JP2009049476A - Photography support information presentation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present to a photographer information about a place of photography suitable for photography in accordance with a current place, current time of day and weather even when the photographer is in an unknown place, for example. <P>SOLUTION: A photography place storage part 104 of a photography support information presentation device 10 has beforehand held information about a period or date and time suited for photography and weather suited for photography in each place of photography as photography place information. The photographer uses an information input part 111 to input weather at the current place of the photographer. On the basis of various conditions such as the current weather input by the photographer, a current place acquired by a place information acquisition part 100, and current date and time acquired by a date and time information acquisition part 101, the photography support information presentation device selects photography place information which satisfies the various conditions and displays the selected photography place information onto a monitor of a liquid crystal display 105. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing support information presentation apparatus that presents photographing support information for photographing a better photographed image to a photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image.

  Conventionally, digital cameras (digital still cameras) that record still images on recording media such as semiconductor memory, magnetic tape, HDD (Hard Disc Drive), writable DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), semiconductor memory, etc. There are digital video cameras that record and record moving images or still images on recording media. General-purpose digital cameras and digital video cameras are able to obtain appropriate captured images even if they are photographed by an unfamiliar photographer, with functions such as an illuminance sensor and autofocus.

  On the other hand, for vehicles, a database that stores POI (Point Of Interest) information such as road maps, gas stations, banks, hospitals, restaurants, etc. in a storage device is combined with GPS (Global Positioning System) that informs the current position. There is a car navigation device that displays or voices POI information in the vicinity of a position and provides assistance related to a driver's decision making. With this type of car navigation device, for example, even if gasoline supply is needed on an unknown land, the driver can search for a gas station quickly and accurately using the POI search function. There is an advantage that desired information can be easily acquired as compared with the case of examining a guide book or a map book.

Further, for example, in Patent Document 1 below, a shooting support program, a shooting support method, and a shooting support that can obtain desired image information quickly and efficiently without being influenced by the subjectivity or skill level of the photographer. An apparatus is disclosed. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, on the premise that a photographing target (subject) is determined in advance, photographing condition information such as a photographing position, a photographing direction, a photographing angle, a subject, and photographing parameters of the photographing terminal is obtained. The desired image information is obtained, including guiding the photographer to the photographing position by performing two-way communication with an expert or a photographing support apparatus that generates photographing condition information optimal for photographing based on past photographing condition information. Shooting assistance will be available.
JP 2005-117190 A

  However, many of the conventional car navigation devices as described above are fixed to a vehicle, and those having a function of providing photographing information for a photographing device that can be carried by a photographer as a POI search function. Does not exist. The technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is effective for shooting support when the shooting target is determined in advance, but the shooting location or shooting target is not determined when the shooting location or the shooting target itself is not determined. It does not provide a function to support selection.

  In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a photographing support information presentation device for presenting information regarding a photographing location suitable for photographing to a photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image. And

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a photographing support information presentation device for presenting information relating to a photographing location suitable for photographing to a photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image,
Current date and time information acquisition means for acquiring current date and time information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information;
Shooting location information storage means for storing one or more shooting location information in which location information suitable for the shooting location is associated with a range of date and time information suitable for shooting at the shooting location and weather information suitable for shooting When,
Current weather information acquisition means for acquiring current weather information indicating the current weather condition at the current position;
With reference to the shooting location information stored in the shooting location candidate search means, the current date and time information acquired by the current date and time information acquisition means is included in the range of date and time information suitable for shooting, and the current Shooting including a shooting location with a short distance from the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit among shooting location information in which the current weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit matches the weather information suitable for shooting Shooting location search means for extracting location information as shooting location candidate information;
An external output means for outputting a shooting location included in the shooting location candidate information extracted by the shooting location search means to the outside;
An imaging support information presentation device is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a photographing support information presentation device for presenting information on a photographing location suitable for photographing to a photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image. And
Current date and time information acquisition means for acquiring current date and time information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information;
Current weather information acquisition means for acquiring current weather information indicating the current weather condition at the current position;
Shooting support request information including the current date information acquired by the current date information acquisition unit, the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit, and the current weather information acquired by the current weather information acquisition unit Transmitting means for transmitting to a predetermined imaging support information providing server;
As a response to the shooting support request information from the predetermined shooting support information providing server, the current date and time information is included in a range of date and time information suitable for shooting, and the current weather information is weather information suitable for shooting. And receiving means for receiving shooting location candidate information including a shooting location that is close to the current position information, and
An external output means for outputting the shooting location included in the shooting location candidate information received by the receiving means to the outside;
An imaging support information presentation device is provided.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the weather information acquisition unit includes a weather condition information input unit for inputting the current weather information from the outside in the photographing support information presentation device.

Further, in the present invention, in the photographing support information presentation device, the weather information acquisition unit includes:
Weather condition detection means for detecting the weather conditions of the external environment;
It is preferable to have weather condition information determination means for determining the current weather condition based on the weather condition detected by the weather condition detection means.

Further, in the present invention, in the photographing support information presenting device, there is a weather information acquisition means for acquiring information indicating a current weather state in an arbitrary place,
The shooting location information stored in the shooting location information storage means is further associated with a shooting direction suitable for shooting from the shooting location and weather information suitable for shooting at a shooting target location existing in the shooting direction. And
As a condition for the shooting location searching means to extract the shooting location candidate information, the shooting target location weather information indicating the current weather condition of the shooting target location acquired by the weather information acquisition means is used for shooting at the shooting target location. It is preferable to be configured to further check whether or not it matches with the appropriate weather information.

  The photographing support information presenting apparatus of the present invention has the above-described configuration. For example, even when the photographer is in an unknown place, a photographing place suitable for photographing according to the current position, the current time, the weather, etc. It is possible to present information related to the photographer.

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

<First Embodiment>
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 1 includes a position information acquisition unit 100, a date and time information acquisition unit 101, a weather setting unit 102, a shooting location search unit 103, a shooting location storage unit 104, a liquid crystal display device 105, a weather display, An information acquisition unit 110 is included. The weather information acquisition unit 110 has an information input unit 111.

  The position information acquisition unit 100 has a function of acquiring the current position where the photographing support information presentation device 10 is present and outputting the current position information. The position information acquisition unit 100 can acquire the current position information using, for example, a GPS function that calculates the current position information from the received GPS received signal. Any technique may be used.

  The date / time information acquisition unit 101 has a function of acquiring the current date / time (year / month / day and time) and outputting the current date / time information.

  The weather setting unit 102 has a function of setting and outputting current weather information indicating the current weather state at the current position based on the information supplied from the weather information acquisition unit 110. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the information supplied from the weather information acquisition unit 110 is input information in which the photographer himself inputs the current weather, and the input information is output as the current weather information as it is. Is done.

  In addition, the shooting location searching unit 103 refers to shooting location information stored in the shooting location storage unit 104, current position information supplied from the position information acquisition unit 100, and current date and time supplied from the date / time information acquisition unit 101. Based on the information, current weather information supplied from the weather setting unit 102, etc., it has a function of selecting one or a plurality of shooting location candidates suitable for the situation where the photographer is placed. The shooting location searching unit 103 has a function of processing the selected shooting location candidates into information for display on the liquid crystal display device 105. At this time, the name and position of the shooting location may be output as text information or voice information regarding the selected shooting location candidate, and is presented by placing a mark at a corresponding position on the map. Also good.

  In addition, the shooting location storage unit 104 stores, for a certain shooting location, position information of a location suitable for the shooting location, a range of date and time information suitable for shooting at the shooting location, and weather suitable for shooting at the shooting location Stores shooting location information including information. It is desirable that shooting location information regarding a plurality of shooting locations is stored in the shooting location storage unit 104 in advance.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the shooting location information stored in the shooting location storage unit 104 includes, for each of a plurality of shooting locations, the name of the shooting location, the position of the shooting location (longitude and latitude), and the shooting location information. It has a suitable date and time (recommended period and time), weather suitable for shooting (recommended weather), and recommended shooting direction (shooting direction). For example, the shooting location information shown in FIG. 10 has a position of longitude “139 ° 12′34.56 ″ east longitude and latitude“ 36 ° 12 ′ ”with respect to the shooting location specified by the name“ XXX ”. 34.56 ″ ”, the recommended period is“ April to September ”, the recommended time is“ 10: 0 to 15:00 ”, the recommended weather is“ clear ”, and the recommended shooting direction is“ 0 ° to 90 ° ”. This information is included. Note that the shooting direction is represented by an angle expressed in a clockwise direction with true north as 0 °, for example, a direction in which the view is good or a direction that is not backlit against sunlight is set. .

  The liquid crystal display device 105 has a function of displaying the shooting location candidates selected by the shooting location searching unit 103. On the monitor (display screen) of the liquid crystal display device 105, for example, shooting location candidates are displayed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, the candidate places of the shooting location, the distance from the current location, and the recommended time range suitable for shooting are displayed on the monitor in order of increasing distance from the current location. The photographer can grasp the candidates for the shooting location suitable for the situation where the photographer himself / herself is by visually recognizing the candidates for the shooting location displayed on the liquid crystal display device 105. Note that the shooting location candidates are not limited to the liquid crystal display, but may be a display using a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or other technology, or may be an audio output.

  The weather information acquisition unit 110 has a function of acquiring the current weather state at the current position and outputting the current weather information. The weather information acquisition unit 110 includes an information input unit 111 that is realized by an arbitrary input interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, an operation button, and a touch panel, for example. Make input.

  The information input unit 111 is realized by buttons displayed on a touch panel display as illustrated in FIG. 9, for example. FIG. 9 illustrates an example in which the information input unit 111 is configured by three buttons that indicate weather conditions such as a “sunny” button 130, a “cloudy” button 131, and a “rain” button 132. The photographer can directly input the weather around the photographer by selecting one of these buttons. Here, the weather is classified into three types, “sunny”, “cloudy”, and “rain”, but the classification may be performed in more detail.

  The date and time information acquisition unit 101 (calendar function and clock function), weather setting unit 102, shooting location search unit 103, and the like of the shooting support information presentation device 10 can be easily executed by executing software (programs) with a microcomputer. It is feasible. The shooting location storage unit 104 can be easily realized by a recording medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or an HDD.

  Next, the operation of the imaging support information presentation device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the imaging support information presentation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, the imaging support information presentation device 10 first acquires date and time information by the date and time information acquisition unit 101 (step S1001), and acquires current position information by the position information acquisition unit 100 (step S1003). Furthermore, the information input unit 111 of the weather information acquisition unit 110 allows the photographer to input the current weather state, for example, a “sunny” button 130, a “cloudy” button 131, “ The rain button 132 is displayed on the touch panel display, and the weather corresponding to the button selected by the photographer is set as current weather information in the weather setting unit 102 (step S1005).

  Next, a radius of an appropriate size centered on the current position information (for example, information indicating the current position by longitude and latitude) acquired by the position information acquisition unit 100 from the shooting location information stored in the shooting location storage unit 104. All the shooting locations (shooting location candidate data around the current position) existing in a circle (for example, several km) are acquired (step S1007). Here, it is assumed that N shooting location candidate data are obtained.

  Then, the shooting location searching unit 103 compares various conditions of the shooting location candidate data acquired in step S1007 with the current situation, and performs processing for selecting shooting location candidate data that matches the conditions as a shooting location candidate. . Specifically, for each of the plurality of shooting location candidate data acquired in step S1007, the date and time information acquired in step S1001 falls within a recommended period range suitable for shooting set as the shooting location condition. Whether or not it is included (step S1009), and whether or not the date and time information acquired in step S1001 is included in the recommended time range suitable for shooting set as the conditions of the shooting location (step S1011). Whether or not the current weather information acquired in step S1005 matches the weather information suitable for shooting set as the conditions of the shooting location is checked (step S1013). If all the conditions are satisfied, the shooting location candidate data is temporarily stored as shooting location candidates (step S1015).

  In the process of comparing the conditions in steps S1009 to S1013 and selecting a shooting location candidate, the counter is decremented by 1 each time processing related to one shooting location candidate data is completed (step S1017), and the counter is less than 1. When this is detected, it is determined that the condition comparison processing for all the shooting location candidate data has been completed (step S1019). When the condition comparison processing relating to all the shooting location candidate data is completed, the candidate (shooting location candidate) stored in step S1015 is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 105 to present a suitable shooting location to the photographer. In this case, for example, one or more shooting location candidates closer to the current position are selected from the plurality of shooting location candidates stored in step S1015 (step S1021), and character information is displayed on the monitor of the liquid crystal display device 105. Shooting location candidates are displayed by symbols or symbols arranged on the map (step S1023).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, based on the current date and time, the current position, and the current weather input by the photographer for the photographer who captures a still image or a moving image. Thus, it is possible to present information relating to a shooting location suitable for shooting.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 includes a position information acquisition unit 200, a date and time information acquisition unit 201, a weather setting unit 202, a shooting location search unit 203, a shooting location storage unit 204, a liquid crystal display device 205, a weather display, An information acquisition unit 210 is included.

  Note that the position information acquisition unit 200 includes a date and time information acquisition unit 201, a shooting location search unit 203, a shooting location storage unit 204, and a liquid crystal display device 205. 101, the shooting location searching unit 103, the shooting location storage unit 104, and the liquid crystal display device 105 are the same, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, the weather information acquisition unit 210 includes a barometer 211 and a temperature / humidity meter 212. The barometer 211 has a function of detecting the atmospheric pressure of the photographer's surrounding environment, and the thermohygrometer 212 has a function of detecting the humidity and temperature of the photographer's surrounding environment. In addition to the atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity, for example, any conditions such as illuminance and atmospheric components are used as the weather conditions of the photographer's surrounding environment, and the weather information acquisition unit 210 detects these arbitrary conditions. You may have. Further, the weather information acquisition unit 210 has a function of communicating with a weather information providing server (not shown) that holds current weather information in an arbitrary region. For example, the current information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 200 By transmitting the position information to the weather information providing server, the weather information at the current position may be acquired as a response.

  The weather setting unit 202 has a function of setting and outputting current weather information indicating the current weather state at the current position based on the information supplied from the weather information acquisition unit 110. Furthermore, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the information supplied from the weather information acquisition unit 210 is information related to the weather conditions of the photographer's surrounding environment, and the weather setting unit 202 calculates the current weather from the weather conditions. Has the function to judge.

  When the weather setting unit 202 is used to determine the current weather, any algorithm can be used. For example, it may be determined as “rainy” or “cloudy” when the current atmospheric pressure is lower than a predetermined atmospheric pressure and the current humidity is higher than a predetermined humidity, and may be determined as “sunny” otherwise. More complex algorithms may be used. Further, by acquiring the current date and time from the date and time information acquisition unit 201, it is possible to make a weather determination that further considers the conditions of the current time (season). In addition, by acquiring the current position from the position information acquisition unit 200, it is possible to make a weather determination that further considers the climate classification based on the current position. Further, the altitude (elevation) of the current position specified from the current position and map information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 200 and the altitude (elevation) detected by the GPS (position information acquisition unit 200) are further added. Weather judgment may be made.

  Next, the operation of the imaging support information presentation device 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the imaging support information presentation device in the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 4, the imaging support information presentation device 20 first acquires date and time information by the date and time information acquisition unit 201 (step S2001) and acquires current position information by the position information acquisition unit 202 (step S2003). Further, the weather setting unit 202 determines the current weather in the surrounding environment from the atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity detected by the barometer 211 and the thermohygrometer 212, and sets the determination result as current weather information (step S2005). ).

  Subsequent processing is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment of the present invention. That is, steps S1007 to S1023 shown in FIG. 2 are the same as steps S2007 to S2023 shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the current date and time, the current position, and the photographing support information presenting device are detected or acquired by the photographer who takes a still image or a moving image. Based on the current weather, it is possible to present information relating to a shooting location suitable for shooting.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device and the imaging support information providing server according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  The imaging support information presentation device 30 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes a position information acquisition unit 300, a date and time information acquisition unit 301, a weather setting unit 302, a liquid crystal display device 305, a weather information acquisition unit 310, and a data transmission / reception unit 313. ing.

  The functions of the position information acquisition unit 300, the date information acquisition unit 301, and the liquid crystal display device 305 are the same as those of the date information acquisition unit 101 and the liquid crystal display device 105, respectively. The description is omitted here. The weather information acquisition unit 310 includes a barometer 311 and a temperature / humidity meter 312 as in the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention described above, but the first embodiment of the present invention described above. As in the configuration in the embodiment, the information input unit 111 may be provided so that the photographer can input the current weather information.

  Further, the data transmission / reception unit 313 combines the current position information supplied from the position information acquisition unit 300, the current date information supplied from the date / time information acquisition unit 301, and the current weather information supplied from the weather setting unit 302. Data is created and transmitted to the photographing support information providing server 80, and as a response, the photographing location candidate data is received from the photographing support information providing server 80.

  On the other hand, the imaging support information providing server 80 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes an imaging location search unit 803, an imaging location storage unit 804, and a data transmission / reception unit 814.

  The shooting location searching unit 803 refers to shooting location information stored in the shooting location storage unit 804 (holding the same data as the above-described shooting location storage unit 104), and presents shooting support information via the data transmission / reception unit 814. Based on information included in the current situation data received from the device 30 (current position information of the photographing support information presentation device 30, current date and time information, current weather information in the vicinity of the photographing support information presentation device 30), It has a function of selecting one or a plurality of shooting location candidates suitable for the current situation and outputting them as shooting location candidate data. Basically, the same operation as that of the above-described shooting location searching unit 103 is performed, and an arbitrary algorithm can be used for searching the shooting location.

  In addition, the data transmission / reception unit 814 receives the current situation data from the imaging support information presentation device 30 and sends the imaging location candidate data output from the imaging location search unit 803 to the imaging support information presentation device 30 as a response to the current situation data. It has a function to transmit.

  Next, the operation of the imaging support information presentation device 20 in the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operations of the imaging support information presentation device and the imaging support information providing server according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 6, the imaging support information presentation device 30 first acquires date and time information by the date and time information acquisition unit 301 (step S3001), and acquires current position information by the position information acquisition unit 300 (step S3003). Further, the weather setting unit 302 determines the current weather in the surrounding environment from the atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity detected by the barometer 311 and the thermohygrometer 312, and sets the determination result as current weather information (step S3005). ).

  Then, the shooting support information presentation device 30 creates current situation data by collecting the date and time information acquired in step S3001, the current position information acquired in step S3003, and the current weather information set in step S3005. The information is transmitted to the information providing server 80 (step S3091).

  On the other hand, the imaging support information providing server 80 is in a data reception standby state, and receives the current status data transmitted from the imaging support information presentation device 30 (step S3092), the imaging location search unit 803 stores the imaging location storage unit 804. From the stored shooting location information, within the circle of an appropriate size radius (for example, several kilometers) centering on the current position information (for example, information representing the current position by longitude and latitude) included in the current situation data All existing shooting locations (shooting location candidate data around the current position) are acquired (step S3007).

  The shooting location searching unit 803 compares various conditions of the shooting location candidate data acquired in step S3007 with information included in the current situation data, and selects shooting location candidate data that matches the conditions as a shooting location candidate. (Steps S3009, S3011, and S3013), and the shooting location candidate data that satisfies all the conditions are temporarily stored as shooting location candidates (step S3015). The process of selecting the shooting location candidates by comparing the conditions in steps S3009 to S3013 is performed for all the shooting location candidate data selected in step S3007. (Steps S3017, S3019). When the condition comparison processing related to all the shooting location candidate data is completed, one or more candidates (shooting location candidates) stored in step S3015 are selected (step S3021). Note that details of the processing in steps S3007 to S3021 are basically the same as those in steps S1007 to S1021 shown in FIG.

  The imaging support information providing server 80 returns the imaging location candidate selected in step S3021 to the imaging support information presenting apparatus 30 as a response to the current status data received in step S3092 (step S3093). Upon receiving the shooting location candidate transmitted from the shooting support information providing server 80 (step S3094), the shooting support information presentation device 30 uses character information on the monitor of the liquid crystal display device 105, a symbol arranged on a map, or the like. The received photographing location candidates are displayed (step S3023).

  As described above, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the current date and time, the current position, and the photographing support information presenting device are detected or acquired by the photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image. Based on the current weather (or the current weather input by the photographer), it is possible to present information relating to a shooting location suitable for shooting. In addition, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, since the shooting support information providing server 80 holds the shooting location information and performs the shooting location search process, the specifications of the shooting support information presentation device 30 (the size of the memory) Saddle CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be suppressed, and it is possible to reduce the cost and size of the imaging support information presentation device 30. Further, the imaging support information providing server 80 captures images. By collectively managing the location information, it is possible to easily update the shooting location information.

<Fourth embodiment>
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the imaging support information presentation device in the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 7 includes a position information acquisition unit 400, a date / time information acquisition unit 401, a weather setting unit 402, a shooting location search unit 403, a shooting location storage unit 404, a liquid crystal display device 405, a weather display, and the like. An information acquisition unit 410 and a shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415 are provided.

  Note that the position information acquisition unit 400 includes the date and time information acquisition unit 401, the weather setting unit 402, the shooting location storage unit 404, the liquid crystal display device 405, and the weather information acquisition unit 410. The date and time information acquisition unit 201, the weather setting unit 202, the shooting location storage unit 204, the liquid crystal display device 205, and the weather information acquisition unit 210 are the same, and the description thereof is omitted here. Here, the weather information acquisition unit 410 includes a barometer 411 and a temperature / humidity meter 412 as in the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention described above. As in the configuration of the embodiment, the information input unit 111 may be provided so that the photographer himself can input the current weather information.

  In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the imaging support information presentation device 30 is provided with a shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415. This shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415 has a function of acquiring current weather information of a shooting target at a shooting location. For example, the shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415 has a function of communicating with a weather information providing server (not shown) that holds current weather information in an arbitrary region, and is acquired by the position information acquisition unit 400, for example. The weather information of the shooting target location may be acquired as a response by transmitting the position information of the shooting target location (location where the shooting target exists) corresponding to the current position information to the weather information providing server.

  Further, the shooting location searching unit 403 refers to the shooting location information stored in the shooting location storage unit 404, the current position information supplied from the position information acquisition unit 400, and the current date and time supplied from the date information acquisition unit 401. Based on the information, the current weather information supplied from the weather setting unit 402, the weather information of the shooting target location supplied from the shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415, etc., the shooting location suitable for the situation where the photographer is placed It has a function of selecting one or more candidates.

  Note that the shooting location information held in the shooting location storage unit 404 is held in association with the location information of the shooting target location corresponding to the shooting location, and the shooting location search unit 403 stores the location information of the shooting target location. May be passed to the shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415 to acquire the weather information of the shooting target location. In this case, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the shooting location information held in the shooting location storage unit 404 includes the position (longitude and latitude) of the shooting target location and the shooting target location suitable for shooting. The weather (recommended weather) may be further provided.

  Further, the shooting location searching unit 403 passes the position information of the shooting location to the shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415, and the shooting target weather information acquisition unit 415 specifies the position information of the shooting target location corresponding to this shooting location, and shooting is performed. You may acquire the weather information of an object place, and the recommended weather information in this photography object place.

  In the method for determining the candidate for the shooting location by further considering the condition of the weather information of the shooting target location, the imaging support information presentation device 40 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is separated from the shooting location. It is especially effective in cases. For example, if a shooting location is a observatory with a good view, and a landscape (for example, a specific mountain or mountain range) that is several kilometers to several tens of kilometers away from this shooting location can be seen, is the mountain that is the subject of the shooting clearly visible? No is important. In such a case, it is possible to determine whether or not the situation is suitable for shooting in which a better shot image can be captured by considering the weather at the shooting target location in addition to the weather at the shooting location.

  Next, the operation of the imaging support information presentation device 40 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the imaging support information presentation device in the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 8, the processing of steps S4001 to S4007 of the imaging support information presentation device 40 is the same as that of the second embodiment of the present invention. That is, Steps S4001 to S4007 illustrated in FIG. 8 are the same as Steps S2001 to S2007 illustrated in FIG. 4, thereby acquiring current date / time information, current position information, and weather information of the current position. In addition, photographing location candidate data around the current position is acquired.

  Subsequently, the imaging support information presentation device 40 performs the condition comparison process as in the second embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the conditions of the recommended period, the recommended date and time, and the recommended weather of the current position are compared. (Steps S4009 to S4013: the same processing as steps S2009 to S2013 in FIG. 4), and further, it is determined whether or not the weather at the shooting target location is recommended for shooting (step S4014). Then, the shooting location candidate data that satisfies all of these conditions is temporarily stored as a shooting location candidate (step S4015), and the above condition comparison processing is performed for all the shooting location candidate data selected in step S4007 (step S4015). S4017, S4019).

  When the condition comparison processing for all the shooting location candidate data is completed, one or a plurality of candidates (shooting location candidates) stored in step S4015 are selected (step S4021) and displayed on the monitor of the liquid crystal display device 405. The shooting location candidates are displayed using character information or symbols arranged on the map (step S4023).

  Note that the processing in the fourth embodiment of the present invention is further added to the processing in the first or second embodiment of the present invention to confirm whether or not the weather at the shooting target location is recommended weather. Just the basic process is the same.

  As described above, according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the current date and time, the current position, and the photographing support information presenting device are detected or acquired by the photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image. It is possible to present information relating to a shooting location suitable for shooting based on the current weather (or the current weather input by the photographer) and the current weather of the shooting target location.

  Note that the photographing support information presentation apparatus according to the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention is portable information such as a digital camera, a digital video camera, a mobile phone, and a portable terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assist). It can be implemented in a processing device.

  It is also possible to combine the techniques described in each of the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention. For example, the photographing support information presentation device determines from the weather information input by the photographer in the first embodiment of the present invention and the weather conditions obtained by any sensor in the second embodiment of the present invention. The current weather may be determined in consideration of both the weather information provided. In addition, the shooting support information providing server 80 in the third embodiment of the present invention further considers the weather information of the shooting target location described in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and selects shooting location candidates. You may decide.

  According to the present invention, for example, even when the photographer is in an unknown place, it is possible to present the photographer with information related to a shooting location suitable for shooting according to the current position, current time, weather, and the like. The present invention is applicable to a technique for presenting photographing support information for photographing a better photographed image to a photographer who photographs a still image or a moving image.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus and imaging assistance information provision server in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus and imaging assistance information provision server in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display for inputting the weather information of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the imaging location information stored in the imaging location memory | storage part of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 1st-4th embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display which shows the candidate of the imaging | photography place of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 1st-4th embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows another example of the imaging location information stored in the imaging location memory | storage part of the imaging assistance information presentation apparatus in the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10, 20, 30, 40 Shooting support information presentation device 100, 200, 300, 400 Position information acquisition unit 101, 201, 301, 401 Date and time information acquisition unit 102, 202, 302, 402 Weather setting unit 103, 203, 303, 403 Shooting location search unit 104, 204, 304, 404 Shooting location storage unit 105, 205, 305, 405 Liquid crystal display device 110, 210, 310, 410 Weather information acquisition unit 111 Information input unit 130 “Sunny” button 131 “Cloudy” Button 132 “Rain” button 211, 311, 411 Barometer 212, 312, 412 Thermohygrometer 313, 814 Data transmission / reception unit 415 Shooting target weather information acquisition unit

Claims (5)

A photographing support information presentation device for presenting information on a photographing location suitable for photographing to a photographer who photographs a still image or a movie,
Current date and time information acquisition means for acquiring current date and time information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information;
Shooting location information storage means for storing one or more shooting location information in which location information suitable for the shooting location is associated with a range of date and time information suitable for shooting at the shooting location and weather information suitable for shooting When,
Current weather information acquisition means for acquiring current weather information indicating the current weather condition at the current position;
With reference to the shooting location information stored in the shooting location candidate search means, the current date and time information acquired by the current date and time information acquisition means is included in the range of date and time information suitable for shooting, and the current Shooting including a shooting location with a short distance from the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit among shooting location information in which the current weather information acquired by the weather information acquisition unit matches the weather information suitable for shooting Shooting location search means for extracting location information as shooting location candidate information;
An external output means for outputting a shooting location included in the shooting location candidate information extracted by the shooting location search means to the outside;
A photographing support information presentation device. A photographing support information presentation device for presenting information on a photographing location suitable for photographing to a photographer who photographs a still image or a movie,
Current date and time information acquisition means for acquiring current date and time information;
Current position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information;
Current weather information acquisition means for acquiring current weather information indicating the current weather condition at the current position;
Shooting support request information including the current date information acquired by the current date information acquisition unit, the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit, and the current weather information acquired by the current weather information acquisition unit Transmitting means for transmitting to a predetermined imaging support information providing server;
As a response to the shooting support request information from the predetermined shooting support information providing server, the current date and time information is included in a range of date and time information suitable for shooting, and the current weather information is weather information suitable for shooting. And receiving means for receiving shooting location candidate information including a shooting location that is close to the current position information, and
An external output means for outputting the shooting location included in the shooting location candidate information received by the receiving means to the outside;
A photographing support information presentation device.   The imaging support information presenting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the weather information acquisition unit includes a weather state information input unit for inputting the current weather information from the outside. The weather information acquisition means
Weather condition detection means for detecting the weather conditions of the external environment;
Weather condition information determining means for determining a current weather condition based on the weather condition detected by the weather condition detecting means;
The imaging | photography assistance information presentation apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 which has. Having weather information acquisition means for acquiring information indicating the current weather condition in an arbitrary place,
The shooting location information stored in the shooting location information storage means is further associated with a shooting direction suitable for shooting from the shooting location and weather information suitable for shooting at a shooting target location existing in the shooting direction. And
As a condition for the shooting location searching means to extract the shooting location candidate information, the shooting target location weather information indicating the current weather condition of the shooting target location acquired by the weather information acquisition means is used for shooting at the shooting target location. The photographing support information presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the photographing support information presentation device is configured to further confirm whether or not the information matches with suitable weather information.

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