KR100960092B1 - Method and system for uploading image data - Google Patents

Abstract

An image data registration method and system are disclosed. The imaging device includes a photographing unit for generating image data of a subject, an input unit for receiving public setting information for the image data, and image data to a server device through a communication network so that the image data is posted in the web space according to the public setting information. And a transmission unit for transmitting the disclosure setting information. According to the present invention, the image data generated by the imaging device is transmitted through a communication network so that it can be posted in a web space.

Description

Method and system for registering image data {Method and system for uploading image data}

The present invention relates to a method and system for registering image data, and more particularly, to a method and system for registering and posting a portal site server by transmitting image data acquired in real time through a communication network.

Recently, due to the development and generalization of the imaging device, general users can generate various image data for the purpose of daily life, experiment, and the like. Such imaging apparatuses are being developed and distributed in a variety of ways depending on the shape of various devices such as digital cameras, electron microscopes, mobile communication terminals having camera functions, and the like, such as the magnification of an object, image quality, and the like.

The user can print the created image data and store it in the form of offline album, store it in the storage device, manage it, upload it to a web space (for example, a bulletin board or a mini homepage of a portal site) that can be accessed through a communication network. It can be used in various ways.

In the conventional method for uploading image data to a web space through a communication network, the user first moves and stores the image data generated using the imaging device to a hard disk of a personal computer, and then accesses the stored image data by connecting to the communication network. Transfer it to the web space and upload it.

In addition, the user accesses the web space and sets whether the web folder that the user wants to upload the image data to is public, friend public, private, etc., or publicly registered image data. By individually changing the setting of, it is possible to specify whether or not to display image data registered in the corresponding folder.

However, in the conventional method for registering and posting image data in a web space, the registration process of the image data is complicated, and there is a limitation that setting whether to publish the image data is made only through the web space. In addition, there is also a problem of insufficient security processing for the image data registered in the web space.

The background art described above is technical information possessed by the inventors for the derivation of the present invention or acquired during the derivation process of the present invention, and is not necessarily a publicly known technique disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image data registration method and system for transmitting image data generated by an imaging device through a communication network to be posted in a web space.

In addition, the present invention can transmit the setting information of whether the image data is disclosed or not in the process of transmitting the image data in the web space to register the image data, and the server device sets the setting information of whether the received image data is published The present invention provides a method and system for registering image data that is publicly set according to the present invention and processed so that it can be published in a web space.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an image data registration method and system that allows the encrypted image data is posted in the web space so that the contents of the image data can be secured even in the case of leakage of the image data. To this end, the imaging apparatus may encrypt the generated image data and transmit the image data to the server apparatus.

In addition, the present invention, in encrypting the image data transmitted to the server device, the security of the transmitted image data is guaranteed, and the image data to efficiently manage data security by differentiating the encryption level according to the user's selection To provide a registration method and system.

Other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an imaging device comprising: a photographing unit generating image data of a subject; An input unit configured to receive public setting information on the image data; And a transmission unit for transmitting the image data and the disclosure setting information to a server device through a communication network such that the image data is posted in the web space according to the disclosure setting information.

The transmission unit may further transmit one or more of user identification information, device identification information, and address information corresponding to the web space so that the web space is designated.

The imaging device may further include an encryption processing unit that performs an encryption process on the image data, and the transmission unit may transmit the encrypted image data to the server device.

The encryption processing unit performs encryption processing by at least one of an encryption method and an encryption key determined by at least one of the public setting information and the encryption level selection information input through the input unit among a plurality of predetermined encryption methods to be applicable. Can be done.

The encrypted image data may be a compressed file compressed using encryption key information.

The photographing unit may insert data preset in the image data using a digital watermarking technique.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a server apparatus for providing a web space connected through a communication network, the server apparatus comprising: a receiving unit for receiving an identifier, image data and public setting information for the image data from an imaging device through a communication network; A data registration unit for registering the image data to be posted in correspondence with the disclosure setting information in a web space corresponding to the identifier; And an access manager configured to determine whether a visitor connected to the web space through a communication network satisfies the disclosure setting information, and to process the accessor to view the image data through the web space only when the visitor is satisfied. A server device is provided.

The identifier may include one or more of user identification information, device identification information, and address information corresponding to the web space.

When the image data is encrypted data, the server apparatus may further include a restoration processing unit that performs restoration of the data using decryption key information received from the accessor.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an image data registration method performed in an imaging device, the method comprising: generating image data for a subject; And transmitting the image data and the disclosure setting information to a server device through a communication network such that the image data is posted in the web space according to the disclosure setting information. Recorded media on which the program is recorded is provided.

One or more of user identification information, device identification information, and address information corresponding to the web space may be further transmitted to the server device to designate the web space.

The method may further include performing an encryption process on the image data. Here, the encrypted image data may be transmitted to the server device.

In the step of performing the encryption processing, encryption processing by at least one of an encryption method and an encryption key determined by at least one of the public setting information and input encryption level selection information among a plurality of predetermined encryption methods that are applicable in advance. Can be performed.

The encrypted image data may be a compressed file compressed using encryption key information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an image data registration method performed in a server device for providing a web space connected through a communication network, the image data is registered identifiers, image data and the public setting information for the image data through a communication network Receiving; Registering the image data in a web space corresponding to the identifier to be posted corresponding to the disclosure setting information; And determining whether a visitor connected to the web space through a communication network satisfies the disclosure setting information, and processing the image data to be accessed by the visitor through the web space only when the access point is satisfied. There is provided a recording medium on which an image data registration method and a program for performing the method are recorded.

The identifier may include one or more of user identification information, device identification information, and address information corresponding to the web space.

If the image data is encrypted data, the method may further include performing restoration of the data using decryption key information received from the accessor.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that the image data generated by the imaging device can be posted in the web space by transmitting through the communication network.

In addition, in the process of transmitting the image data to the web space to register the image data, the image pickup device may also transmit setting information on whether the image data is disclosed or not, and the server device may publish the received image data according to the setting information on whether the image data is published. It also has the effect of being set up and posted to the Web space.

In addition, the encrypted image data is posted in the web space, so that the contents of the image data can be secured even in the case of leakage of the corresponding image data.

In addition, in encrypting the image data and transmitting the same to the server device, the security of the transmitted image data is guaranteed, and the data security can be efficiently managed by differentiating the encryption level according to the user's selection.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof described on the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, etc. that may be described in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. Can be implemented.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Each embodiment described below is individually described for ease of understanding, but it is natural that one or more embodiments may be used in combination as necessary.

In addition, in the present invention, since the image data generated by the imaging device is transmitted to a server device and registered, for example, various encryption techniques, key management techniques, and packagers may be used to secure the image data. packager), clearing house technology, temper resistance technology (temper resistance), etc. can be applied in various ways without limitation. Meaning and processing method of each security processing technique is obvious to those skilled in the art, so a description thereof will be omitted, and hereinafter, a description will be given based on an embodiment to which encryption technology is applied for convenience of understanding and description.

1 is a block diagram of an image data registration system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an image capturing apparatus 100 and a server apparatus 150 coupled with an image capturing apparatus 100 through a communication network are illustrated. The imaging device 100 is a device for generating digital image data on a subject, for example, a digital camera, an electron microscope, a mobile communication terminal having a camera function, a scanner, or the like. The server device 150 registers the image data received from the imaging device 100 to correspond to a web space (that is, a virtual space that can be accessed through a communication network such as a personal homepage, etc.). Post the registered image data for viewing.

One or more of the components included in the imaging apparatus 100 and the server apparatus 150, which will be described below, may be omitted, one component may be divided into two or more components, or two or more components may be one component. It can also be integrated into an element and implemented. In addition, any of the described components may be implemented in the form of a software program.

The imaging apparatus 100 may include a photographing unit 110, an input unit 115, a terminal storage unit 120, a display unit 125, a data processing unit 130, a transmission unit 135, and a terminal control unit 140. have.

The photographing unit 110 generates digital image data about a subject (eg, an observation area, a person, a landscape, etc. in a cell slide). The photographing unit 110 may include, for example, an image sensor, an image signal processor, and the like.

The input unit 115 receives a user command for controlling the operation of the imaging apparatus 100. The input unit 115 may be formed of, for example, a keypad including one or more key buttons or implemented as a touch sensitive input means (ie, a touch screen). The user inputs information on the subject (for example, one or more of the subject's name, size, setting conditions for generating digital image data, etc.) using the input unit 115, or stores the generated image data ( For example, you can publish to a web space, save to any storage, etc., or set the visibility of image data that is posted to a web space (e.g. public, public, private, project group public, allow Information on one or more of the restricted disclosure of the accessor, the encryption setting (or encryption) processing, etc. can be input.

The terminal storage unit 120 stores one or more of a program for driving the imaging apparatus 100, generated image data, user identification information, and device identification information. Here, the user identification information may be input through the input unit 115 in the process of transmitting the image data.

The display unit 125 displays an operating state of the imaging apparatus 100 or displays acquired or acquired image data. The display unit 125 may, for example, display thumbnails of image data that is already generated and stored in the terminal storage unit 120.

The data processor 130 encrypts image data to be posted in the web space under the control of the terminal controller 140 or manages information on the public setting of the image data (ie, public setting information). The privacy settings may include public or private settings, including one or more of project group disclosures, restricted access to allowed access, friends and global disclosures, and optionally either public or private. Can be.

The transmitter 135 transmits image data to the server device 150 through a communication network under the control of the terminal controller 140. In this case, the transmitting unit 135 further includes, for example, subject identification information (eg, one or more of user identification information, device identification information, etc.) indicating a subject transmitting the corresponding image data, or transmits the corresponding image data. May be transmitted by further including the address information of the web space to be stored, further include the public setting information, or further include decryption key information on the encrypted image data.

The terminal controller 140 controls the operations of the above-described components so that the image capturing apparatus 100 generates image data and transmits the generated image data to the server apparatus 150 through a communication network.

Although not shown, the imaging apparatus 100 may further include an encryption processing unit that converts image data to be transmitted to the server apparatus 150 into an encryption setting file by a user command. For example, the encryption processing unit may assign an encryption key when generating the image data into a compressed file such as ZIP, or perform encryption on the image data using the encryption key. Here, the encryption setting process may be performed by a method and an algorithm previously promised between the imaging apparatus 100 and the server apparatus 150.

The server device 150 may include a receiver 155, a data register 160, a member manager 165, an access manager 170, a server storage 175, and a server controller 180.

The receiver 155 receives image data from the imaging apparatus 100 through a communication network.

The data register 160 registers the image data received through the receiver 155 to be posted in a corresponding web space. The data register 160 may determine a web space where the corresponding image data should be posted using the subject identification information received together with the image data. For example, when the subject identification information is user identification information, as shown in FIG. 3, the corresponding image data may be posted in a web space allocated for the user.

The member manager 165 manages information of registered users for posting image data provided from the server device 150 and / or accessing a web space where the image data is posted. The member manager 165 may manage, for example, member information on the registered user's identification information, personal information, friend setting between each user, project group setting, and the like. If the server device 150 does not force membership in providing the service according to the embodiment of the present invention, the member manager 165 may be omitted.

The access manager 170 manages which image data should be displayed to any visitor accessing the web space. For example, if an accessor who accesses the registered web space with the image data set as private, public and friend public is in a friend relationship with the user who is allocated the web space, the image data set as public and friend public can be viewed. will be. However, if not, the accessor will be restricted to view the image data set to public in the web space.

The server storage unit 175 may include a program for driving the server device 150, image data set to correspond to each web space, public setting information for each image data, member information, and device identification corresponding to the imaging device 100. Store one or more of the information, etc.

The server controller 180 registers and publishes the server device 150 to correspond to the web space by receiving the image data, and allows the accessor accessing the web space to view the registered image data. Control the behavior of the elements.

Although not shown, the server device 150 further includes a restoration processing unit for restoring the encryption setting file to the image data by using the decryption key information provided from the accessor when the registered image data is converted into the encryption setting file. You may.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering image data according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display form of a web space according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in operation 210, the imaging apparatus 100 generates image data by performing imaging processing on a subject.

The imaging apparatus 100 receives the public setting information on the image data to be transmitted to the server device 150 to post to the web space in step 220, and in step 230 the identifier, the image data, and the public setting information through the communication network. Transfer to 150.

In this case, information about the photographed subject (for example, subject information which is at least one of a name, a size of a subject, a setting condition for generating digital image data, etc.) may be further transmitted. Here, the identifier may be subject identification information or address information corresponding to a web space where the corresponding image will be posted. In addition, the disclosure setting information may be, for example, information about one or more of all public, friends public, private, project group public, limited access only to allowed access. In addition, the public setting information may be input individually for each image data, and the same public setting information may be used for image data transmitted until the previously designated public setting information is corrected.

In addition, the transmission of the image data and the like according to step 230 is the server device 150 at one or more of each time when each image data is generated, at a predetermined period, the time when a transmission command for the image data specified by the user is input, etc. Can be sent to.

In operation 240, the server apparatus 150 registers the image data received from the imaging apparatus 100 through the communication network to be posted in the web space corresponding to the identifier with the posting condition corresponding to the disclosure setting information.

The server device 150 receives an access request for accessing the web space (i.e., image publishing space) from any visitor in step 250, and proceeds to step 260 to designate each image data posted in the web space. Process the image data to be selectively displayed on the terminal device display of the accessor according to the posting condition.

FIG. 3 illustrates a case in which a web space is configured as an image-based medical portal site as a display form of a web space displayed on the terminal device display unit of the visitor (ie, a web page configuration).

As illustrated in FIG. 3, each web space may be allocated to be distinguished by subject identification information, and the web page configuration may include an image posting area 310, a content area 320, and a function icon area 330. Can be.

The image posting area 310 is an area where image data received from the imaging apparatus 100 is registered and posted so as to correspond to the public setting information. The name of each image data may be designated by using subject information received from the imaging apparatus 100.

The content area 320 is an area where information (eg, a paper, related information, etc.) designated by the user is posted to correspond to the image data posted in the image posting area 310. That is, information corresponding to the selected image data among the image data posted on the image posting area 310 may be displayed on the content area 320. In this case, the number of image data displayed in the image posting area 310 may vary for each visitor according to the public setting information, and the amount or type of information that can be viewed through the content area 320 may also vary. have.

Naturally, the user may access the web space and independently specify whether or not to disclose information to be displayed through the content area 320.

The function icon area 330 performs one or more functions such as a folder icon for dividing the storage area of each image data and moving to the divided area, deleting image data, modifying the name of the image data, and updating the public setting information. This is the area where icons to be displayed are displayed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering image data according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in operation 410, the imaging apparatus 100 generates image data by performing imaging processing on a subject.

The imaging apparatus 100 receives an encryption setting request and an encryption key for the image data to be sent to the server device 150 to post to the web space in step 420, and generates encrypted image data (ie, an encryption setting file). do. The encryption setting process is processed so that it can be decrypted by a valid decryption key provided by the accessor. For example, in generating an image data into a compressed file such as ZIP, an encryption key is given, or by using the corresponding encryption key. It may be to perform encryption on the image data. Here, the encryption setting process may be performed by a method and an algorithm previously promised between the imaging apparatus 100 and the server apparatus 150. In addition, the encryption key and the decryption key may be the same information.

In operation 430, the imaging apparatus 100 transmits the identifier, the encrypted image data, and the encryption key information to the server apparatus 150 through the communication network. The transmission of the image data or the like according to the step 430 is performed to the server device 150 at one or more times at each time point at which each image data is generated, at a preset period, or when a transmission command for image data specified by the user is input. Can be sent.

In operation 440, the server device 150 registers the received image data in a web space corresponding to the identifier, and registers and manages encryption key information accordingly. Here, the identifier may be, for example, subject identification information or address information corresponding to a web space where the image is posted.

If the image capturing apparatus 100 and the server apparatus 150 can recognize the encryption key by a predetermined method, the transmission and registration of the encryption key information may be omitted. In addition, while the server device 150 registers the compressed file using the encryption key to correspond to any web space, the decryption key information received together with the display request for the compressed file from the accessor connected to the web space is used. After decompressing the compressed file and normal decompression is completed, the transmission and registration of encryption key information may be omitted even when image data of the compressed file is displayed.

In operation 450, the server device 150 receives a display request for an encryption setting file and decryption key information for releasing encryption processing from an accessor connected to an arbitrary web space.

The server device 150 determines whether the decryption key received in step 460 is valid. If the decryption key is received from the imaging device 100 and stored, the validity of the corresponding decryption key may be determined by determining whether the received decryption key matches the stored decryption key. In addition, if the decryption key is not stored, it is possible to determine whether the received decryption key is valid by performing decryption processing on the encryption setting file using the received decryption key.

If the decryption key received as a result of the determination in step 460 is valid, the server device 150 provides the accessor to view the decryption setting file decrypted in step 470. However, if the received decryption key is invalid, the process proceeds to step 480 and outputs an error message to the accessor.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering image data according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation 510, the imaging apparatus 100 generates image data by performing an imaging process on a subject.

In operation 520, the imaging apparatus 100 determines whether the public setting information is input from the user. The privacy setting information may be one or more of, for example, all public, friends public, private, project group public, restricted public for the allowed access.

If the public setting information is input by the determination of step 520, the flow proceeds to step 530. However, if the public setting information is not input, the setting of the public setting set by the user is automatically set to the public setting (eg, all public) previously designated by default or previously specified in the image data, and then the flow proceeds to step 530.

In operation 530, the imaging apparatus 100 determines whether an encryption level selection is input from a user. The encryption level selection is for specifying whether to perform encryption according to one or more of which level of encryption method and encryption key having a degree of complexity.

That is, the complexity of the encryption key may be varied according to the encryption level selection. In addition, by determining the encryption method according to the encryption level selection, it is possible to maintain security when the image data is leaked. For example, if encryption level 0 is selected, no encryption processing is performed, but if encryption level 1 is selected, DES encryption, which is 56-bit encryption is applied, and if SEED encryption, 128-bit encryption is applied, is selected. When encryption level 3 is selected, 3DES encryption, which is 168-bit encryption is applied, and when encryption level 4 is selected, 256 level encryption, AES encryption, is applied. It may be a choice for either. Of course, the encryption scheme applied by the user's encryption level selection may be various in addition to the above-described examples.

As a result of the determination in step 530, if an encryption level selection is input, the process proceeds to step 540 and the image capturing apparatus 100 performs an encryption process according to an encryption method specified to match the selected encryption level.

However, if the encryption level selection is not input or if the encryption method and / or encryption key according to the public setting information is set to be applied, the process proceeds to step 550, and the imaging apparatus 100 performs the encryption process according to the public setting information. For example, if full public is selected, encryption processing is not performed. If public is selected, 128-bit encryption SEED encryption is applied. If project group public is selected, 168-bit encryption 3DES encryption is applied. If private is selected, AES encryption, which is 256-bit encryption, can be applied. Of course, the encryption scheme applied by the public setting information may be various in addition to the above-described examples.

In step 560, the identifier, the encrypted image data (ie, the encryption setting file) and the encryption key information are transmitted to the server device 150 through the communication network.

Thereafter, as described above with reference to FIG. 4, the server device 150 will register the received image data to be posted in a web space corresponding to the identifier. Thereafter, the server device 150 may determine whether the decryption key provided from the accessor requesting the viewing of the corresponding image data is valid, and may process the reading of the corresponding image data only when it is valid.

In addition, although not shown, the imaging apparatus 100 may enable copyright protection by inserting and transmitting information indicating the photographer to the image data transmitted to the server apparatus 150. To this end, the imaging device 100 may be implemented to enable, for example, digital watermarking technology.

Digital watermarking is a technique of inserting specific data (ie, watermarks) to be claimed, such as copyright information, into multimedia content such as audio, video, or text. This is to provide a basis for exercising the rights such as ownership and copyright by detecting the inserted watermark when it is necessary to confirm the original owner such as dispute of ownership in the distribution process of digital content.

As a watermark embedding method applicable to the present invention, all currently known methods such as a method of inserting a watermark in a spatial domain, a method of embedding a watermark in a frequency domain, and the like can be applied without limitation. It may be applied in combination. The method of embedding a watermark in the spatial area has an advantage of speed. Among the methods of inserting a watermark in the frequency domain, a method of inserting a random number using DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) has the advantage of inserting a watermark robustly to compression, and using a FFT (Fast Fourier Transform). Is also used. Since the watermark embedding method and the corresponding watermark extraction method are well known to those skilled in the art, description thereof will be omitted.

It goes without saying that the above-described image data registration method may be performed by an automated procedure in a time-series order by a software program or the like embedded in the imaging apparatus and / or the server apparatus. The codes and code segments that make up the program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. In addition, the program is stored in a computer readable media readable by a digital processing device, and the method is implemented by being read and executed by the digital processing device. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium and a carrier wave medium.

Although the above has been described with reference to embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may variously modify the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. And can be changed.

1 is a block diagram of an image data registration system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering image data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a display form of the web space according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering image data according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering image data according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (18)

In the imaging device, A photographing unit generating image data of a subject; An input unit configured to receive disclosure setting information and encryption level selection information of the image data; An encryption processing unit which performs an encryption process on the image data using an encryption method or an encryption key determined by at least one of the disclosure setting information and the encryption level selection information among a plurality of predetermined encryption methods to be applicable; And A transmission unit for transmitting the image data and the disclosure setting information encrypted through a communication network to a server device such that the image data is posted in the web space according to the disclosure setting information, The disclosure setting information is designated as one of a disclosure level setting for designating a viewing range of the image data posted in the web space and a privacy setting for restricting viewing of the image data. And said disclosure level setting is designated as one or more of project group disclosure, limited disclosure for allowed accessors, friends disclosure and total disclosure. delete The method of claim 1, And the input encryption level selection information is used to determine the complexity of encryption. The method of claim 1, And the encrypted image data is a compressed file compressed using encryption key information. The method of claim 1, And the transmission unit further transmits one or more of user identification information, device identification information, and address information corresponding to the web space so that the web space is designated. The method of claim 1, And the photographing unit inserts preset data into the image data using a digital watermarking technique. A server device for providing a web space connected through a communication network, A receiving unit for receiving an identifier, image data, and public setting information on the image data from an imaging device through a communication network; A data registration unit for registering the image data to be posted in correspondence with the disclosure setting information in a web space corresponding to the identifier; An access manager configured to determine whether a visitor connected to the web space through a communication network satisfies the public setting information, and process the accessor to view the image data through the web space only when the accessor is satisfied; And If the image data is encrypted data, including a restoration processing unit for performing a restoration process of the encrypted data using the decryption key information received from the accessor, The disclosure setting information is designated as one of a disclosure level setting for designating a viewing range of the image data posted in the web space and a privacy setting for restricting viewing of the image data. The disclosure level setting is designated as one or more of project group disclosure, limited disclosure for allowed access, friends disclosure, and total disclosure. The image data is encrypted using an encryption method or an encryption key determined by at least one of the public setting information and the encryption level selection information input to the imaging device among a plurality of predetermined encryption methods to be applicable. Server device. delete The method of claim 7, wherein And a complexity of encryption is determined by the input encryption level selection information. An image data registration method performed in an imaging device, Generating image data of the subject; Performing an encryption process on the image data using an encryption method or an encryption key determined by at least one of public setting information and input or preset encryption level selection information among a plurality of predefined encryption methods to be applicable; And Transmitting the encrypted image data and the disclosure setting information to a server device through a communication network such that the image data is posted in the web space according to the disclosure setting information. The input or preset privacy setting information is designated as one of a privacy level setting for designating a viewing range of the image data posted in the web space and a privacy setting for restricting viewing of the image data. The disclosure level setting is an image data registration method, characterized in that the one or more of the project group disclosure, allowed public access restrictions, friends public and all public. delete The method of claim 10, And the input encryption level selection information is used to determine the complexity of encryption. The method of claim 10, And the encrypted image data is a compressed file compressed using encryption key information. The method of claim 10, And at least one of user identification information, device identification information, and address information corresponding to the web space is further transmitted to the server device to designate the web space. An image data registration method performed in a server device that provides a web space connected through a communication network, Receiving an identifier, image data and disclosure setting information for the image data from the imaging device through a communication network; Registering the image data in a web space corresponding to the identifier to be posted corresponding to the disclosure setting information; And Determining whether a visitor connected to the web space through a communication network satisfies the disclosure setting information, and processing the visitor to view the image data through the web space only when the visitor is satisfied. The disclosure setting information is designated as one of a disclosure level setting for designating a viewing range of the image data posted in the web space and a privacy setting for restricting viewing of the image data, and the disclosure rating setting is a project group. You are designated as one or more of Public, Restricted Access to Allowed Users, Friend, and All. The processing may include performing restoration of the data using decryption key information received from the accessor when the image data is encrypted data. The image data is encrypted using an encryption method or an encryption key determined by at least one of the public setting information and the encryption level selection information input to the imaging device among a plurality of predetermined encryption methods to be applicable. Image data registration method. delete The method of claim 15, And the complexity of encryption is determined by the input encryption level selection information. A program of instructions that can be executed by an electronic device to perform the image data registration method according to any one of claims 10, 12 to 15, and 17 is tangibly implemented and read by the electronic device. The record carrier on which the program can be recorded.

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