JP4773281B2 - Photo registration system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photo registration system capable of automatically assigning a search tag (keyword) when a photo is registered in a photo server or the like on the Internet.

  Portal site on the Internet (a huge Web site that serves as the entrance to the Internet, with search engines and links as the core, news and stock information services, Web mail services that can be used from browsers, electronic bulletin boards, chats, etc. Sites that provide the functions that users need on the Internet for free) are called photo services, where a photo image taken with a digital camera can be registered in a photo server and released to friends, etc. . These services are often used not only from a desktop PC (Personal Computer) but also from a portable terminal such as a mobile phone having a digital camera function and Internet access.

  In addition, in this type of service, multiple tags can be set for each photo image so that it is easy to efficiently find the desired image from among many posted photo images. A desired photographic image can be browsed by performing a search.

On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which an image captured by a digital camera unit, position information, and the like are transmitted from a portable terminal and registered in a database so that other users can view them under predetermined conditions. Has been.
JP 2002-41526 A

  As mentioned above, in the conventional photo service on the Internet, multiple tags can be set to facilitate the search for registered photo images. However, tags can be edited (added) at the time of photo image registration or after registration. , Deletion, etc.) is complicated, and as a result, there is a problem that an appropriate tag is not set and the search is hindered.

  On the other hand, although the technique shown in Patent Document 1 adds position information and the like to a photographed image, it is not attached as a search tag, but is simply associated with the same place for those who later visited the same place. It is used to provide messages and cannot solve the above problems.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to automatically add a search tag when a photo is registered in a photo server on the Internet. The purpose is to provide a photo registration system.

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, as described in claim 1, photographic information including a user ID, a photographic image, position information, and date / time information is received from a portable terminal operated by the user. Photo information receiving means, calendar information reference means for referring to the corresponding calendar information from the calendar DB based on the user ID and date / time information included in the photo information, and from the position DB based on the position information included in the photo information Calculate the similarity between the location information reference means for referring to the corresponding location information, the schedule included in the calendar information acquired from the calendar DB and the location included in the location information acquired from the location DB, and the calculated similarity Is not greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, a schedule within a predetermined period before and after the date and time information included in the photo information is acquired from the calendar DB and the position D If there is a plan that has a similarity that is greater than or equal to the above threshold value, the correction means that replaces the plan with the plan that was originally acquired, and the initial that was not replaced Photo tag assigning means for assigning, as a tag, a photo image with a place that is included in the acquired plan or replaced plan and the position information acquired from the position DB, and photo information for registering the photo image with the tag attached to the photo DB The gist of the present invention is a photo registration system including registration means.

  Further, as described in claim 2, in the photo registration system according to claim 1, the position information included in the photo information transmitted from the mobile terminal is a GPS signal received from a GPS satellite by the mobile terminal. A position data request accompanied by a request can be made to the position data acquisition server for acquisition.

In addition, as described in claim 3 , the photo information receiving unit of the photo server receives photo information including a user ID, a photo image, position information, and date and time information from a mobile terminal operated by the user ; The calendar information reference unit of the photo server refers to the corresponding calendar information from the calendar DB based on the user ID and date / time information included in the photo information, and the position information reference unit of the photo server includes the photo information The step of referring to the corresponding position information from the position DB based on the included position information, the schedule included in the calendar information acquired from the calendar DB by the correction processing unit of the photo server, and the position information acquired from the position DB When the degree of similarity with the place included in is calculated, and the calculated degree of similarity is not equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the date / time information included in the photo information If a schedule within a predetermined period before and after is acquired from the calendar DB and the similarity with the location included in the position information acquired from the position DB is calculated, and there is a schedule that has a similarity greater than or equal to the threshold, The process of replacing the schedule with the originally acquired schedule, and the photo tag assigning unit of the photo server, the schedule that has not been replaced or the schedule that has been replaced and the location included in the position information acquired from the position DB And a photo information registration unit of the photo server as a photo registration management method including a step of registering a photo image to which a tag is attached in the photo DB.

  In the photo registration system of the present invention, when registering a photo to a photo server or the like on the Internet, a tag for search can be automatically given by interlocking with a widely used calendar function, It can contribute to an appropriate search.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a photo registration system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a photo registration system is connected to a network 4 such as the Internet, and a calendar server 1 for registering and managing a schedule of an individual or a group, and a location server for managing the correspondence between location information (latitude and longitude) and location. 2 and a photo server 3 connected to the network 4 for registering and managing photographic images. The photo server 3 refers to the calendar server 1 and the location server 2 during processing.

  Further, the network 4 is connected to a network 5 such as a mobile phone operator, and the network 5 includes a base station 6 that performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal (mobile phone) 9 possessed by the user U, and the user U's. A position data acquisition server 7 that provides position information of the mobile terminal 9 based on a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite 8 signal received by the mobile terminal 9 is connected.

  The calendar server 1 is provided with a calendar DB 11 for holding calendar information, and the position server 2 is provided with a position DB 21 for holding position information.

  The photo server 3 includes a photo DB 31 that holds a photo image and related information, and a photo registration unit 32 that is realized mainly by a computer program and performs a process of registering a photo in the photo DB 31. The photo registration unit 32 includes a photo information receiving unit 321 that receives photo information from the mobile terminal 9, a calendar information reference unit 322 that refers to calendar information from the calendar server 1, and a location information reference that refers to location information from the location server 2. Unit 323, a correction processing unit 324 that corrects a registration error or the like of calendar information, a photo tag adding unit 325 that adds a tag to a photo to be registered, and a photo information registration unit 326 that registers photo information in the photo DB 31. ing.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the calendar DB 11, which includes a “user ID” field for identifying a user, a “date / time” field indicating a target date / time of a schedule, and a “schedule” field indicating schedule contents.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the position DB 21, and includes a “location” field indicating the name of the location and a “position” field indicating the location (latitude and longitude) of the location.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the photo DB 31, and includes a “user ID” field for identifying a user, an “album” field indicating an album in which a photo image is recorded, and a “file” field indicating a file name of the photo image. And a “tag” field to be searched for a keyword.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile terminal 9, and voice and non-voice between the GPS receiver 91 that receives a signal from the GPS satellite 8 (FIG. 1) and the base station 6 (FIG. 1) Cellular transmission / reception unit 92 that performs data transmission / reception, data processing unit 93 that performs voice and non-voice data processing, a storage unit 94 that holds data used in the process of data processing, and a camera unit that provides a digital camera function 95, a clock unit 96 for outputting current date and time information, a display unit 97 including a liquid crystal panel for displaying the acquired data contents and device status, an operation unit 98 including a numeric keypad, and a calling unit including a microphone and a speaker 99.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing example of the embodiment shown in FIG. It is assumed that the schedule of the user U is registered in the calendar server 1 in advance.

  In FIG. 6, when the user U takes a picture with the digital camera function of the mobile terminal 9 (camera unit 95 in FIG. 5) (step S101), the mobile terminal 9 receives a GPS signal from the GPS satellite 8 (step S102). The position data request accompanied with the GPS signal is made to the position data acquisition server 7 via the base station 6 and the network 5 (step S103), and the current position information (latitude and longitude) is received from the position data acquisition server 7 ( Step S104). The reason why the position information is acquired by requesting the position data acquisition server 7 is that the processing load for calculating and correcting the position information from the GPS signal of the GPS satellite 8 is high, and it is performed alone on the mobile terminal 9 side. This is because it is difficult. However, if the position information can be acquired independently from the GPS signal of the GPS satellite 8 by enhancing the functionality of the mobile terminal 9, the position data acquisition server 7 does not need to be interposed.

  Next, the portable terminal 9 transmits photographic information including a user ID, a photographic image, position information, date and time information, etc., to the photo server 3 (step S105). It should be noted that the photo information can be sent together at a later time without sending the photo information every time the photo is taken.

  In the photo server 3, when the photo information receiving unit 321 of the photo registration unit 32 receives the photo information from the portable terminal 9 (step S106), the calendar information reference unit 322 is based on the user ID and date / time information included in the photo information. The corresponding calendar information is referred to from the calendar DB 11 of the server 1 (step S107). For example, in the calendar DB 11 of FIG. 2, when the user ID is “AAA” and the current date and time is “2006/5/5”, the calendar information of the schedule “climbing” is referred to.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the position information reference unit 323 of the photo registration unit 32 refers to the corresponding position information from the position DB 21 of the position server 2 based on the position information included in the photo information (step S108). For example, in the position DB 21 of FIG. 3, when the position information is “135, 50”, the place “Mount Fuji” is referred to.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the correction processing unit 324 of the photo registration unit 32 performs correction processing (details will be described later) when there is a registration error in the calendar information (step S109).

  Next, the photo tag assignment unit 325 of the photo registration unit 32 assigns the schedule acquired from the calendar server 1 and the location acquired from the location server 2 as tags (step S110). In the above example, “mountain climbing” and “mountain Fuji” are assigned as tags.

  Then, the photo information registration unit 326 of the photo registration unit 32 registers the photo image together with the tag in the photo DB 31 (step S111). FIG. 7 is a diagram showing examples of photographic images and tags to be registered, and shows a state in which “Mount Fuji” and “Climbing” are registered as tags together with photographic images of Mt. Fuji.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of correction processing (step S109 in FIG. 6) by the correction processing unit 324 of the photo registration unit 32.

  In FIG. 8, the correction processing unit 324 of the photo registration unit 32 indicates the similarity between the shooting date / time schedule acquired from the calendar DB 11 of the calendar server 1 and the location acquired from the position DB 21 of the position server 2, with a thesaurus DB (not shown). ) Or the like (step S201). For example, if the shooting date and time is “2006/5/6” in the calendar DB 11 of FIG. 2, the schedule “Izu Onsen” is acquired, and if the position information is “135, 50” in the position DB 21 of FIG. “Mt. Fuji” is referred to, and the degree of similarity between the two is not so high (for example, 30%).

  Returning to FIG. 8, the correction processing unit 324 of the photo registration unit 32 determines whether or not the calculated similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 70%) (step S202). (Yes) ends the processing without doing anything.

  If it is not equal to or greater than the threshold (No in step S202), the degree of similarity with the schedule within a predetermined range (for example, several days before and after the scheduled date and time) is calculated (step S203). Since the similarity between the schedule “Izu Onsen” and the place “Mt. Fuji” in the above example is below the threshold value, the similarity between the schedule “climbing” and “welcome party” and the place “Mt. Fuji” before and after that in FIG. The similarity between the planned “climbing” and the place “Mt. Fuji” is high (for example, 100%), and the similarity between the planned “welcome party” and the place “Mt. Fuji” is low (for example, 10%).

  Returning to FIG. 8, the correction processing unit 324 of the photo registration unit 32 determines whether or not there is a similarity higher than a predetermined threshold (step S204). If there is no similarity (No in step S204), the processing is performed without doing anything. Exit. If there is a similarity equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (Yes in step S204), the corresponding schedule is determined as a tag (step S205). In the above-described example, together with the location “Mount Fuji”, the plan “climbing” having a high degree of similarity to this location “Mount Fuji” is selected as a tag, and an error from the date and time registered in the calendar DB 11 (registration error, schedule change, etc. Is corrected). Note that the tag determined in this way may be finally determined after asking the user U for confirmation.

  As described above, when a photo is registered in the photo server 3, a search tag can be automatically assigned by interlocking with the calendar function of the calendar server 1 widely used, which contributes to an appropriate search. be able to.

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the photograph registration system concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of calendar DB. It is a figure which shows the example of position DB. It is a figure which shows the example of photo DB. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a portable terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the photograph image and tag registered. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a correction process.

Explanation of symbols

1 Calendar server 11 Calendar DB
2 Location server 21 Location DB
3 Photo server 31 Photo DB
32 Photo registration unit 321 Photo information reception unit 322 Calendar information reference unit 323 Position information reference unit 324 Correction processing unit 325 Photo tag addition unit 326 Photo information registration unit 4, 5 Network 6 Base station 7 Location data acquisition server 8 GPS satellite 9 Mobile Terminal 91 GPS receiving unit 92 Cellular transmission / reception unit 93 Data processing unit 94 Storage unit 95 Camera unit 96 Clock unit 97 Display unit 98 Operation unit 99 Calling unit U User

Claims (3)

Photo information receiving means for receiving photo information including a user ID, a photo image, position information, and date and time information from a portable terminal operated by the user;
Calendar information reference means for referring to the corresponding calendar information from the calendar DB based on the user ID and date / time information included in the photo information,
Position information reference means for referring to the corresponding position information from the position DB based on the position information included in the photo information;
When the degree of similarity between the schedule included in the calendar information acquired from the calendar DB and the place included in the position information acquired from the position DB is calculated, and the calculated similarity is not equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, A schedule within a predetermined period before and after the date and time information included is acquired from the calendar DB, the similarity with the location included in the position information acquired from the position DB is calculated, and there is a schedule that has a similarity greater than or equal to the threshold value A correction means for replacing the schedule with the originally acquired schedule,
A photo tag assigning means for assigning a place to be included in the photo image as a tag, the plan that was originally not replaced or the plan after replacement and the location information included in the position information acquired from the position DB;
Photo registration system is characterized in that a photographic information registration means for registering the image tag is attached to a photo DB. The photo registration system according to claim 1,
The position information included in the photograph information transmitted from the mobile terminal is acquired by making a position data request accompanied by a GPS signal received from a GPS satellite by the mobile terminal to the position data acquisition server. . A step of receiving photo information including a user ID, a photo image, position information, and date / time information from a mobile terminal operated by a user, by a photo information receiving unit of the photo server ;
A step in which the calendar information reference unit of the photo server refers to the corresponding calendar information from the calendar DB based on the user ID and date / time information included in the photo information;
A step in which the position information reference unit of the photo server refers to the corresponding position information from the position DB based on the position information included in the photo information;
The correction processing unit of the photo server calculates the similarity between the schedule included in the calendar information acquired from the calendar DB and the location included in the position information acquired from the position DB, and the calculated similarity is a predetermined threshold value. If not, the schedule within a predetermined period before and after the date and time information included in the photo information is acquired from the calendar DB, the similarity with the location included in the position information acquired from the position DB is calculated, and the threshold value If there is a schedule with the above similarity, the process of replacing the schedule with the schedule acquired initially;
The step of giving a photo image tag as a tag to the photo tag assignment unit of the photo server, the initial acquisition schedule not replaced or the replacement plan and the location included in the location information acquired from the location DB;
A photo registration management method, wherein the photo information registration unit of the photo server includes a step of registering a photo image to which a tag is attached in a photo DB.

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