JP6981128B2 - Image management server, image management system, and image management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image management server, an image management system, and an image management method.

Images taken by mobile terminals such as smartphones and tablet terminals are registered and managed in a server. When the user accesses the server using the mobile terminal and selects an arbitrary image from the registered images, the server distributes the selected image to the mobile terminal. In the conventional image management system, a user ID and a password are input to perform authentication, and image registration and image browsing are performed.

There is a demand for new service development using an image management system that registers images on a server and distributes images on the server.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-201082

An object of the present invention is to provide an image management server, an image management system, and an image management method for distributing a registered image to a mobile terminal satisfying a predetermined condition.

The image management server of the present invention is an image management server that distributes an image to a mobile terminal, and has an image receiving unit that receives an image taken by a shooting device, and the image is subjected to shooting location position information, shooting date / time information, and the like. A storage unit that stores the imaged or photographed user in association with the user information, a position information receiving unit that acquires the position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal are predetermined based on the position information. When it is determined that the image is in the area, the image search unit that retrieves the image associated with the user information corresponding to the mobile terminal from the storage unit and the image retrieved by the image search unit are transmitted to the mobile terminal. It is provided with an image transmission unit.

In one aspect of the present invention, the position information is identification information of the radio wave transmitter included in the signal received by the mobile terminal from the radio wave transmitter.

In one aspect of the present invention, when it is determined that the mobile terminal is within a predetermined area and the position of the mobile terminal does not change for a predetermined time based on the position information, the image transmission unit is sent to the mobile terminal. Send the image.

The image management system of the present invention displays a photographing device for photographing a user, a computer that assigns an image ID to the image captured by the photographing device and stores the photographed image and the image ID, and the photographed image and the image ID. An image management system including an image management server according to the present invention, wherein the image management server corresponds to the image ID from the computer when the image ID is notified from the mobile terminal. The photographed image is acquired, and the photographed image is associated with the user information corresponding to the mobile terminal and stored in the storage unit.

The image management method of the present invention is an image management method using a mobile terminal and an image management server, in which the image management server receives an image taken by a shooting device and uses the image as a shooting location position information. It is stored in the storage unit in association with the shooting date / time information and the user information indicating the user who has taken the picture or was taken, and the mobile terminal transmits the position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal to the image management server. When the image management server determines that the mobile terminal is within a predetermined area based on the location information, the image associated with the user information corresponding to the mobile terminal is taken out from the storage unit and taken out. Is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal displays the image received from the image management server on the display unit.

According to the present invention, an image registered in an image management server can be distributed to a mobile terminal satisfying a predetermined condition. As a result, for example, an image taken (taken) by the user at a certain place is registered in the image management server, and when the user revisits the same place, the image at the time of the previous visit is delivered to the user's mobile terminal. can do. Alternatively, the image of the child taken by the nursery teacher at the nursery school can be registered in the image management server, and the image of the child can be delivered to the parent's mobile terminal when the guardian is in a predetermined place or at a predetermined time. ..

It is a schematic diagram of the image management system according to the embodiment of this invention. (A) is a diagram showing an example of image distribution by an image management system, (b) to (d) are diagrams showing an example of images to be distributed, and (e) shows an example of customer correspondence in an amusement park. It is a figure. It is a hardware block diagram of the mobile terminal by the same embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a mobile terminal. It is a hardware configuration diagram of the image management server by the same embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of an image management server. It is a flowchart explaining the image distribution method. It is a schematic diagram of an image management system by a modification.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an image management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image management system includes an image management server 5 and a mobile terminal 6, and images taken by the mobile terminal 6 and the photographing devices 1A, 1B and the like are uploaded to the image management server 2 and stored. The mobile terminal 6 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like. In this embodiment, the management of images taken in an amusement park will be described.

An application program for using the service provided by this image management system is installed in the mobile terminal 6. Unique identification information (application ID) is assigned to the installed application program, and the user can be identified by this application ID.

When the mobile terminal 6 takes a picture, the mobile terminal 6 transmits the shot image, the position information of the shooting place, the shooting date / time information, and the user information to the image management server 5 and registers the shot image. When the captured image is in a format compliant with Exif (registered trademark) (Exchangeable Image File Format), the capture date and time information and GPS position information included in the image file can be used. The user information is, for example, an application ID.

The photographing devices 1A and 1B are, for example, digital cameras. The photographing device 1A is installed in an attraction such as a roller coaster and automatically photographs a customer (ride shot). The photographing device 1A transfers the captured image to the computer 3A. The computer 3A assigns an identification number to the captured image, and displays the captured image and the identification number on the display 2A. Further, the computer 3A transmits the image data and the identification number to the computer 4 that manages the entire system of the amusement park.

The user looks at the display 2A and confirms the identification number of the image in which the user is shown. The user uses the mobile terminal 6 to notify the image management server 5 of the identification number of the ride shot image. The image management server 5 acquires image data corresponding to the identification number notified by the user from the computer 4, and stores the image data in association with the position information of the shooting location, the shooting date / time information, and the user information. The location information of the shooting location may indicate that it is an amusement park, or may indicate an attraction in the amusement park.

The photographing device 1B is a photo spot that can be photographed with a character, for example, and is used by a cameraman. The photographing device 1B transfers the captured image to the computer 3B. The computer 3B displays the captured image on the display 2B. The cameraman looks at the image displayed on the display 2B and confirms the image quality.

In this photo spot, user identification information for identifying a user is input to the computer 3B before taking a picture of the user. For example, the user identification information is input by shooting the application ID displayed on the mobile terminal 6 by the user with the shooting device 1B. Alternatively, the individual identification information or the application ID of the mobile terminal 6 may be acquired from the mobile terminal 6 by using the short-range wireless communication technology. The computer 3B transmits the user identification information and the captured image to the computer 4.

The computer 4 transmits the user identification information and the captured image received from the computer 3B to the image management server 5. The image management server 5 acquires user identification information and captured image data from the computer 4, and stores the captured image data in association with the position information of the shooting location, the shooting date / time information, and the user information. The location information of the shooting location may indicate that it is an amusement park, or may indicate a photo spot in the amusement park.

In this way, the image management server 5 stores the images taken at the amusement park together with the shooting location position information and the shooting date / time information for each user.

As shown in FIG. 2A, when the user revisits the amusement park at a later date, the mobile terminal 6 owned by the user receives a beacon signal from the beacon terminal 7 installed at the entrance gate G. The beacon signal includes identification information (UUID or the like) that identifies the beacon terminal 7.

When the mobile terminal 6 receives the beacon signal, it notifies the image management server 5 that the beacon signal has been detected together with the identification information of the beacon terminal 7. The image management server 5 determines that the user is visiting the amusement park from the identification information of the beacon terminal 7 notified from the mobile terminal 6, and the user takes a picture at the amusement park from the stored images. The (captured) image is extracted and transmitted to the mobile terminal 6.

The mobile terminal 6 displays an image received from the image management server 5. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 (b) to 2 (d), an image taken when the user visited the amusement park in the past, an image taken with a character, an image on a roller coaster, and the like are displayed. Users can remember the memories of visiting this amusement park in the past.

The beacon terminal 7 may be provided at a photo spot where a photograph is taken with a character. When the mobile terminal 6 receives the beacon signal, it notifies the image management server 5 that the beacon signal has been detected together with the identification information of the beacon terminal 7. The image management server 5 determines from the identification information of the beacon terminal 7 notified from the mobile terminal 6 that the user is trying to take a picture with the character at the photo spot. The image management server 5 searches for an image taken at the photo spot among the images related to this user. When there is an image taken in the photo spot, the image management server 5 notifies the computer 4 that the user is a repeat customer of the photo spot together with the user's identification information, the user's name, and the like.

The computer 4 notifies the computer 3B of the photo spot that the user's identification information, the name, and the photo spot repeat customer. When the user identification information input to the computer 3B at the photo spot matches the user identification information notified from the computer 4, the display 2B shows the name of this user and the repeat customer. The character and staff of the photo spot confirm the display contents of the display 2B in advance, and as shown in FIG. 2 (e), the character says "Thank you for coming again" at the time of taking a picture.

Users will feel like the character remembers themselves and will love this amusement park even more.

In this way, the captured image is stored in the image management server 5 together with the shooting location position information, the image is distributed to the mobile terminal 6 based on the user's position, and the visit history is notified to the amusement park side. , Amusement park customer satisfaction and repeat rate can be improved.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 6. The mobile terminal 6 has a CPU 60 (calculation control unit), a storage unit 61, an operation display unit 62, a photographing unit 64, a GPS receiving unit 65, and a communication unit 66.

The storage unit 61 is a combination of a flash memory, a ROM (Read-only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and stores an image registration / viewing program. The image registration / viewing program is, for example, downloaded from a website on the Internet and pre-installed on the mobile terminal 6. Further, the storage unit 61 temporarily or permanently stores the image data generated by the shooting process and the image data distributed from the image management server 5.

The operation display unit 62 displays various information and accepts operations from the user. For example, the operation display unit 62 is a touch panel. Alternatively, the operation display unit 62 may include an operation unit such as a mouse or a keyboard and a display unit such as a liquid crystal display.

The photographing unit 64 is a digital camera built in the mobile terminal 6, and uses a CCD (Charged coupled devices) sensor or a CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) sensor.

The GPS receiving unit 65 receives radio waves emitted from GPS satellites and acquires position information (latitude and longitude) of the current location where the mobile terminal 6 is located based on the GPS information.

The communication unit 66 communicates with the image management server 5 via the Internet or the like, and transmits / receives image data. Further, the communication unit 66 has a short-range wireless communication function based on the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard.

When the CPU 60 executes the image registration / viewing program, as shown in FIG. 4, the shooting processing unit 601, the image transmission unit 602, the radio wave reception unit 603, the position information transmission unit 604, the image reception unit 605, and the image ID notification. Part 606 is realized.

The shooting processing unit 601 performs shooting processing using the shooting unit 64. The image transmission unit 602 transmits the image generated by the shooting process to the image management server 5 together with the position information of the shooting location, the shooting date / time information, and the user information.

The radio wave receiving unit 603 receives the beacon signal from the beacon terminal 7 and acquires the terminal identification information of the beacon terminal 7. The signal received by the radio wave receiving unit 603 is not limited to the beacon signal, and for example, a signal including an identifier of this access point (for example, SSID: Service Set Identifier) is received from an access point of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). May be good. The radio wave receiving unit 603 receives a signal including transmitter identification information from a transmitter installed at a specific location. The identification information included in the received signal is associated with a specific location.

The position information transmission unit 604 transmits the position information of the mobile terminal 6 to the image management server 5. The position information of the mobile terminal 6 is, for example, transmitter identification information included in a signal received from a transmitter (radio wave transmitter) such as a beacon terminal 7, or GPS position information. The position information transmission unit 604 may transmit the position information to the image management server 5 in accordance with the signal reception from the transmitter such as the beacon terminal 7, or the GPS position information is transmitted to the image management server 5 at predetermined time intervals. You may.

The image receiving unit 605 receives image data from the image management server 5.

The image ID notification unit 606 notifies the image management server 5 of the identification number assigned to the image automatically taken by the attraction. After enjoying the attraction, the user confirms the image displayed on the display 2A, and inputs the identification number assigned to the image in which the user is shown to the mobile terminal 6. The image ID notification unit 606 notifies the image management server 5 of the input identification number.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic configuration of the server device 5. The server device 5 has a CPU 50 (arithmetic control unit), a storage unit 51, and a communication unit 52. The storage unit 51 is a combination of a flash memory, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, and the like, and stores an image management program.

When the CPU 50 executes the image management program, as shown in FIG. 6, the position information receiving unit 501, the image ID receiving unit 502, the image receiving unit 503, the image search unit 504, and the image transmitting unit 505 are realized and stored. An image storage area 510 and an image management table storage area 512 are generated in the unit 51.

The position information receiving unit 501 receives the position information of the mobile terminal 6 from the mobile terminal 6. The image ID receiving unit 502 receives the image ID notified from the mobile terminal 6.

The image receiving unit 503 receives the captured image from the mobile terminal 6 together with the imaging location position information, the imaging date / time information, and the user information, and stores the image data in the image storage area 510. Further, the image receiving unit 503 records the relationship between the image file name, the shooting location position information, the shooting date / time information, and the user information in the image management table.

The image receiving unit 503 receives the image taken at the photo spot from the computer 4 of the amusement park together with the user information, and stores the image in the image storage area 510. Further, the image receiving unit 503 records the relationship between the file name of the image, the user information, the shooting date / time information, and the shooting location position information (information indicating the amusement park or the photo spot) in the image management table.

The image receiving unit 503 inquires of the computer 4 about the image ID notified from the mobile terminal 6, acquires the image corresponding to this image ID from the images of the ride shots taken by the photographing device 1A, and acquires the image corresponding to this image ID, and the image storage area 510. Store in. Further, the image receiving unit 503 displays the file name of the image, the user information of the user who has notified the image ID, the shooting date / time information, and the shooting location position information (information indicating the amusement park or attraction) in the image management table. Record.

When the position information receiving unit 501 receives the position information from the user's mobile terminal 6, the image search unit 504 refers to the image management table, and among the images of the user, the shooting location position information corresponding to the received position information. The image associated with the image is taken out from the image storage area 510. For example, an image taken within a predetermined distance from the place indicated by the received position information is taken out.

The image transmission unit 505 transmits the image taken out by the image search unit 504 to the mobile terminal 6.

Next, the image distribution method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Prior to image distribution, it is assumed that the image is registered in the image management server 5. The registered image is an image taken by the mobile terminal 6 or the photographing devices 1A and 1B when the user went to the amusement park in the past.

The image management server 5 receives the location information from the mobile terminal 6 (step S10). The position information is transmitter identification information included in a signal received by the mobile terminal 6 from a transmitter such as a beacon terminal 7, or GPS position information.

When the user possessing the mobile terminal 6 is within the predetermined area (step S11_Yes), the image management server 5 distributes the image related to this location to the mobile terminal 6 (step S12). The image distributed from the image management server 5 is displayed on the operation display unit 62 of the mobile terminal 6, and the user can view the image (step S13).

As a result, the image taken by the user when visiting the amusement park in the past and the image taken at the attraction are delivered to the user's mobile terminal 6 when the amusement park is revisited, so that the user visited last time. You can remember the time and enjoy the difference between the old appearance and the present appearance in the image.

The timing of delivering the image to the mobile terminal 6 may be not only when passing through the entrance gate G but also when passing through the ticket gate of the nearest station. Further, the image may be delivered when the user (mobile terminal 6) does not move for a certain period of time while lining up for a ride or waiting for a parade in the park.

Further, when the user passes through the exit gate, a user-specific message may be displayed on the display installed at the exit gate.

Further, the image may be delivered to the mobile terminal 6 when a predetermined number of days have passed (for example, one year later) from the day when the amusement park was visited last time.

In the above embodiment, an example of managing an image taken in an amusement park has been described, but the image management system can be applied to various uses. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, it can be applied to a service of distributing an image taken in a nursery school to a guardian's mobile terminal.

A nursery teacher takes a picture of a kindergarten child using a picture device 1C and a mobile terminal 6A in which an image registration / viewing program is installed. When the nursery teacher inputs the class name (or grade) of the photographed child into the mobile terminal 6A, the mobile terminal 6A registers the photographed image, the photographed place position information, the photographed date / time information, and the class name in the image management server 5. .. The class name corresponds to the user information in the above embodiment. When shooting is performed by the shooting device 1C, for example, the computer 4A of the nursery school is used to register the shot image in the image management server 5 together with the class name of the shot child, the shooting location position information, and the shooting date / time information. The shooting location location information indicates, for example, a nursery school.

The image management server 5 collects the location information of the mobile terminal 6B owned by the guardian, and when the predetermined conditions are met, the image management server 5 is sent to the mobile terminal 6B owned by the guardian in the class to which the child of the guardian belongs. Deliver images (taken on the day). The predetermined condition is, for example, when the guardian who owns the mobile terminal 6B passes through the ticket gate of the nearest station or the gate of the nursery school. Further, the image may be delivered at a predetermined time. In addition, the image may be delivered to the father's mobile terminal when the mother picks up the child at the nursery school and passes through the gate.

A message from the nursery teacher may be delivered along with the image. This makes it easier for parents to understand the daily life of their child in the nursery school. In addition, communication between the nursery school and parents can be streamlined.

In the above embodiment, a master face image of a user or a user's family may be prepared, face recognition of the captured image may be performed, and the image may be associated with the user.

The above description is an example of the present invention, and the present invention may be in a form other than the above.

1A, 1B Imaging device 2A, 2B display 3A, 3B, 4 Computer 5 Image management server 6 Mobile terminal 7 Beacon terminal

Claims (4)

An image management server that distributes images to mobile terminals.
An image receiver that receives images taken by the shooting device, and
A storage unit that stores the image in association with the shooting location position information, the shooting date / time information, and the user information indicating the user who shot or shot the image.
A location information receiver that acquires location information indicating the location of a mobile terminal,
An image search unit that retrieves an image associated with user information corresponding to the mobile terminal from the storage unit when it is determined that the mobile terminal is within a predetermined area based on the position information.
An image transmission unit that transmits an image taken out by the image search unit to the mobile terminal, and an image transmission unit.
Equipped with
Based on the position information, when it is determined that the mobile terminal is in a predetermined area and the position of the mobile terminal does not change for a predetermined time, the image transmission unit transmits an image to the mobile terminal. image management server that. The image management server according to claim 1, wherein the position information is identification information of the radio wave transmitter included in a signal received by the mobile terminal from the radio wave transmitter. A shooting device that shoots the user, and
A computer that assigns an image ID to an image captured by the photographing device and stores the photographed image and the image ID.
A display unit that displays the captured image and the image ID, and
The image management server according to claim 1 or 2,
It is an image management system equipped with
When the image ID is notified from the mobile terminal, the image management server acquires the captured image corresponding to the image ID from the computer and associates the captured image with the user information corresponding to the mobile terminal. An image management system characterized in that it is stored in the storage unit. An image management method using a mobile terminal and an image management server.
The image management server receives an image taken by a shooting device, associates the image with shooting location position information, shooting date / time information, and user information indicating a user who has taken or was taken, and stores the image in a storage unit. Store and
The mobile terminal transmits position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal to the image management server.
When the image management server determines that the mobile terminal is within a predetermined area based on the location information, the image to which the user information corresponding to the mobile terminal is associated is taken out from the storage unit, and the mobile terminal is used. Is within a predetermined area, and when it is determined that the position of the mobile terminal does not change for a predetermined time, the extracted image is transmitted to the mobile terminal.
An image management method, wherein the mobile terminal displays an image received from the image management server on a display unit.

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