JP4823758B2 - Image management server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image management server that acquires image data from a user, registers it in an image database, and publishes the image data on a network.

  In recent years, image management servers that make image data available to users via a network such as the Internet have been used. As such an image management server, an image management server that distributes image data that matches a user's search condition via the Internet when a search request is acquired from the user's terminal is known (for example, patents). Reference 1).

  However, when the image management server as described above registers image data taken by a general user in the image database and publishes these image data on a network, a person, a logo, There was a problem of infringing the portrait rights and copyrights of characters and the like.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, data of a registrant who wants to guarantee the portrait right is stored in advance in the portrait right guarantee server, and image data taken by a general photographer is received. After identifying the registrant in the image, send a portrait license request to the registrant's terminal device, and if there is a disagreement reply from the terminal device, apply mosaic processing to the registrant's image. An image processing system that protects a portrait right by applying is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).

In addition, image data that requires a license for portrait rights, copyrights, etc. is illegally used by investigating whether the image data is illegally used on the Web (World Wide Web) and notifying the survey client. A system for preventing the use is known (for example, see Patent Document 3). Also, there is known a multimedia content registration apparatus that automatically determines not to register something similar to already registered multimedia content (see, for example, Patent Document 4).
JP 2002-91990 A JP 2005-110004 A JP-A-2005-38402 JP 2002-63381 A

  However, in the invention described in Patent Document 2, the registrant owns the terminal device, and the registrant needs to reply to the portrait use permission request. There was a problem of being forced. Further, in the inventions described in Patent Documents 3 and 4, the similarity determination process is performed based on the feature amount of the image data or the multimedia content, so that the determination process takes time.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides an image management server that automatically and efficiently discriminates image data that may infringe portrait rights and copyrights, and prevents infringement of rights. The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, an image management server of the present invention acquires image data from a user, registers the image data in an image database, and publishes the image data on a network. Image data acquisition means for acquiring the image data to which position information indicating a position is added; registration means for registering the image data acquired by the image data acquisition means in the image database; and A feature information database in which area information for determining whether or not the image data was taken in, and if the position information is included in the specific area, determine whether to unpublish the image data, when the position information is not included in the specific area and a determination means for determining the availability of the image data, said-format Is characterized in that to expose the image data published is determined by means on the network.

In the feature information database, feature information for determining whether or not a subject for which a portrait right or a copyright has been set is included in the image data is registered. It is preferable that pattern recognition is performed to determine whether the subject is included in the image data and to determine whether the image data can be disclosed.

  Furthermore, right owner information is registered for each feature information in the feature information database, and when the determination means determines that the subject is included in the image data, the image data includes The license application information created based on the corresponding right owner information is transmitted to the right owner, and when the use of the image data is approved by the right owner, the image data is disclosed. It is preferable to determine that it is possible.

  The feature information database stores skin color discrimination feature information for discriminating a ratio of the skin color included in the image data, and the discrimination means determines the skin color based on the skin color discrimination feature information. It is preferable to determine the ratio and determine whether the image data can be disclosed.

  Further, when the image data is acquired by the image data acquisition unit, the determination unit determines the image data, and the registration unit determines the image data determined to be openable by the determination unit as the image data. It is preferable to register in the database.

  Further, it is preferable that the determination unit determines the image data corresponding to the release request among the image data registered in the image database when the release request for the image data is acquired from the user. .

Further, the determining means determines a failure level indicating a possibility that a subject to which a portrait right or a copyright is set is included in the image data based on the position information. It is preferable to determine whether or not the image data can be disclosed by comparing with a disclosure condition designated by the user.

  In addition, it is preferable that the determination result of the determination means is notified to the user terminal of the user, and the registration means registers the determination result in a determination result database.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that data correction means for correcting the determination result is provided, and the determination result information is corrected when a data correction instruction is acquired from the user. In addition, among the image data registered in the image database, the image data corresponding to the conditions specified by the user and the determination result are displayed in a list, and the determination result can be corrected for each image data. A screen creation unit for creating a determination result change screen, and the data correction unit displays the data correction instruction when the correction operation is performed on the determination result change screen displayed on the terminal used by the user. It is preferable to obtain.

  According to the image management server of the present invention, based on whether or not the area information registered in the feature information database includes position information added to the image data, it is efficiently determined whether or not the image data can be disclosed. It is possible. In addition, since image data taken in a specific area where a subject to which a portrait right or copyright is set is highly likely to be photographed is not disclosed on the network, infringement of the portrait right or copyright can be prevented.

  It is also possible to perform pattern recognition based on feature information, determine whether or not a subject for which a predetermined right is set is included in the image data, and determine whether or not the image data can be disclosed. Infringement of portrait rights and copyrights can be prevented more reliably.

  In addition, when it is determined that a subject with a predetermined right is included in the image data, a license application is automatically made to the right holder, and the image data can be released when the license is approved. Since the determination is made, the user does not have to perform a troublesome operation.

  Furthermore, since the ratio of the skin color included in the image data is determined and whether or not the image data can be disclosed is determined, it is possible to limit the disclosure to the image data of a person with a high degree of skin exposure.

  In addition, when the image data is acquired from the user, it is determined whether or not the image data can be disclosed, and only the image data determined to be disclosed is registered in the image database, so that unnecessary image data need not be registered.

  When the publishing request is acquired from the user without restricting the registration of the image data, the discrimination processing of the image data requested to publish is performed. Can reduce the load.

  Furthermore, when obtaining a publishing request from the user, the degree of failure of the image data is compared with the publishing conditions specified by the user to determine whether or not the image data can be published. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately determine whether or not to disclose.

  The discrimination result of the discrimination means is registered in the discrimination result database, but the user can easily change the discrimination result by performing a correction operation on the discrimination result change screen.

  An image publishing system 10 shown in FIG. 1 acquires image data from a general user, registers the image data in a database, and publishes the image data registered in the database on the web. The image publication system 10 includes a large number of personal computers (PCs) 11, the Internet 12, and an image management server 13. The PC 11 is connected to the image management server 13 via the Internet 12.

  The PC 11 is a terminal used by a user (registrant) and includes, for example, a main body 11a, a display 11b, a keyboard 11c, a mouse 11d, and the like. The user uploads image data to be registered to the image management server 13 by operating the keyboard 11c and the mouse 11d. Note that position information indicating the shooting position is added to the image data.

  Also, uploading of image data is performed by transmission via a web page, transmission of a mail attachment file, transmission using FTP software, or the like. Alternatively, the image management server 13 may directly capture image data from a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a memory card.

  The image management server 13 according to the first embodiment includes a control device 20, a first storage unit 21, a second storage unit 22, and a communication device 23. The communication device 23 is a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the PC 11 via a network. For example, a LAN card or a LAN board is used.

  The control device 20 controls the communication device 23 to acquire the image data uploaded from the PC 11 and temporarily store the image data in the first storage unit 21. For example, a memory such as an SDRAM or a flash memory is used as the first storage unit 21. The second storage unit 22 is a data storage such as a hard disk, and stores a feature information database 22a, an image database 22b, and a discrimination result database 22c.

  Area information is stored in the feature information database 22a. This area information is information indicating a specific area such as an amusement park, a theme park, or a movie theater, for example. For example, when registering region information with the α theme park 31 in the map 30 shown in FIG. 2 as a specific region, the range surrounded by the points P1 to P4 on the outer periphery of the α theme park 31 is the region of the α theme park 31. And In this case, the latitude and longitude information of the outer peripheral points P1 to P4 of the theme park is registered in the feature information database as region information. A large number of such region information is registered in this feature information database.

  The area information is not limited to the range surrounded by the four points P1 to P4, but may be a range surrounded by three points or five or more points. In addition, the latitude / longitude information of a large number of points is not limited to being registered in the feature information database as region information, and for example, a location within a radius of 5 km from a predetermined point may be registered as region information. In this case, latitude / longitude information and radius information of a predetermined point may be registered in the feature information database as region information.

  The control device 20 includes a registration determination unit 20a. The registration determination unit 20a extracts the position information of the image data stored in the first storage unit 21 and compares it with the region information registered in the feature information database 22a. Determine whether or not.

  Image data determined not to be included in the area information of the feature information database 22a is registered in the image database 22b. In addition, the determination result of the registration determination unit 20a is registered in the determination result database 22c. In addition, these registration processes are performed by the control apparatus 20 which is a registration means.

  Further, the control device 20 controls the communication device 23 to publish the image data registered in the image database 22b on the Internet 12. For this reason, the image data registered in the image database 22 b can be browsed by an unspecified number of users via the Internet 12.

  Next, the image registration process of the image management server 13 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. A user (registrant) activates mail software installed on the PC 11 or other application, and uploads the image data to which the position information is added to the image management server 13.

  When the uploaded image data is acquired by the communication device 23, the control device 20 temporarily stores the image data in the first storage unit 21. Thereafter, the registration determination unit 20a acquires position information from the image data, and determines whether or not the position information is included in the region information registered in the feature information database 22a.

  When it is determined that the image is not included in the specific area, the control device 20 registers this image data in the image database 22b. Thereafter, the control device 20 registers information indicating that the shooting location of the image data is not included in the specific area in the determination result database 22c. Furthermore, the control device 20 notifies the discrimination result to the PC 11 that uploaded the image data, and ends the image registration process.

  If it is determined that the image is included in the specific area, for example, if it is included in the area information of the α theme park 31, the control device 20 does not register the image data in the image database 22 b and the α theme Information indicating that the image data is captured in the park 31 is registered in the determination result database 22c. Thereafter, the control device 20 notifies the PC 11 that uploaded the image data of the determination result, and ends the image registration process.

  As described above, by not registering the image data captured in the specific area in the image database 22b, the image data is not disclosed on the Internet 12. For this reason, there is a possibility that the image data shot in the α theme park 31 may contain a subject of infringement of copyright or portrait right to the public. By setting the area, it is possible to prevent infringement of copyright and portrait right.

  In the above embodiment, the case where image data shot in a preset specific area is not registered has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and there is a subject that may infringe copyright, portrait rights, etc. It may be determined whether or not the image data is to be registered by recognizing whether or not the image data is included in the image data. The case where image data is discriminated by pattern recognition will be described below.

  In this case, in the feature information database 22a, in addition to the above-described region information, for example, similarity determination feature data that is feature information of an anime character, etc., face recognition feature data that is feature information of a celebrity, and image data Skin color discrimination feature data for discriminating the ratio of the skin color included in the.

  The similarity determination feature data is obtained by extracting image data of a characteristic shape portion as feature information from image data of an animated character or the like to which a copyright, a portrait right, or the like is set. For example, in the image 33 shown in FIG. 4, image data in the area 35 including the face is extracted as feature information from the character 34 to generate similarity determination feature data. Such an anime character has a copyright obstacle in commercial use, and as described above, similarity determination feature data is registered in the feature information database 22a. It is preferable to register as much similarity discrimination feature data as possible that has a risk of copyright infringement.

  Further, the face recognition feature data is obtained, for example, by extracting image data in a region 38 including a face from the model 37 as feature information in the image 36 shown in FIG. This face recognition feature data is not limited to the model 37, and may be celebrities who may infringe on portrait rights, such as actors, actresses, athletes, etc., and register face recognition feature data of as many celebrities as possible. It is preferable to keep it.

  In addition, image data of a person with high skin exposure has an obstacle in commercial use, and in order to determine such skin exposure, skin color information and a threshold value of the ratio of the skin color in the image data Should be set. That is, the above-described skin color discrimination feature data is obtained by setting skin color information and a threshold value as feature information. In addition, since skin color changes with races, it is preferable to set several skin color information.

  Hereinafter, image registration processing in the case of pattern recognition will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The registration determination unit 20a extracts position information from the image data, and determines whether or not this position information is included in the area information registered in the feature information database 22a.

  When it is determined that the position information is not included in the region information, the registration determination unit 20a determines whether the feature information of the image data matches the similarity determination feature data, the face recognition feature data, and the skin color determination feature data. Is determined.

  When it is determined that the similarity determination feature data, the face recognition feature data, and the skin color determination feature data do not match, the control device 20 registers the image data in the image database 22a. Thereafter, the control device 20 registers the determination result of the position information and the determination results of the similarity determination, the face recognition, and the skin color determination in the determination result database 22c.

  When it is determined that the similarity determination feature data, the face recognition feature data, and the skin color determination feature data match, the control device 20 does not register the image data in the image database 22a, and determines the determination result. The process proceeds to registration in the database 22c.

  Further, even when it is determined that the position information is included in the region information, the registration determination unit 20a matches the feature information of the image data with the similarity determination feature data, the face recognition feature data, and the skin color determination feature data. A process of determining whether or not is performed. Then, without registering the image data in the image database 22b, the process proceeds to processing for registering the determination result in the determination result database 22c.

  When the determination result registration process ends, the control device 20 controls the communication device 23 to notify the PC 11 that uploaded the image data of these determination results, and the image registration process ends.

  In the description of the image registration process, the position information determination process is performed first, and the similarity determination, the face recognition, and the skin color determination are performed later. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the position information determination process is not limited thereto. May be done later. That is, in any determination process, image data may be registered in the image database only when it is determined that it does not match the feature information in the feature information database 22a.

  Next, the image management server 40 according to the second embodiment will be described. Unlike the image management server 13 according to the first embodiment, the image management server 40 shown in FIG. 7 stores a rights earner database 22 d in the second storage unit 22.

  In this right owner database 22d, destination information necessary for applying for a license to a right holder such as a copyright or a portrait right is associated with the similarity determination feature data and the face recognition feature data. Registered. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, “registration name”, “owner ID”, and “feature information” are registered in the feature information database 22a as similarity discrimination feature data for each “ID”. Further, the right owner database 22d includes “registered name”, “department name”, “representative name”, “mail address”, “phone number”, and “address” for each “owner ID”. Has been.

  Next, the image registration processing of the image management server 40 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the image data with position information is uploaded by the user, the control device 20 stores the image data in the first storage unit 21. Thereafter, the registration determination unit 20a determines whether or not the feature information of the image data matches the feature information in the feature information database 22a. That is, determination based on position information, similarity determination, face recognition, and skin color determination are performed, and it is determined whether there is feature information corresponding to any of these determinations.

  If it is determined that there is no match in the feature information in the feature information database 22a, the control device 20 registers this image data in the image database 22b. Thereafter, the control device 20 registers the discrimination result in the discrimination result database 22c of the registration discrimination unit 20a.

  When it is determined that the feature information matches the feature information in the feature information database 22a, the registration determination unit 20a determines whether or not the feature information includes rights information such as a copyright or a portrait right. If it is determined that there is no right information in the feature information, the process proceeds to a process for registering the determination result.

  When it is determined that the feature information has the right information, the control device 20 extracts the owner ID from the feature information database 22a, and uses the right owner database as the destination information of the right owner corresponding to the owner ID. 22d.

  For example, if the registration determination unit 20a determines that the image data includes data that matches the similarity determination feature data “character β” (ID: 009999), the control device 20 determines that the feature information database 22a The owner ID “001234” corresponding to the ID “009999” is extracted. Thereafter, the control device 20 sends the destination information (“registered name”, “department name”, “name of representative”), “mail address”, “phone number” corresponding to the owner ID “001234” from the right owner database 22d. ”And“ address ”).

  Based on this destination information, the control device 20 creates an application format for making a license application to the right holder, and further transmits the application format to the right owner by controlling the communication device 23. .

  Thereafter, when a reply to the license application is received, the control device 20 determines whether or not the right usage has been approved by the right owner. If it is determined that the license has been approved, the image data is registered in the image database 22b, and then the process proceeds to processing for registering the determination result. If it is determined that the permission has not been approved, the process proceeds to a process of registering the determination result without registering the image data.

  When the process of registering the determination result is completed, the control device 20 controls the communication device 23 to notify the upload source PC 11 of the determination result of the registration determination unit 20a, and ends the image registration process.

  In the registration process of the determination result, not only the information indicating whether or not there is a failure in disclosure, but if the location information is included in the area of “α theme park”, the shooting location is “α Information indicating “theme park” is added to the determination result and registered. For example, when “character β” is included in the similarity determination, information indicating that “character β” is included is added to the determination result and registered. Further, for example, when a famous model is included by face recognition, information indicating that the model is included is added to the determination result and registered. In the case of a person image with high exposure, information indicating that the image is a person image with high exposure is added to the determination result and registered.

  Next, an image management server 50 according to the third embodiment will be described. In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which whether image data can be disclosed at the time of image registration and only image data that can be disclosed is registered in the image database 22b. However, the image management server 50 registers image data. Without limitation, it is determined whether or not the registered image data can be disclosed.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the image management server 50 is different from the image management servers 13 and 40, and the control device 51 is provided with a disclosure determination unit 51 a. Further, the second storage unit 22 stores a public information database 22e in addition to the feature information database 22a, the image database 22b, the discrimination result database 22c, and the right owner database 22d. In the image management server 50, registration of image data is not limited, and all image data uploaded from the PC 11 is registered in the image database 22b.

  The disclosure discriminating unit 51a performs the discriminating process by a method substantially similar to that of the image management servers 13 and 40. At this time, the disclosure determination unit 51a classifies the degree of failure with respect to disclosure into a plurality of levels. Hereinafter, a method for classifying the failure degree into a plurality of levels based on the position information added to the image data will be described.

  For example, in the map 60 shown in FIG. 12, it is set as the narrow area | region A in which the specific facility in the alpha theme park 31 is included. When shooting is performed in this area A, there is a high possibility that a subject to which the α theme park 31 is entitled will appear in the shot image. Therefore, when it is determined that the shooting location is included in the area A based on the position information added to the image data, the failure level is set to the highest failure level A.

  Further, if the area B including the above-described area A and the area larger than this area is defined as the area B, when shooting is performed inside the area B and outside the area A, a subject that is obstructed in terms of rights is included in the captured image. However, the possibility is lower than that in the area A because the outside of the site of the α theme park 31 is also included. For this reason, when it is determined that the shooting location is inside the region B and outside the region A, the failure degree is set to a failure level B lower than the failure level A.

  Furthermore, if the area A and B is included and the area larger than these areas A and B is the area C, the area C is captured when the image is taken inside the area C and outside the areas A and B. Includes more outside the site of the α theme park than the area B, and the possibility that a subject that is obstructive in the right is reflected in the captured image is lower than that in the area B. For this reason, when it is determined that the shooting location is inside the region C and outside the regions A and B, the failure degree is set to a failure level C lower than the failure level B.

  As described above, when the disclosure determination unit 51a classifies the failure degree into a plurality of levels based on the position information added to the image data, the control device 20 adds the determination processing result as the attribute information of the image data. And registered in the discrimination result database 22c. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the discrimination result database 22c includes “ID”, “image name”, “latitude / longitude”, “failure discrimination result”, and “feature information”.

  Further, the public information database 22e includes, for example, “ID”, “public name”, and “allowable failure level” as shown in FIG. The public information database 22e defines the range to be disclosed according to the degree of failure. For example, the image data classified into the failure level C with the lowest degree of failure is permitted to be "public to all" of ID: 001. However, the images classified into the failure level A having the highest failure level are only allowed to be “open to yourself” with ID: 007 and “open within 10 people” with ID: 004.

  Next, the disclosure determination process of the image management server 50 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the image database 22b, image data with position information uploaded by the user is registered, and there is no restriction on the registration of the image data, and all of the uploaded image data is registered.

  A user (registrant) activates mail software installed on the PC 11 or other application, and transmits a request for publishing image data uploaded by the user himself / herself. This publication request is information (image data name) for designating image data and information on the publication scale. The public scale information is, for example, information corresponding to the “public name” shown in FIG.

  When acquiring the disclosure request from the user, the control device 51 reads the designated image data from the image database 22 b and temporarily stores the image data in the first storage unit 21. The disclosure determining unit 51a determines whether or not the feature information of the image data matches the feature information in the feature information database 22a. That is, determination based on position information, similarity determination, face recognition, and skin color determination are performed, and it is determined whether there is feature information corresponding to any of these determinations.

  After that, when it is determined that there is no feature information that matches the feature information registered in the feature information database 22a, the control device 50 displays a determination result indicating that the feature information database 22a can be disclosed without limitation on the disclosure scale. 22c is registered.

  When it is determined that the feature information matches the feature information in the feature information database 22a, the registration determination unit 20a determines whether or not the feature information includes rights information such as a copyright or a portrait right. If it is determined that there is no right information in the feature information, that is, if only the position information matches the area information in the feature information database 22a, the failure determination result (failure level A, B, C) is used as the attribute information of the image data. And is registered in the discrimination result database 22c.

  In addition, when it is determined that the above-described feature information includes the right information, the control device 51 extracts the owner ID from the feature information database 22a, and uses the right owner's destination information corresponding to this owner ID as the right. Obtained from the owner database 22d.

  Based on the destination information, the control device 51 creates an application format for applying to the rights owner for a license, and further controls the communication device 23 to transmit the application format to the rights owner. .

  Thereafter, when a reply to the license application is received, the control device 20 registers the determination result on whether or not the right use has been approved by the right owner in the determination result database 22c. The disclosure determination unit 51a compares the failure determination result with the allowable failure level requested to be released, and if (failure determination result level) ≦ (allowable failure level), a message indicating the release permission is sent to the release request source. Notify the PC 11. In other cases, a message indicating refusal of disclosure is notified to the PC 11 of the publishing request source. At this time, the determination result indicating whether or not it can be disclosed is registered in the determination result database 22c, and the disclosure determination process ends.

  Next, an image management server 70 according to the fourth embodiment will be described. The image management server 70 includes a control device 71, an image input device 72, an input operation device 73, a display device 74, a first storage unit 21, a second storage unit 22, and a communication device 23. ing.

  The control device 71 includes a discrimination control unit 71a and a data correction control unit 71b that is a data correction unit. The discrimination control unit 71a has the functions of both the registration discrimination unit and the disclosure discrimination unit described above. Both the registration of the image data and the acquisition of the disclosure request from the user acquire the image data. A discrimination process can be performed. Further, as will be described later, the data correction control unit 71b corrects information related to image data, for example, a failure level.

  The image input device 72 is a device for directly inputting image data to the server 70. As the image input device 72, for example, a memory card reader, a CD-ROM drive, or the like is used. Further, as the image input device 72, a communication device such as a LAN card for transmitting and receiving data via a network may be used.

  The input operation device 73 is an operation means operated by a user, and is, for example, a keyboard or a mouse. When position information is not added to the image data input by the image input device 72, the position information can be added to the image data by operating the input operation device 73.

  The display device 74 is display means for displaying an input processing request result, a registered image, a public image, and the like, and is, for example, an LCD, a CRT display, or the like. The first storage unit 21 temporarily stores image data when performing the discrimination process. The second storage unit 22 stores a feature information database 22a, an image database 22b, a discrimination result database 22c, a right owner database 22d, and a public information database 22e.

  The data correction process will be described below. The data correction control unit 71b acquires a correction request from the user's PC 11. The control device 71 is a screen creation unit that creates a discrimination result change screen. For example, the control device 71 creates information for displaying a failure level change screen (discrimination result change screen) 80 shown in FIG. Then, this information is transmitted to the PC 11. When this information is transmitted, it may be transmitted as a web page, or may be transmitted according to the communication format of the application on the PC 11 side.

  When the above information is received by the PC 11, a failure level change screen 80 is displayed on the display 11b. The failure level change screen 80 includes a condition designation unit 81, an image display unit 82, and an update button 83. The condition designating unit 81 is provided with four pull-down menus 81a to 81d.

  The pull-down menu 81a is operated when a shooting area is designated. The pull-down menu 81b is operated when a failure level is designated. The pull-down menu 81c is operated when designating the number of images displayed on the failure level change screen 80. Further, the pull-down menu 81d is operated when a display page of the failure level change screen 80 is designated.

  The user operates the input operation device 73 to select a desired item from the pull-down menus 81a to 81d described above. At this time, registered images 90 </ b> A to 90 </ b> K that match the conditions specified by the pull-down menus 81 a to 81 d are displayed on the image display unit 82.

  A pull-down menu 91 for changing the failure level is provided below each of the registered images 90A to 90K. When the user changes the failure level of each of the registered images 90A to 90K, the user operates the mouse 91 or the like to operate the button 91a of the pull-down menu 91 corresponding to each of the registered images 90A to 90K to display a list of failure levels. Display and select the failure level. At this time, the selected failure level is displayed in each pull-down menu 90A to 90K.

  Thereafter, when the update button 83 is operated, the PC 11 transmits correction instruction information to the image management server 70 via the Internet 12. The data correction control unit 71b acquires the correction instruction information via the communication device 23, and updates the corresponding data in the determination result database 22c based on the correction instruction information. Further, when the correction instruction information is transmitted from the PC 11, the correction instruction information is SQL (Structured Query Language) for the database. The SQL is one of database languages for realizing database definition and operation.

  In the description of the data correction processing, the case where the data correction operation is performed by the PC 11 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data correction operation is performed by the input operation device 73 provided in the image management server 70. May be. In this case, the failure level change screen may be displayed on the display device 74 provided in the image management server 70.

  In the above embodiment, the case where a personal computer is used as a user terminal has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a mobile phone that can be connected to the Internet 12 may be used.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where the image management server discloses still image data as image data has been described as an example. However, the image management server is not limited to still image data, and may be moving image data. In the case of moving image data, for example, moving image data shot in a movie theater becomes a pirated movie, which infringes copyright. However, as described above, such a problem can be prevented by registering the location of a movie theater as a designated area or by recognizing moving image data as a pattern.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when the rights information is included in the feature information of the image data, the case where the image management server side creates an application format for use permission and transmits these to the right holder is described as an example However, the application format may be transmitted to the right holder by the PC as the publication request source.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an image disclosure system, and has shown the structure of the image management server which is 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the area | region information of alpha theme park. It is a flowchart explaining a registration discrimination | determination process, and shows the case where registration discrimination | determination is performed based on position information. It is explanatory drawing which shows similarity discrimination | determination feature data. It is explanatory drawing which shows face recognition characteristic data. It is a flowchart explaining a registration discrimination | determination process, and has shown the case where registration discrimination | determination is performed based on position information, similarity discrimination | determination feature data, face recognition feature data, and skin color discrimination | determination feature data. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the image management server which is 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a feature information database. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a right owner database. It is a flowchart explaining a registration discrimination | determination process, and shows the case where an application format is transmitted to a rights owner when rights information is included in characteristic information. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the image management server which is 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific area | region in the case of discriminating a failure level based on positional information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of an image database. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a public information database. It is a flowchart explaining a public discrimination process. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the image management server which is 4th Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows a failure level change screen.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image disclosure system 11 Personal computer 12 Internet 13, 40, 50, 70 Image management server 20, 51, 71 Control device 20a Registration discrimination | determination part 21 1st memory | storage part 22 2nd memory | storage part 22a Feature information database 22b Image database 22c Discrimination result database 22d Rights Owner Database 22e Public Information Database 51a Public Discrimination Unit 71a Discrimination Control Unit 80 Failure Level Change Screen

Claims (10)

In an image management server that acquires image data from a user, registers the image data in an image database, and publishes the image data on a network,
Image data acquisition means for acquiring the image data to which position information indicating a shooting position is added;
Registration means for registering the image data acquired by the image data acquisition means in the image database;
A feature information database in which region information for determining whether or not the image data is taken within a specific region;
Determining means for determining whether the image data is not disclosed when the position information is included in the specific area, and determining whether the image data is disclosed when the position information is not included in the specific area. ,
An image management server, wherein the image data determined to be disclosed by the determining means is disclosed on the network. In the feature information database, feature information for determining whether or not a subject for which a portrait right or a copyright is set is included in the image data is registered. 2. The image management server according to claim 1, wherein recognition is performed to determine whether or not the subject is included in the image data, and to determine whether or not the image data can be disclosed.   In the feature information database, right owner information is registered for each feature information, and when the determination unit determines that the subject is included in the image data, it corresponds to the image data. The license application information created based on the right owner information is transmitted to the right owner, and when the use of the image data is approved by the right owner, the image data can be disclosed. The image management server according to claim 2, wherein the image management server is determined to be present.   The feature information database stores skin color discrimination feature information for discriminating the proportion of the skin color included in the image data, and the discrimination means determines the skin color rate based on the skin color discrimination feature information. 4. The image management server according to claim 1, wherein the image management server determines and determines whether the image data can be disclosed. 5.   When the image data is acquired by the image data acquisition means, the determination means determines the image data, and the registration means stores the image data determined to be openable by the determination means in the image database. 5. The image management server according to claim 1, wherein the image management server is registered.   The determining means determines the image data corresponding to the publishing request among the image data registered in the image database when the publishing request for the image data is acquired from the user. The image management server according to claim 1. The determination means determines a failure degree indicating a possibility that a subject to which a portrait right or a copyright is set is included in the image data based on the position information, and the failure degree and the user at the time of the publication request. The image management server according to claim 6, wherein the image management server determines whether or not the image data can be disclosed by comparing with a disclosure condition designated by the method.   The image management server according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the discrimination result of the discrimination means is notified to a user terminal of the user, and the registration means registers the discrimination result in a discrimination result database. .   9. The image management server according to claim 1, further comprising a data correction unit configured to correct the determination result, wherein the determination result information is corrected when a data correction instruction is acquired from the user. Among the image data registered in the image database, the image data corresponding to the condition specified by the user and the determination result are displayed in a list, and the determination for which the determination result can be corrected for each image data Screen creation means for creating a result change screen, wherein the data correction means obtains the data correction instruction when the correction operation is performed on the determination result change screen displayed on the user's terminal. The image management server according to claim 9 .

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