JP2013125535A - Construction site photographing device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a site worker to thoroughly and certainly photograph construction site images in respective processes of a construction site.SOLUTION: A system for photographing a construction site includes: a server 14 which transmits photography instruction data for instructing to photograph construction site images in respective processes according to a predetermined process order at a construction site; and a digital camera 10 as a construction site photographing device which receives the photography instruction data. The digital camera 10 sequentially instructs a user to photograph the construction site images in the respective processes of the construction site by using the photography instruction data, and transmits the photographed construction site images in the respective processes to the server 14 or a different server.

Description

  The present invention relates to a construction site photographing apparatus and system.

  In order to record the progress of the construction at the construction site and to manage the progress of the construction, a number of site photographs are taken, and these are edited or processed by the construction company in a predetermined format.

  On the other hand, various information throughout the life cycle of the facility, from construction business planning, survey / design, construction and maintenance management, will be digitized, and technical information and transaction information will be exchanged and shared via the network to improve productivity. A system has been proposed, and along with technological progress of digital cameras, there has been a demand to efficiently manage, edit, and process on-site photographs as digital image data (digital photograph data) by acquiring on-site photographs with a digital camera.

JP 2002-15054 A Patent No. 4121017 Japanese Patent No. 4174299 Japanese Patent No. 4318446 Japanese Patent No. 4330327

  By the way, image data captured by an imaging means such as a digital camera is transmitted to a server computer, received and edited by the server computer, and transmitted to a management terminal of a construction company that records or manages the progress of construction. In order for the construction manager to grasp the progress of construction in real time, it is necessary to reliably acquire, edit, and manage image data in each process at the construction site.

  However, since there are generally several hundred processes at a construction site, it is difficult for site workers to capture on-site images in each process without omission. Therefore, for example, a process on a certain day at a certain construction site consists of a process a, a process b, a process c, and a process d, and even if it is necessary to take an image of the construction site in each of these processes, It is sufficiently assumed that one of these steps, for example, forgetting to shoot a construction site image in step c is forgotten. In particular, regardless of the fact that buildings are constructed in the same process at all construction sites, considering that the process or type of work may vary from construction site to construction site, the site workers must It is extremely difficult to capture construction site images in the process without omission.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a system that support a site worker to reliably capture a construction site image in each process of a construction site without omission.

The present invention is an apparatus for photographing a construction site, and storage means for storing photographing instruction data for instructing photographing of a construction site image in each process according to a predetermined process order in the construction site, and the storage means Using the shooting instruction data stored in the storage unit, instruction means for sequentially instructing a user to take a construction site image at each step of the construction site, and taking the construction site image in response to the user's operation And a transmission means for transmitting the construction site image in each process photographed by the photographing means to a server together with identification data indicating the photographed process.
In one embodiment of the present invention, it comprises receiving means for receiving the imaging instruction data transmitted from the same or different server as the server.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the photographing instruction data includes at least a first step and a second step following the first step, and the instruction unit photographs a construction site image in the first step. After instructing the user to take the image, the imaging unit takes an image, and the transmission unit sends an instruction to take the construction site image in the second step.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the instructing unit directs the capturing of the construction site image in the first step, then captures the image by the capturing unit, and transmits the transmitted by the transmitting unit. Automatically instructing to take a construction site image in the second step.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, it is provided with a manually operable operation means for selecting a process, and the instruction means instructs the photographing means to photograph a construction site image in the first process, and then the photographing means. After taking a picture and sending it by the sending means, an instruction is given to take a construction site image in the second step according to the operation of the operating means.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the photographing instruction data is different for each construction site.

  Further, the present invention is a system for photographing a construction site, the server for transmitting photographing instruction data instructing to photograph a construction site image in each process according to a predetermined process sequence in the construction site, and the photographing A construction site imaging device for receiving instruction data, wherein the construction site imaging device uses the storage unit for storing the received imaging instruction data, and the imaging instruction data stored in the storage unit. Instruction means for sequentially instructing the user to take a construction site image in each process at the work site, photographing means for taking the construction site image in response to the user's operation, and each process photographed by the photographing means Transmitting means for transmitting the construction site image in to a second server that is the same as or different from the server together with identification data indicating a photographed process; Characterized in that it obtain.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the imaging instruction data includes at least a first process and a second process following the first process, and the instruction means captures a construction site image in the first process. Instructed to take an image of the construction site in the second step after taking an image with the photographing unit and transmitting with the transmitting unit.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, the second server receives the construction site image transmitted from the construction site imaging apparatus, and sorts and stores the image based on the identification data indicating the process.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the server transmits the imaging instruction data in response to an activation command that is transmitted when the construction site imaging apparatus is powered on.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the construction site imaging device includes a GPS device, and the server receives the imaging instruction data according to the positioning data detected by the GPS device of the construction site imaging device. Send.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can support that a field worker image | photographs the construction site image in each process of a construction site reliably, and transmits to a server side reliably. Therefore, on the server side, the construction site image in each process of the construction site can be managed without omission, and the progress status and quality can be reliably and collectively managed at the construction site. In addition, when there are multiple construction sites, even if the process is different for each construction site, it is possible to flexibly respond by adaptively changing the shooting instruction data accordingly, so it has the advantage of excellent versatility There is also. In addition, when the management company at the construction site is different, the process management may be different for each management company, but in the present invention, it is easy to customize the shooting instruction data according to the process management for each management company. It is possible.

It is a system configuration figure of an embodiment. It is a block diagram of a digital camera. It is a rear view of a digital camera. It is a block diagram of an ASP server. It is a processing flowchart of an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of imaging | photography instruction | indication data. It is screen transition explanatory drawing of embodiment. It is a processing flowchart on the server side of the embodiment.

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

  First, the system block diagram of the construction site imaging | photography system in this embodiment is shown. The system includes a digital camera 10, a mail server (mail server computer) 14, an ASP server (ASP server computer) 16, and management terminals (terminal devices) 18 and 20. The digital camera 10, the mail server 14, the ASP server 16, and the management terminals 18 and 20 are connected to the Internet 12 by radio or wire.

  The digital camera 10 as a construction site photographing device is operated by a worker on the construction site. The operator operates the digital camera 10 to take a construction site image in each process of the construction site. The digital camera 10 is connected to the Internet 12 by radio. The worker transmits image data in each process of the construction site taken by the digital camera 10 to the mail server 14 via the Internet 12. In other words, the worker transmits image data of the photographed construction site photograph to the mail server 14 in an e-mail format. A destination for transmitting image data and the like in each process on the construction site from the digital camera 10 in an e-mail format, that is, an e-mail address is stored in advance in the memory in the digital camera 10, and the operator transmits the digital camera 10. An e-mail can be sent to a desired destination only by operating a button. The image data is transmitted to the mail server 14 as an email attachment file. When the image data or the like is in the JPEG format, the JPEG format is converted into text data using an encoder such as Base64.

  The digital camera 10 receives photographing instruction data (or a photographing instruction program) via the Internet 12 in advance when photographing a construction site. The shooting instruction data is transmitted from, for example, the mail server 14. The shooting instruction data (or shooting instruction program) is data (or an instruction to sequentially shoot construction site images in each process in accordance with a predetermined process sequence at a construction site where the site worker should shoot with the digital camera 10. Program). The shooting instruction data received via the Internet 12 is stored in the memory of the digital camera 10. The digital camera 10 sequentially instructs the on-site worker who is the user of the digital camera 10 to shoot at each step in accordance with the shooting instruction data received and stored in the memory. The site worker photographs construction site image data in each process according to this instruction.

  The mail server 14 receives the e-mail transmitted from the digital camera 10 and extracts the image data of the construction site attached to the e-mail. The mail server 14 transmits the extracted construction site image data to the ASP server 16. The mail server 14 transmits image data of the construction site to the ASP server 16 via the Internet 12, but can also be transmitted to the ASP server 16 via a dedicated line instead of the Internet 12. The dedicated line is either a public line or a non-public line. When a plurality of construction site images are taken by the digital camera 10 and the image data of the plurality of construction sites are transmitted one by one to the mail server 14 in an email format, the mail server 14 receives a plurality of emails. In this case, the mail server 14 sorts the image data of the construction site based on the data in the subject (subject) of each electronic mail and transmits it to the ASP server 16. The data in the subject is a project number and a folder project number. In the digital camera 10, a folder is formed for each transmission destination, and photographed image data of the construction site is stored together in each folder in the digital camera 10. When transmitting image data of a plurality of different construction sites to the same transmission destination, the plurality of image data cannot be distinguished from each other in a single folder. Therefore, the digital camera 10 manages the plurality of image data with the project number assigned to each folder. The project number is automatically inserted into the subject (subject) of the e-mail by the processor of the digital camera 10. The mail server 14 sorts the image data of the construction site using the project number in the subject and transmits it to the ASP server 16. Further, the data in the subject of each e-mail includes identification data indicating each process at the construction site in addition to the project number. This identification data is, for example, a number assigned to identify each process. The mail server 14 can further classify the image data of the construction site for each process using the process identification data in the subject. The processor of the digital camera 10 generates this process identification data based on the imaging instruction data received via the Internet 12. Of course, the digital camera 10 may include process identification data as metadata of construction site image data instead of including process identification data in the subject of the e-mail.

  The ASP server 16 stores the construction site image data for each project number and each process transmitted from the mail server 14 in a database, and uses the construction site image data stored for each project number and each process. The file data is generated by editing or processing the file format. When the ASP server 16 receives the image data of the construction site from the mail server 14, the ASP server 16 specifies the management terminal that manages the digital camera 10 based on the ID of the digital camera 10 included in the subject of the e-mail. The reception notification is transmitted to the identified management terminal via the Internet 12. For example, it is assumed that the management company A is a user of the management terminal 18 and manages a worker who operates the digital camera 10. The ASP server 16 manages the digital camera 10 based on the ID of the digital camera 10 as the management company A, and the management company A is a user of the management terminal 18. Therefore, the ASP server 16 is managed as a management terminal that manages the digital camera 10. The terminal 18 is specified. If there is another digital camera in addition to the digital camera 10 and the management company B is a user of the management terminal 20 and manages a worker who operates the other digital camera, the ASP server 16 Since the management company B manages the other digital camera based on the ID of the other digital camera, and the management company B is a user of the management terminal 20, the management terminal that manages the other digital camera. The management terminal 20 is specified as follows.

  When the manager of the management company needs the image data file of the site photograph, the administrator accesses the ASP server 16 using the management terminal 18 or the management terminal 20, and edits or processes the file data edited or processed by the ASP server 16. It is acquired and displayed on the display device of the management terminal 18 or the management terminal 20. The manager visually recognizes the file data displayed on the display device of the management terminal 18 or the management terminal 20, and thereby the image data in each process of the construction site taken by the digital camera 10 or another digital camera at the construction site. You can check and check the construction status.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration block diagram of the digital camera 10. The digital camera 10 includes a sensor (image sensor) 10a such as CMOS or CCD, a DSP (digital signal processor) 10b, a CPU 10c, a memory interface (I / F) 10d, a JPEG codec 10e, a memory 10f, and a communication interface (I / F). 10g and a program memory 10m. Although not shown in the figure because it is publicly known, the digital camera 10 also includes an optical system such as a focus lens, a zoom lens, a shutter, and a diaphragm, and forms an object image on the sensor 10a by the optical system.

  The sensor 10a converts an image of a construction site as a subject into an electrical signal. The electrical signal is converted into a digital image signal and supplied to the DSP 10b.

  The DSP 10b performs various processing such as gain correction (white balance sensitivity setting), gamma correction, synchronization processing, RGB-YC conversion processing, noise reduction processing, and contour correction on the digital image data.

  The JPEG codec 10e converts and compresses the digital image data processed by the DSP 10b into the JPEG format, and stores it in the memory 10f as image data of a field photograph. The memory 10f is, for example, a flash memory.

  The CPU 10c collectively manages the construction site image data and the like in a folder created for each transmission destination when storing the image data in the memory 10f. For example, when there are two transmission destinations, folders having respective transmission destination numbers are created. The CPU 10c assigns a project number to each destination folder in order from the initial value. The shooting date and time is also stored in the memory 10f at the same time. Further, basic data on the image data of the construction site, for example, the situation at the time of photographing and the data of the photographing part are also stored in the memory 10f. When transmitting image data of the construction site to the mail server 14, the CPU 10c converts the image data of the construction site stored in the transmission destination folder into text data as an attached file of the e-mail and transmits it. Further, data such as a project number is read from the memory 10f and automatically inserted into the subject (subject) of the e-mail. Each of the plurality of construction site image data is given a unique file name incremented from the initial value.

  The project number of the destination folder is sequentially incremented from 1, but the upper limit can be fixed to 10, for example. When the project number reaches 10, the project number returns to 1 again. In addition to the project number, the project name may be entered. The project name is specifically the name of the construction site or the name of the building to be constructed. For example, when the building is Mr. A's house, it is “A House”. The project number and project name are received via the Internet 12 as part of the shooting instruction data.

  When receiving the shooting instruction data from the mail server 14 via the communication interface I / F 10g, the CPU 10c stores the shooting instruction data in the program memory 10m. The photographing instruction data is data that defines a plurality of processes to be photographed on the day at the construction site together with the order. For example, when a plurality of processes to be performed and photographed on a certain day in “A House” are a process a, a process b, a process c, and a process d, the processes a to d are defined together with their order. In order to define each process, the data and process name are used in the process identification that identifies the process. Numbers can be used for the process identification data, and are expressed as “2077” or the like.

  When the CPU 10c stores the shooting instruction data in the program memory 10m, the CPU 10c reads out the shooting instruction data from the program memory 10m, and instructs the on-site worker to sequentially perform the shooting process according to the shooting instruction data. The site worker photographs the image data of the construction site in each process according to the instruction from the CPU 10c. That is, to explain in accordance with the above steps a to d, the photographing instruction data defines the steps a, b, c, and d in this order, and the CPU 10c first photographs the step a. Instruct field workers what to do. The instruction method is arbitrary, but may be displayed on the EVF of the digital camera 10, displayed on a liquid crystal monitor, or notified by voice. Specifically, the CPU 10c first instructs the EVF or the liquid crystal monitor to display that the process a should be photographed. The site worker confirms the process a displayed on the EVF or the liquid crystal monitor, and takes an image of the construction site in the process a. Next, the CPU 10c displays and indicates on the EVF or the liquid crystal monitor that the process b should be shot. The site worker confirms the process b displayed on the EVF or the liquid crystal monitor, and takes an image of the construction site in the process b. Hereinafter, in the same manner, the photographing of the process a, the process b, the process c, and the process d is sequentially instructed. Unless the image of the construction site in step a is taken and transmitted, the CPU 10c does not give an instruction for the next step b. Thereby, the site worker can capture the images of the construction sites of all processes without fail. The CPU 10c processes the captured image and stores it in the memory 10f and transmits it to the mail server 14 using the communication interface 10g. The shooting instruction using the shooting instruction data will be further described later.

  FIG. 3 shows a rear view of the digital camera 10. On the back of the digital camera 10, an EVF 10h and three buttons 10i are provided. Since the digital camera 10 communicates with the server side via the Internet 12, the communication module 10g including the communication interface 10g is built in. However, the communication module 10g is downsized to replace the EVF 10h or in addition to the EVF 10h. A liquid crystal monitor may be provided on the back side. A shutter button 10j is provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the digital camera 10.

  In the EVF 10h, each process based on the photographing instruction data is sequentially displayed by the CPU 10c. Each process is represented by a 4-digit number, and the 4-digit number is displayed at a predetermined position of the EVF 10h. The site worker confirms the process displayed on the EVF 10h, and depresses the shutter button 10j to take a construction site image of the process. The photographed image of the construction site is automatically transmitted to the mail server 14 via the Internet 12 without further operation of the site worker. It can be said that the shutter button 10j serves both as a photographing button and a transmission button for a photographed image.

  The three buttons 10 i are composed of a button 1, a button 2, and a button 3. The button 1 is a button for selecting a project number and a project name, specifically, a house name and a house number of a building. The house name and house number are received from the mail server 14 via the Internet 12 as a part of the shooting instruction data. If there are a plurality of construction sites and a plurality of shooting instruction data for each construction site, the button 1 The house name and house number are selected to identify the construction site to be photographed. Of course, even if it is a single construction site and the house name and house number are single, it is useful to select and specify the construction site to be photographed by operating this button 1. The site worker can confirm again that he / she is surely present at the correct construction site by selecting the house name and house number using the button 1. Button 2 is a button for selecting a process identification number. By operating this button 2, the CPU 10c displays the next process identification number on the EVF 10h. The button 2 can be omitted, and the CPU 10c can automatically increment to the next process identification number after transmitting the captured image and display it on the EVF 10h. Button 3 is a button operated by a site worker to confirm a photographed construction site image. By operating the button 3, the captured image is read from the memory 10f and displayed on the EVF 10h or the liquid crystal monitor.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration block diagram of the ASP (Application Service Provider) server 16. The ASP server 16 includes a communication interface (I / F) 16a, a CPU 16b, a memory 16c such as a ROM and a RAM, a user attribute database (DB) 16d for storing user attributes, and an image database (DB) for storing image data of construction sites. 16e includes a file database (DB) 16f that stores file data obtained by editing and processing image data into a predetermined file format.

  The user attribute database 16d includes basic information of a management company (or a person in charge of the management company) as a user, specifically, a name, an address, an IP address of the management terminal 18 (or the management terminal 20), and a digital managed by the management company. The ID of the camera 10 is associated and stored as a table. For example, as the digital camera 10, there are five digital cameras, a digital camera A, a digital camera B, a digital camera C, a digital camera D, and a digital camera E, and these are all managed by an administrator. A person's name, the management terminal 18, and the IDs of the digital cameras A to E are associated with each other and stored as a table. By referring to this table, it is possible to identify which digital camera is managed by the administrator. The user attribute database 16d further stores a user ID and password for each management company that is a user.

  The CPU 16b uses the table stored in the user attribute database 16d to determine from which digital camera the construction site image data is transmitted and to which management terminal the reception completion notification is transmitted. In response to a request from the management terminal 18 (or the management terminal 20), the image data of the construction site is read from the image database 16e or the file database 16f and transmitted to the management terminal 18 (or the management terminal 20). Various processes of the ASP server 16 are basically executed by the CPU 16b.

  FIG. 5 shows a processing flowchart of the present embodiment.

  First, when the site worker arrives at the construction site, the digital camera 10 is turned on (S101). Then, the CPU 10c of the digital camera 10 transmits an activation command from the communication interface 10g to the mail server 14 via the Internet 12. The activation command includes an ID for specifying the digital camera 10. In response to this activation command, the mail server 14 transmits predetermined shooting instruction data to the digital camera 10 according to the ID of the digital camera 10. The shooting instruction data is transmitted to the digital camera 10 via the Internet 12, but other communication lines such as a telephone line may be used. As described above, the photographing instruction data is data that defines the steps to be photographed by the digital camera 10 within the day together with the order of the steps.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of shooting instruction data. In the figure, reference numeral 30 is a work type, reference numeral 32 is a process identification number, reference numeral 34 is a description of a photographing item, and reference numeral 36 is a process name. The process identification number 32 is a number indicating a process to be photographed by a field worker, and can also be called a photographing code. If the work type “disassembly” is composed of process groups 38a to 38c, and each of the process groups 38a, 38b, and 38c is a process for one day, the mail server 14 uses each process of the process group 38a as photographing instruction data. It is prescribed and transmitted together with the order. On the next day, the process group 38b is transmitted as photographing instruction data, and on the next day, the process group 38c is transmitted as photographing instruction data. The shooting instruction data shown in FIG. 6 differs for each construction site, that is, for each project name or house name. Therefore, the shooting instruction data shown in FIG. 6 is transmitted to the digital camera 10 of “A House”, and the shooting instruction data different from FIG. 6 is transmitted to the digital camera 10 of “B House”. Accordingly, each digital camera 10 receives and stores different shooting instruction data for each construction site.

  Returning to FIG. 5 again, the digital camera 10 receives (downloads) the shooting instruction data transmitted from the mail server 14 (S102). The received photographing instruction data is stored in the program memory 10m.

  It is also preferable to receive the shooting instruction data at the timing when the power of the construction site is turned on and the digital camera 10 is charged with this power supply, instead of receiving the shooting instruction data when the power of the digital camera 10 is turned on. Will. Since the power at the construction site is turned on at the start of the construction and turned off at the end of the construction, it is convenient to receive the imaging instruction data in synchronization with the power on at the construction site.

Next, the CPU 10c of the digital camera 10 instructs the field worker to shoot by displaying the process identification number on the EVF 10h according to the shooting instruction data stored in the program memory 10m (S103). Referring to FIG. 6, the process group 38a is composed of seven processes, and the order is indicated by a process identification number.
2077 → 2078 → 2079 → 2080 → 2081 → 2082 → 2083
The CPU 10c of the digital camera 10 first displays “2077” on the EVF 10h.

  After displaying the process identification number on the EVF 10h, the CPU 10c of the digital camera 10 determines whether or not the site worker has pressed the shutter button 10j in response to this instruction and has photographed the construction site (S104). When the shutter button 10j is not operated and no image is taken, the process identification number is continuously displayed on the EVF 10h. On the other hand, when the site operator operates the shutter button 10j to photograph the construction site, the CPU 10c transmits (uploads) the image data of the construction site to the mail server 14 via the Internet 12 (S105).

  After transmitting the construction site image data, the CPU 10c determines whether or not all the steps in the shooting instruction data have been shot (S106). Specifically, a shooting completion flag is set for each step of the shooting instruction data, and it is determined whether or not a shooting completion flag is set for all steps. Alternatively, a determination may be made by setting a pointer to each step of the shooting instruction data and incrementing the pointer every time shooting of each step is completed. If all the steps in the shooting instruction data have not been shot, the process shifts to the next step identification number, and the processes after S103 are repeated again (S107).

  The process of S107 may move to the next process identification number according to the button operation of the field worker as described above, or the CPU 10c may automatically move to the next process identification number. In the former case, the next “2078” is displayed according to the operation of the button 2 of the field worker, and in the latter case, the next “2078” is automatically displayed after the photographing data is automatically transmitted.

  Here, it should be noted that the next process identification number is not displayed on the EVF 10h unless the construction site of the process specified by the process identification number displayed on the EVF 10h is photographed. Therefore, even if “2077” is displayed, and the field worker erroneously or intentionally presses the button 2 without photographing the construction site of the process, the CPU 10c still has the process “2077”. This operation is ignored and “2077” is continuously displayed on the assumption that the image data of the construction site is not transmitted and transmitted. Thereby, the omission of photography in each process is surely prevented.

  When the above processing is repeated and the construction sites of all the steps in the shooting instruction data are shot and the image data is transmitted, the CPU 10c ends the processing. When shooting / transmission of construction sites in all processes is completed, a message to that effect may be displayed on the EVF 10h or the liquid crystal monitor, or may be output by voice.

  FIG. 7 shows a transition diagram of screens displayed on the EVF 10 h (or liquid crystal monitor) of the digital camera 10. FIG. 7A shows a screen in which the photographing instruction data is being received, and a message “Downloading photographing instruction data” is displayed on the EVF 10h. Before receiving the shooting instruction data and storing it in the program memory 10m, a message such as “Please receive shooting instruction data” may be displayed on the EVF 10h. In addition, before the shooting instruction data is received and stored in the program memory 10m, the shutter button 10j may be locked to prohibit the shooting operation, or the shooting data may be stored even if the shutter button 10j can be operated. The data may be automatically deleted without being stored in the memory 10f. In short, the shooting instruction data can be positioned as data or a program that is essential for causing the digital camera 10 to function as a shooting device, thereby effectively making private use unrelated to the construction site of the digital camera 10 of the field worker. Can be forbidden.

  FIG. 7B is a screen on which the process identification number is displayed in accordance with the photographing instruction data after the photographing instruction data is received and stored in the program memory 10m. The process identification number 32 is displayed at the lower right of the screen as “2077”. In the figure, the project name, that is, the house name is also displayed together with the process identification number 32. In order to attract the attention of the field worker, the process identification number may be displayed in a color different from other menu displays, or only the process identification number may be blinked. Further, when the field worker operates the button 10i or another button, the process name included in the imaging instruction data, specifically, the process name indicated by the reference numeral 36 in FIG. Good. Thereby, the field worker can reconfirm the content of the process specified by the process identification number, and can reconfirm which process should be photographed.

  FIG. 7C shows a screen after photographing and transmitting the process having the process identification number “2077”. “2078” and the next process identification number are displayed in the lower right of the screen. The site worker can confirm the process to be photographed next by visually recognizing the process identification number.

  FIG. 7D shows a screen after photographing all the steps in the photographing instruction data. An “End” message is displayed at the bottom right of the screen, indicating that all steps have been taken and transmitted. The field worker can confirm that all the steps have been taken without fail by visually recognizing this “end” message.

  FIG. 8 shows a basic process flowchart of the mail server 14 and the ASP server 16. This is processing of the CPU of the mail server 14 and the CPU 16b of the ASP server 16. First, the mail server 14 sequentially receives e-mails transmitted from the digital camera 10 (S201). The image data of the construction site for each process is attached to the e-mail.

  Next, the mail server 14 sorts the construction site image data for each project number and each process included in the received e-mail subject and transmits them to the ASP server 16 (S202). The ASP server 16 receives the image data of the construction site from the mail server 14, sorts it by project number and process, and stores it in the image database 16e.

  Next, the ASP server 16 identifies or identifies the management terminal of the management company that manages the digital camera 10 corresponding to the ID from the ID in the subject of the email using the table stored in the user attribute database 16d. (S203). In the table stored in the user attribute database 16d, an ID is assigned to each of the plurality of digital cameras, and a management terminal is assigned to each ID of the plurality of digital cameras. Is transmitted, the ASP server 16 can specify the management terminal from the ID included in the subject of the e-mail.

  Next, the ASP server 16 notifies the identified or specified management terminal of the completion of the reception of the e-mail (S204). The reception completion notification includes data of the digital camera ID, the number of received images, and the shooting date and time. These are all data included in the subject of the received electronic mail. Further, the ASP server 16 reads the construction site image data stored for each project number and each process from the database from the image database 16e, edits it into a predetermined file format, and stores it in the file database 16f (S205). In the figure, the image data is edited into a predetermined format after notifying the management terminal of completion of reception. However, it is also possible to notify the management terminal of completion of reception after editing the image data into a predetermined format.

  The file format is determined based on the user attributes stored in the user attribute database 16d. However, when the data of the received e-mail contains data related to the file format, it can be edited based on the format data.

  The management terminal that has received the reception completion notification requests the ASP server 16 for image data of the construction site. For example, when the management terminal identified by the ASP server 16 is the management terminal 18 and the ASP server 16 transmits a reception completion notification to the management terminal 18, the person in charge of the management company who is the user of the management terminal 18 uses the management terminal 18. To confirm the reception completion notification. Then, after confirming the reception completion notification, the person in charge of the management company requests the ASP server 16 to transmit the construction site image data from the management terminal 18 via the Internet 12. When receiving a request for image data transmission from the management terminal, the ASP server 16 transmits the edited image data stored in the file database 16f to the management terminal (S206).

  This will be described in more detail as follows. That is, when the user of the management terminal 18 receives a reception completion notification from the ASP server 16, the user accesses the ASP server 16 using the management terminal 18. When there is an access request from the management terminal 18, the ASP server 16 requests input of a user name and a password. The user of the management terminal 18 inputs and transmits a user name and password to the ASP server 16 in response to this request. When the ASP server 16 receives the user name and password from the management terminal 18, the ASP server 16 compares the user name and password stored in the user attribute database 16d with the received user name and password to confirm whether or not the user is the correct user. Yes (user authentication). When the user authentication is completed, the user of the management terminal 18 proceeds to a process for requesting a necessary file. File types include display for each digital camera, photo list, slide show, and matrix.

  Instead of transmitting the file to the management terminal 18, the image data may be transferred as it is from the ASP server 16 to the server owned by the administrator. The image data is sorted for each project number and each process and stored in a server owned by the administrator. The manager can independently manage the progress of the construction by further editing and processing the stored image data.

  As described above, in this embodiment, shooting instruction data defining a plurality of processes together with their order in a construction site where a field worker works is transmitted to the digital camera 10, and the digital camera 10 receives the shooting instruction data. In order to support the shooting of the construction site of each process by sequentially instructing the site worker in accordance with this shooting instruction data, the site worker may shoot in accordance with the shooting instruction. It is possible to reliably prevent forgetting.

  Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made.

  For example, in the present embodiment, the shooting instruction data is transmitted from the mail server 14 to the digital camera 10 via the Internet 12. However, the shooting instruction data is preinstalled in the digital camera 10 and then lent to a field worker. You can also. In this case, when the field worker arrives at the construction site and turns on the power of the digital camera 10, the CPU 10c reads out the photographing instruction data preinstalled in the program memory 10m and displays the process identification number of the first process on the EVF 10h. And instruct to shoot. The shooting instruction data prescribes all processes of the day together with their order, and after the construction sites of all processes of the day have been shot and returned, new shooting instruction data is preinstalled in the program memory 10m the next day. Loaned to field workers.

  In the present embodiment, when the shooting instruction data is transmitted from the mail server 14 to the digital camera 10, a GPS device is provided in the digital camera 10, and the positioning data detected by the GPS device when the power is turned on is sent to the mail server together with the activation command. 14 and the mail server 14 uses the positioning data to determine that the digital camera 10 exists at and near the position of the predetermined construction site, and then sends the shooting instruction data to the digital camera 10. Good. As a result, non-target shooting outside the construction site can be prevented more reliably.

  In the present embodiment, the shooting instruction data is transmitted from the mail server 14 to the digital camera 10, but may be transmitted from a server other than the mail server 14, such as the ASP server 16 or another server. That is, the server that transmits the shooting instruction data and the server that receives the image data of the construction site transmitted from the digital camera 10 are not necessarily the same, and may be different from each other.

  In this embodiment, the project number and the process identification number are added to the subject of the e-mail and sent to the mail server. However, both the project number and the process identification number are sent to the mail server 14 as image data metadata. May be. In short, the digital camera 10 may be transmitted in such a manner that the project and the process can be identified on the server side. On the server side, since the image data is sorted for each project and each process, it can be easily recognized that there is no image data for a specific process (so-called missing image data). Note that the server side of the administrator also stores the shooting instruction data and collates the image data transmitted from the ASP server 16 for each process to determine whether image data for all processes exists. The administrator will be able to easily recognize whether there is any missing data.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a work type may be included in the photographing instruction data. In this case, a work type or a work type identification number may be displayed on the screens shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C in addition to the house name and the process identification number. Further, when manually selecting the work type and process, the button 2 may be pressed to select the work type first, and then the button 2 may be pressed again to select the process. For example, it is assumed that a site worker works in “A House” in the morning and works in “B House” in the afternoon. In the digital camera 10, shooting instruction data for “A House” (referred to as shooting instruction data A) and shooting instruction data for “B House” (referred to as shooting instruction data B) are pre-stored in the program memory 10m. Installed and loaned to field workers. When the field worker first arrives at “A House”, the operator selects the work type and the first process of the photographing instruction data A by operating the button 2. Thereafter, the CPU 10c automatically and sequentially instructs the process according to the shooting instruction data A. When the work in the morning is completed and the field worker arrives at “B House” in the afternoon, the operator selects the work type and the first process of the photographing instruction data B by operating the button 2. Thereafter, similarly, the CPU 10c automatically instructs the process sequentially in accordance with the shooting instruction data B. Of course, the digital camera 10 is provided with a GPS device, and position data where the data is valid is added to each of the shooting instruction data A and the shooting instruction data B, and the positioning data and the position data of the GPS apparatus are collated. Thus, it is possible to automatically switch the imaging instruction data that is considered to be effective according to the position where the digital camera 10 is present.

  10 Digital camera, 12 Internet, 14 Mail server, 16 ASP server, 18, 20 Management terminal.

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An apparatus for photographing a construction site,
Storage means for storing shooting instruction data for instructing to shoot a construction site image in each process according to a predetermined process order in the construction site,
Using the shooting instruction data stored in the storage means, the instruction means for sequentially instructing the user to take a construction site image in each step of the construction site;
Photographing means for photographing the construction site image in response to the operation of the user;
Transmitting means for transmitting the construction site image in each process photographed by the photographing means to a server together with identification data indicating the photographed process;
A construction site photographing apparatus characterized by comprising: In the construction site photographing apparatus according to claim 1,
Receiving means for receiving the photographing instruction data transmitted from the same or different server as the server;
A construction site photographing apparatus characterized by comprising: In the construction photographing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2,
The photographing instruction data includes at least a first step and a second step following the first step,
The instructing means instructed to shoot the construction site image in the first step, then shoots with the imaging means, and shoots the construction site image in the second step after transmitting with the transmitting means. A construction site photography device characterized by In the construction site photographing apparatus according to claim 3,
The instructing means instructed to shoot the construction site image in the first step, then shoots with the imaging means, and shoots the construction site image in the second step after transmitting with the transmitting means. A construction site imaging device characterized by automatically instructing In the construction site photographing apparatus according to claim 3,
Manually operable operation means for selecting a process;
With
The instructing means instructed to shoot a construction site image in the first step, then shot by the shooting means and transmitted by the transmitting means, and then according to an operation of the operating means. A construction site imaging device characterized by instructing to capture construction site images in the process. In the construction site photographing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The construction site imaging apparatus, wherein the imaging instruction data is data different for each construction site. A system for photographing construction sites,
A server that transmits shooting instruction data instructing to shoot a construction site image in each process according to a predetermined process order in the construction site;
A construction site imaging device for receiving the imaging instruction data;
With
The construction site photographing device is
Storage means for storing the received imaging instruction data;
Using the shooting instruction data stored in the storage means, the instruction means for sequentially instructing the user to take a construction site image in each step of the construction site;
Photographing means for photographing the construction site image in response to the operation of the user;
Transmitting means for transmitting the construction site image in each process photographed by the photographing means to a second server that is the same as or different from the server together with identification data indicating the photographed process;
Construction site shooting system characterized by comprising In the construction site photographing system according to claim 7,
The photographing instruction data includes at least a first step and a second step following the first step,
The instructing means instructed to shoot the construction site image in the first step, then shoots with the imaging means, and shoots the construction site image in the second step after transmitting with the transmitting means. A construction site shooting system characterized by In the construction site photographing system according to any one of claims 7 and 8,
The construction server photographing system characterized in that the second server receives the construction site image transmitted from the construction site photographing device, sorts and stores the image based on identification data indicating the process. In the construction site photographing system according to any one of claims 7 and 8,
The construction site imaging system, wherein the server transmits the imaging instruction data in response to an activation command transmitted when the construction site imaging device is powered on. In the construction site photographing system according to any one of claims 7 and 8,
The construction site photographing device includes a GPS device,
The construction site imaging system, wherein the server transmits the imaging instruction data according to positioning data detected by the GPS device of the construction site imaging device. In the construction site photographing system according to claims 7 to 11,
The construction site photographing system, wherein the construction site photographing device is a digital camera.

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