JP2011180893A - Stray management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the labor for a stray search even if information such as a tag is not preliminarily installed and to accurately bring a stray pet, child, aged person or the like to an owner, a guardian or the like with minimized labor on the searcher side. <P>SOLUTION: The stray management system includes: a stray information providing system which performs update of a stray information database; and a stray information search system for acquiring information for displaying a stray information search result to a terminal in reference to information in the stray information database, the stray information search system including a map database. A person who searches a stray designates an image for a search object, whereby image search of the information database is performed, and if an image matched or similar thereto is present, an accurate position where the image is picked up is displayed on the map. Otherwise, an image list is displayed, an image of a stray target is selected therefrom by providing a function of image zoom display, and position information where the selected image is picked up is accurately displayed on the map. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lost child management system for bringing a pet, a child, an elderly person, or the like lost to an owner or a guardian from an image with position information of a mobile phone.

For example, when a pet, a child, an elderly person, or the like gets lost, a device described in Patent Document 1 is known as a device that can contact an owner, a guardian, or the like. This is a system for managing lost children using information such as tags in advance.
Patent Document 2 discloses a similar image search apparatus and method.

JP 2007-213523 A JP 2002-318812 A

In the past, when pets, children, elderly people, etc. were lost, the searching effort such as searching for police, creating a poster for a search request, and requesting a search to a specialist was difficult.
On the other hand, in recent years, mobile phones with cameras have become widespread. The inventor of the present application can enable a discoverer who finds a lost pet, child, or elderly person to report to an appropriate system without delay so that it can be appropriately delivered to the owner or guardian of the lost child. I thought.
The purpose of the present invention is to minimize the labor of searching for lost children, even when information such as tags is not attached in advance, and to reduce the labor of searching for lost pets, children, elderly people, etc. It is to provide a lost child management system that can be accurately matched to a person or the like.

  In order to solve the above problems, a lost child management system according to the present invention acquires position information from an image with position information when a lost child finder provides information on lost child detection using a mobile phone, and stores the lost child information database. Lost child information providing system for updating, lost child owner and guardian using a terminal to access lost child information, equipped with a map database, and searching for lost child information in the terminal by referring to the information in the lost child information database A lost child information management system comprising a lost child information search system for displaying a result, wherein the lost child information providing system includes an image with date, place, region, prefecture, type of search object, feature, and position information in a lost child information database. Is provided with a function for updating.

  A person searching for a lost child (a lost child owner or guardian) performs a search using the lost child information search system. At that time, the lost child information search system provides means for narrowing down the search object by designating the lost object object, the region and the prefecture name from the terminal, and a person searching for the lost child object for the narrowed search object is provided. By designating the owned image, the lost child information retrieval system compares the images. The lost information database is searched for whether there is a matching or similar image. If there is a matching or similar image, the exact position where the image was taken is displayed on the map. Alternatively, an image list is displayed and an image enlargement display function is provided, so that an image of a lost child is selected, and position information where the selected image is captured is accurately displayed on a map. By providing these means, means for attracting the lost child is provided.

  According to the present invention, there is no need for a tool such as a tag for storing information in advance. Due to the widespread use of mobile phones in recent years, it has become possible to easily provide images taken with camera-equipped mobile phones. By displaying the search result of the lost child on the display screen of the device, it is possible to provide information to the owner, the guardian, and the like, and the labor for searching for the target can be reduced.

  The lost child management system of the present invention has the following effects. Even if information such as tags is not attached in advance, the search effort for lost children is suppressed as much as possible, and when pets, children, elderly people, etc. get lost, the search effort is reduced and it is appropriate for owners and parents It is possible to provide a function for attracting users.

It is a whole lineblock diagram of a lost child management system in an embodiment of the invention. It is a block diagram of the data of the lost child information management database of FIG. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the mobile phone of FIG. 1 and a lost child information provision system. FIG. 3A is a flowchart showing processing on the mobile phone side when a discoverer who finds an object that seems to be lost reports to the lost child information providing system. FIG. 3B is a flowchart showing a process of acquiring lost child information from the mobile phone and registering the lost child information in the lost child information database on the server side of the lost child information providing system. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the lost child information search system of FIG. It is an example of a screen display for narrowing down search targets. FIG. 5A is a screen for narrowing down search targets based on information such as the type of search object, the region, and the prefecture. FIG. 5B is a screen for narrowing down search targets by performing a similar image search. It is the example of a screen display which displays a similar number based on the map display narrowed down to a prefecture, and a search object image. It is an example of a display of the image list similar to the search object image narrowed down to the prefecture. It is a display example of image search result details.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a lost child management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lost child management system manages mobile phones (hereinafter simply abbreviated as “mobile” if there is no possibility of confusion) 1, a terminal 2, and images, dates, places, and features of pets, children, elderly people, etc. A lost child information providing system 3, a lost child information search system 4 that searches for lost children from information such as images, dates, places, and features for pets, children, elderly people, etc., a lost child information database 11, and a map information database 12 are configured. The mobile phone 1, the terminal 2, the lost child information providing system 3, and the lost child information search system 4 are connected by a public line network 5, and the lost child information providing system 3 includes location information transmitted from the mobile phone 1. The lost child information database 11 is updated using the lost child image information.
The lost child information providing system 3, the lost child information search system 4, the lost child information DB 11, and the map information DB 12 can be realized by computer software installed on a server computer connected to the Internet. With the recent popularization of mobile phone services, web access via the mobile phone 1 has been made smooth, and the connection between the public line network 5 and the Internet is seamless so that the border is not conscious.
The terminal 2 can be realized by a computer such as a personal computer connected to the Internet. It functions as a terminal for a server computer such as the lost child information retrieval system 4.
In the description of the present invention, the term “means” is used several times. These are function realizing means realized by reading necessary software by a computer.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration stored in the lost child information database 11. Based on the information transmitted from the mobile phone, date 201, place 202, region 203, prefecture 204, search type 205, feature 206, and image with position information 207 are registered from the lost child information providing system 3.
The date 201 indicates the date when the image with position information was taken, and the place 202 shows the place where the image with position information was taken, that is, a place where a pet, a child, an elderly person, etc. was lost. The region 203 and the prefecture 204 are registered as the prefecture information.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the mobile phone and lost child information providing system. In the mobile phone, the lost child information providing process (FIG. 3A) for providing information on the lost child object and the lost child information providing system The process is divided into the process of acquiring lost child information and registering the lost child information in the lost child information database (FIG. 3B).
The lost child management top page is displayed on the mobile phone (step 301). After selecting the type of search object for the dog or person, the feature is input, the image obtained by photographing the lost object is selected, and transmitted as lost child information from the mobile phone (step 302).
The lost child information providing system acquires lost child information transmitted from the mobile phone (step 303), and updates the lost child information database based on the acquired lost child information (step 304).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the lost child information search process of the lost child information search system. The top page of the lost child management system is displayed on the terminal (step 401).

  A screen such as 5-1 in FIG. 5 (FIG. 5A) is displayed, and the type 5-11, the area 5-12, and the prefecture name 5 of the search object whether it is a pet, a child, an elderly person or the like The search target is narrowed down by prompting the input of −13 and pressing the “next” button 5-14 (step 402). Next, a screen like FIG. 5B (FIG. 5B) is displayed, and an image search (for example, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2) is used based on the search target image 5-21. In order to narrow down the image, the following processing is performed.

5-23, a screen such as 6 in FIG. 6 is displayed, and in the search result display 6-1, a region 6 is assigned in the order of similarity on the map indicating which region is similar to the image to be searched. 7 is displayed or a screen like 7 in FIG. 7 is displayed, and an image similar to the search result display 7-1 is selected from the upper left as the image list 7-2 in descending order of similarity. (Step 403).
It is determined whether or not there is a matching or similar image (step 404). If no image exists at all, a message of no corresponding is output to the terminal (step 408).
If a similar image exists, selection of map display or image list display is prompted in 5-23 (step 405).

  When the map display is selected in 5-23, the screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the map 6-1 of the designated prefecture is displayed, and the similar number 6-2 is assigned to the corresponding place based on the place information 202. Display (step 409).

  That is, when the map display is selected in 5-23, the map is read from the map database 12, and the map is displayed on the terminal 2. On the map displayed on the terminal 2, the location information is obtained from the image list with the position information in the lost child management database 11 from the image determined to be a similar image by image search, and attached to the corresponding map in the order of similarity. Number 6-2 is displayed (step 409), and when a similar number is selected, a screen search result detail display as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed (step 410).

  When the image list display is selected in 5-23, a screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and the image 7-2 is displayed in descending order of similarity from the upper left (step 406), and one displayed image is selected. When the “enlarge” button 7-3 is pressed, an enlarged image can be displayed (step 407). When an image is selected from the displayed image list, a screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed (step 410).

  That is, in the case of FIG. 6, when the number 1, for example, the number 1 of 6-2 is double-clicked, and in the case of FIG. 7, for example, the image 1 of 7-2 is double-clicked, a screen as shown in FIG.

  When the screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, detailed position information of the selected image, such as 8-2, is displayed in the middle of the map. Based on the detailed location information on the map, it is possible to obtain the exact location of people such as pets, children, and elderly people. In addition, the mark which can display position information like 8-3 is displayed in the range which can display a map on the screen of a terminal.

  In the operation of this system, information corresponding to portrait rights and personal information is handled, so it is desirable to perform appropriate security management. The terminal 2 that can access the lost child information retrieval system 4 is installed in an administrative organization such as the police or city hall, and the user is authenticated after being used by the staff. At the stage where authentication is not performed, only a coarse image can be accessed, and a fine image can be accessed after authentication is considered.

  Not only can it be applied to lost children such as elderly people and children, but it can also be applied to a system for managing lost children. Moreover, even if it is not a living thing, it can be applied to an article that would be desired to be immediately delivered to the owner.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2 Terminal 3 Lost child information provision system 4 Lost child information search system 5 Public line network 11 Lost child information database 12 Map information database

Claims (1)

A lost child information providing system that acquires location information from an image with location information of a mobile phone and updates a lost child information database, and a lost child information that includes a map database and displays lost child information search results on a terminal by referring to information in the lost child information database A lost child management system consisting of a search system,
The lost child information providing system includes:
In the lost child information database, equipped with means for updating the image with date, location, region, prefecture, type of search, features, position information,
The lost child information retrieval system includes:
Text item narrowing means to narrow down search objects by specifying lost objects, region and prefecture name from terminal,
Image comparison means for searching the lost child information database to determine whether there is a matching or similar image in order to compare the images by designating images for the narrowed search target;
Position information display means for displaying, on a map, accurate position information at which the image is photographed when there is an image that matches or resembles the image comparing means;
In addition to displaying an image list, it also has an image enlargement display function, so that it has superposition display means for selecting a lost child image and accurately displaying the position information of the selected image on the map. A lost child management system characterized by bringing lost child owners / guardians together.

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