JP2008271309A - Mobile terminal with camera, image associated information acquiring system, image associated information providing server, and mobile communication terminal with camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal with a camera which is capable of adding associated information of an image to image data and recording the image data in simple and inexpensive configuration without accompanying input operation. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile terminal with a camera includes: a first imaging means 11 and a second imaging means 12 for which photographing directions in which an object is photographed and image data are outputted, are different from each other; a control means 13 which controls photographing operation, synchronously with the start of photographing at one of either the first imaging means 11 or the second imaging means 12, so as to start photographing at the other means within a predetermined time; an information detecting means 14 for detecting, on the basis of image data from the second imaging means 12, information about the relevant image data; and an image recording means 16 which associates the information detected by the information detecting means 14 with image data from the first imaging means 11 as image associated information of the relevant image data and recording the image data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a camera-equipped mobile terminal and image-related information acquisition system for adding image-related information to image data and recording, and an image-related information providing server and camera-equipped mobile communication terminal used in the image-related information acquisition system. It is about.

  Conventionally, as a method of adding image-related information such as a photographer to image data obtained by photographing with a digital camera, for example, after photographing, the image data of the digital camera is transferred to an editing device such as a personal computer, and the editing device A method is known in which image-related information is manually input by a user using editing software and the input image-related information is added to the header of image data.

  As another method, a message prompting the user to input photographer information is displayed on the display section of the digital camera for each photographing, and the photographer is directly input by the user or photographed from a pre-registered person. A method is also known in which a photographer is selected in association with image data to record a photographer (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Furthermore, as another method, a digital camera is equipped with a biometric sensor that acquires biometric information such as a photographer's fingerprint, voiceprint, or iris, and is photographed based on the biometric information of the photographer acquired from the biometric sensor at the time of shooting. A method is also known in which a person is identified and recorded corresponding to image data (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2006-2111138 A JP 2001-333360 A

  However, as described above, a method of transferring image data to an editing device after shooting and inputting image-related information using editing software on the editing device, or a digital camera side as disclosed in Patent Document 1 above. In the method of inputting photographer information for each shooting, since the user manually inputs necessary information, it takes time and can easily add wrong information to the image data. From the viewpoint of protection, there is a concern that sufficient reliability cannot be obtained.

  On the other hand, in the case of the method disclosed in Patent Document 2, the photographer is identified and recorded based on the photographer's biological information obtained from the biological sensor at the time of photographing. In addition, since incorrect information is not input, it is possible to reliably protect the copyright of the photographer.

  However, the method disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a complicated configuration because a biometric sensor must be mounted on a digital camera so that biometric information such as a photographer's fingerprint, voiceprint, or iris can be acquired at the time of shooting. At the same time, there is a concern that the cost will increase.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention made in view of the above point is to provide a camera-equipped mobile terminal and image-related information that can be recorded by adding image-related information to image data with a simple and inexpensive configuration without an input operation. An acquisition system, and a camera-equipped mobile communication terminal and an image-related information providing server used in the image-related information acquisition system are provided.

The invention of the camera-equipped mobile terminal according to claim 1, which achieves the above object,
A first imaging unit and a second imaging unit, each of which captures a subject and outputs image data;
Control means for controlling the photographing operation so as to start the other photographing within a predetermined time in synchronization with the photographing start of one of the first imaging means or the second imaging means;
Information detecting means for detecting information on the image data based on the image data from the second imaging means;
Image recording means for recording the image data from the first imaging means in association with information detected by the information detection means as image related information of the image data;
It is characterized by having.

The invention according to claim 2 is the portable terminal with camera according to claim 1,
Furthermore, it has an image database storing a plurality of image data for acquiring the image related information and identification information of each image data,
The information detection unit is configured to search the image database as information related to the image data based on the image data from the second imaging unit and detect identification information of the corresponding image data. is there.

The invention according to claim 3 is the mobile terminal with camera according to claim 1 or 2,
The information detecting means detects photographer information based on image data from the second imaging means.

Furthermore, the invention of the camera-equipped mobile terminal according to claim 4, which achieves the above object,
An imaging means for photographing a subject and outputting image data;
Information detecting means for detecting information related to the image data based on one image data obtained by sequentially photographing by the imaging means;
Image recording means for recording, in association with information detected by the information detection means, as image related information of the image data, to the other image data obtained by sequentially photographing by the imaging means;
It is characterized by having.

The invention according to claim 5 is the portable terminal with camera according to claim 4,
Furthermore, it has an image database storing a plurality of image data for acquiring the image related information and identification information of each image data,
The information detecting means searches the image database as information related to the image data based on the one image data from the imaging means to detect identification information of corresponding image data. It is.

The invention according to claim 6 is the portable terminal with camera according to claim 4 or 5,
The information detection means detects photographer information based on the one image data from the imaging means.

Furthermore, the invention of the image related information acquisition system according to claim 7 that achieves the above object is as follows.
An image-related information providing server connected to a network and providing information on image data;
A camera-equipped mobile communication terminal connectable to the image-related information providing server via the network;
The camera-equipped mobile communication terminal transmits one of the paired image data obtained by photographing to the image-related information providing server via the network,
The image-related information providing server transmits information on the one image data received from the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal to the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal via the network,
The camera-equipped mobile communication terminal records information related to the one image data received from the image related information providing server in association with the other image data as a pair as image related information of the image data. It is a feature.

Furthermore, the invention of the image related information providing server according to claim 8 that achieves the above object is an image related information providing server that is connected to a network and provides information related to image data.
Based on image data received via the network, information detecting means for detecting information related to the image data;
The information detected by the information detecting means is provided to the image data transmission source as image related information via the network.

The invention according to claim 9 is the image related information providing server according to claim 8,
Furthermore, it has an image database storing a plurality of image data for acquiring the image related information and identification information of each image data,
The information detection means searches the image database as information related to the image data based on the received image data and detects identification information of the corresponding image data.

The invention according to claim 10 is the image related information providing server according to claim 8 or 9,
The information detecting means detects photographer information based on the received image data.

Furthermore, the invention of a mobile communication terminal with a camera according to claim 11 that achieves the above object is a mobile communication terminal with a camera that can be connected to an image-related information providing server that provides information about image data via a network. ,
Communication means for communicating with the image-related information providing server via the network;
A first imaging unit and a second imaging unit, each of which captures a subject and outputs image data;
Control means for controlling the photographing operation so as to start the other photographing within a predetermined time in synchronization with the photographing start of one of the first imaging means or the second imaging means;
The image data obtained from each of the first imaging means and the second imaging means is paired, and information provided from the image related information providing server based on one image data is recorded in association with the other image data. Image recording means,
The one image data is transmitted to the image related information providing server via the network by the communication means, and the information related to the one image data transmitted from the image related information providing server via the network, The information is received by the communication means, and is associated with the other image data as image-related information of the other image data, and is recorded in the image recording means.

Furthermore, the invention of a mobile communication terminal with a camera according to claim 12 that achieves the above object is a mobile communication terminal with a camera that can be connected to an image-related information providing server that provides information about image data via a network. ,
Communication means for communicating with the image-related information providing server via the network;
An imaging means for photographing a subject and outputting image data;
Image recording means for recording the information provided from the image-related information providing server based on one image data in association with the other image data by pairing image data obtained by sequentially photographing with the imaging means; Have
The one image data is transmitted to the image related information providing server via the network by the communication means, and the information related to the one image data transmitted from the image related information providing server via the network, The information is received by the communication means, and is associated with the other image data as image-related information of the other image data, and is recorded in the image recording means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to add and record image related information to image data with a simple and inexpensive configuration without an input operation.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a camera-equipped mobile terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 controls first and second imaging units 11 and 12 that respectively shoot a subject and output image data, and control shooting operations by the first and second imaging units 11 and 12. Based on the image data from the control means 13 and the second imaging means 12, the information detection means 14 for detecting information relating to the image data, and the image related information of the image data in the image data from the first imaging means 11. The information adding unit 15 adds the information detected by the information detecting unit 14 and associates the detected information, and the image recording unit 16 records the image data to which the image related information is added by the information adding unit 15. .

  The first imaging unit 11 and the second imaging unit 12 are, for example, a photographer whose normal imaging posture is taken by a photographer. For example, the first imaging unit 11 photographs a front subject, and the second imaging element 12 is a rear subject. The shooting direction is set differently so as to shoot the face. The control means 13 synchronizes with the start of one of the first image pickup means 11 or the second image pickup means 12 within the predetermined time (for example, within 3 to 5 seconds) when the photographer is not substantially changed. In this embodiment, control is performed so that the second image pickup unit 12 takes a picture of the photographer at the same time as shooting by the first image pickup unit 11.

  In this embodiment, the information detection unit 14 detects name information of a photographer registered in advance as image-related information of a photographed image by the first imaging unit 11 based on the image data from the second imaging unit 12. The information is added to the information adding means 15. For this reason, in the information detection means 14, the face of a predetermined photographer (usually the user of the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10) is photographed in advance by the second imaging means 12, and the image data is registered. At the same time, name information of the photographer is registered. The image data of the photographer's face to be registered may be partial image data of the face such as eyes and nose. In this specification, partial image data of a face is also collectively referred to as face image data.

  In this way, in synchronization with the start of shooting by the first image pickup means 11, the shooting by the second image pickup means 12 is started at the same time, and the image data from the second image pickup means 12 is compared with the registered image data. When the photographer's face photographed by the second imaging means 12 matches the registered photographer's face, the registered name information is output to the information adding means 15 and does not match. In this case, information indicating that the photographer is unknown is output to the information adding means 15.

  The information adding unit 15 adds the information from the information detecting unit 14 to the image data from the first imaging unit 11 as image related information of the image data, and records it in the image recording unit 16.

  According to the present embodiment, in the normal shooting posture, the second image pickup unit 12 for shooting the photographer's face is provided simultaneously with the shooting of the subject by the first image pickup unit 11. The information detection means 14 automatically determines whether or not the person's face matches the registered face of the predetermined photographer. If they match, the name information of the photographer is displayed as information. Since the adding means 15 automatically adds the image data from the first image pickup means 11 and records it in the image recording means 16, a predetermined photographer is provided in advance by the second image pickup means 12 to the information detection means 14. In the shooting by the registered photographer, the name information of the photographer is included in the image data at the same time as the photographing of the subject. It can be automatically added. Accordingly, the name information of the photographer can be added to the image data of the subject without error and recorded with a simple and inexpensive configuration, and the copyright of the photographer can be reliably protected.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a camera-equipped mobile terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This camera-equipped mobile terminal 20 is the same as the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1, but is provided with an image database 21 connected to the information detection means 14. In the image database 21, for example, the second imaging unit 12 photographs the face of a photographer who may use the camera-equipped mobile terminal 20, and stores image data of each photographer. The name information of each photographer is stored in association with each other. Alternatively, similar information recorded on an external recording medium is transferred to the image database 21 and recorded.

  In this way, in the present embodiment, when the image database 21 is searched based on the image data from the second imaging means 12, and as a result, the current photographer's face is searched from the image database 21, The name information (identification information) of the photographer is acquired from the image database 21, and the acquired name information is output to the information adding means 15. If the current photographer is not searched, the photographer is unknown. Is output to the information adding unit 15, and the information adding unit 15 adds the information from the information detecting unit 14 to the image data from the first imaging unit 11 as image related information of the image data. Then, it is recorded in the image recording means 16. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, only a simple operation of registering in advance in the image database 21 the image data of the face of the photographer who is likely to use the camera-equipped mobile terminal 20 and the name information in association with each other. Thus, in photographing by a registered photographer, name information of the photographer can be automatically added to the image data simultaneously with photographing of the subject. Therefore, the photographer's name information can be added to the image data of the subject without error and recorded with a simple and inexpensive configuration by simply adding the image database 21 to the first embodiment, and the copyright of the photographer is reliably protected. It becomes possible to do.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image related information acquisition system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. This image-related information acquisition system includes a camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 that can be connected to the network 30 and an image-related information providing server 50 that is connected to the network 30.

  The camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 includes communication means 41 that communicates with the image-related information providing server 50 via the network 30 instead of the information detection means 14 in the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 shown in FIG. . The communication unit 41 transmits the image data obtained by the second imaging unit 12 to the image related information providing server 50 through the network 30 and is transmitted from the image related information providing server 50 through the network 30. Information relating to the image data from the second imaging means 12 is received and supplied to the information adding means 15.

  As a result, in the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40, the information adding unit 15 converts the information from the image-related information providing server 50 received by the communication unit 41 into the image data from the first image capturing unit 11. It is added as related information and recorded in the image recording means 16. Other configurations and operations in the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. The communication unit 41 may be built in the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40, or may be configured by a wireless card or the like so as to be detachable.

  On the other hand, the image-related information providing server 50 includes a communication unit 51 with the network 30 and an information detection unit 52. The information detection means 52 is previously photographed by the second imaging means 12 from the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 via the network 30 in the same manner as the information detection means 14 of the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 shown in FIG. The obtained image data of the face of the predetermined photographer and the name information of the photographer are registered.

  Thus, in the image related information providing server 50, the information detecting unit 52 is registered with the image data received by the communication unit 51 via the network 30 and the image data by the second imaging unit 12 from the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40. If the photographer's face photographed by the second imaging means 12 matches the registered photographer's face, the registered name information is sent by the communication means 51. The data is transmitted to the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 via the network 30.

  That is, this embodiment basically provides the image-related information provided in the first embodiment with the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 having a communication function with the network 30 and the information detecting means 14 connected to the network 30. The server 50 is provided.

  According to the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the first image capturing can be performed on the image-related information providing server 50 based on the image data by the second image capturing unit 12 of the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40. Since the information detection means 52 for detecting the photographer's name information that is image-related information of the image data by the means 11 is provided, the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 is more than the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 in the first embodiment. Can be configured more easily. Further, if the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 has a network communication function such as a mobile phone, it can also share the communication function. In this case, the cost can be further reduced. .

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image related information acquisition system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the image related information acquisition system shown in FIG. 3, the image related information acquisition system is connected to the information detection means 52 in the image related information providing server 50 and stores face image data related to a plurality of photographers. An image database 53 for storing the name information of each photographer in association with each other is provided. That is, in this embodiment, basically, in the second embodiment, the camera-equipped mobile terminal 20 has a function of communicating with the network 30, and the information detecting means 14 and the image database 21 are connected to the network 30. This is provided in the image related information providing server 50.

  In this way, in the present embodiment, the image related information providing server 50 is based on the image data by the second imaging unit 12 from the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 40 received by the communication unit 51 via the network 30. When the image database 53 is searched by the information detecting means 52 and, as a result, the photographer's face corresponding to the received image data is searched from the image database 53, the name information of the photographer is acquired from the image database 53. Then, the acquired name information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal with camera 40 via the network 30 by the communication means 51, and the photographer's face corresponding to the received image data is not retrieved from the image database 53. The information that the photographer is unknown is attached to the camera via the network 30 by the communication means 51. And transmits it to the band communication terminal 40. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

  According to the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the third embodiment can be obtained, and the image capturing registered in the image database 53 can be performed with a simple and inexpensive configuration by simply adding the image database 53 to the image related information providing server 50. In the shooting by the photographer, the photographer's name information can be automatically added to the image data simultaneously with the shooting of the subject, so that the copyright of the photographer can be reliably protected.

(Fifth embodiment)
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a camera-equipped mobile terminal according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. This camera-equipped mobile terminal 60 is provided with a single imaging means 61 instead of the first imaging means 11 and the second imaging means 12 in the camera-equipped mobile terminal 10 shown in FIG. In addition, one image data obtained by sequentially capturing images by the imaging unit 61 is supplied to the information detecting unit 14, and the other image data is supplied to the information adding unit 15.

  Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the information detection unit 14 detects information about the image data based on one image data obtained by sequentially capturing images by the imaging unit 61, and the detected information is added to the information addition unit. In the means 15, the other image data obtained by sequentially photographing by the imaging means 61 is added as image related information of the image data and recorded in association with the image recording means 16.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since only one imaging unit 61 is required, it can be simpler and less expensive than the case of the first embodiment.

  According to the camera-equipped mobile terminal 60 according to the present embodiment, for example, as in the first embodiment, first, a desired subject is photographed by the imaging unit 61 under the control of the control unit 62, and the image data is captured. The information is added to the information adding means 15, and then the photographer is photographed by the imaging means 61 within a predetermined time (for example, within 3 to 5 seconds) in which the photographer is not substantially changed, and the image data is recorded as information. By supplying to the detection means 14, name information of a predetermined photographer is detected, and the name information is added to the image data of the subject by the information addition means 15 as image related information and recorded in the image recording means 16. be able to. Thus, the name information of the photographer can be added to the image data photographed by the predetermined photographer without error, and the copyright of the photographer can be reliably protected.

  In addition, under the control of the control unit 62, for example, first, the product is photographed by the imaging unit 61, and the image data is supplied to the information adding unit 15, and then, based on an instruction from the control unit 62, Character information indicating the name and price of the product is photographed by the imaging means 61, the information is supplied to the information detection means 14, the name and price information is detected by character recognition, and the detected name and price are detected. Information can be added as image related information to the image data of the article in the information adding means 15 and recorded in the image recording means 16. Thereby, when reproducing the image data recorded in the image recording means 16, it is possible to know the product, its name and price.

  Further, under the control of the control means 62, for example, first, the product is photographed by the imaging means 61, and the image data is supplied to the information adding means 15, and then based on the instruction by the control means 62, A store sign is photographed, the information is supplied to the information detection means 14, the store name is detected by character recognition or the like, and the information of the detected store name is stored in the information adding means 15 as image data of goods. It can be added as image related information to be recorded in the image recording means 16. As a result, at the time of reproduction of the image data recorded in the image recording means 16, it is possible to know at which store the product was purchased or viewed.

(Sixth embodiment)
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a camera-equipped mobile terminal according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. This camera-equipped mobile terminal 70 is the same as the camera-equipped mobile terminal 60 shown in FIG. 5, but is provided with an image database 71 connected to the information detecting means 14. In the image database 71, as in the second embodiment, for example, the image data of each photographer obtained by photographing the face of a photographer who may use the camera-equipped mobile terminal 70 by the image pickup means 61. And name information of each photographer in association with each other, store image data of items and stores in association with name information of each item and store, and store various image related information . These pieces of information are recorded by transferring the same information recorded on an external recording medium to the image database 71.

  In this way, in the present embodiment, under the control of the control unit 62, the information detection unit 14 uses the image database 71 based on the image data from the imaging unit 61 in the same manner as in the second embodiment. The corresponding image related information is searched, and when the image related information is searched, the information adding means 15 adds the image related information to the corresponding image data. Is added to the corresponding image data in the information adding means 15 and recorded in the image recording means 16. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, required image-related information can be added to the image data of the subject with a simple and inexpensive configuration that simply adds the image database 71 to the fifth embodiment.

(Seventh embodiment)
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image related information acquisition system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. This image-related information acquisition system includes a camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 80 that can be connected to the network 30 and an image-related information providing server 90 that is connected to the network 30.

  The camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 80 includes communication means 81 that communicates with the image-related information providing server 90 via the network 30 instead of the information detection means 14 in the camera-equipped mobile terminal 60 shown in FIG. The communication unit 81 transmits image data obtained by photographing with the imaging unit 61 to the image related information providing server 90 via the network 30 under the control of the control unit 62 and the image related information providing server 90. Information transmitted via the network 30 is supplied to the information adding means 15. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. The communication means 81 may be built in the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 80, or may be constituted by a wireless card or the like so as to be detachable.

  On the other hand, the image-related information providing server 90 is provided with a communication means 91 with the network 30 and an information detection means 92, and the information detection means 92 receives the mobile communication with camera received by the communication means 91 via the network 30. Information corresponding to the image data from the terminal 80 is detected, and the result is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal with camera 80 via the network 30 by the communication means 91.

  That is, this embodiment is basically the same as the fifth embodiment in that the camera-equipped mobile terminal 60 has a function of communicating with the network 30 and the information detection means 14 is provided with image-related information connected to the network 30. The server 90 is provided.

  According to the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the third embodiment can be obtained, and in the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal 80, only one imaging unit 61 is required, which is simpler and easier than the case of the third embodiment. Can be cheap.

(Eighth embodiment)
FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image-related information acquisition system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention. This image-related information acquisition system is the image-related information acquisition system shown in FIG. 7, connected to the image-related information providing server 90 with the information detection unit 92, and various kinds of images as described in the sixth embodiment. An image database 93 for storing related information is provided. That is, in this embodiment, basically, in the sixth embodiment, the camera-equipped mobile terminal 70 has a communication function with the network 30, and the information detection means 14 and the image database 71 are connected to the network 30. The image related information providing server 90 is provided.

  In this way, in the present embodiment, in the image-related information providing server 90, the image is received by the information detecting unit 92 based on the image data received from the mobile communication terminal with camera 80 received by the communication unit 91 via the network 30. The corresponding image related information is searched from the database 93, and the result is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal with camera 80 via the network 30 by the communication means 91, and the information adding means 15 of the mobile communication terminal with camera 80 responds. It is added to the image data and recorded in the image recording means 16. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the seventh embodiment shown in FIG.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the same effect as that of the seventh embodiment can be obtained, and the image data of the subject can be added to the image data of the subject with a simple and inexpensive configuration by simply adding the image database 93 to the image related information providing server 90. Necessary image related information can be added.

  In addition, this invention is not limited only to the said embodiment, Many deformation | transformation or a change is possible. For example, in the first to fourth embodiments, photographing by the first imaging unit 11 and photographing by the second imaging unit 12 can be performed in an arbitrary order within a predetermined time. In the fifth to eighth embodiments, under the control of the control unit 62, for example, a message that prompts an unillustrated display unit or audio output unit to shoot an image for acquiring image-related information first. , And after the image is captured, a message that prompts the subject to be captured may be output to capture the subject.

It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the portable terminal with a camera which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the portable terminal with a camera which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the image relevant-information acquisition system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the image relevant-information acquisition system which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the portable terminal with a camera which concerns on 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the portable terminal with a camera which concerns on 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the image relevant-information acquisition system which concerns on 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of the image relevant-information acquisition system which concerns on 8th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,20 Mobile terminal with camera 11 1st imaging means 12 2nd imaging means 13 Control means 14 Information detection means 15 Information addition means 16 Image recording means 21 Image database 30 Network 40 Mobile communication terminal with camera 41 Communication means 50 Image related information Provision server 51 Communication means 52 Information detection means 53 Image database 60, 70 Mobile terminal with camera 61 Imaging means 62 Control means 71 Image database 80 Mobile communication terminal with camera 81 Communication means 90 Image related information provision server 91 Communication means 92 Information detection means 93 Image Database

Claims (12)

A first imaging unit and a second imaging unit, each of which captures a subject and outputs image data;
Control means for controlling the photographing operation so as to start the other photographing within a predetermined time in synchronization with the photographing start of one of the first imaging means or the second imaging means;
Information detecting means for detecting information on the image data based on the image data from the second imaging means;
Image recording means for recording the image data from the first imaging means in association with information detected by the information detection means as image related information of the image data;
A portable terminal with a camera, comprising: Furthermore, it has an image database storing a plurality of image data for acquiring the image related information and identification information of each image data,
The information detection means, based on image data from the second imaging means, searches the image database as information related to the image data and detects identification information of corresponding image data. 1. A mobile terminal with a camera according to 1.   The camera-equipped mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information detection unit detects photographer information based on image data from the second imaging unit. An imaging means for photographing a subject and outputting image data;
Information detecting means for detecting information related to the image data based on one image data obtained by sequentially photographing by the imaging means;
Image recording means for recording, in association with information detected by the information detection means, as image related information of the image data, to the other image data obtained by sequentially photographing by the imaging means;
A portable terminal with a camera, comprising: Furthermore, it has an image database storing a plurality of image data for acquiring the image related information and identification information of each image data,
The information detection unit searches the image database as information related to the image data based on the one image data from the imaging unit, and detects identification information of corresponding image data. Item 5. A mobile terminal with a camera according to Item 4.   6. The camera-equipped mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the information detection unit detects photographer information based on the one image data from the imaging unit. An image-related information providing server connected to a network and providing information on image data;
A camera-equipped mobile communication terminal connectable to the image-related information providing server via the network;
The camera-equipped mobile communication terminal transmits one of the paired image data obtained by photographing to the image-related information providing server via the network,
The image-related information providing server transmits information on the one image data received from the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal to the camera-equipped mobile communication terminal via the network,
The camera-equipped mobile communication terminal records information related to the one image data received from the image related information providing server in association with the other image data as a pair as image related information of the image data. An image-related information acquisition system as a feature. An image-related information providing server connected to a network and providing information about image data,
Based on image data received via the network, information detecting means for detecting information related to the image data;
An image-related information providing server configured to provide information detected by the information detection unit as image-related information to a transmission source of the image data via the network. Furthermore, it has an image database storing a plurality of image data for acquiring the image related information and identification information of each image data,
The said information detection means searches the said image database as information regarding the said image data based on the received image data, and detects the identification information of corresponding image data, The information of Claim 8 characterized by the above-mentioned. Image related information providing server.   The image-related information providing server according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the information detection unit detects photographer information based on the received image data. A camera-equipped mobile communication terminal that can be connected to an image-related information providing server that provides information about image data via a network,
Communication means for communicating with the image-related information providing server via the network;
A first imaging unit and a second imaging unit, each of which captures a subject and outputs image data;
Control means for controlling the photographing operation so as to start the other photographing within a predetermined time in synchronization with the photographing start of one of the first imaging means or the second imaging means;
The image data obtained from each of the first imaging means and the second imaging means is paired, and information provided from the image related information providing server based on one image data is recorded in association with the other image data. Image recording means,
The one image data is transmitted to the image related information providing server via the network by the communication means, and the information related to the one image data transmitted from the image related information providing server via the network, A camera-equipped portable communication terminal configured to be received by the communication unit and related to the other image data as image-related information of the other image data and recorded in the image recording unit. A camera-equipped mobile communication terminal that can be connected to an image-related information providing server that provides information about image data via a network,
Communication means for communicating with the image-related information providing server via the network;
An imaging means for photographing a subject and outputting image data;
Image recording means for recording the information provided from the image-related information providing server based on one image data in association with the other image data by pairing image data obtained by sequentially photographing with the imaging means; Have
The one image data is transmitted to the image related information providing server via the network by the communication means, and the information related to the one image data transmitted from the image related information providing server via the network, A camera-equipped portable communication terminal configured to be received by the communication unit and related to the other image data as image-related information of the other image data and recorded in the image recording unit.

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