JP2007274216A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (13)

Image storage means for storing an image in association with an identifier for identifying the image;
A composite image generating means for generating a composite image by combining the identifier and an image identified by the identifier or a specific image for specifying the image;
First image transmission means for transmitting the composite image generated by the composite image generation means to an external device;
Identifier designating means for designating an identifier included in the composite image transmitted by the first image transmitting means;
A transmission apparatus comprising: a second image transmission unit that reads an image associated with an identifier designated by the identifier designation unit from the image storage unit and transmits the image to the external device. The identifier is
It is a first identifier for identifying individual images before being synthesized by the synthesized image generating means, and a second identifier for identifying one or a plurality of synthesized images synthesized by the synthesized image generating means. The transmission device according to claim 1.   The transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are expressed by one identifier. Images stored in said image storage means comprises a supplementary information setting means for setting the supplementary information that indicates a feature of the image,
The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first image transmission unit also transmits the supplementary information set to an image included in the composite image when transmitting the composite image.   5. The transmission apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the auxiliary information includes operation setting information of the second image transmission unit set for each image included in the composite image. The identifier specifying means includes an input key corresponding to the identifier one-to-one,
The synthesized image generating means synthesizes each identifier and the image identified by each identifier so that the spatial arrangement of the identifiers to be synthesized is relatively the same as the spatial arrangement of the input keys. The transmitter according to claim 1, wherein   The transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a communication method of the first and second image transmission units is an IrSimple method. A receiving device comprising display means for displaying an image,
Receiving means for receiving an identifier, a composite image obtained by combining the image identified by the identifier or a specific image for specifying the image, and a composite image identifier for identifying the composite image;
Storage means for storing the received composite image and the composite image identifier in association with each other;
Display control means for displaying the received composite image on the display means when the composite image identifier stored in the storage means and the composite image identifier received at a different time from the composite image identifier are the same And a receiving device. The receiving means receives supplementary information indicating the characteristics of the image attached to a partial image of the composite image, and extracts at least one of the partial image from the composite image based on the supplementary information. Identifier setting means for setting a third identifier in the extracted image;
The receiving apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising: an identifier synthesizing unit that synthesizes the third identifier with the synthesized image.   The receiving apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, wherein a communication system of the receiving unit is an IrSimple system. The transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The receiving device according to any one of claims 8 to 10,
And a service server connected to the transmitting device or the receiving device and handling content including at least an image or additional information of the image. The service server
An identifier sharing means for sharing the same identifier as a secret key with the receiving device;
Arbitrary identifier setting means for setting an arbitrary identifier as a second identifier for each composite image;
Synthetic image transmission means for transmitting the second identifier and the synthetic image to the transmission device;
An identifier setting means for setting a unique identifier as a fourth identifier based on the second identifier and the secret key;
Identifier obtaining means for obtaining a fifth identifier which is an identifier designated for the transmission device;
A comparison determination unit that compares the fourth identifier with the fifth identifier and determines whether to transmit an image to the transmission device according to a comparison result;
The transmitter is
An identifier transmitting means for transmitting the second identifier received from the service server to the receiving device;
The receiving device is
An identifier sharing means for sharing the same secret key with the service server;
The identifier setting means for determining a unique identifier based on the second identifier received from the transmitting device and the secret key shared by the identifier sharing means. Communication system. The transmitter is
A destination of the service server capable of acquiring content necessary for generating a composite image, and a template transmission means for transmitting template information describing a method of synthesizing the content acquired from another transmission device and the service server;
The receiving device is
Template receiving means for receiving the template information from the transmitting device;
The communication system according to claim 11, further comprising: a composite image generation unit configured to acquire a necessary image and generate a composite image based on the template information.