JP6957724B1 - River image providing device, river image providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a user who views a river image. A river image providing device is a data providing unit that provides river image data captured by a river monitoring camera that monitors a river to a terminal device owned by a general user via the Internet, and a river image. The history acquisition unit that acquires the history information indicating the history of the terminal device accessing various sites via the Internet before the data is provided to the terminal device, and the history acquisition unit based on the history information. It includes an advertisement acquisition unit that acquires data of one of the advertisements from an advertisement management device that manages data of a plurality of advertisements, and the data providing unit provides the data of the advertisement to the terminal device together with the data of the river image. The advertisement is displayed on the terminal device together with the river image. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a river image providing device and a river image providing system that provide a river image captured by a camera.

The river image providing system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. In this river image providing system, the river image data captured by the camera that monitors the river is managed by the river information server, and the river image data is provided (published) to the general public from the river information server via the Internet. .. In addition, a river image link and an advertisement link are displayed on the search page provided by the content provider, and a part of the advertising fee collected from the advertiser is used for the operation cost of the river image providing system. In addition, we solicit advertisements from advertisers related to water and rivers, and place advertisements on pages that provide river image provision systems.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-433390

However, the technique of Patent Document 1 is inconvenient because when the user is viewing the river image captured by the river monitoring camera on a terminal device or the like connected to the Internet, he / she cannot see a suitable advertisement.
Therefore, in view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to improve the convenience of the user who views the river image.

The technical means of the present invention for solving the above technical problems is characterized by the following points.
The river image providing device according to one aspect of the present invention is a data providing unit that provides data of a river image captured by a river monitoring camera that monitors a river to a terminal device owned by a general user via the Internet. A history acquisition unit that acquires history information indicating the history of the terminal device accessing various sites via the Internet before the river image data is provided to the terminal device, and the terminal device. The data providing unit includes an advertisement acquisition unit that acquires data of any of the advertisements from an advertisement management device that manages data of a plurality of advertisements based on historical information, and the data providing unit includes the advertisement with the data of the river image. Data is provided to the terminal device, and the advertisement is displayed on the terminal device together with the river image.

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the river image providing device includes a field estimation unit that estimates the field of interest or interest of the user who uses the terminal device based on the history information, and the field. The advertisement acquisition unit acquires the data of the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the field, and the data providing unit includes the terminal device. The data of the river image requested from the above and the data of the advertisement acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit are provided to the terminal device.

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, in the river image providing device, the acquisition of the history information by the history acquisition unit, the estimation of the field by the field estimation unit, and the recording of the field by the association unit are described. It is executed every time the river image is requested from the terminal device, the field estimation unit extracts a representative field from the field recorded by the association unit, and the advertisement acquisition unit is the representative field. The data of the advertisement is acquired from the advertisement management device based on the above.

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the river image providing device includes a subject detection unit that detects a subject depicted in the river image, and the advertisement acquisition unit receives the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the subject. Get the data of.
Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the river image providing device is a purpose estimation unit that estimates the purpose of use of the river monitoring location depicted in the river image based on the subject detected by the subject detection unit. The association unit records the purpose of use in association with the river monitoring camera, and the advertisement acquisition unit acquires the data of the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the purpose of use.

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the detection of the subject by the subject detection unit, the estimation of the purpose of use by the purpose estimation unit, and the recording of the purpose of use by the association unit are executed at a predetermined cycle. The purpose estimation unit extracts a representative use purpose from the use purpose recorded by the associating unit, and the advertisement acquisition unit extracts the advertisement data from the advertisement management device based on the representative use purpose. To get.

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the data providing unit is requested by the terminal device among the river images captured by the plurality of river monitoring cameras provided at a plurality of different locations of the river. The data of the river image is provided to the terminal device, and the advertisement acquisition unit receives the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the identification information of the river monitoring camera that has captured the river image requested from the terminal device. Get the data of.

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the data of the advertisement provided by the data providing unit of the river image providing device is limited to the data of the advertisement related to the river or the data of the advertisement allowed by the manager of the river. It has an advertising restriction section.
Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the data providing unit provides the terminal device with data on a river image public page for displaying the river image and the advertisement at the same time.

The river image providing system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a river image providing device, a river monitoring camera, a terminal device, and an advertisement management device, and the terminal device obtains the river image providing device from the river monitoring camera. The river image and the advertisement can be displayed together based on the data of the river image provided via the river image and the data of the advertisement provided from the advertisement management device via the river image providing device. ..

Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the advertisement management device limits the advertisement data provided to the river image providing device to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. Has.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user who views the river image.

It is a block diagram of a river image providing system. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of a river image providing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of a river image management apparatus. It is a figure which showed the correspondence relationship between a river monitoring camera and an estimation purpose. It is a figure which showed the correspondence relationship between a river monitoring camera and an estimation field. It is a figure which showed the display example of the river image public page.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the configuration of the river image providing system 1 of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the river image providing system 1.
The river image providing system 1 includes a river image providing device 2, a river monitoring camera 3, an advertisement management device 4, and a terminal device 5.

The river monitoring cameras 3 are provided at a plurality of different locations of one or a plurality of rivers, respectively. The river monitoring camera 3 monitors the monitored portion of the river by taking an image. The river monitoring camera 3 includes a control unit 3a, a storage unit 3b, an imaging unit 3c, an image processing unit 3d, and a communication unit 3e.
The control unit 3a is composed of a CPU, a memory, and the like. The control unit 3a controls the operation of each unit of the river monitoring camera 3. The storage unit 3b is composed of a volatile or non-volatile memory or the like. The imaging unit 3c images the monitored portion of the river and its surroundings. The image processing unit 3d processes the analog signal of the river image output from the imaging unit 3c to generate digital data.

The communication unit 3e is composed of a communication module for communicating with the river image providing device 2. Specifically, for example, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, registered trademark), BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy), LPWA (Low Power, Wide Area), LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-) of the IEEE802.11 series. The communication unit 3e is configured so that it can communicate with the river image providing device 2 according to a communication standard such as Area Network). As another example, the communication unit 3e may be configured so as to be able to communicate with the river image providing device 2 wirelessly or by wire via a public communication network such as the Internet, a mobile phone communication network, or another data communication network. ..

The control unit 3a transmits the data of the river image imaged by the image pickup unit 3c and processed by the image processing unit 3d to the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 3e. At this time, the control unit 3a attaches the ID (identification information) of the river monitoring camera 3 to which the control unit 3a belongs to the data of the river image to be transmitted. The ID of the river monitoring camera 3 is stored in the storage unit 3b in advance.
The advertisement management device 4 is a server or the like installed in a management center (not shown) or the like. The public notice management device 4 includes a control unit 4a, a storage unit 4b, a database 4c, and a communication unit 4e. The control unit 4a is composed of a CPU, a memory, and the like. The control unit 4a controls the operation of each unit of the public notice management device 4. The control unit 4a is provided with an advertisement restriction unit 4s. The advertisement restriction unit 4s is composed of a software program. As another example, the advertisement restriction unit 4s may be configured by hardware.

The storage unit 4b is composed of a memory or the like. The database 4c is composed of a hard disk or the like. Data of a plurality of advertisements are stored in the database 4c. The advertisement management device 4 manages a plurality of advertisement data by the database 4c.
The communication unit 4e is composed of a communication module for communicating with the river image providing device 2. Specifically, for example, the communication unit 4e is configured so as to be able to communicate with the river image providing device 2 according to the communication standards such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), BLE, LPWA, and LPWAN described above. As another example, the communication unit 4e may be configured so as to be able to communicate with the river image providing device 2 wirelessly or by wire via a public communication network such as the Internet, a mobile phone communication network, or another data communication network. ..

The control unit 4a transmits and receives signals, information, and the like to and from the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 4e. Further, when the control unit 4a receives the advertisement request signal transmitted from the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 4e, the control unit 4a reads the corresponding advertisement data from the database 4c based on the advertisement request signal and communicates the data. It is provided (transmitted) to the river image providing device 2 by the part 4e.

The advertisement restriction unit 4s limits the advertisement data provided to the river image providing device 2 to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. As another example, the advertisement data stored in the database 4c may be limited to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river administrator by the advertisement restriction unit 4s.
The terminal device 5 is a personal computer, a smartphone, a tablet machine, or the like owned by a general user. The terminal device 5 includes a control unit 5a, a storage unit 5b, a display unit 5c, an operation unit 5d, and a communication unit 5e. The control unit 5a is composed of a CPU, a memory, and the like. The control unit 5a controls the operation of each unit of the terminal device 5. The storage unit 5b is composed of a memory or the like. The display unit 5c is composed of a display such as a liquid crystal display. The operation unit 5d is composed of operation keys, a mouse, and the like. When the terminal device 5 is a smartphone or a tablet machine, it is provided with a touch pad that also serves as a display unit 5c and an operation unit 5d.

The communication unit 5e is composed of a communication module for performing communication via the Internet. Based on the instruction input by the operation unit 5d, the control unit 5a transmits a signal indicating the content of the instruction to the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 5e. The signal transmitted from the terminal device 5 to the river image providing device 2 includes, for example, an image request signal requesting a river image. When the communication unit 5e receives the river image data transmitted from the river image providing device 2 in response to the image request signal, the control unit 5a causes the display unit 5c to display the river image based on the data.

Further, the control unit 5a transmits / receives signals, information, and data to other devices connected to the Internet by the operation unit 5d. Then, the control unit 5a generates history information indicating the history of accessing various sites via the Internet, stores the history information in the storage unit 5b, and updates the history information at any time. Further, the control unit 5a reads the history information from the storage unit 5b in accordance with the request from the river image providing device 2, and transmits the history information to the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 5e.

The river image providing device 2 is a server or the like installed in the management center. The river image providing device 2 includes a control unit 2a, a storage unit 2b, a database 2c, an image processing unit 2d, and a communication unit 2e. The control unit 2a is composed of a CPU, a microprocessor, a memory, and the like. The control unit 2a controls the operation of each unit of the river image providing device 2.
The control unit 2a is provided with a subject detection unit 2f, a purpose estimation unit 2g, a history acquisition unit 2h, a field estimation unit 2i, an association unit 2j, an advertisement acquisition unit 2k, a data provision unit 2r, and an advertisement restriction unit 2s. There is. Each of these parts 2f to 2k, 2r, and 2s is composed of a software program. As another example, the above parts 2f to 2k, 2r, and 2s may be configured by hardware. The storage unit 2b is composed of a memory or the like. The database 2c is composed of a hard disk or the like.

The communication unit 2e is composed of a river monitoring camera 3, an advertisement management device 4, and a communication module for communicating with the terminal device 5. Specifically, for example, it is possible to communicate with the river monitoring camera 3 and the advertisement management device 4 according to the above-mentioned communication standards such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), BLE, LPWA, and LPWAN, and with the terminal device 5 via the Internet. The communication unit 2e is configured so that communication is possible. As another example, the communication unit 2e may be configured so as to be able to communicate with the terminal device 5 wirelessly or by wire via a mobile phone communication network or a public communication network such as another data communication network.

The control unit 2a receives the river image data transmitted from the river monitoring camera 3 by the communication unit 2e, and stores (stores) the data in the database 2c. At this time, the control unit 2a stores the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 (the image source of the image) attached to the river image data received by the communication unit 2e in the database 2c in association with the data of the river image. Let me. The database 2c is an image storage unit that stores data of river images captured by the river monitoring camera 3. The river image providing device 2 manages the data of a plurality of river images by the database 2c. Further, the database 2c stores the data of the river image publication page for publishing the river image via the Internet.

When the terminal device 5 is connected to the river image management device 2 via the Internet, the control unit 2a reads the data of the river image disclosure page from the database 2c and transmits the data to the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e. do. Then, when the control unit 2a receives the image request signal transmitted from the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e, the control unit 2a reads the river image data from the database 2c based on the image request signal, and transmits the data to the terminal device 5. Send. The image processing unit 2d reproduces the river image data read from the database 2c by the control unit 2a.

When the subject detection unit 2f receives the image request signal from the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e, the subject detection unit 2f captures the subject depicted in the river image based on the river image data read from the database 2c by the control unit 2a. To detect. The purpose estimation unit 2g estimates the purpose of use of the river monitoring location depicted in the river image based on the subject detected by the subject detection unit 2f. The association unit 2j records the purpose of use estimated by the purpose estimation unit 2g in the storage unit 2b in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 that has captured the read river image.

When the image request signal from the terminal device 5 is received by the communication unit 2e, the history acquisition unit 2h acquires (receives) the history information from the terminal device 5 via the Internet by the communication unit 2e. This history information is information indicating the history of the terminal device 5 accessing various sites via the Internet, and is stored in the storage unit 5b.
The field estimation unit 2i estimates the field of interest or interest of the user who uses the terminal device 5 based on the history information acquired by the history acquisition unit 2h. The association unit 2j records the field estimated by the field estimation unit 2i in the storage unit 2b in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 that has captured the river image requested by the terminal device 5.

The advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires the data of any advertisement from the advertisement management device 4 by the communication unit 2e based on the purpose information, the field information, or the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 recorded by the association unit 2j.
The data providing unit 2r provides the terminal device 5 with the data of the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3 requested by the terminal device 5 among the data of the river images captured by the plurality of river monitoring cameras 3. At that time, the data providing unit 2r also provides the terminal device 5 with the advertisement data acquired by the advertisement acquiring unit 2k in order to display the advertisement together with the river image on the terminal device 5.

The advertisement restriction unit 2s limits the advertisement data provided by the data providing unit 2r to the terminal device 5 to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. Although the advertisement management device 4 is also provided with the advertisement restriction unit 4s, for example, any one of the advertisement restriction units 2s and 4s may be omitted.
Next, the operation of the river image providing system 1 will be described.

2A and 2B are flowcharts showing the operation of the river image providing device 2.
In the river monitoring camera 3, the control unit 3a images the river by the image pickup unit 3c, and the river image data input from the image pickup unit 3c via the image processing unit 3d is input to the river by the communication unit 3e at a predetermined cycle. It is transmitted to the image providing device 2. Then, in the river image providing device 2, the control unit 2a receives the river image data transmitted from the river monitoring camera 3 by the communication unit 2e, and stores (saves) the data in the database 2c (FIG. 2A). S1). At this time, the control unit 2a stores the data of the river image in the database 2c in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 that is the image source of the river image and the date and time when the river image was captured.

Next, the control unit 2a confirms whether or not the detection timing is predetermined by referring to the time counting time of the built-in timer or the like. While the detection timing is not reached (S2: NO), the control unit 2a repeats receiving and storing the river image data from the river monitoring camera 3 (S1). Then, when the detection timing comes (S2: YES), the control unit 2a reads the river image data from the database 2c (S3). By waiting for the detection timing in the process S2, the subsequent processes S4 to S6 are executed in a predetermined cycle. In process S3, the control unit 2a reads, for example, the latest river image data stored in the database 2c. The river image data read from the database 2c is reproduced by the image processing unit 2d.

Next, the subject detection unit 2f detects the subject depicted in the reproduced river image (S4). At this time, for example, the subject depicted in the river image is detected based on the images of objects, people, and the like that are candidates for the subject registered in advance in the database 2c.
Next, the purpose estimation unit 2g estimates the purpose of use of the river monitoring location depicted in the river image based on the subject detected by the subject detection unit 2f. Then, the association unit 2j records the estimated purpose of use in the storage unit 2b in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 that is the image source of the river image (S5).

Next, the purpose estimation unit 2g extracts, for example, the most estimated usage purpose as a representative usage purpose from one or more estimated usage purposes recorded in the storage unit 2b by the association unit 2j. Then, the association unit 2j records the representative purpose of use in the storage unit 2b in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 that is the image source of the river image (S6).
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the river monitoring camera 3 and the estimated purpose of use.

By executing the processes S4 to S6 of FIG. 2A, the table information as shown in FIG. 3 is recorded in the storage unit 2b by the association unit 2j. In FIG. 3, the ID of each river monitoring camera 3 includes the date and time when the river image was captured by each river monitoring camera 3, the subject detected by the subject detection unit 2f, and each river monitoring camera 3 estimated by the purpose estimation unit 2g. The purpose of use of the monitoring location and the representative purpose of use extracted by the purpose estimation unit 2g are associated with each other.

For example, the ID "A00101" of the river monitoring camera 3 is associated with a "construction vehicle", a "water level indicator", a "worker", a "disaster prevention vehicle", etc. as subjects, and "construction" is used as an estimated purpose of use. And "disaster prevention" are associated with each other, and "disaster prevention" is associated with the representative purpose of use. Further, the ID "A00102" of the river monitoring camera 3 is associated with "baseball field", "person", "soccer goal", "car", etc. as subjects, and "sports" and "leisure" are estimated to be used. "And" car "etc. are associated, and" sports "is associated as a representative purpose of use. Further, the ID "A00103" of the river monitoring camera 3 is associated with "paddy field", "car", "field", "agricultural machine" and the like as subjects, and "agriculture" and "car" are estimated to be used. Etc. are associated with each other, and "agriculture" is associated with the representative purpose of use.

Next, the control unit 2a confirms whether or not there is access from the terminal device 5 via the Internet. At this time, if there is no access from the terminal device 5 (S7: NO), the subsequent processes from the process S1 are repeated.
On the other hand, when there is access from the terminal device 5 (S7: YES), the control unit 2a provides (transmits) the data of the river image disclosure page to the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e (S8). When the terminal device 5 acquires (receives) the data of the river image disclosure page by the communication unit 5e, the terminal device 5 causes the display unit 5c to display the river image disclosure page based on the data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of the river image public page P. A map window W1, an image window W2, and an advertisement window W3 are drawn on the river image public page P displayed on the display unit 5c of the terminal device 5. The map window W1 is a window for displaying a map around the river R to which the river image providing system 1 is applied. In the map window W1, a camera icon 3i indicating each river monitoring camera 3 installed at a plurality of monitoring points having different rivers R is also displayed (part of the code is omitted).

When the user of the terminal device 5 operates the operation unit 5d and selects one of the camera icons 3i in the map window W1, an image request signal requesting a river image captured by the corresponding river monitoring camera 3 communicates. It is transmitted to the river image providing device 2 by the unit 5e. At this time, the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 corresponding to the camera icon 3i is also transmitted to the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 5e in a state of being attached to the image request signal.

When the communication unit 2e receives the image request signal transmitted from the terminal device 5 (S9), the history acquisition unit 2h transmits a history request signal for requesting history information from the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e. When the terminal device 5 receives the history required signal by the communication unit 5e, the terminal device 5 transmits the history information stored in the storage unit 5b to the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 5e.
The history acquisition unit 2h acquires (receives) the history information transmitted from the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e (S10). Then, the field estimation unit 2i estimates the field of interest or the field of interest of the user who uses the terminal device 5 based on the history information. Then, the associating unit 2j records the estimated field in the storage unit 2b in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 which is the image source of the river image requested by the image request signal (S11).

Next, the field estimation unit 2i extracts, for example, the most estimation field as a representative field from one or more estimation fields recorded in the storage unit 2b by the association unit 2j. Then, the association unit 2j records the representative field in the storage unit 2b in association with the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 which is the image source of the river image requested by the image request signal (S12).
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the river monitoring camera 3 and the estimation field.

By executing the processes S11 and S12 of FIG. 2B, the table information as shown in FIG. 4 is recorded in the storage unit 2b by the association unit 2j. In FIG. 4, the ID of each river monitoring camera 3 includes the access date and time by the terminal device 5 (equivalent to the acquisition date and time of history information), the estimated field of interest and interest of the user estimated by the field estimation unit 2i, and the purpose. The representative fields extracted by the estimation unit 2g are associated with each other.

For example, the ID "A00101" of the river monitoring camera 3 is associated with "fishing", "car", "disaster prevention" and the like as estimation fields, and "disaster prevention" as a representative field. Further, the ID "A00102" of the river monitoring camera 3 is associated with "fashion", "fishing", "leisure" and the like as estimation fields, and "fishing" as a representative field. The ID "A00103" of the river monitoring camera 3 is associated with "agriculture", "car", "game" and the like as estimation fields, and "agriculture" as a representative field.

Next, the data providing unit 2r reads the river image data requested by the image request signal from the database 2c (S13). Further, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k reads out the representative use purpose (FIG. 3) and the representative field (FIG. 4) corresponding to the ID of the river monitoring camera 3 attached to the image request signal from the storage unit 2b (S14). Then, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires (receives) data of any advertisement from the advertisement management device 4 by the communication unit 2e based on the representative usage purpose and the representative field (S15).

In the process S15, for example, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k first generates an advertisement request signal including search information indicating the representative use purpose and the representative field, and the communication unit 2e transmits the advertisement request signal to the advertisement management device 4. .. In the advertisement management device 4, when the advertisement request signal is received by the communication unit 4e, the control unit 4a reads out the advertisement data from the database 4c based on the advertisement request signal. At this time, the control unit 4a reads out the advertisement data related to the search information (representative purpose of use and representative field) included in the advertisement request signal. Then, the control unit 4a transmits the data of the advertisement to the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 4e, and the communication unit 2e of the river image providing device 2 receives the data of the advertisement.

Specifically, for example, when the representative use purpose and the representative field are recorded in the storage unit 2b as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the river monitoring camera whose ID is "A00101" in the process S9 of FIG. 2A. When the river image captured by 3 is requested, in the process S15 of FIG. 2B, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires the data of the advertisement (disaster prevention goods, etc.) related to disaster prevention from the advertisement management device 4. Further, in the process S9, when the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3 having the ID "A00102" is requested, in the process S15, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k is an advertisement related to sports or fishing (sports equipment or fishing equipment). Etc.) is acquired from the advertisement management device 4. Further, in the process S9, when the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3 having the ID "A00103" is requested, in the process S15, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k uses the advertisement related to agriculture (crop, seedling, agricultural machine, etc.). ) Is acquired from the advertisement management device 4.

If the purpose of use of the representative and the representative field do not match, for example, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k may start from the advertisement management device 4 based on the priority, the weighting value, etc. set in advance for the purpose of use of the representative and the representative field. You may get the data of the advertisement.
Next, the advertisement restriction unit 2s confirms the contents of the document information, the image information, and the like of the advertisement based on the advertisement data acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit 2k. At this time, if the advertisement is not a river-related advertisement (S16: NO) and is not a preset allowable advertisement (S17: NO), the advertisement restriction unit 2s discards the data of the advertisement (S18). .. Then, the data providing unit 2r provides (transmits) only the river image data read in the process S13 to the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e (S19). After that, the processes from the process S1 to the subsequent processes are repeated.

On the other hand, when the advertisement acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit 2k is an advertisement related to a river (S16: YES) or an allowable advertisement (S17: YES), the data providing unit 2r performs the process S13. The read river image data and the advertisement data acquired in the process S15 are provided to the terminal device 5 by the communication unit 2e (S20). After that, the processes from the process S1 to the subsequent processes are repeated.

In the terminal device 5, when the river image data provided by the river image providing device 2 is received by the communication unit 5e, the control unit 5a causes the display unit 5c to display the river image based on the data. At this time, the control unit 5a causes the river image to be displayed in the image window W2 (FIG. 5) of the river image providing page P displayed on the display unit 5c. Further, when the communication unit 5e receives the advertisement data provided by the river image providing device 2, the control unit 5a causes the display unit 5c to display the advertisement based on the data. At this time, the control unit 5a displays an advertisement in the advertisement window W3 of the river image providing page P.

That is, when only the river image data is received from the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 5e, only the river image is displayed by the display unit 5c, and the user can visually recognize the river image. Further, when both the river image data and the advertisement data are received from the river image providing device 2 by the communication unit 5e, the river image and the advertisement are simultaneously displayed by the display unit 5c, and the user can use the river image. And the advertisement will be visible.

The river image handled by the river monitoring camera 3, the river image providing device 2, or the terminal device 5 may be a still image or a moving image.
Some users who view the river image providing page P described above want not only the river conditions but also information related to the purpose of use such as fishing and leisure performed in the river. Therefore, for example, the range (type) of the advertisement to be displayed together with the river image on the river image providing page P may be set by the user on the river image providing page P. Then, the river image providing device 2 acquires and stores the setting result of the range of the advertisement from the terminal device 5, and thereafter, based on the setting result, the river image providing device 2 receives the advertisement data from the advertisement management device 4. It may be acquired and provided to the terminal device 5 together with the river image data. Further, the advertisement fee collected from the advertiser by the administrator of the river or river image providing system 1 may be changed according to the setting result of the above-mentioned advertisement range. Specifically, for example, the wider the range of the above advertisement, the higher the advertisement fee. These improve the convenience of users, administrators, and advertisers.

Further, the identification of the subject depicted in the river image described above, the estimation of the purpose of use of the river monitoring point, the estimation of the field of interest / interest of the user of the terminal device 5, the selection of the advertisement, etc. are performed by artificial intelligence (AI). ) May be used.
Specifically, for example, the river image providing device 2 reads out a plurality of river images stored in the database 2c, executes deep learning by artificial intelligence, and is depicted in the river image captured by each river monitoring camera 3. Build the tendency of the type of subject as a trained model. After that, the control unit 2a determines the type of the subject depicted in the river image based on the trained model and the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3. Then, the control unit 2a acquires the advertisement data related to the type of the subject from the advertisement management device 4, transmits the advertisement data together with the river image data to the terminal device 5, and transfers the advertisement and the river image. The display unit 5c displays at the same time.

The river image providing device 2 and the river image providing system 1 of the present embodiment have the following effects.
The river image providing device 2 of the present embodiment provides the data of the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3 that monitors the river to the terminal device 5 owned by a general user via the Internet. And the history acquisition unit 2h that acquires the history information indicating the history of the terminal device 5 accessing various sites via the Internet from the terminal device 5 before the river image data is provided to the terminal device 5. The data providing unit 2r includes an advertisement acquisition unit 2k that acquires data of any of the advertisements from the advertisement management device 4 that manages the data of a plurality of advertisements based on the history information, and the data providing unit 2r together with the data of the river image. The data of the advertisement is provided to the terminal device 5, and the advertisement is displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image.

According to this configuration, an advertisement suitable for the user who uses the terminal device 5 is displayed on the terminal device together with the river image, so that the convenience of the user who sees the river image can be improved. Further, by collecting the advertisement fee from the advertiser and allocating the advertisement fee to the operation cost of the river image providing system, the operation cost can be recovered.
Further, in the present embodiment, the river image providing device 2 includes a field estimation unit 2i that estimates the field of interest or interest of the user who uses the terminal device 5 based on the history information, and a river monitoring camera for the field. A mapping unit 2j for recording in association with 3 is provided, the advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires advertisement data from the advertisement management device based on the above field, and the data providing unit 2r is requested by the terminal device 5. The data of the river image and the data of the advertisement acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit 2k are provided to the terminal device 5. As a result, the user who uses the terminal device 5 can generate an advertisement in a field of interest or interest in the terminal device 5 together with the river image, and the convenience of the user can be further improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, a river image is required from the terminal device 5 for the acquisition of the history information by the history acquisition unit 2h, the estimation of the field by the field estimation unit 2i, and the recording of the field by the association unit 2j. The field estimation unit 2i extracts a representative field from the field recorded by the association unit 2j or more, and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k extracts the advertisement from the advertisement management device 4 based on the representative field. Get the data.

As described above, each time the river image providing device 2 is accessed by the terminal device 5, an advertisement suitable for the user who uses the terminal device 5 is generated on the terminal device 5 together with the river image, and the convenience of the user is further improved. Can be improved. In addition, the types of advertisements to be displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image can be narrowed down to suit the interests and interests of the user, further improving the convenience of the user, and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k and the advertisement management device 4 It is possible to reduce the processing load of.

Further, in the present embodiment, the river image providing device 2 includes a subject detecting unit 2f that detects a subject depicted in the river image, and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k is based on the subject in the advertisement management device 4 or the advertisement. Get the data. As a result, an advertisement suitable for the user is displayed on the terminal device together with the river image based on the subject depicted in the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3, which improves the convenience of the user who views the river image. be able to.

Further, in the present embodiment, the river image providing device 2 estimates the purpose of using the river monitoring portion depicted in the river image based on the subject based on the subject detected by the subject detecting unit 2f. A unit 2g is provided, the association unit 2j records the purpose of use in association with the river monitoring camera 3, and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires advertisement data from the advertisement management device 4 based on the purpose of use. As a result, an advertisement suitable for the purpose of use of the river monitoring location depicted in the river image is displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image, so that the convenience of the user who views the river image can be improved. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, the subject detection unit 2f detects the subject, the purpose estimation unit 2g estimates the purpose of use, and the association unit 2j records the purpose of use, and the purpose estimation unit 2g executes the recording of the purpose of use. , The representative usage purpose is extracted from the usage purpose recorded by the association unit 2j or more, and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires the advertisement data from the advertisement management device 4 based on the representative usage purpose.

As described above, the operation frequency of the subject detection unit 2f, the purpose estimation unit 2g, and the association unit 2j can be reduced, and the processing load can be reduced. In addition, the types of advertisements to be displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image can be narrowed down to suit the river monitoring points depicted in the river image, further improving user convenience and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k. And the processing load of the advertisement management device 4 can be reduced.

Further, in the present embodiment, the data providing unit 2r is the data of the river image requested from the terminal device 5 among the river images captured by the plurality of river monitoring cameras 3 provided at each of a plurality of different locations of the river. Is provided to the terminal device 5, and the advertisement acquisition unit 2k acquires advertisement data from the advertisement management device 4 based on the identification information of the river monitoring camera 3 that has captured the river image requested from the terminal device 5.

As described above, the river images captured by the plurality of river monitoring cameras 3 provided at different locations of the river can be selectively displayed and viewed on the terminal device 5, further improving the convenience of the user. Is possible. Further, since the advertisement suitable for the river monitoring camera 3 from which the river image is captured and the river monitoring location by the camera 3 requested from the terminal device 5 is displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image, it is convenient for the user. The sex can be further improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the river image providing device 2 limits the advertisement data provided by the data providing unit 2r to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. It has 2s. This makes it possible to prevent inappropriate advertisements from being displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image.
Further, in the present embodiment, the data providing unit 2r provides the terminal device 5 with the data of the river image public page P for displaying the river image and the advertisement at the same time. As a result, the river image and the advertisement can be displayed at the same time on the river image public page P displayed on the terminal device 5, and the convenience of the user can be further improved.

The river image providing system 1 of the present embodiment includes a river image providing device 2, a river monitoring camera 3, a terminal device 5, and an advertisement management device 4, and the terminal device 5 includes a river image from the river monitoring camera 3. Both the river image and the advertisement can be displayed based on the data of the river image provided via the providing device 2 and the data of the advertisement provided from the advertisement management device 4 via the river image providing device 2. Is.

According to the above configuration, an advertisement suitable for the river image captured by the river monitoring camera 3 is displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image, so that the convenience of the user who sees the river image can be improved. .. Further, by collecting the advertisement fee from the advertiser and allocating the advertisement fee to the operation cost of the river image providing system 1, the operation cost can be recovered.
Further, in the present embodiment, the advertisement management device 4 limits the advertisement data provided to the river image providing device 2 to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. Has 4s. This makes it possible to prevent inappropriate advertisements from being displayed on the terminal device 5 together with the river image.

Although the present invention has been described above, it should be considered that the embodiments disclosed this time are exemplary in all respects and are not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the scope of claims rather than the above description, and it is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims.

1 River image providing system 2 River image providing device 2f Subject detection unit 2g Purpose estimation unit 2h History acquisition unit 2i Field estimation unit 2j Correspondence unit 2k Advertisement acquisition unit 2r Data provision unit 2s Advertisement restriction unit 3 River monitoring camera 4 Advertisement management device 4s Advertising Restriction Department 5 Terminal Device P River Image Public Page

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A data providing unit that provides river image data captured by a river monitoring camera that monitors rivers to a terminal device owned by a general user via the Internet.
A history acquisition unit that acquires history information indicating the history of the terminal device accessing various sites via the Internet before the river image data is provided to the terminal device, and a history acquisition unit.
An advertisement acquisition unit that acquires data of any of the advertisements from an advertisement management device that manages data of a plurality of advertisements based on the history information.
The data providing unit is a river image providing device that provides the terminal device with the data of the advertisement together with the data of the river image and displays the advertisement together with the river image on the terminal device. A field estimation unit that estimates the field of interest or interest of the user who uses the terminal device based on the history information, and a field estimation unit.
A correspondence unit for recording the field in association with the river monitoring camera is provided.
The advertisement acquisition unit acquires the advertisement data from the advertisement management device based on the field, and obtains the advertisement data.
The river image providing device according to claim 1, wherein the data providing unit provides the terminal device with the river image data requested from the terminal device and the advertisement data acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit. The acquisition of the history information by the history acquisition unit, the estimation of the field by the field estimation unit, and the recording of the field by the association unit are executed every time the river image is requested from the terminal device.
The field estimation unit extracts a representative field from the field recorded by the matching unit one or more.
The river image providing device according to claim 2, wherein the advertisement acquisition unit acquires data of the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the representative field. A subject detection unit for detecting a subject depicted in the river image is provided.
The river image providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the advertisement acquisition unit acquires data of the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the subject. A purpose estimation unit for estimating the purpose of use of the river monitoring location depicted in the river image based on the subject detected by the subject detection unit is provided.
The association unit records the purpose of use in association with the river monitoring camera.
The river image providing device according to claim 4, wherein the advertisement acquisition unit acquires data of the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the purpose of use. The detection of the subject by the subject detection unit, the estimation of the purpose of use by the purpose estimation unit, and the recording of the purpose of use by the association unit are executed at a predetermined cycle.
The purpose estimation unit extracts a representative purpose of use from the purpose of use recorded by the associating unit.
The river image providing device according to claim 5, wherein the advertisement acquisition unit acquires data of the advertisement from the advertisement management device based on the representative purpose of use. The data providing unit uses the data of the river image requested from the terminal device among the river images captured by the plurality of river monitoring cameras provided at a plurality of different locations of the river. Provide to
Any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the advertisement acquisition unit acquires the advertisement data from the advertisement management device based on the identification information of the river monitoring camera that has captured the river image requested from the terminal device. The river image providing device according to item 1. Any of claims 1 to 7 provided with an advertisement restriction unit that limits the advertisement data provided by the data providing unit to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. The river image providing device according to item 1. The river image providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the data providing unit provides the terminal device with data on a river image publishing page for displaying the river image and the advertisement at the same time. The river image providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the river monitoring camera, the terminal device, and the advertisement management device are included.
The terminal device includes river image data provided by the river monitoring camera via the river image providing device and advertisement data provided by the advertising management device via the river image providing device. Based on this, a river image providing system capable of displaying both the river image and the advertisement. The advertisement management device has an advertisement restriction unit that limits the advertisement data provided to the river image providing device to the advertisement data related to the river or the advertisement data allowed by the river manager. The river image providing system according to 10.

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