JP2020014091A - Image management device and image management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To check in advance the finish of a photograph to be printed out at the time of uploading a photographed image.SOLUTION: An image management device according to an embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives an image from a first terminal, a storage unit that stores the image, a calculation unit that calculates a print area in the image on the basis of a paper size when the image is printed out, a screen transmission unit that creates a finish confirmation screen indicating a print area in the image calculated by the calculation unit, and transmits the finish confirmation screen to the first terminal, a sales availability setting unit that receives an instruction of sales availability of the image from the first terminal via the finish confirmation screen, and an order processing unit that receives a print order for images that can be sold from the second terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image management device and an image management method.

  A so-called school photo service is provided in which professional photographers and teachers take pictures of the everyday situations of children at kindergartens, nursery schools, elementary schools, etc., and browse and sell photos on the Internet.

  For example, a teacher photographs children and uploads photographed images to a server of a photo sales system. The guardian logs in to the dedicated website, browses the uploaded shot images, selects and purchases an image in which his or her child is shown. The purchased image is printed on paper at the service provider's factory, and the photograph is delivered to the guardian.

  Teachers often use digital cameras and tablet terminals as photographing devices. In many cases, these photographing apparatuses generate photographed images with the photographing size kept at the standard setting at the time of purchase and the aspect ratio is 3: 2, 4: 3, 16: 9, or the like. On the other hand, a general L plate as a sheet used for a snap photograph has an aspect ratio of about 5: 3.5. If the aspect ratio is different between the photographed image and the print paper, the top, bottom, left, and right of the image will not be printed. As a result, the portion of the image viewed on the website was cut off in the photo delivered after the purchase, and the purchaser was sometimes dissatisfied.

JP 2014-102715 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an image management apparatus and an image management method capable of confirming in advance the finish of a photo to be printed out when a captured image is uploaded.

  The image management device according to the present invention calculates a print area in the image based on a receiving unit that receives the image from the first terminal, a storage unit that stores the image, and a paper size when the image is printed out. A calculating unit that creates a finish confirmation screen indicating a print area in the image calculated by the calculation unit, and a screen transmission unit that transmits the finish confirmation screen to the first terminal; and from the first terminal, A sales permission / inhibition setting unit that receives an instruction as to whether or not the image can be sold via a finish confirmation screen, and an order processing unit that receives a print order of images that can be sold from the second terminal.

  In the image management device according to an aspect of the present invention, the receiving unit receives information on a paper size when the image is printed out from the first terminal.

  In the image management device according to one aspect of the present invention, an extraction unit configured to detect a face of a person included in the image and extract a cut face image that is an image in which at least a part of the face is located outside the print area. And the screen transmission unit creates a screen that displays the cut face image and transmits the screen to the first terminal.

  In the image management device according to one aspect of the present invention, the sale permission / inhibition setting unit sets a flag on an image instructed by the first terminal to be unsellable among the images stored in the storage unit, and performs the order processing. The unit presents, to the second terminal, an image in which the flag is not set among the images stored in the storage unit as a sales image.

  In the image management device according to an aspect of the present invention, the sale permission / inhibition setting unit deletes, from among the images stored in the storage unit, an image instructed by the first terminal to be unsalable.

  An image management method according to the present invention includes a step of receiving an image from a first terminal, a step of storing the image in a storage unit, and a step of storing a print area in the image based on a sheet size when the image is printed out. Calculating, a step of creating a finish confirmation screen indicating a print area in the image calculated by the calculation unit, and transmitting the finish confirmation screen to the first terminal; A step of receiving, via a screen, an instruction as to whether or not the image can be sold; and a step of receiving, from the second terminal, a print order for an image that can be sold.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when uploading a captured image, the finishing condition of the photo printed out can be confirmed in advance. You can check the finish of the photo and exclude images that are not suitable for sale from the sale target.

(A) is a figure which shows a photography scenery, (b) is a schematic block diagram of a photo vending system. It is a functional block diagram of an image management device. It is a figure showing an example of an upload screen. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows the example of a print area. It is a figure showing an example of a finish confirmation screen.

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

  As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, in a photo sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a teacher shoots children at a kindergarten, a nursery school, an elementary school, and the like, and sends the shot images to the image management device 1. Upload. The shooting may be performed not only by the teacher but also by a professional photographer.

  For photographing, a mobile terminal 2 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal or a digital camera 3 is used. When the mobile terminal 2 shoots an image, the mobile terminal 2 can upload the shot image to the image management device 1. When a photograph is taken by the digital camera 3, the photographed image is transferred from the digital camera 3 to the personal computer 4, and the photographed image is uploaded to the image management device 1 using the personal computer 4. Hereinafter, the mobile terminal 2 or the personal computer 4 that uploads an image to the image management device 1 will be referred to as terminals 2 and 4.

  The image management device 1 provides a website for selling images uploaded from the terminals 2 and 4. Parents of children attending a kindergarten, nursery school, elementary school, etc., access a website using a customer terminal 6 such as a smartphone or a personal computer, and browse a sales image list screen. The customer selects an image he / she wants to purchase from the list screen, inputs his / her home address, and pays a fee by credit card payment or the like.

  The image management device 1 transfers the data of the selected image to the factory 5. A printer installed in the factory 5 prints the transferred image on paper to produce a print (photograph) 7. The print 7 is delivered to the customer's home.

  The portable terminal 2 and the digital camera 3 generally generate a captured image with an aspect ratio of 3: 2, 4: 3, 16: 9, or the like. On the other hand, a general L plate as a sheet for printing an image has an aspect ratio of about 5: 3.5. If the aspect ratio differs between the photographed image and the paper, the top and bottom and left and right of the image are not printed. If a child is shown in a portion that is not printed, the child that was shown on the list screen of the website may not be shown at all in the printed matter 7 or may be partially cut off. An image in which a child (subject) is shown in a non-printed portion is not suitable for sale, and the image management device 1 according to the present embodiment enables such an image to be excluded from a sale target in advance.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image management device 1 is a computer having a storage unit 10 including a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a nonvolatile memory, a hard disk device, and the like. Indicates an image sales program and the like.

  The CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the image management device 1 executes the image sales program, and as shown in FIG. 2, the image reception unit 11, the print area calculation unit 12, the image extraction unit 13, the screen transmission unit 14, the sales The functions of the availability setting unit 15 and the order processing unit 16 are realized.

  The image receiving unit 11 receives data of a captured image from the terminals 2 and 4 and stores the data in the storage unit 10. Further, the image receiving unit 11 receives information on the print size (paper size) designated by the teacher operating the terminals 2 and 4 from the terminals 2 and 4.

  For example, the terminals 2 and 4 display an upload screen as shown in FIG. By operating the terminals 2 and 4, an image to be uploaded is selected, and a print size is designated.

  The print area calculation unit 12 calculates a print area in each captured image based on the print size information. For example, the print area is calculated from the print size (paper size) based on the center of the captured image.

  FIG. 4A shows a print area P1 when a photographed image having an aspect ratio of 4: 3 is printed on L-size paper. In the captured image, the hatched portions located above and below are portions that are not printed on paper.

  FIG. 4B shows a print area P1 when a photographed image having an aspect ratio of 1: 1 is printed on L-size paper. In the captured image, the hatched portions located above and below are portions that are not printed on paper.

  FIG. 4C shows a print area P1 when a captured image having an aspect ratio of 16: 9 is printed on L-size paper. The hatched portions located on the left and right in the captured image are portions that are not printed on paper.

  It may be possible to set in advance so that either the top, bottom, left, or right of the captured image is a non-printed area. For example, when printing a photographed image having an aspect ratio of 4: 3 on L-size paper, the upper side of the photographed image is set in advance so as to be a non-printed portion. The print area calculation unit 12 calculates a print area such that a portion not to be printed is positioned above the captured image.

  The image extraction unit 13 detects a face included in each captured image, and determines whether at least a part of the face is included (located) in a portion not printed on the paper (outside the print area). The image extracting unit 13 extracts a photographed image (cut face image) in which at least a part of a face is included in a portion that is not printed on a sheet. The cut face image is an image in which the face that was shown on a website that sells the image is not shown at all in the printed matter 7 or is partially cut off.

  The screen transmission unit 14 creates a finished confirmation screen of the uploaded captured image and transmits the screen to the terminals 2 and 4. On the finish confirmation screen, only the print area portion calculated by the print area calculation unit 12 among the uploaded captured images is displayed. Alternatively, a portion outside the print area calculated by the print area calculation unit 12 may be shaded.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a check box CB is provided on the finish confirmation screen near the display area of each captured image. The teacher who uploaded the photographed image confirms how the photographed image is printed out on the finish confirmation screen, and checks the check box CB of an image that is not suitable for sale, such as a cut face.

  When the button B1 on the finishing confirmation screen is pressed, the screen transmission unit 14 creates a screen that displays only the cut face image extracted by the image extraction unit 13 and transmits the screen to the terminals 2 and 4. As a result, the screen can be switched to a screen that displays only the cut face image.

  When the button B2 on the finish confirmation screen is pressed, the sale permission / inhibition setting unit 15 receives, from the terminals 2 and 4, information specifying the image in which the check box CB is checked, that is, the image in which the sale is prohibited. The sale availability setting unit 15 sets a flag indicating that sale is not possible among the images that have been made unavailable for sale among the captured images stored in the storage unit 10.

  The sale availability setting unit 15 may automatically register the out-of-face image extracted by the image extraction unit 13 as unsaleable, and may set a flag.

  The screen transmission unit 14 creates an order screen including a list of sales images by using images (sellable images) in which a flag indicating that sales are not possible among the captured images stored in the storage unit 10 are set. Transmit to terminal 6.

  The order processing unit 16 receives an image purchase order from the customer terminal 6 and stores the order information in the storage unit 10. The order information includes information for identifying the selected image, the number of prints, a customer name, a delivery address, and the like. The order processing unit 16 performs a settlement process as needed. The order processing unit 16 transmits the purchased image to the factory 5.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when uploading a captured image, it is possible to check the finish of a photo to be printed out in advance and to set not to sell an image with a cut face or the like. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a photograph with a cut face from being delivered to a customer (a guardian or the like).

  In the above embodiment, the sale availability setting unit 15 may delete (delete) from the storage unit 10 the images that have been unsold.

  The screen transmission unit 14 may create an order screen including a list of sales images using the captured images, or may create an order screen using the print area portion calculated by the print area calculation unit 12. . By creating the order screen using the print area, the image viewed by the customer on the website substantially matches the printed matter 7 to be delivered.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the print size is specified by the terminals 2 and 4 has been described. However, the print size may be determined in advance by the image management apparatus 1.

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

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image management apparatus 2 Mobile terminal 3 Digital camera 4 Personal computer 5 Factory 6 Customer terminal 7 Printed matter

Claims (6)

A receiving unit that receives an image from the first terminal;
A storage unit for storing the image,
A calculating unit that calculates a print area in the image based on a paper size when the image is printed out;
A screen transmission unit that creates a finish confirmation screen indicating a print area in the image calculated by the calculation unit, and transmits the finish confirmation screen to the first terminal;
From the first terminal, via the finish confirmation screen, a sale availability setting unit that accepts an instruction about availability of the image,
An order processing unit that receives a print order for images that can be sold from the second terminal;
An image management device comprising:   2. The image management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives, from the first terminal, information on a paper size when the image is printed out. An extraction unit that detects a face of a person included in the image, and further extracts an out-of-face image that is an image in which at least a part of the face is located outside the print region,
The image management device according to claim 1, wherein the screen transmission unit creates a screen that displays the cut face image and transmits the screen to the first terminal. The selling permission / inhibition setting unit sets a flag on an image instructed by the first terminal to be unsellable among images stored in the storage unit,
4. The order processing unit according to claim 1, wherein, among the images stored in the storage unit, an image in which the flag is not set is presented to the second terminal as a sales image. An image management device according to claim 1.   4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sale permission / inhibition setting unit deletes, from among the images stored in the storage unit, an image instructed by the first terminal to be unavailable for sale. 5. An image management device as described in the above. Receiving an image from the first terminal;
Storing the image in a storage unit;
Calculating a print area in the image based on a paper size when the image is printed out;
Creating a finish confirmation screen indicating a print area in the image calculated by the calculation unit, and transmitting the finish confirmation screen to the first terminal;
A step of receiving an instruction as to whether or not the image can be sold from the first terminal via the finish confirmation screen;
Accepting a print order for sellable images from the second terminal;
An image management method comprising:

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