JP7161120B2 - Management device, image providing method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system that includes a game photography device that provides a user with a game photography service, a mobile terminal of the user, and a management device that manages image data.
The present invention also relates to a management device that is a component of the above information processing system, a method for disclosing image data performed by this management device, and a computer program for causing a computer to function as the management device.

There is already known a photographing device for amusement that allows a user to photograph himself and edit the photographed image, and prints the edited image on a seal paper. Such imaging devices are installed in entertainment facilities such as game arcades.
The play provided by the shooting device includes shooting processing in the shooting department with the user as the subject, editing processing in the editing department that edits the shot image such as graffiti, and image data of the edited image on the sticker paper. and output processing for printing and discharging.

As mobile terminals such as smartphones have become more sophisticated, a game photography device, a management device (server) that manages the image data generated by the photography device, and the mobile device owned by the user are working together. Accordingly, a service is being developed that provides image data obtained during play to a mobile terminal as electronic data (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In this service, image data is uploaded from the camera to the management device, and the image data can be viewed and downloaded on the mobile terminal by accessing the member-only website operated by the manufacturer of the camera from the mobile terminal. It is something to do.

JP 2011-019072 A

By using the member-only website (hereinafter also referred to as "member-only page"), the user of the camera can access the member-only page and download the image data. can be saved on your mobile device.
If the user wants to share the image data acquired from the member-only page with others (for example, friends or lovers), use a predetermined communication application (for example, "LINE" (registered trademark of LINE Corporation)) Data communication is often used.

In this case, the user activates a communication application on his/her own mobile terminal, and uses the communication application to download image data (for example, image data in which the user and others are included in the subject) downloaded from the member-only page. and send it to another person's mobile device.
In this way, when the user shares the image data with others, it is necessary to transfer the image data using the existing communication application of his mobile terminal. It was pointed out that the convenience of handling image data was not so good.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of such conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to improve the convenience of handling image data generated by a shooting device for amusement.

(1) A management device of the present invention is a management device for managing image data in which a user of a photographing device for play is a subject, and is capable of communicating with the photographing device and the portable terminal of the user. A communication unit that receives the image data generated by the imaging device from the imaging device, and a web page for disclosing the received image data to persons other than the user (hereinafter also referred to as "others"). A control unit for creating a certain share page and a storage unit for storing the created share page are provided.

According to the management device of the present invention, the control unit creates a share page, which is a web page for disclosing received image data to others, and the storage unit stores the created share page. A user (for example, a user's friend or lover) can download the user's image data from the management device by accessing the share page from their mobile terminal.
Therefore, the user can share the image data with others without transferring the image data using an existing communication application. can be improved.

(2) In the management device of the present invention, the creation of the share page by the control unit is triggered by the communication unit receiving a page creation request from the mobile terminal (=user's mobile terminal). preferably.
The reason is that if a share page is created without a page creation request, the user's image data will be published on the web without the user's consent, which is not preferable from the viewpoint of personal information protection.

(3) In the management device of the present invention, the control unit transmits to the communication unit a display command addressed to the mobile terminal for displaying an operation page used for defining specifications of the share page on the mobile terminal. It is preferable to let
In this way, the user can define the specifications of the share page from the operation page displayed on his/her own portable terminal, so that the management device creates a share page reflecting the user's preferences. be able to.

(4) For example, when the operation page includes an input box for the expiration information of the share page, the control unit stores the value input in the input box for the expiration information. It is preferable to determine when to remove the share page from.
In this case, the user can instruct the management device when to delete the share page by inputting desired information into the input box for the expiration information.

(5) When the operation page includes an input box for the range of disclosure of the share page, the control unit discloses the share page according to the information entered in the input box for the range of disclosure. It is preferable to determine the degree to which the
In this case, the user can indicate to the management device the scope of disclosure of the shared page (for example, limited to those who know the URL and password) by entering desired information in the input box for the scope of disclosure. .

(6) When the operation page includes an input box for comments by the user, the control unit may write the text information input in the comment input box on the share page. preferable.
In this case, the user can instruct the management device about the text information to be written on the share page by inputting the desired text information in the comment input box.

(7) When the operation page includes an input box related to the design of the share page, the control unit selects a background image to be used for the share page according to the information input in the design input box. is preferably determined.
In this case, the user can specify the background image to be used for the share page to the management device by inputting desired information into the input box regarding the design of the share page.

(8) In the management device of the present invention, when the deletion time point of the image data from the storage unit is set in advance, the control unit sets a numerical value that can be entered in the input box of the deadline information to the share. It is preferable to set the period from the page creation time to the image data deletion time or less.
In this way, it is possible to prevent input of erroneous time information in which the share page deletion time is later than the image data deletion time in the deadline information input box.

(9) In the management device of the present invention, the communication unit receives play information for one play generated by the photographing device each time the photographing device is used, and the control unit receives the play information received from the photographing device. It is preferable to determine the background image used for the share page according to the content of information (for example, course type such as couple course or friend course).
By doing so, it is possible to cause the management device to create a share page having a background image suitable for the situation of play on the shooting device.

(10) In the management device of the present invention, the communication unit receives from the photographing device the image data for one play generated for each use, and the control unit receives the image data for one play. It is preferable to create the share page for each number of pieces of the image data.
In this case, since the control unit creates a share page for each number of pieces of image data for one play, it is possible to provide the user with a different share page for each play.

(11) In the management device of the present invention, the storage unit stores facial feature amounts included in the image data, and the control unit stores the facial feature amount for each of the plurality of image data having the feature amount in common. You may decide to create a share page.
In this case, the control unit creates a share page for each of a plurality of pieces of image data having a common feature amount. Therefore, the user can create a share page that differs for each subject, such as a photo share page in which a specific friend is included in the subject. can be provided to

(12) In the management device of the present invention, when the communication unit receives a page creation request from the mobile terminal, the control unit automatically activates the communication application installed in the mobile terminal. It is preferable to cause the communication unit to transmit an activation command addressed to the mobile terminal.
In this way, the portable terminal that receives the activation command automatically activates the communication application, which makes it easier for the user to transmit information such as the URL of the share page to others.

(13) The disclosure method of the present invention relates to the image data disclosure method performed by the management apparatus of (1) to (12) above. Therefore, the disclosure method of the present invention has the same effect as the above-described management apparatus (1) to (12).
(14) A computer program of the present invention relates to a computer program for causing a computer to function as the management apparatus of (1) to (12) above. Therefore, the computer program of the present invention has the same effects as the above-described management apparatus (1) to (12).

(15) The information processing system of the present invention relates to an information processing system including the above-described management apparatus of (1) to (12) as a characteristic configuration. Therefore, the information processing system of the present invention has the same effects as the above-described management devices (1) to (12).

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of handling image data generated by a shooting device for amusement.

1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the structural example of the imaging device from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the imaging device of FIG. 2 ; It is a block diagram which shows an example of the functional structure of an imaging device. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a mobile terminal; FIG. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of a management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the production|generation of play information, and a preservation|save process. (a) is a diagram showing a layout of a sticker sheet created by an imaging device, and (b) is a diagram showing a description example of an e-mail sent by a management device to a mobile terminal. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of a process of downloading image data to a personal mobile terminal; It is a flow chart which shows an example of creation processing of a share page. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of image data download processing (share processing) to another person's mobile terminal. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation page displayed on a mobile terminal; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen of a mobile terminal that has received a message; It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the page for authentication of a share page. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a download page of a share page;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<Overall Configuration of Information Processing System>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1 , the information processing system of the present embodiment includes a game photography device (hereinafter also referred to as “photography device”) 1 , a mobile terminal 2 and a management device 3 .

The photographing device 1 is installed in a store such as a game arcade, and provides users (hereinafter also referred to as "users") with game services such as photographing and image editing of themselves, and seals images obtained during the game. It is printed on paper (printing media) and provided to the user. The mobile terminal 2 is a terminal carried by the user of the imaging device 1, and includes, for example, a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and the like.
The management device 3 is a management server (information processing device) operated by the manufacturer of the photographing device 1, and manages a plurality of photographing devices 1 installed in each store.

In the information processing system of FIG. 1, the photographing device 1, the portable terminal 2, and the management device 3 are all capable of communicating with other communication devices via a public communication network such as the Internet.
Therefore, the portable terminal 2 can transmit and receive information to and from the management device 3 via the public communication network, and the photographing device 1 can transmit and receive information to and from the management device 3 via the public communication network. It should be noted that, for example, close proximity communication using a non-contact IC may be possible between the portable terminal 2 of the user playing and the photographing device 1 .

The photographing device 1 of the present embodiment not only outputs a printed sticker sheet, but also produces image data such as a photographed image obtained by using the photographing device 1, an edited image obtained by editing the photographed image, and a moving image. It also outputs the image data to be uploaded to the management device 3 for external storage.
The management device 3 stores the image data uploaded from the imaging device 1, and stores the image data on a predetermined website operated by the manufacturer of the imaging device 1 (the applicant's site name is "ZIP
ME” (the name is Zip Me. The URL host name is “decopika.jp”)) on the members-only page.

Therefore, by operating the mobile terminal 2 and accessing the member-only page of the website, the user can browse the image data obtained using the photographing device 1 from the mobile terminal 2 and view the image data from the mobile terminal 2 . can be downloaded.
For this reason, the photographing apparatus 1 of this embodiment manages identification information (hereinafter referred to as "user ID") for identifying a user such as an e-mail address obtained from the user and image data associated with the image ID. The information is sent to the device 3, and the management device 3 stores the information in a storage medium.

Then, the management device 3 sends an e-mail including a URL for acquiring image data from the network to the mobile terminal 2 .
After that, when the user operates the mobile terminal 2 to access the website managed by the management device 3 based on the URL included in the e-mail, the image data saved in the management device 3 is displayed on the mobile terminal 2. or download.

In the following description, the image data storage website managed by the management device 3 (in this embodiment, the website whose URL host name is "decopika.jp") is referred to as the "management site". be.

<Overall Configuration of Game Camera>
In the photographing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, after the user edits the scribbled image generated by photographing, the photographing apparatus 1 prints it as a sticker sheet or outputs it as image data to an external device such as the management apparatus 3. It is a device that provides services such as First, the overall configuration of the imaging device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a configuration example of the photographing device 1 as seen from the front left side, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the photographing device 1 of FIG. 2 as seen from above. In the following description, the front, rear, left, and right directions shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are used as a reference.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the photographing device 1 includes a photographing unit 10 on the front side and an editing unit 20 on the rear side, and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape elongated in the front-rear direction. At the rear end of the editing section 20, there is provided an output section 30 for outputting the photograph after editing.

The photographing unit 10 has a photographing housing 11 in which a camera is built, and a background wall 13 arranged behind the photographing housing 11 via a photographing space 12 . A gap between the side surface of the imaging housing 11 and the side surface of the background wall portion 13 constitutes first entrances 101a and 101b (see FIG. 3) that are entrances to the imaging space 12. As shown in FIG.
The editing section 20 has an editing housing 21 that is arranged behind and adjacent to the background wall section 13 . The editing housing 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing left and right respectively.

Editing spaces 24a and 24b for performing input work on each operation surface can be entered through second entrances 201a and 201b (see FIG. 3).
The output section 30 has an output housing 31 in contact with the rear end surface of the editing housing 21 . The operation surface of the output housing 31 faces the rear side so that the operation is performed from the rear end side of the photographing device 1 . Therefore, the space on the rear end side of the output housing 31 becomes the output space 32 for performing the output operation.

Side surfaces of the upper end portions of the photographing housing 11 and the background wall portion 13 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13a extending in the front-rear direction. Inside the frame of the ceiling frame 13a, a ceiling lighting unit 14 that covers the imaging space 12 from above and is capable of lighting and flash irradiation is provided.

The inner surface of the background wall 13 facing the imaging housing 11 is colored with a single color (for example, blue or green) for chromakey processing.
The first entrances 101a and 101b for the user to enter and exit the photographing space 12 are provided from the rear edge of the photographing housing 11, the lower edge of the ceiling frame 13a, and the front edge of the background wall portion 13. (See FIG. 3).

The editing cabinet 21 employs a face-to-face method in which two sets of users can simultaneously edit from both left and right sides. Therefore, the editing housing 21 has operation surfaces on the left and right, respectively, and is formed of a housing whose length in the left-right direction is smaller than the width of the background wall portion 13 in the same direction.
The front end surface of the editing cabinet 21 is connected to the central portion of the rear surface of the background wall portion 13, and the spaces behind the background wall portion 13 and on both the left and right sides of the editing cabinet 21 are used for two sets of users. They are editing spaces 24a and 24b, respectively, in which editing operations are performed.

A substantially U-shaped curtain frame 22 is provided above the editing housing 21 in plan view. The curtain frame 22 is composed of a pair of side frames 22a extending in the front-rear direction and a rear frame 22b extending in the left-right direction connecting the rear ends of the side frames 22a.

The front end of each side frame 22a is connected to the rear end of the ceiling frame 13a so as to extend in the front-rear direction. A central portion of the rear frame 22 b is supported by a support member 23 provided at the rear upper end portion of the editing housing 21 .
The upper frames of the second entrances 201a and 201b for the user to enter and exit the editing spaces 20a and 20b are formed by the side frame 22a on one of the left and right sides and the rear frame 22b, which is approximately half the length of the rear frame 22b. is configured.

<Functional Configuration of Game Camera>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the imaging device 1. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the photographing apparatus 1 includes a photographing unit 10, an editing unit 20, an output unit 30, a control unit 40, and a storage unit 50, which are connected via a bus B so as to be able to communicate with each other.
The control unit 40 includes a known CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.

The control unit 40 reads and executes a computer program stored in the storage unit 50 to control the overall operation of the imaging device 1 .
For example, when performing image processing such as correction processing and editing processing on a captured image, the control unit 40 functions as the image processing unit. A communication unit 60 and an external drive 70 are also connected to the bus B. FIG. The control unit 40, the storage unit 50, the communication unit 60, and the external drive 70 can be configured by a known computer device, and such a computer is built in the editing housing 21 described above.

The storage unit 50 is composed of a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk or flash memory. The storage unit 50 stores various setting information transmitted from the control unit 40 .
The information stored in the storage unit 50 is appropriately read by the control unit 40 . The storage unit 50 stores various types of image data used for image editing, background image data used as the background of the captured image, and other data.

The ROM of the control unit 40 stores a computer program executed by the control unit 40 and data for operating this program. The RAM of the controller 40 temporarily stores data and computer programs to be processed by the controller 40 . Hereinafter, RAM and ROM may be collectively referred to as memory.

The communication unit 60 comprises a communication interface for connecting to a public line such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device according to communication control by the control unit 40 .
The external drive 70 reads from and writes to removable media such as optical disks and semiconductor memories. For example, a computer program or data read from a removable medium by the external drive 70 is sent to the control section 40 and stored in the storage section 50 or installed as a control program.

The photographing unit 10 includes a coin processing unit 17, a lighting control unit 18, an upper camera 111, a lower camera 112, an upper monitor 113, and a coin processing unit 17 provided in the photographing housing 11 as functional units necessary for photographing processing in the photographing space 12. A lower monitor 114 and a speaker 19 are provided.
The upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112 perform predetermined photographing under the control of the control unit 40 and output images obtained by this photographing to the control unit 40 .

The upper camera 111 is for capturing a face-up image, and the lower camera 112 is for capturing a full-body image. For this reason, the cameras 111 and 112 are preset with ideal angles of view, trimming ranges, and the like for obtaining face-up images and full-body images.
Each camera 111, 112 captures an image in real time and outputs an image signal representing the image data.

The image signals output from the cameras 111 and 112 are input to the control unit 40, temporarily stored in the internal memory, and transmitted to the upper monitor 113 and the lower monitor 114, respectively. is displayed.
That is, the live video from the upper camera 111 is displayed on the upper monitor 113 and the live video from the lower camera 112 is displayed on the lower monitor 114 .

The shot image data saved as a still image (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as the “shot image”) is still image data with a higher resolution, and the shot image data for live video display (“through Also referred to as "image data".) is often lower-resolution moving image data, but the through image data may be high-resolution moving image data.
The control unit 40 also functions as an image processing unit that performs image processing on these image data, and can perform extraction of the captured image to be displayed on the upper monitor 113, correction processing of the captured image, and the like.

The upper monitor 113 is made up of a known touch panel, and serves as a display device to display a live image being captured by the upper camera 111 .
The upper monitor 113 displays an image captured by the upper camera 111 and can display a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen. That is, the upper monitor 113 also functions as an input device for the GUI screen, and receives operation input for selecting a captured image, operation input regarding correction processing for the captured image, and the like. Signals indicating these operation inputs are input to the control unit 40 as operation signals.

The lower monitor 114 displays a live image being captured by the lower camera 112 and has substantially the same configuration as the upper monitor 113 . However, as described above, it does not have a function as a touch panel and is used exclusively for displaying images.

The coin processing unit 17 detects insertion of a coin into the coin slot. The coin processing unit 17 outputs a start signal to the control unit 40 when it detects that coins for the amount required for play (play fee) have been inserted.
Note that the coin processing unit 17 may output an activation signal to the control unit 40 when payment of the playing fee by electronic money or credit card is accepted.

The lighting control unit 18 controls the flash irradiation timing of the lighting unit (for example, a front lighting unit (not shown) that illuminates the user from the front) of the photographing unit 10 according to the lighting control signal supplied from the control unit 40.
The lighting control unit 18 also controls lights (such as fluorescent lights) provided inside the ceiling lighting unit 14 and adjusts the brightness in the shooting space 12 according to the stage of shooting processing by the user. The speaker 19 outputs sound according to the stage of the photographing process.

The editing units 20a and 20b are booths where users perform editing processing in the editing spaces 24a and 24b. The functional configurations of the editing section 20a and the editing section 20b are the same. Therefore, the functional configuration of the editing unit 20a will be described below, and the description of the functional configuration of the editing unit 20b will be omitted.
The editing unit 20a includes an editing monitor 213 that displays various GUI screens (hereinafter also referred to as "editing screens") for editing such as scribbles on captured images, and two touch pens that are input units for the editing screens. 214A, 214B and a speaker 215.

The editing monitor 213 displays an editing screen under the control of the control unit 40, and detects user's editing input on the editing screen.
That is, when the user touches the editing monitor 213 with the pen tips of the touch pens 214A and 214B, the operation input and which of the touch pens 214A and 214B was touched are detected and transmitted to the control unit 40 as an operation signal. . As a result, the captured image to be edited is edited.

Specifically, the user inputs, for example, so-called graffiti such as characters, patterns, and figures on the photographed image displayed on the editing monitor 213 using an input device such as the touch pens 214A and 214B. can be done.
As a result, the image data of the edited image is generated in which the scribbled data is superimposed on the captured image. The image data of the edited image generated in this manner is transmitted to the output section 3 .

The output unit 30 includes a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 311 for performing output processing in the output space 32 , a non-contact communication unit 312 and a speaker 314 . The output section 30 also includes a printer 34 and a sticker paper unit 35 for printing.
The printer 34 prints the photographed image or the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 35 attached to the printer 34, and outputs the image to the sticker paper outlet (not shown). Discharge.

The non-contact communication unit 312 is for performing data transmission/reception with the mobile terminal 2 by proximity communication. As a communication method of the non-contact communication unit 312, for example, FeliCa (registered trademark) can be used.
The image data created by the editing unit 20 is not only printed as a sticker sheet by the output unit 30, but also transmitted to the management device 3 via the public communication network by the communication unit 60 and uploaded to the management device 3. be.

<Flow of play in the shooting device>
As described above, the photographing unit 10 performs photographing processing of a subject including the user, the editing unit 20 performs editing processing on the photographed image, and the output unit 30 performs processing of outputting the edited image.
These processes are performed by the control unit 40 executing a computer program stored in the storage unit 50 or the drive 70, or an installed computer program. The flow of play in the photographing device 1 will be described below with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, the user enters the shooting space 12 through the first entrances 101a and 101b as indicated by the arrow X, and uses the cameras 111 and 112 and the monitors 113 and 114 provided in the shooting unit 10 to process the shooting. I do.
After completing the shooting process, the user exits from the shooting space 12 through the first entrances 101a and 101b as indicated by the arrow Y, and then moves to one of the editing spaces 24a and 24b.

At this time, the upper monitor 113 and the speaker 19 of the photographing housing 11 display and notify the user to move to the editing spaces 24a and 24b. For example, when both editing spaces 24a and 24b are vacant, the user is prompted to move to one of the editing spaces 24a and 24b.
If either one of the editing spaces 24a and 24b is being used, the user is prompted to move to an empty editing space. Display or notification to wait for movement to 24a, 24b is provided.

The user who has moved to the editing spaces 24a and 24b starts the editing process. Users of each editing space 24a, 24b can perform editing processes simultaneously.
When the editing process is completed, printing of an image selected from the photographed image or the edited photographed image is started. A display prompting the user to move to the output space 32 is displayed on the editing monitor 213 of the editing housing 21 , and a voice prompting the user to move to the output space 32 is notified by the speaker 215 .

Following this, the user who has completed the editing process moves from either of the editing spaces 24a and 24b to the output space 32 as indicated by the arrow Z, and performs the output process.
It should be noted that when another user is performing output processing in the output space 32 , the editing monitor 213 and the speaker 215 provide display and notification to wait for movement to the output space 32 .

In the output space 32, while the user is waiting for the image to be printed, an operation that allows the user's portable terminal 2 to acquire the image data generated by the play (for example, inputting the e-mail address used on the portable terminal 2) ) may be performed on the monitor 311 .
When the printing of the image is finished, the user receives the seal paper from the seal paper outlet provided in the output housing 31, and the series of plays is finished. The display prompting the user to move as described above is performed by the control unit 40 .

<Functional Configuration of Mobile Terminal>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the mobile terminal 2. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 2 includes a control section 81, a storage section 82, an operation section 83, a display section 84, a communication section 85 and an antenna 86.

The control unit 81 includes a known CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. The control unit 81 reads and executes computer programs stored in the storage unit 82 to control the overall operation of the mobile terminal 2 .
For example, the control unit 81 controls the communication unit 85 to communicate with the management device 3 . In addition, the mobile terminal 2 may have a non-contact communication section 87 (see the dashed line portion in FIG. 5). In this case, the control unit 81 controls the non-contact communication unit 87 to perform proximity communication with the imaging device 1 .

The storage unit 82 is composed of a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk or flash memory.
The storage unit 82 stores a “terminal ID” which is information for other communication devices including the management device 3 to identify the mobile terminal 2 of the user on the network. This terminal ID consists of, for example, a contractor's unique ID, a MAC global address, and the like. The storage unit 82 also stores various application software arbitrarily installed by the user.

The operation unit 83 includes various operation buttons and a touch panel function of the display unit 84, and outputs command signals to the control unit 81 according to user's operations.
The display unit 84 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays various information to the user. For example, the display unit 84 can display image data or the like transmitted from the management device 3 on the screen.

The communication unit 85 performs demodulation processing and digital signal processing on the radio signal received by the antenna 86 from the base station, and outputs the obtained digital reception signal to the control unit 81 .
Also, the communication unit 85 performs A/D conversion processing and modulation processing on the digital transmission signal input from the control unit 81 and transmits the obtained radio signal from the antenna 86 .

<Functional Configuration of Management Device>
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the management device 3. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the management device 3 includes a control unit 91 and an input/output interface 97 communicably connected via a bus B, a storage unit 92 connected to the interface 97, an input unit 93, an output unit 94 , a communication unit 95 and a drive 96 .

The control unit 91 includes a known CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. The control unit 91 reads and executes computer programs stored in the storage unit 92 and controls the overall operation of the management device 3 .
The storage unit 92 is composed of a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, or the like, and stores various kinds of information. The input unit 93 is made up of a keyboard, mouse, etc., and the output unit 94 is made up of a display, a speaker, and the like.

A communication unit 95 is configured by a network interface, and communicates with the photographing device 1 and the mobile terminal 2 .
The drive 96 drives a recording medium such as a DVD disk, and can read and write predetermined data to and from the disk.

The storage unit 92 of the management device 3 includes a member database DB1, an image database DB2, and a web database DB3.
Among these, "user registration information" is recorded in the member database DB1 in association with the "mail address" and "terminal ID" of the user.
The user registration information includes "membership type", and there are two types of membership types: "free member" and "paid member".

A free member (first type) is a user who has completed member registration with the management apparatus 3 and means a user who has not registered as a paying member.
A paying member (second type) is a user who has completed membership registration with the management apparatus 3 and means a user who has also completed paying membership registration.

Therefore, user registration information such as membership type is not stored in the member database DB1 for non-members who have not registered as members.
However, even non-members can enter their e-mail address into the photographing device 1 and play. Therefore, the non-member in this case is a user whose mail address is associated with the image data and image ID and stored in the image database DB2, but whose mail address is not stored in the member database DB1. .

In the case of paid or free registered members, the user's personal information such as "login password", "gender", "date of birth", "residence area (prefecture)" for logging in to the member-only page Information is also included in the user registration information (see FIG. 18).
In addition, the management device 3 charges paying members with a predetermined amount (for example, 300 yen) every month using a predetermined method, and does not charge non-paying members.

In the image database DB2, "play information" including image data for one play uploaded from the photographing device 1 is recorded. The play information is information for one play generated by the photographing device 1 for each use.
The play information includes "image data" including at least one of a plurality of (for example, 6 to 8) captured images, edited images obtained by editing the captured images, and moving images, and is given as identification information for the image data. "Image ID", "play time" when image data is acquired, "terminal ID", "mail address" (user ID), "number of players", "shooting store", "shooting model", and the like are included.

The image ID is identification information given by the photographing device 1 for each play, and is composed of, for example, a numerical value with a predetermined number of digits, an alphabetic character, or the like. However, an image ID may be generated for each of a plurality of image data.
The play time is a time (date and time) including a year, month, and day that can be considered to substantially match the time at which the image data is generated by the imaging device 1 . As the play time, for example, the start or end time of shooting in the shooting unit 10, the start or end time of editing in the editing unit 20, the play end time of the shooting device 1, the shutter timing of the camera of the shooting unit 10, etc. are adopted. can do.

Also, the play time may be the transmission time when the imaging device 1 transmits the image data or the reception time when the management device 3 receives the image data.
The photographing store is identification information of the store where the photographing device 1 that generated the image data is installed, and is composed of, for example, numerical values of a predetermined number of digits, alphabetic characters, and the like.
The photographing model is identification information for the model of the photographing device 1 that generated the image data, and is composed of, for example, a numerical value of a predetermined number of digits, an alphabet, or the like.

Note that in the photographing device 1, two or more users often play together to generate a predetermined number of pieces of image data.
Therefore, up to four user IDs, such as e-mail addresses, can be assigned to image data for one play including a predetermined number of edited images obtained in one play.

When the photographing device 1 has an automatic person recognition function of the subject, the feature amount of the subject's face may be included in the play information.
A face feature amount is a parameter used to identify a subject by image recognition processing. The face feature quantity is, for example, at least one of face position, face size, face outline (shape), face part position, face part size, and face part shape. It is digitized information.

If the photographing device 1 has a function of selecting a photographing course, the course selected by the user during play may be included in the play information.
Types of photography courses include, for example, a “friend course” and a “couple course”, and the photographing device 1 provides a composite image and a background image according to the theme of each course.

Various data related to web pages to be displayed on the mobile terminal 2 are stored in the web database DB3.
For example, the web database DB3 stores one or more HTML files that make up a web page, URLs of the files, user IDs, membership registration types (either non-members, paid members, or free members), publication periods, publication Data such as the type of background design of each page such as range and various banner information to be embedded in the page are recorded.

In the management device 3 of this embodiment, the web pages recorded in the web database DB3 include not only a "members-only page" that allows only registered members to download image data, but also image data downloads according to the user's wishes. Includes a "share page" for publishing.
The control unit 91 of the management device 3 creates a share page when the communication unit 94 receives a page creation request from the mobile terminal 2 of the user, and records the created share page in the web database DB3.

When the play information is uploaded from the imaging device 1, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 associates each data included in the acquired play information and records them in the image database DB2 of the storage unit 92. FIG.
That is, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 stores the received image data in the image database DB in association with the image ID, play time, mail address, terminal ID, and other information.

Further, when the obtained play information includes an e-mail address, the control unit 91 controls whether or not the e-mail address is already recorded in the member database DB1. A specific URL (“specific URL” shown in FIG. 8B) in which a mail address is associated with a URL for accessing is generated based on the image ID included in the play information. The control unit 91 causes the storage unit 92 to store the generated specific URL, generates an e-mail addressed to the e-mail address including the generated specific URL, and causes the communication unit 95 to transmit the e-mail.

The control unit 91 of the management device 3 manages the member-only page described above, which is a site for managing image data.
When the user of the mobile terminal 2 who has accessed the management site by using a specific URL or the like is a registered member, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 performs various processes with different service contents according to the member type. If the non-member is an unregistered non-member, a predetermined process is executed to get the non-member to register as a member.

The control unit 91 of the management device 3 also manages a share page, which is a web page for disclosing image data to others.
The control unit 91 of the management device 3 creates a share page URL. The control unit 91 restricts access to the share page by generating a one-time password required for logging in to the share page and notifying it to the mobile terminal 2 of the user. The control unit 91 also performs processing such as setting an access time limit for the share page based on an instruction from the mobile terminal 2 .

<Generation and storage of play information>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of play information generation and storage processing performed by the photographing device 1 and the management device 3 in cooperation.
Note that the circle marks in the flowchart of FIG. 7 indicate "reception" of the predetermined information by each device.

In FIG. 7, when a predetermined amount of money is put into the photographing device 1, the control unit 40 of the photographing device 1 generates one image ID, stores it in the storage unit 50, and starts photographing processing for the photographing unit 10. (Step S1).
Specifically, the control unit 40 controls the image capturing unit 10 to perform image capturing processing, causes the cameras 111 and 112 to perform image capturing a predetermined number of times, and creates a plurality of captured images.

When the photographing process ends, the control unit 40 instructs the user to move to the editing spaces 24a and 24b by displaying a message on the upper monitor 113 or the like.
After that, the control section 40 starts editing processing for the editing sections 20a and 20b that instructed to move (step S2). Specifically, the control unit 40 edits one or a plurality of captured images in accordance with editing input by the user to create an edited image. An edit screen displayed on the edit monitor 213 is used to make an edit input to the captured image. After the creation of the plurality of edited images is completed, the control unit 40 associates the plurality of photographed images and the plurality of edited images with the image IDs created in step S1 and stores them in the storage unit 50 .

After that, the control unit 40 instructs the user to move to the output space 32 by displaying a message on the editing screen or the like, and starts the printing process (step S3). Specifically, the control unit 40 causes the printer 34 of the output unit 30 to start printing the image data. Information such as play time and image ID is written on the discharged sticker paper (see FIG. 8A).
When the printing process is completed, the control unit 40 discharges the sticker paper on which a predetermined number of images are printed from the sticker paper unit 35 (step S6), and terminates the process.

In parallel with the printing process (step S3) and the ejection process (step S6), the control unit 40 of the photographing device 1 performs mail address acquisition process (step S4) and play information generation and transmission process (step S5). and
The e-mail address acquisition process (step S4) is performed, for example, by displaying an input screen in which alphabets and numbers are arranged on the monitor 311 of the output unit 314 and inputting the e-mail address on the displayed input screen.

E-mail addresses can be entered by as many as the number of users for one play. Therefore, if there is only one user, the image data of the predetermined image ID obtained in one play is associated with a unique e-mail address. A plurality of mail addresses are associated with the image data of the image ID of .
It should be noted that the process of obtaining the e-mail address may be performed anywhere during play, and may be performed, for example, on an input device included in the photographing unit 10 or the editing unit 20 .

In addition, when the mobile terminal 2 supports proximity communication by a non-contact type IC (the non-contact communication section 87 in FIG. By holding up their own portable terminal 2, the e-mail addresses and portable IDs corresponding to the number of users may be acquired for one play and included in the play information. In this case, it can be used as an alternative to inputting the e-mail address on the above input screen.
Note that the URL for acquiring the image data may be transmitted/received by proximity communication between the non-contact communication unit 312 of the imaging device 1 and the non-contact communication unit 87 of the mobile terminal 2 .

In the play information generation and transmission process (step S5), information such as an image ID is added to image data for one play including a predetermined number of edited images and a predetermined number of photographed images based on the edited images. A process of assigning and generating the play information described above and a process of transmitting the generated play information to the management device 3 are included.
The play information generated by the imaging device 1 includes at least an image ID as information associated with image data. However, it also includes play time, e-mail address (if entered by the user), terminal ID (if entered by the user), facial features, course type, shooting store and shooting model, etc. It may be

When the control unit 91 of the management device 3 receives the play information including the image data for one play, it associates the image data included in the play information with other information and saves it in the image database DB2 of the storage unit 92 (step S7).
Specifically, the control unit 91 controls the acquired image data, image ID, play time, email address, terminal ID, face feature amount, course type, shooting store, shooting model, etc. associated with this image data. is recorded in the image database DB2.

Note that even if the play information received from the photographing device 1 does not include a mail address, the control section 91 records the image data in the image database DB2 in association with the image ID. This is because a user who did not enter an e-mail address into the photographing device 1 during play may access image data through an operation screen for entering an image ID.
Further, when the play time is set as the reception time of the play information, the control unit 91 records the reception time measured by its own device as the play time in the image database DB2.

Next, the control unit 91 sends an e-mail including a specific URL (see FIG. 8B) generated by associating a URL for accessing image data via the Internet with a URL for accessing the image data (see FIG. 8B). It is transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 addressed to the mail address of the terminal 2 (step S8).
However, if the play information received from the photographing device 1 does not include an e-mail address, the control section 91 does not send the e-mail in step S8.

The control unit 81 of the mobile terminal 2 that has received the e-mail from the management device 3 stores the e-mail in the storage unit 82 .
Then, when the user operates the mail software to instruct the display of the e-mail, the control section 81 causes the display section 84 to display the received e-mail (step S9).

FIG. 8(a) is a diagram showing the layout of the sticker sheet P created by the photographing device 1. FIG. FIG. 8(b) is a diagram showing a description example of the e-mail M1 that the management device 3 transmits to the mobile terminal 2. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8(a), a predetermined number (five in the example shown) of image data consisting of photographed images or edited images are printed side by side on the sticker sheet P, and the edge of the image data other than the printed portion is printed. A data writing section is provided in the section (lower right corner in the figure).

Data such as "play time", "URL host name" and "image ID" of the image data management site are written in order from the front in the data description portion of the sticker sheet P. FIG.
When the user does not enter the mail address into the photographing device 1 at the time of playing, the user searches for the URL host name, accesses the management site, and enters the image ID written on the sticker sheet P on a predetermined screen within the site. This makes it possible to access the user's "member-only page" in which the image data is saved.

As shown in FIG. 8(b), the e-mail M1 from the management device 3 includes access to a predetermined URL for image data (hereinafter also referred to as "pre-image") created by the user with the photographing device 1. It includes a description to the effect that the pre-image can be downloaded to the mobile terminal 2 by doing so.
The e-mail M1 includes a "specific URL" (hereinafter also referred to as "specific access information") with a hyperlink associated with a URL, which is access information for displaying a web page for downloading image data, and an e-mail address. ) is included.

The specific URL of the present embodiment includes the image ID of the pre-image (the 15-digit number following "did=" in the URL in the illustrated example) as path information in the URL host.
The path information of the specific URL includes information obtained by converting the user's e-mail address associated with the image ID into a random character string (hereinafter referred to as "mail address key") in order to associate the URL with the e-mail address. include. In the example of FIG. 8B, the email key is "xxxxxyyyyy".

Since the specific URL is hyperlinked, when the user taps the specific URL in the e-mail M1, the controller 81 of the mobile terminal 2 activates the browser. Then, the control unit 81 causes the communication unit 85 to transmit an access request for shifting to the member-only page of the user specified by the specific URL.

<Download processing by the user himself/herself>
FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing an example of image data download processing to the user's (person's) mobile terminal, which is performed jointly by the management device 3 and the user's (person's) mobile terminal 2 .
Note that the circle marks in the flowchart of FIG. 9 indicate "reception" of the predetermined information in each device.

In FIG. 9, for example, when the user taps the specific URL (see FIG. 8B) of the e-mail M1, the user's personal mobile terminal 2 transmits an access request based on the specific URL (step S11).

When the communication unit 95 of the management device 3 receives the above access request, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 generates an "operation page W1" (see FIG. 12) that allows the user to select processing content. A display command for displaying the operation page on the mobile terminal 2 is transmitted to the communication unit 95 (step S12).
Accordingly, the mobile terminal 2 that has received the display command activates its own browser and displays the operation page W1 generated by the management device 3 on its own display unit 84 .

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the operation page W1 displayed on the mobile terminal 2. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, the operation page W1 includes, from the top, an image data display section 100, a download operation button 102, a share page creation button 103, and a plurality of input boxes 105-107.

In the image data display section 100, a plurality of image data (three images in the example of FIG. 12) having a common image ID obtained in one play are displayed as thumbnails.
For paid members, thumbnails of all image data created in one play are displayed, and for free members, some image data created in one play (for example, 2 (Thumbnails of captured images) are displayed.

All the image data displayed on the display unit 100 are in a selected state (a check mark is displayed) by default. That is, all the image data are set as image data for download.
The image data on the display unit 100 can be touch-operated, and when the selected image data is tapped, the selection is canceled (the check mark disappears). Image data whose selection has been canceled is set as image data not to be downloaded. By tapping the deselected image data, the selected state is set and the image data for download is set.

The download operation button 102 is an operation button for requesting the management device 3 to download image data. Therefore, when the user touches the operation button 102, the portable terminal 2 transmits a download request for image data to the management device 3 (step S13).
The control unit 91 of the management device 3 that has received the download request collectively transmits the requested image data (selected image data) to the mobile terminal 2 of the user (step S14).

After that, the user's mobile terminal 2 stores the image data received from the management device 3 in its own storage unit 82 (step S15).
In the present embodiment, when the operation button 102 is tapped, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 generates a popup (not shown) that guides the operation of the share page creation button 103, and the generated popup is displayed. A display command is transmitted to the communication unit 95 (step S16). Having received this display command, the mobile terminal 2 displays a pop-up on its own display unit 84 (step S17).

The display of the above pop-up is, for example, a translucent display box stating that a share page for disclosing image data to others will be created by operating the create share page button 103, or the like, on the operation page W1. This can be done by superimposing the
The share page creation process using the share page creation button 103 and the input boxes 104 to 107 included in the operation page W1 will be described later.

According to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, the control unit 91 can collectively download a plurality of image data displayed on the operation page W1 to the mobile terminal 2 (steps S13 and S14). The image data can be downloaded more easily than when the image data displayed on the screen is downloaded one by one.

Further, according to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, the control unit 91 transmits to the mobile terminal 2 a pop-up display command that guides the user to operate the share page creation button 103 (step S16). It becomes easy to detect the existence of the page, and it is possible to promote the use of the share page.

The pop-up display preferably includes the creation button 103 and input boxes 104 to 107 similar to those on the operation page W1.
In this way, by entering information in the input boxes 104 to 107 of the popup display and tapping the create button 103 of the popup display, the same processing as when the create button 103 of FIG. 12 is tapped is managed. The device 3 can be instructed.

At this time, the image data posted on the share page is the same as the image data downloaded to the mobile terminal 2 of the user himself/herself. Therefore, it is possible to instruct the user to create a share page in parallel with the download to his/her mobile terminal 2, which is advantageous in that the user can save the trouble of operation.
In addition, if the pop-up display contains an explanation that the image quality will not deteriorate if the image data is sent using a communication application such as LINE, but the image quality will not deteriorate if the share page is used, the usage rate of the share page will be reduced. can be improved.

<Share page creation process>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of share page creation processing performed by the management device 3 and the user's (person's) mobile terminal 2 in cooperation.
Note that the circle marks in the flowchart of FIG. 10 indicate "reception" of the predetermined information in each device.

In FIG. 10, for example, when the user taps the specific URL (see FIG. 8B) of the e-mail M1, the user's mobile terminal 2 transmits an access request based on the specific URL (step S21).

When the communication unit 95 of the management device 3 receives the above access request, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 generates an “operation page” (see FIG. 12) that allows the user to select processing content, and performs the generated operation. A display command for displaying the application page on the mobile terminal 2 is transmitted to the communication unit 95 (step S22).
Accordingly, the mobile terminal 2 that has received the display command activates its own browser and displays the operation page W1 generated by the management device 3 on its own display unit 84 .

As shown in FIG. 12, the operation page W1 includes, from the top, an image data display section 100, a download operation button 102, a share page creation button 103, and a plurality of input boxes 105-107.
Of these, the download process (FIG. 9) by the user himself/herself using the download operation button 102 is as described above.

The share page creation button 103 is an operation button for the user to request the management device 3 to create a share page. Therefore, when the user touches the creation button 103, the portable terminal 2 transmits a page creation request for the share page to the management device 3 (step S23).
The control unit 91 of the management device 3 that has received the page creation request creates a share page for publishing the requested image data (excluding those excluded by the user's touch operation) to others via the web. (Step S24).

In this embodiment, one image ID is assigned to a plurality of pieces of image data generated for each play, so a share page is created for each piece of image data for one play.
That is, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 creates a URL including key information uniquely associated with the image ID included in the specific URL, and adopts the web page of this URL as a share page of image data for one play. do. Also, the control unit 91 records the created share page in the web database DB3 of the storage unit 92 .

In this way, the share page is created in units of image data for one play, but in this embodiment, only the image data selected by the thumbnails displayed on the display unit 100 in FIG. 12 is posted on the share page. .
In the case of a paid member, all image data created in one play is displayed on the display unit 100, from which image data to be posted on the share page can be selected. On the other hand, in the case of a free member, only a part of the image data created in one play (two images selected with the camera 1 during play) is displayed on the display unit 100, so that it can be posted on the share page. The range of image data to be selected is narrowed down.

As shown in FIG. 12, the operation page W1 includes a plurality of input boxes 104-107. The user can define the specifications of the share page to be created by the management device 3 by inputting predetermined information into these input boxes 104 to 107 .
In the example of FIG. 12, the operation page W1 includes an input box 104 for jer page expiration information, an input box 105 for the disclosure range of the share page, an input box 106 for user comments, and an input box 107 for the design of the share page. be

The input box 104 is a pull-down menu type input box, and selectable values of deadline information include, for example, “10 minutes later”, “1 hour later”, “6 hours later”, “1 day later”, “3 Days later", "1 week later" and "14 days later" are included.
The mobile terminal 2 includes the numerical value of the deletion deadline entered in the input box 104 in the page creation request. The control unit 91 of the management device 3 determines when to delete the share page from the storage unit 92 in accordance with the numerical value of the deadline information in the page creation request.

For example, when the deletion deadline input to the input box 104 is "1 day later", the control unit 91 of the management device 3 adds 1 day (24 hours) to the share page generation time to generate the share page. Calculate the deletion time.
Then, the control unit 91 deletes the share page from the web database DB3 of the storage unit 92 when the current time measured by the timer of the own device reaches the deletion time of the share page. Alternatively, if the share page is not deleted at that time, access to the share page is prohibited.

The input box 105 is a pull-down menu type input box, and as input information of a selectable disclosure range, for example, types of “members only disclosure”, “members disclosure”, “limited disclosure” and “non-limited disclosure” are available. included.
Of these, non-limited disclosure is a disclosure method in which a share page can be viewed without a password (using only a URL), and limited disclosure is a disclosure method in which a one-time password is required to view the share page.

When "Members Only" or "Limited" is selected in the input box 105, another input box (not shown) for inputting a one-time password is additionally displayed between the input boxes 105 and 106. be done. When the user inputs a predetermined password in this input box, the management device 3 can be notified of the one-time password.
However, when the control unit 91 of the management device 3 automatically generates the one-time password, there is no need to display the additional input box.

Member access is a disclosure method that does not require a one-time password to view a share page, but requires a user ID and login password to access a member-only page.
Members-only access is a disclosure method that requires both a one-time password for viewing shared pages and a user ID and login password for accessing members-only pages.
The portable terminal 2 includes the type information of the disclosure method input to the input box 105 in the page creation request. If the page creation request includes information on the type of disclosure method, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 determines the degree of restriction on disclosure of the share page according to the type information.

For example, when the disclosure method input to the input box 105 is "unlimited disclosure", the control unit 91 does not generate a one-time password and permits all access requests to the share page of the predetermined URL.
Further, when the disclosure method input to the input box 105 is "limited disclosure" or "members only disclosure", the control unit 91 generates a one-time password and responds to an access request to the share page of the predetermined URL. , the entry of a one-time password is an access condition.

The input box 106 is a text input type input box, and accepts text input of a comment by the user.
The mobile terminal 2 includes the text information entered in the input box 106 in the page creation request. When text information is included in the comment of the page creation request, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 writes the text information on the share page.

For example, if the text information input to the input box 106 is a sentence "It's a photo taken on the day of the graduation ceremony~♪", the control unit 91 of the management device 3 puts the sentence, for example, on a share page. (see FIGS. 14 and 15).

The input box 107 is a pull-down menu type input box, and selectable design input information includes, for example, "spring", "summer", "autumn", "winter", "New Year", "Christmas", and " It includes concept information related to background image design, such as "Graduation".
The mobile terminal 2 includes the concept information input in the input box 107 in the page creation request. When design concept information is included in the page creation request, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 determines the background image of the share page according to the concept information.

For example, if the design input in the input box 107 is "graduation", the control unit 91 of the management device 3 selects a background image (for example, a pale pink background image containing cherry blossom petals) that matches the concept of graduation. is adopted as the background image of the share page.

By the way, in the management device 3, the storage period of the image data to be stored in the image database DB2 (for example, 14 days from the play time) may be predetermined.
In this case, for example, if the play time is 12:00 pm on December 1st, the image data will be deleted from the image database DB2 at 12:00 pm on December 15th. is deleted from the database DB2.

In this way, when the image data deletion time point is determined, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 changes the numerical value that can be entered in the expiration information input box 104 from the time of creation of the share page to the time of deletion of the image data. Set to less than or equal to the period until
For example, if the share page was created at 12:00 on December 9th, the maximum value that can be entered in the input box 104 is 15th-9th=6 days. In this case, the control unit 91 selects a menu of numerical values of the deadline information selectable by the input box 104 as "10 minutes later", "1 hour later", "6 hours later", "1 day later" and "3 days later". Limited to 5 types.

Alternatively, the control unit 91 may count down the value of the menu having the maximum numerical value among the menus of selectable deadline information according to the passage of time.
In this case, "6 days later" is also included in the menu of selectable deadline information. Also, every time one day passes from there, the maximum value of the selectable deadline and menu may be changed from "6 days later"→"5 days later"→"4 days later"→"3 days later". In addition, an example of menu transition in this case is listed as follows.

"10 minutes later", "1 hour later", "6 hours later", "1 day later", "3 days later", "6 days later"
After 24 hours "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 6 hours", "After 1 day", "After 3 days", "After 5 days"
After 24 hours "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 6 hours", "After 1 day", "After 3 days", "After 4 days"
24 hours passed

"10 minutes later", "1 hour later", "6 hours later", "1 day later", "3 days later"
After 24 hours "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 6 hours", "After 1 day", "After 2 days"
After 24 hours "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 6 hours", "After 1 day"
1 hour passed

"10 minutes later", "1 hour later", "6 hours later", "23 hours later"
After 1 hour "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 6 hours", "After 22 hours"
After 1 hour "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 6 hours", "After 21 hours"
……

"10 minutes later", "1 hour later", "6 hours later"
After 1 hour "After 10 minutes", "After 1 hour", "After 5 hours"
……

"10 minutes later", "1 hour later"
10 minutes passed "After 10 minutes", "After 50 minutes"
10 minutes passed "After 10 minutes", "After 40 minutes"

"10 minutes later"
1 minute passed "After 9 minutes"
1 minute passed "After 8 minutes"
……

Returning to FIG. 10, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 that has received the page creation request further causes the communication unit 95 to transmit communication information addressed to the portable terminal 2 including the URL of the share page (step S25). The communication information of the present embodiment includes, in addition to the URL of the share page, a comment input by the user, a one-time password, and expiration information of the share page.
Further, the control unit 91 causes the communication unit 95 to transmit an activation instruction addressed to the mobile terminal 2 for automatically activating the communication application installed in the mobile terminal 2 (step S26).

The above-mentioned communication application may be an e-mail, push notification, or SNS application, as well as a versatile message application such as LINE. The mobile terminal 2 that has received the activation command activates its own communication application (step S27).
The mobile terminal 2 that has received the communication information and the activation command creates a message M2 (see FIG. 13) describing the content of the communication information, and sends the mobile terminal 2 of another person (for example, a friend of the user) designated by the user. (step S28).

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the display screen of the mobile terminal 2 that has received the message M2.
As shown in FIG. 13, the message M2 received by the mobile terminal 2 of the other person includes, in order from the top, comments entered by the user in the input box 106 (in the example shown, "This is a photo taken on the day of the graduation ceremony."). Yo~♪”), the URL of the share page, the one-time password automatically generated by the management device 3, and the expiration information of the share page set in the input box 104 are described.

Therefore, when the other person who owns the mobile terminal 2 that has received the message M2 of FIG. , and you will be able to access the user's share page.

<Download process by others>
FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing image data download processing (share processing) to the mobile terminal of another person (for example, a friend of the user), which is performed by the management apparatus 3 and the mobile terminal 2 of another person (for example, a friend of the user) in cooperation. .
Note that the circle marks in the flowchart of FIG. 11 indicate "reception" of the predetermined information in each device.

In FIG. 11, for example, when the other person taps the URL of the message M2 (see FIG. 13), the other person's mobile terminal 2 transmits an access request based on the share page URL (step S31).
When the communication unit 95 of the management device 3 receives the access request, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 causes the communication unit 95 to display a display command for displaying the share page on the mobile terminal 2 (step S32). .

In the case of "members only access", by accessing the URL of the message M2 while logging in with the member ID and login password, the page for authentication W2 shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. Transition to the download page W3.
On the other hand, in the case of "public to members", when the URL of the message M2 is accessed after logging in with the member ID and login password, the download page shown in FIG. 15 is displayed without the authentication page shown in FIG. Transition to page W3.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the authentication page W2 of the share page. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the download page W3 of the share page.
When the disclosure range of the share page is “unlimited disclosure”, the control unit 91 causes the mobile terminal 2 to display the download page W3 while omitting the authentication page W2, and displays the download page W3 in “limited disclosure”. If there is, the authentication page W2 is displayed on the mobile terminal 2 before the download page W3.

As shown in FIG. 14, the authentication page W2 includes an input box 108 for a one-time password.
Only when a predetermined password (the password described in the message M2 in FIG. 13) is entered in the input box 108, the control unit 91 shifts to the process of displaying the download page W3 on the portable terminal 2. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 15, the download page W3 includes a comment display section 109, a time limit display section 110, an image data display section 111, a model display section 112, and a download operation button 113 in order from the top.
Text information of a comment sent by the user to the management device 3 is described in the comment display section 109 . The expiration date display portion 110 describes the effective period of the share page (the period from the current time to the share page deletion time).

In the image data display section 111, thumbnails of a plurality of image data (three images in the example of FIG. 15) having a common image ID obtained in one play are displayed.
It should be noted that the image data display section 111 displays only the image data being displayed in the thumbnail which was in the selected state immediately before the creation button 103 was operated on the operation page W1 of FIG. That is, even if the image ID is common, the image data whose selection has been canceled on the operation page W1 of FIG. 12 is not displayed.

All the image data displayed on the display unit 111 are set as image data for download by default (a check mark is displayed). That is, all the image data displayed on the display unit 111 are set as image data for download.
The image data on the display unit 111 can be touch-operated, and when the selected image data is tapped, the selection is canceled (the check mark disappears). Image data whose selection has been canceled is set as image data not to be downloaded. By tapping the deselected image data, the selected state is set and the image data for download is set.

The model display section 112 displays the model name of the imaging device 1 that generated the image data to be downloaded on the share page.

The download operation button 113 is an operation button for requesting the management device 3 to download image data. Therefore, when the other person touches the operation button 113, the portable terminal 2 transmits a download request for image data (image data in a selected state on the display unit 111) to the management device 3 (step S33).
The control unit 91 of the management device 3 that has received the download request collectively transmits the requested image data (the image data in the selected state on the display unit 111) to the mobile terminal 2 of the user (step S34). .

After that, the mobile terminal 2 of the other person stores the image data received from the management device 3 in its own storage unit 82 (step S35).

<Effect of management device>
According to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, the control unit 91 creates a share page, which is a web page for disclosing received image data to others, and the storage unit 92 stores the created share page. Therefore (step S24 in FIG. 10), another person (for example, the user's friend or lover) accesses the share page from his/her mobile terminal 2 to download the user's image data from the management device 3. (See FIG. 11).

In this way, other people can directly download the image data from the share page created by the management device 3, so that the user can share the image data with others without using a communication application to transfer the image data. become. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of handling the image data generated by the imaging device 1 for play.
On the other hand, the image data generated by the photographing device 1 for play has a relatively large number of pixels and a large amount of data. Image quality may deteriorate due to compression.

In this regard, in the present embodiment, since the image data can be directly downloaded by others from the share page created by the management device 3, the user's image data generated by the shooting device 1 for amusement can be downloaded without degrading the image quality. can be provided to others.
Also, if it is possible to collectively download multiple pieces of image data from the share page (step S34 in FIG. 11), compared to the case where the user transfers the image data one by one using a communication application, the image data Data can be easily provided to others.

Furthermore, according to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, when the other person such as a user's friend or lover is a non-member, it becomes possible to take measures to invite the non-member to the members-only site. There is also the advantage of
That is, for example, if a banner advertisement or the like that links to the members-only site is provided on the share page, it is possible to attract other non-members who have accessed the share page to the members-only site. It can contribute to popularization.

According to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, creation of the share page by the control unit 91 is triggered by the communication unit 95 receiving a page creation request from the mobile terminal of the user (step S23, S24).
Therefore, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 does not disclose the user's image data on the web without the user's consent, so the user's personal information can be appropriately protected.

According to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, the user defines the specifications of the share page using the input boxes 104 to 107 (see FIG. 12) included in the operation page W1 displayed on his mobile terminal 2. Therefore, it is possible to cause the management device 3 to create a share page that reflects the preferences of the user.

For example, the user can instruct the management device 3 when to delete the share page by inputting desired information into the input box 104 of the expiration information.
In addition, the user enters desired information in the disclosure range input box 105 to set the range of disclosure of the share page (for example, to limit the range of others to whom the one-time password is notified). can be directed to

Also, the user can instruct the management device 3 about the text information to be written on the share page by inputting desired text information in the comment input box 106 .
Furthermore, the user can instruct the management device 3 about the background image to be used for the share page by inputting desired information into the input box 107 regarding the design of the share page.

According to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, the control unit 91 shares numerical values that can be entered in the deadline information input box 104 (types of time that can be selected in the input box 104 of the pull-down menu system in FIG. Set to less than or equal to the period from page creation to image data deletion.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent input of erroneous time information in the expiration information input box 104, such that the share page deletion time is later than the image data deletion time.

According to the management device 3 of the present embodiment, when the communication unit 95 receives a page creation request from the mobile terminal 2, the control unit 91 automatically activates the communication application installed in the mobile terminal 2. is transmitted to the communication unit 95 (step S25 in FIG. 10), the mobile terminal 2 that receives the activation command automatically activates the communication application. Therefore, it becomes easier for the user to transmit predetermined information such as the URL of the share page to others.

<Other Modifications>
The embodiments disclosed this time are illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of rights of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but is basically determined based on the scope of the claims. Includes changes.

For example, in the above-described embodiments, "email address" is used as identification information (user ID) for identifying users, but a phone number for SNS, LINE ID, or the like, which uniquely identifies a single user, is used. If possible, there is no particular limitation, and other identification information may be adopted as the user ID.

In the above-described embodiment, the image ID is created by the image capturing device 1. However, since the management device 3 manages a plurality of image capturing devices 1, the image ID may be created by the management device 3. .
In this case, the photographing device 1 may access the management device 3 each time the user plays, and acquire the image ID generated by the management device 3 for each play from the management device 3 through network communication.

In the above-described embodiment, the management device 3 creates a share page for each piece of image data for one play. You may decide to create a page.
In that case, all the image data associated with the same user ID may be displayed on the display unit 100 of the operation page W1 shown in FIG. 12, and the image data to be included in the share page may be selected from among them.

Alternatively, a plurality of pieces of image data having a common face feature amount may be collected, and a share page may be created in units of the collected pieces of image data.
In that case, a plurality of image data having a common facial feature amount may be displayed on the display unit 100 of the operation page W1 in FIG. 12, and the image data to be included in the share page may be selected from among them. In this way, it is possible to cause the management device 3 to create a share page that is easy for the user to manage, such as a different share page for each subject.

In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 may determine the background image used for the share page according to the content of the play information received from the imaging device 1 .
For example, in the case where the photographing device 1 is capable of selecting a course type such as a couple course or a friend course, if the course type included in the play information is the "couple course", the control unit 91 determines that the course type is suitable for couples. A background image containing a pattern (for example, a heart pattern) may be adopted.

Further, when the play time included in the play information is during summer vacation, the control unit 91 of the management device 3 adopts a background image including a pattern (for example, a pattern of a straw hat) reminiscent of summer vacation. should be

In the above-described embodiment, the display unit 100 of the operation page W1 shown in FIG. may be included. When acquiring specific image data such as moving images, it is necessary to install a dedicated application on the user's portable terminal.
Therefore, in the operation page W1 of FIG. 12, when the share page creation button 103 is tapped with the moving image selected, the download page W3 (see FIG. 15) of the share page is installed. A button for activating a dedicated application to acquire moving images, a URL for downloading the dedicated application, and the like may be included.

1: Shooting device for play 2: Mobile terminal 3: Management device 10: Shooting unit 20: Editing unit 30: Output unit 40: Control unit 50: Storage unit 60: Communication unit 70: Drive 81: Control unit 82: Storage unit 83: Operation unit 84: Display unit 85: Communication unit 86: Antenna 91: Control unit 92: Storage unit 93: Input unit 94: Output unit 95: Communication unit 96: Drive 97: Input/output interface DB1: Member database DB2: Image Database DB3: Web database

Claims (6)

A management device for managing image data in which a user of a photographing device for play is a subject,
a communication unit capable of communicating with the imaging device and the mobile terminal of the user and receiving the image data generated by the imaging device from the imaging device;
An operation page for providing the received image data to the user, and a web page for providing at least part of the image data provided on the operation page to a person other than the user. a control unit for creating a share page;
A storage unit that stores the created share page,
When providing, on the share page, the image data provided on the operation page and for which a provision deadline for the user is set, the control unit provides the image data on the share page. limit the time period for which data is provided;
The communication unit receives play information for one play generated by the imaging device for each use from the imaging device,
The control unit determines a design of the background image of the share page including the image data and the background image according to the received play information. The operation page includes an input box for deadline information of the share page,
The control unit
determining a period for providing the image data on the share page according to the information entered in the deadline information input box;
The management device according to claim 1, wherein information that can be entered in the input box is restricted based on the provision deadline. The communication unit receives the image data corresponding to one play generated for each use from the imaging device,
The management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit creates the share page for each of the image data for one play. A management device for managing image data in which a user of a photographing device for play is a subject,
A communication unit capable of communicating with the photographing device and the portable terminal of the user, and receiving the image data for one play generated by the photographing device and the play information generated in the one play from the photographing device. When,
a control unit that creates an image providing page for providing the image data for one play,
The control unit determines a design of the background image of the image providing page including the image data and the background image according to the content of the play information. An image providing method performed by a management device for managing image data in which a user of a photographing device for play is a subject, comprising:
a step of receiving the image data for one play generated by the imaging device and the play information generated in the one play from the imaging device, which is capable of communicating with the imaging device and the mobile terminal of the user; ,
creating an image providing page for providing the image data for one play, and determining the design of the background image of the image providing page including the image data and the background image according to the play information;
image delivery method, including; A computer program for causing a computer to function as a management device for managing image data in which a user of a photography device for amusement is a subject,
a step of receiving the image data for one play generated by the imaging device and the play information generated in the one play from the imaging device, which is capable of communicating with the imaging device and the mobile terminal of the user; ,
creating an image providing page for providing the image data for one play, and determining the design of the background image of the image providing page including the image data and the background image according to the play information;
computer program, including

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