WO2014064960A1

WO2014064960A1 - Image information management device, terminal device, image information management system, image information management method, terminal device processing method and program

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Publication number: WO2014064960A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/066555
Authority: WO
Inventors: 有満　陽子
Original assignee: Ｎｅｃカシオモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2012-10-23
Filing date: 2013-06-17
Publication date: 2014-05-01

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique by which image data sent from a server to a terminal device is ranked by a novel and previously unknown method. In order to fulfill this purpose, an image information management device (20) is provided which has: a processing information acquisition unit (21) which, from a terminal device which has acquired image data from an image-providing server that stores image data, acquires processing information, which is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after acquisition of the image data; and a ranking unit (22) which ranks the image data using the processing information.

Description

IMAGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

The present invention relates to an image information management device, a terminal device, an image information management system, an image information management method, a terminal device processing method, and a program.

In Patent Document 1, in response to a request from the client device, content selected from a large number of contents stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the client device, and the number of times each content is selected is totaled, and the total result A ranking determination method is disclosed in which rankings of a large number of contents are determined in descending order of the number of times selected based on.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133836

In the case of the ranking determination method in the technique described in Patent Document 1, there are the following problems.

The content transmitted to the client device includes content that is actually used in the client device and content that is not used at all. As an example of the latter, the content is acquired for the time being, but since the necessity of the content is low, it may be left without being used or deleted. In addition, although the content is acquired for the time being, if the content of the content is examined after another day, for example, the content is different from the one that was expected.

In the case of the technology described in Patent Document 1, the content ranking is simply determined according to the number of times of transmission to the client device without considering such circumstances. Such ranking is inappropriate depending on the purpose of use of the ranking.

For example, if you want to know the order of content that is truly in high demand from clients, it cannot be sufficiently useful information.

This invention makes it a subject to provide the technique which ranks the image data transmitted to the terminal device from the server by the new method which is not in the past.

According to the present invention,
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data Processing information acquisition means for acquiring information;
Ranking means for ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
Is provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention,
Processing information transmission means for transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data A terminal device is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, an image information management system including the image information management device and the terminal device is provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention,
Computer
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data A process information acquisition step for acquiring information;
A ranking step of ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
An image information management method for executing is provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention,
Computer
A processing information transmission step of transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data Is provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention,
Computer
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data Processing information acquisition means for acquiring information,
Ranking means for ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
A program for functioning as a server is provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention,
Computer
Processing information transmission means for transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data A program for functioning as a server is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to rank image data transmitted from a server to a terminal device by a new method that has not been conventionally used.

The above-described object and other objects, features, and advantages will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments described below and the accompanying drawings.
It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the image information management system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the image information management system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the terminal device of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the image information management apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the image information management apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the image information management apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the image information management apparatus of this embodiment hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the image information management apparatus of this embodiment hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the image information management apparatus of this embodiment hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the image information management apparatus of this embodiment hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of the data which the image information management apparatus of this embodiment hold | maintains. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a process by the image information management apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the terminal device of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process by the terminal device of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process by the terminal device of this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

It should be noted that the system and apparatus of the present embodiment include a CPU, a memory, and a program loaded in the memory of any computer (a program stored in the memory from the stage of shipping the apparatus in advance, a storage medium such as a CD, Including a program downloaded from a server on the Internet), a storage unit such as a hard disk for storing the program, and an interface for network connection. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications to the implementation method and apparatus.

Further, the functional block diagram used in the description of the present embodiment shows functional unit blocks, not hardware unit configurations. In these drawings, each system and apparatus is described as being realized by a single device, but the means for realizing the same is not limited thereto. That is, it may be a physically separated configuration or a logically separated configuration.

<First Embodiment>
First, an outline of the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the image information management system of the present embodiment. As illustrated, the image information management system includes a plurality of terminal devices 10, an image information management device 20, and an image providing server 30. The plurality of terminal devices 10, the image information management device 20, and the image providing server 30 can communicate with each other via a network such as the Internet.

The image providing server 30 stores a plurality of image data. Then, in response to a request from each of the plurality of terminal devices 10, predetermined image data is transmitted to each of the plurality of terminal devices 10.

Each of the plurality of terminal devices 10 acquires and stores predetermined image data from the image providing server 30 in response to a user operation. Thereafter, predetermined processing is executed on the stored image data in accordance with a user operation. For example, the terminal device 10 sets the acquired image data as image data of an image to be displayed on the display when an alarm is sounded. Further, according to the user setting, the terminal device 10 displays a predetermined image on the display using predetermined image data when an alarm is sounded.

When each of the plurality of terminal devices 10 executes the predetermined process as described above on the image data acquired from the image providing server 30, a process including information indicating what process is performed on which image data Information is generated and transmitted to the image information management apparatus 20.

The image information management device 20 ranks the plurality of image data using the processing information acquired from each of the plurality of terminal devices 10.

FIG. 2 shows another example of a functional block diagram of the image information management system of the present embodiment. Similarly to the example of FIG. 1, the image information management system of this example includes a plurality of terminal devices 10, an image information management device 20, and an image providing server 30. However, in the case of the image information management system of the example, the image information management apparatus 20 includes the image providing server 30, whereas in the example of FIG. 1, the image information management apparatus 20 does not include the image providing server 30. Is different.

Hereinafter, the configuration of each device will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the terminal device 10. As illustrated, the terminal device 10 includes a processing information transmission unit 11. The terminal device 10 can be any conventional terminal device having a communication function and an image processing function. For example, a so-called mobile phone is applicable.

When a predetermined process is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server 30 by the image processing function included in the terminal device 10, the process information transmission unit 11 transmits the process information that is information indicating the processing content to the predetermined process. It transmits to an external device (image information management device 20).

Predetermined processing to be performed on the image data is executed according to the user operation. The predetermined process performed on the image data may be a part or all of the processes that the terminal device 10 can execute on the image data. That is, when any of all the processes that the terminal device 10 can execute on the image data is executed, the processing information transmission unit 11 sends the processing information to a predetermined external device (image information management device 20). The processing information may be transmitted, or when any of a part of the processes that the terminal device 10 can execute on the image data is executed, the processing information is transmitted to a predetermined external device (image information management device 20). May be sent to. Further, the predetermined processing performed on the image data can be part or all of the processing that can be executed by the conventional terminal device, and it is not necessary to provide new image processing for the present embodiment. . However, provision of new image processing is not excluded.

The processing content of the predetermined processing performed on the image data is not particularly limited. For example, at least one of the following (1) to (3) may be included.

(1) Processing for setting acquired image data as image data of an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded.
(2) A process of displaying a predetermined image on a display using predetermined image data when an alarm sounds according to user settings.
(3) A process of setting the acquired image data as image data of an image to be displayed on the standby screen of the terminal device 10.

Note that the processing content illustrated here is merely an example, and other processing content may be included in the predetermined processing performed on the image data.

The processing information transmitted from the processing information transmitting unit 11 to the image information management apparatus 20 includes at least information indicating what predetermined processing has been performed on which image data. That is, the processing information includes identification information of image data that has been subjected to predetermined processing and information that identifies the content of the predetermined processing that has been performed.

When the predetermined processing that has been executed is processing for setting image data as an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded, or processing for displaying an image on the display when the alarm is sounding, the processing information transmission unit 11 The alarm information may be included in the processing information indicating that such processing has been performed and transmitted to the image information management apparatus 20.

The means by which the processing information transmission unit 11 acquires the address information of the processing information transmission destination image information management apparatus 20 is not particularly limited. For example, the address information of the image information management device 20 may be described in metadata attached to the image data transmitted from the image providing server 30 to the terminal device 10. Then, the processing information transmission unit 11 may acquire address information of the image information management device 20 from the metadata. Alternatively, when a program for realizing the configuration of the processing information transmission unit 11 is installed in the terminal device 10, the address information of the image information management device 20 may be stored in the terminal device 10 together. Then, the processing information transmission unit 11 may acquire the address information of the image information management device 20 stored in the terminal device 10 in this way.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the image information management apparatus 20. As illustrated, the image information management apparatus 20 includes a processing information acquisition unit 21 and a ranking unit 22.

The processing information acquisition unit 21 acquires processing information from each of the plurality of terminal devices 10. As described above, the processing information is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in each terminal device 10 after each terminal device 10 acquires the image data from the image providing server 30.

The ranking unit 22 ranks a plurality of image data using a plurality of processing information acquired from the plurality of terminal devices 10 by the processing information acquisition unit 21.

For example, the ranking unit 22 may rank the image data for each processing content performed on the image data based on the number of times of processing (eg, in order of increasing number of times of processing or in order of decreasing number of times of processing). it can. In this way, ranking of image data for each processing content can be obtained.

The ranking is not simply based on the number of times the image is acquired, but is based on the number of times that the image has been subjected to some processing thereafter, so it can be said that the ranking truly reflects the demand from the client. . Since the act of acquiring an image is realized in a short time by a relatively simple operation, it is easy to repeatedly perform it. For this reason, in order to raise the ranking, there is a possibility that an illegal act of repeatedly obtaining a certain image data by a certain user may be performed.

The operation of performing predetermined processing on the image data after acquiring the image data requires more labor and time because the number of operations is larger than the operation of acquiring the image data. For this reason, in the case of this embodiment, the above fraudulent acts can be suppressed.

As an example of ranking for each processing content, the ranking unit 22 can rank the image data in the descending order (or in ascending order) set as an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded.

In addition, even if it is set as an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm sounds, the setting may be canceled as a result of subsequent review by the user. In other words, there may be an image that is set as an image to be displayed on the display once the alarm is sounded but is not displayed on the display even when the alarm is sounded.

Therefore, the ranking unit 22 may rank the image data in the descending order (or in ascending order) displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded. In this way, it is possible to obtain a ranking in the order of contents that are highly demanded from the client for the alarm image.

In the case of this example, since the time until the predetermined process is completed becomes longer, the above-described fraud can be reduced more effectively.

Note that the ranking unit 22 is arranged in the order in which the number of times set as an image to be displayed on the display at the time of the alarm sounding (or the order from the small number) or the order in which the number of times displayed on the display at the time of the alarm sounding is large (or the order from the small number) When ranking image data, the image data may be ranked at each alarm setting time.

As another example, the ranking unit 22 may rank the image data in the descending order (or in ascending order) set as the image data of the image to be displayed on the standby screen of the terminal device 10.

As another example, the ranking unit 22 holds a weighting value for each processing content, and uses a point calculated by using the weighting value and the number of processing times of each processing content, A plurality of image data may be ranked in consideration.

Specific examples of these processes by the ranking unit 22 will be described in the following embodiment.

Here, FIG. 5 shows another example of a functional block diagram of the image information management apparatus 20. As shown in the figure, the image information management apparatus 20 of this example includes a processing information acquisition unit 21, a ranking unit 22, and an image providing server 30. The image providing server 30 includes a server side image storage unit 31 and an image transmission unit 32.

The server-side image storage unit 31 stores a plurality of image data.

The image transmission unit 32 transmits the requested predetermined image data to the terminal device 10 in response to a request from the terminal device 10.

The configuration of the image providing server 30 when the image information management device 20 and the image providing server 30 are provided separately as shown in FIG. 1 can be the same as the example shown in FIG. That is, the image providing server 30 in the example illustrated in FIG. 1 can also include the server-side image storage unit 31 and the image transmission unit 32 described above.

According to the terminal device 10 of the present embodiment described above, information (processing information) for ranking image data by a new method that has not been conventionally obtained is transmitted from the terminal device 10 to an external device (image information management device 20). Can be sent to. That is, it is possible to collect information (processing information) for ranking image data by a new method that has not been conventionally used from each of the plurality of terminal devices 10. As a result, it is possible to rank image data by a new method that has not been conventionally used.

Further, according to the image information management device 20 of the present embodiment, the processing information acquisition unit 21 sends information (processing information) for ranking image data by a new method that has not been conventionally used to each of the plurality of terminal devices 10. It becomes possible to collect from. Then, the ranking unit 22 that ranks using the processing information realizes ranking of the image data by a new method that has not been conventionally used.

According to the image information management system of the present embodiment including the terminal device 10 and the image information management device 20 as described above, a technique for ranking image data by a new method that has not been conventionally achieved is realized.

In addition, although the case where there are a plurality of terminal devices 10 has been described as an example here, the number of terminal devices 1 may be one. In such a case, the image data ranking for each terminal device 1 can be obtained.

<Second Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the image information management apparatus 20 of this embodiment will be described. Note that the configurations of the terminal device 10 and the image providing server 30 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the image information management apparatus 20 of the present embodiment. As illustrated, the image information management apparatus 20 includes a processing information acquisition unit 21 and a ranking unit 22, and the ranking unit 22 includes an information storage unit 23 and a ranking result storage unit 24. Although not shown, the image management device 20 may include an image providing server 30.

The information storage unit 23 stores information for ranking the image data in the ranking unit 22. For example, the information storage unit 23 may store the processing information acquired by the processing information acquisition unit 21. Or the information storage part 23 may accumulate | store the total data totaled using the process information which the process information acquisition part 21 acquired. Alternatively, the information storage unit 23 may store both the processing information and the total data.

Fig. 7 shows an example of aggregate data. The aggregated data shown in the figure is obtained for each of a plurality of predetermined processes executed for each image data in a plurality of terminal devices 10 for each piece of image data identification information (image data ID) provided from the image providing server 30. The number of executions is associated. According to the total data shown in the figure, the image data with the image data ID “000001” is executed 100, 101 times for the processing content ID “AAAAA”, and 98,219 times for the processing content ID “BBBB”. It is shown that.

If the information storage unit 23 stores only processing information, the ranking unit 22 uses the processing information stored in the information storage unit 23 to generate aggregate data as shown in FIG. 7, for example. Can do.

7 is used, the ranking unit 22 can rank the image data in descending order of the number of processes for each processing content performed on the image data. FIG. 8 shows an example of the result of ranking the image data in descending order of the processing content ID “AAAA”.

According to such a configuration, for example, the ranking unit 22 uses the aggregated data of “processing content: processing to be set as image data of an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded” to display on the display when the alarm is sounded. Image data can be ranked in descending order of the number of times set as images.

In addition, the ranking unit 22 uses the total data of “processing content: processing to display a predetermined image on a display using predetermined image data when an alarm is sounded”, and the number of times displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded. Image data can be ranked in descending order.

In addition, the ranking unit 22 uses the aggregated data of “processing content: processing to be set as image data of an image to be displayed on the standby screen of the terminal device 10”, in order of the number of times set on the standby screen. Can be ranked.

In addition, when the processing content is “processing to set as image data of an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded” or “processing to display a predetermined image on the display using the predetermined image data when the alarm is sounded” The total data using the processing information may be a total of the number of times of these processes for each alarm set time.

Using such aggregated data, the ranking unit 22 can obtain a ranking in descending order of the number of times set as image data of an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded at each alarm setting time.

Further, by using such aggregate data, the ranking unit 22 can obtain the ranking in the order of the number of times displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded at each alarm setting time.

Fig. 9 shows an example of such ranking results. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the alarm set time is divided in units of one hour, and the ranking of the image data in each time zone is shown.

Here, another example of ranking performed using the aggregated data as shown in FIG. 7 will be described.

The ranking unit 22 can hold in advance information with weighting values for each processing content as shown in FIG. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, a weight value is associated with the processing content ID.

Then, the ranking unit 22 calculates a predetermined point using such weighting values and the aggregated data as shown in FIG. 7, and considers processing for a plurality of processing contents using the point. Comprehensive ranking of a plurality of image data can be performed.

For example, for each image data, after calculating points for each processing content by the formula of (number of processing times) × (weighting value), the total points may be calculated by adding them. Then, the image data may be ranked in descending order of the total points. FIG. 11 shows an example of the ranking obtained in this way. Note that this example is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

Referring back to FIG. 6, the ranking result storage unit 24 stores the ranking (see FIGS. 8, 9, and 11) calculated by the ranking unit 22 using information stored in the information storage unit 23.

Next, an example of the flow of ranking processing by the image information management apparatus 20 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

As a premise, in this example, it is assumed that the image information management device 20 continues to receive the processing information transmitted from each of the plurality of terminal devices 10 as a processing different from the processing (processing). Information acquisition unit 21). Then, the image information management device 20 performs a totaling process at a predetermined timing using the acquired processing information, and generates (updates) the totaling data as shown in FIG. 7, for example, and stores it in the information storage unit 23. It shall be. Aggregation processing may be performed using all the acquired processing information, or only a part of processing information that satisfies restrictions on acquisition timing (eg, processing information acquired within the last year) is used. You may go.

In S1, the ranking unit 22 determines whether or not to perform ranking processing. For example, the ranking unit 22 ranks at a predetermined timing (eg, every hour, every 10 hours, every time the number of acquired processing information exceeds a predetermined number, every time a ranking processing start instruction input is received from a user). When configured to perform processing, the ranking unit 22 determines whether or not to perform ranking processing based on the determination result of whether or not the predetermined timing has been reached.

In S1, when the ranking unit 22 determines not to perform the ranking process (No in S1), S1 is repeated without proceeding to S2. On the other hand, when the ranking unit 22 determines in S1 that the ranking process is to be performed (Yes in S1), the process proceeds to S2.

In S <b> 2, the ranking unit 22 ranks the image data provided from the image providing server 30 using the latest aggregated data stored in the information storage unit 23. Thereafter, the ranking result obtained in S2 is output toward the ranking result storage unit 24 and stored in the ranking result storage unit 24 (S3). Note that after S3, the process may return to S1 and wait for a ranking process.

According to the present embodiment, it is possible to achieve the same operation and effect as the first embodiment.

<Third Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the terminal device 10 of the present embodiment will be described. Note that the configurations of the image information storage device 20 and the image providing server 30 are the same as those in the first or second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted here.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the terminal device 10 of the present embodiment. As illustrated, the terminal device 10 includes a processing information transmission unit 11, an image acquisition unit 12, an image storage unit 13, an image processing unit 14, an image processing monitoring unit 15, and a processing information generation unit 16. . Hereinafter, each part will be described.

The image acquisition unit 12 acquires image data from the image providing server 30 in accordance with a user operation. The image storage unit 13 stores the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 12. The configurations of the image acquisition unit 12 and the image storage unit 13 are realized using any conventional technique.

The image processing unit 14 executes predetermined processing using image data stored in the image storage unit 13 in accordance with a user operation. “Predetermined processing performed on image data” is as described in the first embodiment. The image processing unit 14 may be configured to execute a plurality of predetermined processes.

The image processing monitoring unit 15 monitors the image processing unit 14 in order to detect that the image processing unit 14 has performed predetermined processing on the image data. When the image processing monitoring unit 15 detects that the image processing unit 14 has performed the predetermined processing on the image data, the image processing monitoring unit 15 includes information for identifying the content of the predetermined processing and information for identifying the image data to be processed. Is acquired from the image processing unit 14, for example, and input to the processing information generation unit 16 described below. When the predetermined processing executed is processing for setting image data as an image to be displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded, or processing for displaying an image on the display when the alarm is sounded, the image processing monitoring unit 15 In addition, the alarm setting time may be acquired from the image processing unit 14 and input to the processing information generation unit 16.

Incidentally, the image processing unit 14 may execute predetermined processing on image data different from the image data provided from the image providing server 30. Such image data is not subject to ranking, and information indicating that predetermined processing has been performed on such an image need not be transmitted to the image information management apparatus 20. Therefore, when the image processing monitoring unit 15 detects that the image processing unit 14 has performed predetermined processing on the image data, the image processing monitoring unit 15 determines whether the image data to be processed is provided from the image providing server 30. May be. Then, only when the processing target image data is provided from the image providing server 30, information for identifying the contents of the predetermined processing and information for identifying the processing target image data are input to the processing information generating unit 16. May be.

The means for determining whether or not the image data to be processed is provided from the image providing server 30 is not particularly limited. For example, this is indicated in the metadata of the image data provided from the image providing server 30. Information (eg, identification information of the image providing server 30 that is the image providing source) may be described, and the determination may be made using the description.

As a modification of the image processing monitoring unit 15, the image processing monitoring unit 15 acquires information for identifying the content of predetermined processing, information for identifying image data to be processed, alarm setting time, and the like, and a processing information generation unit Instead of the processing input to 16, the image processing monitoring unit 15 may input instruction information for acquiring such information to the processing information generation unit 16. In this case, when the processing information generation unit 16 acquires the instruction information, the processing information generation unit 16 accesses, for example, the image processing unit 14 according to the instruction information and acquires predetermined information.

The processing information generation unit 16 uses the acquired information (for example, information for identifying the content of the predetermined processing executed by the image processing unit 14, information for identifying the image data to be processed, alarm setting time, etc.). Generate processing information. As described above, the processing information is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in each terminal device 10 after each terminal device 10 acquires the image data from the image providing server 30. Since details have been described in the above embodiment, a description thereof is omitted here.

The processing information transmission unit 11 transmits the processing information generated by the processing information generation unit 16 to the image information management apparatus 20. Since the other structure of the process information transmission part 11 is as having demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, description here is abbreviate | omitted.

Here, the process of displaying an image on the display when the alarm is sounding is performed repeatedly on the image data while certain image data is set as alarm image data (image data displayed on the display when the alarm is sounding). Will be performed. When the processing is repeatedly performed on certain image data, the terminal device 10 may transmit the processing information to the image information management device 20 every time the alarm sounds, or the first time Only the processing information may be transmitted to the image information management apparatus 20. In the latter case, for example, the image processing monitoring unit 15, the processing information generation unit 16, or the processing information transmission unit 11 refers to the history of processing information transmitted to the image information management device 20, for example, for the second and subsequent alarms. It is possible to prevent duplicate generation or duplicate transmission of processing information due to.

Next, an example of the flow of processing information transmission processing by the image information management apparatus 20 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

Before the processing, the image acquisition unit 12 acquires image data from the image providing server 30 in accordance with a user operation, and the image storage unit 13 stores the image data.

The image processing monitoring unit 15 monitors the image processing unit 14 in order to detect that the image processing unit 14 has performed a predetermined process on the image data stored in the image storage unit 13.

While the image processing unit 14 does not detect that the predetermined process has been performed on the image data (No in S10), the process waits for the predetermined process in S10. On the other hand, when the image processing unit 14 detects that the predetermined processing has been performed on the image data (Yes in S10), for example, the image processing monitoring unit 15 includes information for identifying the content of the predetermined processing and the processing target Information for identifying image data is acquired from, for example, the image processing unit 14 and input to the processing information generation unit 16, and the process proceeds to S20.

In S20, the processing information generation unit 16 generates processing information. In step S30, the processing information transmission unit 11 transmits the processing information generated in step S20 to the image information management apparatus 20. After S30, the process may return to S10 and wait for execution of a predetermined process.

Next, another example of the flow of processing information transmission processing by the image information management apparatus 20 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

While the image processing unit 14 does not detect that the predetermined process has been performed on the image data (No in S10), the process waits for the predetermined process in S10. On the other hand, when it is detected that the image processing unit 14 has performed a predetermined process on the image data (Yes in S10), the process proceeds to S11.

In S <b> 11, the image processing monitoring unit 15 determines whether the image data targeted for the predetermined processing detected in S <b> 10 is acquired from the image providing server 30.

If it is not obtained from the image providing server 30 (No in S11), the process may return to S10 and wait for execution of a predetermined process. On the other hand, when the information is acquired from the image providing server 30 (Yes in S11), for example, the image processing monitoring unit 15 processes information for identifying the content of the predetermined processing and information for identifying the image data to be processed. The information is input to the information generation unit 16, and the process proceeds to S20.

According to the present embodiment, it is possible to achieve the same operational effects as the first and second embodiments.

<< Appendix >>
According to the above description, the following invention is described.
<Invention 1>
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data Processing information acquisition means for acquiring information;
Ranking means for ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
An image information management apparatus.
<Invention 2>
In the image information management apparatus according to the first aspect,
The ranking means ranks the image data based on the number of processes for each processing content performed on the image data.
<Invention 3>
In the image information management device according to the invention 2,
The ranking means ranks the image data based on the number of times set as an image to be displayed on the display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 4>
In the image information management device according to the invention 2,
The ranking means ranks the image data based on the number of times displayed on the display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 5>
In the image information management device according to the

invention

3 or 4,
The ranking means is an image information management device that ranks the image data at each alarm setting time.
<Invention 6>
In the image information management device according to the first or second aspect,
The ranking means holds a weighting value for each processing content, and considers a plurality of the processing content using points calculated using the weighting value and the number of processing times of each processing content. An image information management apparatus for ranking a plurality of the image data.
<Invention 7>
In the image information management device according to the invention 6,
The image information management apparatus includes at least one of processing for setting as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded in the processing content for the image data.
<Invention 8>
In the image information management device according to any one of the inventions 1 to 7,
The image information management device includes:
Image storage means for storing a plurality of the image data;
Image transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device;
An image information management apparatus further comprising:
<Invention 9>
Processing information transmission means for transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data A terminal device.
<Invention 10>
In the terminal device according to invention 9,
The terminal device includes at least one of processing for setting as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded in the processing content for the image data.
<Invention 11>
In the terminal device according to the tenth aspect,
The processing information transmitting means sets the processing information indicating that processing for setting the image data as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded or processing for displaying on a display when an alarm is sounded is performed on the predetermined external When sending to the device:
A terminal device that transmits an alarm setting time in the processing information to the external device.
<Invention 12>
An image information management device according to any one of inventions 1 to 8,
A terminal device according to any one of inventions 9 to 11,
An image information management system.
<Invention 13>
Computer
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data A process information acquisition step for acquiring information;
A ranking step of ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
Image information management method to execute.
<Invention 13-2>
In the image information management method described in Invention 13,
In the ranking step, the image information management method ranks the image data based on the number of times of processing for each processing content performed on the image data.
<Invention 13-3>
In the image information management method according to the invention 13-2,
In the ranking step, the image information management method ranks the image data based on the number of times set as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 13-4>
In the image information management method according to the invention 13-2,
In the ranking step, the image information management method ranks the image data based on the number of times displayed on the display when the alarm is sounded.
<Invention 13-5>
In the image information management method according to the invention 13-3 or 13-4,
An image information management method for ranking the image data at each alarm setting time in the ranking step.
<Invention 13-6>
In the image information management method according to the invention 13 or 13-2,
In the ranking step, a plurality of the images in consideration of a plurality of the processing contents using points calculated using the weighting value for each of the processing contents and the number of processing times of each processing content held in advance. An image information management method for ranking data.
<Invention 13-7>
In the image information management method according to the invention 13-6,
The image information management method including at least one of processing for setting as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded in the processing content for the image data.
<Invention 13-8>
In the image information management method according to any one of Inventions 13 to 13-7,
The computer
An image information management method for storing a plurality of the image data and further executing an image transmission step of transmitting the image data to the terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device.
<Invention 14>
Computer
A processing information transmission step of transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data Processing method to execute.
<Invention 14-2>
In the processing method of invention 14,
The processing method for the image data includes at least one of processing for setting as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when the alarm is sounded.
<Invention 14-3>
In the processing method according to the invention 14-2,
In the processing information transmitting step, the processing information indicating that processing for setting the image data as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded or processing for displaying on a display when an alarm is sounded is performed on the predetermined external When sending to the device:
A processing method in which an alarm setting time is included in the processing information and transmitted to the external device.
<Invention 15>
Computer
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data Processing information acquisition means for acquiring information,
Ranking means for ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
Program to function as.
<Invention 15-2>
In the program according to the invention 15,
A program that causes the ranking means to rank the image data based on the number of times of processing performed on the image data.
<Invention 15-3>
In the program according to the invention 15-2,
A program for causing the ranking means to rank the image data based on the number of times set as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 15-4>
In the program according to the invention 15-2,
A program for causing the ranking means to rank the image data based on the number of times displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 15-5>
In the program according to the invention 15-3 or 15-4,
A program for causing the ranking means to rank the image data at each alarm setting time.
<Invention 15-6>
In the program according to the invention 15 or 15-2,
Using the points calculated by using the weighting value for each processing content and the number of processing times for each processing content, ranking the plurality of image data in consideration of the plurality of processing content. Program to be performed.
<Invention 15-7>
In the program according to the invention 15-6,
The processing content for the image data includes a program including at least one of processing for setting an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 15-8>
In the program according to any one of Inventions 15 to 15-7,
The computer,
Image storage means for storing a plurality of the image data;
Image transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device;
As a program to further function as.
<Invention 16>
Computer
Processing information transmission means for transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data Program to function as.
<Invention 16-2>
In the program according to the sixteenth aspect,
The processing content for the image data includes a program including at least one of processing for setting an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded.
<Invention 16-3>
In the program according to the invention 16-2,
The processing information transmitting means indicates the processing information indicating that processing for setting the image data as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded or processing for displaying on the display when an alarm is sounded is performed on the predetermined external When sending to the device:
A program that includes an alarm setting time in the processing information to be transmitted to the external device.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-233883 filed on October 23, 2012, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein.

Claims

A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data Processing information acquisition means for acquiring information;
Ranking means for ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
An image information management apparatus.
The image information management apparatus according to claim 1,
The ranking means ranks the image data based on the number of processes for each processing content performed on the image data.
The image information management apparatus according to claim 2,
The ranking means ranks the image data based on the number of times set as an image to be displayed on the display when an alarm is sounded.
The image information management apparatus according to claim 2,
The ranking means ranks the image data based on the number of times displayed on the display when an alarm is sounded.
In the image information management device according to claim 3 or 4,
The ranking means is an image information management device that ranks the image data at each alarm setting time.
In the image information management device according to claim 1 or 2,
The ranking means holds a weighting value for each processing content, and considers a plurality of the processing content using points calculated using the weighting value and the number of processing times of each processing content. An image information management apparatus for ranking a plurality of the image data.
The image information management device according to claim 6,
The image information management apparatus includes at least one of processing for setting as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded in the processing content for the image data.
In the image information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The image information management device includes:
Image storage means for storing a plurality of the image data;
Image transmitting means for transmitting the image data to the terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device;
An image information management apparatus further comprising:
Processing information transmission means for transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data A terminal device.
The terminal device according to claim 9,
The terminal device includes at least one of processing for setting as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded and processing for displaying an image on a display when an alarm is sounded in the processing content for the image data.
The terminal device according to claim 10,
The processing information transmitting means sets the processing information indicating that processing for setting the image data as an image to be displayed on a display when an alarm is sounded or processing for displaying on a display when an alarm is sounded is performed on the predetermined external When sending to the device:
A terminal device that transmits an alarm setting time in the processing information to the external device.
The image information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The terminal device according to any one of claims 9 to 11,
An image information management system.
Computer
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data A process information acquisition step for acquiring information;
A ranking step of ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
Image information management method to execute.
Computer
A processing information transmission step of transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data Processing method to execute.
Computer
A process that is information indicating the content of processing performed on the image data in the terminal device after obtaining the image data from the terminal device that obtained the image data from an image providing server that stores a plurality of image data Processing information acquisition means for acquiring information,
Ranking means for ranking a plurality of the image data using the processing information;
Program to function as.
Computer
Processing information transmission means for transmitting processing information, which is information indicating the processing content, to a predetermined external device when a predetermined processing is performed on the image data acquired from the image providing server storing a plurality of image data Program to function as.