JP2005236729A - Digital image storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily attach information relating to a photographed image, using simple operations. <P>SOLUTION: A digital image storage system is provided with a voice conversion system 800 accessible via a base station or the Internet, and the information relating to the photographed image inputted from a microphone for speech communication of a portable terminal 100 is stored, as it is; as voice in a memory 105. Alternatively, this voice information 80 is transmitted to a character conversion system 800, the data converted into character information by a character conversion system 800 are received and the data are stored together with the photographed image in the memory 105. In addition, the storage system is provided with an arbitrary attached information server 900, further detailed information related to the photographed image is acquired and stored in the memory 105. If, for example, a specific store is photographed, attached information (business hours, etc.,) relating to the store is retrieved from an attached information server 900 over the Internet, and the data are stored together with the photographed images. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for recording detailed information of an image taken by a portable terminal with a built-in digital camera together with image data in the portable terminal.

  With the recent spread of digital cameras and camera-equipped mobile phones, anyone can easily create digital images. Due to its convenience, the number of shots is increasing and shooting at unspecified locations is frequently performed. Current digital image saving methods often use the date and time as the file name by default, and search for image files because the user can save data without first specifying the file name. If there is little information to do and the number of image files becomes huge, it becomes difficult to search for the desired image file, and data such as the location where the image was taken and the situation at that time are required when viewing the image file. I can't even remember.

  As a method for solving such a problem, in Patent Document 1, in a digital camera capable of storing a photographed subject as digital image data, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver is mounted on the digital camera, and GPS A shooting position-related information acquisition means for acquiring information related to the shooting position (name of place of shooting place, weather at the time of shooting, etc.) via the server by transmitting the shooting position acquired by The image capturing position related information acquired by the related information acquiring unit is stored as additional information in association with the digital image data obtained by shooting, so that the digital image data obtained by shooting is added to the additional information. Describes technology that makes information searchable as keywords and makes it easy to manage captured image files The

JP 2001-2111364 A

  According to the above prior art, when storing an image taken by a digital camera, the digital camera is connected to a mobile phone, and additional information (location information, weather, map) is obtained from each database on the GPS satellite and the Internet. It can be acquired, and can be stored in the digital camera as image data together with the captured image, and the additional data can be acquired and the image data can be managed by an easy operation when storing the image. However, there is a problem in that additional information cannot be obtained when necessary information is missing or insufficient on the server.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to easily add information related to a photographed image to the image with a simple operation even when information related to the photographed image cannot be obtained from the server. It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital image storage system that enables the above.

  The digital image storage system of the present invention includes a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a photographing function by a camera, and a management function of a photographed image file, and a signal transmitted from the portable terminal in relation to an image photographed by the camera. In response, in a digital image storage system including a server that transmits captured image-related information to the mobile terminal, a voice conversion system is provided as a server that transmits the captured image-related information. A function of receiving voice data recorded in association with an image photographed by the camera from the portable terminal, converting the received voice data into character data and sending the character data back to the portable terminal; Has a function of storing the received character data in association with an image photographed by the camera. And butterflies.

  Alternatively, a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a camera photographing function and a photographed image file management function, and a photographed image related to a signal transmitted from the portable terminal in relation to an image photographed by the camera In a digital image storage system including a server that transmits information to the mobile terminal, a server that provides additional information related to a specific object is provided as a server that transmits the captured image-related information. A function of transmitting additional information related to the specific object to the mobile terminal when receiving an access requesting the additional information related to the specific object in association with an image captured by the camera from the mobile terminal; The portable terminal includes an image captured by the camera and additional information related to the received specific object; Characterized in that it has the function of storing by response.

  The portable terminal of the present invention is a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a camera photographing function, and a photographed image file management function, and means for recording audio information associated with an image photographed by the camera; The image processing apparatus includes storage means for storing the image related information and the audio information in association with the captured image.

  Alternatively, in a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a camera photographing function, and a photographed image file management function, means for recording voice information associated with an image photographed by the camera, and the recorded voice information is converted into character data. And means for receiving the converted character data returned from the voice conversion system, and storage means for storing the received converted character data in association with the photographed image. It is characterized by being.

  Alternatively, in a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a camera photographing function, and a photographed image file management function, means for accessing a server that provides additional information related to a specific object photographed by the camera; It has a function of storing additional information related to the received specific object in association with an image photographed by the camera.

  In the present invention, a means for storing information related to image data captured by the camera as voice data is added using a call microphone that the mobile phone originally has. Even when it is difficult to acquire additional information (position information, weather, and map) from each of the databases, it is possible to store and display captured image-related data by a simple operation.

  Further, since it is possible to arbitrarily select which data is used as the information related to the captured image, it is possible to store and display the captured image related information according to the user's preference.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a digital image storage system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

  The mobile terminal 100 of this embodiment has a normal mobile radio telephone function, a camera shooting function, and a shot image file management function. A GPS antenna 101, a camera 102, and a shot image for detecting a shooting position are displayed. A memory 105 for saving is provided.

  In the case where an image photographed by the camera 102 is stored in the memory 105, latitude / longitude data 60 of the photographing location is acquired from the GPS satellite 600, and then the numerical value of the latitude / longitude data 60 is obtained via the base station 200. The information is transmitted to the position information system 500, and the position information (map, address, etc.) data 50 is received from the position information system 500 and displayed on the display unit 103 of the portable terminal 100. Next, the weather information 70 of the place where the image was taken is acquired from the acquired information 50 from the weather information server 700 via the Internet.

  Thereafter, data including the captured image and the positional information 50 and the weather information 70 acquired in association with the captured image are stored in the memory 105 of the mobile terminal 100 as image data. In addition, when transmitting this image data to other portable terminals, it is possible to transmit the image data in a format including all the information acquired in relation to these captured images, and the receiver also adds these related information. The captured image can be viewed on the own terminal.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when there is no necessary information on the server or when the information is insufficient, information related to the photographed image is recorded by voice using the microphone for calling provided in the mobile terminal 100. The audio information is stored in the memory 105 together with the image. As information related to the shot image, if you record the weather at the time of shooting, information related to the object to be shot, impressions at the time of shooting, etc. by voice, the situation at the time of shooting can be easily done when viewing the image at a later date Can grasp.

  In addition, a voice conversion system 800 that can be accessed via a base station or the Internet is provided, and information related to a captured image input from a call microphone of the mobile terminal 100 can be stored in the memory 105 as voice as it is. The voice information 80 can be transmitted to the character conversion system 800, data converted into character information by the character conversion system 800 can be received, and the data can be stored in the memory 105 together with the photographed image.

  Further, an optional additional information server 900 is provided, and more detailed information related to the captured image can be acquired and stored in the memory 105. For example, when a specific store is photographed, additional information (business hours, etc.) relating to the store is retrieved from the additional information server 900 on the Internet, additional information A or B is acquired, and the data is stored together with the photographed image. It is also possible to do.

  In addition, when sending these image data to other mobile terminals, it is possible to send them in a format that includes all of these information acquired in relation to the captured image, and the recipient also adds these related information. The captured image can be viewed on the own terminal.

  2 to 4 are flowcharts showing the operation of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  An object is photographed by the portable terminal 100 (A1), and whether to save the photographed image in the portable terminal is selected (A2). If not stored, the photographed image is deleted and the camera returns to the photographing mode (A1). When the image is stored, it is next selected whether or not to acquire the position information (A3).

  If position information is not acquired, the process proceeds to step A20 to select whether or not to save audio data (A21). When the audio data is not saved, only the image is saved in the memory 105 (A27). When storing the audio data, the portable terminal 100 records the content related to the captured image (A22). Next, it is selected whether or not the recorded content is converted into character data (A23). If the recorded content is not converted to character data, the image and the recorded sound are stored in the memory 105 (A26).

  When converting the recorded content into character data, the voice conversion system 800 is accessed, and the recorded voice data is transmitted to the voice conversion system 800 via the base station 200. The voice conversion system 800 converts the received voice data into character data and sends it back to the portable terminal 100. When the voice information converted into the character data is acquired from the voice conversion system 800 (A24), the portable terminal 100 stores the captured image and the acquired character data in the memory 105 (A25).

  On the other hand, if acquisition of position information is selected in step A3, the GPS satellite 101 is next accessed from the GPS antenna 101 to acquire the latitude and longitude of the current location (A4). Whether or not to acquire more detailed position information (additional information) is selected from the acquired latitude / longitude data 60 (A5).

  If detailed position information (additional information) is not acquired, the process proceeds to step A30 to select whether or not to save audio data (A31). If the audio data is not saved, only the image and the latitude / background data 60 are saved in the memory 105 (A37). When storing the audio data, the portable terminal 100 records the content related to the captured image (A32). Next, it is selected whether or not to convert the recorded content into character data (A33). If the recorded content is not converted to character data, the captured image, latitude / longitude data 60 and the recorded voice are stored in the memory 105 (A36).

  When converting the recorded content into character data, the voice conversion system 800 is accessed, and the recorded voice data is transmitted to the voice conversion system 800 via the base station 200. The voice conversion system 800 converts the received voice data into character data and sends it back to the portable terminal 100. When the voice information converted into the character data is acquired from the voice conversion system 800 (A34), the portable terminal 100 stores the captured image, the latitude / background data 60, and the acquired character data in the memory 105 (A35).

  On the other hand, if acquisition of detailed location information (additional information) is selected in step A5, the location information providing system 500 is accessed. Using the received latitude / longitude data 60, the position information providing system 500 converts the shooting location map into data as an address and transmits the data to the portable terminal 100. Next, the weather information 70 is acquired from the weather information server 700 on the Internet using the acquired position information 50 (A6), and it is determined whether or not to save (A7). If more detailed information is required, an inquiry is made to the additional information servers A, B, etc. to acquire the information. If the desired data could not be acquired or not stored, the process proceeds to step A30, and the operations of step A31 to step A37 are performed.

  On the other hand, if the acquired information is to be saved in step A7, whether to save the audio data is selected (A8). If the audio data is not saved, only the image and additional information are saved in the memory 105 (A14). ). When storing the audio data, the portable terminal 100 records the content related to the captured image (A9). Next, it is selected whether or not the recorded content is converted into character data (A10). When the recorded content is not converted to character data, the image, the additional information, and the recorded voice are stored in the memory 105 (A13).

  When converting the recorded content into character data, the voice conversion system 800 is accessed, and the recorded voice data is transmitted to the voice conversion system 800 via the base station 200. The voice conversion system 800 converts the received voice data into character data 80 and sends it back to the portable terminal 100. When the voice information converted into the character data 80 is acquired from the voice conversion system 800 (A11), the portable terminal 100 stores the captured image, additional information, and the acquired character data in the memory 105 (A12).

  5 to 7 show an example of specific contents displayed on the display unit 103 when the captured image and audio data are stored and played back by the portable terminal 100 of the present embodiment. This will be further described below using this specific example.

  When shooting is performed with the camera 102 of the portable terminal 100 (B1), an option as to whether or not to store the shot image 20 is displayed on the display unit 103 (B2). If not, continue to return to the shooting state or exit the camera application. When saving is selected, an option as to whether or not to acquire position information data is displayed on the display unit 103 (B3). In the case of acquisition, the current shooting location is specified from the GPS satellite 600 (B4), and the latitude and longitude are displayed as numerical values on the portable terminal 100 (B5).

  When further detailed information is required (B6), the acquired latitude / longitude information 60 is transmitted to the position information providing system 500 to acquire the shooting location position information 50 (map, address), and weather information. The weather information 70 is acquired from the server 700 (B8). Then, the image data 30 including the image 10, the position information 50, and the weather information 70 is stored in the memory 105 of the portable terminal 100 (B10).

  In the above save operation, the selection of whether or not to acquire position information data (B3), the case where No is selected in the detailed information acquisition option display (B6), and whether to save the acquired detailed information After the choice of whether or not, the choice of whether or not to save the voice data is displayed. When the choice of saving the voice data is selected, a recording instruction is displayed (B12), and the call built in the portable terminal 100 is displayed. Sound data related to the photographed image is recorded using a microphone.

  When the recording of the voice data is finished, an option as to whether or not to convert the recorded voice data into character data is displayed on the display unit 103 (B13). When conversion to character data is selected, the recorded voice data is transmitted to the voice conversion system 800 via the base station 200 (B14), and character data 80 is acquired (B16). Next, an option of whether or not to save the character data is displayed (B17). When saving of the character data is selected, it is displayed that the image data and the character data 80 are saved (B18). In the case of the audio data storage selection, it is displayed that the image data selected in each step and the recorded audio data are stored (B15).

  Next, when the image data 30 thus stored with the additional information is selected from the portable terminal 100 (C1) and the detailed information is browsed by the menu key, the shooting date, place, map, and weather are displayed. (C2). Further, when each link (map, other information, voice) displayed in the image C2 is selected, each data is displayed (C3, C4) or reproduced (C5). When this image is transmitted to another portable terminal, it is transmitted in a format including such information, and the receiving side can view the image data 30 on the receiving terminal and know the weather at the time of shooting, the shooting location, etc. it can.

  In the above embodiment, when acquisition of detailed position information (additional information) is selected in step A5, the position information providing system 500 is accessed and the latitude / longitude data 60 received by the position information providing system 500 is used. Then, it is converted into a map of the shooting location and data as an address and transmitted to the portable terminal 100, and then the weather information 70 is acquired from the weather information server 700 on the Internet using the acquired position information 50 (A6). If more detailed information is required after determining whether or not to store the information, the additional information server 900 is inquired to acquire the information. However, the additional information server 900 can be directly accessed.

  For example, when a target photographed by a camera can be specified and a server that provides additional information related to the specific target is known, the user accesses the server after photographing the target and selects a desired target. Data can be acquired and stored in the memory 105 as captured image related information.

1 is a schematic diagram of a digital image storage system showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display at the time of the preservation | save operation of the picked-up image by the portable terminal of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display at the time of the preservation | save operation of the audio | voice data by the portable terminal of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display at the time of reproduction | regeneration operation of the picked-up image and audio | voice data by the portable terminal of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Mobile terminal 101 GPS antenna 102 Camera 103 Display part 104 Input part 105 Memory 200 Base station 500 Position information system 600 GPS satellite 700 Weather information server 800 Voice conversion system

Claims (11)

In response to a signal transmitted from the portable terminal in relation to an image photographed by the camera, a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a photographing function by the camera and a photographed image file management function, In a digital image storage system comprising a server for transmitting to the mobile terminal,
As a server for transmitting the captured image-related information, a voice conversion system is provided. The voice conversion system receives voice data recorded in association with an image shot by the camera from the portable terminal, and receives the received voice data. It has a function of converting voice data into character data and sending it back to the portable terminal, and the portable terminal has a function of storing the received character data in correspondence with an image taken by the camera. A digital image storage system. In response to a signal transmitted from the portable terminal in relation to an image photographed by the camera, a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a photographing function by the camera and a photographed image file management function, In a digital image storage system comprising a server for transmitting to the mobile terminal,
A server that provides additional information related to a specific object is provided as a server that transmits the captured image-related information, and the server associates the image captured by the camera with the specific object. When receiving an access requesting related additional information, the mobile terminal has a function of transmitting additional information related to the specific object to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is related to the received specific object A digital image storage system having a function of storing additional information to be associated with an image photographed by the camera.   The said portable terminal is provided with the GPS receiver, and has the function to preserve | save the positional data acquired by the data received from the GPS satellite as said picked-up image relevant information. The digital image storage system described in 1.   A position information system is provided as a server that transmits the captured image related information, and the server has a function of transmitting position information data corresponding to the position data when the position data is received from the mobile terminal. 4. The digital image storage according to claim 3, wherein the portable terminal has a function of storing the received position information data in association with an image photographed by the camera. system. In a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a shooting function by a camera, and a management function of a shot image file,
It has means for recording sound information associated with an image photographed by the camera, and storage means for storing the photographed image related information and the sound information in association with the photographed image. Mobile device. In a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a shooting function by a camera, and a management function of a shot image file,
A means for recording voice information associated with an image photographed by the camera and a voice conversion system for converting the recorded voice information into character data, and the converted character data returned from the voice conversion system. A portable terminal comprising receiving means and storage means for storing the received converted character data in association with the photographed image. In a portable terminal having a radio telephone function, a shooting function by a camera, and a management function of a shot image file,
Means for accessing a server that provides additional information related to the specific object photographed by the camera, and the additional information related to the specific object received from the server is associated with an image photographed by the camera; A portable terminal having a saving function.   The portable terminal includes a GPS receiving unit that receives a signal from a GPS satellite and calculates a current position, and stores the position data calculated by the GPS receiving unit in association with an image captured by the camera. The portable terminal according to claim 5, wherein the portable terminal has a function of saving in the means.   The portable terminal stores the position data calculated by the GPS receiving means to the position information system, and stores the position information data received from the position information system in the storage means in association with the image taken by the camera. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the mobile terminal has a function of:   The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 5 to 9, wherein a user can select to adopt the information acquired in association with an image photographed by the camera. An image captured by the camera and a function of transmitting all information stored in the storage unit in association with the image to another mobile terminal are provided. The portable terminal in any one of.

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