JP2020009145A - Business card management system, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a business card management system, a method, and a program that can access a business card record even if a name thereon is forgotten.SOLUTION: A business card management system 1 includes face image acquisition means 11c for acquiring a face image of a person in relation to a business card, attribute information acquisition means 11b for acquiring face image attribute information of a person from the acquired face image, business card record creation means 11d for creating a business card record by associating the acquired face image with the face image attribute information, storage means 17 for storing the created business card record, search execution means 11e for searching for the stored business card record using the face image attribute information as a search key, and thumbnail display means 11f for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record obtained as a search result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a business card management system, a method, and a program for supporting access to business card information.

  Business cards are regarded as a very important business tool in obtaining personal information of customers. Business cards include not only first and last names, company names, departments, post titles, company addresses, telephone numbers, but also e-mail addresses and homepage addresses, and the amount of information has been increasing. Further, there is a technique for converting information printed on a business card into electronic information using an optical scanner or an OCR (Optical Character Reader), and registering and managing the digitized business card information in a business card DB.

  Patent Literature 1 discloses a business card management center including a server having a business card information database including information displayed on a business card, a plurality of user terminals connected to the server of the business card management center via a computer network, A business card number issuing system for issuing a unique business card number to each user having a business card, and searching for business card information registered in the server using the issued business card number or other business card information items as keys. A business card information management system including a business card information search system is described. In addition, it is described that face information is included in the business card information database (claim 3) and that a face photograph is searched (0011).

  Patent Document 2 discloses a business card holding member capable of holding a business card, a code display member that displays a unique classification code, an imaging unit that images the business card holding member and the code display member, the business card holding member, and the A storage unit for storing information on a code display member, and obtains captured image information including both an image of the business card holding member holding the business card and an image of the code display member displaying the classification code. A business card that recognizes the classification code from the captured image information and obtains the classification information, extracts the business card image information, associates the obtained classification information with the extracted business card image information, and stores the business card in the storage unit. A management system is described. It also describes that a plurality of business card image information of a group classified by the classification information is displayed in a thumbnail format (0036).

  In such a conventional business card management system, each business card is classified and stored according to the initials of the name described on the business card.

JP 2002-222270 A JP 2014-002439 A

  However, such a conventional business card management system classifies and stores each business card by the initials of the name written on the business card, so that if the name is forgotten, the business card record cannot be accessed. . There are also special foreign language characters (such as Russian characters) other than kanji and English characters that cannot be entered and searched on a normal Japanese personal computer.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a business card management system, a method, and a program that can access a business card record even if the user forgets the name.

  A business card management system according to the present invention includes: a face image acquisition unit that acquires a face image of a person in relation to a business card; an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image; Business card record creation means for creating a business card record by associating the face image with the face image attribute information, storage means for storing the created business card record, and the face image attribute information stored as a search key. A search execution means for searching for a business card record, and a thumbnail display means for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a search result are provided.

  As a result, even if the name is forgotten, or even if the name or the like is a special foreign language character other than kanji and English characters, the business card record can be accessed. Convenience when using business card information can be remarkably improved.

  The face image obtaining means cuts out a selected face image from a plurality of face images of the captured group photo and obtains each face image, thereby creating a face image of a person desired by the user, Can be registered in business card records.

  The face image attribute information, by including the shooting location or shooting date and time of the face image, or the date and time when the face image was cut out, the face image, the shooting location or shooting date and time of the face image, or the date and time when the face image was cut out, Can be associated and registered.

  The face image attribute information includes the gender, age, or presence or absence of wearing the glasses of the person, thereby making it possible to expand a search narrowing condition when performing a search using a face image. In addition, the hit rate can be increased even when a fuzzy search is performed.

  A business card management method according to the present invention includes: a face image obtaining step of obtaining a face image of a person in relation to a business card; an attribute information obtaining step of obtaining face image attribute information of the person from the obtained face image; A business card record creation step of creating a business card record by associating the face image with the face image attribute information, a storage step of storing the created business card record, and the face image attribute information stored as a search key. A search execution step for searching for a business card record and a thumbnail display step for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a search result are provided.

  Further, according to the present invention, a computer is provided with a face image acquisition unit for acquiring a face image of a person in relation to a business card, an attribute information acquisition unit for acquiring face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image, Business card record creation means for creating a business card record by associating the face image with the face image attribute information, storage means for storing the created business card record, and the face image attribute information stored as a search key. This is a program for functioning as a business card management system including search execution means for searching for a business card record, and thumbnail display means for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a search result.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a business card management system, method, and program that can access a business card record even if the user forgets the name.

It is a figure showing the 1st example of composition of the business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure showing the 2nd example of composition of the business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a block diagram showing composition of a business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure showing an example of a business card record stored in DB of a storage part of a business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure showing an example of a face image of a business card record of a business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure explaining cutting out a face image from a group photograph of a business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure explaining cutting out a face image from a group photograph of a business card management system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure showing the example of the main menu screen of the business card management system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the example of the new business card registration screen of the business card management system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the example of the character search screen of the business card management system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing the example of the face search screen of the business card management system concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the business card registration process of the business card management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a face image capturing process of the business card management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the search process of the business card management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the search process of the business card management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a second configuration example of a business card management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. is there.
The business card management device 10 of the first configuration example shown in FIG. 1 is a portable type, for example, a smart phone which is a mobile phone with an enhanced information processing function, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) which is a mobile information terminal. It is assumed that it is realized by such as. The business card management device 10A of the second configuration example shown in FIG. 2 is of a stationary type, and is assumed to be realized by, for example, a desktop personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a personal computer).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the business card management system 1 includes a business card management device 10 including a portable information terminal such as a smart phone. The business card management device 10 includes an imaging unit 12, an operation unit 13, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 15, and a touch panel 16.

As shown in FIG. 2, the business card management system 1 includes a business card management device 10A including a PC (Personal Computer) or the like. To the business card management device 10A, a network 3 composed of the Internet accessible from the photographing terminal 2 and the business card management device 10A can be connected.
The photographing terminal 2 is a PDA such as an electronic camera or a smartphone having a camera function. Further, a mobile communication terminal of a camera-equipped mobile phone may be used. The imaging terminal 2 can be connected to the business card management device 10A by, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable 4.

  The business card management system 1 according to the present embodiment may be applied to either the business card management device 10 such as a smart phone in FIG. 1 or the business card management device 10A using a PC in FIG. Hereinafter, an example in which the business card management system 1 is applied to the business card management device 10 of FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the business card management system 1.
As shown in FIG. 3, the business card management device 10 includes a control unit 11 (control unit), an operation unit 13, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 15, a touch panel 16, a storage unit 17 (storage unit), and an interface (I / F) section 19. Further, the business card management device 10 may be provided with an imaging unit 12, a flashlight 14, a GPS (Global Positioning System) function unit 18, an antenna for wireless communication, a microphone and a speaker for voice communication, and the like. .

The control unit 11 includes a microcomputer or the like that controls the entire apparatus. The microcomputer reads a control program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) and expands the control program in a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes various processes.
The control unit 11 includes a business card information acquisition unit 11a (business card information acquisition unit), an attribute information acquisition unit 11b (attribute information acquisition unit), a face image acquisition unit 11c (face image acquisition unit), and a business card record creation unit 11d ( A business card record creation unit), a search execution unit 11e (search execution unit), a thumbnail display unit 11f (thumbnail display unit), and a business card record information output unit 11g (business card record information output unit).

The business card information acquisition unit 11a acquires character information such as the name and address of a person described on a business card.
The attribute information acquiring unit 11b acquires the face image attribute information of the person in relation to the business card.

The face image acquisition unit 11c acquires a face image of a person. There are the following two patterns for acquiring a face image of a person.
(Pattern 1: Extraction of face data from captured image)
The face image acquisition unit 11c detects the face position of a person from the captured image, and cuts out image data of the face position as a face image. The face image acquiring unit 11c further stores the positional information at the time of photographing (longitude and latitude acquired by the GPS function unit 18) and the photographing date and time in the storage unit 17 together with the cut out face image.

(Pattern 2: Extracting face data from a group photo)
The face image acquisition unit 11c displays a face portion of a person whose face has been recognized from among the persons of the captured group photograph by enclosing the frame with a frame. The face image acquisition unit 11c trims the face image cut out from the group photo and stores the trimmed image together with the shooting location and the shooting date and time. If there is no shooting date and time information of the face image, the date and time when the face image was cut out is stored.
The business card record creation unit 11d creates the business card record 20 by associating the acquired face image with the face image attribute information.

  The search execution unit 11e searches the business card record 20 stored in the DB 17a of the storage unit 17 using character information such as a name and / or face image attribute information as a search key.

  The thumbnail display unit 11f displays the face image of the business card record 20 stored in the storage unit 17 as a thumbnail. In the present embodiment, the thumbnail display unit 11f reduces the original image of the face image of the business card record 20 stored in the storage unit 17 by a predetermined reduction algorithm and displays the reduced image. If thumbnails are not displayed instantly, the operability will be reduced. Therefore, a high-speed and low-quality reduction algorithm is used. Note that a thumbnail display method may be used in which an image obtained by reducing the original image of the face image is prepared in advance, and is called and displayed. In the case of this method, since a reduced image can be created in advance using an advanced algorithm, a thumbnail display with better visibility can be obtained.

  The business card record information output unit 11g outputs (displays) the information of the business card record 20 by specifying a face image or character information such as a name.

  The imaging unit 12 includes a photographic lens, a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor, an analog front end (AFE), and a digital signal processor (DSP). The imaging unit 12 is provided on the back side of the LCD display unit 15, and is configured so that an image captured by the imaging unit 12 can be displayed on the LCD display unit 15 as it is at the time of imaging.

The operation unit 13 includes a touch panel, a small keyboard, and the like.
The flashlight 14 emits light in a dark place, at the time of photographing, or the like by a user operation or the like.

The LCD display unit 15 includes an LCD display or an organic EL (Organic Electro-Luminescence) display, a white LED backlight, each driver, and the like, and displays a captured image, content, and the like. When the business card management device (portable information terminal) 10 is a smartphone or the like, the LCD display unit 15 is a large display that covers substantially the entire surface of the housing. When the imaging unit 12 is an electronic camera, the imaging unit 12 is provided to cover the rear surface of the housing.
The touch panel 16 is a pointing device for indicating an arbitrary position on the display screen of the LCD display unit 15. The touch panel 16 detects each operation when the user presses, slides, or releases the upper surface with a finger.

  The storage unit 17 is configured by a flash memory, which is a large-capacity nonvolatile integrated circuit memory, or the like. The storage unit 17 includes a database (DB) 17a that stores a business card record 20 (see FIG. 4), and information described in the business card is stored in the DB 17a in association with a face image. The storage unit 17 stores image information of the target imaged by the imaging unit 12. The image information is stored in a file format such as jpeg or gif. Further, a control program for controlling the business card management device 10 is stored in the storage unit 17. The storage unit 17 may be an external memory such as an SD (Secure Digital) card, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, and a memory stick.

  The GPS function unit 18 includes a GPS antenna 18a that receives a radio wave of positional information of a stationary GPS from a GPS satellite. Based on information received via the GPS antenna 18a, the current position information is converted into two values of latitude / longitude. It is calculated as a parameter.

  It is also possible to transmit / receive information to / from a mobile phone company server via a base station and a mobile phone communication network (not shown) instead of the GPS function unit 18, and obtain the current location information of the own terminal from the approach confirmation. It is.

  The I / F unit 19 connects to an external connection unit such as a PC using a wired connection using an interface such as a USB or a wireless connection such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the business card record 20 stored in the DB 17a of the storage unit 17 of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, the business card record 20 includes, for each business card record identification number, a group number (for personal / company use), a face image, attribute information (gender, age, glasses, etc.), a shooting location, date and time, and a name. , Address, telephone number, mobile phone number, FAX number, mail address, nickname, company name, department name, company telephone number, company FAX number, company mail address, company address, homepage address, update presence / absence, and the like. If the age is not known, the age may be an estimated age from a face image, or may have a range such as thirties. The attribute information may include information on hairstyles such as thin hair, brown hair, left division, and the like, or may include face shapes such as long, small, and tall nose.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a face image of the business card record 20 of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5, the face image of the business card record 20 stores the face image of the person acquired by the face image acquisition unit 11c. Further, the positional information at the time of shooting and the shooting date and time are stored together with the face image (see the shooting location and date and time of the business card record 20 in FIG. 4). Here, when the face image is cut out from the group photo, the date and time when the face image is cut out from the group photo is stored.
As shown in FIG. 5, the face image stores the original image before performing the thumbnail display. It should be noted that an image obtained by reducing the original image may be stored as an image for calling the thumbnail display. When a thumbnail image is displayed, the face image is created with a resolution such that the characteristics of the face of the person such as gender, age, and glasses can be recognized.

FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are diagrams illustrating the extraction of a face image from a group photograph of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6A, when cutting out a face image from the group photograph 30, the face image acquiring unit 11 c (see FIG. 3) performs face recognition of a person in the group photograph 30. Then, the face image acquiring unit 11c sets frames 31a to 31d surrounding the face part where the face has been recognized. The user operates the operation unit 13 to select a target person's face. In FIG. 6A, it is assumed that the face of the person in the frame 31b is selected.
As shown in FIG. 6B, the face image acquiring unit 11c cuts out the face portion of the person in the selected frame 31b and stores it as a face image in the DB 17a of the storage unit 17.
Here, if information on the shooting place (shooting place) and shooting date and time when the group photograph 30 was shot is obtained, information on the shooting place and shooting date and time is also registered along with the cut out face image, and the information on the shooting place and shooting date and time is registered. If not obtained, the date and time when the face image was cut out from the group photograph 30 is registered.

Hereinafter, the operation of the business card management system 1 configured as described above will be described.
<Business card registration>
FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of a main menu screen of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of the new business card registration screen.
When the control unit 11 (see FIG. 3) of the business card management device 10 starts processing, a main menu screen 50 as shown in FIG. 7A is displayed on the LCD display unit 15 (see FIG. 3) as an initial screen. On the main menu screen 50, menu buttons such as a new business card registration button 51, a character-based search button 52, a face-based search button 53, a database synchronization button 54, and an end button 55 are displayed.

  When any one of the menu buttons is touched on the main menu screen 50, the control unit 11 executes a predetermined process associated with the touched menu button. For example, when the new business card registration button 51 is touched, a new business card registration screen 60 shown in FIG.

  The new business card registration screen 60 displays a face image display area 61 for displaying a face image, an input field 62 for the business card record 20 (see FIG. 4), a soft keyboard 63, a return button 64, a registration button 65, and the like.

  When the user touches the face image display area 61 and picks up an image of a person's face with the image pickup unit 12, the picked-up face image is displayed in the face image display area 61. In this case, the captured face image is appropriately given a file name and registered as a face image in the business card record 20 of the DB 17a of the storage unit 17.

The user can input data to each field of the business card record 20 by selecting one of the input fields 62 of the business card record 20 and appropriately touching the soft keyboard 63. The field is one element of each of the business card records 20. For example, one of the input fields 62 is one field. In the case of FIG. 4, the business card record 20 has items (cells) of 24 fields.
The display of the input field 62 can be scrolled up and down, and the input fields of all fields can be displayed by the scroll.

As described above, when the field data of the business card record 20 is input and the user touches the registration button 65, the business card record 20 including the face image is created based on the input field data. Then, the created business card record 20 is registered in the DB of the storage unit 17.
When the registration button 65 is touched, it is not necessary to input field data in all fields of the business card record 20. For example, a face image can be registered first, or character data can be input first, and a face image can be registered later.
When the return button 64 is touched, the previous main menu screen 50 is displayed.

<Business card search>
FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example of a character search screen of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example of the face search screen.
When the search button 52 is touched on the main menu screen 50 (see FIG. 7A), a character search screen 70 shown in FIG. 8A is displayed. The character search screen 70 displays a character input field 71, a business card list 72, and the like.
Note that the character search is a conventional technique, and for the character search, for example, a method such as an exact match search, a partial search, and case sensitivity can be applied.
In the character input field 71, a button for selecting the Japanese syllabary character for designating the first character of the name is displayed. The business card record 20 corresponding to the input character is extracted from the DB of the storage unit 17, and a list of, for example, names + addresses included in the extracted business card information is displayed as the business card list 72.
Note that a keyword input field for performing a keyword search may be displayed on the character search screen 70. In this case, the DB is searched using the keyword input in the keyword input field, and the DB is extracted by the search. A list of the business card information is displayed in the business card list 72.
Subsequently, when the user selects one of the business card information lists displayed on the business card list 72 and touches the selection button 74, a business card detail display screen (not shown) is displayed. On this business card detail display screen, detailed information of the business card record 20 of the person is displayed.

When the search button 53 is touched from the face on the main menu screen 50 (see FIG. 7A), a face search screen 80 shown in FIG. 8B is displayed. The face search screen 70 displays an attribute input field 81, a face image list 82, and the like.
In the attribute input field 81, buttons for inputting attribute information (sex, age, glasses, etc.) are displayed. The face image of the business card record 20 corresponding to the input attribute information is extracted from the DB of the storage unit 17, and the extracted face image is displayed as a face image list 82 in a thumbnail format.
Subsequently, when the user selects one of the face images from the list of face images displayed in the face image list 82 and touches the selection button 84, a business card detail display screen (not shown) is displayed. On the business card detail display screen, detailed information of the business card record 20 of the person corresponding to the face image is displayed.
As described above, the user can search for the business card information from the face image, and can browse the detailed information of the business card record 20.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a business card registration process of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. This flow is executed by the control unit 11 (see FIG. 3) of the business card management device 10.
First, in step S1, the business card information acquisition unit 11a (see FIG. 3) acquires business card character data such as a name and an address by OCR or the like.
In step S2, the face image acquiring unit 11c acquires a face image of a person. The capture of the face image will be described later in a subroutine (an example of cutting out a face image from a group photo) (see FIG. 10).
In step S3, the face image obtaining unit 11c obtains the shooting location or shooting date and time of the face image, or the image update date and time.
In step S4, the face image acquisition unit 11c extracts facial features (such as presence or absence of glasses, gender distinction, and estimated age) from the captured face image.
In step S5, the attribute information acquiring unit 11b retrieves the captured business card character data, the photographing location or photographing date or time of the acquired face image, or the image update date and time as the face image attribute information, and the extracted facial features of the person ( Screen for confirming the presence of glasses, gender distinction, estimated age, etc.).

After the user checks the displayed business card character data and face image attribute information and makes necessary corrections, in step S6, the business card record creation unit 11d reads the captured business card character data, face image attribute information, and face image Are created in a business card record 20 (see FIG. 4).
As shown in FIG. 4 described above, the business card record creation unit 11d provides, for each business card record identification number, a group number (for personal / company), face image, face image attribute information (gender, age, presence or absence of glasses, shooting location, And date and time), name, address, phone number, mobile phone number, fax number, email address, nickname, company name, department name, company phone number, company fax number, company email address, company address, homepage address, update availability A business card record 20 is created. It should be noted that the business card character data and the face image attribute information may be input by the user as characters, instead of the business card management system 1 displaying the confirmation screen.
In step S7, the business card record creation unit 11d displays a confirmation screen for confirming the created business card record 20.
After the user confirms the field information of the business card record 20, the business card record creation unit 11d registers the business card record 20 in the DB 17a of the storage unit 17 and ends the processing of this flow in step S8.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a face image capturing process of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. This flow is a subroutine of step S2 in FIG.
In step S101, the face image acquiring unit 11c determines whether or not to take a person from a group photo.
When capturing a person from a group photo, in step S102, the face image acquiring unit 11c displays a face portion of a person whose face has been recognized from the captured group photo in a frame (see FIG. 6A).

In step S103, the face image acquisition unit 11c waits for confirmation of the cutout screen. The confirmation of the cutout screen is that the user selects a desired person's face from the faces of a plurality of persons whose faces have been recognized. When the face is selected, the confirmation ends. More specifically, the group photo taken into the LCD display unit 15 (see FIG. 3) and the frame of the face portion of the person whose face has been recognized on the group photo are displayed. The user touches the frame of the desired person's face on the touch panel 16 to complete the cutout screen confirmation.
When the cut-out screen is confirmed, the face image acquiring unit 11c trims the cut-out face image and stores the trimmed face image together with the shooting place and the shooting date and time in step S104. If there is no shooting date and time information of the face image, the face image obtaining unit 11c stores the date and time when the face image was cut out.

On the other hand, when the face image is not a group photo in step S101, the face image acquisition unit 11c captures image data of a person in step S105.
In step S106, confirmation of the captured image data of the person is performed.
When the captured image data of the person is confirmed, in step S107, the face image acquisition unit 11c cuts out the face image from the captured image data of the person, saves the image together with the shooting location and the shooting date and time, and proceeds to step S2 in FIG. Return.

FIGS. 11 and 12 are flowcharts showing search processing of the business card management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11, the control unit 11 displays an access screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the main menu screen 50 is displayed.
In step S12, the control unit 11 determines whether or not to search using the face image. For example, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the search button 53 is touched from the face on the main menu screen 50, a face search screen 80 is displayed and the search is performed using the face image. When the search button 52 is touched from the character, a character search screen 70 shown in FIG. 8A is displayed. The character search screen 70 displays a character input field 71, a business card list 72, and the like.

If the search is not performed using the face image, the control unit 11 performs a search key input on the character search screen 70 shown in FIG. 8A in step S13.
In step S14, the control unit 11 determines whether all search keys have been input.
If all search keys have been input, the search execution unit 11e executes a search using the search keys in the DB 17a of the storage unit 17 in step S15.
In step S16, the search execution unit 11e displays a search result. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the DB 17a is searched for the keyword input in the keyword input field, and a list of business card information extracted by the search is displayed in the business card list 72.
In step S17, the business card record information output unit 11g accesses the business card record 20.

On the other hand, when the search is performed using the face image in step S2, in step S18, the control unit 11 inputs a search key from the attribute input field 81, the face image list 82, and the like on the face search screen 80 shown in FIG. 8B.
In step S19, the control unit 11 determines whether all search keys have been input.
If all the search keys have been input, the search execution unit 11e executes a search using the search keys in the DB 17a of the storage unit 17 in step S20.

In step S21, the thumbnail display unit 11f displays the face image based on the search result as a thumbnail. When there are a plurality of candidate face images, the face images are displayed, for example, in descending order of update date and time.
In step S22, the search execution unit 11e determines whether the one face image is selected from the displayed face image list 82.
When the face image is selected, in step S23, the search execution unit 11e accesses the business card record of the face image displayed as the thumbnail.

In step S24, the business card record information output unit 11g displays the information of the business card record accessed in step S17 or step S23, and ends the processing of this flow.
As described above, the user can search for the business card information from the face image, and can browse the detailed information of the business card record 20.

As described above, the business card management system 1 of the present embodiment acquires the face image acquisition unit 11c that acquires a face image of a person in relation to a business card, and acquires the face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image. An attribute information acquisition unit 11b, a business card record creation unit 11d for creating a business card record by associating the acquired face image with the face image attribute information, a storage unit 17 for storing the created business card record, A search execution unit 11e for searching for the business card record stored using the attribute information as a search key, and a thumbnail display unit 11f for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a search result.
In the business card management method, a face image acquisition step of acquiring a face image of a person in relation to a business card, an attribute information acquisition step of acquiring face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image, and the acquired face image A business card record creation step of creating a business card record in association with the face image attribute information, a storage step of storing the created business card record, and searching for the business card record stored using the face image attribute information as a search key And a thumbnail display step of displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a result of the search.

In the conventional example, if the name is forgotten or special foreign language characters other than kanji and English characters, input / search may not be performed.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the age or gender information that is not generally described on the business card is registered as the business card record 20 together with the face image. Can access. If the search cannot be performed by character input, the business card record 20 can be searched using information related to the face image as a search key. The case where the character input cannot be searched includes a case where the character is a special foreign language character other than a kanji / English character and cannot be input or searched.
In this way, compared to the conventional method of searching for business card information from character input, it is possible to search using face images, so even if you forget your name or it takes time to input characters, it is easy and intuitive The business card record 20 can be accessed. The convenience when using the business card information can be remarkably improved.

The above description is an exemplification of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and other scopes may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims. Modifications and application examples are included.
In addition, the above-described embodiments are described in detail in order to easily explain the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described above. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of one embodiment can be added to the configuration of another embodiment. . Further, for a part of the configuration of each embodiment, it is possible to add / delete / replace another configuration.

  In the above-described embodiment, the names of the business card management system and the business card management method are used, but this is for convenience of description, and may be a business card management device, a business card search method, or the like.

  The business card management processing described above is also realized by a program for causing the business card management processing to function. This program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium.

Further, each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be partially or entirely realized by hardware, for example, by designing an integrated circuit. Further, each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software that causes a processor to interpret and execute a program that realizes each function. Information such as programs, tables, and files for realizing each function is stored in a memory, a hard disk, a recording device such as an SSD (Solid State Drive), or an IC (Integrated Circuit) card, an SD (Secure Digital) card, an optical disk, or the like. It can be stored in a recording medium. In this specification, processing steps describing time-series processing include, in addition to processing performed in a time-series manner in the order described, parallel processing or individual processing even if not necessarily performed in a time-series manner. (For example, parallel processing or processing by an object).
Further, the control lines and the information lines are shown to be necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and the information lines are necessarily shown on the product. In fact, it may be considered that almost all components are connected to each other.

Reference Signs List 1 business card management system 10, 10A business card management device 11 control unit 12 imaging unit 13 operation unit 15 LCD display unit 16 touch panel 17 storage unit (storage means)
17a Database (DB)
11a Business card information acquisition unit (business card information acquisition means)
11b Attribute information acquisition unit (attribute information acquisition means)
11c Face Image Acquisition Unit (Face Image Acquisition Means)
11d Business card record creation unit (business card record creation means)
11e Search execution unit (search execution means)
11f thumbnail display section (thumbnail display means)
11g Business card record information output unit (business card record information output means)
20 business card records

Claims (6)

A face image obtaining means for obtaining a face image of a person in relation to the business card;
Attribute information acquiring means for acquiring face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image;
Business card record creation means for creating a business card record by associating the acquired face image with the face image attribute information,
Storage means for storing the created business card record;
Search execution means for searching for the business card record stored using the face image attribute information as a search key,
And a thumbnail display unit for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a result of the search.   2. The business card management system according to claim 1, wherein the face image obtaining unit cuts out a selected face image from a plurality of face images of the taken group photo and obtains each face image.   2. The business card management system according to claim 1, wherein the face image attribute information includes a shooting location or shooting date and time of the face image, or a date and time when the face image is cut out.   The business card management system according to claim 1, wherein the face image attribute information includes gender, age, or presence or absence of wearing of glasses of the person. A face image obtaining step of obtaining a face image of a person in relation to the business card;
An attribute information acquisition step of acquiring face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image;
A business card record creation step of creating a business card record by associating the acquired face image with the face image attribute information,
A storage step of storing the created business card record;
A search execution step of searching for the business card record stored using the face image attribute information as a search key,
A thumbnail display step of displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a result of the search. Computer
Face image acquisition means for acquiring a face image of a person in relation to a business card; attribute information acquisition means for acquiring face image attribute information of the person from the acquired face image; and the acquired face image and the face image attribute information Business card record creating means for creating a business card record by associating the same, storage means for storing the created business card record, and search execution means for searching for the business card record stored using the face image attribute information as a search key. And a thumbnail display unit for displaying a thumbnail of the face image of the business card record as a result of the search as a business card management system.