JP2019204355A - Rename processing device, print product selling system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To efficiently perform processing for renaming a file name of an image file.SOLUTION: A rename processing device according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit configured to receive a photographed image, an image analysis unit configured to analyze the photographed image and generate words as component candidates for a file name of the photographed image, a selection unit configured to accept selection among the component candidates, and a rename processing unit configured to create a new file name using the selected component candidate and change the file name of the photographed image. The component candidates are, for example, names of persons shown in the photographed image and words representing a scene of the photographed image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a rename processing device, a print sales system, and a program.

  In event venues such as baseball fields and concert venues, photographs (bromides) related to event performers, that is, baseball players and artists, are sold. For example, a PC and a printer are installed in a sales space, a staff operates the PC, downloads an image from a server to the PC, prints the image on paper with a printer, creates a photograph, and sells it.

  A large number of images are stored in the server. In order to improve searchability when searching for an image to be printed, it is preferable to use a person's name (for example, player name) or the like as the file name of the image. A file name composed of alphanumeric characters is automatically given to an image obtained by photographing a player with a digital camera. Conventionally, an operator visually confirms an image and thinks about an appropriate file name and manually changes it, so that the renaming operation takes time.

  Recently, a service has been provided in which photos taken by professional photographers during an event are printed out and sold on the day. When such a service is provided, it is required to quickly rename the image file.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-233671

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional situation, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a rename processing apparatus, a print product sales system, and a program capable of efficiently performing a rename process of a file name of an image file. To do.

  The rename processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a receiving unit that receives a captured image; an image analyzing unit that analyzes the captured image and generates a word that is a candidate for a file name of the captured image; and the selection of the component candidate. A selection unit that receives the information, and a rename processing unit that creates a new file name using the selected component candidate and changes the file name of the captured image.

  The rename processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores a sample image in which face images and names of a plurality of persons are associated, and the image analysis unit refers to the sample image and performs the photographing The name of a person shown in the image is generated as a candidate part.

  In the rename processing device according to one aspect of the present invention, the image analysis unit reads characters in the captured image by character recognition and generates a component candidate based on the characters.

  In the rename processing device according to one aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of persons are shown in the photographed image, the image analysis unit analyzes a person wearing a predetermined color clothes.

  In the rename processing apparatus according to the aspect of the present invention, the image analysis unit performs scene analysis of the captured image and generates words representing the scene as component candidates.

  A print product sales system according to an aspect of the present invention receives a rename processing device of the present invention and image data of a photographed image after a file name change from the rename processing device, transfers the image data to a printer, and prints it out A printer control device.

  A program according to an aspect of the present invention includes a step of receiving a photographed image, a step of analyzing the photographed image, generating a word that is a part candidate of a file name of the photographed image, and a step of accepting selection of the part candidate And a step of creating a new file name using the selected component candidate and changing the file name of the photographed image.

  According to the present invention, the renaming process of the file name of the image file can be performed efficiently.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a print sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows an example of a rename process. It is a functional block diagram of a management apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining a rename method. It is a figure which shows the example of a rename process screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a rename process screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a rename process screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a rename process screen.

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

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a print sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printed matter sales system is a system for selling printed matter such as photographs at an event venue such as a sports facility or a concert venue. The management device 5 that manages sales images and an operator terminal that is used by an operator who renames images 7. Printer 4 that prints out printed matter (photograph), printer control device 3 that controls printer 4, accepts selection of image from customer, and automatically prints out printed matter (photograph) when charged. An image printing apparatus 2 and the like are provided.

  A photograph of a player during a sports game and a photograph of a musician during a concert are taken with the camera 6 of a professional photographer. Images taken by the camera 6 are uploaded to the management device 5 and sold on the day.

  The file name of the captured image uploaded to the management device 5 is automatically given by the camera 6. The file name of the photographed image is composed of alphanumeric characters such as “DSC0025.jpg” and “P5050012.jpg”, and it is not known from the file name what kind of image it is.

  The management device 5 performs image analysis of the photographed image, generates a name representing the name of the person or scene representing the scene as a part candidate for the file name, and transmits it to the operator terminal 7. The operator selects a word suitable for the captured image from the candidate parts displayed on the operator terminal 7. The management device 5 creates a new file name using the selected word, and changes the file name of the captured image to a new file name.

  For example, when a photographed image having a file name “IMG5531.jpg” as shown in FIG. 2A is uploaded to the management apparatus 5, the management apparatus 5 performs image analysis of the photographed image, and FIG. ), A player name (person name) “Yusuke Kashiwagi” and a word representing a scene of “Guts pose”, “jump” and “smile” are generated.

  The operator views the captured image and selects one or more words suitable for this image from these words (part candidates) displayed on the operator terminal 7. For example, “Yosuke Kashiwagi” and “Guts Pause” are selected. The management device 5 concatenates the selected words to create a file name “01_Yosuke Yuki_Gutspose.jpg”, and changes the file name of the captured image (rename) as shown in FIG. To do. “01” in the file name is a serial number.

  The printer control device 3 and the printer 4 are installed in the photo sales space at the event venue, and the staff operates the printer control device 3 to download images to be sold from the management device 5. Since the captured image stored in the management device 5 is renamed, for example, it is possible to search by the player name, narrow down the image, and download the image.

  Image data is transferred from the printer control device 3 to the printer 4 and printed out. The staff sells the photograph printed out from the printer 4 to the customer.

  The management device 5 transmits the captured image after the rename process to the image printing device 2. For example, the customer inputs the name of a player who wants to purchase a photo into the image printing apparatus 2 and searches for it. The image printing apparatus 2 displays a thumbnail list screen of image files including the player name input by the customer in the file name.

  When the customer selects an image desired to be purchased, the image printing apparatus 2 performs a billing process, accepts money paid by the customer, and dispenses change. Thereafter, the selected image is printed out from a printer accommodated in the image printing apparatus 2. The image printing apparatus 2 can function as a photo vending machine.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the management device 5 performs image analysis of a captured image and generates a word (word) of a component candidate of an image file name. The operator only needs to select a word from the candidate parts when renaming the image file name. For this reason, the renaming process of the file name of the image file can be performed efficiently.

  Next, the management apparatus 5 having a function as a rename processing apparatus will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the management device 5 is a computer having a storage unit 50 including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a nonvolatile memory, a hard disk device, and the like. A rename program, sample image data, a rename process result, and the like are stored. The sample image data is, for example, a correspondence between a sports player's face image and a player name. The rename process result is a record of words selected by the operator in the past rename process. Further, the storage unit 50 may store a spine number list in which a player's spine number and a player name are associated with each other.

  When the CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the management apparatus 5 executes the rename program, as shown in FIG. 3, an image reception unit 51, a screen transmission unit 52, an image analysis unit 53, a component candidate selection unit 54, a rename processing unit. 55 and the function of the image transmission part 56 are implement | achieved.

  The image receiving unit 51 receives image data of a photograph to be sold and stores it in the storage unit 50. The image data includes a photographed image obtained by photographing the event of the day with the camera 6.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the rename process. The functions of the screen transmission unit 52, the image analysis unit 53, the component candidate selection unit 54, and the rename processing unit 55 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The screen transmission unit 52 creates a rename processing screen and transmits it to the operator terminal 7. FIG. 5 shows an example of the rename process screen. For example, the file name of the captured image to be renamed is displayed in the image file list 100 on the rename processing screen.

  The operator selects an image file that has not been renamed (step S1). When the image file is selected, the image analysis unit 53 analyzes the selected photographed image, generates the names of players and scenes in the image, and displays candidate parts as shown in FIG. They are displayed in the areas 110 and 114 (steps S2.S3). Further, the image of the selected image file is displayed in the image display area 102.

  For example, when a plurality of persons are shown in the captured image, the image analysis unit 53 sets a person wearing clothes of a preset color as an analysis target. Thereby, the player of a home team can be made into an analysis object, for example.

  The image analysis unit 53 reads characters (alphanumeric characters) in the photographed image by character recognition processing or OCR (Optical Character Recognition) analysis, and generates component candidate words. For example, the image analysis unit 53 reads the back number and generates a player name (person name) with reference to the back number list. Also, the part number or the name displayed on the uniform may be used as a part candidate.

  The image analysis unit 53 identifies the person in the image by face image recognition processing that compares the face image of the person in the captured image with the sample image, and generates a player name (person name). For example, the image analysis unit 53 calculates “probability of being the person” by comparing the images, such as the probability of Mr. A of 90%, the probability of Mr. B, the probability of Mr. C,. The player names are displayed as the candidate parts in descending order of probability. Since the operator can check in order from the high-probability candidates, the visual search is easy.

  The image analysis unit 53 may generate the person name in consideration of the results of the character recognition process and the face image recognition process. For example, if the uniform is distorted and characters cannot be recognized accurately, and the recognition accuracy of the character recognition process is low, the operator may select “Do not consider the result of character recognition process” and generate the person name again.

  The image analysis unit 53 analyzes the entire captured image by scene analysis, and generates words that express the contents of the entire image.

  The image analysis unit 53 displays words generated by these analyzes in the part candidate display areas 110 and 114 as file name part candidates. At this time, the image analysis unit 53 may select a component candidate to be displayed with reference to the past renaming process result stored in the storage unit 50.

  The operator views the image displayed in the image display area 102 and selects a part (word) suitable for this image from the part candidate display areas 110 and 114. The component candidate selection unit 54 receives selection of a component candidate from the operator. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the operator selects “Yosuke Kashiwagi” and “Guts Pause” from the part candidate display areas 110 and 114. The selected part is displayed in the selected part display areas 108 and 112. When the clear button 122 is pressed, the selection of parts can be canceled.

  The operator can select whether or not to add the serial number to the file name by using the serial number addition button 106, and whether to add it to the beginning or the end of the file name. FIG. 7 shows a case where the serial number is put at the beginning of the file name.

  The rename processing unit 55 creates a file name by connecting the serial number and the part being selected. The created file name is displayed in the completed file name display area 104. When the operator presses the execute button 120, the rename processing unit 55 executes the rename and changes the file name (step S4). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 8, the file name in the image file list 100 is also changed.

  The rename processing unit 55 registers the rename processing result indicating the part selected by the operator in the storage unit 50 (step S5).

  Rename processing is performed for all the photographed image files displayed in the image file list 100 (step S6).

  The image transmission unit 56 transmits captured image data to the printer control device 3 in response to a request from the printer control device 3. The image transmission unit 56 transmits the captured image data after the rename process to the image printing apparatus 2.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the management device 5 analyzes the photographed image and generates the name of the person shown in the image and the word representing the scene as the component candidates. If the operator simply selects a part from the part candidates, a new file name is automatically generated and the file name is changed. Therefore, the renaming work can be performed efficiently regardless of the operator's knowledge and experience.

  The rename program described above may be stored in a recording medium and read and executed by a computer. The recording medium is not limited to a removable medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk, but may be a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk device or a memory. The rename program may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. Furthermore, the program may be distributed through being stored in a recording medium via a wired line or a wireless line such as the Internet in a state where the program is encrypted, modulated, or compressed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

2 Image printing device 3 Printer control device 4 Printer 5 Management device 6 Camera 7 Operator terminal

Claims (7)

A receiving unit for receiving a captured image;
An image analysis unit that analyzes the captured image and generates words that are part candidates for the file name of the captured image;
A selection unit for accepting selection of the component candidates;
Creating a new file name using the selected component candidate, and changing the file name of the captured image;
A rename processing device comprising: A storage unit for storing sample images in which face images and names of a plurality of persons are associated;
The rename processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image analysis unit generates a name of a person shown in the captured image as a component candidate with reference to the sample image.   The rename processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image analysis unit reads a character in the captured image by character recognition and generates a component candidate based on the character.   4. The rename processing device according to claim 2, wherein when the photographed image includes a plurality of persons, the image analysis unit analyzes a person wearing clothes of a predetermined color. 5. .   5. The rename processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image analysis unit analyzes a scene of the photographed image and generates a word representing a scene as a component candidate. Rename processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A printer control device that receives image data of a photographed image after a file name change from the rename processing device, transfers the image data to a printer, and prints it out;
Printed product sales system with Receiving a captured image; and
Analyzing the captured image and generating words that are part candidates for the file name of the captured image;
Receiving a selection of the candidate parts;
Creating a new file name using the selected component candidates, and changing the file name of the captured image;
A program for causing a computer to execute.

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