JPH11258980A - Road image gathering device and road image gathering process system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically add the current position of a vehicle running on a road to a moving picture of a road state photographed by a moving picture output means mounted on the vehicle. SOLUTION: The road picture gathering device 1 which is mounted on the vehicle running on the road and gathers moving picture information at respective positions on the road is equipped with the moving picture output means 4 which photographs and outputs the state of the road as moving picture information 5, position detecting means 7 and 8 which detect the position 12 of the vehicle in order, a position adding means 8 which adds the respective positions 12 detected by the position detecting means 7 and 8 to the moving picture information 5 outputted sequentially by the position detecting means 4, and a moving picture information recording means 6 which records the moving picture information where the position 12 is added.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a road image collecting apparatus for collecting moving image information of road conditions at various positions on a road from vehicles running on the road, and a road image collecting processing system using the road image collecting apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Road managers who manage highways and general arterial roads include pedestrian bridges, bridges, guardrails,
Each facility such as a tunnel, a sign, a traffic light, and an electronic display is registered and managed in a database, for example, together with information on where the facility is located on the road.

[0003] Further, the road manager must always grasp the damage state of the pavement of the road itself and the damage state of each facility attached to the road. As a method of periodically patroling and easily collecting the damage state of the road itself and the damage state of each facility, a TV camera or an industrial camera is mounted on a vehicle, and the camera is used while traveling on the road with the corresponding vehicle. To record the damage position of the road and the state of each facility, and record it on a VTR (video tape recorder) together with necessary commentary sound including information on the photographing position.

[0004] Then, returning to the management office, the moving image recorded on the VTR is reproduced, and for the reproduced moving image of each facility, the information of the photographing position of the voice recorded at the same time is heard. The operator manually associates with the position of the corresponding facility registered in the.

[0005] Each of the associated positions is superimposed on the screen of a moving image. Then, the video tape of the moving image in which each shooting position is written is separately stored in a storage rack or the like.

Further, a plurality of still images constituting an analog moving image reproduced by a VTR are A / D-converted, and a position is added to the digital moving image as a digital moving image. Then, the digital moving image to which the position is added is written and stored in another database.

[0007] The road manager reproduces the moving image to which the photographing position recorded in the database or the videotape is added, and uses the reproduced moving image to formulate a repair plan or to review materials for the next road construction.

[0008]

However, by using the above-described method, the situation of the road itself and the situation of each facility attached to the road is photographed by a camera to obtain moving image information, and the operator manually operates this image. In the method of adding the position information indicating the photographed position to the information, there are the following problems to be solved yet.

That is, it is very complicated for the operator to listen to the sound reproduced on the VTR and superimpose the position on the moving image by manual operation while watching the moving image reproduced on the VTR. It is.

[0010] Further, since the operator performs manual operation, there is a possibility that an incorrect position is set in each moving image. Further, the position recorded in the VTR is obtained by instantly determining the position from the road scenery and the map viewed by the person in charge of the vehicle and outputting the sound. Therefore, the position accuracy is greatly influenced by the skill of the staff, and as a result, V
It has been difficult to maintain the accuracy of the position recorded in the TR at a high level.

Therefore, the accuracy of the photographing position in the moving image finally recorded on the database or the video tape is reduced. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by mounting a position detection device that detects a vehicle position on a vehicle equipped with a camera, a moving image of a road situation taken by a camera from a running vehicle is provided. A road that can automatically add a position to the image, eliminates the need for the operator to manually insert the position into the moving image, improves the position accuracy of the captured moving image, and improves operability. It is an object to provide an image collection device.

Another object of the present invention is that, in addition to the objects of the above-mentioned invention, in addition to the position, a kilo post can be added to a moving image taken by a camera at the same time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a road image collection processing system capable of greatly improving convenience.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a road image collecting apparatus which is mounted on a vehicle running on a road and collects moving image information at each position on the road. Moving image output means for photographing and outputting as moving image information, position detecting means for sequentially detecting the position of the vehicle, and respective positions sequentially detected by the position detecting means for moving image information sequentially output from the moving image output means And moving image information recording means for recording moving image information to which the position has been added.

[0014] In the road image collecting apparatus configured as described above, the position of the traveling vehicle is detected by the position detecting means mounted on the traveling vehicle. Then, the detected position is automatically added to moving image information captured by a moving image output unit such as a camera.

Therefore, unlike the conventional method, it is not necessary for the attendant in the vehicle to input the photographing position by voice each time, so that the work load of collecting the moving image information is greatly reduced and the moving image information can be reduced. Positions can be added with high accuracy.

In a road image collection processing system according to another invention, a road image collection device mounted on a vehicle running on a road and collecting moving image information at each position on the road, and a road image collection device collected by the road image collection device. And an image editing device for editing moving image information.

The road image collecting device captures the state of the road and outputs it as moving image information, a position detecting means for sequentially detecting the position of the vehicle, and a position detecting means for sequentially detecting the position of the vehicle. Position addition means for adding each position sequentially detected by the position detection means to moving image information sequentially output from the detection position display means for displaying the position on the map and the moving image output means, and the position is added. And moving image information recording means for recording moving image information.

Further, when a position is missing in a part of the moving image information reproduced from the moving image information recording means, the image editing apparatus is added to the newest moving image information to which the position is added. It comprises a position correcting means for correcting the missing position from the position and the moving distance of the vehicle from the position to the missing moving image information.

Further, in the road image collection processing system according to another invention, a kilopost memory for storing a relationship between a kilopost indicating a distance from a reference position on a road and a position to the image editing apparatus; A kilopost adding means for reading a kilopost corresponding to the position added to the information from the kilopost memory and adding it to the moving image information for addition is added.

In the road image collection processing system configured as described above, in the road image collection device mounted on the vehicle, the position of the traveling vehicle is determined by the position of the traveling vehicle, similarly to the road image collection device of the above invention. It is detected by the mounted position detecting means. Then, the detected position is automatically added to moving image information captured by a moving image output unit such as a camera. Further, sequentially detected positions are displayed on a map.

Therefore, the staff on board the vehicle can take the necessary road conditions with the camera while checking the current position of the vehicle on the map. The moving image information to which the position recorded in the moving image information recording means of the road image collecting device is added is brought into the image editing device.

In the image editing apparatus, when a position is missing in a part of the moving image information reproduced from the moving image information recording means, the missing position is automatically corrected. For example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) for detecting a position by using a position detecting means incorporated in a road image collecting apparatus using, for example, an artificial satellite.
ng System) device, it is not possible to accurately receive radio waves from satellites in the shadows of trees, shadows of buildings, tunnels and steep mountainous areas, so that correct positions cannot be measured.

In such a case, the missing position is corrected based on the position added to the newest moving image information to which the position is added and the moving distance of the vehicle from this position to the missing moving image information. Becomes possible. Naturally, in this case, it is assumed that the vehicle is traveling at a constant speed.

Further, in the present invention, a kilopost indicating the distance from the reference position of the road concerned is automatically added to the moving image information in addition to the photographed position. The road manager uses the distance of the road from the reference position, that is, the kilopost, as an index indicating the road position.

On a highway, a plate with the kilopost is provided on the shoulder of the road. Therefore, convenience when using the captured moving image information is improved.

Further, in a road image collection processing system according to another invention, a road image collection device is provided with a moving image output means for photographing the state of the road and outputting it as moving image information, and a sequential output from the moving image output means. Moving image information recording means for adding time information to the moving image information to be recorded, position detecting means for sequentially detecting the position of the vehicle, and adding time information to positions sequentially detected by the position detecting means. And position information recording means for recording.

Further, the image editing apparatus adds each position to which the same time information reproduced from the position information recording means is added to the moving image information to which each time information reproduced from the moving image information recording means is added. The position adding means, and when the position to which the same time information is added is missing, the position where the newest time to which the position is added is added, the elapsed time from the time to the time of the missing position, and the speed of the vehicle. Position correction means for correcting a position missing from the road, a kilopost memory for storing a relationship between a kilopost indicating a distance from a reference position on the road and the position, and a kilopost memory for storing a kilopost corresponding to the position added to the moving image information. And a kilopost adding means for adding the information to the moving image information and reading it out from the vehicle. In mounting road image acquisition apparatus is recorded in a separate memory means and pictures recorded information in the moving picture output means such as detected position and the camera is added each time information.

Then, in the image editing apparatus, a position is added to the moving image information by synchronizing the time information stored in both storage means. When the position is not detected by the position detecting means of the road image collecting apparatus, only the time information is recorded in the position information recording means.
In this case, the position where the same time information is added to the moving image information recorded in the moving image information recording means is missing. Even in such a case, the missing position is automatically corrected by the position correcting means.

[0029]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a road image collection processing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The road image collecting and processing system is roughly divided into a road image collecting apparatus 1 mounted on a vehicle running on a road, an image reproducing / compressing apparatus 2 and an image editing apparatus 3 provided in a management office or the like. It is composed of

A digital camera 4 as moving image output means is incorporated in the road image collection device 1. The camera 4 continuously captures the road conditions ahead of the running vehicle and outputs a moving image 5 composed of a plurality of still images, for example, as shown in FIG. The moving image 5 includes a pavement damage state on a road and a facility state such as a guardrail and a sign as shown in the figure. The digital moving image 5 output from the digital camera 4 is transmitted to a digital VTR 6.

Further, the road image collecting apparatus 1 has a GP
A GPS receiver 7 for receiving each radio wave from the S satellite is incorporated, and each GPS signal received by the GPS receiver 7 is transmitted to a portable PC (personal computer) 8.

Note that each GPS signal from the GPS receiver 7 to the portable PC 8 is transmitted as serial data using an RS232C or PCMC1A card slot or the like. The portable PC 8 uses the GPS signals to calculate the current position (N, E) of the traveling vehicle indicated by latitude and longitude. Then, on the display screen of the position monitor 9, FIG.
As shown in (1), a portion where the detected position (N, E) is located substantially at the center of the previously stored map data is cut out and displayed as the map 10.

The position (N, E) detected on the map 10
Is displayed at the current position 11 corresponding to. The position (N, E) 12 indicated by a numeral is also displayed at the same time. The measurement of the position (N, E) 12 is, for example, 0.5
Performed every second. Then, the portable PC 8 sends out the detected positions (N, E) 12 to the digital VTR 6 in a 0.5 second cycle.

Therefore, the GPS receiver 7 and the portable PC 8
Constitutes position detecting means for detecting the position of the vehicle. VT
R6 is each still image 5 in the moving image 5 composed of a plurality of continuous still images 5a shown in FIG.
The position (N, E) 12 applied from the portable PC 8 at that time is written to, for example, the audio track of a. Since the still images 5a are updated at 1/30 second intervals, the same position (N, E) 12 is written in a plurality of still images 5a.

The moving image 5 to which the position (N, E) 12 has been added is recorded on the cassette tape 13 attached to the VTR 6 and displayed on the image monitor 14.

Therefore, the staff on board the vehicle
By looking at the position monitor 9 and the image monitor 14,
The current position 11 on the map 10 of the vehicle and the moving image 5 of the road condition taken by the camera 4 can be simultaneously checked.

When a series of shootings for road conditions is completed, the procedure returns to the management office, where the cassette tape 13 recording the moving image 5 is removed from the VTR 6 and attached to the digital image reproducing device 14 of the image reproducing / compressing device 2. The recorded moving image 5 is reproduced on the image monitor 15.

The operator observes the moving image 5 added with the position (N, E) 12 displayed on the image monitor 15 and, if there is an inadequate portion, drives the vehicle and determines that the vehicle is incomplete. The moving image 5 for the defective portion is re-collected.

When the defective portion is resolved, the operator removes the cassette tape 13 from the image reproducing device 14 and mounts the cassette tape 13 on the image compressing device 16. The image compression device 16 compresses the moving image 5 including a plurality of still images 5a recorded on the cassette tape 13 by using, for example, the MPEG method.
The image data is written into the image data file 17 once.

The compressed moving image 5 written in the image data file 17 is input to the position correcting section 18 of the image editing apparatus 3. A database 19 is incorporated in the image editing device 3. The database 19 includes a map data memory for storing the same map data as the map data stored in the portable PC 8 of the road image collecting apparatus 1, a kilopost indicating a distance from a reference position on each road, and the longitude described above. (N, E)
And a kilo post memory indicating the relationship.

Further, in the image editing apparatus 3, the position correcting section 18, the kilopost adding section 20, the data checking section 21, the image monitor 22, the data registering section 23, and the master file 24 are incorporated.

In the master file 24, an image file 25 and a management file 26 are formed. In the image file 25, the moving image 5 in a compressed state is written with an image number (index). Also,
In the management file 26, the image number (index) and the position (N, N) of the moving image 5 written in the image file 25 are stored.
E) and the relationship with the kilopost are stored.

Next, each part 18, 20,
The operations 21 and 23 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. S
In (step) 1, a predetermined time period of the moving image 5 to which the position (N, S) 12 stored in the image data file 17 is stored in a compressed state is added from the plurality of still images 5 a shown in FIG. The compressed state of the ordinary moving image 5 is decompressed and temporarily written to the memory. At S2, one still image 5a is read from this memory. Then, the position (N, E) 12 written in the read still image 5a is extracted (S3). If the extracted position (N, E) 12 is not normal (S4), it is determined that the GPS receiver 7 of the road image collection device 1 has not been able to receive the GPS signal radio waves from the GPS satellites properly.

In this case, the position correction section 18 is activated and S
At 5, the photographed still image 5a stored in the previous memory
The position (N, E) 12 of the newest still image 5a in which the correct position (N, E) 12 is written is extracted. Then, the number of still images 5a from the newest still image 5a to the still image 5a at the current abnormal position (N, E) 12 is counted, and the abnormal position (N ,
E) Calculate up to twelve elapsed times.

Assuming that the vehicle is traveling at a specified speed such as 50 km / h, the travel distance of the vehicle along the road is calculated (S6). The moving direction is read from the map of the corresponding portion of the map data memory of the database 19. Accordingly, since the moving distance and moving direction of the vehicle are determined from the position (N, E) 12 of the newest still image 5a, the correct position (N, E) of the still image 5a having the current abnormal position (N, E) 12 is determined. S) 12 can be calculated (S7).

In S4, the extracted position (N, E)
If 12 is normal, there is no need to perform position correction.
Next, a map having a predetermined area including the detected position (N, E) 12 substantially at the center is read from the map data memory of the database 19 (S8). Then, a mark of the current position 11 indicating the detected position (N, E) 12 is written on the read map (S9).

The kilopost adding unit 20 is started, and the kilopost corresponding to the detected position (N, E) 12 on the road to be photographed is read from the kilopost memory of the database 19. When the relevant kilopost is not detected, the relevant position (N, E) 1 is obtained from each of the kiloposts adjacent to the relevant position (N, E) 12 by using an interpolation operation method.
Then, two accurate kiloposts are calculated (S10).

Next, the data confirmation unit 21 is activated, and the still images 5a and 5a are displayed on the image monitor 22 as shown in FIG.
Map 10, mark showing current position 11, position (N, E)
12. The kilopost 27 is displayed (S11).

When a stop command operation is performed by the operator (S12), it is determined that an error has been found in the display content of the image monitor 22 shown in FIG. 4, and in S13, the current position 11 is manually operated by the operator. , The position (N, E) 12, the kilopost 27 and the like are corrected.

If the correction is not performed (S13) or the stop command operation is not performed (S12), the process proceeds to S14, where the data registration unit 23 is activated and the moving image of the corresponding portion of the image data memory 17 is compressed. 5 to master file 24
The image file 25 is stored with an image number (index). Further, the position (N, E) 12 and the kilopost 27 corresponding to the management file 26 are stored with the same image number (index) attached thereto (S14).

Since the image editing process for one still image 5a has been completed, if there is an unedited still image 5a in the memory in S15, the process returns to S2, and the next one still image is read from the memory. 5a is read. When the image editing process for all the still images 5a ends, the image editing process ends.

Then, the distribution data creation unit 28 is started up, and the moving image 5 stored in the image file 25 or the management file 26 of the master file 24 and the position (N, E) 12, which specifies the position of the moving image, Kilopost 27 CD
-Fill in R29 to manage the roads at the office /
It is distributed to the branch 30.

At the office / branch office 30, the worker attaches the distributed CD-R 29 to the video reproducing apparatus and specifies the position (N, E) 12 or the kilopost 27 with the keyboard, thereby immediately setting the corresponding position. The moving image 5 corresponding to (N, E) 12 or the kilopost 27 can be read out on the display screen.

Then, in the office / branch office 30,
While confirming the degree of damage to the pavement of the road in the displayed moving image 5 and the status of each facility attached to the road, such as guardrails, bridges, signs, tunnels, pedestrian bridges, etc., a plan for restoration work and the like is made.

The road image collecting and processing system having the above-described configuration is constructed such that the road image collecting apparatus 1 mounted on a vehicle running on the road uses the GPS receiver 7 and the portable The current position (N, E) 12 of the vehicle detected by the PC 8 is added to the VTR 6
Is recorded on the cassette tape 13.

Therefore, unlike the conventional method, it is not necessary for the attendant in the vehicle to input the photographing position by voice each time, so that the work load in the collection operation of the moving image 5 is greatly reduced and the moving image 5 Position (N,
E) 12 can be added.

Further, if the current position (N, S) 12 of the vehicle using the GPS satellites cannot be correctly detected by the image editing device 3 installed in the management office, the position correcting unit 18 The position (N, S) 12 that has not been correctly detected is automatically corrected using the most recently detected position (N, S) 12 and the moving distance and moving direction of the vehicle. Therefore, the correct position (N,
S) The moving image 5 with 12 is obtained, and the reliability of the entire system can be greatly improved.

In addition to the position (N, S) 12 which can be expressed by the latitude and longitude described above, a kilopost 27 indicating the distance from the reference position of the road is automatically added to the captured moving image 5. Is done. Therefore, the operability when using the moving image 5 photographed in the office / branch office 3 at the site is improved.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a road image collection processing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Therefore, the detailed description of the overlapping part is omitted.

In the road image collection device 1a of the second embodiment, the moving image 5 obtained by the camera 4 is written on the cassette tape 13 by the VTR 6 together with the current time output from the clock 31b. Further, the current position of the vehicle obtained by the GPS receiver 7 and the portable PC 8 (N,
E) 12 is written into a floppy disk (FD) 32 as position information storage means together with the current time output from the clock 31b.

When a series of photographing operations for the road condition using the vehicle is completed, the process returns to the management office, and the moving image 5 recorded on the cassette tape 13 is reproduced by the image reproducing / compressing device 2 to confirm. The image is compressed and written into the image data memory 17a. However, the time is written in the moving image 5 instead of the position (N, E) 12.

The FD 3 in which each position (N, E) 12 and the time when the vehicle passes the corresponding position (N, E) are recorded.
2 is input to the position correction unit 18a of the image editing device 3a. The position correction unit 18a reproduces each time recorded on the FD 32 and outputs the position (N,
E) 12 is determined to be a normal position (N, E) 12 or not. When the position (N, E) 12 is not attached at all or when the position (N, E) 12 is incorrect, the normal position (N, E) 12 is corrected with respect to the corresponding time.

Specifically, the elapsed time from the latest time at which the position (N, E) 12 is added to the time at which the position is missing is calculated. It is assumed that the speed of the vehicle is a constant speed such as 50 km / h as described above. Further, the moving direction of the vehicle is determined from the map data. Therefore, the correct position (N, E) 1 at the time when the position is missing from the correct position (N, E) 12
2 can be calculated, and the kilopost adding section 20 adds a corresponding kilopost 27 to each position (N, E) 12. The position (N, E) 12 to which the time and the kilopost 27 are added is temporarily written into the memory 33.

The compressed image stored in the image data memory 17a is decompressed by the decompression unit 35 and
Is input to The position adding unit 34 adds the same time of each still image 5 a of the moving image 5 to which the time reproduced by the decompression unit 35 is added to the position (N, E) 12 input from the memory 33. It is added to the still image 5a. Then, it is displayed on the image monitor 23 for confirmation.

The data registration section 23 stores the image data memory 1
The moving image 5 in the compressed state of the corresponding portion 7a is stored in the image file 25 of the master file 24 with an image number (index) attached thereto. The position (N, E) 12 and the kilopost 27 corresponding to the management file 26 are stored with the same image number (index).

In the road image collection processing system configured as described above, the road image collection device 1 mounted on the vehicle
In a, a position (NS) 12 detected by the GPS receiver 7 and the portable PC 8 and a moving image 5 captured by the camera 4 are separately recorded on the cassette tape 13 and the FD 32, respectively, with time added. Is done.

Then, in the image editing apparatus 3a, the position (N, E) 12 is added to the moving image 5 in synchronization with the time information stored in the cassette tape 13 and the FD 32.

The GP in the road image collection device 1a
Vehicle position (N, E) by S receiver 7 and portable PC 8
If 12 is not detected, only the time is recorded on the FD 32. In this case, the position of the moving image 5 stored on the cassette tape 13 to which the same time information is added is missing. Even in such a case, the missing position (N, S) 12 is automatically corrected.

Therefore, substantially the same effects as those of the road image collection system of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. In each embodiment system,
Although a digital camera is used as the camera 4 for photographing road conditions, a normal analog camera may be used. In this case, the data registering unit 23 in the final stage performs A / D conversion of an analog moving image into a digital moving image 5, and then performs image compression on the moving image 5, thereby executing a master file 24. Is written to the image file 25.

Further, since the digital camera 4 and the digital VTR 6 have a large number of recording tracks in addition to the track for recording the moving image 5, the positions (N,
E) In addition to 12, sound such as commentary on the moving image 5 photographed by the attendant may be recorded as in the conventional system.

[0072]

As described above, in the road image collecting apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a GPS for detecting the current vehicle position on a vehicle equipped with a moving image output means such as a camera.
A position detecting device such as a device is mounted.

Therefore, a position can be automatically added to a moving image of a road condition photographed by a camera or the like from a moving vehicle, and the operation of manually inserting the position into a moving image by an operator can be omitted. The operability can be improved while the positional accuracy of the performed moving image can be improved.

In the road image collection processing system of the present invention, a kilopost is added to a moving image captured by a camera or the like in addition to a position at the same time. Therefore, the convenience at the time of using the captured moving image can be greatly improved.

Further, when the position cannot be detected normally by the position detecting device such as the GPS device mounted on the vehicle, the correct position is automatically corrected by using the latest normally detected position. I have. Thus, a more accurate position can be added to the captured moving image of the road condition.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a road image collection system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a map and a moving image displayed on a monitor of a road image collection device incorporated in the road image collection system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a moving image composed of a plurality of still images captured by a camera of the road image collection device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a moving image, a map, a position, and a kilopost displayed on an image monitor of an image editing device in the road image collection system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an editing operation of the image editing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a road image collection system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1a: Road image collection device 2: Image reproduction / compression device 3.3a: Image editing device 4: Camera 5: Moving image 6: VTR 7: GPS receiver 8: Portable PC 10: Map 12: Position (N, S) 13 cassette cassette 16 image compression unit 18 and 18a position correction unit 19 database 20 kilopost addition unit 23 data registration unit 24 master fal 27 kilopost 32 FD 34 position addition unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yuichi Matsumoto 1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Toshiba Building Inside Toshiba System Development Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaki Tsuchiya 6th Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo No. 7 Nippon Denshi Computer Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Endo 6-7 Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Nippon Computer Calculation Co., Ltd. (72) Naoko Mugishima No. 6, Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo No. 7 Nippon Electronic Calculation Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Horikawa 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation Head Office

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A road image collecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle running on a road and collecting moving image information at each position on the road, comprising: a moving image output means for photographing the state of the road and outputting the state as moving image information; Position detecting means for sequentially detecting the position of the vehicle; position adding means for adding each position sequentially detected by the position detecting means to moving image information sequentially output from the moving image output means; A road image collection device comprising: moving image information recording means for recording added moving image information. 2. A road image collecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle running on a road and collecting moving image information at each position on the road, and an image editing apparatus for editing moving image information collected by the road image collecting apparatus. A road image collection processing system comprising: a road image collection device, a moving image output unit that captures the state of the road and outputs the obtained image as moving image information; and a position detection unit that sequentially detects a position of the vehicle. Detection position display means for displaying the positions sequentially detected by the position detection means on a map; and moving image information sequentially output from the moving image output means to indicate each position sequentially detected by the position detection means. A moving image information recording unit that records moving image information to which the position has been added, wherein the moving image reproduced from the moving image information recording unit is provided. When the position is missing in a part of the report, the position is added to the newest moving image information to which the position is added and the moving distance of the vehicle from this position to the position missing moving image information. A road image collection processing system comprising a position correcting means for correcting a missing position. 3. The image editing apparatus includes: a kilopost memory for storing a relationship between a kilopost indicating a distance from a reference position on the road and a position; and a kilopost corresponding to a position added to the moving image information, the kilopost. 3. The road image collection processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: a kilopost adding unit that reads from a memory and adds the moving image information to the moving image information. 4. A road image collecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle running on a road and collecting moving image information at each position on the road, and an image editing apparatus for editing moving image information collected by the road image collecting apparatus. A road image collection processing system, comprising: a road image collection device, a moving image output unit that captures the state of the road and outputs it as moving image information, and a moving image sequentially output from the moving image output unit. Moving image information recording means for adding time information to image information for recording, position detecting means for sequentially detecting the position of the vehicle, and recording time information added to positions sequentially detected by the position detecting means. A position information recording unit, wherein the image editing apparatus is configured to, at the same time when the position information recording unit reproduces the moving image information to which the time information reproduced from the moving image information recording unit is added, Position adding means for adding each position to which information is added, and when the position to which the same time information is added is missing, the position to which the newest time to which the position is added is Position correction means for correcting the missing position from the elapsed time until the time of the missing position and the speed of the vehicle, a kilopost memory for storing a relationship between a kilopost indicating a distance from a reference position on the road and the position, A kilopost adding means for reading a kilopost corresponding to the position added to the moving image information from the kilopost memory and adding the kilopost to the moving image information to add the post;