JP2019086905A - Image management server, image management system, and image management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To receive registration of an image, distribute the registered image to a mobile terminal located in a predetermined area, and when a mobile terminal of a specific user photographs a predetermined object, make the registered image downloadable.SOLUTION: An image management server 2 comprises: a receiving unit that receives a photographed image photographed with a photographing apparatus, photo location position information, and identification information on the photographed image; a storage unit that stores the photographed image, the photo location position information, and the identification information; a first transmission unit that transmits the photographed image to a first mobile terminal located in a predetermined area corresponding to the photo location position information; and a second transmission unit that, when the identification information is notified from a second mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal photographs a predetermined object, takes out the photographed image corresponding to the notified identification information from the storage unit, and transmits the photographed image to the second mobile terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image management server, an image management system, and an image management method.

  It is performed to register and manage an image captured by a portable terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal in a server. When the user accesses the server using the portable terminal and selects an arbitrary image from the registered images, the server distributes the selected image to the portable terminal. In the conventional image management system, if the user ID and password are input and the user is authenticated as an authorized user, image registration and image browsing can be freely performed.

  New service development using image registration to a server and image delivery by a server is required.

JP, 2015-201082, A

  The present invention receives an image registration, distributes a registered image to a portable terminal in a predetermined area, and when the portable terminal of a specific user captures a predetermined target, an image management server that enables downloading of the registered image. It aims at providing a management system and an image management method.

  The image management server according to the present invention stores a photographed image photographed by a photographing device, photographing location position information, and a receiving unit for receiving identification information of the photographed image, the photographed image, photographing location position information and the identification information Storage unit, a first transmission unit for transmitting the photographed image to a first portable terminal located in a predetermined area corresponding to the photographing place position information, identification information is notified from the second portable terminal, and And a second transmitting unit for taking out a photographed image corresponding to the notified identification information from the storage unit and transmitting the taken image to the second portable terminal when the second mobile terminal photographs a predetermined target. is there.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the storage unit stores a reference image, receives an image obtained by photographing a predetermined target from the second portable terminal, and further compares a comparison unit that compares the received image with the reference image. The second transmission unit transmits the photographed image to the second portable terminal when the comparison result is in agreement.

  In one aspect of the present invention, when the second mobile terminal receives information acquired by reading the two-dimensional code from the second mobile terminal, and the received information is legitimate information, to the second mobile terminal The photographed image is transmitted.

  In one aspect of the present invention, a composite image in which a template image is combined with the captured image is transmitted to the second portable terminal.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the first transmission unit transmits a view screen of the photographed image to the first portable terminal.

  An image management system according to the present invention includes the image management server according to the present invention, acquiring the photographed image from the photographing device, generating identification information for the photographed image, the photographed image, the photographing location position information, and the identification An image registration terminal for transmitting information to the image management server.

  The image management method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a photographed image photographed by a photographing device, photographing location position information, and identification information of the photographed image and storing the same in a storage unit; The step of transmitting the photographed image to the first portable terminal located in the area, the notification of the identification information from the second portable terminal, and the notification when the second portable terminal captures a predetermined target object The image management server executes the steps of taking out a photographed image corresponding to the identification information from the storage unit and transmitting it to the second portable terminal.

  According to the present invention, when the registration of the image is accepted, the registered image is distributed to the portable terminal in the predetermined area, and the portable terminal of the specific user captures the predetermined target, the registered image can be made downloadable. .

1 is a schematic view of an image management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the condition at the time of image browsing. It is a figure which shows the example of an image browsing screen. It is a figure which shows the example of imaging | photography of a target article. It is a figure which shows the example of an image download screen. It is a hardware block diagram of a portable terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of a portable terminal. It is a hardware block diagram of an image management server. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an image management server. It is a flowchart explaining the image registration method concerning the embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the image browsing method which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the image acquisition method concerning the embodiment.

  1 and 2 are schematic views of an image management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image management system includes a portable terminal 1, an image management server 2, a photographing device 3, an image registration terminal 4 and a printer 5. The mobile terminal 1 is, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The photographing device 3 is, for example, a digital camera. The image registration terminal 4 is, for example, a computer. The photographing device 3 and the image registration terminal 4 are communicably connected via a wired or wireless network, and a photographed image by the photographing device 3 is transferred to the image registration terminal 4.

  The image registration terminal 4 adds unique identification information to the image photographed by the photographing device 3, and registers the photographed image, the identification information, and the position information of the photographing location in the image management server 2. When the image captured by the image capturing device 3 has a format conforming to Exif (registered trademark) (Exchangeable Image File Format), GPS information included in the image file can be used as position information of the image capturing location. When not conforming to Exif, the image registration terminal 4 adds the position information separately.

  The image management server 2 associates and stores the photographed image, the identification information, and the photographing place position information. The printer 5 outputs the exchange slip 6 in which the photographed image and the identification information are printed on a sheet.

  When the user having the portable terminal 1 goes to the place where the image was taken, the image taken at the place is distributed from the image management server 2 and can be viewed.

  A user who owns the redemption slip 6 accesses the dedicated site on the mobile terminal 1 or activates an application program installed in the mobile terminal 1 and inputs identification information printed on the redemption slip 6. The input identification information is notified to the image management server 2.

  After the identification information is input, a predetermined article is photographed by the portable terminal 1, and the photographed image is transmitted to the image management server 2, and the image management server 2 compares the received image with the reference image (sample image). If the images match, the image management server 2 selects an image corresponding to the notified identification information from the stored images, and transmits the image to the portable terminal 1. The portable terminal 1 can acquire an image from the image management server 2.

  An example of applying an image management system to a beverage tasting campaign is described. Hold a tasting campaign in the station square and distribute tasting items. The campaign organizer prepares the photographing device 3, the image registration terminal 4 and the printer 5, and the staff uses the photographing device 3 to photograph the customer who visited the campaign hall.

  When acquiring a photographed image from the photographing device 3, the image registration terminal 4 assigns identification information to the photographed image. The image registration terminal 4 generates a print image including a photographed image and identification information, and transfers the print image to the printer 5.

  The printer 5 prints an image for printing received from the image registration terminal 4 on a sheet, and produces the exchange slip 6. The exchange slip 6 is required for downloading image data to be described later, and is passed to the customer.

  The image registration terminal 4 transmits the photographed image, the identification information and the photographing place position information to the image management server 2 via a network such as the Internet.

  The image management server 2 stores a plurality of images captured at the campaign site together with identification information and shooting location information.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the user who owns the portable terminal 1 visits the place where the campaign was performed after the campaign ends, the portable terminal 1 captures an image taken at this place, that is, a shooting campaign with a tasting campaign. The received image is distributed from the image management server 2. For example, a browsing screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the portable terminal 1. This allows the user to know that a tasting campaign was taking place at this location. This browsing screen can only browse images, and downloading of image data is not permitted. For example, GPS (Global Positioning System) information is used to specify the location of the mobile terminal 1.

  When the user who holds the portable terminal 1 is a customer who has taken a picture in a tasting campaign, the image data captured by the user can be downloaded at any place. The user accesses the dedicated site on the portable terminal 1 or activates an application program installed on the portable terminal 1 and inputs identification information printed on the exchange slip 6. The portable terminal 1 notifies the image management server 2 of the identification information.

  The conditions for downloading the image data are the shooting of the package of the target article. As shown in FIG. 4, the user purchases the target article M consumed in the tasting campaign and shoots it with the portable terminal 1. The portable terminal 1 transmits the photographed image to the image management server 2. The image management server 2 compares the image received from the portable terminal 1 with a reference image registered in advance.

  When the images match, the image management server 2 transmits to the portable terminal 1 a download screen of the image corresponding to the notified identification information, as shown in FIG. By pressing the download button B1 of the download screen, the portable terminal 1 acquires data of the image G from the image management server 2. The image G may be one obtained by combining a template image such as a special stamp or frame with an image taken at the campaign site. The image data acquired by the mobile terminal 1 can be freely edited and the like, and can be uploaded to, for example, an SNS.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, users who are not participating in the tasting campaign can view the images taken during the campaign by going to the place where the campaign was being performed. It is possible to advertise products to users who have visited the place where the campaign site became after the end of the campaign.

  Users who participated in the tasting campaign may obtain the images taken in the campaign by purchasing and shooting the target item (for example, the product sampled in the campaign) without going to the place where the campaign was being conducted. it can. For example, when participating in a campaign at a travel destination, it is difficult to go to the campaign site again for image viewing, but since the image can be obtained through the target article, it is possible to increase the awareness and attachment of the product.

  Next, the configuration of each part of the image management system will be described.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the portable terminal 1. The portable terminal 1 includes a CPU 10 (calculation control unit), a storage unit 11, an operation display unit 12, an imaging unit 13, a GPS reception unit 14, and a communication unit 15.

  The storage unit 11 is a combination of a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like, and stores an image browsing / acquisition program. The image browsing / acquisition program is downloaded from a website on the Internet, for example, and installed in advance on the mobile terminal 1.

  The operation display unit 12 displays various information and receives an operation from the user. For example, the operation display unit 12 is a touch panel.

  The photographing unit 13 is a digital camera built in the portable terminal 1 and uses a CCD (Charged coupled devices) sensor or a CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) sensor.

  The GPS reception unit 14 receives a radio wave emitted from a GPS satellite, and acquires position information (latitude and longitude) of the current location where the portable terminal 1 exists based on the GPS information.

  The communication unit 15 communicates with the image management server 2 via the Internet or the like to transmit and receive image data.

  As the CPU 10 executes the image browsing / acquisition program, as shown in FIG. 7, the position information transmission unit 101, the browsing screen acquisition unit 102, the identification information input unit 103, the photographing processing unit 104, the image transmission unit 105, and the image acquisition The unit 106 is realized. The processing of each part will be described later.

  FIG. 8 shows a schematic configuration of the image management server 2. The image management server 2 is a computer having a CPU 20 (arithmetic control unit), a storage unit 21, and a communication unit 22. The storage unit 21 is a combination of a flash memory, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, etc., and stores an image management program.

  As the CPU 20 executes the image management program, as shown in FIG. 9, an image reception unit 201, a determination unit 202, an image transmission unit 203, a selection unit 204, and an image comparison unit 205 are realized. The processing of each part will be described later. Further, an image storage area 211 and a reference image storage area 212 are generated in the storage unit 21.

  The image storage area 211 stores the image data received from the image registration terminal 4, identification information, and shooting location information in association with each other. The reference image storage area 212 stores a reference image of an object to be photographed for downloading image data. A plurality of reference images obtained by photographing the target article at different angles may be stored.

  Next, an image registration method will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  At the campaign site, the staff shoots the customer with the photographing device 3 (step S11). The photographing device 3 transfers the photographed image to the image registration terminal 4. The image registration terminal 4 generates unique identification information and assigns it to the photographed image (step S12). The identification information is, for example, a character string consisting of alphabets or alphanumeric characters of eight or more digits.

  The image registration terminal 4 generates a print image including the photographed image and the identification information, and transfers the print image to the printer 5. The printer 5 prints the print image on a sheet, and outputs the voucher 6 (step S13). The customer receives from the staff a voucher 6 on which the photographed image and the identification information are printed.

  The image registration terminal 4 transmits the photographed image, the identification information, and the photographing place position information to the image management server 2 (step S14). The shooting location position information may be GPS information included in the image file generated by the shooting device 3 or may be added by the image registration terminal 4. The image reception unit 201 of the image management server 2 stores the photographed image, the identification information, and the photographing place position information received from the image registration terminal 4 in the image storage area 211.

  As a result, it is possible to register in the image management server 2 an image captured at the campaign site and provide the customer with a redemption slip 6 necessary for downloading the captured image.

  Subsequently, the image browsing method will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The position information transmission unit 101 of the portable terminal 1 (first portable terminal) transmits the current position information acquired by the GPS reception unit 14 to the image management server 2 (step S21).

  The determination unit 202 of the image management server 2 compares the current position information received from the mobile terminal 1 with the shooting location position information in the image storage area 211, and the current position of the mobile terminal 1 corresponds to the shooting location (campaign venue) It is determined whether it is in the predetermined area corresponding to (step S22).

  When the portable terminal 1 is within the predetermined area (step S22_Yes), that is, when the user is in the place where the campaign has been performed, the image transmission unit 203 (first transmission unit) of the image management server 2 The acquired image is taken out from the image storage area 211, and the browsing screen is transmitted to the portable terminal 1 (step S23).

  The browsing screen acquisition unit 102 of the mobile terminal 1 acquires the browsing screen and displays it on the operation display unit 12 (step S24). A viewing screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and the user can view the image taken during the campaign period at the current location.

  Next, an image acquisition method will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The user who has taken a photograph in the tasting campaign and received the exchange slip 6 accesses the dedicated site using the portable terminal 1 (second portable terminal) or activates the installed application program, and the exchange slip 6 The identification information printed on is input (step S31). The identification information input unit 103 notifies the image management server 2 of the input identification information via the communication unit 15.

  The imaging processing unit 104 activates the imaging unit 13 of the mobile terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the photographing unit 13 of the portable terminal 1 photographs the purchased target article M (step S <b> 32). The image transmission unit 105 transmits the image obtained by photographing the target article M to the image management server 2.

  The image comparison unit 205 of the image management server 2 compares the image received from the portable terminal 1 with the reference image stored in the reference image storage area 212 (step S33). If the images match (step S34_Yes), the selection unit 204 selects and extracts an image corresponding to the identification information notified in step S31 from the image storage area 211, creates an image data download screen, and the mobile terminal Send to 1.

  A download screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the portable terminal 1. When the user presses the download button B1, the image transmission unit 203 (second transmission unit) transmits the image data to the portable terminal 1. The image acquisition unit 106 of the portable terminal 1 stores the image data acquired from the image management server 2 in the storage unit 11 (step S35).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to distribute an image captured in a predetermined area (for example, a campaign hall) to the portable terminal 1 of a user who visited the same place at a later date, and to view it. In addition, even if the photographed person does not revisit the predetermined area, he or she inputs the identification information for specifying the image photographed on the portable terminal 1 and then photographs the target article by the photographing unit 13. You can browse the image and download the image data.

  The period for distributing the image to the portable terminal 1 may be limited. For example, when a user visits a place that was a campaign venue only within one month after the end of the campaign, an image captured during the campaign is distributed to the portable terminal 1.

  In the above embodiment, when downloading image data, the package of the item is photographed, but the two-dimensional code in the package is read using the photographing unit 13 of the portable terminal 1 and the acquired information is sent to the image management server 2 It may be sent. The image management server 2 determines whether the information received from the portable terminal 1 is legitimate information, and if the information is legitimate information, enables the registered image to be downloaded.

  In the above embodiment, the photographing device 3 and the image registration terminal 4 prepared by the campaign organizer are used for photographing the customer and uploading the image to the image management server 2. However, even if the portable terminal 1 of the customer is used Good.

  When the mobile terminal 1 of the customer is used, the identification information that the mobile terminal 1 transmits to the image management server 2 together with the photographed image may be an application ID, an e-mail address, or the like.

  The shooting location position information and the current position information of the portable terminal 1 are not limited to the GPS information, and for example, an access point identifier (for example, SSID: Service Set Identifier) included in the outgoing signal from the access point of the wireless LAN is used as position information. May be

  The image management server 2 may be configured by a plurality of server devices.

  The above description is an example of the present invention, and the present invention may be in a form other than the above.

1 portable terminal 2 image management server 3 photographing device 4 image registration terminal 5 printer 6 exchange slip

Claims (7)

A receiver configured to receive a photographed image photographed by a photographing device, photographing location position information, and identification information of the photographed image;
A storage unit that stores the photographed image, photographing location position information, and the identification information;
A first transmission unit that transmits the photographed image to a first mobile terminal located in a predetermined area corresponding to the photographing place position information;
When identification information is notified from the second portable terminal and the second portable terminal captures a predetermined target, a captured image corresponding to the notified identification information is taken out from the storage unit, and the second portable terminal A second transmission unit for transmitting to the terminal;
An image management server comprising: The storage unit stores a reference image,
The image processing apparatus further comprises a comparison unit that receives an image of a predetermined target taken from the second portable terminal and compares the received image with the reference image.
The image management server according to claim 1, wherein the second transmission unit transmits the photographed image to the second portable terminal when the comparison results match.   Receiving information acquired by the second portable terminal reading a two-dimensional code from the second portable terminal, and transmitting the photographed image to the second portable terminal when the received information is legitimate information The image management server according to claim 1, characterized in that   The image management server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a composite image obtained by combining a template image with the captured image is transmitted to the second portable terminal.   The image management server according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first transmission unit transmits a browse screen of the photographed image to the first portable terminal. An image management server according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
An image registration terminal that acquires the photographed image from the photographing device, generates identification information for the photographed image, and transmits the photographed image, the photographing location position information, and the identification information to the image management server;
An image management system comprising: Receiving a photographed image photographed by a photographing device, photographing location position information, and identification information of the photographed image, and storing the information in a storage unit;
Transmitting the photographed image to a first mobile terminal located within a predetermined area corresponding to the photographing place position information;
When the notification of the identification information is received from the second portable terminal, and the second portable terminal captures a predetermined target, the captured image corresponding to the notified identification information is taken out from the storage unit, and the second portable terminal Sending to the terminal;
An image management method characterized by being executed by an image management server.

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