JPH02204864A - Retrieving system for picture video information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve in real time both the picture video information and the character data information by preparing a picture video information retrieving terminal containing a picture video store device, a picture video retrieval controller, a display device, and an information retrieving device and a character data information offering device which is connected to the retrieving terminal via a communication circuit. CONSTITUTION:When the information is retrieved in an on-line information retrieving system, the character data information is obtained via a communication circuit 5 after calling out a character data information offering device 1 through an on-line system. At the same time, the picture video information and the video information (moving video information) related to the character data are obtained by retrieving the picture video information stored in a picture video information retrieving terminal 10 and with no intervention of the circuit 5. Thus it is possible to retrieve the character data information and the picture video information in an on-line system at one time and at a high speed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image/video information retrieval system, and particularly to an online information system for searching selected text data information and related images in response to requests from an unspecified number of people. The present invention relates to a novel image/video information retrieval system for providing selected image information and character data information related thereto.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A conventional online information system is an extremely effective system for providing desired information to an unspecified number of people in real time. In this system, information is stored in the center combiator located at the center, and a person who wants to use the information stored in this center computer can perform a search from an information terminal in a remote location via a telephone line, etc., and retrieve the information on the search results. This system is obtained through the same telephone line.

In this case, if a large number of people access the center computer at the same time, the center computer processes the questions or processes them in a time-sharing manner depending on the order of access, but the speed of information retrieval and transmission is extremely high. Because of its speed, the user has the same effect as if only he or she were using the center computer exclusively.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention For example, an attempt was made to provide ski resort information in an online system by combining image information such as the scenery of the ski resort and lodging facilities there with text data information such as snowfall amount and congestion status. If the stored information is text or data, the online system described above can send and receive information in real time over a telephone line, but if the information is an image (still image), it is possible to send and receive information in real time. It takes about one to several minutes to send and receive a single color photo. Furthermore, when the information is a video (moving image), it is extremely difficult to transmit the information through a narrowband communication line such as a telephone line, and it is necessary to transmit the information through a wideband communication line such as an optical fiber.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a new image/video information search system that allows text data information and image/video information to be simultaneously searched online at high speed.

Means for Solving the Problems The technical means of the present invention for solving the above problems is an image and video information retrieval terminal comprising at least an image and video storage device, an image and video search control device, a display device, and an information retrieval device;
and a text data information providing device located at a remote location and connected to the above via a communication line, and comprising at least a text data information storage device, a text data information retrieval device, and a line control device. It is a search system.

Operation The operation of the present invention based on the above-mentioned technical means is that when searching for information using an online information retrieval system, character data information is obtained through the online system by calling a character data information providing device, and obtained through a communication line. Planned video information and video information (moving video information) are obtained without going through a communication line by searching the image video information stored in the image video information search terminal.

Example Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

If you are trying to provide an online system that combines image video and text data, for example, consider the above-mentioned ski resort information that combines image video and text data and provides it in an online system. Images of accommodation facilities, etc. are not information that changes every day, but if they are stored as degree information, they will not change for a certain period of time. On the other hand, the amount of snowfall and the congestion situation at a ski resort must be added and changed every day, but these information can be provided as text data information.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems in configuring an online system for information that combines images and text/data information, the present invention focuses on the fact that images do not need to be added or exchanged as information every day. The image is stored in the image storage device in the image information retrieval terminal, and the information is searched by the information retrieval terminal. Image information and character data information are stored in a character data information storage device in an information providing device, searched by a character data information search device, and transmitted in real time to an image video information search terminal via a telephone line. Make information search terminals available.

This will be explained with the drawings below.

The figure is a system configuration diagram in one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a character data information providing device (center computer), which includes at least a character data information storage device 2, such as a magnetic disk device, that stores characters and data, and a character data information storage device 2 that searches and controls information in the character data information storage device 2. It controls the information search request line from the data information search device 3 and the #J visual information search terminal 10, 20, and 30.

It also includes a line control device 4 for distribution. Reference numerals 10, 20, and 30 are image-based information retrieval terminals, and each image-video information retrieval terminal, for example, the image-video information retrieval terminal 10, includes at least a painter-image storage device 11 and an image-based retrieval device 12. It consists of a display device 13 and an information search device 14. The image video storage device 11 is, for example, a multi-optical disk device that stores a large number of optical disks on which still images and moving images are stored, and reproduces them in response to requests from the image video search control device 12. The display device 13 is made of a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, or the like. 5 is a communication line, for example a public telephone line. It goes without saying that the communication line 5 may be not only a narrowband line such as a public telephone line, but also a wideband communication line such as an optical fiber.

By the way, images such as ski resort scenery do not change over time once they have been stored as information, and on the other hand, the amount of snow and the crowding situation at a ski resort must be changed over time, but this information cannot be written in text. It may be provided as data information.

Therefore, image information such as scenery of a ski resort that does not need to be added or replaced sequentially is stored in the image storage device 1 in the image information search terminal 10. Character data information that changes or is added sequentially, such as volume or congestion status, is stored in the character data information storage device 2 located in the character data information providing device 1 at a remote location, and then sent to a public telephone. By transmitting the image f* information and character data information to the image video information search terminal 10 in real time through a communication line 5 such as a line, the image f* information and character data information can be obtained in real time to the image video information search terminal IO.

For example, the search performed by this system is as follows.

In other words, for example, if you want to go skiing, in order to select a ski resort, the information about the ski resort is combined with image and text data and the image/video information search terminal 1 of the online system is used.
When trying to search with 0.

For example, when searching for ski resorts based on region, amount of snowfall, etc., these data are entered into the information search device 14 as conditions, and the search for ski resorts that meet these conditions is conducted through a communication line such as a public telephone line. The conditions are transmitted to the character data information providing device 1, which is a central computer at a remote location,
The text data information search device 3 searches for ski resorts that match the conditions from among the ski IJ information stored in the text data information storage device 2 through the line control device 4.
The information is again transmitted as text information to the image/video information search terminal 10 in real time via a communication line 5 such as a public telephone line via the line control device 4. As a result, Kin-nii is able to search for images corresponding to the above-mentioned ski resort, that is, images of ski slope scenery and accommodation facilities, which are stored in the image storage device 11 such as an optical disk in the image image information search terminal 10. , are displayed on the display device 13. After watching these images, if you agree with the ski resort's congestion situation, call the text data information providing device 1, which is a remote center computer, again and send the text data information storage device 2. Data such as the congestion situation of the relevant ski resort, which is the sequentially changing information accumulated in The character information is transmitted to the display device 13 and displayed on the display device 13.

Conversely, the information retrieval device 14 searches for ski resort pictures using keywords such as the desired conditions of the ski resort, such as the region.
The related text data information such as the amount of snowfall and congestion at the ski resort that changes sequentially and additional text data information is stored in the text data information storage device located in the text data information providing device l, which is a central computer at a remote location. Accumulates in 2,
The image information and character data information are searched by the character data information search device 3 and transmitted to the image video information search terminal 10 in real time via the communication line 5 such as a public telephone line, so that the image information and the character data information are searched by the image video information search terminal 10. That's what you get.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides at least an image video storage device and ll! An image/video information retrieval terminal comprising an image/video side search control device and an information retrieval device, and at least a character information storage device and character data located at a remote location and connected to the terminal by a communication line. This is an image video information retrieval system consisting of a character data information providing device consisting of an information retrieval device and a line control device.For online image video information retrieval, information based on the desired conditions is first searched for in the image video information retrieval terminal. The device searches for the relevant information from the text data information storage device stored in the text data information providing device, which is a central computer located in a remote location, and receives this information via the communication line at the image video information search terminal. Based on this, the corresponding image or corresponding video in the image/video storage device is searched and controlled by the image/video search control device and displayed on the display device along with text information. timesl1sf
It is possible to search and provide text data information in real time without having to read the text.

Conversely, the necessary image and video information is searched for from the image and video storage device built into the image and video information search terminal, and the center computer, which is a text data information providing device, is called through a communication line such as a public telephone line. It is natural that the related character data information stored in the character information storage device, which is connected to Vclt in the computer, is searched by the character data information retrieval device and viewed on the image/video terminal device through the communication line via the line control device. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram showing a painter video information retrieval system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Character data information providing device, 2... Character data information storage device, 3... Character data information retrieval device, 48
11 line control device, 5... communication line, 10, 20.3
0... Image video information search terminal, 11... Image video storage device, 12... Image video search device, 13... 1 Display device, 14... Information search device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] At least an image video storage device, an image video search control device,
An image video information retrieval terminal consisting of a display device and an information retrieval device, located at a remote center and connected to the terminal by a communication line, and at least a character data information storage device, a character data information retrieval device and An image video information retrieval system comprising a character data information providing device comprising a line control device.