JP4161303B2 - Image management server - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image management server, and more particularly to an image management server suitable for storing construction photograph images.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As this type of image management server, the storage capacity allocated per user is limited (for example, 10 MB), and uploaded user images are stored for free or for a fee. There is a service that allows a user to log in to an image management server with a password and can view an uploaded image at any time.
[0003]
The personal image storage method described in Patent Document 1 stores a user image that has been film-developed and converted into an electronic image in a laboratory or the like in a temporary storage server, where it is stored for a certain period (for example, 30 days). Let the user select an image to be permanently stored from the images stored in the storage server, move the selected image to the permanent storage server, and store it safely and securely over a long period of time, and view the user's own image I try to let them.
[0004]
In addition, as an image storage fee system, an example of charging according to the number of images stored in the permanent storage server is given.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP2002-183035
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, when a storage server is used, if the storage capacity is limited, there is a problem that a large number of images cannot be stored at one time.
[0007]
On the other hand, as described in Patent Document 1, when charging and storing according to the number of images stored in the permanent storage server, there is no restriction on the number of images stored, but a large number of images are permanently stored. If it is transferred to the storage server, there is a problem that the image storage fee becomes excessive and the burden on the user increases.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can store a large number of images without imposing a capacity limit on the storage capacity per user, and can store a large number of images at a time. Another object of the present invention is to provide an image management server that can reduce an increase in the image storage fee of the user and can prevent a significant increase in the operating equipment cost of the server operator.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 stores an image of a user uploaded from a terminal of a user or an intermediary in an image database without imposing a capacity limit on the storage capacity per user, In the image management server for charging the storage fee to the user, a registration information database for managing a registration date / time and a deletion date / time for each uploaded image, and when a user's image is uploaded from the terminal, When the registration date and time of an uploaded image is registered in the registration information database and an instruction to delete a user image is received from the terminal, the corresponding image is deleted from the image database, and the deletion date and time of the image is Control means for registering in the registration information database, and each user registered in the registration information database Based on the registration date and deletion date and time of the image, the number of images stored for each user in a day is obtained, and the cumulative number of the daily number of images stored during the storage period is obtained, and this accumulated number is stored per day. Billing processing means for calculating an image storage fee charged to the user by multiplying the fee;Upon receipt of the server usage status confirmation request from the terminal, a usage status confirmation screen is created that indicates the usage status including daily transitions of the image storage fee calculated by the billing processing means. Means for transmitting;It is characterized by having.
[0010]
That is, the invention according to claim 1 charges according to the number of images to be stored, but takes into account the storage period (daily unit) of each image stored or stored, and the user's image. The user obtains the number of daily storages, calculates the cumulative number of storages per day during the storage period, calculates the image storage fee by multiplying this cumulative number by the daily storage fee, and the user To be charged.
[0011]
  Therefore, the user can store a desired number of images without being limited by the number of stored images (capacity per user), and even if a large number of images are stored at a time, the storage period is shortened, An increase in storage fees can be reduced.In particular, each user can confirm the usage status including daily transition of the image storage fee, and thus can appropriately register and delete images so that the image storage fee does not become excessive.On the other hand, even if there are fluctuations in the number of stored individual users, the total number of stored individual users is averaged, and the number of images stored in the server does not increase cumulatively. Equipment costs do not increase significantly.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the billing processing means totals the image storage fee on a monthly basis.
[0014]
  Claim3As shown in FIG. 4, the user is a contractor who has received an order for construction work, and the uploaded image is a construction photograph image showing the progress of the ordered construction work. This kind of construction photo image becomes unnecessary when the construction is completed and the completion report of the construction including the construction photo ledger is finished. In many cases, it is necessary to take a lot of construction photograph images, which is a suitable image as an image managed by the image management server according to the present invention.
  Further, as described in claim 4, the billing processing means counts the number of registered images per day and the number of deleted images of each user registered in the registration information database. While counting the date of registration date of each user's image registered in the registration information database, the number of deleted images is counted on the day following the date of deletion date of each user's image registered in the registration information database. Further, it is characterized in that the daily number of stored images of each user is obtained by subtracting the total number of deleted sheets from the total number of registered sheets.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an image management server according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an image management system including an image management server according to the present invention. The image management system shown in the figure is a construction photo image showing the progress of construction, which is attached to an electronic completion report applied to construction CALS by a contractor who has received construction work from a national or local government. This is a system for supporting the creation of an electronic album. The terminals (ordering party terminals) 10 of the contractors 10A, 10B, 10C that have received an order for public works, and the cameras of the suppliers of the respective contractors 10A, 10B, 10C Collect electronic recording media such as memory cards with photographic films and images from stores 20A, 20B, and 20C, and camera stores 20A, 20B, and 20C, and convenience stores such as convenience stores (not shown). Terminal 30 of the orderer 50A who ordered the construction work, the general laboratory 30 that delivers the products of the company, the image management server 40 that is operated by the server operator, and the construction work And it is configured from the orderer terminal) 50..
[0017]
The contractor terminal 10 of each of the contractors 10A, 10B, and 10C is a general-purpose personal computer that can be connected to a network, and does not require special software for this system. In addition, since the editing software for creating the construction photo ledger according to the format decided by the orderer such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism using the construction photo image is commercially available, the contractor is the contractor as needed. It can be installed in the terminal 10 and utilized.
[0018]
The camera stores 20A, 20B, and 20C are stores that provide services of patterns A, B, and C, respectively. The camera store 20A that provides the pattern A service is a store in which an analog minilab machine is installed, and performs film development and analog printing in its own store. On the other hand, when an order for creation of a CD business in which a construction photo image is recorded is received from the construction company 10A, an electronic recording medium such as a film or a memory card in which the construction site is photographed by a silver salt camera or a digital camera is used. The general laboratory 30 is entrusted to deposit, create a CD, and upload the construction photo image recorded on the CD to the image management server 40.
[0019]
The general lab 30 collects films and electronic recording media from agency stores such as camera stores 20A and convenience stores in various places, performs film development, photo prints, etc., and also creates an image management server for CD creation and construction photo images. Upload to 40 and deliver the created product such as CD to the next store.
[0020]
Here, for commercial use, a construction photo image is recorded on a CD-R, and viewer software for viewing the construction photo image on a personal computer is recorded. This viewer software is a thumbnail of the construction photo image. It has a blackboard extraction function for automatically extracting an image and a blackboard (rectangular green area) from the construction photograph image and displaying the image together with an enlarged blackboard image. Further, identification information (CD-ID) unique to the CD is attached to the CD business, and this CD-ID is used for management of construction photo images in the image management server 40. In addition, the CD business with a CD-ID has a function as an original construction photo image, and also serves as a backup when the construction photo image is inadvertently erased. This frees you from backup work and gives you a reliable product with no leaks.
[0021]
The camera store 20B that provides the pattern B service is a store in which a digital minilab machine and a CD creation device such as a personal computer capable of writing on a CD-R are installed. Film development and digital printing are performed at the store. At the same time, when an order for creation of a CD business in which a construction photograph image is recorded is received from the construction company 10B, it is from an electronic recording medium such as a film or a memory card in which the construction site is photographed with a silver salt camera or a digital camera. CD business use is created by a CD creation device. Then, by collecting and distributing the CD business use to the general laboratory 30, only the upload of the construction photo image recorded for the CD business to the image management server 40 is entrusted to the general laboratory 30. The CD business use is created by writing image data or the like on a CD board purchased from the general laboratory 30 or the like.
[0022]
The camera store 20C that provides the pattern C service is a store in which a digital minilab machine, a terminal device 20 having software for uploading to the image management server 40, and a CD creation device are installed. In addition to performing digital printing and receiving an order from a contractor 10C for creation of a CD job with a construction photo image recorded, such as a film or a memory card in which the construction site is photographed with a silver salt camera or a digital camera CD business use is created from the electronic recording medium by the CD creation device, and the construction photograph image recorded for the CD business is uploaded from the terminal 20 to the image management server 40.
[0023]
Here, as an example of the price that the contractor bears for using this system, it is 500 yen for CD business / 1 CD / film book or media piece (desired retail price), as an uploading fee for construction photo images Although 300 yen / CD and 1 yen / day / sheet as the storage fee in the image management server 40 can be considered, the present invention is not limited to this. Details of the image storage fee in the image management server 40 will be described later.
[0024]
Next, the image management server 40 will be described.
[0025]
The image management server 40 stores the construction photograph image of the construction company uploaded via the terminal 20 of the general lab 30 or the camera shop 20C, and the construction company through the contractor terminals 10 of the construction companies 10A, 10B, and 10C. This system allows users to organize and utilize their own construction photo images, and performs billing processing to collect image storage fees from construction companies. As shown in FIG. 2, the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) communication unit 41, control unit 42, billing processing unit 43, image database 44 for storing and managing construction photo images, identification information (user ID) of various users such as construction companies, passwords, addresses, names (names) A user information database 45 that manages user information such as a registration information database that manages the registration date and time and deletion date and time of uploaded construction photo images. 46.
[0026]
The control unit 42 controls and controls each unit in the image management server 40. The control unit 42 includes browsing software using a browser, management software, and the like, and a construction photo image for CD business is uploaded via the HTTP communication unit 41. This is stored in the image database 44 in association with the CD-ID, and the construction photo images registered according to instructions from the contractor terminal 10 are arranged, deleted, downloaded, the construction photo images viewed by the user, and the server is used. The status can be confirmed, and the registration date / deletion date / time history of the construction photo image is left in the registration information database 46 to manage the number of registrations for each user.
[0027]
The billing processing unit 43 aggregates the storage fee of the construction photo images stored in the image database 44 for each construction contractor for each month, and obtains the number of construction photo images stored by the construction contractor on a daily basis. Each construction is obtained by obtaining the cumulative number of storages per day for each day and multiplying this cumulative number by the storage fee per day (in this embodiment, 1 yen / day / sheet). Calculate the image storage fee to be charged to the supplier.
[0028]
Further, when the control unit 42 receives a request for confirming the server usage status from the contractor terminal 10 via the HTTP communication unit 41, the control unit 42 displays the usage status including the daily transition of the image storage fee calculated by the billing processing unit 43. The usage status confirmation screen shown is created, and this usage status confirmation screen is transmitted from the HTTP communication unit 41 to the contractor terminal 10.
[0029]
On the other hand, each of the contractors 10A, 10B, and 10C has identification information (ordering party ID) and password for specifying the contractor from the general laboratory 30 or the camera store 20C that has uploaded its construction photo image to the image management server 40. Be notified.
[0030]
Further, the orderer 50A who ordered the construction work can log in to the image management server 40 from the orderer terminal 50 by receiving unique identification information (orderer ID) for identifying the orderer. It is possible to view the construction photo image of the ordered work.
[0031]
Next, a method for utilizing the image management server 40 by a construction company or the like will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0032]
In FIG. 3, the contractor uses the homepage browsing function on the Internet of the contractor terminal 10 to access the homepage of the image management server 40. Then, the user logs in by inputting a pre-assigned contractor ID and password (step S10). After confirming the contractor ID and password, the image management server 40 displays a menu screen on the contractor terminal 10 so that the service can be used (step S12).
[0033]
In the menu screen, there are four menus of image browsing, image batch deletion, browsing authority setting, and usage status confirmation, and a desired menu can be selected by the contractor terminal 10. When the image browsing menu is selected, an image browsing screen is displayed on the monitor screen of the contractor terminal 10, and the uploaded construction photo images can be viewed, organized, downloaded, etc. on this screen (steps). S14) When the image batch deletion menu is selected, an image batch deletion screen is displayed, and images can be deleted in units of folders to be described later on this screen (step S16).
[0034]
In addition, when the browsing authority setting menu is selected, a browsing authority setting screen is displayed, and on this screen, an authority for allowing the construction orderer to browse his / her construction photo image (granting the orderer ID, etc.) is given. When the usage status confirmation menu is selected, a usage status confirmation screen is displayed. On this screen, the usage status of the own construction photo image managed by the image management server 40 (server storage) is displayed. Fee) etc. can be confirmed (step S20).
[0035]
Next, operations and processing contents such as browsing, organizing, and downloading of construction photo images uploaded to the image management server 40 will be described.
[0036]
FIG. 4 shows an example of an image browsing screen. A folder tree is displayed on the left side of the screen, and a list of construction photo images (index images) in the folder selected from the folder tree is displayed on the right side of the screen. As shown in the figure, there are three types of logical folders in this system, an unorganized folder 60, an unnecessary folder 61, and a construction folder 62, as shown in the folder tree. Exists in the hierarchy.
[0037]
First, the construction photo images uploaded to the image management server 40 for each CD work are stored in the unorganized folder 60. The unorganized folder 60 has a two-level folder structure of a folder whose name is a CD-ID for CD work and a folder whose name is a film ID of a photo film recorded for CD work. And automatically created in units of CD + film at the time of registration. The embodiment shown in FIG. 4 shows the case where a construction photo image of a film is recorded for CD work, but when the construction photo image of an electronic recording medium such as a memory card is recorded for CD work. Does not have a folder hierarchy whose folder name is the film ID.
[0038]
The unnecessary folder 61 has no hierarchy, and unnecessary construction photo images of the construction photo images in the unorganized folder 60 and the construction folder 62 are moved to the unnecessary folder 61.
[0039]
The construction folder 62 is created by the contractor with a folder name such as an arbitrary construction name, and is created in one construction and one folder. When a new construction folder 62 is created, a new construction folder 62 having the construction name as the folder name is created by selecting the new folder, inputting the construction name, and clicking the add button. This construction folder 62 has no hierarchy. For example, when it is desired to create a folder for each process within one construction, it is necessary to create a folder with construction name + process name.
[0040]
Needless to say, as shown in FIG. 4, the logical folder that can be operated on the image list screen is only a folder related to the contractor who has logged in by inputting the contractor ID and password.
[0041]
Next, a method for organizing the construction photo images in the unorganized folder 60 by moving them to the unnecessary folder 61 and the construction folder 62 will be described.
[0042]
In the image list screen shown in FIG. 4, index images of construction photo images in the unorganized folder having the CD-ID (902314608) in the unorganized folder 60 as the folder name are displayed. Note that “moving” and “downloading” check boxes are simultaneously displayed for each image in the index image. Here, when moving an appropriate construction photo image of the index image to the unnecessary folder 61 or the construction folder 62, check the “Move” check box displayed together with the index image, and move it. Select the construction photo image to be selected, and then select the destination folder.
[0043]
The destination folder is selected by pressing the “▼” button 63A of the destination folder selection unit 63 to display a pull-down menu, and from the destination folder (unnecessary folder 61 or construction folder 62 created in advance) displayed in this pull-down menu. This is done by clicking on the desired destination folder. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the case where a construction folder with the construction name “XXX district branch line No. 12 road improvement construction” is selected as the movement folder is shown.
[0044]
  After selecting the destination folder as described above, clicking the “Move” button 63B of the destination folder selection unit 63 makes it desired to move the index image.PaintingThe image can be moved to the selected destination folder.
[0045]
Next, the case where the construction photo image stored in the unorganized folder 60 or the construction folder 62 is deleted will be described.
[0046]
In this case, unnecessary construction photo images are moved from the construction photo images stored in the unorganized folder 60 and the construction folder 62 to the unnecessary folder 61 by the method described above. Subsequently, the unnecessary folder 61 is clicked to display an unnecessary folder list screen. On this unnecessary folder list screen, an index image of the construction photo image moved into the unnecessary folder 61 is displayed. The construction photo image can be deleted by individually specifying the image to be deleted on the unnecessary folder list screen and executing the deletion.
[0047]
It is also possible to delete construction photo images in folder units. In this case, the image batch deletion menu is selected on the menu screen to display the image batch deletion screen. On the image batch deletion screen, the folder tree shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and a folder desired to be deleted is selected here. Then, by pressing the “delete” button to execute the delete operation, the construction photo image can be deleted in units of folders.
[0048]
The image management server 40 has a display function for displaying individual images in detail (large image + blackboard extracted image) in addition to the display function of the index image of the image list. The above display function can be used as appropriate when moving or deleting a photographic image.
[0049]
Next, the case where the construction photo image in the organized construction folder 62 is downloaded to the contractor terminal 10 will be described.
[0050]
In this case, on the image list screen shown in FIG. 4, for example, a construction folder 62 in which construction photo images are arranged is selected, and an index image of the construction photo images in the construction folder 62 is displayed. Subsequently, the “download” check box displayed together with the index image is checked, and an image desired to be downloaded is selected. Next, the “Download” button 64 is clicked to display a download candidate list screen. After confirming the construction photo image to be downloaded again on this download candidate list screen, the download execution button is pressed, so that the contractor terminal Construction photo images can be downloaded to ten predetermined folders.
[0051]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of arrangement, deletion, and the like of construction photo images uploaded (registered) to the image management server 40.
[0052]
As shown in the figure, the completed construction photo image is temporarily stored in an unorganized folder. The construction photo image in the unorganized folder is moved to a construction folder or an unnecessary folder with a construction name. Note that the construction photo images in the three types of folders, the unorganized folder, the construction folder, and the unnecessary folder, can be moved between each folder.
[0053]
The construction photo image in the construction folder can be downloaded to the contractor terminal 10 by performing download designation, and the construction photo image in the unnecessary folder can be deleted for each construction photo image. it can.
[0054]
Next, a procedure for issuing an orderer ID for viewing a construction photo image of the construction work to the orderer 50A who ordered the construction work will be described.
[0055]
The contractor who has logged in to the image management server 40 using the contractor terminal 10 selects the browse authority setting menu on the menu screen and displays the browse authority setting screen on the screen of the contractor terminal 10. Then, information such as the orderer name, orderer ID, password, etc. of the user (orderer) who sets the viewing authority is input on the browsing authority setting screen, and this is notified to the image management server 40. Upon receiving this notification, the image management server 40 displays a list of construction folders created by the construction company using the image management server 40 as shown in FIG.
[0056]
The construction contractor selects a construction folder that can be viewed by the orderer who has set the viewing authority by checking the construction folder permitted to be viewed on the construction folder list screen, and then on the viewing authority setting screen. The “OK” button 64 is pressed. Thereby, the image management server 40 is notified of information on the construction folder that can be browsed by the orderer who is set with the viewing authority, and the image management server 40 obtains the orderer ID, password, etc. of the orderer who has set the viewing authority. The user information database 45 manages the included orderer information and the construction folder viewable by the orderer in association with each other.
[0057]
On the other hand, the construction company notifies the orderer of the orderer ID and password of the orderer who has set the viewing authority as described above. Upon receiving this notification, the orderer can log in to the image management server 40 from the orderer terminal 50 using the orderer ID and password, and can view the construction photo image of the construction work he ordered. it can.
[0058]
In this embodiment, the construction contractor (order receiver) issues an orderer ID to the orderer, and the construction photo image in the construction folder storing the construction photo image of the construction work ordered by the orderer. However, the user ID is issued to other third parties involved in construction work such as subcontractors of construction work, design offices, ombudsmen, etc. Also good. In addition to the authority to browse, users such as subcontractors can be given authority to organize and download construction photo images.
[0059]
Next, a method for confirming the usage status of the image management server 40 and a method for calculating an image storage fee according to the usage status will be described.
[0060]
When the construction photo image of each construction company is uploaded, the control unit 42 of the image management server 40 shown in FIG. 2 stores the registration date and time in the registration information database 46 for each uploaded construction photo image. When the construction photo image is deleted in units or folders, the deletion date and time is stored in the registration information database 46 for each construction photo image.
[0061]
Further, the control unit 42 counts the number of registered or deleted construction photo images for each construction company stored or deleted in the image database 44. Here, the registration number is counted on the date of registration date and time managed in the registration information database 46, and the deletion number is counted on the date following the deletion date and time managed in the registration information database 46. Count. Accordingly, once registered construction photo images are counted for at least one day even if they are immediately deleted.
[0062]
  Then, by subtracting the cumulative number of deletions counted each time the construction photo image is deleted from the total number of registrations counted every time the construction photo image is registered as described above, the daily accumulation number is obtained. calculate. The registration number, deletion number, andAccumulationThe product number is stored and managed in the registration information database 46.
[0063]
Here, when the contractor confirms the usage status of the image management server 40 by the contractor terminal 10, the usage status confirmation menu is selected from the menu screen, and the usage status confirmation screen is displayed. This usage status confirmation screen is created by the image management server 40 and is displayed by distributing it to the contractor terminal 10.
[0064]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a usage status confirmation screen displayed on the contractor terminal 10, and this usage status confirmation screen is a monthly unit of an arbitrary year and month (September 2002 in this embodiment). The detailed usage status is shown.
[0065]
That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the usage status confirmation screen includes the registered number, deleted number, daily accumulation number, accumulation number graph, and daily accumulation total counted from the first day to the last day of the month. Is displayed. Also, the monthly image storage fee to be charged to the construction company is calculated by multiplying the accumulated total at the end of the month by the storage fee per day (in this embodiment, 1 yen / day / sheet). This is also displayed at the same time.
[0066]
Further, the usage status can be displayed in addition to the display of the detailed usage status on a monthly basis for any year and month, the current registration number, the cumulative total number of registrations for the current month, the image storage fee, and the like. Note that the image storage fee may be a monthly or yearly basic fee added to the image storage fee calculated as described above.
[0067]
In this embodiment, image management of construction photograph images has been described, but the present invention is not limited to construction photograph images, and can be applied to image management of news photograph images, for example.
[0068]
【The invention's effect】
  As described above, according to the present invention, since there is no limit on the storage capacity per user, a large number of sheets can be stored if the user desires, and a large number of images can be stored at one time. However, if unnecessary images are arranged and deleted early, the image storage fee is not increased significantly, and the burden on the user can be reduced.In particular, each user can confirm the usage status including daily transition of the image storage fee, and thus can appropriately register and delete images so that the image storage fee does not become excessive.Furthermore, even if there is a change in the number of stored individual users, the total number of stored numbers for each user is averaged, so the number of images stored in the server does not increase cumulatively. There is no significant increase in operating equipment costs.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an image management system including an image management server according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image management server.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow when a contractor uses an image management server.
FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of an image browsing screen displayed on the contractor terminal.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the flow of organizing and deleting construction photo images uploaded to the image management server.
FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a browsing authority setting screen displayed on the contractor terminal.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a usage status confirmation screen displayed on the contractor terminal.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 ... Contractor terminal, 10A, 10B, 10C ... Contractor, 20 ... Terminal, 20A, 20B, 20C ... Camera shop, 30 ... General laboratory, 40 ... Image management server, 41 ... HTTP communication unit, 42 ... Control , 43 ... billing processing unit, 44 ... image database, 45 ... user information database, 46 ... registration information database, 50 ... orderer terminal, 60 ... unorganized folder, 61 ... unnecessary folder, 62 ... construction folder

Claims (4)

In an image management server for storing an image of a user uploaded from a terminal of a user or a mediator without imposing a capacity limit on a storage capacity per user in an image database, and charging the image storage fee to the user,
A registration information database for managing the registration date and deletion date for each uploaded image;
When a user image is uploaded from the terminal, the registration date and time of the uploaded image is registered in the registration information database, and when an instruction to delete the user image is received from the terminal, the image database supports Control means for deleting the image to be registered and registering the deletion date and time of the image in the registration information database;
Obtaining the daily storage number of each user's image based on the registration date and deletion date and time of each user's image registered in the registration information database and determining the cumulative number of the daily storage number during the storage period; Billing processing means for calculating an image storage fee charged to the user by multiplying the cumulative number by a storage fee per day,
Upon receipt of the server usage status confirmation request from the terminal, a usage status confirmation screen is created that indicates the usage status including daily transitions of the image storage fee calculated by the billing processing means. Means for transmitting;
An image management server comprising:   2. The image management server according to claim 1, wherein the billing processing unit totals the image storage fee on a monthly basis. Wherein the user is a contractor who orders the construction, the uploaded images is claimed in claim 1 or the image management server according to claim 2, characterized in that a construction photographic image showing the progress status of construction that order . The accounting processing unit counts the number of registered images and the number of deleted images of each user registered in the registration information database, and the registration number count is calculated based on each registration number registered in the registration information database. The number of deleted images is counted on the day following the date of deletion of each user's image registered in the registration information database, and the number of deleted images is counted from the cumulative number of registered images. by subtracting the total of the removed sheets on a daily basis, any one image management server of claim 1 to claim 3, characterized in that obtaining the storage number of daily images of each user.

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