JP4689504B2 - Image file transfer system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for transferring an image file to a database server in a security environment.

In the construction of the product information database, product image files are registered together with product identification codes, product names, manufacturer names, prices, and the like. When registering an image file of a product, it is necessary to upload an image file captured by a digital camera or the like from a client terminal to an image registration server.
When the client terminal is connected to the image registration server via a network, the image file is usually transferred using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). (See Patent Document 1)

JP 2002-271553 A

  However, when an image file is transferred from the client terminal to the image registration server by FTP, it is necessary to publish the FTP of the image registration server to the outside, which may reduce security. Further, in the image file transfer by FTP, the client terminal cannot obtain a response as to whether or not the registration of the image file at the image registration server has been completed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image file transfer system and the like that can register an image file in real time to a database server in a security environment.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first invention is an image file transfer system in which a user terminal and an image transfer server are network-connected, wherein the image transfer server is an image registration server provided with a database. And the user terminal includes a transfer unit that transfers an image file to the image transfer server using an HTTP protocol, and the image transfer server receives the image file received from the user terminal. Transfer means for transferring an image file to the image registration server using FTP protocol, and registration request means for requesting the image registration server to register the image file in the database using HTTP protocol. The registration server stores the image file received from the image transfer server in the database. And registration means for registering the scan, an image file transfer system characterized by comprising: a result sending means for sending a registration result to the database of the image file to the image transfer server HTTP protocol.

  After registering the image file in the database, the image registration server transmits the registration result to the image transfer server in the XML format. The image transfer server converts the registration result transmitted from the image registration server into the HTML format and transmits it to the user terminal. The user terminal displays the registration result received from the image transfer server.

  A second invention is an image transfer server connected to a user terminal and a network, wherein the image transfer server is connected to an image registration server having a database via a dedicated network, and A transfer server configured to transfer an image file received from the user terminal using the HTTP protocol to the image registration server using the FTP protocol; and registering the image file in the database in the image registration server using the HTTP protocol. The image transfer server, comprising: a registration request means for requesting in step 1; and a result transmission means for transmitting a registration result transmitted from the image registration server by the HTTP protocol to the user terminal.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image registration server connected to a user terminal via a network and an image registration server connected via a dedicated network, the image registration server including the database. Registration means for registering the image file received from the server for FTP in the database, and result transmission means for transmitting the registration result of the image file to the database for the image transfer server using HTTP protocol. An image registration server characterized by the above.

  A fourth invention is a program characterized by causing a computer to function as an image transfer server.

  A fifth invention is a program characterized by causing a computer to function as an image registration server.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the image file transfer system etc. which can register an image file in real time to the database server in a security environment can be provided.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an image file transfer system and the like according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the configuration of the image file transfer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image file transfer system 1.

  In the image file transfer system 1, a client terminal 3, an image transfer Web server 5, and the like are connected via a network 11. The network 11 is a network such as the Internet.

  The client terminal 3 is a personal computer or the like, holds an image file captured by a digital camera or the like, connects to the image transfer Web server 5 through a browser, and transfers the image file to the image transfer Web using the HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) protocol. Upload to server 5.

The image transfer Web server 5 and the image registration Web server 7 are installed in the manufacturer 13 and are connected by a dedicated line. The image registration Web server 7 has a product information database 9.
The image transfer Web server 5 transfers the image file received from the client terminal 3 via the network 11 to the image registration Web server 7 using the FTP protocol, and registers the image file in the product information database 9 using the HTTP protocol. Request. The image registration Web server 7 stores the received image file in the product information database 9 and performs image file registration processing.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the client terminal 3. The client terminal 3 includes a control unit 21, a storage device 23, a media input / output unit 25, an input unit 27, a printing unit 29, a display unit 31, and a communication unit 33 that are interconnected by a bus 35.

The control unit 21 is a CPU (central
processing unit) and a memory such as a ROM (read only memory) and a RAM (random access memory) for storing program instructions or data. The control unit 21 controls the operation of the entire client terminal 3.

The storage device 23 is a storage medium for storing fixed data such as a control program of the client terminal 3, image files, and the like.
The media input / output unit 25 is a CD-ROM (compact
disc read only memory) or CD-RW (CD-ReWritable), flexible disk, MO (magneto optic disc), smart media, compact flash (registered trademark), mini SD (secure digital) card, SD memory card, memory stick, A medium drive such as an xD picture card or a compact disk reads data such as an image file from the medium and writes data to the medium.

The input unit 27 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.
The printing unit 29 is a printer, and prints necessary information and the like according to a request from the user.
The display unit 31 is a CRT (cathode-ray
tube) or LCD (liquid crystal)
display).

  The communication unit 33 is a communication control device, a communication port, and the like, and controls communication with the image transfer Web server 5 and the like via the network 11. In addition, an image file is captured from a device such as a digital camera connected by USB (Universal Serial Bus) or the like.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the image transfer Web server 5. The image transfer Web server 5 includes a control unit 41, a storage device 43, a media input / output unit 45, an input unit 47, a printing unit 49, a display unit 51, and a communication unit 53 that are interconnected by a bus 55.

  The control unit 41 includes a CPU that executes a program and a memory such as a ROM and a RAM that store program instructions or data. The control unit 41 controls the overall operation of the image transfer Web server 5.

The storage device 43 is a storage medium for storing fixed data such as a control program of the image transfer Web server 5.
The media input / output unit 45 is a drive of a medium such as a CD-ROM, CD-RW, flexible disk, or MO, and reads data from the medium and writes data to the medium.

The input unit 47 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.
The printing unit 49 is a printer, and prints necessary information and the like according to a request from the user.
The display unit 51 is a display device such as a CRT or LCD.

  The communication unit 53 is a communication control device, a communication port, and the like, and controls communication with the client terminal 3 and the like via the network 11 and communication with the image file registration Web server 7.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the image registration Web server 7. The image transfer Web server 7 includes a control unit 61, a storage device 63, a media input / output unit 65, an input unit 67, a printing unit 69, a display unit 71, and a communication unit 73 that are interconnected by a bus 75.

  The control unit 61 includes a CPU that executes a program and a memory such as a ROM and a RAM that store program instructions or data. The control unit 61 controls the overall operation of the image registration Web server 7.

The storage device 63 is a storage medium for storing fixed data such as a control program of the image registration Web server 7 or temporarily storing an image file transferred from the image transfer Web server 5.
The media input / output unit 65 is a drive of a medium such as a CD-ROM, CD-RW, flexible disk, or MO, and reads data from the medium or writes data to the medium.

The input unit 67 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.
The printing unit 69 is a printer, and prints necessary information and the like according to a request from the user.
The display unit 71 is a display device such as a CRT or LCD.

  The communication unit 73 is a communication control device, a communication port, and the like, and controls communication with the image file transfer Web server 5 and the like.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing details of the product information database 9. The product information database 9 includes product information data 81 and product images 83.
The merchandise information data 81 is information relating to merchandise and includes merchandise identification information, merchandise name, manufacturer name, standard price, and the like.
The product image 83 is image data such as a photograph of the product, and is transferred from the client terminal 3 to the image registration Web server 7 via the network 11 and the image transfer Web server 5. Each product image 83 is associated with corresponding product information data 81.

  Next, transfer of an image file from the client terminal 3 to the image registration Web server 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 is a flowchart of an operation for transferring an image file from the client terminal 3 to the image registration Web server 7, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an image file transfer screen 200 on the client terminal 3, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an image file designation screen 300 on the terminal 3, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an image transfer confirmation screen 400 on the image registration Web server 7, and FIG. 10 is an image file registration on the client terminal 3. It is a figure which shows an example of a confirmation screen.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for transferring an image file is input to the control unit 21 of the client terminal 3 in the browser displayed on the display unit 31, the image file is transmitted by the communication unit 33. The transfer URL is accessed, the image file transfer URL screen is displayed on the display unit 31, and the user is requested to input an ID and password. When the user inputs an ID and a password using the input unit 27 such as a keyboard of the client terminal 3, the control unit 21 transmits the input ID and password to the image transfer Web server 5 via the network 11 (steps). 101).

The control unit 41 of the image transfer Web server 5 performs an authentication process using the ID and password received from the client terminal 3 (step 102).
If the authentication is successful, the control unit 21 of the client terminal 3 starts an image file transfer process.

  An image file transfer screen 200 shown in FIG. 7 is a screen displayed on the display unit 31 of the client terminal 3 and includes a plurality of image file name input fields 202, a reference button 204 and a send button 206 corresponding to each of the image file name input fields 202.

The image file name input field 202 is a field for inputting a file name of an image file to be transferred from the client terminal 3 to the image registration Web server 7 and can be transferred from the client terminal 3 to the image registration Web server 7 at a time. Image file name input fields 202 are prepared for the number of image files.
In the image file name input field 202, a file name may be directly input using the input unit 27 such as a keyboard of the client terminal 3, or a reference button 204 corresponding to each image file name input field 202 is pressed. Thus, the image file designation screen 300 shown in FIG. 8 may be called to search for and designate an appropriate image file.

The image file designation screen 300 includes a file list 302, a file name 304, a file type 306, an open button 308, a cancel button 310, and the like.
The file list 302 displays a list of files in the designated folder.
The file name 304 displays the file name of the file selected in the file list 302.
A file type 306 indicates the type of file to be displayed in the file list 302.
When the user presses the open button 308, the control unit 21 of the client terminal 3 ends the display of the image file designation screen 300, and inputs the file name displayed in the file name 304 to the image file name in the image file transfer screen 200. It is displayed in the field 202.

  When the user specifies the file name of the image file to be transferred to the image file name input field 202 in the image file transfer screen 200 and then presses the send button 206, the control unit 21 of the client terminal 3 is specified by the HTTP protocol. The image file is transferred to the image transfer Web server 5 (step 103).

  The control unit 41 of the image transfer Web server 5 receives the image file transmitted from the client terminal 3, transfers the received image file to the image registration Web server 7 using the FTP protocol (step 104), and uses the HTTP protocol. The image registration Web server 7 is requested to register the image file in the product information database 9 (step 105).

When receiving the registration processing request from the image transfer Web server 5, the control unit 61 of the image registration Web server 7 receives the image file transmitted from the image transfer Web server 5 and stores it in the storage device 63 ( Step 106).
The saved image file is displayed in the file list 402 in the image transfer confirmation screen 400 as shown in FIG.

  When the control unit 61 of the image registration Web server 7 receives a request for registration processing from the image transfer Web server 5 to the product information database 9 of the image file, the control unit 61 stores the image file stored in the storage device 63 in the product information database 9. The product image 83 is registered (step 107). At this time, the registered product image 83 and product information data 81 are also associated.

The control unit 61 of the image registration Web server 7 transmits the registration result of the image file to the product information database 9 in the XML format to the image transfer Web server 5 (step 108).
For example, when the registration of the image file is successful, the registration result is “0”, and when the registration is unsuccessful, it is “1”.

The control unit 41 of the image transfer Web server 5 receives the registration result from the image registration Web server 7, generates HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data corresponding to the registration result, and transmits it to the client terminal 3 using the HTTP protocol. Then, the control unit 21 of the client terminal 3 displays the received HTML data on the display unit 31 to inform the user of the registration result (step 110).
For example, if the registration is successful, an image file registration confirmation screen 500 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image file transfer can be performed in real time to the database server in the security environment by using the HTTP protocol for transferring the image file between the client terminal and the image transfer Web server. System etc. can be provided.
Furthermore, security can be improved by using SSL.

  Also, in the FTP protocol, a response to image file transmission could not be obtained, and it was not possible to confirm in real time whether or not the image file registration was successful, but the FTP between the image transfer Web server and the image registration Web server After transferring the image file using the protocol, the registration result can be returned after the image registration is completed by requesting the registration process of the image file to the database using the HTTP protocol.

  The preferred embodiments of the image file transfer system according to the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but are not limited to the above-described embodiments. It is obvious for those skilled in the art that various modifications or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood that it belongs.

Block diagram showing the configuration of the image file transfer system 1 The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the client terminal 3 The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of Web server 5 for image transfer The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the Web server 7 for image registration The figure which shows the detail of the merchandise information database 9 Flowchart of an operation for transferring an image file from the client terminal 3 to the image registration Web server 7 The figure which shows an example of the image file transfer screen 200 on the client terminal 3 The figure which shows an example of the image file designation | designated screen 300 on the client terminal 3 The figure which shows an example of the image transfer confirmation screen 400 on the Web server 7 for image registration The figure which shows an example of the image file registration confirmation screen on the client terminal 3

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ......... Image file transfer system 3 ......... Client terminal 5 ......... Image transfer Web server 7 ......... Image registration Web server 9 ......... Product information database 11 ... …… Network 13 ......... Manufacturer

Claims (12)

An image file transfer system in which a user terminal and an image transfer server are connected to a network,
The image transfer server is connected to an image registration server having a database via a dedicated network,
The user terminal is
A transfer means for transferring an image file to the image transfer server using an HTTP protocol;
The image transfer server includes:
Transfer means for transferring the image file received from the user terminal to the image registration server by FTP protocol;
Registration request means for requesting the image registration server to register the image file in the database using an HTTP protocol;
Comprising
The image registration server includes:
Registration means for registering the image file received from the image transfer server in the database;
A result transmitting means for transmitting a result of registration of the image file to the database to the image transfer server using an HTTP protocol;
An image file transfer system comprising: The image transfer server includes:
Comprising a result transmission means for transmitting a registration result transmitted from the image registration server to the user terminal;
The user terminal is
2. The image file transfer system according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a registration result received from the image transfer server.   2. The image file transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a registration result transmitted from the image registration server to the image transfer server is in an XML format.   2. The image file transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a registration result transmitted from the image transfer server to the user terminal is in an HTML format.   2. The image file transfer system according to claim 1, wherein the image transfer server converts an XML format registration result received from the image registration server into an HTML format. An image transfer server connected to a user terminal and a network,
The image transfer server is connected to an image registration server having a database via a dedicated network,
The image transfer server includes:
Transfer means for transferring an image file received from the user terminal using the HTTP protocol to the image registration server using the FTP protocol;
Registration request means for requesting the image registration server to register the image file in the database using an HTTP protocol;
A result transmitting means for transmitting a registration result transmitted by the HTTP protocol from the image registration server to the user terminal;
An image transfer server comprising:   7. The image transfer server according to claim 6, wherein the registration result transmitted to the user terminal is in an HTML format.   7. The image transfer server according to claim 6, wherein an XML format registration result received from the image registration server is converted into an HTML format. An image transfer server connected to a user terminal via a network, and an image registration server including a database connected via a dedicated network,
The image registration server includes:
Registration means for registering an image file received from the image transfer server by the FTP protocol in the database;
A result transmitting means for transmitting a result of registration of the image file to the database to the image transfer server using an HTTP protocol;
An image registration server comprising:   The image registration server according to claim 9, wherein a registration result transmitted to the image transfer server is in an XML format.   A program for causing a computer to function as the image transfer server according to claim 6.   A program for causing a computer to function as the image registration server according to claim 9.

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