WO2009119507A1 - Système de gestion de fichiers d'image - Google Patents

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WO2009119507A1
WO2009119507A1 PCT/JP2009/055668 JP2009055668W WO2009119507A1 WO 2009119507 A1 WO2009119507 A1 WO 2009119507A1 JP 2009055668 W JP2009055668 W JP 2009055668W WO 2009119507 A1 WO2009119507 A1 WO 2009119507A1
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  • the present invention relates to an image file management system that manages a plurality of image files including image metadata in a predetermined image.
  • a digital photo management system that includes a digital camera that takes a digital photo, a mobile phone that can be connected to the digital camera, and a computer that can be connected to the digital camera and the mobile phone, and that registers, stores, and retrieves digital photos Patent Document 1).
  • the digital camera executes data transfer means for transferring digital photo data including basic data indicating the digital photo and its attributes, and the mobile phone provides character information as extension data for the digital photo data transferred from the digital camera.
  • the character information processing means for registering, adding, and updating is executed.
  • the computer saves the created barcode by pasting the created barcode on the digital photograph, and a barcode creating means for creating a barcode from the basic data of the digital photograph data transferred from the digital camera and a preset flag for the digital photograph data.
  • Data storage means and print processing means for printing barcodes and character information as photographs together with digital photographs are executed.
  • a plurality of digital photos are managed using a bar code, and a target photo can be searched from the digital photos using the bar code. JP 2006-79333 A
  • the digital photo management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 uses a bar code to manage a digital photo, but requires a means for separately creating a bar code for managing the digital photo. It is necessary to input basic data for creating a code, and it takes time to do so. In addition, when transferring digital photos from a digital camera or mobile phone to a computer, it is necessary to enter an identification number that identifies the digital camera or mobile phone and log in to the computer when logging in to the computer. There is a restriction that it involves input procedures and authentication procedures.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an image file management system capable of managing a plurality of image files without requiring an identification number input procedure for specifying a node terminal or a predetermined authentication procedure.
  • An image file management system for solving the above problems includes a server that manages a plurality of image files that include image metadata in a predetermined image, and a plurality of various types that transmit image files to the server via the Internet.
  • a node terminal, and the server uses field data specifying means for specifying at least two field data included in the image metadata as identification information of the image file, and uses these field data specified by the field data specifying means,
  • An image file classifying unit that classifies an image file transmitted from a node terminal according to the field data, and an image file storage unit that stores the image file classified by the image file classifying unit in association with the field data.
  • an image included in an image file is a still image taken by a digital camera and stored in a predetermined storage medium
  • image metadata is an image file format for a digital camera.
  • the node terminal reads the image file stored in the storage medium from the storage medium and transmits it to the server.
  • a node terminal has a digital camera function and can take a digital photograph, and an image included in the image file is captured through the digital camera function. It is an image, and image metadata is field attribute data included in an image file format for a digital camera.
  • the field data specifying means uses the artist field and the copyright field of the field attribute data included in the image file format, and transmits the image file in the artist field.
  • a name for specifying the origin is designated, and a password for collating the source of the image file is designated in the copyright field.
  • the server uses the date field of the field attribute data included in the image file format, and classifies the image file classified by the image file classification means by date.
  • Image file date sorting means for performing.
  • the server uses the image field of the field attribute data included in the image file format, and classifies the image file classified by the image file classification means by its genre.
  • the image file genre classification means is provided.
  • the server uses the user comment field in the field attribute data included in the image file format, and the user is included in the image of the image file classified by the image file classification means. Comment adding means for adding a comment described in the comment field is provided.
  • the server uses the GPS field of the field attribute data included in the image file format, and captures the image of the image file classified by the image file classification means.
  • a shooting location adding means for adding a location is provided.
  • the server has image file transmission means for transmitting an image file corresponding to field data to the node terminal logged in to the server using the URL. .
  • the server specifies at least two field data included in the image metadata as identification information of the image file, and classifies the image file using these field data.
  • the field data originally included in the image file can be used as the identification information of the image file, and it is not necessary to separately input identification information for classifying the image file, and these image files are managed in association with the field data. be able to.
  • the server since the server uses field data as image file identification information to classify the image files, an identification number input procedure for specifying a node terminal for managing these image files or a predetermined A plurality of image files can be easily managed without requiring an authentication procedure.
  • the image included in the image file is a still image taken by the digital camera
  • the image metadata is field attribute data included in the image file format for the digital camera
  • the node terminal reads the image file from the digital camera and loads the server.
  • the server uses the field data included in the field attribute data to classify the image file. Therefore, the field data originally included in the image file can be used as the identification information of the image file. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately input identification information for classifying image files, and these image files can be managed in association with field data.
  • the image file management system uses the field data included in the field attribute data to classify the image files, the image file management system uses an identification number input procedure for identifying the node terminal for the management of the image files and predetermined authentication. A plurality of image files can be easily managed without requiring a procedure. Since this image file management system does not require an identification number input procedure or a predetermined authentication procedure to transmit an image file, various storage media attached to the digital camera or camera via an Internet public terminal available to the public The image file can be transmitted to the server from the Internet, and the Internet public terminal can be used for managing the image file.
  • the node terminal has a digital camera function and can take a digital photograph, the image included in the image file is a digital still image, and the image metadata is field attribute data included in the image file format for the digital camera.
  • the server uses the field data included in the field attribute data to classify the image file, so that the field data originally included in the image file can be used as image file identification information. There is no need to separately input identification information for classifying files, and these image files can be managed in association with field data. Since the image file management system uses the field data included in the field attribute data to classify the image files, the image file management system uses an identification number input procedure for identifying the node terminal for the management of the image files and predetermined authentication.
  • a plurality of image files can be managed without requiring a procedure. Since this image file management system does not require an identification number input procedure or a predetermined authentication procedure to transmit an image file, an image file is transmitted from a node terminal to a server via an Internet public terminal available to the public. Internet public terminals can be used to manage image files.
  • the artist field and the copyright field of the field attribute data included in the image file format are used, a name for specifying the transmission source of the image file is specified in the artist field, and the image file is specified in the copyright field. Since the image file management system in which the password for collating the transmission source is specified uses the two field data to classify the image file, the field data originally included in the image file is used as the identification information of the image file. It is not necessary to separately input identification information for classifying image files, and these image files can be managed in association with field data. In this image file management system, a name for specifying the image file transmission source is specified in the artist field, and a password for checking the image file transmission source is specified in the copyright field. Thus, one image file and the other image file can be reliably distinguished.
  • the image file management system in which the server uses the date field of the field attribute data and classifies the image file classified by the field data by date uses the date field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file. Thus, there is no need to separately input date information for specifying the shooting date, and these image files can be classified by date.
  • This image file management system can further classify image files classified by field data by date, and manage these image files by date in association with field data.
  • the image file management system in which the server uses the image field of the field attribute data and classifies the image file classified by the field data by its genre, uses the image field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file. Therefore, there is no need to input image type information for specifying the types of image files such as portraits, landscapes, animals, plants, vehicles, natural sciences, etc. Can be classified.
  • the image file management system can further classify image files classified by field data by genre, and manage these image files by type in association with field data.
  • the image file management system in which the server uses the user comment field in the field attribute data and adds the comment described in the user comment field to the image of the image file classified by the field data is the field attribute originally included in the image file.
  • the image file management system in which the server uses the GPS field of the field attribute data and adds the shooting location to the image of the image file divided by the field data is the GPS field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file. Can be used to add the shooting location specified by the GPS positioning to the image file, and the shooting location of the image file can be specified without separately inputting location information for specifying the shooting location. .
  • An image file management system in which an image file corresponding to field data is transmitted from a server to a node terminal. An image file corresponding to specific field data is transmitted from the server to the node terminal. The image file information can be obtained at any time. Since this image file management system transmits only the image file corresponding to the specific field data to the node terminal, the image file corresponding to the unspecified field data is not transmitted from the server to the node terminal. It is possible to ensure confidentiality.
  • the block diagram of the image file management system shown as an example.
  • FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an image file management system 10A shown as an example
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating transmission of an image file to the server 11.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image file stored in the server 11.
  • This image file management system 10A is formed of a server 11 that manages a plurality of image files and a computer 13 (node terminal) that transmits the image files to the server 11 via the Internet 12. 1 and 2, only one computer 13 is shown, but there are a plurality of computers in the actual system.
  • the image file includes a still image taken by the digital camera 14 and field attribute data (image metadata) included in the image file format for the digital camera.
  • the Exif file format (Exif standard) is used as the image file format.
  • the Exif file format conforms to a JPEG file format, a TIFF file format, or a file format unique to a digital camera manufacturer. In these file formats, an information storage area is defined, and various types of unique information can be stored as field attribute data.
  • the image file format is merely an example, and when it is newly standardized other than the exemplary image file format, the image file format can be used in the system 10A.
  • Field attribute data is a set of various types of field data (tags) and represents various types of attributes related to images (digital photographs).
  • the field data includes, for example, (tag name: ImageWidth, meaning: image width), (tag name: PhotometricInterpretation, meaning: type of image configuration), (tag name: ImageDescription, meaning: image title), (tag name: Make, meaning: manufacturer, (tag name: Model, meaning: model), (tag name: Artist, meaning: photographer name), (tag name: Copyright, meaning: copyright notice), (tag name: GPSInfoIFDPointer, Meaning: pointer to GPS information IFD), (tag name: UserComment, meaning: user comment), (tag name: DateTimeOriginal, meaning: generation date and time of original image), and the like.
  • the field data (tag) is merely an example, and when the field data other than the exemplified field data is newly set, the field data can be used in the system 10A.
  • the server 11 is owned and managed by an image file management company.
  • the server 11 can be connected to the Internet 12 and can access and log in to an unspecified number of computers 13 by using the Internet 12.
  • the server 11 is a computer including a central processing unit (CPU or MPU) and a memory, and has a DNS function, a database function, and a Web function.
  • the server 11 includes a large-capacity hard disk, and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse and an output device such as a display and a printer are connected via an interface.
  • the memory of the server 11 stores an image file management application, a DNS (Domain Name System) application, and a DBMS (Database Management System) application.
  • An image database folder is created on the hard disk of the server 11. First to nth database files are created in the image database folder.
  • the server 11 associates the IP address with the domain name, and manages and stores a plurality of image files transmitted from the computer 13. Further, after the stored image file is converted to HTML, the image file is transmitted to the computer 13 so that the image file can be viewed on the computer 13.
  • the central processing unit of the server 11 activates the application stored in the memory based on the control by the operating system, and executes the following means according to the activated application.
  • the central processing unit of the server 11 executes field data specifying means for specifying at least two field data of the field attribute data transmitted from the computer 13 as identification information of the image file, and those field data specified by the field data specifying means Is used to execute image file sorting means for sorting the image file transmitted from the computer 13 by field data.
  • the central processing unit executes image file storage means for storing the image files classified by the image file sorting means in association with the field data.
  • the central processing unit of the server 11 executes image file date classification means for further classifying the image file classified by the image file classification means by date, and further classifies the image file classified by the image file classification means by genre.
  • the file genre classification means is executed.
  • the central processing unit executes comment adding means for adding a comment described in the user comment field to the image of the image file divided by the image file dividing means, and the shooting location of the image of the image file divided by the image file dividing means
  • the photographing location adding means for adding is executed.
  • an image file transmission means for transmitting an image file corresponding to the field data to the computer 13 is executed.
  • the computer 13 includes a central processing unit (CPU or MPU) and a memory, and has a DNS server function, a database server function, and a Web server function.
  • the computer 13 includes a large-capacity hard disk, and input devices such as a keyboard 15 and a mouse 16 and output devices such as a display 17 and a printer (not shown) are connected via an interface.
  • the computer 13 includes Internet public terminals in addition to those owned by individuals or corporations.
  • the computer 13 can be connected to the Internet 12, and can access and log in to the server 11 by using the Internet 12.
  • the central processing unit of the computer 13 activates the application stored in the memory based on the control by the operating system, and executes the following means according to the activated application.
  • the central processing unit of the computer 13 reads an image file stored in the digital camera 14 or a storage medium 18 (SD card, memory stick, etc.) attached to the camera 14 from the camera 14 or the storage medium 18 and transmits the image file to the server 11.
  • a file transmission unit is executed, and an image data receiving unit that receives (downloads) the image file stored in the server 11 from the server 11 is executed.
  • the server 11 stores the specified field data in the image database folder on the hard disk in association with the specific date.
  • an artist field tag name: Artist, meaning: photographer name
  • a copyright field tag name: Copyright, meaning: copyright display
  • field data is not limited to these.
  • Field data can be newly specified through the input device, and field data can be added, changed, or deleted through the input device. However, the field data cannot be reduced to one.
  • An image sender who transmits an image file for the first time takes a digital photograph (digital still image) using the digital camera 14, and then connects the camera 14 to the computer 13 (including an Internet public terminal) via an interface such as a USB cable. ).
  • the memory of the camera 14 stores a plurality of digital photographs and various field attribute data of these photographs.
  • the image file is transferred from the digital camera 14 to the computer 13 via the interface.
  • the transferred image file is temporarily stored in the hard disk of the computer 13.
  • a comment is input via the camera 14 or the computer 13.
  • the camera 14 or the computer 13 writes the comment in the user comment field (tag name: UserComment, meaning: user comment) of the image file.
  • the image sender connects the computer 13 to the Internet 12 and logs the computer 13 into the server 11 using the URL of the server 11.
  • the server 11 When the computer 13 logs in to the server 11, the server 11 displays an initial screen (not shown) on the display of the digital camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13. An image file transfer button and an image file browsing button are displayed on the initial screen. When the image file transfer button is pressed, the server 11 determines whether a name for identifying the transmission source of the image file and a password for collating the transmission source of the image file are registered in the camera 14 or the computer 13. If the server 11 determines that the name or password is not registered in the camera 14 or the computer 13, the server 11 inputs the name for specifying the image file transmission source in the artist field, and the image file transmission source in the copyright field. A password input command for verifying the password is transmitted to the computer 13. The server 11 that has transmitted the name or password input command causes the display of the camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13 to display an image transfer screen.
  • a name input area and a password input area are displayed, as well as a confirm button, a clear button, and a cancel button.
  • a name for specifying the transmission source of the image file is input in the name input area
  • a password for checking the transmission source of the image file is input in the password input area
  • the confirmation button is pressed
  • a confirmation button, a clear button, and a cancel button are displayed together with a name input area in which a name is input and a password input area in which a password is input.
  • the confirmation button When the confirmation button is pressed, the name and password are confirmed, the name and password are stored (registered) in the memory of the camera 14 or the hard disk of the computer 13, and a registration completion signal of the name and password is transmitted from the computer 13 to the server 11. Is done.
  • the clear button When the clear button is pressed, the name and password entered in the input area are deleted, and the name and password are entered again. Press the cancel button to return to the initial screen.
  • the display name of the image file stored in the hard disk of the computer 13 is displayed on the display of the digital camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13, and the name change button, password change button, and close button are displayed. Is displayed.
  • the name change button or the password change button is pressed, the name input area and the password input area are displayed again on the display 17, and a confirmation button, a clear button, and a cancel button are displayed. You can change the name and password to new ones by entering the name and password in these input areas.
  • a list of captured images, an image all designation button, an image part designation button, and a cancel button are displayed on the display of the digital camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the all image specification button When a part of the image is designated, the image part designation button is pushed.
  • a selection completion button and a cancel button are displayed on the display of the camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13 in addition to a list of captured images.
  • an image file transmission button, a cancel button, and a close button are displayed on the display of the camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13. Is displayed.
  • the send button When the send button is pressed, the computer 13 writes the name in the artist field of the image file, writes the password in the copyright field, and then sends the image file to the server 11 via the Internet 12.
  • a transmission completion message is displayed on the display of the digital camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the transmitted image file is erased from the hard disk of the computer 13.
  • the cancel button When the cancel button is pressed, a list of captured images, an image full designation button, an image part designation button, and a cancel button are displayed. Press the close button to return to the initial screen.
  • writing of a name in the artist field and writing of a password in the copyright field may be performed by the digital camera 14.
  • the camera 14 writes the name in the artist field of the image file, writes the password in the copyright field, and then transfers the image file to the computer 13 via the interface.
  • the computer 13 transmits the transferred image file to the server 11.
  • the camera 14 When the name and password are registered in the digital camera 14, when the image sender takes a digital photograph (digital still image) using the camera 14, the camera 14 enters the artist field of the image file of the photographed image. Write the name and write the password in the copyright field.
  • the camera 14 is connected to the computer 13 (including an Internet public terminal) or the storage medium 18 is taken out from the camera 14 and the storage medium 18 is inserted into the computer 13, the image file in which the name and password are written is stored in the interface and storage.
  • the data is transferred to the computer 13 via the medium 18 and temporarily stored in the hard disk of the computer 13. If necessary, a comment is input via the camera 14 or the computer 13.
  • the camera 14 and the computer 13 write the comment in the user comment field of the image file.
  • the digital camera 14 When the name and password are registered in the computer 13 (including the Internet public terminal), when the digital camera 14 is connected to the computer 13 or the storage medium 18 is taken out from the camera 14 and the storage medium 18 is inserted into the computer 13
  • the image file is transferred to the computer 13 via the interface or the storage medium 18, and the computer 13 writes the name and password in the image file.
  • An image file is temporarily stored in the hard disk of the computer 13. If necessary, a comment is input via the camera 14 or the computer 13.
  • the camera 14 and the computer 13 write the comment in the user comment field of the image file.
  • the image sender connects the computer 13 to the Internet 12 and logs the computer 13 into the server 11 using the URL of the server 11.
  • the server 11 displays an image file transfer button and an image file browsing button on the display of the digital camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the server 11 determines whether a name for identifying the transmission source of the image file and a password for collating the transmission source of the image file are registered in the digital camera 14 or the computer 13.
  • the server 11 determines that the name or password is already registered in the camera 14 or the computer 13, and displays the name or password on the display of the camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the file name of the image file stored in the hard disk of the computer 13 is displayed, and a name change button, a password change button, and a close button are displayed.
  • a list of captured images, an image all designation button, an image part designation button, and a cancel button are displayed on the display of the digital camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the image all designation button is pressed or an image to be transmitted is selected from the image list and then the selection completion button is pressed, an image file transmission button, a cancel button, and a close button are displayed on the display 17.
  • the transmission button is pressed, the computer 13 transmits the image file to the server 11 via the Internet 12.
  • a transmission completion message is displayed on the display of the camera 14 or the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the transmitted image file is erased from the hard disk of the computer 13.
  • the server 11 that has received the image file from the computer 13 extracts the name written in the artist field and the password written in the copyright field from the image file, and rewrites the name with a predetermined ID number.
  • the server 11 assigns one database file corresponding to the ID number and password from the first to nth database files. If a database file has already been assigned, the database file corresponding to the ID number and password is extracted.
  • the server 11 uses the artist field name and copyright field password, and the image files transmitted from the computers 13 are classified by ID number and password ( (By field data) (image file sorting means), and an image file sorted by ID number (name) and password is stored in a database file assigned for each ID number and password (image file storage means). That is, the image file sorted by the image file sorting means is stored in association with the name and password (field data).
  • ID number and password (By field data) (image file sorting means)
  • image file sorting means image file sorted by ID number (name) and password is stored in a database file assigned for each ID number and password (image file storage means). That is, the image file sorted by the image file sorting means is stored in association with the name and password (field data).
  • the server 11 issues a user name (ID number) and a password for specifying it to the computer 13 that has transmitted the image file for the first time.
  • the user name and password are transmitted from the server 11 to the computer 13.
  • the user name and password are used for authentication when browsing an image file stored in the server 11.
  • the user name and password used for authentication are different from the name and password used to classify the image file. If the user name (ID number) and password have already been transmitted to the computer 13, they are not reissued except for special cases such as loss or tampering.
  • the server 11 extracts the date written in the date field (tag name: DateTimeOriginal, meaning: generation date and time of the original image) of the field attribute data, and uses the date to classify the image file by the image file classifying means.
  • date image file date sorting means. For example, the image files stored in the database file are aggregated by month and the image files are classified by month, and the image files are managed together by month in the database file, or the image files are aggregated by day and image The files are classified by day, and the image files are managed together by day in the database file.
  • the server 11 extracts the type of image configuration written in the image field (tag name: PhotometricInterpretation, meaning: type of image configuration) in the field attribute data, and uses the type of image configuration to classify the image file.
  • the image files classified by the above are classified by their genre (image file genre classification means). For example, image files stored in a database file are divided into image types such as portraits, landscapes, animals, plants, vehicles, natural sciences, etc., and the image files are grouped by image type in the database file. to manage.
  • the server 11 extracts the user comment written in the user comment field (tag name: UserComment, meaning: user comment) from the field attribute data, and uses the user comment to classify the image file by the image file sorting unit.
  • a comment described in the user comment field is added to the image (comment adding means). For example, a comment is displayed at a predetermined portion of an image output from the display 17 or the printer.
  • the server 11 extracts each GPS information written in the GPS field (tag name: GPSInfoIFDPointer, meaning: pointer to the GPS information IFD) in the field attribute data, and uses the GPS information as an image file classification means.
  • the shooting location is added to the image of the image file divided through (shooting location adding means). For example, the shooting location is displayed on an image output from the display 17 or the printer.
  • the display of the shooting location includes the display of the address of the shooting location, the display of the shooting location using a map of a predetermined scale, and the display of the shooting location using a satellite photograph.
  • the name (ID number) is written in the name (ID number) storage area 19 and the name password is written in the password storage area 20, as shown in FIG.
  • the date is written in the date storage area 21, and the image genre is written in the image file type storage area 22. Further, the image is written in the image storage areas 23 and 24, the comment is written in the comment storage area 25, the address of the shooting location is written in the shooting location storage area 26, and the shooting location is written in the map image.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining browsing of an image file stored in the server 11
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • the computer 13 can request the server 11 to view the transmitted image file.
  • An example of a procedure in which the computer 13 requests the server 11 to browse the image file is as follows.
  • the image sender connects the computer 13 to the Internet 12 and logs the computer 13 into the server 11 using the URL of the server 11.
  • the server 11 displays an initial screen on the display 17 of the computer 13.
  • An image file transfer button and an image file browsing button are displayed on the initial screen.
  • the server 11 authenticates the computer 13. In the authentication, the server 11 determines whether the computer 13 browses the image file.
  • the authentication method performed by the server 11 is password authentication. In addition to password authentication, fingerprint authentication, voiceprint authentication, retina authentication, and IC card authentication can also be performed. In the authentication, the server 11 displays a user name (ID number) input area, a password input area, and an input completion button on the display 17 of the computer 13 (not shown).
  • the server 11 compares the input user name and password with those stored in the memory, and determines whether the user name and password are correct. If the user name or password is incorrect and the authentication result is not possible, the server 11 prohibits browsing of the image file and causes the display 17 of the computer 13 to display an image file browsing disabled message.
  • the server 11 displays the image file transmission screen on the display 17 of the computer 12.
  • a date input area, an image type input area, a comment display check area, a shooting location display check area, a browse button, a clear button, and a cancel button are displayed on the image file transmission screen.
  • a desired date is input in units of months or days. For example, if January is input, an image file taken in January can be viewed. When January to March is input, it is possible to view image files taken during the period from January to March. When January 1st is input, an image file taken on January 1 can be browsed. When January 1st to January 10th is input, it is possible to view image files taken during the period January 1st to January 10th. If the date input area is blank, image files taken from the past to the present can be viewed.
  • the image type input area At least one of a portrait, landscape, animal, plant, vehicle, natural science, etc. is input. Alternatively, at least one of them is selected from the pull-down menu in the image type input area.
  • a portrait image is input or selected, only the portrait image can be viewed from the captured images. If the image type input area is blank, images of all genres can be viewed.
  • To display a comment on the image put a check mark in the comment display check area.
  • To display the shooting location on the image put a check mark in the shooting location display check area.
  • the server 11 extracts an image file that matches those conditions from the hard disk and transmits the image file to the computer 13 (image file transmitting means).
  • the clear button is pressed, the entered conditions are deleted and the conditions are entered again.
  • the cancel button is pressed, the screen returns to the initial screen on which the image file transfer button and the image file browsing button are displayed.
  • the image file transmitted from the server 11 is stored in the hard disk of the computer 13 and the image in the image file is displayed on the display 17 of the computer 13 as shown in FIG.
  • the image can be output via a printer.
  • the image displayed on the display 17, as shown in FIG. 5 the image is displayed in the image display area 27, the date is displayed in the date display area 28, and the genre of the image is displayed in the image file type display area 29. Is done.
  • a comment is displayed in the comment display area 30, the address of the shooting location is displayed in the shooting location display area 31, and the shooting location is displayed in the map image.
  • FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an image file management system 10B shown as another example
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining transmission of an image file to the server 11.
  • the image file management system 10B includes a server 11 that manages a plurality of image files, and a digital camera 32 (node terminal) or a mobile phone 33 (node terminal) that transmits the image file to the server 11 via the Internet 12.
  • the mobile phone 33 is equipped with a digital camera function. 6 and 7, only one digital camera 32 and mobile phone 33 are shown, but there are a plurality of digital cameras and mobile phones in the actual system.
  • the server 11 is the same as that of the system 10A of FIG.
  • the server 11 can access and log in to an unspecified number of cameras 32 and mobile phones 33 by using the Internet 12.
  • Each means executed by the server 11 is the same as that of the system 10A of FIG.
  • the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 incorporate a computer (not shown) having a central processing unit (CPU or MPU) and a memory.
  • the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 perform a memory function, a DNS server function, a database server function, and a Web server function via a computer built in them.
  • the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 can be connected to the Internet 12 and can access and log in to the server 11 by using the Internet 12.
  • the central processing unit of the computer activates the application stored in the memory based on the control by the operating system, and executes the following means according to the activated application.
  • the central processing unit executes an image file transmitting unit that transmits the image file stored in the memory to the server 11, and executes an image data receiving unit that receives (downloads) the image file stored in the server 11 from the server 11. .
  • An example of a procedure for transmitting an image file to the server 11 based on FIG. 7 is described as follows. First, at least two field data serving as identification information of an image file are specified in the server 11 (field data specifying means).
  • the server 11 stores the specified field data in the image database folder on the hard disk in association with the specific date.
  • an artist field (tag name: Artist, meaning: photographer name)
  • a copyright field (tag name: Copyright, meaning: copyright display) are set as field data serving as identification information.
  • An image sender who transmits an image file for the first time uses a digital camera 32 or a mobile phone 33 to take a digital photograph (digital still image), then connects the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 to the Internet 12, and the server 11.
  • a comment is input via the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 write the comment in the user comment field (tag name: UserComment, meaning: user comment) of the image file.
  • the server 11 When the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 logs in to the server 11, the server 11 displays an initial screen (not shown) on those displays. An image file transfer button and an image file browsing button are displayed on the initial screen. When the image file transfer button is pressed, the server 11 determines whether a name for identifying the transmission source of the image file and a password for collating the transmission source of the image file are registered in the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33. If it is determined that the name or password is not registered in the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33, the server 11 sends a name input command for specifying the image file transmission source in the artist field and the image file transmission in the copyright field. A password input command for verifying the original is transmitted to the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33. The server 11 that has transmitted the name or password input command displays an image transfer screen on the display of the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • a name input area and a password input area are displayed, as well as a confirm button, a clear button, and a cancel button.
  • a name for specifying the transmission source of the image file is input in the name input area
  • a password for collating the transmission source of the image file is input in the password input area
  • the enter button is pressed
  • the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 displays on the display.
  • a confirmation button, a clear button, and a cancel button are displayed together with a name input area in which a name is input and a password input area in which a password is input.
  • the confirmation button When the confirmation button is pressed, the name and password are confirmed, the name and password are stored (registered) in the memory of the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33, and a registration completion signal of the name and password is sent from the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 to the server. 11 is transmitted.
  • the clear button When the clear button is pressed, the name and password entered in the input area are deleted, and the name and password are entered again. Press the cancel button to return to the initial screen.
  • the display of the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 displays the file name of the image file stored in the memory, as well as a name change button, a password change button, and a close button.
  • the name change button and the password change button are pressed, the name input area and the password input area are displayed again on the display of the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33, and a confirmation button, a clear button, and a cancel button are displayed. You can change the name and password to new ones by entering the name and password in these input areas.
  • a list of captured images, a full image designation button, a partial image designation button, and a cancel button are displayed on the display of the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • the image part designation button is pushed.
  • a selection completion button and a cancel button are displayed on the display in addition to a list of captured images.
  • the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 When the transmission button is pressed, the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 writes the name in the artist field of the image file, writes the password in the copyright field, and then transmits the image file to the server 11 via the Internet 12.
  • a transmission completion message is displayed on the display of the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • the cancel button When the cancel button is pressed, a list of captured images, an image full designation button, an image part designation button, and a cancel button are displayed. Press the close button to return to the initial screen.
  • the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 When the name and password are registered in the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33, when the image sender uses them to take a digital photograph (digital still image), the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 captures the captured image. Write the name in the artist field and write the password in the copyright field. If necessary, a comment is input via the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33. The camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 write the comment in the user comment field of the image file.
  • the image sender connects the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 to the Internet 12 and logs the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 into the server 11 using the URL of the server 11.
  • the server 11 displays an image file transfer button and an image file browsing button on the display of the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33.
  • the server 11 determines whether a name for identifying the transmission source of the image file and a password for collating the transmission source of the image file are registered in the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33.
  • the server 11 determines that the name and password are already registered in the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33, and is stored in the memory of the display of the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33. In addition to displaying the file name of the image file, a name change button, a password change button, and a close button are displayed.
  • a list of captured images, a full image designation button, a partial image designation button, and a cancel button are displayed on the display of the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • an image file transmission button, a cancel button, and a close button are displayed on the display.
  • the transmission button is pressed, the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 transmit the image file to the server 11 via the Internet 12.
  • a transmission completion message is displayed on the display of the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • the server 11 Upon receiving the image file from the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33, the server 11 extracts the name written in the artist field and the password written in the copyright field from the image file, and rewrites the name with a predetermined ID number.
  • the server 11 assigns one database file corresponding to the ID number and password from the first to nth database files. If a database file has already been assigned, the database file corresponding to the ID number and password is extracted.
  • the server 11 uses the artist field name and copyright field password to transmit image files transmitted from the cameras 32 and mobile phones 33. Are classified by ID number and password (by field data) (image file classification means), and an image file classified by ID number (name) and password is stored in a database file assigned for each ID number and password (image) File storage means).
  • the illustration of the image file stored in the database file is omitted by using FIG.
  • the server 11 issues a user name (ID number) and a password for specifying them to the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 that transmitted the image file for the first time.
  • the user name and password are transmitted from the server 11 to the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33.
  • the user name and password are used for authentication when browsing an image file stored in the server 11. Note that the user name and password used for authentication are different from the name and password used to classify the image file.
  • the server 11 extracts the date written in the date field (tag name: DateTimeOriginal, meaning: generation date and time of the original image) of the field attribute data, and uses the date to classify the image file by the image file classifying means. Are further sorted by date (image file date sorting means).
  • a specific example of the classification by date is the same as that of the system 10A of FIG.
  • the server 11 extracts the type of image configuration written in the image field (tag name: PhotometricInterpretation, meaning: type of image configuration) in the field attribute data, and uses the type of image configuration to classify the image file.
  • the image files classified by the above are classified by their genre (image file genre classification means).
  • a specific example of the category by genre is the same as that of the system 10A of FIG.
  • the server 11 extracts the user comment written in the user comment field (tag name: UserComment, meaning: user comment) from the field attribute data, and uses the user comment to classify the image file by the image file sorting unit.
  • a comment described in the user comment field is added to the image (comment adding means).
  • the server 11 extracts each GPS information written in the GPS field (tag name: GPSInfoIFDPointer, meaning: pointer to the GPS information IFD) in the field attribute data, and uses the GPS information as an image file classification means.
  • the shooting location is added to the image of the image file divided through (shooting location adding means).
  • a specific example of the shooting location display is the same as that of the system 10A of FIG.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining browsing of image files stored in the server 11.
  • the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 can request the server 11 to view the transmitted image file.
  • An example of a procedure in which the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 requests the server 11 to browse the image file is as follows.
  • the image sender connects the camera 32 and the mobile phone 33 to the Internet 12 and logs them into the server 11 using the URL of the server 11.
  • the server 11 displays an initial screen on their displays.
  • An image file transfer button and an image file browsing button are displayed on the initial screen.
  • the server 11 authenticates the digital camera 32 and the mobile phone 33. In authentication, the server 11 determines whether the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 allows the image file to be browsed. In the authentication, the server 11 displays a user name (ID number) input area, a password input area, and an input completion button on the display of the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 (not shown).
  • the server 11 compares the input user name and password with those stored in the memory, and determines whether the user name and password are correct. If the user name or password is incorrect and the authentication result is not possible, the server 11 prohibits browsing of the image file and causes the display of the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 to display an image file browsing disabled message.
  • the server 11 displays an image file transmission screen on the display of the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • a date input area, an image type input area, a comment display check area, a shooting location display check area, a browse button, a clear button, and a cancel button are displayed on the image file transmission screen.
  • a desired date is input in units of months or days.
  • a specific example of date input is the same as that in FIG.
  • the image type input area at least one of a portrait, a landscape, an animal, a plant, a vehicle, a natural science, and the like is input. Alternatively, at least one of them is selected from the pull-down menu in the image type input area.
  • the server 11 extracts an image file that matches those conditions from the hard disk, and transmits the image file to the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33 (image file transmission means). ).
  • the clear button is pressed, the entered conditions are deleted and the conditions are entered again.
  • the cancel button is pressed, the screen returns to the initial screen on which the image file transfer button and the image file browsing button are displayed.
  • the image file transmitted from the server 11 is stored in the memory of the digital camera 32 or the mobile phone 33, and the image in the image file is displayed on the display of the camera 32 or the mobile phone 33.
  • the image can be output via a printer.
  • the illustration of the image displayed on the display is omitted by using FIG.
  • the server 11 since the server 11 uses the artist field and the copyright field to classify the image file, the field data originally included in the image file can be used as the identification information of the image file. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately input identification information for classifying image files, and these image files can be managed in association with field data.
  • the server 11 uses the field data as image file identification information to classify the image files. Therefore, the computer 13, the digital camera 32, and the mobile phone 33 are used to manage the image files. A plurality of image files can be managed without requiring an identification number input procedure for identification and a predetermined authentication procedure.
  • the image file management systems 10A and 10B use the date field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file, so that it is not necessary to separately input date information for specifying the shooting date. Can be sorted by date. These image file management systems 10A and 10B can further classify image files classified by field data by date, and manage these image files by date in association with field data.
  • the image file management systems 10A and 10B use the image field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file, so that the type of image file is a portrait, landscape, animal, plant, vehicle, There is no need to separately input image type information for specifying a natural science image or the like, and the image file can be classified by its type. These image file management systems 10A and 10B can further classify image files classified by field data by genre, and manage these image files by type in association with field data.
  • the image file management systems 10A and 10B use the user comment field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file, thereby adding the user comment to the image without separately inputting comment information for specifying the comment. be able to.
  • the image file management systems 10A and 10B can add the shooting location specified by GPS positioning to the image file by using the GPS field of the field attribute data originally included in the image file. It is possible to specify the shooting location of these image files without separately inputting location information for specifying the image file.
  • the image file corresponding to the specific field data is transmitted from the server 11 to the computer 13, the digital camera 32, and the mobile phone 33. Therefore, the image file corresponding to the field data is freely browsed.
  • the image file information can be obtained at any time. Since these image file management systems 10A and 10B transmit only image files corresponding to specific field data to the computer 13, the digital camera 32, and the mobile phone 33, image files corresponding to unspecified field data are sent from the server 11. It is not transmitted to the computer 13, the camera 32, or the mobile phone 33, and the confidentiality of the image file can be ensured reliably.
  • Image file management system 10A Image file management system 10B Image file management system 11 Server 12 Internet 13 Computer (node terminal) 18 Storage media 32 Digital camera (node terminal) 33 Mobile phone (node terminal)

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L'invention porte sur un système de gestion de fichiers d'image capable de gérer une pluralité de fichiers d'image sans nécessiter une procédure d'entrée d'un numéro d'identification pour spécifier un ordinateur et une procédure d'authentification prédéterminée. Le système de gestion de fichiers d'image (10A) comprend un serveur (11) et un ordinateur (13) pour envoyer un fichier d'image au serveur (13) par Internet (12). Le serveur (11) spécifie un champ artiste et un champ droit d'auteur en tant qu'informations d'identification du fichier d'image, et utilise le champ artiste et le champ droit d'auteur pour classer le fichier d'image envoyé par l'ordinateur (13) par chaque donnée de champ et pour stocker le fichier d'image tout en corrélant le fichier d'image au champ artiste et au champ droit d'auteur.
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