JP2018180610A - Information processing apparatus, information distribution method and information distribution program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To expand an opportunity for information distribution based on image acquired by a user.SOLUTION: An advertisement distribution system processes an original image to produce a processed image, specifies the original image related to a source of the processed image, identifies an object for advertisement included in the original image, adds advertisement information corresponding to the object for advertisement to the processed image, and distributes the processed image. Then, when browsing the processed image via a terminal apparatus, an advertisement image based on the advertisement information added to the processed image is displayed on a display.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program.

  BACKGROUND In recent years, web advertisements for distributing advertisements to websites on the Internet are widely used. In addition, digital signage in which an information processing apparatus connected to the Internet distributes an advertisement using a display device such as a liquid crystal display is also becoming widespread.

  According to Patent Document 1, an article identified by an article worn by a customer is identified by comparing the feature quantity extracted from the customer image photographed by the customer with the feature quantity stored in the related article database. There is disclosed a system for displaying on a digital signage the information of the related articles related to and presenting it to a customer.

International Publication No. 2013/147003 brochure

  Here, it is common practice to post an image processed by attaching another image such as a stamp or a frame to the captured image to a social networking service (SNS) etc. in order to share it with other users. It is However, when an article (object) is present in the processed image area and the feature amount of the article can not be extracted, the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 displays information of related articles related to the article. I can not do it.

  That is, when the processed image is shared, if related information can be displayed even for an object that can not be identified due to the processing, opportunities such as advertisement distribution are expanded.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an information processing apparatus, an information delivery method, and an information delivery program, which can further widen the opportunity of information delivery based on an image acquired by a user. The purpose is to

  In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, an information processor, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program of the present invention adopt the following means.

  In order to solve the above problems, an “information processing apparatus” according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that stores a delivery image delivered so as to be viewable via a computer network, An identification means for identifying a related image related to a source, an identification means for identifying an object included in the related image, and an addition means for adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image.

  In order to solve the above problems, an “information delivery method” according to one aspect of the present invention identifies a delivery image delivered so as to be viewable via a computer network and a related image associated with a source by the identification means. One step, a second step of identifying an object included in the related image by an identification unit, and a third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an attachment unit and distributing the information.

  In order to solve the above problems, an “information delivery program” according to an aspect of the present invention is provided by a means for identifying a delivery image delivered to a computer so as to be viewable via a computer network and a related image associated with a source. A first step of identifying, a second step of identifying an object included in the related image by an identification unit, and a third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an addition unit and distributing it Run

  Various technical limitations may be added to the above-mentioned "information processing apparatus" as exemplified below. In addition, technical limitations of the same purpose may be added to the processing steps executed by the “information distribution method” and the functions of the “information information distribution program”.

  A notification unit is provided that performs notification based on the predetermined information added to the distribution image when the distribution image is distributed.

  A receiving unit is provided for receiving a request for adding the predetermined information to the distribution image.

  The delivery image is a processed image obtained by processing the related image, and the information processing apparatus receives the processed image together with the delivery image from another information processing apparatus, or the related information received from another information processing apparatus The image is processed into the processed image.

  It comprises: receiving means for receiving from the camera the related image captured by a camera; and processing means for processing the related image to obtain the delivery image.

  The predetermined information is information indicating an advertisement corresponding to the object.

  The identification means identifies a viewing object which is an object included in the delivery image, and the adding means adds predetermined information corresponding to the viewing object different from the object to the delivery image.

  According to the present invention, it has the effect that the opportunity for information distribution based on the image acquired by the user can be further expanded.

It is a schematic block diagram of the advertisement delivery system concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the server which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing the picture before and behind processing concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the advertisement image which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram regarding the advertisement addition function which the server concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention has. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the advertisement addition process which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the delivery image and related image which concern on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the advertisement image which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the advertisement addition process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information processing apparatus, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[1-1. Configuration of advertisement delivery system]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an advertisement distribution system 10 according to the present embodiment. The advertisement delivery system 10 includes a mobile terminal device 12 with a camera function and a server 14 that is an information processing device.

  The mobile terminal device 12 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook computer, or the like, and captures an image by a camera function. A user ID (identification) is attached to the image transmitted from the mobile terminal device 12 to the server 14. The server 14 can specify the user who transmitted the image by referring to the user ID.

  The communication line 16 forms a computer network, and is, for example, a wide area communication line provided by an electric power company.

  The server 14 has a function of distributing an image received from the portable terminal device 12 so as to be viewable at a predetermined SNS, an image sharing site or the like via the communication line 16 and displaying the image on the terminal device 18. In addition, the server 14 has an image processing function of processing an image received from the mobile terminal device 12 (hereinafter referred to as “original image”) and an advertisement adding function of adding an advertisement to an image to be distributed.

  As a result, the server 14 can process the original image received from the mobile terminal device 12 and add an advertisement to the processed image (hereinafter referred to as a "processed image") and distribute it. It is done. The server 14 can also deliver the original image to the SNS or the like without executing the image processing function and the advertisement addition function on the original image, and the image processing function and the advertisement on the original image It is also possible to execute only one of the additional functions and distribute to SNS or the like.

  The terminal device 18 is a portable telephone device 18A such as a smartphone capable of accessing the server 14 via the communication line 16, a personal computer 18B including a notebook type or desktop type, a tablet terminal or the like. The user browses the image captured by the mobile terminal device 12 and transmitted to the server 14 via the mobile terminal device 12 or the terminal device 18. Further, by distributing the image through the SNS or the like, persons other than the user can view the image through his / her terminal device 18.

[1-2. Server configuration]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the server 14 according to the present embodiment.

  The server 14 according to the present embodiment executes a central processing unit (CPU) 20 that controls the overall operation of the server 14, a read only memory (ROM) 22 in which various programs, various data, and the like are stored in advance. The RAM (Random Access Memory) 24 used as a work area or the like, and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 26 as storage means for storing various programs and various data are provided. The storage means is not limited to the HDD 26, and may be, for example, another storage medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory.

  The HDD 26 stores an original image received from the mobile terminal device 12, a processed image obtained by processing the original image, various images required for processing, etc., and data required for various functions.

  Furthermore, the server 14 is configured of a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and receives an input of various operations, the operation input unit 28 displays various images, for example, a monitor 30 such as a liquid crystal display device, and the mobile terminal 12 via the communication line 16. And an external interface 32 that transmits and receives various data to and from another information processing apparatus or the like. The external interface 32 is also a receiving unit that receives an image captured by the mobile terminal device 12 from the mobile terminal device 12.

  The CPU 20, the ROM 22, the RAM 24, the HDD 26, the operation input unit 28, the monitor 30, and the external interface 32 are electrically connected to one another via the system bus 34. Therefore, the CPU 20 accesses the ROM 22, the RAM 24 and the HDD 26, grasps the operation state of the operation input unit 28, displays an image on the monitor 30, and various data with other information processing devices via the external interface 32. Transmission and reception can be performed respectively.

[1-3. Image processing function]
The image processing function executed by the server will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3A shows an original image 40A, ie, an image before being processed, and FIG. 3B shows a processed image 40B, ie, an image obtained by processing the original image 40A.

  In the original image 40A shown in FIG. 3A, as an example, the brand name 42 is displayed on the clothes worn by the person who is the subject. The processed image 40B shown in FIG. 3B is generated by applying the stamp 44 and the frame 46 to the original image 40A. In the processed image shown in FIG. 3B, the brand name 42 is not displayed because the frame 46 is pasted. That is, even though the brand name 42 exists in real space, the user who browsed the processed image 40B generated by processing the original image 40A can not visually recognize the brand name 42.

  In addition to the attachment of the stamp 44 and the frame 46, the processing performed on the original image 40A may be other processing such as blurring processing or distortion processing.

  Further, the processing to be performed on the original image 40A may be preset by the user of the mobile terminal device 12 in the server 14, and the server 14 may automatically perform the processing set to receive the original image 40A. Alternatively, the user may access the server 14 and perform processing using the image processing function of the server 14 to process the original image 40A. Note that, even if the processed image 40B is generated, the original image 40A is associated with the processed image 40B and stored in the server 14 as it is. More specifically, the processed image 40B is stored in the server 14 with related information indicating the original image 40A which is an image before processing.

[1-4. Ad addition function]
The advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  The advertisement addition function specifies a related image in which the distribution image and the source are related, identifies an object included in the related image, and adds predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image.

  In the present embodiment, the delivery image is the processed image 40B, and the related image is the original image 40A. That is, that the source is related in the present embodiment means an image before and after processing. The advertisement addition function specifies the original image 40A related to the processed image 40B and the source by reading the related information added to the processed image 40B.

  The advertisement addition function identifies an object included in the original image 40A by performing image analysis on the original image 40A. An object to be identified according to the present embodiment (hereinafter, also referred to as “advertising target object”) 50 is, for example, a mark or a character related to a product sold by a company, for example, a product name, a brand name, It is a company name. In the example of FIG. 3A, the brand name 42 corresponds to the advertisement target object 50. The server 14 stores data (hereinafter, referred to as an “advertisement target list”) indicating a list of the advertisement target objects 50.

  Note that the advertising target object 50 is not limited to characters and the like, and may be a shape or the like of a beverage container that accommodates figures and beverages.

  The advertisement addition function adds predetermined information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the processed image 40B. The predetermined information is information (hereinafter referred to as "advertisement information") that can be an advertisement, such as a mark, characters, or an image related to a product sold by a company. The advertisement information is stored in the server 14 in association with the advertisement target object 50 shown in the advertisement target list. The advertisement information may be, for example, a product list or the like indicating pre-contracted candidates to be purchased on an EC (Electronic Commerce) site.

  That is, the server 14 determines whether the identified object corresponds to the advertisement target object 50 with reference to the advertisement target list, and adds advertisement information to the processed image 40B when it corresponds. Note that information on the area where the advertisement target object 50 has been displayed in the original image 40A (hereinafter referred to as "display area information") is added to the processed image 40B. The display area information is, for example, coordinates in the original image 40A.

  Then, when displaying the processed image 40B on the terminal device 18, the advertisement adding function displays an image based on the advertisement information added to the processed image 40B together with the processed image 40B (hereinafter referred to as "advertisement image").

  FIG. 4 is a view showing an aspect of the advertisement image 56 displayed on the display 54 of the terminal device 18.

  FIG. 4A shows an aspect in which the advertisement image 56 is displayed as a balloon figure. As one example, the balloon graphic is displayed so as to originate from the vicinity of the area where the advertising target object 50 is present in the original image 40A.

  FIG. 4B shows an aspect in which the advertisement image 56 is displayed so as to be adjacent to the processed image 40B. In the example of FIG. 4B, the display position of the advertisement image 56 is adjacent to the lower side of the processed image 40B.

  The display position of the advertisement image 56 is determined based on the display area information added to the processed image 40B. For example, if the display area information indicates the lower side of the processed image 40B, the advertisement image 56 is displayed on the lower side of the processed image 40B. Further, the position at which the balloon figure is to be generated is also determined based on the display area information. The display position of the advertisement image 56 may be a predetermined position such as the left or right or upper side of the processed image 40B regardless of the display area information.

  Further, when the advertisement image 56 is displayed on the display 54, as shown in FIG. 4, even if the switching button 58 for switching between display (on) and non-display (off) of the advertisement image 56 is displayed on the display 54. Good. The user who is viewing the processed image 40B using the terminal device 18 switches display and non-display of the advertisement image 56 by performing an operation such as touch or click on the switching button 58. The display of the advertisement image 56 may be switched between display and non-display by the user performing an operation such as touch or mouse over on the processed image 40B.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, in the processed image 40B, the advertising target object 50 is not displayed in the process of processing the original image 40A, and the advertising target object 50 existing in the real space is a user May not be visible. Therefore, the advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment identifies the advertisement target object 50 from the original image 40A and adds the advertisement information related thereto to the processed image 40B, thereby making the advertisement based on the advertisement information together with the processed image 40B. Display an image. Therefore, the advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment can widen the opportunity for advertisement distribution based on the image acquired by the user.

  Also, the server 14 receives a request for addition of advertisement information to the processed image 40B from a company or the like. The company transmits, to the server 14, the information on the advertisement target object 50 and the advertisement information, for example, via a home page for receiving the request. When receiving the information, the server 14 adds the information to the advertisement target list. At this time, the company pays a predetermined fee to the business that provides the advertisement addition function. The fee may be an amount set by the business, or may be determined, for example, by a company bidding for each type of product.

[1-5. Functional block diagram for advertisement addition function]
The CPU 20 according to the present embodiment includes an image processing unit 60 and an advertisement adding unit 62. The functions related to the image processing unit 60 and the advertisement adding unit 62 are realized by a program.

  The image processing unit 60 executes the above-described image processing function, performs processing such as attaching the stamp 44 and the frame 46 to the original image 40A, and generates a processed image 40B.

  The advertisement adding unit 62 executes the advertisement adding function described above, and the related image specifying unit 64, the object identifying unit 66, the advertisement information adding unit 68, the advertisement target checking unit 70, the image distributing unit 72, the advertisement display control unit 74 and an advertisement request reception unit 76.

  The related image specifying unit 64 specifies the original image 40A in which the processed image 40B and the source are related based on the related information added to the processed image 40B.

  The object identification unit 66 identifies an object included in the original image 40A identified by the related image identification unit 64 by image analysis. The image analysis method for identifying an object may be a conventionally known method.

  The advertisement target matching unit 70 matches the identified object with the advertisement target list, and determines whether the object is the advertisement target object 50 or not.

  The advertisement information adding unit 68 adds advertisement information and display area information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the processed image 40B.

  The image distribution unit 72 distributes the processed image 40B or the original image 40A to be distributed to a predetermined SNS or image sharing site.

  The advertisement display control unit 74 causes the display 54 of the terminal device 18 to display an advertisement image based on the advertisement information added to the processed image 40B when the distributed processed image 40B is viewed, thereby causing the advertisement information to be displayed. Perform notification based on. Specifically, the function of the advertisement display control unit 74 is included in an SNS or an image sharing site that distributes the processed image 40B.

  The advertisement request reception unit 76 receives a request for addition of advertisement information to the processed image 40B.

[1-6. Ad addition processing]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing (hereinafter, “advertisement addition processing”) executed by the advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment. A program for executing the advertisement addition process is stored in advance in a predetermined area of the HDD 26. The advertisement addition process shown in FIG. 6 is executed when the server 14 receives the original image 40A.

  First, in step 100, the image processing unit 60 processes the original image 40A to generate a processed image 40B. The processing on the original image 40A may be one in which predetermined processing is automatically performed, or the user may perform processing using the function of the image processing unit 60.

  In the next step 102, the related image specifying unit 64 specifies the original image 40A related to the processed image 40B.

  In the next step 104, the object identification unit 66 analyzes the original image 40A to identify an object contained in the original image 40A.

  In the next step 106, the advertisement target matching unit 70 matches the identified object with the advertisement target list.

  In the next step 108, the advertisement target check unit 70 determines whether the identified object includes the advertisement target object 50. If the determination result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 110. If the determination result is negative, the process proceeds to step 112. Transition.

  In step 110, the advertisement information adding unit 68 adds advertisement information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the processed image 40B, and the process proceeds to step 112.

  In step 112, the image distribution unit 72 distributes the processed image 40B, and the present advertisement addition processing ends.

  As described above, the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the present embodiment identifies the original image 40A in which the processed image 40B and the source are related, identifies the advertisement target object 50 included in the original image 40A, and selects the advertisement target object 50. The advertisement information corresponding to is added to the processed image 40B, and the processed image 40B is distributed. Then, when the processed image 40B is browsed through the terminal device 18, an advertisement image 56 based on the advertisement information added to the processed image 40B is displayed on the display 54.

  As a result, the advertisement distribution system 10 displays the advertisement image 56 corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 not included in the processed image 40B of the original image 40A together with the processed image 40B. Expand opportunities for ad-based delivery.

  In the present embodiment, by identifying the advertisement target object 50 included in the original image 40A, the advertisement image 56 corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 displayed not only in the original image 40A but also in the processed image 40B is displayed. It is possible.

  In the present embodiment, the server 14 processes the original image 40A. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The original image 40A is processed by another information processing apparatus such as the mobile terminal 12 or the like. 40 B may be transmitted to the server 14. In the case of this mode, the original image 40A associated with the processed image 40B is transmitted from the mobile terminal device 12 to the server 14 together with the processed image 40B, and the server 14 receives the original image 40A together with the processed image 40B. In addition, the digital camera takes an image, transmits the image to another information processing apparatus such as the portable terminal 12, and transmits the processed image 40B and the original image 40A processed by the other information processing apparatus to the server 14. May be

[2. Second embodiment]
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration of the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the second embodiment is the same as the configuration of the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

  In the present embodiment, images taken before and after the time the delivery image 80A is taken are transmitted from the mobile terminal device 12 to the server 14 together with the delivery image 80A.

[2-1. Ad addition function]
The advertisement addition function executed by the advertisement addition unit 62 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a delivery image 80A and a related image 80B according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7A shows a delivery image 80A arbitrarily selected by the user, and FIG. 7B shows a related image 80B.

  Although the delivery image 80A and the related image 80B are close to each other in time of imaging and the same subject is used, an object (hereinafter referred to as "browse object") 82A included in the delivery image 80A is included in the related image 80B. In addition, an object (hereinafter referred to as “related object”) 82B included in the related image 80B is not included in the delivery image 80A. As described above, in the distribution image 80A and the related image 80B, objects that are not included in each other may exist. The related image 80B is acquired by the same portable terminal device 12 as the portable terminal device 12 which acquired the distribution image 80A.

  Next, a method of specifying the related image 80B according to the present embodiment will be described.

  The related image specifying unit 64 according to the present embodiment refers to an image included in a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) before and after the time when the distribution image 80A is captured, as a related image candidate (hereinafter, “related image candidate”). Extracted as). The object identification unit 66 performs image analysis on the distribution image 80A and the related image candidate. The related image specifying unit 64 specifies, as related images 80B, among the related image candidates subjected to image analysis, those having a matching degree with the distribution image 80A equal to or higher than a predetermined value. If the degree of coincidence is equal to or more than a predetermined value, a plurality of related images 80B may be identified.

  The object identification unit 66 identifies the browsing object 82A included in the distribution image 80A and the related object 82B included in the related image 80B.

  The advertisement target collating unit 70 collates the identified browsing object 82A and the related object 82B with the advertisement target list.

  The advertisement information adding unit 68 adds corresponding advertisement information and display area information to the distribution image 80A for the object corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 among the related objects 82B. Furthermore, when there is a viewing object 82A corresponding to the advertising target object 50 different from the related object 82B, the advertising information adding unit 68 adds the advertising information and the display area information corresponding to the viewing object 82A to the distribution image 80A. Do.

  FIG. 8 is a view showing a display mode of the advertisement image 56 displayed on the display 54 of the terminal device 18. In the example of FIG. 8, advertisement images 56A and 56B are displayed under the distribution image 80A. The advertisement image 56A corresponds to the browsing object 82A included in the distribution image 80A. The advertisement image 56B corresponds to the related object 82B included in the related image 80B.

  Note that, as a method of specifying the related image 80B, the distribution image 80A and the related image candidates may not necessarily be analyzed to determine the degree of coincidence. For example, the advertisement adding unit 62 according to the present embodiment may identify all the related objects 82B by regarding all the images within a predetermined time before and after the time when the distribution image 80A is captured as the related image 80B.

[2-2. Ad addition processing]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of advertisement addition processing according to the present embodiment. The advertisement addition process according to the present embodiment is executed when the distribution image 80A to be distributed is selected by the user.

  First, in step 200, the related image specifying unit 64 specifies the related image 80B related to the distribution image 80A.

  In the next step 202, the object identification unit 66 analyzes the distribution image 80A and the related image 80B to identify the browsing object 82A included in the distribution image 80A and the related object 82B included in the related image 80B.

  In the next step 204, the advertisement target matching unit 70 collates the browsing object 82A and the related object 82B identified with the advertisement target list.

  In the next step 206, the advertisement object check unit 70 determines whether the advertisement object 50 is included in the browse object 82A and the related object 82B identified, and in the case of a positive determination, the process proceeds to step 208 and a negative determination is made. In the case of, the process proceeds to step 210.

  In step 208, the advertisement information addition unit 68 adds advertisement information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the distribution image 80A, and the process proceeds to step 210.

  In step 210, the image distribution unit 72 distributes the distribution image 80A, and the present advertisement addition processing ends.

  As described above, the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the present embodiment sets the related image 80B in which the distribution image 80A and the source are related to an image close to the time when the distribution image 80A was captured at the time of shooting. Thereby, the advertisement delivery system 10 can display the advertisement image 56B corresponding to the related object 82B included in the related image 80B without being included in the delivery image 80A together with the delivery image 80A. Thus, the advertisement delivery based on the image acquired by the user Can expand the opportunities for

[3. Other embodiments]
As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using said each embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention, and a mode in which the changes or improvements are added is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. The above embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

  For example, although the embodiments in which the images to be delivered are still images have been described in the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this, and the images to be delivered may be images as moving images. In the case of this form, it is assumed that the delivery image is a thumbnail image selected from one frame (frame) of the moving image, and the related image is a predetermined number of frames before and after the thumbnail image. Then, the server 14 adds advertisement information to the distribution image in the same manner as the advertisement adding function according to the second embodiment.

  Moreover, although the form which the server 14 has an advertisement addition function was demonstrated in said each embodiment, this invention is not limited to this, It is good also as a form with which the portable terminal device 12 is provided with an advertisement addition function. In the case of this form, the portable terminal device 12 transmits a distribution image to which advertisement information and the like are added to the server 14, and the server 14 distributes the image.

  Moreover, although the form which displays the advertisement image based on advertisement information as alerting | reporting based on advertisement information was demonstrated in said each embodiment, this invention is not limited to this. For example, as the notification, output of sound based on advertisement information, reproduction of a moving image, or the like may be performed.

  In each of the above embodiments, the embodiment has been described in which the predetermined information added to the distribution image is the advertisement information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other information may be added. The other information is, for example, a description of the subject existing in the area obtained by processing the original image 40A, another image related to the subject appearing in the delivery image, and the like. The other image is a person, an animal, a landscape image, etc. related to the subject, for example, an image stored in the server 14 as an album service via the Internet, contents set as a related image by the user, image matching, etc. It is selected based on

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the form which makes an apparatus which images an image the portable terminal device 12 with a camera function, this invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of the portable terminal device 12, a camera having an imaging function and a communication function may be used. In this form, the camera transmits the captured image to the predetermined server 14 via the communication line 16. The communication function of the camera according to the present embodiment enables communication with the server 14 but can not communicate with other information processing apparatuses. In addition, the camera has a minimum storage medium for temporarily storing captured images before transmitting it to the server 14, but does not have a large-capacity storage medium capable of storing a large number of images. The image sent to the server 14 is automatically deleted from the storage medium. That is, the camera according to the present embodiment is a simplified camera having only the minimum necessary function that enables only imaging of an object and communication with the server 14. Note that an image unique to the camera, in other words, a user ID, is attached to the image transmitted from the camera to the server 14. The user can select an image to be distributed or an image to be processed from the images stored in the server 14 via the mobile terminal device 12.

  Further, the flow of the advertisement addition processing described in each of the above embodiments is also an example, and unnecessary steps may be deleted, new steps may be added, or the processing order may be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. You may

10 advertisement distribution system 14 server (information processing apparatus)
16 communication line (computer network)
32 External interface (reception means)
40A Original Image (Related Image)
40B processed image (delivery image)
50 object 60 image processing unit (processing means)
64 Related Image Identification Unit (Specification Means)
66 Object identification unit (identification means)
68 Advertisement Information Adder (Attachment Means)
74 advertisement display control unit (notification means)
76 Advertising request acceptance unit (acceptance means)
80A delivery image 80B related image 82A viewing object 82B related object

Claims (9)

An information processing apparatus for storing a delivery image delivered so as to be viewable via a computer network, comprising:
Specifying means for specifying a related image to which the delivery image and the source are related;
Identification means for identifying an object included in the related image;
Adding means for adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising notification means for performing notification based on the predetermined information added to the distribution image when the distribution image is distributed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit that receives a request for adding the predetermined information to the distribution image. The delivery image is a processed image obtained by processing the related image,
The information processing apparatus receives the processed image from the other information processing apparatus together with the distribution image, or processes the related image received from the other information processing apparatus to obtain the processed image. The information processing apparatus according to any one of 3. Receiving means for receiving from the camera the related image captured by the camera;
Processing means for processing the related image to obtain the distribution image;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined information is information indicating an advertisement corresponding to the object. The identification means identifies a viewing object which is an object included in the delivery image;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the adding means adds predetermined information corresponding to the browsing object different from the object to the distribution image. A first step of specifying a distribution image distributed so as to be viewable through a computer network and a related image related to a source by a specifying means;
A second step of identifying an object included in the related image by identification means;
A third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an adding unit and distributing the information;
Information distribution method having. On the computer
A first step of specifying a distribution image distributed so as to be viewable through a computer network and a related image related to a source by a specifying means;
A second step of identifying an object included in the related image by identification means;
A third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an adding unit and distributing the information;
Information distribution program for running

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