TW201608522A - An image data process method and image data management system - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention provides an image data process method that allows an image to be processed according to its location and time, comprising: accessing a digital image data; determining a GPS coordinate and a shoot time for the digital image; obtaining a set of a geographic data, a time course data and an event data, wherein the geographic data and the time course data jointly set a limitation for the event data; determining whether the GPS coordinate and the time of the digital image corresponds to the limitation of the event; processing the digital image according to the geographic data, the time course data and the event data if the GPS coordinate and time thereof corresponds to the limitation.

Description

Image data processing method and image data management system

The invention provides an image data processing method and a image data management system, which are related to electronic digital data processing, and are specifically adapted to a digital computing device or a data processing method for a specific function.

In recent years, digital imaging technology has gradually matured and applied in life, which has improved a lot of entertainment and convenience. If the user wants to edit the captured digital photos, they must modify or edit the digital images by software to give special meaning to the digital photos. For example, users can enjoy the New Year's fireworks at the viewing platform of Taipei 101 Building. During the show, a photo was taken. The shooting time was January 1, 101. The location was 101. If the user wanted to edit the photo and give it a commemorative meaning, he would need to use the image editing software to take photos on his own. Add time, place, pattern, or caption to your collection or share it on the social networking site.

On the other hand, for those who want to market through e-commerce, the manufacturer hopes to market its services and goods through the consumer's oral communication. The common practice is to provide incentives to consumers (for example, actively recommending stores on social networking sites, Discounts are available), but this practice is still limited by the user's wishes.

On the other hand, for government agencies or for-profit organizations that want to market travel services, if they can provide a mechanism or network platform, consumers can take photos and photos that are taken and shared by different sightseeing spots at different times. Ads related to the location, time, or Automatic editing of information in digital photos can achieve the effect of placement marketing.

Reference is made to the Republic of China Patent Publication No. 200514997, which discloses a The digital image capture system of the recordable location includes an image capture unit, a data processing unit, a liquid crystal display and a positioning unit to provide a positioning unit that can pass through the global positioning system during image capture. (Global Positioning System, GPS), or identify the roadmap image by image recognition technology, or obtain the geographic information of the shooting location by direct input, and transfer the data to the data processing unit, and convert it into a city or special building or landscape. Geographical information such as scenic spots or mountains, rivers, etc.; and the data processing unit adds the aforementioned geographic information to the image data of the captured image, so that when the image data is turned on, the geographic information or latitude and longitude data of the shooting location is simultaneously displayed.

Although the above digital image capture system has been able to make geographic information and video data Combined, but unable to obtain event information, marketing information or advertising information related to a specific shooting time and location, the use of image data is still insufficient.

Therefore, how to provide a method and system for actively performing customized editing or placement marketing for digital video shooting time and space has become one of the problems to be solved by researchers.

The invention provides an image data processing method, which is to perform image editing on a digital image data according to a shooting time and a shooting location, and includes: capturing a digital image data; interpreting the GPS coordinates of the digital image data and generating time to obtain the image data. One of the digital image data is taken at a shooting location and a shooting time; accessing a set of geographic object data, time series data, and event data, wherein the geographic object data and the time series data define a specific condition for the event data; Time and the specific condition, when the shooting location and shooting time meet the specific condition, The digital image data is edited based on the geographic object data, the time series data, and the event data.

In more detail, the shooting location has the following relevance to the geographic object data. One: distance relationship, connection relationship, connection relationship, inclusion relationship. The timing data defines a timing that is the start, end or middle of the timing. The event data must meet the following conditions: the shooting location has one of a distance relationship, a connection relationship, a connection relationship or an inclusion relationship with the geographic object data, and the shooting time belongs to the starting point, the end point or the middle of the time series data. one.

Further, the method further includes: GPS according to the digital image data Coordinate data, establishing a specific range of digital maps around the location; accessing location data and time data of another location on the digital map; accessing another set of geographic object data, time series data, and event data, wherein the geographic The object data and the time series data define a specific condition for the event data; comparing the geographic data and time data of the other location with the specific condition; when the geographic data and time data of the other location meet the specific condition, The location is marked on the digital map; and when the geographic data and time data of the other location do not satisfy the specific condition, another location on the digital map is accessed again, and another set of geographic object data, timing Data and event data were compared again.

Preferably, displaying the location from the location to the other location on the digital map Path or mode of transportation.

Preferably, the geographic object data, the time series data and the event data can be used by one Defining and providing.

Further, the event information includes but is not limited to: geographical signature information, QR Code information, graphics and text information

The invention further provides an image data management system, which is to access the digital image The image editing is performed according to the shooting time and the shooting location, and includes: an image accessing unit for accessing the digital image data; and a data interpretation unit connected to the image accessing unit for receiving the digital image After the data, the GPS coordinates and the generation time of the digital image are interpreted to obtain the shooting location and shooting time of the digital image; a geospatial database is connected to the data interpretation unit for storing a plurality of geographic object data, and The relationship between the plurality of geospatial objects can be processed, and the geographic object data is distributed to the data interpretation unit according to the shooting location of the digital image; a time series database is connected to the data interpretation unit for storage and Processing timing data, receiving and assigning a time series data to the data interpretation unit according to the shooting time of the digital image; a domain database connected to the data interpretation unit for storing a plurality of event data, the receiving and the The shooting time and location of the digital image, and assigning an event data to the data interpretation unit; After the material editing unit, which is connected to the data interpretation unit which acquires digital image data and geographic object data, timing data and event data, based on those geographic object data, timing data and event information, edit the digital image data.

Further, the event information includes but is not limited to: geographical signature information, QR Code information, graphics and text information.

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205‧‧‧ Geospatial Database

206‧‧‧ Time Series Database

207‧‧‧ Domain Database

208‧‧‧Information editing unit

301‧‧‧Geographical signature

302‧‧‧QR Code

303‧‧‧Graph or text mark

400‧‧‧ screenshot

401‧‧‧Geographical object information or event information

The invention will be better understood from the following description and description. Instead of configuring the elements in the drawings, it is not necessary to scale the elements in the description of the invention. Furthermore, in the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the

The first figure is a flow chart of a method of an embodiment of the image data processing method of the present invention.

The second figure is a flow chart of a method of another embodiment of the image data processing method of the present invention.

The third figure is a system block diagram of an embodiment of the image data management system of the present invention.

The fourth figure is an example of an edited digital image of an embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth figure is another example of the edited digital image of the embodiment of the present invention.

The sixth figure is a screenshot of one of the electronic maps of the embodiment of the second figure.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein However, the principles described herein may be embodied in a variety of different forms, and the description should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. These embodiments are provided to provide a thorough and thorough disclosure of the invention to those skilled in the art.

The first figure is a flow chart of a method 100 of one embodiment of the image data processing method of the present invention. When a user shoots through a digital camera or a handheld device with a photographic function (such as a mobile phone or a tablet), the digital image can be a portrait photo in a specific scenic area, a commemorative photo of successful marriage proposal in the restaurant, and a special celebration. The photo, or the pure landscape photo, the image data processing flow of the method 100 is enabled: in step 101, the digital image data captured by the user is captured.

In step 102, the GPS coordinates of the digital image data and the generation time are interpreted to obtain a shooting location of the digital image data and a shooting time. For example, for example, the user and the friend take a photo in Kaohsiung, the background of the photo. It shows tourists, yachts, docks, a giant PVC yellow duckling floating on the water, and the location where the digital image was taken. The GPS coordinates of the point are: "North latitude: 22.621775, longitude: 120.293499", and the shooting time is: pm 4:00, October 5, 2013. The GPS coordinates can be read and read as the GPS coordinates of the Kaohsiung Glory Terminal.

In step 103, a set of geographic object data, time series data, and event data are accessed, wherein the geographic object data and the time series data define a specific condition for the event data. In other words, the conditions of the event data can be: "From September 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013, the center point is "North latitude: 22.621775, East longitude: 120.293499" (Glory Pier), a radius of 1000 meters. Events happening inside." The event information can be: "Yellow Ducklings Taiwan's first station Kaohsiung", and the event data can include the geographical signature associated with the yellow duckling, QR Code (link to Kaohsiung City Government Yellow Duck Official Tourism Website: http://rubberduck- kaohsiung.tw/main/index.asp#), Kaohsiung tourism marketing or graphic impression of mark LOGO and so on.

At step 104, it is determined that the shooting location and the shooting time satisfy the specific condition by comparing the shooting location with the shooting time and the specific condition. When the shooting location and the shooting time meet the specific condition, the digital image data is edited according to the geographic object data, the time series data, and the event data. For example, on the afternoon of October 5, 2013, the user took a photo on the background of the Yellow Duckling at Glory Pier. The location was at Glory Pier, which met the geographical condition of the event, "Glory Pier". The timing conditions of the event data are "September 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013".

If the determination result in step 104 is "YES", then in step 105, the digital image data is edited according to the geographic object data, the time series data and the event data. For example, the geographical signature of the "Yellow Duckling Taiwan's first station Kaohsiung" event data, QR Code (link to Kaohsiung City Government Yellow Duck Official Tourism Website: http://rubberduck-kaohsiung.tw/main/index. Asp# ), marketing the Kaohsiung tourism impression stamp or graphic LOGO, through the image editing, added to the original digital photo, thus completed a yellow duck duck geographical signature and Kaohsiung travel impression LOGO travel photos, can be Users share on the social networking site, event organizer marketing, and even output as a unique postcard or souvenir.

The fourth picture is an example picture of event data, the fourth picture (A) shows a digital photo that has not been edited by this data processing method, and the fourth picture (B) shows a digital photo edited according to the event data. The event data includes a geographical signature 301, a QR Code 302, and a logo stamp 303. In this example, the geographical signature 301 can be Kaohsiung Qijin Windmill Park, QR Code can be linked to the Qijin Windmill Park website of Kaohsiung Tourism Network ( http://khh.travel/tw/spots/SpotDetail.aspx?SN =171 ), LOGO mark is Kaohsiung LOGO. The conditions of the event data can be limited to "between pm1:00 on January 5, 2014 and pm6:00 (time series) on January 5, 2014, within 2000 meters of the Jinjin City Qijin Windmill Park (geographical objects) Information) The event that occurred, where the time series and geographic object data are to be defined as a concert or special exhibition at the Cijin Windmill Park.

The fifth picture is another example of an event data. The fifth picture (A) shows another digital photo that has not been edited by this data processing method, and the fifth picture (B) shows another digital photo edited based on the event data. The event data includes a geographical signature 301, a QR Code 302, and a logo stamp 303. The conditions of the event data can be limited to "any time (time series data), in the event of GPS east longitude 22.620072, north latitude 120.295952 ("Muffin" food stalls on the second floor of the Hanshen Department Store on the second floor of Kaohsiung City," Here, the events to be defined by the time series data and the geographic object data are the consumption of "Mr. Muffin" by the consumer at the food street on the second floor of Hanshen Department Store. event. This can provide a mechanism for merchant placement marketing, and the geographic signature 301, QR Code 302, and Logo stamp 303 of the event material can be provided by the merchant.

In more detail, one of the following associations between the shooting location and the geographic object data may be defined: a distance relationship, a connection relationship, a connection relationship, and an inclusion relationship. For example, it can be limited to: the shooting location and the distance of "North latitude: 22.621775, East longitude: 120.293499" (Glory Wharf, Kaohsiung City) is less than 1000 meters. The shooting location is connected or connected to the Glorious Pier, or the shooting location is included in the east longitude 22.620072, north latitude 120.295952 (the Kaohsiung City Success Road Hanshen Department Store) within the building. In more detail, the timing data defines a timing, and the shooting time may be defined as the starting point, the end point, or the middle of the timing. For example, if the limited timing is “September 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013”, the shooting is performed. Time must belong to any point within the timing.

Further, the event data can be defined only when the following conditions are met: the shooting location has one of a distance relationship, a connection relationship, a connection relationship or an inclusion relationship with the geographic object data, and the shooting time belongs to the timing One of the starting point, end point, or middle of the data. For example, only when the shooting location is within 1000 meters from Glory Pier, or within 5 meters of a booth on the second floor of Hanshen Department Store, and the shooting time is limited to "September 19, 2013 to October 20, 2013" The event information and the geographical signature, QR Code, LOGO, etc. that it contains are provided at a time.

The second figure is a flow chart of a method 100' of another embodiment of the image data processing method of the present invention. It includes steps 106-111.

In step 106, a digital image data is captured, and the GPS coordinates and the generation time of the digital image data are interpreted. In step 107, a specific range of digital maps around the shooting location is established based on the GPS coordinate data of the digital image data, as shown by the sixth symbol component symbol 400. At step 108, the GPS coordinate geographic data and time data of the digital image data are accessed. In step 109, a set of geographic object data, time series data, and event data are accessed, wherein the geographic object data and the time series data define a specific condition for the event data, for example, "From November 1 to November 7, 2013 ( Timing data), in GPS east longitude 22.620072, north latitude 120.295952 (Kaohsiung City success all the way Hanshen Department Store) within a radius of 1000 meters, the event data can be "department company anniversary", which can contain the geographical signature related to the anniversary , QR Code, etc.

At step 110, comparing the geographic data and time data of the digital image data with the specific condition; when the geographic data and time data of the location meet the specific condition, proceeding to step 111, marking the geographic on the digital map For the information of the object or the event, for example, refer to the sixth picture. If the digital image is taken in the "Kaohsiung Women's Middle School", it is located within a distance of 1000 meters from the "Hanxiong Department Store in Kaohsiung City". The shooting time is 2013. On the 1st of the month, the geographic object information and event data 401 "Hanshin Department Store - Anniversary" is displayed on the digital map 400.

If the geographic data and time data of the location do not meet the specific conditions, access another set of geographic object data, time series data and event data, and then compare again. For example, if the location of the digital image is "Small Port Airport", it will continue to access other geographical data, time series and event data of the other group beyond the distance of 1000 meters from Kaohsiung City Success Road. Compare again.

Preferably, the path or mode of transportation from the shooting location to the other location may be displayed on the digital map, as shown in the example of the event data 401 "Hanshin Department Store - Anniversary, 15 minutes walk".

The third figure is a system block diagram of one embodiment of the image data management system 200 of the present invention. When the user passes through the handheld device 201 (which can be a digital camera, has a photographic function A handheld device such as a mobile phone or tablet) takes a digital photo of a digital video that can be transmitted via Xml (Extensible Markup Language) or JSON (JavaScript Object Notation, a lightweight data exchange language). Go to the cloud storage unit 202 at the web layer (Web Tier). The image data management system 200 is mainly constructed on a Java Web Framework, preferably a Java Spring framework (an open source Java/Java EE full-stack application framework).

The system 200 includes an image access unit 203 for accessing digital image data, and the digital image uploaded by the user can be accessed from the cloud storage unit 202. A data interpretation unit 204 is connected to the image access unit 203. After receiving the digital image data, the GPS coordinate and the generation time of the digital image are obtained to obtain the shooting location and the shooting time of the digital image.

A geospatial database 205 is connected to the data interpretation unit 204 for storing a plurality of geographic object data and processing the relationship between the plurality of geospatial objects. The geospatial database 205 receives the location obtained by the data interpretation unit 204. According to the shooting location, a geographic object information closest to the shooting location is assigned to the data interpretation unit 204.

A time series database 206 is connected to the data interpretation unit 204 for storing and processing the time series data, and receiving the shooting time determined by the data interpretation unit 204, and assigning a relationship with the shooting time according to the shooting time. The close timing information is given to the data interpretation unit 204. For example, the shooting time is November 1, 2013, and the time series data most closely related to the shooting time may be from November 1, 2013 to November 7, 2013, or from November 15, 2013 to November 11, 2013. 30th of the month.

a field database 207, which is connected to the data interpretation unit 204 for storing a plurality of event data, and receiving the shooting time and the shooting location determined by the data interpretation unit 204, and Based on the shooting time and the shooting location, the event data that is most closely related to the shooting time and the shooting location is assigned to the data interpretation unit 204.

The data interpretation unit 204 receives the geographic object data distributed by the geospatial database 205, the time series data distributed by the time series database 206, and the event data distributed by the domain database 207, and compares with the shooting location and shooting time of the digital image. Correct. The event data can be defined by geographic object data and time series data, such as "From November 1st to November 7th, 2013 (time series data), in GPS east longitude 22.620072, north latitude 120.295952 (Kaohsiung City Success Road Hanshen Department Store) Within a radius of 1000 meters, the event information can be "Department Company Anniversary". When the shooting location meets the geographical conditions of the event data (for example, within 1000 meters of the Hanshen department store, with a connection or a connection relationship, and each has an inclusion relationship), it is determined that the shooting location meets a geographical condition; secondly, when When the shooting time is in the timing condition of the event data (for example, the shooting time is November 1, 2013, falling within the time interval from November 1, 2013 to November 7, 2013), the shooting time is determined. Meets a timing condition. When both the shooting time and the location meet the geographic conditions and timing conditions of the event data, the data interpretation unit 204 determines that the time and geography of the digital image is in a specific event (for example, Hanshen Department anniversary). The digital image data, the geographic object data, the time series data and the event data are transmitted to the data editing unit 208. The data editing unit 208 is connected to the data interpretation unit 204. After acquiring the digital image data, the geographic object data, the time series data and the event data, the data editing unit 208 edits the digital image data according to the geographic object data, the time series data and the event data. The event data can be: geographical signature information, QR Code information, graphics and text information. The edited digital image data is shown in Figure 4 (B) and Figure 5 (B).

Although various specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in the text, There are many possible embodiments and implementation methods within the scope of the present invention, and modifications, additions, adjustments, combinations and permutations of the elements of the present invention are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited by the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

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Claims (11)

An image data processing method for performing image editing on a digital image data according to a shooting time and a shooting location, comprising: capturing a digital image data; interpreting a GPS coordinate of the digital image data and generating time to obtain the digital image data a shooting location and a shooting time; accessing a set of geographic object data, time series data, and event data, wherein the geographic object data and time series data define a specific condition for the event data; and comparing the shooting location and shooting time and The specific condition is that when the shooting location and the shooting time meet the specific condition, the digital image data is edited according to the geographic object data, the time series data, and the event data. An image data processing method includes: capturing a digital image data, interpreting a GPS coordinate and a generation time of the digital image data; and establishing a digital map of a specific range around the shooting location according to the GPS coordinate data of the digital image data; Accessing GPS coordinate data and time data of the digital image data; accessing a set of geographic object data, time series data and event data, wherein the geographic object data and the time series data define a specific condition for the event data; Geographic data and time data and the specific condition; when the geographic data and time data of the location meet the specific condition, the geographic object data is marked on the digital map; and the geographic data and time data of the location Access to another group of locations when this particular condition is not met The object information, time series data and event data are again compared. The image data processing method of claim 2, further comprising: displaying a path or a transportation mode from the shooting location to the other location on the digital map. The method for processing image data according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shooting location has one of the following correlations with the geographic object data: a distance relationship, a connection relationship, a connection relationship, and an inclusion relationship. The image data processing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the time series data defines a time sequence, and the shooting time belongs to a start point, an end point or an intermediate of the time series. For example, the image data processing method described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the event data is required to satisfy the following conditions: the shooting location has a distance relationship, a connection relationship, a connection relationship or an inclusion relationship with the geographic object data. One of them, and the shooting time belongs to one of the start point, the end point or the middle of the time series data. For example, the image data processing method described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the geographic object data, the time series data and the event data can be defined and provided by a user. For example, the image data processing method described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the event data includes but is not limited to: geographical signature information, QR Code information, graphics and text information. An image data management system for performing image editing on the accessed digital image data according to the shooting time and the shooting location, comprising: an image access unit for accessing digital image data; and a data interpretation unit, The image access unit is connected to receive the digital image data, and then the GPS coordinates and the generation time of the digital image are obtained to obtain a shooting location and a shooting time of the digital image; a geospatial database connected to the data interpretation unit for storing a plurality of geographic object data, and capable of processing the relationship of the plurality of geospatial objects, receiving the shooting location of the digital image, and assigning a location according to the shooting location The geographic object data is sent to the data interpretation unit; a time series database is connected to the data interpretation unit for storing and processing the time series data, receiving the shooting time of the digital image, and assigning a time series data according to the shooting time The data interpretation unit is connected to the data interpretation unit for storing a plurality of event data, and receiving the shooting time and the shooting location of the digital image, and assigning one according to the shooting time and the shooting location. The event information is provided to the data interpretation unit; and a data editing unit is connected to the data interpretation unit. When the data interpretation unit determines that the shooting time and the shooting location meet one of the event data, the data editing unit is based on the information Editing the digital image data by geographic object data, time series data and event data The image data management system of claim 9, wherein the event data is required to satisfy the following conditions: the shooting location has a distance relationship, a connection relationship, a connection relationship or an inclusion relationship with the geographic object data. And the shooting time belongs to one of the start point, the end point or the middle of the time series data. For example, the image data management system described in claim 9 includes, but is not limited to, geographical signature information, QR Code information, graphics and text information.