JP4704240B2 - Electronic album editing system, electronic album editing method, and electronic album editing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic album editing system, an electronic album editing method, and an electronic album editing program. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic album editing system, an electronic album editing method, and an electronic album editing program for adding an image to an electronic album including a plurality of images and editing the electronic album.

In recent years, digital cameras have been rapidly spread. Unlike a silver salt camera that records an optical image of a subject by exposing a film to a digital camera, the optical image of the subject is received using a CCD or the like and recorded as digital data on a recording medium such as a flash memory. A technique for managing a plurality of images collectively as an electronic album by taking advantage of the characteristics of images captured by a digital camera as digital data is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-112165 A

  In the case where a plurality of images are managed as an electronic album, it is assumed that the user desires to edit an electronic album by adding an image included in another electronic album to his / her own electronic album. In this case, the image added to the user's electronic album is preferably an image related to an image included in the user's electronic album, not an image randomly extracted from another electronic album. However, the conventional electronic album device as described in Patent Document 1 does not provide such an electronic album editing method.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic album editing system, an electronic album editing method, and an electronic album editing program that can solve the above-described problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous specific examples of the present invention.

  In order to solve the above problems, in a first embodiment of the present invention, an electronic album editing system, wherein a first storage unit storing a plurality of images taken by a user as an electronic album, and use A second storage unit that stores each of the electronic albums including a plurality of images captured by an imager different from the person in association with the movement path of the imager in the plurality of images included in the electronic album; Based on the imaging order and the imaging point in each of the plurality of images stored in the first storage unit, the movement path calculation unit that calculates the user's movement route in the plurality of images, and stored in the second storage unit The electronic album corresponding to the movement route showing a degree of coincidence at a predetermined reference value or higher with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit is detected from the plurality of electronic albums that are present Comprising Albums detector, by storing at least a portion of the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detecting unit in the first storage unit, and a editing unit for editing an electronic album of the user to be.

  The editing unit is picked up at a point more than a predetermined distance from the shooting point of all the images stored in the first storage unit among a plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit. The user's electronic album may be edited by storing the stored image in the first storage unit. The album detection unit, for one electronic album included in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit, the movement route and the movement route stored in the second storage unit corresponding to the one electronic album The degree of coincidence with the movement route calculated by the calculation unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value, and the period when the plurality of images included in the one electronic album are captured and stored in the first storage unit The one electronic album may be detected when the degree of coincidence with a period during which a plurality of images are captured is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value.

  In the electronic album editing system, an electronic album is detected by a weight holding unit holding a weight and an album detecting unit in association with each photographer in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit. A weight updating unit that increases the weight held in the weight holding unit in association with the photographer in the detected electronic album, and the album detection unit is stored in the second storage unit. Each of the plurality of electronic albums corresponding to the movement path that shows a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement path calculated by the movement path calculation unit included in the plurality of electronic albums. The electronic album having the largest weight corresponding to the photographer at may be detected from the weight holding unit.

  Further, the apparatus further comprises a movement route presentation unit that presents the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit to the user, and a movement route change control unit that changes the movement route presented by the movement route presentation unit according to a user instruction, The album detection unit corresponds to a movement path indicating a degree of coincidence that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement path changed by the movement path change control unit from the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit. An electronic album may be detected. Then, from a plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit, a plurality of electronic devices corresponding to a movement route showing a degree of coincidence greater than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit When the album is detected by the album detecting unit, the moving time when the user moves on the moving route calculated by the moving route calculating unit is specified from the imaging date and time further stored in association with the image in the first storage unit. The second storage unit stores the image corresponding to the image included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit from the imaging date and time stored further in association with the image by the first movement time specifying unit and the second storage unit. A second movement time specifying unit that specifies the movement time when the photographer moved along the moving route and records the movement time in association with the electronic album, and the album detection unit includes a plurality of electric power detected by the album detection unit. In the album, the second storage unit is associated with the travel route recorded in association with the travel time specified by the second travel time specification unit that is closest to the travel time specified by the first travel time specification unit. The stored electronic album may be detected.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic album editing method for editing an electronic album including a plurality of images, wherein the first storage unit stores the plurality of images captured by the user as an electronic album. The second storage unit associates each of the electronic albums including the plurality of images captured by the imager different from the user with the movement path of the imager in the plurality of images included in the electronic album. The electronic album editing method calculates a user's movement route in the plurality of images based on the imaging order and the imaging point in each of the plurality of images stored in the first storage unit. A reference value predetermined for the movement route calculated in the movement route calculation step from the movement route calculation step and the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit. An album detection stage for detecting an electronic album corresponding to the movement path indicating the degree of coincidence above, and storing at least a part of a plurality of images included in the electronic album detected in the album detection stage in the first storage unit An editing stage for editing the user's electronic album.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic album editing program for causing a computer to function as an electronic album editing system, wherein the computer stores a plurality of images taken by a user as an electronic album. One storage unit and each of the electronic albums including a plurality of images captured by an imager different from the user are stored in association with the movement path of the imager in the plurality of images included in the electronic album. A second storage unit, a movement route calculation unit for calculating a movement route of the user in the plurality of images based on the imaging order and the imaging point in each of the plurality of images stored in the first storage unit, 2. Reference value predetermined for the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit from a plurality of electronic albums stored in the storage unit An album detecting unit for detecting an electronic album corresponding to the movement path indicating the degree of coincidence above, and storing at least a part of a plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detecting unit in the first storage unit And an electronic album editing system including an editing unit for editing the user's electronic album.

  The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.

  According to the present invention, when editing an electronic album of a user by adding an image captured by another photographer, the user wants to add to the electronic album related to the image included in the electronic album. It is possible to select and add a desired image with high accuracy.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are included. It is not necessarily essential for the solution of the invention.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of an electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment. The electronic album editing system 10 includes a first storage unit 100, a movement path calculation unit 110, a second storage unit 120, an album detection unit 130, a weight holding unit 140, a weight update unit 150, and an editing unit 160. The electronic album editing system 10 detects one electronic album from a plurality of electronic albums by a photographer different from the user, and adds an image included in the detected electronic album to the user's electronic album. Edit an electronic album

  The electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment uses an image to be added to a user's electronic album by selecting an image from an electronic album corresponding to a movement path similar to the movement path in the user's electronic album. An object is to edit a user's electronic album by adding an image related to an image included in the user's electronic album.

  The first storage unit 100 stores a plurality of images taken by the user as an electronic album. The first storage unit 100 may be, for example, a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk drive, a semiconductor recording medium such as a flash memory, an optical recording medium such as a CD-R, or other recording medium. The movement route calculation unit 110 calculates the movement route of the user in the plurality of images based on the imaging order and the imaging point in each of the plurality of images stored in the first storage unit 100. Then, the movement route calculation unit 110 outputs the calculated movement route to the album detection unit 130.

  The second storage unit 120 stores a plurality of electronic albums including a plurality of images taken by a photographer different from the user. Here, the photographers in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120 may be the same in at least some of the electronic albums, or may be different from each other in each electronic album. Further, the second storage unit 120 stores the movement path of the photographer in the plurality of images included in the electronic album in association with each of the plurality of electronic albums. The second storage unit 120 may be, for example, a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk drive, a semiconductor recording medium such as a flash memory, an optical recording medium such as a CD-R, or other recording medium. Further, the second storage unit 120 may be a server that is disclosed on the Internet, for example.

  The album detection unit 130 is a travel route that indicates a degree of coincidence that is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value with respect to the travel route calculated by the travel route calculation unit 110 from the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120. The electronic album corresponding to is detected. Then, the album detection unit 130 outputs information indicating the detected electronic album to the weight update unit 150 and the editing unit 160. The weight holding unit 140 holds a weight in association with each photographer in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120. The album detecting unit 130 holds the weight holding unit 140 when detecting an electronic album corresponding to a movement path that shows a degree of coincidence of a reference value or more with respect to the movement path of the user from a plurality of electronic albums. The electronic album may be detected based on the weight of each photographer. When the album detecting unit 130 detects an electronic album, the weight updating unit 150 increases the weight held in the weight holding unit 140 in association with the photographer in the detected electronic album. On the other hand, the editing unit 160 reads at least a part of the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 from the second storage unit 120 and stores them in the first storage unit 100, thereby Edit your electronic album.

  According to the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment, when a user manages images collectively as an electronic album, an image included in the electronic album by another photographer is added and used. Can edit an electronic album. Here, the image added to the user's electronic album is not an image included in an electronic album randomly selected from a plurality of electronic albums by other imagers, but is being captured of an image included in the electronic album. This is an image selected from an electronic album including an image captured by moving along a moving route showing a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a reference value with respect to a moving route moved by a user. An image captured along a movement path similar to the movement path in the user's electronic album is higher than the user's electronic album when captured at a point close to the image capturing point of the image captured by the user. Of course, the relevance is shown. However, even if the image is captured at a point away from the image capturing point of the image captured by the user, the point that the user has passed while moving while capturing the image, or the point It can be said that it is highly related to the user's electronic album in that it is highly likely that the image is captured in the vicinity. Therefore, by using the electronic album editing system 10, the user can manually select an image to be added to his / her own electronic album while viewing an image included in the electronic album by another photographer. It is possible to edit the electronic album by adding suitable images that are highly relevant to the images included in the electronic album.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the first storage unit 100 according to the present embodiment. The first storage unit 100 stores a plurality of images captured by the user, specifically, an image 200, an image 210, an image 220,. Further, the first storage unit 100 stores the image capturing date / time of the image and the image capturing point of the image, specifically, the latitude and longitude of the image capturing point in association with each image. The movement path calculation unit 110 detects the imaging order of the plurality of images based on the imaging date / time of each of the plurality of images. Then, for example, the movement route calculation unit 110 sets each of the imaging points in the plurality of images as the start point, the arbitrary number of relay points, and the end point in the movement route according to the detected imaging order. The movement route of the user in the image may be calculated.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the second storage unit 120 according to the present embodiment. The second storage unit 120 stores a plurality of electronic albums by an imager different from the user, specifically, an electronic album 300, an electronic album 310,. The second storage unit 120 stores a plurality of images included in each of the plurality of electronic albums. Specifically, the second storage unit 120 stores images 302, 304,... As images included in the electronic album 300, and images 312 as images included in the electronic album 310. Images 314,... Are stored. Here, the second storage unit 120 further stores the image capturing date / time of the image and the image capturing point of the image, specifically the latitude and longitude of the image capturing point, in association with each image.

  Further, the second storage unit 120 stores the movement path of the photographer in the plurality of images included in the electronic album in association with each of the plurality of electronic albums. For example, the second storage unit 120 may store a movement route in which each of the imaging points in the plurality of images is a start point, an arbitrary number of relay points, and an end point according to the imaging order. Note that the second storage unit 120 does not necessarily store in advance the movement path of the photographer in the electronic album in association with each of the electronic albums. It may be calculated every time an album is detected by the album detector 130 based on the imaging point. However, as shown in this figure, since the second storage unit 120 calculates and stores the movement path in the electronic album in advance, the album detection unit 130 detects the electronic album in the movement path in the electronic album. The album detection unit 130 can detect an electronic album in a shorter time than when calculating each time.

  The second storage unit 120 stores information for identifying a photographer in the electronic album in association with each of the plurality of electronic albums. For example, the second storage unit 120 stores the photographer 306 as information for identifying the photographer in the electronic album 300, and stores the photographer 316 as information for identifying the photographer in the electronic album 310. Yes. Note that the weight holding unit 140 may store the same information that is stored in the second storage unit 120 and that identifies each photographer, and the weight of the photographer in association with each other.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of processing in the album detection unit 130 according to the present embodiment. In this figure, a movement route 400 indicates a user's movement route in a plurality of images included in the user's electronic album calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110. A movement route 410 indicates a movement route stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with one electronic album. Here, it is assumed that each movement route includes a plurality of imaging points in the images included in each electronic album, as described in FIGS.

  For each of the points included in the movement route 410, the album detection unit 130 calculates the distance to the route closest to the point among a plurality of routes connecting the preceding and following points included in the movement route 400. For example, for the point 412 included in the movement route 410, the album detection unit 130 determines that the route connecting the point 402 and the point 404, which is the route closest to the point 412 among the plurality of routes included in the movement route 400. A distance 420 is calculated. In addition, the album detecting unit 130 calculates the distance from the route included in the travel route 400 in the same manner for other points included in the travel route 410. Then, the album detector 130 calculates the sum of squares of the distances calculated for each point. Here, the reciprocal of the calculated sum of squares is an example of the degree of coincidence between the movement route 400 and the movement route 410. Further, the album detection unit 130 calculates the above-described sum of squares for each of the plurality of electronic albums included in the second storage unit 120.

  Then, the album detector 130 sets the electronic album having the smallest calculated sum of squares as the electronic album corresponding to the travel route having the highest degree of coincidence with the travel route 400 in the user's electronic album, that is, the user's An image to be added to the electronic album is detected as an electronic album to be selected. Here, the album detecting unit 130 only when the calculated sum of squares is less than or equal to a predetermined reference value, that is, the degree of coincidence indicated by the reciprocal of the sum of squares is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value. Only in cases may an electronic album be detected. The predetermined reference value in the sum of squares means that the movement route in the user's electronic album and the movement route in one electronic album stored in the second storage unit 120 are sufficient in each movement route. May be an upper limit value of the sum of squares when the user determines that an image highly relevant to is taken, and may be predetermined by the user or the like.

  Further, when the album detection unit 130 detects one electronic album stored in the second storage unit 120 as an electronic album for selecting an image to be added to the user's electronic album, The degree of coincidence between the movement route and the movement route in the user's electronic album calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110 is not only a reference value or more, and a plurality of images included in the one electronic album are also included. When the degree of coincidence between the imaged period and the period in which a plurality of images included in the user's electronic album stored in the first storage unit 100 is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, The one electronic album may be detected.

  For example, the album detection unit 130 captures the plurality of images based on the imaging date and time stored in the first storage unit 100 in association with each of the plurality of images included in the user's electronic album. Is calculated. Further, the album detecting unit 130 captures the plurality of images based on the imaging date and time stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with each of the plurality of images included in the one electronic album. Is calculated. Then, the album detection unit 130 detects a period that overlaps the period calculated for the user's electronic album out of the periods calculated for the one electronic album, and for the one electronic album in the detected period. Calculate the ratio for the entire calculated period. Here, the ratio calculated by the album detection unit 130 is an example of the degree of coincidence of the period in which images are captured in the one electronic album and the user's electronic album. Then, the album detecting unit 130 detects the one electronic album when the calculated ratio is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value. Here, the predetermined reference value in the calculated ratio is that the image included in the user's electronic album and the image included in the one electronic album show sufficiently high relevance. In the case of determination, it may be a lower limit value of the overlapping ratio in the period when the image is captured, and may be predetermined by a user or the like, for example, as 0.7.

  According to the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment, when detecting an electronic album for selecting an image to be added to the user's electronic album, not only the degree of coincidence in the movement path but also the degree of coincidence in the imaging period is determined. By selecting, for example, an image that is highly relevant to the image included in the user's electronic album, such as an image captured in the same season, an image captured by a person accompanying the trip, Can be added to the user's electronic album.

  In addition, the album detection unit 130 includes a degree of coincidence that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value for the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110 included in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120. Among the plurality of electronic albums corresponding to the movement routes indicating the electronic album, the electronic album having the largest weight corresponding to the photographer in each electronic album is detected from the weight holding unit 140, and the detected electronic album is It is good also as an electronic album which selects the image added to an electronic album. Here, for example, the album detection unit 130 is provided with information indicating a plurality of electronic albums corresponding to a movement path indicating a degree of coincidence of a reference value or more with respect to the movement path of the user in the electronic album editing system 10. The user may be instructed from which electronic album to select an image to be displayed on the display device and presented to the user to be added to the user's electronic album.

  According to the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment, as an electronic album for selecting an image to be added to the user's electronic album, a photographer who has previously captured an image along a moving path with a high degree of coincidence, the user's electronic It is possible to preferentially detect the electronic album by the photographer of the electronic album instructed by the user himself / herself as including images suitable as images to be added to the album. Thereby, even when the electronic album editing system 10 automatically detects an electronic album for selecting an image to be added to the user's electronic album, an image suitable as an image to be added to the user's electronic album is selected. It is possible to detect an electronic album including it with higher accuracy.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of processing in the editing unit 160 according to the present embodiment. In this figure, an example of processing for selecting an image to be added to the user's electronic album from the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 will be described. FIG. 5A shows images included in the user's electronic album for each imaging point according to the movement route. FIG. 5B shows images included in the electronic album of the photographer different from the user, detected by the album detection unit 130, for each imaging point (A to L) according to the movement route. .

  In FIG.5 (b), it is image | photographed in the place away from the image pick-up point in one of the images contained in a user's electronic album among the images contained in the detected electronic album by a predetermined distance or less. The image is shown at the imaging point, for example, a point G. Further, in FIG. 5B, among the images included in the detected electronic album, the image is captured at a point that is more than a predetermined distance from the imaging point of any image included in the user's electronic album. The image is shown between two image pickup points included in the user's electronic album, which is closest to the image pickup point of the image, for example, point D. Here, the predetermined distance refers to the content of each image obtained by capturing an image included in the user's electronic album and an image included in the detected electronic album at close points. In this case, the upper limit value of the distance between the respective imaging points when the user determines that the similarity is high may be determined in advance by the user or the like, for example, 300 meters.

  Then, the editing unit 160 is more than a predetermined distance from the imaging point of all the images stored in the first storage unit 100 among the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130. The user's electronic album is edited by storing in the first storage unit 100 the image captured at the selected point. Specifically, the editing unit 160 was captured at a close point in the user's electronic album among the images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 shown in FIG. Each of the images captured at the point D, the point E, and the point K that do not include the image is selected, and the selected image is stored in the first storage unit 100. In addition, the editing unit 160 may display the contents shown in this figure on a display device provided in the electronic album editing system 10 and allow the user himself to instruct an image to be added to the electronic album.

  When selecting an image captured in the vicinity of the imaging point of an image included in the electronic album as an image to be added to the user's electronic album, inevitably, the image already included in the electronic album A similar image is selected. However, according to the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment, when an image is selected from an electronic album of a photographer who has a similar movement path and is different from the user, the images included in the user's electronic album It is possible to select an image captured at a point away from the imaging point. This enhances the diversity of content in the electronic album, which shows high relevance to images included in the user's electronic album, such as images missed by the user while traveling, but is not more similar than necessary. Selectable images can be added to the user's electronic album.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow in the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment. First, the movement path calculation unit 110 stores the user in the plurality of images based on the imaging order and the imaging point in each of the plurality of images included in the user's electronic album stored in the first storage unit 100. Is calculated (S1000). Subsequently, the album detection unit 130 obtains a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110 from the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120. The electronic album corresponding to the travel route shown is detected (S1010). Here, the album detection unit 130 may detect the electronic album based further on the weight for each photographer in the electronic album held by the weight holding unit 140. Then, the album detection unit 130 determines whether or not an electronic album corresponding to the movement path indicating a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than the reference value with respect to the movement path of the user has been detected (S1020). When the album detection unit 130 determines that the electronic album has been detected (S1020: Yes), the weight update unit 150 is stored in the weight storage unit 140 in association with the photographer in the detected electronic album. The weight to be added is increased (S1030). Subsequently, the editing unit 160 reads at least a part of the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 from the second storage unit 120 and stores them in the first storage unit 100 for use. The user's electronic album is edited (S1040).

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a functional configuration of the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment. The electronic album editing system 10 includes a travel route presentation unit 170, a travel route change control unit 172, a first travel time specifying unit 180, and a second travel time specifying unit 182. The electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment may further include a part or all of the configuration and functions of the electronic album editing system 10 described in the above description with reference to FIGS. The movement route calculation unit 110 outputs the calculated movement route to the movement route presentation unit 170 and the movement route change control unit 172. The travel route presentation unit 170 presents the travel route received from the travel route calculation unit 110 to the user. Specifically, the movement route presentation unit 170 displays the movement route of the user on a display unit such as a monitor so that the user can visually grasp the movement route. For example, the movement route presentation unit 170 may display a map of an area including the movement route, and superimpose the map and a point indicating an imaging point included in the movement route. Moreover, the movement path | route presentation part 170 may connect and display between several imaging points included in a movement path | route, for example with a line segment.

  The movement route change control unit 172 causes the user to change the movement route presented by the movement route presentation unit 170. Specifically, the movement route change control unit 172 may change the movement route by causing the user to change at least some imaging points of the movement route of the user calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110. For example, the movement route change control unit 172 may change the movement route by moving the imaging point included in the movement route presented by the movement route presentation unit 170 to a point desired by the user. The movement route change control unit 172 outputs the movement route changed by the user to the movement route presentation unit 170 and causes the movement route presentation unit 170 to display the changed movement route. In addition, the movement route change control unit 172 outputs the changed movement route to the movement route calculation unit 110. The movement route calculation unit 110 outputs the changed movement route received from the movement route change control unit 172 to the album detection unit 130.

  The album detection unit 130 is a travel route that indicates a degree of coincidence that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the travel route changed by the travel route change control unit 172 from the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120. The electronic album corresponding to is detected. Then, the editing unit 160 causes the first storage unit 100 to store at least some of the plurality of images stored in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130.

  According to the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment, the moving route can be changed by presenting the moving route of the user and changing the imaging point included in the presented moving route. . Then, based on the changed moving path, an electronic album corresponding to the changed moving path can be detected, and an image stored in the detected electronic album can be stored in the user's electronic album. Thereby, since the image of the point which the user wanted to capture but could not be captured can be stored in the user's electronic album, the satisfaction of the user can be increased.

  Further, the first storage unit 100 outputs the imaging date and time stored in association with the image to the first movement time specifying unit 180 based on the control of the first movement time specifying unit 180. The second storage unit 120 outputs the imaging date and time stored in association with the image to the second movement time specifying unit 182 based on the control of the second movement time specifying unit 182. The plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit 120 correspond to a plurality of movement paths corresponding to a movement path calculated by the movement path calculation unit 110 and having a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value. Consider a case where the album detector 130 detects an electronic album. In such a case, the first movement time specifying unit 180 receives the imaging date and time that the first storage unit 100 further stores in association with the image. Then, the first movement time specifying unit 180 specifies the time when the user moved on the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110 from the imaging date and time received from the first storage unit 100.

  Specifically, when the album detection unit 130 detects a plurality of electronic albums corresponding to a movement route showing a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110, The album detecting unit 130 supplies the first travel time specifying unit 180 with the information on the travel route calculated by the travel route calculating unit 110, and the user receives the travel route from the first travel time specifying unit 180. Work for the purpose of identifying the time of travel. The first movement time specifying unit 180 specifies the imaging date and time stored in the first storage unit 100 in association with the image used by the movement route calculation unit 110 to calculate the movement route from the received information on the movement route. To do. And the 1st movement time specific | specification part 180 specifies the movement time when the user moved the movement path | route from the specified imaging date. The travel time may be specified by, for example, date and hour / minute unit.

  The second movement time specifying unit 182 associates the second storage unit with the image included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 based on the imaging date and time stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with the image. The movement time when the photographer moved along the movement route stored in 120 is specified and recorded in association with the electronic album. Specifically, when the album detection unit 130 detects a plurality of electronic albums corresponding to a movement route showing a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110, The album detection unit 130 supplies the information on the detected electronic album to the second movement time specifying unit 182, and associates the second movement time specifying unit 182 with the image included in the electronic album. It works for the purpose of specifying the movement time when the photographer has moved along the movement route stored in the storage unit 120. The second movement time specifying unit 182 specifies the imaging date and time stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with the image included in the electronic album from the received information of the electronic album. And the 2nd movement time specific | specification part 182 specifies the movement time when the imaging person moved the movement path | route from the specified imaging date.

  The first movement time specifying unit 180 and the second movement time specifying unit 182 output the specified user's movement time and the photographer's movement time to the album detection unit 130, respectively. Then, the album detecting unit 130 is the movement specified by the second moving time specifying unit 182 that is closest to the moving time specified by the first moving time specifying unit 180 among the plurality of electronic albums detected by the album detecting unit 130. The electronic album stored in the second storage unit 120 is detected in association with the travel route recorded in association with the time. Subsequently, the editing unit 160 stores at least a part of the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 in the first storage unit 100 and edits the user's electronic album.

  According to the electronic album editing system 10 according to the present embodiment, the album detection unit 130 detects a plurality of albums corresponding to a movement route that shows a degree of coincidence that is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value with respect to the user's movement route. In such a case, the electronic album corresponding to the moving time when the photographer moved that is closest to the moving time when the user moved along the moving path is detected, and the image stored in the detected electronic album is displayed. Can be imported. As a result, images captured at a movement time completely different from the movement time when the user has moved along the movement route are not stored in the user's electronic album, so that the user feels uncomfortable due to different imaging times. Avoid creating electronic albums.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of processing of the movement route change control unit 172 according to this embodiment. The movement route change control unit 172 causes the user to change the movement route presented by the movement route presentation unit 170. Specifically, the movement route change control unit 172 causes the user to select at least a part of a plurality of imaging points included in the movement route presented by the movement route presentation unit 170. Then, the movement route change control unit 172 changes the movement route by moving the imaging point selected by the user to a point desired by the user within the range of the area presented by the movement route presentation unit 170. You can do it. For example, consider a case where the travel route presentation unit 170 presents a travel route 50 including a location 500, a location 502, a location 504, a location 506, and a location 508 to the user as the travel route of the user. Here, it is assumed that the user desires an image captured at the point 510. In such a case, the movement route change control unit 172 changes the movement route by causing the user to select the point 506 and moving the point 506 to the point 510, for example. Accordingly, the movement route change control unit 172 can change the movement route from the movement route 50 to the movement route 52 that passes through the point 500, the point 502, the point 504, the point 510, and the point 508.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of processing in the album detection unit 130 according to the present embodiment. The second storage unit 120 stores a plurality of electronic albums corresponding to a movement route that shows a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110 by the album detection unit 130. Consider a case where multiple electronic albums are detected. For example, when the travel route calculated by the travel route calculation unit 110 is the travel route 60, the travel route 70 and the travel route are shown as travel routes that show a degree of coincidence with the travel route 60 that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value. 80 is detected by the album detecting unit 130.

  In such a case, the first movement time specifying unit 180 moves the movement route 60 calculated by the movement route calculation unit 110 from the imaging date and time stored further in association with the image in the first storage unit 100. Identify travel time. For example, the user travels from the point 600 to the point 610 on the movement route 60, but the first storage unit 100 stores the first movement time specifying unit 180 in association with the image captured at the point 600. From the imaging date and time and the imaging date and time stored in the first storage unit 100 in association with the image captured at the point 610, the moving time when the user has moved along the moving path 60 is specified. For example, the first movement time specifying unit 180 specifies the movement time when the user has moved on the movement route 60 as “Jan.

  On the other hand, the second movement time specifying unit 182 associates the images with the images included in the plurality of electronic albums detected by the album detecting unit 130 based on the imaging date and time stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with the images. The movement time when the photographer moved along the movement route 70 and the movement route 80 stored in the second storage unit 120 is specified. For example, the user travels from the point 700 to the point 710 on the movement route 70, but the second movement time specifying unit 182 stores the second storage unit 120 in association with the image captured at the point 700. From the imaging date and time and the imaging date and time stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with the image captured at the point 710, the moving time when the user has moved along the moving path 70 is specified.

  For example, the second travel time specifying unit 182 specifies the travel time when the user travels on the travel route 70 as “August 2004 □ day × day” or the like. Similarly, the second movement time specifying unit 182 specifies the movement time when the user has moved on the movement route 80. For example, the second travel time specifying unit 182 specifies the travel time when the user travels on the travel route 80 as “from January, 2003, * day”. The travel time may be a date range, an hour / minute range, and a predetermined period (for example, a season). For example, based on the month of the travel time specified by the first travel time specifying unit 180 and the second travel time specifying unit 182, the season corresponding to the month may be specified as the travel time.

  Then, the album detection unit 130 associates with the travel route recorded in association with the travel time specified by the second travel time specification unit 182 that is closest to the travel time specified by the first travel time specification unit 180. The electronic album stored in the second storage unit 120 is detected. For example, the album detection unit 130 is stored in the second storage unit 120 in association with the movement route 80 corresponding to the movement time closest to the movement time of the movement route 60 specified by the first movement time specification unit 180. An electronic album may be detected. Then, the editing unit 160 stores at least a part of the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit 130 in the first storage unit, and edits the user's electronic album.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 1500 according to the present embodiment. The computer 1500 according to this embodiment is connected to the CPU peripheral unit including the CPU 1505, the RAM 1520, the graphic controller 1575, and the display device 1580 connected to each other by the host controller 1582, and connected to the host controller 1582 by the input / output controller 1584. Input / output unit having communication interface 1530, hard disk drive 1540, and CD-ROM drive 1560, and legacy input / output unit having ROM 1510, flexible disk drive 1550, and input / output chip 1570 connected to input / output controller 1584 With.

  The host controller 1582 connects the RAM 1520 to the CPU 1505 and the graphic controller 1575 that access the RAM 1520 at a high transfer rate. The CPU 1505 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1510 and the RAM 1520 to control each unit. The graphic controller 1575 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1505 or the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1520 and displays the image data on the display device 1580. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1575 may include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1505 or the like.

  The input / output controller 1584 connects the host controller 1582 to the communication interface 1530, the hard disk drive 1540, and the CD-ROM drive 1560, which are relatively high-speed input / output devices. The communication interface 1530 communicates with other devices via a network. The hard disk drive 1540 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1505 in the computer 1500. The CD-ROM drive 1560 reads a program or data from the CD-ROM 1595 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520.

  The input / output controller 1584 is connected to the ROM 1510, the flexible disk drive 1550, and the relatively low-speed input / output device of the input / output chip 1570. The ROM 1510 stores a boot program executed when the computer 1500 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1500, and the like. The flexible disk drive 1550 reads a program or data from the flexible disk 1590 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520. The input / output chip 1570 connects various input / output devices via a flexible disk drive 1550 such as a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, and a mouse port.

  The electronic album editing program provided to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520 is stored in a recording medium such as the flexible disk 1590, the CD-ROM 1595, or an IC card and provided by the user. The electronic album editing program is read from the recording medium, installed in the hard disk drive 1540 in the computer 1500 via the RAM 1520, and executed by the CPU 1505. The electronic album editing program installed and executed on the computer 1500 works on the CPU 1505 or the like to cause the computer 1500 to function as the electronic album editing system 10 described with reference to FIGS.

  The program shown above may be stored in an external storage medium. As the storage medium, in addition to the flexible disk 1590 and the CD-ROM 1595, an optical recording medium such as DVD and PD, a magneto-optical recording medium such as MD, a tape medium, and a semiconductor memory such as an IC card can be used. The program may be provided to the computer 1500 via a network using a storage device such as a dedicated communication network, a hard disk provided in a server system connected to the Internet, or a RAM as a recording medium.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic album editing system 10. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a first storage unit 100. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a second storage unit 120. It is a figure which shows the process in the album detection part. 6 is a diagram illustrating processing in an editing unit 160. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in the electronic album editing system 10. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic album editing system 10. FIG. It is a figure which shows the process in the movement path | route change control part 172. It is a figure which shows the process in the album detection part. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer 1500. FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Electronic album editing system 50, 52 Movement path 60, 70, 80 Movement path 100 1st storage part 110 Movement path calculation part 120 2nd storage part 130 Album detection part 140 Weight holding part 150 Weight update part 160 Editing part 170 Movement path Presentation unit 172 Movement route change control unit 180 First movement time identification unit 182 Second movement time identification unit 200, 210, 220 Image 300, 310 Electronic album 302, 304, 312, 314 Image 400, 410 Movement route 402, 404, 412, 414 points 420 distance 500, 502, 504, 506 points 508, 510 points 600, 610 points 700, 710 points 800, 810 points 1500 computers 1505 CPU
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1530 Communication interface 1540 Hard disk drive 1550 Flexible disk drive 1560 CD-ROM drive 1570 Input / output chip 1575 Graphic controller 1580 Display device 1582 Host controller 1584 Input / output controller 1590 Flexible disk 1595 CD-ROM

Claims (8)

A first storage unit storing a plurality of images captured by a user as an electronic album;
A second storage that stores each of the electronic albums including a plurality of images captured by an imager different from the user in association with the movement path of the imager in the plurality of images included in the electronic album. And
A movement path calculation unit that calculates a movement path of the user in the plurality of images based on an imaging order and an imaging point in each of the plurality of images stored in the first storage unit;
From the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit, an electronic album corresponding to a movement path indicating a degree of coincidence equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement path calculated by the movement path calculation unit An album detector to detect;
An electronic album editing system comprising: an editing unit that edits the user's electronic album by storing at least a part of a plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detecting unit in the first storage unit .   The editing unit includes a plurality of images included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit, and points that are separated by a predetermined distance or more from imaging points of all images stored in the first storage unit The electronic album editing system according to claim 1, wherein the user's electronic album is edited by storing the image captured in step 1 in the first storage unit. The album detecting unit, for one electronic album included in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit, is a movement route stored in the second storage unit corresponding to the one electronic album The degree of coincidence between the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit and a predetermined reference value or more, and a period when a plurality of images included in the one electronic album are captured and the first storage 3. The electronic album editing according to claim 1, wherein the one electronic album is detected when a degree of coincidence with a period during which a plurality of images stored in the section are captured is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value. system. A weight holding unit holding a weight in association with each of the photographers in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit;
A weight updating unit that increases the weight held in the weight holding unit in association with the photographer in the detected electronic album when the album detecting unit detects the electronic album;
The album detection unit indicates a degree of coincidence that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit included in the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit. 3. The electronic album editing according to claim 1, wherein among the plurality of electronic albums corresponding to the movement path, the electronic album having the largest weight corresponding to the photographer in each electronic album is detected from the weight holding unit. system. A travel route presentation unit for presenting the travel route calculated by the travel route calculation unit to a user;
A movement path change control section that changes the movement path presented by the movement path presentation section according to a user instruction;
The album detecting unit is a travel route that indicates a degree of coincidence that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the travel route changed by the travel route change control unit from the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit. The electronic album editing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an electronic album corresponding to is detected. From a plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit, a plurality of electrons corresponding to a movement route showing a degree of coincidence equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value with respect to the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit When the album is detected by the album detection unit, the movement time when the user has moved the movement route calculated by the movement route calculation unit from the imaging date and time stored further in association with the image in the first storage unit A first travel time specifying unit for specifying
The moving path stored in the second storage unit in association with the image included in the electronic album detected by the album detection unit from the imaging date and time stored further in association with the image in the second storage unit. A second movement time specifying unit that specifies the movement time when the photographer moved and records the movement time in association with the electronic album;
The album detection unit is a movement time specified by the second movement time specification unit that is closest to the movement time specified by the first movement time specification unit among the plurality of electronic albums detected by the album detection unit. electronic album editing system according to claim 1 or 2 for detecting the electronic album in which the second storage section in association with the movement route is recorded in association is stored in.   An electronic album editing program for causing a computer to function as an electronic album editing system, the computer comprising:
  An electronic album editing program that functions as the electronic album editing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. An electronic album editing method in which a computer having the CPU edits an electronic album including a plurality of images by executing a program read into a RAM .
The first storage unit of the computer stores a plurality of images taken by a user as an electronic album,
The second storage unit included in the computer uses each of the electronic albums including a plurality of images captured by an imager different from the user as a moving path of the imager in the plurality of images included in the electronic album. Stored in association with each other,
The electronic album editing method is as follows:
The CPU operates based on the program to control the hardware of the computer, and based on the imaging order and the imaging point in each of the plurality of images stored in the first storage unit, A movement route calculation step of calculating a movement route of the user in a plurality of images;
The movement calculated in the movement route calculation step from the plurality of electronic albums stored in the second storage unit by the CPU operating based on the program and controlling the hardware of the computer. An album detection stage for detecting an electronic album corresponding to a movement path showing a degree of matching equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value for the path;
The CPU operates based on the program to control the hardware of the computer , and at least some of the plurality of images included in the electronic album detected in the album detection stage are stored in the first storage unit. An electronic album editing method comprising: an editing step of editing the electronic album of the user by storing.

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