JP2004199164A - Charging management device for photographing and charging management method for photographing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently execute charging processing to the use of a photographing device and charging processing to print by a printing device. <P>SOLUTION: An information management device 30 inputs the number of times of photographing by photographing devices 60a and 60b set in a photo-studio and the consumption of consumable articles consumed by printing devices 50a and 50b, and calculates photographing charging based on the number of times of photographing and print charging based on the consumption of the consumable articles, and notifies the photographing charging and print charging to the corresponding printing device, and notifies the photographing charging corresponding to a manager who manages digital cameras 61a and 61b of photographing devices 60a and 60b. The charging is made to include the usage fee of the printing devices 50a and 50b or the photographing devices 60a and 60b so that it is not necessary for the photo-studio to purchase any inexpensive photographing device 60a or 60b or printing device 50a or 50b, and it is necessary only to share the usage fee according to the usage. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a photographing charge management device and a photographing charge management method, and more particularly to a photographing charge management device and a photographing charge management device that manage charging for photographing of a plurality of image photographing devices connected via a communication line. About the method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the development of a printing device consisting of a printer capable of printing high-quality photos and a computer for performing retouching and the development of a high-performance digital camera have enabled photo studios to be used for photography and printing. Is coming.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since high-performance printing apparatuses and digital cameras are expensive and require learning how to operate them, introduction to photo studios has not been easy. In addition, for a printing apparatus, by adopting a method of performing a billing process according to the number of prints or consumption of consumables, etc., it is possible to easily introduce the digital camera, but it is not possible to easily introduce the digital camera. Nothing has been proposed. Although various technologies relating to the use of a copying machine or the like have been proposed as technologies relating to the accounting process, no technology relating to the use of a digital camera can be found.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to automatically perform a billing process for use of a photographing device. Another object of the present invention is to provide an accounting management apparatus for imaging and an accounting management method for imaging, in which accounting processing for use of an imaging apparatus and accounting processing for printing by a printing apparatus are efficiently performed.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Their Functions and Effects]
The imaging accounting management apparatus and the imaging accounting management method of the present invention employ the following means in order to achieve at least a part of the above object.
[0006]
The photographing accounting management device of the present invention includes:
A photographing charge management device that manages charging for photographing of a plurality of image photographing devices connected via a communication line,
Information input means for inputting information about the number of times of photographing from the image photographing device via the communication line at a predetermined timing;
Billing calculation means for calculating a billing for each image photographing device based on the inputted information on the number of times of photographing,
The gist is to provide
[0007]
In the photographing accounting management apparatus according to the present invention, information on the number of times of photographing is input at a predetermined timing to a plurality of image photographing apparatuses connected via a communication line, and the accounting is performed for each image photographing apparatus based on this information. Since the calculation is performed, billing processing for photographing of each image photographing apparatus can be automatically performed.
[0008]
In the photographing charge management device according to the present invention, the charge calculation means may be a means for calculating a charge for each type of the image photographing apparatus. In this way, different accounting processes can be performed for each image capturing apparatus.
[0009]
Further, in the photographing charge management device of the present invention, the charge calculating means may be a means for calculating a charge for a number obtained by subtracting the number of deductions from the number of times of photographing. In this way, the number of times of photographing for preparation for test photographing or the like among the number of times of photographing in the image photographing apparatus can be considered. In the photographing accounting management apparatus according to the aspect of the present invention, a deduction count setting unit that sets the deduction count based on the imaging count may be provided. By doing so, the number of deductions can be made to correspond to the number of times of shooting.
[0010]
Further, the photographing accounting management device of the present invention may be provided with a device result notifying unit for notifying the corresponding image photographing device of the accounting result calculated by the accounting calculating unit via the communication line. . In this case, the charge calculation result can be notified to the image photographing apparatus.
[0011]
Alternatively, in the photographing billing management device of the present invention, a billing tally means for counting the billing calculation result calculated by the billing calculating means for each device manager who manages the image photographing device; Manager notification means for notifying the user. In this way, the totaling result corresponding to the device manager managing the image capturing device can be notified. This allows the device manager to know the reward for using the image capturing device. Here, the “apparatus administrator” may be a manufacturer that has manufactured the image capturing apparatus.
[0012]
In the photographing accounting management device of the present invention, the image photographing device is connected to a printing device capable of printing an image photographed by the device, and transmits the consumables consumption information regarding consumables consumed by the printing device to the communication device. Second information input means for inputting from the image photographing apparatus via a line, and second charge calculation means for performing charge calculation for printing by the printing apparatus based on the input consumables consumption information. You can also. This makes it possible to efficiently perform the charging process for shooting by the image capturing device and the charging process for printing by the printing device connected to the image capturing device.
[0013]
In the billing management device for photographing of the present invention, the image photographing device includes a digital camera and the number of inputted images when the image photographed by the digital camera connected to the digital camera is inputted. A computer having a program installed that counts and outputs the counted number of times of shooting as the information on the number of times of shooting to the information input means at the predetermined timing may be provided. In this way, the number of times of shooting can be counted as being more effective.
[0014]
The program according to the present invention controls the computer to manage the charging for the photographing of the photographing management apparatus of the present invention in any one of the above-described embodiments, that is, basically, the plurality of image photographing apparatuses connected via a communication line. An information input means for inputting information about the number of times of photographing from the image photographing apparatus via the communication line at a predetermined timing; and an image photographing apparatus based on the inputted information about the number of times of photographing. The function is to function as a photographing billing management device including a billing calculation unit that calculates a billing every time.
[0015]
According to the program of the present invention, the computer is caused to function as the photographing charge management device of the present invention in any one of the above-described embodiments. The same effect as the effect that the billing process can be automatically performed can be achieved.
[0016]
The imaging billing management method of the present invention includes:
A shooting charge management method for managing charging for shooting of a plurality of image shooting devices connected via a communication line,
(A) inputting information about the number of times of photographing from the image photographing apparatus via the communication line at a predetermined timing;
(B) The gist is that accounting is calculated for each image capturing apparatus based on the input information on the number of times of capturing.
[0017]
According to the shooting accounting management method of the present invention, information on the number of times of shooting is input at a predetermined timing to a plurality of image shooting devices connected via a communication line, and image shooting is performed based on the input information. Since the billing is calculated for each device, the billing process for the photographing of each image photographing device can be automatically performed.
[0018]
The image photographing device of the present invention,
An image capturing device that captures an image,
A digital camera that captures images and converts them to digital data,
The digital camera is connected to the digital camera, and when an image captured by the digital camera is input, the number of the input images is counted as the number of times of shooting, and the counted number of times of shooting is counted at a predetermined timing via a communication line at a predetermined timing. A computer on which a program to output to the server is installed,
The gist is to provide
[0019]
In the image photographing apparatus of the present invention, when an image photographed by a digital camera is inputted, the number of the inputted images is counted as the number of photographing, and the counted number of photographing is determined at a predetermined timing via a communication line. Is output to the server, the number of more effective image capturing operations performed by the image capturing device can be notified to a predetermined server.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described using examples. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a print management system 20 including an information management device 30 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the information management apparatus 30 according to the embodiment is configured such that data related to consumption of consumables from a plurality of printing apparatuses 50a and 50b connected via a network 22 and installed in a photo studio (hereinafter referred to as consumables consumption data). And data about the number of times of photographing performed by the photographing devices 60a and 60b connected to the printing devices 50a and 50b (hereinafter, referred to as photographing-related data). The accounting processing for the printing of the printer 50b is performed, the accounting calculation result is notified to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, and the consumable supply data is transferred to the jurisdiction management server 40 that manages the replenishment of the consumables of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. Based on the photographing-related data, the printing apparatus 50a, 50b performs a charging process for photographing by the photographing apparatuses 60a, 60b. And an information management server configured to notify a computer 70a, 70b of an administrator of each digital camera constituting each of the photographing devices 60a, 60b of a billing calculation result. It includes a consumption database 32 and a photographing-related database 34 that stores photographing-related data in a database.
[0020]
The jurisdiction management server 40 functions as a server that manages, for each geographical block (block A and block B in the figure), replenishment of consumables to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b installed in the photo studios in the block. A computer 42 of a consumable supply company that supplies consumables such as printing paper and printing ink in each photo studio to a predetermined inventory based on the consumables consumption data transferred from the information management device 30. Output a replenishment instruction. Note that the processing by the jurisdiction management server 40 does not form a core of the present invention, and therefore, a more detailed description will be omitted. Hereinafter, processing performed by the information management device 30 according to the embodiment will be described.
[0021]
The printing apparatuses 50a and 50b include two high-performance inkjet printers 51a and 51b, a management of consumption of consumables such as ink and printing paper consumed by the inkjet printers 51a and 51b, and a print job instructed to print. And computers 52a and 52b for managing the execution of the program.
[0022]
The photographing devices 60a and 60b include digital cameras 61a and 61b and computers 62a and 62b connected to the digital cameras 61a and 61b. The computers 62a and 62b are computers 52a and 62b of the printing devices 50a and 50b. 52b. The computers 62a and 62b of the photographing devices 60a and 60b include a count processing program for executing a process of counting the number of times of photographing by the digital cameras 61a and 61b, and a computer 52a built in the printing devices 50a and 50b. , 52b, and an image editing printing program for editing images such as retouching and outputting a print job to the printing devices 50a, 50b.
[0023]
Next, the operation of the print management system 20 thus configured will be described. First, the operation of the photographing devices 60a and 60b will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a counting process executed by the computers 62a and 62b of the photographing devices 60a and 60b. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a photographing number output process also executed by the computers 62a and 62b of the photographing devices 60a and 60b. It is a flowchart which shows an example. The counting process is executed when an instruction to input images taken from the digital cameras 61a and 61b to the computers 62a and 62b is issued. When an image input instruction is issued from the digital cameras 61a and 61b, the computers 62a and 62b input images captured from the digital cameras 61a and 61b (step S100) and count the number of input images (step S110). ), The number of shots N is updated by adding the counted number of images to the number of shots N (step S120), and the process ends. With this processing, the number of images input from the digital cameras 61a and 61b to the computers 62a and 62b can be counted as the number of times of image capturing N each time. The shooting number output process illustrated in FIG. 3 is executed every predetermined time (for example, every 24 hours). In the photographing number output process, the number of photographing times N updated by the counting process is read (step S200), and the read number of photographing times N is output to the computers 52a and 52b built in the printing devices 50a and 50b (step S210). The number N is reset to a value of 0 (step S220), and the process ends. With this processing, the number of images photographed by the digital cameras 61a and 61b of the photographing devices 60a and 60b and input to the computers 62a and 62b can be input to the computers 52a and 52b of the printing devices 50a and 50b as the number of times of photographing.
[0024]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information input process performed by the information management device 30 according to the embodiment. This information input process is repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals (for example, every 24 hours). In the information input process, the information management device 30 of the embodiment firstly prints out the printing device information including the expendable supply consumption data and the photographing-related data from all the printing devices 50a and 50b of all the blocks connected via the network 22. Is executed (step S300). FIG. 5 shows an example of a data structure of consumables consumption data, and FIG. 6 shows an example of a data structure of photographing-related data. As shown in FIG. 5, in the embodiment, the consumables consumption data includes the IDs of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, the ID of the jurisdiction management server 40 that controls the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, and the date when the information is input from the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. , Data IDs of printers incorporated in the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, consumption of each printing paper, stock of ink cartridges for printing of each color, and the like. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the photographing-related data includes the IDs of the printing devices 50a and 50b to which the photographing devices 60a and 60b are connected, the ID of the jurisdiction management server 40 that controls the printing devices 50a and 50b, The ID of the digital cameras 61a and 61b, the ID of an administrator who manages the digital cameras 61a and 61b, the date of image acquisition when the computers 62a and 62b of the photographing devices 60a and 60b acquire images from the digital cameras 61a and 61b, the number of times of photographing, and the like. It is configured.
[0025]
When the printing device information is read in this way, the consumable item consumption data in the printing device information is registered in the consumable item consumption database 32 and the photographing-related data is registered in the photographing-related database 34 (step S310). Then, the registered consumables consumption data is output to the jurisdiction management server 40 corresponding to the jurisdiction management server ID (Step S320), and the information input process ends. As described above, the jurisdiction management server 40 that has acquired the consumables consumption data from the information management device 30 sends the consumables consumption data to the photo studio where the printing devices 50a and 50b in the blocks under its control are installed based on the acquired consumables consumption data. Manage the supply of consumables by the consumable supply company.
[0026]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a billing process performed by the information management device 30 according to the embodiment. This process is executed every predetermined period (for example, on the first day of every month). In the billing process, the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment first extracts consumables consumption data registered during the previous month from the consumables consumption database 32 (step S400), and prints the printing apparatus based on the extracted consumables consumption data. A charge for printing (hereinafter referred to as print charge) is calculated every time (step S410). In the embodiment, the printing fee is calculated by multiplying the unit price set for each type of consumable item (for example, for each type and size of printing paper) by the consumption amount for each type of consumable item. Note that the charge for printing in the embodiment includes the fee for using the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. As a result, in the photo studio, there is no need to purchase expensive printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, and it is only necessary to pay for the use, that is, the printing amount.
[0027]
Subsequently, the photographing-related data registered during the previous month is extracted from the photographing-related database 34 (step S420), and charging for photographing by the photographing devices 60a and 60b is performed for each printing device based on the extracted photographing-related data (hereinafter, printing). In addition to calculating the photographing fee for the device (step S430), the fee for photographing by the photographing devices 60a and 60b for each administrator of the digital cameras 61a and 61b (hereinafter referred to as photographing for the administrator) based on the extracted photographing-related data. Is calculated (step S440). In the embodiment, the photographing charge is calculated by multiplying the unit price of the number of times of photographing set in advance for each type of digital camera by the number of times of photographing. It should be noted that the fee for shooting in the embodiment includes the fee for using the shooting devices 60a and 60b. As a result, in the photo studio, there is no need to purchase expensive photographing devices 60a and 60b, and it is only necessary to pay for the use, that is, the number of times of photographing.
[0028]
Next, a billing notice is created which displays a list of the printing billing and the photographing billing for the printing apparatus calculated for each printing apparatus, and notifies the corresponding printing apparatus of the billing notice (step S450). A billing notice for displaying a list of the photographing bills for the administrator is created and notified to the corresponding manager side (step S460), and the billing process ends. FIG. 8 shows an example of a charge notice to be notified to the printing apparatus side, and FIG. 9 shows an example of a charge notice to be notified to the administrator side. In the example of the accounting notice to be notified to the printing apparatus side in FIG. 8, the number of prints, the unit price, and the amount of money are displayed as a list for each type and size of printing paper, and for the accounting, each type of digital camera is used. In the list, the number of times of photography, unit price, and amount are displayed as a breakdown. Further, in the example of the billing notice to be notified to the administrator side in FIG. 9, the ID of the printing apparatus, the ID of the digital camera, the number of times of photographing of each digital camera, the unit price, and the amount are displayed as a list. The notification of the billing notice to the printing apparatus side or the administrator side is transmitted as an electronic document to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b or the computers 70a and 70b of the digital camera administrator via the network 22, or transmitted as an e-mail. Alternatively, the notification may be made by any method, such as transmission as simple data. By the notification of the billing notice, the printing apparatus can recognize the billing for printing by the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b and the billing for photographing by the photographing apparatus, and the administrator of the digital cameras 61a and 61b recognizes each billing. It is possible to grasp the charge for the photographing by the photographing devices 60a and 60b.
[0029]
According to the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment described above, it is possible to calculate and manage the photographing fee based on the photographing-related data on the photographing by the photographing apparatuses 60a and 60b connected to the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. . As a result, in the photo studio, there is no need to purchase expensive photographing devices 60a and 60b, and it is sufficient to pay for the use of the photographing devices 60a and 60b, that is, the number of times of photographing. Further, the administrator of the digital cameras 61a and 61b can collect the costs of the digital cameras 61a and 61b according to the number of times of photography in the photo studio.
[0030]
Further, according to the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment, it is possible to calculate and manage the printing charge based on the consumable supply data regarding the consumables consumed by the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b. As a result, in the photo studio, there is no need to purchase expensive printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, and it is sufficient to pay for the use of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b, that is, the printing amount. Moreover, the consumables consumption data is transmitted to the corresponding jurisdiction management server 40, and based on the consumables supply company, the consumables are supplied to each of the printing devices 50a and 50b. Inventory management and replenishment management of consumables can be performed more appropriately.
[0031]
Here, in the print management system 20 of the embodiment, the information management device 30 corresponds to a charging management device for photographing, and the photographing devices 60a and 60b correspond to image photographing devices. The information input process illustrated in FIG. 4 executed by the information management device 30 corresponds to the information input unit of the photographing charge management device, and the charging process of FIG. It corresponds to a billing calculation means.
[0032]
In each of the photographing devices 60a and 60b of the embodiment, each time the images photographed from the digital cameras 61a and 61b are inputted to the computers 62a and 62b, the number of inputted images is counted as the number of photographing N, and the counted number of photographing N is charged. The number of shootings in the digital cameras 61a and 61b may be counted, and the counted number of shootings may be used as the number of shootings N in the billing process. In this case, a fixed number of times or a fixed number of times may be obtained as the shooting for the test from the number of times of shooting, and the number of times obtained by subtracting the number may be used as the number of times of shooting N for billing.
[0033]
Although the photographing apparatuses 60a and 60b of the embodiment are configured by the digital cameras 61a and 61b and the computers 62a and 62b, the computers 52a and 52b of the printing apparatuses 50a and 50b may also serve as the computers 62a and 62b. .
[0034]
In the information management device 30 of the embodiment, the photographing fee for the photographing by the photographing devices 60a and 60b and the printing fee for the printing by the printing devices 50a and 50b are set. It may be performed. In this case, the input of the consumable goods consumption data by the information management device 30 or the transmission of the consumable goods consumption data to the jurisdiction management server 40 may not be performed.
[0035]
In the print management system 20 according to the embodiment, although not particularly specified as the administrator of the digital cameras 61a and 61b, for example, the administrator of the digital cameras 61a and 61b may be a manufacturer.
[0036]
In the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment, the photographing fee for the photographing by the photographing devices 60a and 60b, the printing fee for the printing by the printing devices 50a and 50b, the notification to the printing device side, and the photographing fee for the photographing by the photographing devices 60a and 60b are digitally transmitted. Although the administrator is notified of the cameras 61a and 61b, such notification may be omitted.
[0037]
In the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment, the accounting process is performed once / month, but the frequency of executing the accounting process is not limited to once / month, and may be performed at any frequency. In the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment, the information input process is performed every 24 hours. However, the frequency of the information input process is not limited to every 24 hours, and may be performed at any frequency.
[0038]
In the information management apparatus 30 of the embodiment, the accounting notice is sent to the corresponding printing apparatus or the computer 70a, 70b of the administrator of the digital camera via the network 22, but the accounting notice is sent using a method such as mail. The notification may be sent to the printing apparatus side or the administrator side of the digital cameras 61a and 61b.
[0039]
In the print management system 20 of the embodiment, the printing devices 50a and 50b and the photographing devices 60a and 60b are installed in the photo studio, but may be installed in a place other than the photo studio.
[0040]
In the embodiment, as an embodiment of the present invention, the print management system 20 including the information management device 30 that manages the charge for the imaging by the imaging devices 60a and 60b has been described, but the information described as the information management device 30 in the embodiment is described. It is also possible to adopt a form of a shooting accounting management method including input processing and accounting processing. Further, the present invention may be in the form of a program that causes a computer to function as the information management device 30 of the embodiment. In this case, each step of the information input process illustrated in FIG. 4 and the billing process illustrated in FIG. 7 may be programmed in an appropriate program language. Further, the form of the photographing devices 60a and 60b that can be used in the print management system 20 may be adopted.
[0041]
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described using the examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples, and may be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. Obviously you can get it.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a print management system.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a count process.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a shooting number output process.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information input process.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a data structure of consumables consumption data.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a data structure of photographing-related data.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a billing process.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a billing notice sent to the printing apparatus.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a billing notice to be notified to a camera administrator.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 20 printing management system, 22 network, 30 information management device, 32 consumables consumption database, 34 shooting related database, 40 jurisdiction management server, 42 computer of consumables supply company, 50a, 50b printing device, 51a, 51b inkjet printer, 52a , 52b computer, 60a, 60b photographing device, 61a, 61b digital camera, 62a, 62b computer, 70a, 70b computer of the administrator of the digital camera.

Claims (12)

A photographing charge management device that manages charging for photographing of a plurality of image photographing devices connected via a communication line,
Information input means for inputting information about the number of times of photographing from the image photographing device via the communication line at a predetermined timing;
Billing calculation means for calculating a billing for each image photographing device based on the inputted information on the number of times of photographing,
A photographing accounting management device comprising: The photographing charge management device according to claim 1, wherein the charge calculation unit calculates the charge for each type of the image photographing device. The photographing charge management device according to claim 1, wherein the charge calculating unit calculates a charge for the number obtained by subtracting the number of deductions from the number of times of photographing. The photographing charge management device according to claim 3, further comprising a subtraction number setting unit configured to set the number of deductions based on the number of photographing times. 5. The photographing accounting management device according to claim 1, further comprising a device result notifying unit that notifies the corresponding image photographing device of the accounting result calculated by the accounting calculating unit via the communication line. The photographing accounting management device according to claim 1, wherein:
A charging totalizing unit that totals the charging calculation result calculated by the charging calculating unit for each device manager managing each image capturing apparatus;
An administrator notifying unit for notifying the corresponding apparatus administrator of the total result,
A photographing accounting management device comprising: 7. The photographing charge management device according to claim 6, wherein the device manager is a manufacturer that manufactured the image photographing device. The photographing accounting management device according to claim 1, wherein:
The image capturing device is connected to a printing device capable of printing an image captured by the device,
Second information input means for inputting consumable consumption information on consumables consumed by the printing apparatus from the image capturing apparatus via the communication line;
Second billing calculation means for calculating billing for printing by the printing apparatus based on the input consumables consumption information;
A photographing accounting management device comprising: The image capturing apparatus is configured to count a number of the input images as the number of times of capturing when a digital camera and an image connected to the digital camera and captured by the digital camera are input, and count the counted number of times of capturing as the predetermined number. 9. The photographing accounting management device according to claim 1, further comprising: a computer installed with a program that outputs the information on the number of times of photographing to the information input means at the timing of. An imaging management apparatus for causing a computer to function as the imaging accounting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9. A shooting charge management method for managing charging for shooting of a plurality of image shooting devices connected via a communication line,
(A) inputting information about the number of times of photographing from the image photographing apparatus via the communication line at a predetermined timing;
(B) A photographing charge management method for calculating a charge for each image photographing device based on the input information on the number of times of photographing. An image capturing device that captures an image,
A digital camera that captures images and converts them to digital data,
The digital camera is connected to the digital camera, and when an image captured by the digital camera is input, the number of the input images is counted as the number of times of capturing, and the counted number of times of capturing is determined at a predetermined timing via a communication line. Computer installed with a program to output to the server of the
An image capturing device comprising:

Images