via the Internet 8 from the browse selection unit 4-1 on the homepage 6-1 and browses from the list. Determine the wedding you want. If the number of wedding ceremonies to be referred to is large, the wedding ceremony to be referred to can be narrowed down by using the unique / common information of the bride and groom as extraction conditions. (3) The viewer inputs the password notified in advance from the browsing selection unit 4-1 and compares it with the password registered in the reservation management unit 6-2 via the Internet 8. The browsing right is given to the viewer by matching the password. (4) The viewer inputs the unique information of the viewer to the viewing selection unit 4-1.
From the reservation management unit 6 through the Internet 8.
Registered in 2. The unique information of the viewer is a name, an address, a telephone number, a work place, an e-mail address, and the like. (5) The viewer downloads browsing software from the homepage 6-1 to the image browsing device 4 via the Internet 8. The browsing software includes software for browsing video / audio signals, and software for storing / reproducing video / audio signals as image files in the storage device of the image browsing apparatus 4. The former software is for forming the image receiving unit 4-2 and the image restoring unit 4-3, and is deleted from the main storage device when browsing is completed. The latter software uses the image recording unit 4
-4 and an image reproducing section 4-5, and are stored in the storage device even after browsing is completed. The former software is automatically downloaded, while the latter software can be downloaded by the viewer. (6) By determining the wedding to be browsed by the viewer, a browse request for the wedding is transmitted from the browse selection unit 4-1 to the homepage 6-1 via the Internet 8. (7) The homepage 6-1 that has received the browsing request obtains the IP address of the image distribution device 3 installed in the wedding hall from the IP address management device 5 via the Internet 8. Homepage 6-1 is Internet 8
A distribution request is transmitted to the image distribution device 3 via the. (8) Upon receiving the distribution request, the image distribution device 3 compresses the moving image / audio signal input to the image input unit 3-1 by the image compression unit 3-2, and then compresses the compressed image into the image distribution unit 3- 3 to the Web server 6 via the Internet 8. (9) The distributed compressed image is transmitted to the image relay unit (reception) 6-
3, the image is relayed from the image relay unit (delivery) 6-4 via the Internet 8 to the image browsing device 4 which has transmitted the distribution request. (10) The redistributed compressed image is received by the image receiving unit 4-2, and is then restored and displayed by the image restoring unit 4-3. (11) The Web server 6 records the unique information of all the viewers in the viewer history recording unit 6-5 for each wedding. This allows the bride and groom to send a thank-you note to the viewer by mail or email after the wedding is over.

5. Recording / reproduction of the wedding (1) When the viewer records the wedding, the image receiving unit 4-2
The compressed image received in step 4 is stored as an image file in the storage device of the image browsing device 4 by the image recording unit 4-4. (2) When playing back the stored image file, the compressed image of the image file is restored and played back by the image playback unit 4-5.

6. Two-way communication between the ceremony hall and viewers (1) The video camera 1 or the robot camera 2, the image distribution device 3, and the image browsing device 4 are installed at the ceremony hall and the viewers, so that the communication between the ceremony hall and the viewers is possible. Two-way communication becomes possible.

[0016]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. (1) Since the status of the wedding is image-distributed on the Internet, it is possible to specify the wedding ceremony from all over the world and make a virtual participation by a plurality of viewers. (2) The viewers are satisfied with their wish to congratulate by participating virtually in the wedding. Further, since the two-way communication between the bride and the groom and the viewer is possible, the viewer can directly convey words to be congratulated to the bride and the groom. (3) The bride and groom can be virtually attended by specific and multiple persons at the wedding. Also, since there is no limit on the number of viewers (virtual attendees), the desire to be blessed by as many people as possible is satisfied.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a wedding virtual participation system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 video camera 2 robot camera 3 image distribution device 3-1 image input unit 3-2 image compression unit 3-3 image distribution unit 4 image browsing device 4-1 browse selection unit 4-2 image receiving unit 4-3 image restoration unit 4-4 Image Recording Unit 4-5 Image Reproduction Unit 5 IP Address Management Device 6 Web Server 6-1 Homepage 6-2 Reservation Management Unit 6-3 Image Relay Unit (Reception) 6-4 Image Relay Unit (Distribution) 6 5 Viewer history recording section 7 Delivery reservation device 8 Internet

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) An image distribution device for distributing a moving image / audio signal photographed by a video camera to the Internet for each ceremony hall; and (2) a Web site of a system operation manager.
A server, (3) an image browsing device which is a computer of a viewer having image receiving means for receiving and displaying / reproducing a moving image / audio signal from the Internet and displaying / reproducing the image, and (4) reservation of distribution of the wedding ceremony. A delivery reservation device, which is a computer of the wedding service provider with means for performing
(5) A wedding virtual attendance system including an IP address management device, which is a computer provided with means for managing the IP addresses of all image distribution devices provided by the system operation manager, and (a) the Web The reservation management unit of the server registers the unique and common information of the bride and groom and the password for permitting the viewing of the wedding ceremony, which is input by the distribution reservation device. (B) The homepage opened on the Web server accessed by the image browsing device via the Internet receives a browsing request for selecting or designating a desired wedding ceremony and a password input notified in advance by the bride and groom. Accept. (C) The Web server collates the input password, and if the right to view the wedding is granted, the IP address management device via the Internet based on the viewing request received on the homepage. Of the image distribution device installed at the wedding hall
Get the address. (D) The Web server sends a distribution request to the image distribution device corresponding to the acquired IP address. (E) The image distribution device that has received the distribution request distributes a moving image / audio signal to a homepage established on the Web server via the Internet. (F) The Web server distributes a moving image / audio signal from the image distribution device to the image browsing device via the Internet. (G) The image browsing device displays and reproduces a moving image / audio signal from the Web server. A means for executing the steps of (a) to (g). 2. The wedding virtual attendance system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of selecting or designating a wedding desired to be browsed based on the unique / fixed information of the bride and groom. 3. The Web server has a function of distributing a program for recording / reproducing a moving image / audio signal to an image browsing device by selecting the program from the image browsing device. Or the wedding virtual attendance system according to claim 2. 4. A two-way communication between the wedding hall and the viewer by installing a video camera, an image distribution device, and an image browsing device at the wedding hall and the viewer. The wedding virtual participation system according to claim 1, 2, or 3.