JP5746105B2 - Information device and information display method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information device and the information display how.

  In recent years, digitizing images and sending them to other people or disclosing (uploading) them to many people has become easier than in the age of film cameras. In addition, the expansion of the network environment is promoting this situation.

  It is considered that a user who enjoys a captured image personally or in an inner ring as in the past and a user who opens it to many people in consideration of the network environment as described above have different attitudes toward shooting. In the latter case in particular, it is considered that the universal value that more people can enjoy and the expressive power rich in change that never gets tired will be pursued.

Compared to traditional users who take only family photos and photos of friends' gatherings, these users are trying to take pictures that are expressive by ingenuity at the time of shooting. If it is evaluated, it will also lead to a user's motivation improvement. With regard to a system for evaluating such a published image, for example, in Patent Document 1, a system that evaluates the popularity of a published image based on the number of downloaded images and pays a user who has published an image according to the number of downloaded images. Has been proposed.
JP 2002-63387 A

  Here, the technology of Patent Document 1 can know information about the popularity of published images, but only with this information, the user can determine whether a popular image was obtained by chance. Since it is not possible to determine whether it is obtained or not, it is difficult to know the evaluation as a photographer with this information alone and to promote improvement of the photographing technique.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, it is possible to know the evaluation of the public image, information device can display information such that it can promote the improvement of photographic technology and information display how The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, an information device according to the first aspect of the present invention is an information device that receives and displays evaluation information, transmits an image acquired by photographing to the outside, and publishes it. A communication unit that receives evaluation information generated for each user who is evaluation information of a user who owns the information device based on the number of browsed images and that does not depend on the information device that captured the image ; A recording unit that records an image acquired by shooting, and a playback function of the image recorded in the recording unit, and prior to transmission of the reproduced image, according to the evaluation information, And a display unit for displaying sub-images of popular images of similar themes with a high number of browsing .

In order to achieve the above object, an information display method according to a second aspect of the present invention is an information display method for receiving evaluation information and displaying it on a display unit, which is an image photographed and released by an information device. The above-mentioned image recorded in the recording unit is generated by the control unit based on the number of viewings, and the evaluation information of the user who owns the information device is generated by the control unit and is not based on the information device that captured the image. Prior to transmission of the replayed image at the time of replaying, in accordance with the evaluation information, a popular image of a similar theme having a high browsing number is determined from the disclosed images and displayed on the display unit as a sub-image. To do.

According to the present invention, it is possible to know the evaluation of the public image, provides an information providing apparatus for providing information devices and information display how information can be displayed such that it can promote the improvement of cinematography can do.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital camera 100 as an example of an information device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A digital camera 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a microprocessing unit (MPU) 101, an operation unit 102, a photographing lens 103, an autofocus (AF) unit 104, an aperture mechanism 105, an aperture control unit 106, and an image sensor. 107, analog front end (AFE) unit 108, image processing unit 109, display control unit 110, display panel 111, focus determination unit 112, face detection unit 113, compression / decompression unit 114, recording The controller 115, the recording medium 116, the communication unit 117, and the microphone 118 are connected to the server 300 as an example of an information providing apparatus via a network 400 so as to be communicable.

  The MPU 101 sequentially controls each block constituting the digital camera 100 according to the operation of the operation unit 102 from the user. The operation unit 102 includes a release switch for causing the digital camera 100 to perform photographing, a changeover switch for switching the operation mode of the digital camera 100 between the photographing mode, the reproduction mode, the evaluation display mode, and the like. Here, the evaluation display mode is a mode for performing evaluation display as a user photographer.

  The MPU 101 also has a timer for measuring the time when the user took a picture. Thereby, the photographing time is associated with the image data obtained by photographing.

  The taking lens 103 forms an image from the subject 200 on the image sensor 107. The photographing lens 103 includes a lens for autofocus (focusing). During autofocus, the MPU 101 monitors the lens position of the focusing lens, controls the AF unit 104 to switch the lens position of the focusing lens, and focuses the photographing lens 103. The diaphragm mechanism 105 is a mechanism that is provided in or near the photographing lens 103 and produces the effects of a shutter and a diaphragm. The aperture mechanism 105 is opened to a predetermined aperture by the aperture controller 106 at the start of shooting and closed at the end of shooting. By changing the aperture of the aperture mechanism 105 at the time of shooting, the depth of field of the shooting lens 103 changes. Thereby, it is possible to switch the expression such as adjusting the degree of blurring of the background subject to make the subject appear at the time of shooting or to depict the background subject firmly.

  The image sensor 107 has a light receiving surface configured by arranging a large number of pixels, and converts an image from the subject 200 received through the photographing lens 103 into an electrical signal. In the present embodiment, the image sensor 107 may use either a CCD system or a CMOS system.

  The AFE unit 108 includes a CDS unit, a gain adjustment unit, an AD conversion unit, and the like, and after performing analog processing such as correlated double sampling processing and gain adjustment processing on the analog electric signal obtained in the image sensor 107, the AFE unit 108 The obtained image signal is converted into digital data and input to the image processing unit 109. In addition, the AFE unit 108 is also provided with a function of reading signals from a plurality of pixels constituting the image sensor 107 at a time. For example, the AFE unit 108 can read out signals of 4 pixels (2 × 2 pixels) and 9 pixels (3 × 3 pixels) at a time, and improve the S / N by adding these read-out electric signals. . By such processing, the apparent sensitivity of the image sensor 107 can be increased.

  Furthermore, the AFE unit 108 also has a function of selecting an output signal from the image sensor 107, and can extract only signals from pixels in a limited range among all effective pixels of the image sensor 107. In general, the image sensor 107 can read signals at high speed by performing thinning. Using this function, if the through image obtained for composition confirmation by the image sensor 107 is read at high speed and processed by the image processing unit 109 and then displayed on the display panel 111, the user can display it on the display panel 111. It is possible to perform framing using the through image to be displayed.

  The image processing unit 109 corrects the color, gradation, sharpness, etc. in the image data input from the AFE unit 108, or amplifies the level of the image data to a predetermined level to adjust it to the correct shading and correct gray level. Various image processing is performed.

  In addition, in order to display various images such as the framing image as described above, the image processing unit 109 resizes (reduces) the image data input from the AFE unit 108 so that the image data can be displayed on the display panel 111. It also has a function to

  The display control unit 110 converts the image data obtained by the image processing unit 109 and the image data recorded on the recording medium 116 into a video signal, and displays an image on the display panel 111 based on the converted video signal. The display panel 111 is a display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL display panel.

  The focus determination unit 112 detects the contrast of the image obtained by the image processing unit 109. The contrast detected by the focus determination unit 112 is used during autofocus. That is, while the AF unit 104 changes the lens position of the focusing lens of the photographing lens 103, the focus determination unit 112 sequentially detects the contrast of the image, and stops the focusing lens at the lens position where the detected contrast is maximized. By doing so, the photographing lens 103 can be focused.

  The face detection unit 113 corresponds to a particular face of the subject in the image from the distribution of feature points in the image obtained by the image processing unit 109 (for example, if the subject is a person, eyes, nose, mouth, etc.). Detect part.

  The compression / decompression unit 114 compresses the image data processed by the image processing unit 109 at the time of shooting. The compression / decompression unit 114 decompresses image data compressed and recorded on the recording medium 116. The recording control unit 115 records the image data compressed by the compression / expansion unit 114 on the recording medium 116 with accompanying data. The accompanying data is a shooting condition at the time of shooting. The recording control unit 115 also records information such as camera recognition information (for example, an ID number) unique to each digital camera 100, the total number of shots, and the like, and associates such information as accompanying data at the time of shooting.

  The communication unit 117 transmits image data recorded on the recording medium 116, image data obtained by photographing, or the like to the server 300 via the network 400, or when receiving various information from the server 300. Take control.

  The microphone 118 converts voice from the user into an electrical signal and outputs it to the MPU 101. The MPU 101 analyzes the voice input via the microphone 118 and executes an operation according to the analysis result.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram that allows an overview of the entire information providing system including the digital camera 100 and the server 300.

  When the subject 200 is photographed using the digital camera 100 and the photographed image is uploaded to the server 300, the display panel 111 of the digital camera 100 is displayed for evaluation as a user photographer. This evaluation display is information that is updated each time an image is published (uploaded) from the digital camera 100 to the server 300. Here, as an example of the evaluation display, the total number of captured images, the total number of uploaded images to the server 300, and the evaluation related to the number of times of browsing the images uploaded to the server 300 are displayed.

  An image uploaded by the digital camera 100 is received via the communication unit 301 of the server 300, and the received image is recorded in the recording unit 303 under the control of the control unit 302. When an image browsing request is received from a personal computer (PC) 600 owned by another person 500, the designated image is transmitted to the PC 600 and displayed on the display of the PC 600.

  Further, when the image is recorded in the recording unit 303, the above evaluation is performed in the control unit 302. In this evaluation, for example, the total number of shots of the user, the total number of uploaded images, and the number of times the image is viewed by another person 500 (total number of views) are compared with the levels of other camera users registered in the server 300. Do that. For example, if there are as many as 5% in the top 5% of all camera users registered in the server 300, 5 star ratings if it is in the top 20%, 4 stars rating or less. For example, a three-star evaluation is performed.

  When such evaluation is performed, evaluation information is sent to the digital camera 100 via the communication unit 301. In response to this, the evaluation display as shown in FIG. 2 is performed on the display panel 111 of the digital camera 100.

  By performing such evaluation display, the user can recognize how much his / her ability as a photographer is with respect to all camera users registered in the server 300. For example, if the total number of shots and the total number of uploads is a five-star rating and the total number of browsing is a three-star rating, the user can see that the other person has not viewed the captured image. Is expected to devise various ways to improve their photography technology. Conversely, if the total number of uploaded images is a three-star rating and the total number of browsing is a five-star rating, the user's captured image is popular and the user may upload more images. Be expected.

  Thus, the user who puts the image in the environment where it is publicly disclosed and easily evaluated is divided from the user who takes only an image for personal enjoyment, and an evaluation display for evaluating as a photographer is displayed on the digital camera 100. Since it is displayed on the panel 111, the user can create an opportunity to get excited and satisfied with the evaluation display displayed on the display panel 111, or to try to raise his arm more. The displayed user is recognized by other people as a photographer.

  Note that the evaluation display is not limited to the example of FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, when displaying the number of uploaded images to the server 300, the average number of uploaded images of all users, or how many images are averaged within a predetermined period (for example, one week). The upload frequency indicating whether the user is uploading and the average upload frequency of all users may be displayed together. In addition to displaying stars, abstract expressions such as “gold” and “silver” may be used. Furthermore, the number of points may be displayed so that the accumulated number increases once when accumulated.

  In addition to the evaluation display shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3A, an image that has been frequently viewed by the user as shown in FIG. 3B (hereinafter referred to as a popular image) is transmitted. You may make it display. By looking at such popular images, the user can know what kind of photos have been evaluated, and by taking similar photos, the user can pursue a good style. And I'm excited to go beyond that. Moreover, you may make it display the comment etc. which other users gave with respect to a popular image with a popular image.

  Hereinafter, the information providing system in FIG. 2 will be described in more detail. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing control on the digital camera 100 side in the information providing system shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 4, the MPU 101 determines whether the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the shooting mode (step S1). When the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the shooting mode in the determination of step S1, the MPU 101 performs a framing through image display that always displays the output of the image sensor 107 on the display panel 111 (step S1). S2). Next, the MPU 101 determines whether to perform a shooting operation by determining whether the user has operated the release switch of the operation unit 102 (step S3). If it is determined in step S3 that the release switch is not operated, the process returns to step S1 and the MPU 101 determines again whether the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the shooting mode. On the other hand, when the release switch is operated in the determination in step S3, the MPU 101 performs a shooting operation (step S4). After the shooting operation is completed, the MPU 101 updates the total number of shots recorded in the recording control unit 115 (step S5).

  Thereafter, the theme of the photographed image is determined so that the user can easily confirm his / her own photographing progress later or compare with other people (step S6). This is because, for example, when a face of a person in an image obtained by photographing by the face detection unit 113 is detected and a face can be detected, it is determined as a portrait photograph, and when a face cannot be detected. Is determined to be a landscape photograph. After the image theme determination is completed, the MPU 101 records the image data obtained by shooting on the recording medium 116 together with the accompanying data (step S7).

  If it is determined in step S1 that the shooting mode is not set, the MPU 101 determines whether the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is the playback mode (step S8). If it is determined in step S8 that the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the playback mode, the MPU 101 determines whether an image is selected from a list of images displayed as thumbnails, for example (step S9). If it is determined in step S9 that no image has been selected, the process returns to step S8, and the MPU 101 determines again whether the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the playback mode. On the other hand, when the image is selected in the determination in step S9, the MPU 101 causes the display control unit 110 to enlarge and display the selected image on the display panel 111 (step S10).

  Next, the MPU 101 determines whether a popular image with a theme similar to the theme of the image currently displayed on the display panel 111 is recorded in the recording control unit 115 (step S11).

  When the popular image of the similar theme is recorded in the determination of step S11, the MPU 101 causes the display control unit 110 to display the popular image of the similar theme on the display panel 111 so as to overlap the currently displayed image. Sub display is performed (step S12). Next, the MPU 101 determines whether an instruction to transmit the image currently displayed on the display panel 111 has been given (step S13). If it is determined in step S13 that an image transmission instruction has been issued, the user is prompted to input an image destination (step S14), and the process waits until the image destination is input. In step S14, for example, when a destination is input via the microphone 118, the MPU 101 analyzes the input sound to identify the destination, and records the identified destination information on the recording medium 116 in association with the image data. (Step S15). By performing such processing, when the digital camera 100 is connected to the network 400, the image data recorded on the recording medium 116 is transmitted to the destination designated by the user.

  If it is determined in step S8 that the playback mode is not set, the MPU 101 determines whether the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the evaluation display mode (step S16). In the determination of step S16, when the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the evaluation display mode, the MPU 101 performs the evaluation display as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 (a), or FIG. 3 (b). (Step S17). Note that the evaluation display may also be performed when a predetermined operation is performed by the user in the shooting mode or the like.

  If the evaluation display mode is not set in the determination in step S16, the MPU 101 determines whether the digital camera 100 is connected to the network 400 (step S18). In the determination of step S18, when the digital camera 100 is connected to the network 400, the MPU 101 communicates with the server 300, transmits the image data recorded on the recording medium 116 to the server 300, and displays an evaluation display from the server 300. Evaluation data for performing is received (step S19).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing control on the server 300 side in the information providing system shown in FIG.

  The control unit 302 of the server 300 determines whether an image has been transmitted from the digital camera 100 (step S21). In the determination of step S21, when an image is transmitted from the digital camera 100, the control unit 302 reads the accompanying data of the image data, and the image data is registered for each user registered in the server 300 according to the read accompanying data. To be recorded in the recording unit 303 (step S22).

  After step S22, the control unit 302 determines whether cameraman evaluation for performing evaluation display is performed for each user or for each camera owned by the user (step S23). For example, when a user has multiple cameras or when a single camera is used by multiple people, it is better to perform evaluation for each user than to perform evaluation for each camera. Preferred above. Therefore, in such a case, the evaluation for each user is performed without distinguishing the type of camera. Of course, the total number of captured images, the total number of uploaded images, and the total number of browsing times may be evaluated for each camera. If such an evaluation for each camera is performed, it is possible to determine which model of the digital camera the user has used to perform a favorable evaluation or the like. Note that the user can select which evaluation is performed for each user or each camera. In order to make such a selection, for example, when transmitting image data, information for identifying whether to perform evaluation for each camera or evaluation for each user should be transmitted as accompanying information. It ’s fine.

  In the determination of step S23, when cameraman evaluation is performed for each camera, the total number of shots Npc recorded in the recording unit 303 is updated for each camera recognized according to the camera recognition information in accordance with the accompanying data attached to the image data. At the same time, the total number of uploaded images Nuc is updated by accumulating the number of transmitted image data in the total number of uploaded images Nuc recorded in the recording unit 303 for each camera (step S24). Thereafter, the control unit 302 performs a cameraman evaluation process for each camera using the total number of shots Npc, the total number of uploads Nuc, and the total number of browsing Nac described later (step S25). This photographer evaluation process will be described later.

  In the determination of step S23, when the photographer evaluation for each user is performed, the total number of shots Npu recorded in the recording unit 303 for each user registered in the server 300 is determined according to the accompanying data attached to the image data. In addition to updating, the total number of uploaded images Nu is updated by accumulating the number of transmitted image data in the total number of uploaded pages Nu recorded in the recording unit 303 for each user (step S26). Thereafter, the control unit 302 performs a cameraman evaluation process for each user using the total number of photographed images Npu, the total number of uploaded images Nuu, and the total number of browsing images Nau described later (step S27).

  After completion of the cameraman evaluation for each camera or user, the control unit 302 transmits evaluation data to the digital camera 100 (step S28). Thereby, evaluation data is received by the digital camera 100, and thereafter, evaluation display is performed when the operation mode of the digital camera 100 is set to the evaluation display mode.

  Here, when the evaluation display as shown in FIG. 3A is performed, it is necessary to further determine the upload frequency of the image. The upload frequency is obtained by an average value of the number of uploads within a predetermined period. For example, the image upload frequency Nf for one week can be obtained by dividing the total upload number Nu for seven days by seven.

  If it is determined in step S21 that an image has not been transmitted from the digital camera 100, the control unit 302 determines whether an image transmission request has been made from the PC 600 (or a mobile phone or the like) (step S29). If it is determined in step S29 that an image transmission request is made from the PC 600, the control unit 302 reads the selected image from the recording unit 303 and transmits the selected image to the PC 600 (step S30), and the transmitted image is displayed on the display of the PC 600. Make it visible above. Thereafter, the control unit 302 determines whether or not the transmitted image has been viewed based on, for example, whether or not the image has been viewed for a predetermined time or more. If the image has been viewed, the number of viewing of the image is incremented by one. To do. Further, the total browsing number Nau that is the cumulative value of the browsing number for each user and the total browsing number Nac that is the cumulative value of the browsing number for each camera are updated (step S31). Next, the control unit 302 determines which of the top images with the highest number of views among the images recorded for each registered user or the top number of the images with the highest number of views among all the images that do not distinguish the user. One of the images is detected as a popular image (step S32). Such a popular image is transmitted to the digital camera 100 when the digital camera 100 and the server 300 are connected to each other, for example, on the display panel 111 of the digital camera 100 as shown in FIG. Is displayed. The popular image may be detected not only for each user but also for each theme.

  Also, in the determination in step S29, when the image transmission request from the PC 600 is not made, the control unit 302 determines whether a request for executing other services other than image recording and image browsing is made. (Step S33). If it is determined in step S33 that no other service execution request has been made, the process returns to step S21. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S33 that an execution request for another service is made, the control unit 302 executes processing related to the other service. Here, creation or browsing of a blog will be described as an example of another service. Of course, it may be other than this. If it is determined in step S33 that another service is requested, the control unit 302 determines whether the requested other service is a blog creation request (step S34). If it is determined in step S34 that the request is for creating a blog, the control unit 302 executes various processes so that the user can create a blog (step S35). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S34 that the instruction to execute another service is not a blog creation instruction, the control unit 302 performs processing so that the user can view various contents such as images on the blog (step S36). ).

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the photographer evaluation process in step S25 or S27 of FIG. Here, step S25 and step S27 differ only in whether the total number of shots Np, the total number of uploads Nu, and the total number of browsing Na are recorded for each user or are recorded for each camera. Since the processing contents themselves do not change, the description will be made without distinguishing both. In addition, when performing the camera Raman evaluation shown in FIG. 6, the recording unit 303 of the server 300 also stores an average value (Npav, Nuav, Naav) of all users of the total number of shots Np, the total number of uploads Nu, and the total number of browsing Na. It shall be recorded.

  When performing the photographer evaluation, the control unit 302 of the server 300 calculates the total number Np (Npu for each user, Npc for each camera) and the average value Npav recorded in the recording unit 303. Read (step S41). Next, the control unit 302 reads the total number of uploads Nu (Nuu for each user, Nuc for each camera) and the average value Nuav recorded in the recording unit 303 (step S42). Further, the control unit 302 reads the total browsing number Na (Nau for each user, Nac for each camera) and its average value Naav recorded in the recording unit 303 (step S43).

  Next, the control unit 302 determines whether the total number of shots Np is larger than the average value Npav (step S44). If it is determined in step S44 that the total number of shots Np is larger than the average value Npav, the control unit 302 determines whether the total number of shots Np is within the top 5% of all users (step S45). . If it is determined in step S45 that the total number of shots Np is within the top 5% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total number of shots for that user as a five-star rating (step S46). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S45 that the total number of shots Np is not within the top 5% of all users, the control unit 302 determines whether the total number of shots Np is within the top 20% of all users. Determination is made (step S47). If it is determined in step S47 that the total number of shots Np is within the top 20% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total number of shots for that user as a four-star rating (step S48). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S47 that the total number of shots Np is not within the top 20% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total number of shots for that user as a three-star rating (step S49). .

  Next, the control unit 302 determines whether the total upload number Nu is larger than the average value Nuav (step S50). If it is determined in step S50 that the total upload number Nu is larger than the average value Nuav, the control unit 302 determines whether the total upload number Nu is within the top 5% of all users (step S51). . If it is determined in step S51 that the total upload number Nu is within the top 5% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total upload number of the user as a five-star evaluation (step S52). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S51 that the total upload number Nu is not within the top 5% of all users, the control unit 302 determines whether the total upload number Nu is within the top 20% of all users. Determination is made (step S53). If it is determined in step S53 that the total upload number Nu is within the top 20% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total upload number of the user as a four-star evaluation (step S54). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S53 that the total upload number Nu is not within the top 20% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total upload number of the user as a three-star evaluation (step S55). .

  Next, the control unit 302 determines whether or not the total browsing number Na is larger than the average value Naav (step S56). If it is determined in step S56 that the total browsing number Na is larger than the average value Naav, the control unit 302 determines whether the total browsing number Na is within the top 5% of all users (step S57). . If it is determined in step S57 that the total browsing number Na is within the top 5% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total browsing number of the user as a five-star rating (step S58). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S57 that the total browsing number Na is not within the top 5% among all users, the control unit 302 determines whether the total browsing number Na is within the top 20% among all users. Determination is made (step S59). In the determination of step S59, when the total browsing number Na is within the top 20% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the evaluation of the total browsing number of the user as a four-star evaluation (step S60). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S59 that the total browsing number Na is not within the top 20% of all users, the control unit 302 sets the total browsing number of the user as a three-star rating (step S61). .

  In this embodiment, the evaluation is not performed when the total number of shots Np, the total number of uploads Nu, and the total number of browsing Na are each less than the average value. However, the evaluation in such a case is performed. May be. In FIG. 6, evaluation regarding the image upload frequency may also be performed.

  By performing the photographer evaluation as shown in FIG. 6, it is possible to improve the motivation of the user to shoot and publish the image. In addition, although the photographer evaluation for each user or each camera has been described here, the above-described evaluation may be performed for each photo theme. In this way, a photographed image with a new theme can be the best in the world on the network. Such a device is expected to create a favorable environment such that even more valuable photographic images can be easily seen by many people, inspired by it, and excellent photography can be performed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a user who takes a picture uploads image data to an environment in which evaluation from other people is easy to receive, and receives evaluations from many people. It is possible to improve the quality and quality of images distributed on the network. Further, by performing the evaluation display on the digital camera, the subject person photographed by the digital camera can leave the photographing to an experienced user with peace of mind.

  In addition, since the number of shots, uploads, and views for each camera is also counted, for example, which camera you used to upload the image frequently, and the image taken with which camera was popular. You can know information such as what happened.

  Although the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications are naturally possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example of a digital camera has been described as an example of an information device that publishes image data. However, an information device that publishes image data is an information device such as a personal computer (PC) owned by a user. There may be.

  Further, the above-described embodiments include various stages of the invention, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some configuration requirements are deleted from all the configuration requirements shown in the embodiment, the above-described problem can be solved, and this configuration requirement is deleted when the above-described effects can be obtained. The configuration can also be extracted as an invention.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital camera as an example of an information device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram that allows an overview of the entire information providing system including a digital camera and a server. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a modified example of evaluation display, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing an example of popular image display. 3 is a flowchart showing control on the digital camera side in the information providing system shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating server-side control in the information providing system illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart shown about the detail of a photographer evaluation process.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Digital camera, 101 ... Micro processing unit (MPU), 10
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Operation part, 103 ... Shooting lens, 104 ... Auto-focus (AF) part, 105 ... Aperture mechanism, 106 ... Aperture control part, 107 ... Image sensor, 108 ... Analog front end (AF)
E) part 109 ... image processing part 110 ... display control part 111 ... display panel 112 ... focus determination part 113 ... face detection part 114 ... compression / decompression part 115 ... recording control part 116 ... recording medium DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 117 ... Communication part, 118 ... Microphone, 300 ... Server, 301 ... Communication part, 302 ... Control part, 303 ... Recording part, 400 ... Network, 600 ... Personal computer (PC)

Claims (4)

An information device that receives and displays evaluation information,
A user who transmits the image acquired by photographing to the outside and publishes it, and is the evaluation information of the user who possesses the information device based on the number of viewing of the disclosed image, and is not based on the information device that photographed the image A communication unit that receives evaluation information generated every time;
A recording unit for recording an image acquired by the photographing,
Prior to the transmission of the reproduced image, the image recorded in the recording unit is displayed in accordance with the evaluation information. A display unit to
An information device comprising: The information device according to claim 1, wherein the information device includes an image sensor, and the image transmitted to the outside is an image obtained from the image sensor. A microphone,
A recording control unit for analyzing a voice input by the microphone to identify a destination, and recording the destination information in association with the image;
The information device according to claim 1, further comprising: An information display method for receiving evaluation information and displaying it on a display unit,
Based on the number of browsed images taken and published by the information device, the control unit generates evaluation information for each user who owns the information device and not the information device that captured the image. And
Prior to transmission of the reproduced image at the time of reproduction of the image recorded in the recording unit, according to the evaluation information, a popular image of a similar theme having a high browsing number is determined from the disclosed images and displayed on the display unit. Display sub-images,
An information display method characterized by that.

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