JP6349915B2 - Terminal device, server, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device, an electronic device, a server connected to the terminal device and the electronic device via a network, and a program for causing the terminal device to realize an image editing function.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a game shooting apparatus that can capture a subject including a plurality of users multiple times with a camera and output the captured image as a photo print sheet or send it to an external device via a network. It has been. Many such shooting apparatuses have been proposed that can perform, for example, the following editing process according to the user's preference. First, chroma key processing is performed on a photographed subject image to generate a subject image from which the subject portion is extracted. Then, a background image selected by the user is combined with the subject image to generate a combined image.

  In such a game shooting device, a plurality of users who have become subjects can edit a so-called “graffiti” in which a new image is superimposed on the shot image using a touch panel or a touch pen provided by the game shooting device. It is common to work in collaboration. An image generated as a result of graffiti is output as a photographic print sheet, or transmitted to an external server accessible by the user afterwards.

JP 2009-258488 A

  The inventor of this application recognizes the possibility that usability can be improved and the value of graffiti editing can be further enhanced by providing graffiti editing that multiple users collaborate on photographic images regardless of time or place. It came to do.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving the usability of image editing performed by a user on an image including a plurality of users in a subject.

  In order to solve the above problem, a terminal device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a content data acquisition unit that acquires content data including a plurality of grouped images, and an editing target from the plurality of images included in the content data. An editing target image acquisition unit that acquires an editing target image, an editing unit that performs predetermined editing on the editing target image, an editing information generation unit that generates first editing information indicating the contents of editing by the editing unit, and The first editing information is transmitted to an external device different from the terminal device without transmitting a plurality of images, and the second editing information related to another terminal device is received from an external device different from the terminal device. A communication unit. The editing unit edits a predetermined image included in the plurality of images based on the second editing information.

  Another embodiment of the present invention is an electronic device. The electronic device includes an image group acquisition unit that acquires an image group obtained by grouping a plurality of images that are two or more users generated by a plurality of shootings and a mail address of each of the two or more users. A user information acquisition unit that acquires information, a content data generation unit that generates content data in which an image group and user information are linked, and a transmission that transmits content access information for accessing content data to two or more users A part.

  Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a server. This server is a content in which an image group in which a plurality of images with two or more users generated as a subject are grouped, and user information including respective mail addresses of the two or more users are associated with each other. E-mail transmission that sends a content data acquisition unit that acquires data via a network, a storage unit that stores the content data, and content access information for accessing the content data to an e-mail address included in the user information A part.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and the expression of the present invention converted between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a data structure, a recording medium, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the usability of the image editing by the said user performed with respect to the image which contains a some user in a to-be-photographed object can be improved.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of an image editing system according to an embodiment. It is the perspective view which looked at the imaging device for play concerning an embodiment from the left front side. It is the top view which looked at the imaging device for play concerning an embodiment from the top. It is a figure which shows typically the function structure of the imaging device for play which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the content data which the content data generation part which concerns on embodiment produces | generates. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure inside the imaging | photography device for play. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the edit information which the terminal device which concerns on embodiment produced | generated. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the edit history which the edit history management part which concerns on embodiment produces | generates. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the edit state management information which the log | history management part which concerns on embodiment produces | generates. It is a figure which shows typically the function structure of the terminal device which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the initial screen of the graffiti interface which the edit screen display part which concerns on embodiment provides with the external appearance of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the screen structure of the graffiti interface which the edit screen display part which concerns on embodiment provides with the external appearance of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the screen structure of the background replacement screen which concerns on the modification of embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an image editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Outline of image editing system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of an image editing system 600 according to the embodiment. The image editing system 600 includes a game shooting device 100, a management server 300, an SNS (Social Networking Service) server 400, and a plurality of terminal devices 500 connected via a network 200 such as the Internet. In FIG. 1, two terminal devices, the terminal device 500a and the terminal device 500b, are illustrated, but the number of terminal devices 500 is not limited to two and may be three or more. Hereinafter, in the present specification, each terminal device 500 is simply referred to as a “terminal device 500” unless otherwise specifically distinguished. First, an outline of an image editing system 600 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The imaging device for play 100 is an electronic device that includes a camera for taking a picture of a user and a user interface for editing a taken photographic image. When a user takes a picture with the game shooting apparatus 100, the game shooting apparatus 100 associates information for identifying the user with a group of photographic images including the user as a subject. The photographic image group refers to a plurality of photographic images created and grouped in one predetermined play. Information for identifying the user is acquired and created for each play. Hereinafter, in this specification, data in which information for identifying a user and a photographic image group including the user as a subject are associated with each other will be referred to as “content data”.

  The management server 300 is a server that manages content data acquired from the game shooting device 100. The management server 300 transmits content access information for accessing the photographic image group included in the content data to the terminal device 500 possessed by each user. The content access information includes, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing the management server 300.

  The user accesses the management server 300 based on the content access information, and downloads a photographic image group to the terminal device 500 of the user. The user can edit a photographic image included in the downloaded photographic image group by executing a graffiti application for editing the photographic image group on the terminal device 500. This graffiti application can be downloaded from the management server 300 via the network 200. The graffiti application executed on the terminal device 500 generates editing information for specifying the graffiti editing performed on the photographic image by the user, and transmits the editing information to the management server 300 via the network 200.

  Hereinafter, in this specification, “doodle” or “doodle editing” means, for example, that the user superimposes an editing image on the image to be edited, changes the color of the object included in the image to be edited, This means that image processing such as rotating the section and changing the size of the eyes when the subject is a person is performed. The user superimposes an image as an editing image on the editing target image including itself as a subject, for example, by handwriting via a touch panel, or selects a template image, a stamp image, a character string, etc. prepared in advance by a graffiti application. Can be superimposed as an image for editing.

  The management server 300 acquires the editing information transmitted from the terminal device 500, stores it as an editing history in association with the user of the terminal device 500. The management server 300 also transmits the acquired editing information to another terminal device 500 possessed by a user other than the user of the terminal device 500 that transmitted the editing information. Hereinafter, in this specification, the terminal device 500 that has transmitted the editing information may be referred to as a terminal device 500a, and the user of the terminal device 500a may be referred to as a first user. In addition, a user other than the first user may be referred to as a “second user”, and another terminal device 500 possessed by the second user may be referred to as a “terminal device 500b”. The first user and the second user are both users who are subjects of photographic images included in the photographic image group.

  The terminal device 500 b possessed by the second user acquires editing information from the management server 300 via the network 200. The graffiti application executed on the terminal device 500b reproduces the editing performed by the first user on the terminal device 500b based on the acquired editing information. The graffiti application executed on the terminal device 500 b generates editing information for specifying editing performed on the photo image by the second user, and transmits the editing information to the management server 300 via the network 200.

  In this way, the management server 300 mediates between the terminal device 500a and the terminal device 500b so that the graffiti editing performed on one terminal device 500 is reflected on the other terminal device 500. As a result, even when the first user and the second user are away from each other, such as when they are at their homes, for example, it is possible to perform graffiti editing on the photo image in cooperation with each other. It becomes possible. In addition, the first user and the second user can upload a photographic image subjected to graffiti editing to the SNS server 400, so that a graffiti can be made with a third user who is not the subject of the photographic image included in the photographic image group. Edited photo images can be shared.

  Hereinafter, the gaming device 100, the management server 300, and the terminal device 500 will be described in more detail.

<Appearance of shooting equipment for play>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming apparatus 100 according to the embodiment as viewed from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the gaming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from above. In the following, other drawings will be described with reference to the front, rear, left and right directions shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the game shooting apparatus 100 includes a front shooting unit 1 and a rear editing unit 2 and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction. An output unit 3 is provided at the rear end of the editing unit 2 for outputting the edited photo.

  The photographing unit 1 includes a photographing case 11 in which a camera for photographing a user is incorporated, and a background wall portion 12 disposed behind the photographing case 11 via a photographing space 10. A gap between the side surface of the imaging housing 11 and the side surface of the background wall portion 12 constitutes first entrances 101 a and 101 b that are entrances to the imaging space 10. The editing unit 2 includes an editing housing 21 that is disposed adjacent to the rear of the background wall 12. The editing casing 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing left and right. Then, the user can enter the editing spaces 20a and 20b for performing input work on each operation surface via the second entrances 201a and 201b. The output unit 3 includes an output housing 31 that contacts the rear end surface of the editing housing 21. For the output housing 31, the operation surface faces the rear end side so that the user operates from the rear end side of the game photographing apparatus 100. Therefore, the space on the rear end side of the output housing 31 becomes an output space 30 for the user to perform an output operation.

  The side surfaces of the upper end portions of the imaging housing 11 and the background wall portion 12 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction. A ceiling illumination unit 14 is provided inside the ceiling frame 13 to cover the imaging space 10 from above and illuminate and flash. On the left side surface (or right side surface) of the photographic housing 11, a posting space 15 is provided for posting instructions including how to use the game shooting device 100. In addition, a display unit 16 that indicates whether or not the photographing housing 11 is in use is provided on the upper left side.

  The display unit 16 includes an indicator lamp (not shown) that emits light or is turned off. The display unit 16 indicates to the user that the photographing unit 1 is in use by light emission of the indicator lamp, and indicates to the user that the photographing unit 1 has become empty by turning off the light. The shooting device 100 for play according to the embodiment is formed in a triangular shape in plan view in which the display unit 16 protrudes outward in the left-right direction, but the shape is not particularly limited, and other shapes such as a convex curved shape It may be.

  The background wall portion 12 is formed by a plate-like member having substantially the same width and height as the photographing housing 11, and extends from the left and right ends of the main body plate 121 to the front. And a pair of side plates 122 provided. For this reason, the background wall part 12 is formed in the planar view U shape as a whole. A single color (for example, blue or green) for chroma key processing is colored on the surface of the main body plate 121 facing the photographing housing 11. Regarding the coloring, in addition to coloring the main body plate 121 directly with paint or the like, a colored fabric, plate or the like may be attached. Although not shown, the floor surface of the imaging space 10 is colored with a single color for chroma key processing like the main body plate 121 so as to be continuous with the main body plate 121. The first entrances 101 a and 101 b for entering and exiting the imaging space 10 are configured from the rear edge of the imaging housing 11, the lower edge of the ceiling frame 13, and the front edge of the side plate 122, as described above. Has been.

  The editing housing 21 is a face-to-face system that can be edited simultaneously by two sets of users from both the left and right sides, and an operation surface is provided on each of the left and right sides. The editing casing 21 is shorter in the left-right direction than the width of the background wall 12 in the same direction. The front surface of the editing casing 21 is connected to the center of the back surface of the background wall 12. The spaces on the left and right sides of the editing casing 21 become editing spaces 20a and 20b in which two sets of users perform editing operations, respectively. Above the editing case 21, a substantially U-shaped curtain frame 22 is provided in plan view. The curtain frame 22 includes a pair of side frames 221 extending in the front-rear direction and a rear frame 222 extending in the left-right direction that connects the rear ends of the side frames 221. Although not shown, a computer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) such as a PC (Personal Computer) is installed inside the editing housing 21.

  The front end of each side frame 221 is connected to the rear end of the ceiling frame 13 so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and the central portion of the rear frame 222 is a support member 23 provided at the rear upper end of the editing casing 21. Is supported by. The left and right side frames 221 and the substantially half length of the rear frame 222 constitute upper frame portions of the second entrances 201a and 201b for entering and exiting the editing spaces 20a and 20b. .

<Functional configuration of shooting device for play>
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of the gaming apparatus 100 according to the embodiment. The shooting apparatus 100 for play includes a shooting unit 110, a background processing unit 120, an image group acquisition unit 130, a user information acquisition unit 140, a content data generation unit 150, a position information acquisition unit 160, and a transmission unit 170.

  FIG. 4 shows a functional configuration for realizing the game photographing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In FIG. 4, each element described as a functional block for performing various processes can be configured by a camera, a CPU, a main memory, and other LSI (Large Scale Integrated circuit) as hardware. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the main memory. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and is not limited to any one.

  The imaging unit 110 captures one or more users a plurality of times and generates a plurality of photographic images. The photographing unit 110 can be realized by using the camera built in the photographing casing 11 described above. Although not limited, the photographing unit 110 performs six to eight times of photography and generates about six to eight photographic images. The background processing unit 120 acquires background information (chroma key mask) for distinguishing between the subject in the captured image and the background region that is the other region for each of the plurality of photographic images generated by the capturing unit 110. The background processing unit 120 can be realized by using, for example, the known chroma key processing described above. The background processing unit 120 generates background information as a binarized image or a grayscale image, or data obtained by compressing them.

  The image group acquisition unit 130 acquires a plurality of photographic images having two or more users generated by the shooting unit 110 as a result of shooting a plurality of times. The image group acquisition unit 130 manages the acquired plurality of photographic images as a group of photographic image groups. More specifically, the image group acquisition unit 130 assigns the same image group identifier to the acquired plurality of photographic images, and assigns a unique image identifier to each photographic image in order to specify the photographic image.

  The user information acquisition unit 140 acquires user information for identifying each user from the user who is the subject after the photographing by the photographing unit 110 is completed. The user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140 includes at least the mail address of each user, for example. The e-mail address is a character string that can be uniquely identified. Therefore, by associating the user with the mail address, each user can be uniquely specified using the mail address. The user information acquisition unit 140 may acquire information such as the age, sex, date of birth, and telephone number of each user in addition to the email address. The user information acquisition unit 140 can be realized, for example, by displaying a keyboard on a touch panel or using NFC (Near Field Communication). In the former case, the user inputs a mail address using the keyboard. In the latter case, the user transfers the mail address by bringing the NFC-compatible mobile phone owned by the user close to the user information acquisition unit 140.

  The position information acquisition unit 160 acquires position information for specifying a place where the game apparatus for play 100 is installed. The position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 160 may be information that can identify at least the approximate location where the shooting apparatus 100 for play is installed. For example, the position information may be an address, a zip code, or a telephone number of the store when the shooting device 100 for play is installed in the store. Such information may be input at the time of installation by the administrator of the game photographing apparatus 100, for example. When the game shooting apparatus 100 includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) module (not shown), the output value may be used.

  The content data generation unit 150 generates content data in which a photographic image group including a plurality of photographic images generated by the image group acquisition unit 130 and user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140 are linked. The content data generation unit 150 may also generate content data including the background information acquired by the background processing unit 120 and the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 160 in the content data. The content data generation unit 150 generates content data every time the imaging unit 110 captures a series of photographic image groups (for each play). The content data can be uniquely specified using the image group identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of content data generated by the content data generation unit 150 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the content data includes at least five data fields from a first field 151 to a fifth field 155.

  The first field 151 stores an image group identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130. The image group identifier is generated, for example, by a combination of an identifier uniquely determined for the shooting device for play 100 and the date and time when the content data generation unit 150 generates the content data. As a result, a unique image group identifier can be generated for each game shooting apparatus 100 and for each play.

  The second field 152 stores the photographic image data generated by the photographing unit 110 and the image identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130 in association with each other. The image identifier is, for example, a serial number assigned in the order of shooting by the shooting unit 110. FIG. 5 shows an example in which N images (N is a positive integer) and N types of IDs corresponding thereto are stored. Although not limited, N is 6 when 6 captured images are generated, and N is 8 when 8 captured images are generated.

  The third field 153 stores at least the mail address of each user acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140. FIG. 5 shows an example in which M types of mail addresses (M is a positive integer) are stored. Here, M is the number of mail addresses input in one play. Although not all the users who have played are normally input, since all the users normally input, it may be considered to be equivalent to the number of users who have played at the same time.

  The fourth field 154 stores background information generated by the background processing unit 120. The fifth field 155 stores the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 160.

  The character strings and data stored in each field of the content data may be plain text, but are preferably encrypted from the viewpoint of improving security. In this case, an encryption unit (not shown) of the game shooting apparatus 100 encrypts a character string and data.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The transmission unit 170 transmits the content data to the management server 300 connected to the gaming device 100 via the network 200. The management server 300 stores content data received from the transmission unit 170. The management server 300 generates a URL (an example of content access information) for accessing the stored content data, and transmits the URL to an e-mail address included in the content data. Hereinafter, the management server 300 will be described in more detail.

  Note that the content data generation unit 150 can also generate the content access information when the storage destination in the management server 300 is determined. In this case, the content access information is included in the content data. The transmission unit 170 transmits content data including content access information to the management server 300.

<Functional configuration of the management server>
FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of the management server 300 according to the embodiment. The management server 300 includes a content data acquisition unit 310, a mail transmission unit 320, a storage unit 330, an editing information acquisition unit 340, an editing history management unit 350, an editing information transmission unit 360, a graffiti tool selection unit 370, and an application provision unit 380. Including.

  FIG. 6 shows a functional configuration for realizing the management server 300 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In FIG. 6, each element described as a functional block for performing various processes can be configured by a CPU, main memory, or other LSI as hardware. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the main memory. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and is not limited to any one.

  The content data acquisition unit 310 includes a photographic image group including a plurality of images generated by a plurality of times of photographing, a photographic image group identifier for identifying the photographic image group, and an email address of each of the two or more users. Content data associated with user information is acquired via the network 200. Here, the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310 includes data generated by the content data generation unit 150 of the above-described game shooting device 100, but is not limited thereto. The content data acquired by the content data acquiring unit 310 includes at least a photographic image group and information for determining that a plurality of photographic images included in the photographic image group belong to the same group (image group identifier, e-mail address, etc.) The source is not questioned. For example, content data generated by associating a mail address with a group of photographic images obtained by a user taking a picture with a smartphone or a tablet may be used.

  The storage unit 330 stores the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310. The storage unit 330 can be realized using a known large-capacity storage such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), or a flash memory.

  The mail sending unit 320 sends content access information for accessing the content data stored in the storage unit 330 to the mail address included in the user information in the content data. The mail transmitted by the mail transmitting unit 320 to the user includes a URL for accessing the content data. When the terminal device 500 is used to access the URL described in the mail address received by the user, the content data stored in the storage unit 330 can be downloaded onto the terminal device 500.

  Although details will be described later, the user can execute graffiti editing in which an editing image is superimposed on a photographic image included in the content data after downloading the content data onto the terminal device 500 of the user. The terminal device 500 generates editing information for specifying this doodle editing and transmits it to the management server 300. The editing information acquisition unit 340 of the management server 300 manages editing information transmitted from each terminal device 500.

  The edit information acquisition unit 340 acquires information related to graffiti made by the user from the terminal device 500 of any one of the users who can be specified by the mail address included in the content data. This information is information regarding which one of a plurality of images included in the content data is an editing target, which editing image is to be superimposed, and the like. The editing information acquisition unit 340 generates editing information by adding an editing information identifier for specifying which terminal device 500 is editing to the acquired information. The edit information acquisition unit 340 can uniquely specify the edit information by generating the edit information identifier using the individual identification information for uniquely specifying the terminal device 500.

  Here, the “individual identification information of the terminal device 500” is an application identifier assigned to a graffiti application installed in the terminal device 500, for example. The management server 300 assigns a unique identifier to the graffiti application downloaded to each terminal device 500. Thereby, the edit information acquisition part 340 can specify the terminal device 500 uniquely by using the identifier of a graffiti application as individual identification information.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of editing information generated by the terminal device 500 according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the editing information includes at least six data fields from a first field 581 to a sixth field 586.

  The first field 581 stores the edit information identifier assigned by the edit information acquisition unit 340. The second field 582 stores an image identifier that identifies a photographic image group including a photographic image to be edited.

  The third field 583 stores an editing target image identifier for specifying a photographic image to be edited among the photographic image groups specified by the image group identifier stored in the second field 582. The edit target image identifier is specifically the image identifier described above.

  The fourth field 584 stores an editing image identifier. Here, the editing image identifier is an identifier for specifying an editing image to be superimposed on the photographic image specified by the editing target image identifier stored in the third field 583. As will be described in detail later, the terminal device 500 can execute a graffiti application for editing a photographic image, and a lot of editing images to be superimposed on the photographic image are prepared in advance in the graffiti application. The graffiti application is stored in the storage unit 330, and the application providing unit 380 provides the graffiti application to the terminal device 500 in response to a request from the user. By using this graffiti application, the user can select a desired editing image from the prepared editing images. The editing image identifier is an identifier for specifying an editing image selected by the user and used for editing the editing target image. An editing image prepared in advance in the graffiti application may be called a stamp image.

  The fifth field 585 stores the editing image itself to be superimposed on the photographic image specified by the editing target image identifier stored in the third field 583 as image data. In addition to selecting an editing image prepared in advance in the graffiti application, the user can also generate an editing image to be superimposed on a photographic image, for example, freehand. In general, the image for editing is superimposed on a part of the image to be edited. For this reason, the image for editing generated by the user freehand is smaller than the image to be edited. The fifth field 585 stores partial image data obtained by cutting out only the region including the editing image, or compressed data thereof. As will be described in detail later, if any one of the fourth field 584 and the fifth field 585 is prepared, the “long graffiti” function by the plurality of terminal devices 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention ( 11) can be realized.

  The sixth field 586 stores relative position information indicating the arrangement position of the editing image to be superimposed on the photographic image specified by the editing target image identifier stored in the third field 583. Here, the resolution of the display screen is generally different depending on the type of the terminal device 500 possessed by the user. Therefore, the sixth field 586 stores the position where the partial image data is superimposed as relative position information indicating the relative position on the image to be edited.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The editing history management unit 350 accumulates the editing information acquired by the editing information acquisition unit 340 from the terminal device 500 a of the first user, generates an editing history, and stores the editing history in the storage unit 330. The editing information transmission unit 360 refers to the editing history stored in the storage unit 330 by the editing history management unit 350 and acquires the editing information acquired by the editing information acquisition unit 340 from the terminal device 500a that is the terminal device of the first user. To do. The edit information transmission unit 360 refers to the second field 582 of the edit information acquired by the edit history management unit 350 and identifies that the edit information is the edit information transmitted from the first user terminal device 500a. The editing information transmission unit 360 transmits the acquired editing information to the terminal device 500b of a second user different from the first user who transmitted the editing information. Thereby, the terminal device 500b can reproduce the editing performed by the first user in the terminal device 500a.

  The editing information acquisition unit 340 also acquires information related to editing performed by the second user on the terminal device 500b. The editing history management unit 350 stores the acquired editing information in the storage unit 330 as an editing history. The graffiti tool selection unit 370 will be described later together with the functional configuration of the terminal device 500.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of an editing history generated by the editing history management unit 350 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the edit history stores an edit information identifier and an acquisition date and time when the edit information is acquired for each image group identifier. As described above, the editing information identifier is information for identifying which terminal device 500 is used for editing. Therefore, the edit information identifier also functions as information for specifying the user who performed the edit.

  By using the editing history shown in FIG. 8, the editing history management unit 350 can implement an “undo operation” for the user to cancel editing and a “redo operation” for reflecting the canceled editing again. Specifically, the editing history management unit 350 can confirm which user has graffitied in which order by sorting the editing history in order of acquisition date and time for each editing information identifier.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of editing state management information generated by the editing history management unit 350 according to the embodiment. For example, it is assumed that the editing specified by the editing information identifier “EDTXXXXXXX” is graffiti by the first user. 9, first a user performs a graffiti 10 times, shows that the Undo operation twice, the first user of the ten editing history, that reflect the editing of up to 8 th Intended. This corresponds to the fact that the current edit reflection position in the edit specified by “EDTXXXXXXX” in FIG. 9 is “8”. The edit history management unit 350 updates the edit state management information every time the edit history is updated.

  It is assumed that the first user performs a “redo operation” in a state where the edits up to the eighth of the ten editing histories are reflected. In this case, the editing history management unit 350 updates “current editing reflection position” to 9. On the other hand, it is assumed that the first user newly executes graffiti editing in a state in which up to the eighth editing is reflected among the ten editing histories, and the editing history management unit 350 acquires the information. In this case, the edit history management unit 350 deletes the 8th and subsequent edit information (that is, the 9th edit information and the 10th edit information) stored in the edit history, and uses the newly acquired information as a basis. The ninth editing information is updated. The edit history management unit 350 also sets the number of edit histories in the edit state management information to 9 and sets the current edit reflection position to 9.

As described above, when adding new editing information to the editing history, the editing history management unit 350 cancels the graffiti whose update time is newer than the current editing position and deletes it from the editing history. If the user has a new graffiti in a state in which the Undo operation, it is considered that there is no intention to reflect the graffiti you are working Undo. Thereby, the storage capacity of the storage unit 330 in the management server 300 can be efficiently utilized. When the storage capacity of the storage unit 330 is sufficient, it may be stored as “cancellation history” without a graffiti whose update time is newer than the current editing position. In this case, even if the user to edit that after Anne de operation, it is possible to return the editing to the state before the Undo operation to cancel the editing.

<Functional configuration of terminal device and screen configuration of graffiti interface>
Next, the functional configuration of the terminal device 500 and the screen configuration of the graffiti interface will be described.

<Functional configuration of terminal device>
FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of the terminal device 500 according to the embodiment. The terminal device 500 includes a touch panel 510, a content data acquisition unit 520, an editing screen display unit 530, a storage unit 540, an editing image acquisition unit 550, an editing information acquisition unit 560, an editing target image acquisition unit 570, an editing information generation unit 580, A chat providing unit 590 and an SNS disclosure unit 515 are included.

  FIG. 10 shows a functional configuration for realizing the terminal device 500 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In FIG. 10, each element described as a functional block for performing various processes can be configured by a hardware CPU, main memory, touch panel, and other LSIs. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the main memory. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and is not limited to any one. The terminal device 500 can be realized using, for example, an electronic device including a processor, a memory, and a touch panel, such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, a fablet, a mobile phone, an electronic book terminal, a notebook PC, a desktop PC, and an electronic dictionary.

  The communication unit 595 is an interface for the terminal device 500 to exchange information with an external device via the network 200. The communication unit 595 can be realized using a known wired communication module or wireless communication module.

  The touch panel 510 is a display device that presents information generated by the terminal device 500 to the user, and at the same time is an input device that acquires user operations on the terminal device 500.

  The storage unit 540 stores a graffiti application for realizing an image editing function in the terminal device 500 by being executed by a processor (not shown) of the terminal device 500. The content data acquisition unit 520, the editing screen display unit 530, the editing image acquisition unit 550, the editing information acquisition unit 560, the editing target image acquisition unit 570, the editing information generation unit 580, the chat providing unit 590, and the SNS disclosure unit 515 include: This is realized by the processor of the terminal device 500 executing the graffiti application. The graffiti application is a computer-readable program that causes the terminal device 500 to realize a graffiti editing function. The terminal device 500 can download the graffiti application by making a request to the management server 300.

  The content data acquisition unit 520 acquires content data (see FIG. 5) via the network 200 and the communication unit 595. The content data acquisition unit 520 stores the acquired content data in the storage unit 540. More specifically, the content data acquisition unit 520 accesses the URL included in the mail received from the management server 300 via the network 200 and downloads the content data.

<Doodle interface screen configuration>
The edit screen display unit 530 displays on the touch panel 510 a graffiti interface for editing a photographic image group included in the content data. Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 13 in addition to FIG. 10, the editing screen display unit 530, the editing image acquisition unit 550, the editing information acquisition unit 560, the editing target image acquisition unit 570, and the editing information generation The screen configuration of the graffiti interface will be described together with the functions of the unit 580, the chat providing unit 590, and the SNS disclosure unit 515.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an initial screen of the graffiti interface provided by the editing screen display unit 530 according to the embodiment, together with the appearance of the terminal device 500. Although not shown, an application activation icon for specifying content data and activating a graffiti application is attached to the mail received from the management server 300 by the terminal device 500. When the user taps the application activation icon, an initial screen shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 11, on the initial screen of the graffiti interface, thumbnails of a group of photographic images included in the content data are displayed in the preview display area P. When the user desires to doodle the photographic image alone, the user taps the “alone graffiti” icon 531. In addition, when the user desires to doodle with other users, the “Let's graffiti” icon 532 is tapped. If the user does not want to doodle, the user may tap the “Cancel” icon 533.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration of the graffiti interface provided by the edit screen display unit 530 according to the embodiment, together with the appearance of the terminal device 500. When the user taps the “alone graffiti” icon 531 or the “together graffiti” icon 532, the initial scene shown in FIG. 11 transitions to the graffiti interface screen shown in FIG. Note that when the first user taps the “Igaku ni graffiti” icon 532, a mail including a graffiti invitation is transmitted from the first user to the mail address of another user included in the content data. An application activation icon for specifying content data and starting the graffiti application is attached to this mail, and other users can start the graffiti application by tapping the attached application activation icon. As described above, push notification can be used instead of notifying other users by mail transmission.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the edit screen display unit 530 displays a rectangular writing area 501 that can display and edit an image to be edited near the center of the touch panel 510. Further, the edit screen display unit 530 displays six thumbnails 502 of the image to be edited below the handwritten area 501.

  Here, the thumbnail 502 of the image to be edited is a thumbnail of a photographic image group included in the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 520. The user taps the touch panel 510 to select an editing target image to be edited from thumbnails of a plurality of photographic images included in the content data. The editing target image acquisition unit 570 displays the editing target image selected by the user in the written document area 501 and acquires the image identifier of the editing target image.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the thumbnail corresponding to the image to be edited selected by the user is highlighted and displayed by the selection frame 513. The user can change the editing target image to be displayed in the written document area 501 by tapping and selecting one of the thumbnails 502 of the editing target image. The user can also change the image to be edited displayed in the written document area 501 by moving the selection frame 513 by a drag operation. In this case, an image to be edited corresponding to the thumbnail 502 surrounded by the selected frame 513 after movement is displayed in the written document area 501.

  An eraser button 504, a “forward” button 505, and a “return” button 506 are arranged from the top of the side of the lost letter area 501. Four types of eraser buttons 504 are arranged, and three types of eraser buttons of a size and an “all eraser” button for erasing all graffiti are arranged. For example, when the user taps and depresses any size eraser button, the size eraser is set, and in this state, tracing the scribble area 501 erases the traced portion of the graffiti. . Further, when the “delete all” button is pressed, all graffiti made on the image to be edited displayed in the written document area 501 is deleted.

  A “return” button 506 is a button for canceling and returning the written-off processing performed immediately before. On the other hand, the “forward” button 505 is a button for reviving the letter writing process immediately before the “return” button 506 is pressed. Here, pressing the “return” button 506 by the user corresponds to the “undo operation” described above. In addition, pressing the “forward” button 505 by the user corresponds to the “redo operation” described above. An undo operation and a redo operation are also a kind of editing work. When the user presses the “forward” button 505 or the “return” button 506, the information is transmitted to the management server 300 via the edit information generation unit 580.

  A pallet for writing pictures, patterns, figures, characters, and the like is arranged below the lost letter area 501. The pallet is divided into a plurality of areas. First, a category area 503 in which a plurality of categories are displayed is arranged in the upper part of the palette. Here, six categories of “recommended”, “special”, “pen”, “stamp”, “message”, and “make” are displayed as examples.

  Below the category area 503, a detailed tool area 507 is arranged, and a tool for writing a letter related to each category is displayed. For example, when the category “pen” is selected, various types of pens (tools) are displayed. For example, as an example of a pen, “ballpoint pen”, “ink”, “brush”, “blur”, and the like are displayed in the detailed tool area 507 together with the written example. Further, a pen color selection area 508 is arranged next to the detailed tool area 507, and the user can also select a pen color. Further, a pen thickness selection area 509 is arranged next to the color selection area 508, and the user can also select the thickness of the pen.

  The contents of the color selection area 508 and the thickness selection area 509 are changed according to the category selected in the category area 503. For example, when the user selects a stamp in the category area 503, various types of stamps (tools) are displayed in the area corresponding to the color selection area 508. The user selects these by tapping the touch panel, and then taps an arbitrary position in the writing area 501. As a result, the editing image corresponding to the selected tool is displayed superimposed on the tapped position on the editing target image displayed in the written document area 501.

  As described above, the color selection area 508, the thickness selection area 509, or the stamp tool can be said to be a group of editing images predetermined by the graffiti application as editing image candidates. The editing image acquisition unit 550 acquires the editing image selected by the user from the editing image candidates displayed on the touch panel 510. The editing information generation unit 580 is based on the image identifier of the editing target image acquired by the editing target image acquisition unit 570, information for specifying the type and arrangement position of the editing image acquired by the editing image acquisition unit 550, and the like. In addition, the editing information described above is generated. The communication unit 595 transmits the editing information generated by the editing information generation unit 580 to the external device. The touch panel 510, the editing image acquisition unit 550, and the editing target image acquisition unit 570 function as a first editing unit that controls graffiti editing by the user of the terminal device 500.

  Here, the external device is, for example, the management server 300 described above. In addition, for example, when different terminal devices 500 communicate with each other without using the management server 300, the external device may be another terminal device 500 possessed by another user.

  The editing image acquisition unit 550 changes a group of editing image candidates (for example, a combination of stamp images) to be displayed on the touch panel 510 depending on the area where the game shooting apparatus 100 that generated the content data is installed. May be. In this case, the scribble tool selection unit 370 in the management server 300 shown in FIG. 6 displays the editing image group to be displayed by the editing image acquisition unit 550 in the terminal device 500 based on the shooting position information included in the content data. Is transmitted to the terminal device 500. For example, the storage unit 330 of the management server 300 stores a table in which position information, model information of the shooting device 100 for play, and an editing image group to be displayed are associated with each other, and the graffiti tool selection unit 370 stores the table. This can be realized by referring to the table. The editing image acquisition unit 550 displays an editing image group on the touch panel 510 according to the information acquired from the management server 300. Even if the user's preference varies depending on the region, there is an effect in that a graffiti tool that matches the user's preference can be provided.

  The editing information acquisition unit 560 receives editing information generated by another terminal device 500 via the network 200. Specifically, the editing information acquisition unit 560 may receive editing information generated by another terminal device 500 and transmitted to the management server 300 from the management server 300. Or you may receive edit information directly from the other terminal device 500 connected by ad hoc communication.

  The editing target image acquisition unit 570 is based on the editing target image identifier acquired from the editing information received by the editing information acquisition unit 560, and other terminals among the plurality of photographic images included in the photographic image group in the content data. The image to be edited edited by the device 500 is specified. The editing image acquisition unit 550 acquires the editing image identifier, partial image data, and relative position information in the editing information received by the editing information acquisition unit 560. The editing image acquisition unit 550 acquires an editing image to be superimposed on the editing target image edited by the other terminal device 500 based on the acquired information regarding the editing image.

  The touch panel 510 displays the edited result area 501 or the thumbnail 502 by reflecting the result edited by the other terminal device 500. That is, the editing image is superimposed and displayed on the written document area 501 or the thumbnail 502 where the editing target image edited by the other terminal device 500 is displayed. Thereby, the first user who is the owner of the terminal device 500 can see the graffiti created by the second user who is the owner of the other terminal device 500. Touch panel 510, editing image acquisition unit 550, editing information acquisition unit 560, and editing target image acquisition unit 570 are second editing units that reflect graffiti editing by a user of another terminal device 500 different from the user of terminal device 500. Function as.

  When the first user and the second user perform graffiti in collaboration, it is convenient if they can communicate with each other during the graffiti work. Therefore, the chat providing unit 590 displays the chat screen 512 on the touch panel 510 when both the first user terminal device 500a and the second user terminal device 500b are connected to the management server 300. The first user and the second user can enter text using a virtual keyboard (not shown) and have a text chat. Alternatively, a video chat may be performed using the camera 511, or a voice chat may be performed using a microphone (not shown). Thereby, even if the first user and the second user are away from each other, graffiti can be enjoyed in real time while communicating with each other.

<Synchronization of graffiti>
Here, in order for the first user and the second user to enjoy graffiti in real time, synchronization processing for synchronizing graffiti performed by different terminal devices 500a and 500b is important. The graffiti synchronization process will be described below.

  In order to synchronize graffiti performed by different terminal devices 500, a method in which one user samples the work screen at regular intervals during the graffiti work and transmits it to the terminal device 500 of the other user can be considered. In this method, for example, by shortening the sampling interval, all of the graffiti work performed by one user can be disclosed to the other user.

  However, if the entire photographed image and the entire graffiti image are transmitted at a short sampling interval, the amount of data transmitted and received between the terminal devices 500 increases, which may impair the communication band and impair the real-time property. Also, the load on the management server 300 increases.

  Therefore, the terminal device 500 according to the embodiment does not transmit the photographic image itself or the editing image itself. Instead, as described above, an image group identifier, an image identifier unique to each photographic image, and the like are transmitted and received between the terminal devices 500 via the management server 300. Using the received image group identifier and the image identifier, the terminal device 500 identifies a photographic image to be edited from a previously acquired photographic image group. Similarly, image terminal identifiers for editing and relative position information are transmitted and received between the terminal devices 500. The terminal device 500 identifies the editing image used in the other terminal device 500 using the received editing image identifier and the relative position, and uses the relative position information to determine the predetermined position of the corresponding photographic image. To reflect.

  Although not limited, the image group identifier, the image identifier, and the editing image identifier are character strings having a length of about 10 to 20 characters. The relative position information is also two-dimensional coordinate data. For this reason, the amount of data is much smaller than the photographic image itself and the editing image itself. Therefore, the load on the network 200 and the management server 300 can be reduced when the identifier is transmitted, compared to the case where the photographic image itself or the editing image itself is transmitted. Even if the image group identifier, the image identifier, and the editing image identifier generated by the terminal device 500 at predetermined intervals are generated and transmitted to the management server 300, the load on the network 200 or the management server 300 is small, and the graffiti synchronization process Real-time characteristics can be realized.

  As described above, terminal device 500 according to the embodiment may also transmit partial image data obtained by cutting out only an area including an editing image, or compressed data thereof, to management server 300. As a matter of course, the partial image data has a smaller data amount than the image before being cut out. The management server 300 specifies the editing target image on which the received editing image is superimposed using, for example, the editing target image identifier received together with the partial image. In this way, compared to the case where the entire photographic image or the entire editing image is transmitted, the load on the network 200 and the management server 300 can be reduced when the partial image cut out is transmitted. Even if the partial images generated by the terminal device 500 at predetermined intervals are generated and transmitted to the management server 300, the load on the network 200 and the management server 300 is small, and the real-time performance of the graffiti synchronization processing can be realized.

  As described above, the terminal device 500 transmits each identifier and partial image to the network 200 and the management server 300. Thereby, the load of the network 200 and the management server 300 can be reduced. Instead of this, or in addition to this, the timing at which the terminal device 500 transmits information related to editing to the management server 300 can be set at non-uniform intervals. This case will be described below.

  As described above, in the graffiti interface provided by the graffiti application according to the embodiment, the user drags and drops an image for editing such as a stamp onto the image to be edited, or handwriting on the image to be edited using a pen tool It is realized by drawing a picture with. This means that when the user's finger is released from the touch panel 510, the graffiti work is confirmed. Hereinafter, the separation of the user's finger from the touch panel 510 is referred to as “pen-up” for convenience of explanation.

  The edit information generation unit 580 according to the embodiment generates edit information when the input of information using the touch panel 510 ends, that is, when a pen-up occurs. The communication unit 595 transmits the editing information to the external device when the editing information generation unit 580 finishes generating the editing information. As a result, the graffiti made by one user is transmitted to the terminal device 500 of the other user at the timing when the user pens up.

  The time from the start of graffiti to pen-up varies depending on the type of graffiti and the user. For this reason, the communication part 595 which concerns on embodiment does not transmit edit information at a fixed timing. Since the editing information is transmitted after the graffiti work by the user is completed, the information is well organized and the load on the network 200 and the management server 300 is reduced as compared with the case where the editing information is transmitted at regular intervals. Can do.

  It should be noted that the thumbnail 502 of the image to be edited selected by another user may be displayed highlighted by a selection frame 513 in order to clearly indicate that the other user is currently selecting. Further, the editing target image acquisition unit 570 may prohibit another user from selecting an editing target image being selected by another user as an editing target image.

<Post to SNS server>
The case where the graffiti is shared between the users of the email addresses included in the content data has been described above. Here, it is convenient if a photographic image or a photographic image with graffiti (hereinafter referred to as “photo image etc.”) can be disclosed to other acquaintances other than the user who is the subject of the photographic image. Therefore, the SNS disclosure unit 515 acquires a disclosure instruction that instructs the user to disclose a photograph image or the like to the SNS server 400 via the touch panel 510. When the SNS disclosure unit 515 obtains a disclosure instruction from the user, the SNS disclosure unit 515 transmits a designated photographic image or the like to the SNS server 400. The SNS server 400 is a server that provides a social networking service. The SNS server 400 permits other users to view the photographic image or the like transmitted to the SNS server 400 within a range permitted by the user who transmitted the photographic image or the like. Thereby, the user who becomes the subject of the photographic image can share the photographic image or the like with the user who is not the subject.

<Effect>
As described above, according to the image editing system 600 according to the embodiment, usability is improved by providing graffiti editing that a plurality of users collaborate on a photographic image regardless of time or place, The value of graffiti editing can be further increased. In particular, the image editing system 600 uses content data in which a group of photographic images including a plurality of photographic images with two or more users as subjects, and user information including respective mail addresses of the two or more users are associated. . Thereby, since the photograph image and the user of the subject are associated with each other, the graffiti information given by a certain user can be transmitted to another user. It is possible to share a place for graffiti editing with multiple users regardless of time or place. Further, in the image editing system 600 according to the embodiment, an identifier or a partial image is used as information related to graffiti. Thereby, the load of the network 200 and the management server 300 is reduced, and the real-time property of the graffiti synchronization processing between the different terminal devices 500 can be ensured.

<Modification>
In the above, the game photographing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

<Background replacement process>
In the above, the graffiti interface provided by the graffiti application is an interface for selecting or generating an image for editing to be superimposed on the image to be edited. In addition to this, the graffiti application may provide a background replacement function for replacing the background of the image to be edited.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration of the background replacement screen provided by the editing screen display unit 530 according to the modification of the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13, six preview display areas P are provided at the top of the background replacement screen. In the preview display area P, thumbnails of photographic images in the content data are displayed.

  Below the preview display area P, a background image sample display area Q in which a plurality of background image candidates are displayed is provided. Here, the user selects a background image by tapping any of the background images displayed on the touch panel 510. Subsequently, when the user touches one of the thumbnails displayed in the preview display area P, a composite image in which the selected background image is replaced with a predetermined background image is displayed. The edit screen display unit 530 can extract only the subject portion from the photographic image by referring to the background information (chroma key mask) in the content data, and can realize background replacement.

In addition, this invention may be specified by the item shown below.
[Item 1]
Content data in which a group of images including a plurality of images of two or more users generated by shooting multiple times and user information including the respective mail addresses of the two or more users are linked to a network. A content data acquisition unit to acquire via
An editing target image acquisition unit that acquires one editing target image to be edited from a plurality of images included in the content data;
An editing image acquisition unit that acquires an editing image to be superimposed on the editing target image;
Although different from the editing image, an editing information generating unit that generates editing information that is information about the editing image;
A touch panel that superimposes and displays the image for editing on the image to be edited;
A communication unit that transmits the editing information to an external device different from the terminal device;
A terminal device comprising:
[Item 2]
The editing information is
An editing target image identifier for specifying the editing target image;
At least one of an editing image identifier for specifying an editing image to be superimposed on the editing target image or a partial image of the editing image to be superimposed on the editing target image;
Position information indicating a position where the image for editing is superimposed on the image to be edited;
Item 1. The terminal device according to Item 1, which includes:
[Item 3]
The editing image acquisition unit acquires an editing image selected by a user of the terminal device from a group of editing images displayed on the touch panel and defined as a candidate for the editing image. The terminal device according to Item 1 or Item 2.
[Item 4]
The content data further includes shooting position information for specifying a place where a plurality of images included in the content data are shot,
4. The terminal device according to item 3, wherein the editing image acquisition unit changes a group of editing images to be displayed on the touch panel based on the shooting position information.
[Item 5]
The editing image acquisition unit acquires the editing image based on information input to the touch panel by a user of the terminal device,
The edit information generation unit generates the edit information when the input of information using the touch panel ends,
Any one of Items 1 to 4, wherein the communication unit transmits the editing information to the external device when the editing information generation unit finishes generating the editing information. A terminal device according to any of the above.
[Item 6]
The external device is a server that can be accessed by the terminal device and other terminal devices possessed by users other than the user of the terminal device,
The terminal device according to any one of items 1 to 5, wherein the editing target image acquisition unit acquires the content data from the server.
[Item 7]
An edit information acquisition unit that acquires edit information generated by the other terminal device and transmitted to the server from the server;
The edit target image acquisition unit is an edit edited by the other terminal device among a plurality of images included in the image group based on the edit target image identifier acquired from the edit information received by the edit information acquisition unit. Specify the target image as the second editing target image,
The editing image acquisition unit uses an editing image to be superimposed on the second editing target image as a second editing image based on information about the editing image acquired from the editing information received by the editing information acquisition unit. Acquired,
The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the touch panel displays the second editing image superimposed on the second editing target image.
[Item 8]
The terminal device according to any one of items 1 to 6, wherein the external device is another terminal device possessed by a user other than the user of the terminal device.
[Item 9]
An image group acquisition unit that acquires an image group including a plurality of images having two or more users generated by shooting multiple times as subjects;
A user information acquisition unit that acquires user information including email addresses of the two or more users;
A content data generation unit that generates content data in which the image group and the user information are linked;
An electronic apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit content access information for accessing the content data to the two or more users.
[Item 10]
The transmission unit transmits the content data to a server connected to the electronic device via a network,
10. The electronic device according to item 9, wherein the content access information is mailed to the terminal devices possessed by the two or more users by the server.
[Item 11]
A background processing unit that acquires background information indicating a background area that is a subject other than the user for each of the images constituting the image group;
A position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating the position of the electronic device;
The electronic device according to item 9 or 10, wherein the content data generation unit generates the content data in which the image group, the user information, the background information, and the position information are linked.
[Item 12]
Item 12. The electronic device according to item 9, further comprising a photographing unit that generates the image group.
[Item 13]
Content data in which a group of images including a plurality of images of two or more users generated by shooting multiple times and user information including the respective mail addresses of the two or more users are linked to a network. A content data acquisition unit to acquire via
A storage unit for storing the content data;
A server comprising: a mail transmitting unit that transmits content access information for accessing the content data to a mail address included in the user information.
[Item 14]
An editing information acquisition unit that receives editing information related to an editing image to be superimposed on any one of the plurality of images, transmitted from the terminal device of any one of the two or more users;
An editing history management unit that associates the acquired editing information with the user who has transmitted the editing information and stores it in the storage unit;
14. The server according to item 13, further comprising: an editing information transmitting unit that transmits the acquired editing information to a terminal device of a user other than the user who transmitted the editing information among the two or more users.
[Item 15]
A program for causing a terminal device to realize an image editing function,
Content data in which a group of images including a plurality of images of two or more users generated by shooting multiple times and user information including the respective mail addresses of the two or more users are linked to a network. With the ability to get through
A function of displaying the plurality of images on a touch panel;
Based on information input to the touch panel, a function of acquiring one editing target image to be edited from a plurality of images included in the content data;
A function of acquiring an image for editing superimposed on the image to be edited based on information input to the touch panel;
A function of superimposing the image for editing on the image to be edited and displaying it on a touch panel;
A function of generating editing information that is information related to the editing image, triggered by the end of input of information using the touch panel by a user of the terminal device;
A program including a function of transmitting the editing information to an external device different from the terminal device.
[Item 16]
An image management system comprising an electronic device and a server,
The electronic device is
An imaging unit that generates a plurality of images having two or more users generated by a plurality of shootings as subjects;
A user information acquisition unit that acquires user information including email addresses of the two or more users;
A content data generation unit that generates content data in which the plurality of images and the user information are linked;
A transmission unit for transmitting the content data to the server,
The server
A content data acquisition unit for acquiring the content data transmitted by the electronic device;
A storage unit for storing the content data;
An image management system comprising: a mail transmission unit that transmits content access information for accessing the content data to a mail address included in the user information.
[Item 17]
Content data in which a group of images including a plurality of images of two or more users generated by shooting multiple times and user information including the respective mail addresses of the two or more users are linked to a network. Step to get through,
Storing the content data in a storage unit;
An information processing method characterized in that a processor executes a step of sending content access information for accessing the content data to a mail address included in the user information.
[Item 18]
A content data generation unit for acquiring content data in which two or more users and an image group including a plurality of images having the two or more users as subjects are linked;
A touch panel for displaying the plurality of images;
An editing target image acquisition unit that acquires one editing target image to be edited from a plurality of images included in the content data based on information input to the touch panel;
An editing image acquisition unit that acquires an editing image to be superimposed on the editing target image based on information input to the touch panel;
An editing information generation unit that generates editing information that is information related to the editing image, triggered by the end of input of information using the touch panel;
A communication unit that transmits the editing information to a server accessible by the terminal device and another terminal device owned by a user other than the user of the terminal device among the two or more users;
A receiving unit that receives from the server the editing information generated by the other terminal device and transmitted to the server;
The editing target image acquisition unit, based on the editing information received by the editing information acquisition unit, a second editing target of an editing target image edited by the other terminal device among a plurality of images included in the image group. Identified as an image,
The editing image acquisition unit acquires an editing image to be superimposed on the second editing target image as a second editing image based on the editing information received by the editing information acquisition unit,
The terminal device, wherein the touch panel displays the second editing image superimposed on the second editing target image.

  120 background processing unit, 130 image group acquisition unit, 140 user information acquisition unit, 150 content data generation unit, 160 location information acquisition unit, 170 transmission unit, 200 network, 300 management server, 310 content data acquisition unit, 320 mail transmission unit , 330 storage unit, 340 editing information acquisition unit, 350 editing history management unit, 360 editing information transmission unit, 380 application providing unit, 400 SNS server, 500, 500a, 500b terminal device, 510 touch panel, 515 SNS publishing unit, 520 content Data acquisition unit, 530 editing screen display unit, 540 storage unit, 550 editing image acquisition unit, 560 editing information acquisition unit, 570 editing target image acquisition unit, 580 editing information generation unit, 590 chat Providing section, 595 communication section, 600 image editing system.

Claims (3)

A terminal device,
A content data acquisition unit that acquires content data including a plurality of grouped images shared by two or more users;
An editing target image acquisition unit that acquires, from a plurality of images included in the content data, an editing target image to be a target of collaborative editing with other users included in the two or more users;
An editing unit that performs predetermined editing based on the instruction by the user of the terminal device with respect to the image to be edited to be the target of cooperative働編current with the other users,
An editing information generating unit that generates first editing information indicating the content of editing by the editing unit;
Without transmitting the plurality of images, and transmits the first editing information at the end edge of the other user via a different external device with the terminal device via the external device different from the terminal device a communication unit and for receiving a second editing information indicating the contents of the editing based on the instruction of definitive to-terminal of the other user,
The editing part, based on the second editing information, have row editing the image of interest of the co働編collection included in the plurality of images,
The first editing information and the second editing information are stored in the external device as time-series editing histories in a manner distinguished from each other,
When there is an undo instruction to cancel editing by the user of the terminal apparatus or a redo instruction to reflect again the editing canceled by the user of the terminal apparatus as the editing instruction by the user of the terminal apparatus, the editing unit Executes the undo or the redo for editing by the user of the terminal device, and the communication unit indicates that the terminal of the other user has instructed the undo or the redo by the user of the terminal device. The terminal device is characterized in that the first editing information for showing to the external device is transmitted to the external device. Content data in which a group of a plurality of images shared by two or more users generated by a plurality of times of shooting and user information including respective mail addresses of the two or more users is linked to a network A content data acquisition unit to acquire via
A storage unit for storing the content data;
An e-mail transmission unit for e-mailing content access information for accessing the content data to an e-mail address included in the user information;
First editing information indicating the contents of editing processing in the terminal device of the first user among the two or more users who collaboratively edit any one of the plurality of images included in the content data as the editing target image. Second editing information received from the terminal device of the first user and indicating the content of editing processing in the terminal device of the second user different from the first user among the two or more users. An editing information acquisition unit received from the terminal device of
An edit history management unit that accumulates the first edit information and the second edit information as a time-series edit history in a mutually distinguishable form;
The second editing is performed on the first user terminal device so that the editing process is reflected on the editing target image in both the first user terminal device and the second user terminal device. An edit information transmitting unit for transmitting information and transmitting the first edit information to the terminal device of the second user;
Equipped with a,
The editing information transmission unit receives an undo instruction to cancel editing by the first user or a redo instruction to reflect again the editing canceled by the first user as an editing instruction by the first user. If there is, the first editing information for indicating to the terminal device of the second user that the undo or redo instruction has been given by the first user is sent to the terminal device of the second user. server which is characterized that you send. A program for realizing an image editing function in a first terminal device, wherein the image editing function includes:
A content data acquisition function for acquiring content data including a plurality of grouped images shared by two or more users;
A display function for displaying a plurality of images to be collaboratively edited on the touch panel;
An editing target for acquiring an editing target image to be collaboratively edited with other users included in the two or more users from a plurality of images included in the content data based on information input to the touch panel Image acquisition function,
Based on information input to the touch panel, predetermined editing is performed on the editing target image to be subjected to collaborative editing with the other user based on an instruction from the user of the first terminal device. The first editing function;
An editing information generation function for generating first editing information indicating the contents of the editing;
A communication function for transmitting the first editing information to the second terminal device of the other user via an external device different from the first terminal device without transmitting the plurality of images;
A receiving function for receiving second editing information indicating the content of editing based on an instruction in the second terminal device of the other user via an external device different from the first terminal device;
Based on the second editing information, a second editing function for editing the images to be subjected to the cooperative editing included in the plurality of images;
Only including,
The first editing information and the second editing information are stored in the external device as time-series editing histories in a manner distinguished from each other,
As an instruction for editing by the user of the first terminal device, an undo instruction for canceling editing by the user of the first terminal device, or a redo for reflecting again the editing canceled by the user of the first terminal device When instructed, the first editing function executes undo or redo for editing by the user of the first terminal device, and the communication function performs the undo or redo by the user of the first terminal device. A program for transmitting the first editing information for indicating to the second terminal device that the redo instruction has been given to the external device .