JP4741416B2 - Image management system, image management method, image display apparatus, image display method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image management system, an image management method, an image display device, an image display method, and a program. In particular, the present invention relates to an image management system and an image management method for managing images, an image display device and an image display method for displaying images in the image management system, and a program for the image management system or image display device.

An image management method is known in which image data is stored in an image storage server provided in a service center, a lab shop, or the like, and customer information such as the owner of the image data is registered in a server different from the image storage server ( For example, see Patent Document 1.) By this image management method, it is possible to easily order prints of images stored in various places.
JP 2005-100214 A

  However, according to the image management method disclosed in Patent Document 1, personal information such as image data and name must be stored in a service center or the like. For customers who are reluctant to provide personal information to the outside, there is a problem that the order system based on the image management method is difficult to use. An order system that manages images on the customer side is preferably a system that can provide an order environment according to an order history while appropriately managing a large number of images.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an image management system, an image management method, an image display device, an image display method, and a program that can solve the above-described problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous specific examples of the present invention.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a media ID, a recording medium recording an image ID and an image, and an image are displayed to order an image recorded on the recording medium. An image management system comprising an image display device that performs an order management device that manages the order of images recorded on a recording medium, the order management device using a media ID that identifies the recording medium, and the media ID An order history storage unit for storing the media ID and the order history of the image identified by the image ID in association with a plurality of image IDs identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the identified recording medium; The image display device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium, and a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit. An order acquisition history for acquiring an order history of an image stored in the order history storage unit in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit, and an ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying an image An acquisition mode, a display mode determination unit that determines the display mode of each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit according to the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit, and the display mode determination unit includes a plurality of images. And an image display unit for displaying a plurality of images.

  The display mode determination unit determines the size at which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is displayed by the display unit according to the order history indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit, and displays the image The unit may display a plurality of images with a size determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images.

  The display mode determination unit determines the size at which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is displayed by the display unit, when the order count indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit is larger. It's okay.

  The image display unit sequentially displays a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit, and the display mode determination unit determines whether each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is in accordance with the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit. The display time displayed by the image display unit may be determined.

  The display mode determination unit determines the display time for each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit to be displayed by the image display unit longer when the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit is larger You can do it.

  The order management device stores no image, and prints the image recorded on the recording medium together with the order request together with the order image acquisition unit that acquires from the image display device and the image acquired by the order image acquisition unit And a print control unit.

  The order management device does not store personal information of the image owner, and the delivery destination acquisition unit that acquires the delivery destination of the print image of the image acquired by the order image acquisition unit together with the order request from the image display device; The image processing apparatus may further include a print image delivery control unit that delivers the image printed by the print control unit to the delivery destination acquired by the delivery destination acquisition unit.

  The image display device further includes a print fee determining unit that determines a print fee for each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit based on the order history acquired by the order history acquiring unit. The print fee determined by the fee determining unit for each of the plurality of images may be displayed together with the image.

  The image display device further includes a service determination unit that determines a service that can be provided with respect to the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit based on the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit. The service determined by the unit regarding a plurality of images may be displayed together with the images.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a recording medium, a medium ID, and an image display stage for displaying an image to order an image recorded on the recording medium on which the image ID and the image are recorded, and the recording medium An image management method comprising: an order management stage for managing an order of images recorded in the recording medium, wherein the order management stage is recorded on a recording medium identified by the media ID identifying the recording medium and the media ID. An order history storage stage for storing an order history of the image identified by the media ID and the image ID in association with a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images. An image acquisition stage for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium, and a medium for identifying the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition stage An ID acquisition stage for acquiring an ID and an image ID; an order history acquisition stage for acquiring an order history of the image stored in the order history storage stage in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired in the ID acquisition stage; A display mode determination stage for determining each display mode of the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition stage according to the order history acquired in the order history acquisition stage, and a plurality of images in the display mode determination stage And an image display stage for displaying a plurality of images in the determined display mode.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the medium ID, the recording medium that records the image ID and the image, the image display device that displays the image to order the image recorded on the recording medium, and the recording medium A program for an image management system comprising an order management device for managing the order of images recorded in the media management medium, a medium ID for identifying the recording medium, and a recording medium identified by the media ID In correspondence with a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded in the image ID, it functions as an order history storage unit for storing the media ID and the order history of the image identified by the image ID. The apparatus acquires an image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium, and identifies a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit. An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID and an image ID, an order history acquisition unit for acquiring an order history of an image stored in the order history storage unit in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit, and an order In accordance with the order history acquired by the history acquisition unit, the display mode determination unit that determines the display mode of each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit, and the display mode that the display mode determination unit determines for each of the plurality of images And function as an image display unit for displaying a plurality of images.

  An image display device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium, a media ID that identifies the recording medium, and a recording medium that is identified by the media ID. An ID acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images that are being processed, and a plurality of items stored in the external order management device in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit An order history acquisition unit that acquires an order history of an image, a display mode determination unit that determines a display mode of each of a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit according to the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit, and a display An image display unit that displays a plurality of images in a display mode determined by the mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images.

  An image display method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition stage for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium, a medium ID for identifying the recording medium, and a recording on the recording medium identified by the media ID. An ID acquisition stage for acquiring a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images being stored, and a plurality of items stored in the external order management apparatus in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired in the ID acquisition stage Order history acquisition stage for acquiring the order history of the image of the image, and display mode determination stage for determining the display mode of each of the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition stage according to the order history acquired in the order history acquisition stage And an image display step for displaying a plurality of images in the display manner determined for each of the plurality of images in the display manner determination step. Equipped with a.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for an image display device, wherein the image display device includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium, a media ID that identifies the recording medium, and An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID, an external ID associated with the media ID and the image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit The order history acquisition unit that acquires the order history of a plurality of images stored in the order management apparatus, and the display mode of each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit according to the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit The display mode determining unit to be determined and the display mode determining unit function as an image display unit that displays a plurality of images in the display mode determined for each of the plurality of images.

  The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an efficient image ordering environment according to a user's order history.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are included. It is not necessarily essential for the solution of the invention.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a usage environment of an image management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image management system 100 includes an imaging device 130, an image display device 110, an order management device 120, and a recording medium 160. The image display device 110 is provided in a store 170 such as a photo shop or a convenience store, or in a home 171 of the user 190 or the like. The order management device 120 is provided in an order processing center 173 such as a data center. The image display device 110 may be an information terminal such as a personal computer or a kiosk terminal. The imaging device 130 records the captured image on a recording medium 161 such as a memory card.

  Then, the image display device 110 provided in the store 170 reads an image recorded on the recording medium 161. Then, when recording the image read from the recording medium 161 on the recording medium 160 for print order, the image display device 110 determines an image ID for identifying the image in the recording medium 160, and the image ID together with the image. Is recorded on the recording medium 160. Further, the image display device 110 may record the thumbnail image of the image together with the image recorded on the recording medium 160 on the recording medium 160. In this embodiment, the recording medium 160 is used as an image ordering medium for the purpose of ordering a recorded image by the user 190. Note that the recording medium 160 may be a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, and records a medium ID that is unique ID information for each medium.

  When the user 190 orders the print of the image recorded on the recording medium 160, the image display device 110 provided in the home 171 of the user 190 reads the media ID from the recording medium 160 and also records the recording medium 160. Read out the image ID recorded together with the image. Then, the image display device 110 displays the read image on the display and accepts a print order from the user 190. Then, the image display device 110 receives the image processing to be performed at the time of printing and the number of prints of the image, and transmits the image processing and the number of prints to the order management device 120 together with the media ID and the image ID. Then, the order management apparatus 120 stores the image processing information and the number of prints together with the received media ID and image ID in a recording medium such as a hard disk. Then, the order management apparatus 120 causes the output device 180 such as a printing machine connected to the order management apparatus 120 to print the image, and sends the printed image to the user 190.

  In addition, when the user 190 reorders a print image using the recording medium 160, the image display apparatus 110 transmits the media ID and image ID read from the recording medium 160 to the order management apparatus 120 to place an order. The image processing and print quantity stored in the management device 120 are received from the order management device 120. Then, the image display device 110 displays, among the images read from the recording medium 160, an image having a print count of 1 or more received from the order management device 120 larger than an image having a print count of 0. In addition, the image display device 110 performs the image processing received from the order management device 120 on the image, and displays it on the display together with the image recorded on the recording medium 160. For this reason, the user 190 can confirm on the order screen of the image display apparatus 110 the image ordered previously and the image processing content applied to the image. Therefore, the user 190 can easily reorder images by the image management system 100.

  Further, since the order management apparatus 120 stores the media ID and the image ID as an order history instead of the image itself, the user 190 externally provides personal information such as a private image, a copyrighted image, and the like. There is no need to do. Therefore, the user 190 can order an image print with peace of mind by using the image management system 100.

  The output device 180 may be provided in the store 170 or the home 171 so as to be communicably connected to the image display device 110. The output device 180 prints an image according to a print order from the image display device 110 and provides it to the user 190. Also good. Further, the output device 180 may receive the print data of the image order slip 165 from the image display device 110 and print the image order slip 165. At this time, the image display device 110 prints a large image according to the number of prints ordered previously, or performs the same image processing as the previously ordered image processing conditions, similarly to the image layout on the order screen. You may print the image.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a block configuration of the image management system 100. The image display device 110 includes an ID acquisition unit 220, an image acquisition unit 230, an order history acquisition unit 240, a display mode determination unit 250, an image display unit 260, and a print order reception unit 262. The order history acquisition unit 240 includes an order count acquisition unit 242 and an image processing information acquisition unit 244. The order management apparatus 120 includes an order image acquisition unit 270, a print control unit 272, a delivery destination acquisition unit 280, a print image delivery control unit 282, and an order history storage unit 290. The order history storage unit 290 includes an order count storage unit 292 and an image processing information storage unit 294.

  The recording medium 160 records a media ID, an image ID, and an image. The image display device 110 displays an image in order to order an image recorded on the recording medium 160. The order management device 120 manages the order of images recorded on the recording medium 160. Specifically, the order history storage unit 290 uses a media ID for identifying the recording medium 160 and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium 160 identified by the media ID. Correspondingly, an order history of the image identified by the media ID and the image ID is stored.

  Specifically, the order number storage unit 292 receives a media ID for identifying the recording medium 160 and an order for printing when there is an order to print an image recorded on the recording medium 160. Image processing information indicating the number of times the image is ordered is stored in association with the image ID for identifying the image. Further, the image processing information storage unit 294 performs a media ID for identifying the recording medium 160 and an image processing when there is an order to print the image recorded on the recording medium 160 by performing the image processing. The image processing information indicating the content of the image processing performed on the image is stored in association with the image ID for identifying the image that has been ordered to be printed.

  The image acquisition unit 230 acquires a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium 160. At this time, the ID acquisition unit 220 acquires a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230. Specifically, the ID acquisition unit 220 reads a media ID recorded in advance on the recording medium 160, and is attached to or associated with each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230. The stored image ID may be acquired. The recording medium 160 may store an image file in which image content is recorded, and a corresponding file that associates the image file with the image ID and is different from the image file. Then, the ID acquisition unit 220 may acquire an image ID for identifying an image by reading the corresponding file.

  Then, the order history acquisition unit 240 acquires order histories of a plurality of images stored in the external order management apparatus 120 in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit 220. Specifically, the order history acquisition unit 240 acquires the order history of the images stored in the order history storage unit 290 in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit 220. The order count acquisition unit 242 acquires the order count stored in the order count storage unit 292 in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit 220. The image processing information acquisition unit 244 acquires the image processing information stored in the image processing information storage unit 294 in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit 220.

  Then, the display mode determination unit 250 determines the display mode of each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 according to the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. Then, the image display unit 260 displays a plurality of images in the display mode determined by the display mode determination unit 250 for each of the plurality of images. Further, the image display unit 260 performs processing according to image processing indicated by the image processing information acquired by the image processing information acquisition unit 244 on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 and displays the image.

  Specifically, the display mode determination unit 250 displays each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 on the display unit according to the order history indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. Determine the size. Then, the image display unit 260 displays a plurality of images with the sizes determined by the display mode determination unit 250 for each of the plurality of images. More specifically, the display mode determination unit 250 displays the order in which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 is displayed on the display unit by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. The number of times, that is, when the number of orders acquired by the order count acquisition unit 242 is larger, the determination is made larger.

  The image display unit 260 may sequentially display a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230. For example, the image display unit 260 may sequentially display a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 in a slide show format. In this case, the display mode determination unit 250 determines the display time during which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 is displayed by the image display unit 260 according to the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. . More specifically, the display mode determination unit 250 indicates the display time during which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 is displayed by the image display unit 260 in the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. Decide longer if there are more orders. Therefore, the image management system 100 can present an image that the user 190 has previously ordered in a form that can impress the user 190.

  The display mode determination unit 250 stores the size or display time for displaying an image on the image order screen in association with the number of orders acquired by the order count storage unit 292. The order count storage unit 292 You may select the magnitude | size or display time of the image memorize | stored corresponding to the acquired order frequency.

  As described above, the display mode determination unit 250 displays each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 on the image display unit 260 in accordance with the order history indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. Highlight and display. For this reason, the user 190 can easily confirm a previously ordered image on the screen displayed on the image display device 110.

  Note that when there is an order to print a trimmed image obtained by trimming an image recorded on the recording medium 160, the image processing information storage unit 294 associates the image processing information storage unit 294 with the media ID and image ID for identifying the image. The image processing information indicating the trimming range of the trimmed image may be stored. Then, the image processing information acquisition unit 244 acquires the trimming range indicated by the image processing information stored in the image processing information storage unit 294 in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit 220. The image display unit 260 displays a trimmed image obtained by trimming the trimming range acquired by the image processing information acquisition unit 244 from the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 230. Therefore, according to the image management system 100, it is possible to easily reorder the trimmed image that the user 190 has previously ordered. The image processing information stored in the image processing information storage unit 294 includes, in addition to the trimming range, image color processing such as white balance adjustment and sepia processing, image luminance processing such as brightness adjustment, and edge enhancement. It is a concept including various image processing such as processing on a subject.

  Note that the image display unit 260 displays the image acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 by performing processing according to the image processing indicated by the image processing information acquired by the image processing information acquisition unit 244, and the image acquisition unit 230. Displays the acquired image. For this reason, the image display apparatus 110 can present an image that has not been subjected to image processing to the user 190 on the order screen. Further, in the image management system 100 according to the present embodiment, the image processing information is managed by the order management apparatus 120. Therefore, for the printing suitable for the printing function or the printing performance of the output apparatus 180 connected to the external order management apparatus 120. Image processing contents can be managed. The image processing information acquisition unit 244 acquires image processing information indicating the image processing content converted from the image processing content for printing managed by the order management apparatus 120 into the image processing content suitable for display. May be. Such conversion from the image processing content for printing to the image processing content for display may be performed by either the order management device 120 or the image display device 110.

  The print fee determining unit 252 determines the print fee for each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit 230 based on the order history acquired by the order history acquiring unit 240. For example, the print fee determination unit 252 determines a cheaper print fee when the number of orders is greater than the number of orders acquired by the order number acquisition unit 242. Then, the image display unit 260 displays the print fee determined by the print fee determining unit 252 for each of the plurality of images together with the image. Therefore, the image management system 100 can prompt the user 190 to order a print in a beneficial manner by discounting the print fee according to the number of orders from the user 190.

  Further, the service determination unit 254 determines a service that can be provided for a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 230 based on the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. For example, the service determination unit 254 determines a service for publishing an image to the outside or recommends creation of an album when the order number acquired by the order number acquisition unit 242 is larger than a predetermined order number Or decide to do so. Then, the image display unit 260 displays the service determined by the service determination unit 254 regarding the plurality of images together with the images. Therefore, the image management system 100 can present a desired service to the user 190 according to the order status of the user 190.

  The service determination unit 254 stores each service content for the image in association with the order number acquired by the order number storage unit 292, and stores it in association with the order number acquired by the order number storage unit 292. You may select the service content that you have. Further, the print fee determining unit 252 may determine the print fee for each order identified by the order ID. For example, the print fee determination unit 252 stores a discount rate of the print fee in association with the number of orders, and multiplies the print fee by the discount rate stored in association with the number of orders acquired by the order number acquisition unit 242. The charge obtained in this way may be determined as the print charge.

  The print order receiving unit 262 receives an order for the image displayed on the image display unit 260 from the user 190. Then, the print order reception unit 262 transmits the ordered image to the order management apparatus 120 together with the order request. At this time, the print order reception unit 262 requests the order of the media ID and image ID for identifying the ordered image, the image processing information for identifying the ordered image, and the delivery destination of the printed image on which the ordered image is printed. At the same time, it is transmitted to the order management apparatus 120. For example, when the recording medium 160 is created, the image display apparatus 110 records the address of the user 190 to whom the print image is delivered on the recording medium 160, and the print order reception unit 262 is recorded on the recording medium 160. The delivery destination of the print image is transmitted to the order management apparatus 120 together with the order request.

  Then, the order image acquisition unit 270 acquires the image recorded on the recording medium 160 from the image display device 110 together with the order request. Then, the print control unit 272 prints the image acquired by the order image acquisition unit 270. Further, the delivery destination acquisition unit 280 acquires the delivery destination of the print image of the image acquired by the order image acquisition unit 270 from the image display device 110 together with the order request. Then, the print image delivery control unit 282 delivers the image printed by the print control unit 272 to the delivery destination acquired by the delivery destination acquisition unit 280.

  The order image acquisition unit 270 acquires an image recorded on the recording medium 160 from the image display device 110 together with an order request including image processing. Further, the delivery destination acquisition unit 280 acquires the delivery destination of the image subjected to the image processing from the image display device 110 together with the order request including the image processing. Then, the print image delivery control unit 282 causes the image processed image to be delivered to the delivery destination acquired by the delivery destination acquisition unit 280. Then, the image acquired by the order image acquisition unit 270 is subjected to image processing included in the order request and printed.

  As described above, the order management device 120 does not store images, and centrally manages image orders based on the media ID and the image ID transmitted from the image display device 110. Further, the order management apparatus 120 does not store the personal information of the owner of the image, and delivers the print image to the delivery destination of the print image transmitted when ordering the image from the image display apparatus 110. For this reason, in the image management system 100, the user 190 does not need to provide personal information such as the delivery destination of images and print images to the outside, so the user 190 can order the images with peace of mind.

  In the above description, the case where the image display apparatus 110 displays an image to be ordered by the user 190 for printing has been described. However, the image display apparatus 110 performs image processing according to the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit 240. The print mode of each of the plurality of images acquired by the acquisition unit 230 may be determined, and the image order form 165 in which the plurality of images are printed in the print mode determined for each of the plurality of images may be output. In addition, as in the case of displaying an image to be ordered according to the order history, it goes without saying that the image display device 110 may print a fee determined according to the order history on the image order form 165. .

  FIG. 3 shows the order history stored in the order history acquisition unit 240 in a table format. The order history acquisition unit 240 stores a media ID, an image ID, image processing information, an order ID, and an order count. Specifically, the order history acquisition unit 240 stores the media ID and the image ID for identifying the print ordered image transmitted from the print order receiving unit 262 as field data indicating the media ID and the image ID, respectively. Further, the order history acquisition unit 240 stores the image processing information in the order request from the print order receiving unit 262 as field data indicating the image processing information. In addition, the order history acquisition unit 240 stores the number of orders requested for the combination of the image identified by the media ID and the image ID and the image processing information as field data indicating the number of orders. Note that the order history acquisition unit 240 may store the number of images to be printed as the number of orders. Further, the order history acquisition unit 240 stores, as field data indicating the order ID, an order ID that identifies a combination of image processing information in the print order in the image identified by the media ID and the image ID.

  The order history storage unit 290 may store the media ID and the image ID transmitted from the image display device 110 as they are, or the media ID and the image ID converted by the order management device 120 by a predetermined encryption unit or the like. May be stored. In addition, the order history storage unit 290 may store the media ID and the image ID that are encrypted in the image display device 110 and transmitted from the image display device 110. Note that the field data indicated by the order count and the image processing information in the example of the figure shows the order count and image processing information stored in the order count storage unit 292 and the image processing information storage unit 294 in the present embodiment.

  The image processing information storage unit 294 can acquire the image processing at the time of the previous print order for the image read from the recording medium 160 from the order history storage unit 290 from the media ID and the image ID. In addition, the order count storage unit 292 can acquire the order count for the image identified by the media ID and the image ID from the order history storage unit 290. Note that the order history acquisition unit 240 may acquire the order ID stored in the order history storage unit 290 in association with the image identified by the media ID and the image ID. Then, the order count storage unit 292 can acquire the order count for each image processing, that is, the order count for each order ID, from the order history storage unit 290 for the image identified by the media ID and the image ID.

  Note that the print fee determining unit 252 may determine the print fee for each order identified by the order ID. For example, the print fee determination unit 252 stores in advance a print fee discount rate according to the number of orders and a print fee according to the contents of the image processing. Then, the print fee determination unit 252 multiplies the print fee according to the content of the image processing acquired by the image processing information acquisition unit 244 by the discount rate of the print fee according to the number of orders acquired by the order number acquisition unit 242. The value may be determined as a print fee.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of an order screen 400 displayed by the image display unit 260. The image display unit 260 reads the thumbnail image of each image from the recording medium 160 and displays it in the image display areas 411 to 415 of the order screen 400. The positions of the image display areas 411 to 415 may be recorded in advance on the recording medium 160. Note that the image display unit 260 may display images recorded on the recording medium 160 in the image display areas 411 to 415 instead of the thumbnail images. In the example of this figure, the images displayed in the image display area 413 and the image display area 415 have been printed before, and the display mode determination unit 250 determines the size of the images on the order screen 400 before. It is determined to be larger than an image that has not been ordered (images displayed in the image display areas 411, 412, and 415). The image display unit 260 emphasizes the outer frames of the image display area 413 and the image display area 415 by making them thicker or brighter than the image display areas 411, 412, and 415. The images displayed in 413 and the image display area 415 may be displayed with emphasis.

  In addition, the image display unit 260 displays print charges in charge display areas 421 to 425 in the vicinity of the image display areas 411 to 415 so that the user 190 can visually recognize them in association with the images displayed in the image display areas 411 to 415. The determining unit 252 displays the printing fee determined for each image. In addition, the image display unit 260 associates the images displayed in the image display areas 411 to 415 with the user 190 so that the user 190 can visually recognize the print number selection buttons 431 to 435 and the order button in the vicinity of each of the image display areas 411 to 415. 441 to 445 are displayed. The print order receiving unit 262 receives an instruction for the number of prints from the user 190 by using the print number selection buttons 431 to 435, and receives an order instruction for printing an image by pressing the order buttons 441 to 445. Then, the print order receiving unit 262 transmits the image, the media ID, the image ID, and the number of prints for which the order instruction has been received, to the order management apparatus 120 via the communication line 150 together with the print request. Then, the order image acquisition unit 270 receives the image, the media ID, the image ID, and the number of prints transmitted from the print order reception unit 262. Then, the print control unit 272 causes the output device 180 to print the image received by the order image acquisition unit 270.

  The image display unit 260 displays the service determined by the service determination unit 254 in the service content display areas 451 to 455. In the example of this figure, the service determining unit 254 determines that online publication is permitted for the image displayed in the image display area 413, and the image display unit 260 is a service content in the vicinity of the image display area 413. An online publication button 453a is displayed in the display area 453. The service determination unit 254 determines a service for creating an album in addition to a service that permits online publication of images displayed in the image display region 415. The image display unit 260 also determines the image display region 415. An online publication button 455a and an album creation button 455b are displayed in the service content display area 455 in the vicinity of.

  When the album creation button 455b is pressed, the image display apparatus 110 transmits an image to the order management apparatus 120 together with a request to the order management apparatus 120 to create an album. In addition, when the online disclosure buttons 453 a and 455 a are pressed, the image display device 110 transmits a request to the order management device 120 to publish an image to the order management device 120. Note that the order history storage unit 290 stores the order history in the case of an order to publish online or create an album in the same way as when storing a print order history. Needless to say, the image ID may be stored in association with the image ID. Further, the display device of the image display apparatus 110 is provided with a touch panel function, and the print order receiving unit 262 may receive an instruction for a print order and the number of prints by operating the touch panel by the user 190.

  As described above, since the image display device 110 can highlight the previously ordered image and present it to the user 190, the user 190 can easily identify the previously ordered image and the image that is not. Can do. The order screen 400 in this figure is an example of a screen when the image display apparatus 110 displays a display element for ordering on a display or the like, but the image display apparatus 110 is the same as the display element described in this figure. These display elements may be printed on the image order form 165 with the same layout and printed on the output device 180.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a display screen 500 on which the image display unit 260 displays images in a slide show format. The image display unit 260 sequentially displays the images described in the recording medium 160 in the image display area 510 in a slide show format. Further, the image display unit 260 displays, in the processed image display regions 511 and 512, images obtained by performing the image processing acquired by the image processing information acquisition unit 244 on the image displayed in the image display region 510. Note that the positions of the image display area 510 and the processed image display areas 511 and 512 may be recorded in advance on the recording medium 160.

  Note that the image display unit 260 also displays a charge display area indicating the image print fee as described with reference to FIG. 4 and the image print, even when images are sequentially displayed in the slide show format as in the example of FIG. It goes without saying that a number selection button, an order button indicating that an image is ordered, and a service content display area may be displayed.

  As described above, the image display unit 260 displays each image displayed in the image display area 510 in the image display area 510 during the display time determined according to the number of orders indicated in the order history. . For example, the image display unit 260 displays the image in the image display area 510 longer as the number of orders indicated in the order history increases. Further, the image display unit 260 may display a larger size in the image display area 510 as the number of orders indicated in the order history increases. Therefore, the image display apparatus 110 can make the user 190 impress and browse an image more meaningful to the user 190, such as an image for which a print order has been placed.

  Note that the display mode determination unit 250 may determine the order of display on the image display unit 260 according to the number of image orders. Specifically, the display mode determination unit 250 may display the images on the image display unit 260 in descending order or ascending order regarding the number of orders indicated by the order history of the images. Accordingly, when the user 190 mainly desires to reorder images, the display mode determination unit 250 determines that the order is displayed in descending order so that the user 190 can view images in a desirable order. it can. Further, when the user 190 mainly desires an order for a new image, the display mode determination unit 250 determines that the order number is displayed in ascending order, so that the user 190 can browse the images in a desirable order. it can.

  Note that the order of display in the image display area 510 may be recorded in advance on the recording medium 160 in association with the image ID. The display mode determination unit 250 determines the display order so that the images are displayed on the image display unit 260 in the order recorded on the recording medium 160 when no print order is made for any image. You can do it. As described above, the image display apparatus 110 can display an image in an appropriate manner according to the number of orders of the user 190.

  FIG. 6 shows another example of the order screen 600 displayed by the image display unit 260. The order screen 600 in the example of this figure is an example of an order screen that presents a processed image subjected to image processing to the user 190 together with an image acquired from the recording medium 160. The image display unit 260 reads thumbnail images of each image from the recording medium 160 and displays them in the image display areas 611 and 612 of the order screen 600. In the example of this figure, the print order of the image which performed image processing with respect to the image displayed on the image display area 611 and the image display area 612 has been made before.

  In this case, the image display unit 260 performs the image processing acquired by the image processing information storage unit 294 on the thumbnail images displayed in the image display area 611 in the processed image display areas 621 and 622 in the vicinity of the image display area 611. To generate a processed image and display the generated processed image. Similarly, the image display unit 260 performs image processing acquired by the image processing information storage unit 294 on the thumbnail images displayed in the image display area 612 in the processed image display areas 623 and 624 in the vicinity of the image display area 612. To generate a processed image and display the generated processed image.

  In addition, the image display unit 260 displays print charges in charge display areas 631 and 632 in the vicinity of the image display areas 611 and 612 so that the user 190 can visually recognize them in association with images displayed in the image display areas 611 and 612. The determining unit 252 displays the printing fee determined for each image. Further, the image display unit 260 associates the images displayed in the image display areas 611 and 612 with the print number selection buttons 641 and 642 and the order button in the vicinity of the image display areas 611 and 612 so that the user 190 can visually recognize them. 651 and 652 are displayed. The print order receiving unit 262 receives an instruction for the number of prints from the user 190 by using the print number selection buttons 641 and 642 and receives an order instruction for printing an image by pressing the order buttons 651 and 652.

  Further, the image display unit 260 displays print charges in charge display areas 661 to 664 in the vicinity of the image display areas 621 to 624 so that the user 190 can visually recognize them in association with the processed images displayed in the processed image display areas 621 to 624. The determining unit 252 displays the printing fee determined for each processed image. Further, the image display unit 260 associates the processed images displayed in the image display areas 621 to 624 with the user 190 so that the user 190 can visually recognize the print number selection buttons 671 to 674 and the order in the vicinity of each of the image display areas 621 to 624. Buttons 681-684 are displayed. Then, the print order receiving unit 262 receives an instruction of the number of prints for the processed image from the user 190 by the print number selection buttons 671 to 674 and an instruction to order the print of the processed image by pressing the order buttons 681 to 684. Accept.

  The operation when the print order reception unit 262 receives an image print order from the user 190 is similar to the operation of the print order reception unit 262 described with reference to FIG. The number of prints and the like are transmitted to the order management apparatus 120 together with the order request.

  An example of the operation of the image management system 100 in processing image print order will be described. The order history acquisition unit 240 acquires an order ID indicating an order related to each processing image from the order history storage unit 290, and The acquired order ID is stored. When the print order receiving unit 262 receives an order instruction for a processed image, the communication line 150 displays the image, the media ID, the image ID, the order ID, and the number of prints related to the processed image to be printed together with the print request. Is transmitted to the order management apparatus 120. The order image acquisition unit 270 receives the image, media ID, image ID, order ID, and number of prints from the print order reception unit 262. The print control unit 272 selects the image ID stored in the order history storage unit 290 in association with the media ID, the image ID, and the order ID received by the order image acquisition unit 270, and acquires the selected image processing as the order image. The unit 270 applies the received image to the output device 180 for printing.

  Needless to say, the image display unit 260 may present the service determined by the service determination unit 254 for the processed image to the processed image, as described with reference to FIG. As described above, since the image display apparatus 110 can present the processed image ordered previously together with the image recorded on the recording medium 160 to the user 190, the user 190 can process the image processed previously ordered. It is possible to easily reorder prints of images subjected to the same image processing. The order screen 600 in this figure is an example of a screen when the image display apparatus 110 displays a display element for ordering on a display or the like, but the image display apparatus 110 is the same as the display element described in this figure. These display elements may be printed on the image order form 165 with the same layout and printed on the output device 180.

  As described above, according to the image management system 100, the user 190 does not need to provide personal information such as an image and an address to the outside in advance. The image management system 100 can provide a desirable order environment according to the order history of the user 190.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the image display device 110 and the order management device 120. The image display device 110 and the order management device 120 are connected to each other by a host controller 1582, a CPU peripheral unit having a CPU 1505, a RAM 1520, a graphic controller 1575, and a display device 1580, and an input / output controller 1584 to a host controller 1582. I / O unit having a communication interface 1530, a hard disk drive 1540, and a CD-ROM drive 1560 connected to the I / O controller, and a legacy input having a ROM 1510, a flexible disk drive 1550, and an I / O chip 1570 connected to the I / O controller 1584. And an output unit.

  The host controller 1582 connects the RAM 1520, the CPU 1505 that accesses the RAM 1520 at a high transfer rate, and the graphic controller 1575. The CPU 1505 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1510 and the RAM 1520 and controls each unit. The graphic controller 1575 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1505 and the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1520 and displays the image data on the display device 1580. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1575 may include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1505 or the like.

  The input / output controller 1584 connects the host controller 1582 to the hard disk drive 1540, the communication interface 1530, and the CD-ROM drive 1560, which are relatively high-speed input / output devices. The hard disk drive 1540 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1505. The communication interface 1530 is connected to the network communication device 1598 to transmit / receive programs or data. The CD-ROM drive 1560 reads a program or data from the CD-ROM 1595 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 and the communication interface 1530 via the RAM 1520.

  The input / output controller 1584 is connected to the ROM 1510, the flexible disk drive 1550, and the relatively low-speed input / output device of the input / output chip 1570. The ROM 1510 stores a boot program executed when the image display device 110 and the order management device 120 are started, a program depending on the hardware of the image display device 110 and the order management device 120, and the like. The flexible disk drive 1550 reads a program or data from the flexible disk 1590 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 and the communication interface 1530 via the RAM 1520. The input / output chip 1570 connects various input / output devices via a flexible disk drive 1550 and, for example, a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, and the like.

  A program executed by the CPU 1505 is stored in a recording medium such as the flexible disk 1590, the CD-ROM 1595, or an IC card and provided by the user. The program stored in the recording medium may be compressed or uncompressed. The program is installed in the hard disk drive 1540 from the recording medium, read into the RAM 1520, and executed by the CPU 1505.

  The program executed by the CPU 1505 includes the image display device 110 according to the first embodiment, the ID acquisition unit 220, the image acquisition unit 230, the order history acquisition unit 240, the display mode determination unit 250, which have been described with reference to FIGS. It functions as an image display unit 260 and a print order receiving unit 262. In addition, the program causes the order history acquisition unit 240 to function as the order number acquisition unit 242 and the image processing information acquisition unit 244 described with reference to FIGS. The program also causes the order management apparatus 120 to execute the order image acquisition unit 270, print control unit 272, delivery destination acquisition unit 280, print image delivery control unit 282, and order history storage unit 290 described with reference to FIGS. To function as. In addition, the program causes the order history storage unit 290 to function as the order count storage unit 292 and the image processing information storage unit 294 described with reference to FIGS.

  The program shown above may be stored in an external storage medium. As the storage medium, in addition to the flexible disk 1590 and the CD-ROM 1595, an optical recording medium such as DVD or PD, a magneto-optical recording medium such as MD, a tape medium, a semiconductor memory such as an IC card, or the like can be used. Alternatively, a storage device such as a hard disk or RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the image display device 110 and the order management device 120 via the network. Good.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. Various modifications or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a usage environment of an image management system 100. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a block configuration of an image management system 100. FIG. It is a figure which shows the order log | history which the order log | history acquisition part 240 stores in a table format. It is a figure which shows an example of the order screen 400 which the image display part 260 displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen 500 on which the image display part 260 displays an image in a slide show format. It is a figure which shows another example of the order screen 600 which the image display part 260 displays. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an image display device 110 and an order management device 120. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Image management system 110 Image display apparatus 120 Order management apparatus 130 Imaging apparatus 150 Communication line 160 Recording medium 161 Recording medium 165 Image order form 180 Output apparatus 190 User 220 ID acquisition part 230 Image acquisition part 240 Order history acquisition part 242 Order number acquisition Unit 244 image processing information acquisition unit 250 display mode determination unit 252 print charge determination unit 254 service determination unit 260 image display unit 262 print order reception unit 270 order image acquisition unit 272 print control unit 280 destination acquisition unit 282 print image delivery control unit 290 Order history storage unit 292 Order count storage unit 294 Image processing information storage unit

Claims (21)

A medium ID and a recording medium that records the image ID and the image;
An image display device for displaying an image to order an image recorded in the recording medium;
An image management system comprising an order management device that manages the order of images recorded on the recording medium,
The order management device includes:
The media ID and the image ID are associated with a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID. An order history storage unit for storing an order history of the image to be identified;
The image display device includes:
An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit;
An order history acquisition unit for acquiring an order history of an image stored in the order history storage unit in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit;
A display mode determination unit that determines the size at which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is displayed according to the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit;
An image management system comprising: an image display unit that displays the plurality of images in a size determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images. The display mode determination unit has a larger number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit, the size at which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is displayed by the image display unit. The image management system according to claim 1 , wherein the image management system is largely determined according to circumstances. The image display unit sequentially displays a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit,
The display mode determination unit determines a display time during which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is displayed by the image display unit according to the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit. The image management system according to claim 1 or 2 . A medium ID and a recording medium that records the image ID and the image;
An image display device for displaying an image to order an image recorded in the recording medium;
An order management device for managing orders of images recorded on the recording medium;
An image management system comprising:
The order management device includes:
The media ID and the image ID are associated with a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID. An order history storage unit for storing the order history of the identified images;
Have
The image display device includes:
An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit;
An order history acquisition unit for acquiring an order history of an image stored in the order history storage unit in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit;
A display mode determination unit that determines a display time for displaying each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit according to the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit;
An image display unit that sequentially displays the plurality of images during a display time determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images;
An image management system. The display mode determination unit has a display time for displaying each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit by the image display unit, and the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit is larger. The image management system according to claim 3 or 4 , wherein the image management system is determined to be longer depending on circumstances. A medium ID and a recording medium that records the image ID and the image;
An image display device for displaying an image to order an image recorded in the recording medium;
An order management device for managing orders of images recorded on the recording medium;
An image management system comprising:
The order management device includes:
The media ID and the image ID are associated with a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID. An order history storage unit for storing the order history of the identified images;
Have
The image display device includes:
An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit;
An order history acquisition unit for acquiring an order history of an image stored in the order history storage unit in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit;
A display mode determination unit that determines the order in which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is sequentially displayed in descending or ascending order with respect to the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit;
An image display unit that sequentially displays the plurality of images in the order determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images;
An image management system. The order management device does not store images,
An order image acquisition unit for acquiring an image recorded on the recording medium together with an order request from the image display device;
The image management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a print control unit that prints the image acquired by the order image acquisition unit. The order management device does not store personal information of the owner of the image,
The delivery destination of the print image of the image obtained by the order image obtaining unit, together with the order request, the delivery destination obtaining unit for obtaining from the image display device,
The image management system according to claim 7 , further comprising: a print image delivery control unit that delivers an image printed by the print control unit to a delivery destination acquired by the delivery destination acquisition unit. The image display device includes:
Based on the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit, further includes a print fee determination unit that determines each print fee of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit,
The image management system according to claim 7 , wherein the image display unit displays the print fee determined by the print fee determination unit for each of the plurality of images together with the image. The image display device includes:
Based on the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit, further includes a service determination unit that determines services that can be provided for a plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit;
The image display section, an image management system according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the service determination unit displays the service together with image determined for a plurality of images. A program for causing a computer to function as the image management system according to any one of claims 1 to 10. The image display apparatus, an image display step of displaying an image in order to apply the media ID, and an image recorded on a recording medium which records an image ID and image,
An order management apparatus comprising: an order management stage for managing orders of images recorded on the recording medium,
The order management stage includes:
The media ID and the image ID are associated with a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID. An order history storage stage for storing an order history of the image to be identified;
The image display step includes
An image acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition step of acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step;
An order history acquisition step of acquiring the order history of the image stored in the order history storage step in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired in the ID acquisition step;
A display mode determination step for determining a size at which each of the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step is displayed according to the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired in the order history acquisition step;
An image management method comprising: an image display step of displaying the plurality of images at a size determined for each of the plurality of images in the display mode determination step. An image display stage in which the image display device displays an image to order a media ID and an image recorded on the recording medium on which the image ID and the image are recorded;
  An order management device comprising: an order management stage for managing orders of images recorded on the recording medium;
The order management step includes:
The media ID and the image ID are associated with a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID. Order history storage stage for storing the order history of the identified image
Have
The image display step includes
An image acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition step of acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step;
An order history acquisition step of acquiring the order history of the image stored in the order history storage step in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired in the ID acquisition step;
A display mode determination step for determining a display time for displaying each of the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step according to the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired in the order history acquisition step;
An image display step of sequentially displaying the plurality of images during a display time determined for each of the plurality of images in the display mode determination step;
An image management method. An image display stage in which the image display device displays an image to order a media ID and an image recorded on the recording medium on which the image ID and the image are recorded;
  An order management device comprising: an order management stage for managing orders of images recorded on the recording medium;
The order management step includes:
The media ID and the image ID are associated with a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID. Order history storage stage for storing the order history of the identified image
Have
The image display step includes
An image acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition step of acquiring a media ID and an image ID for identifying a plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step;
An order history acquisition step of acquiring the order history of the image stored in the order history storage step in association with the media ID and the image ID acquired in the ID acquisition step;
A display mode determination step for determining in descending or ascending order regarding the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired in the order history acquisition step;
An image display step for sequentially displaying the plurality of images in the order determined for each of the plurality of images in the display mode determination step;
An image management method. An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium;
An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID;
An order history acquisition unit for acquiring order histories of a plurality of images stored in an external order management device in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit;
A display mode determination unit that determines the size at which each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit is displayed according to the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit;
An image display device comprising: an image display unit configured to display the plurality of images with a size determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images. An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium;
  An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID;
An order history acquisition unit for acquiring order histories of a plurality of images stored in an external order management device in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit;
A display mode determination unit that determines a display time for displaying each of the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit according to the number of orders indicated by the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit;
An image display unit that sequentially displays the plurality of images during a display time determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images;
An image display device comprising: An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium;
An ID acquisition unit for acquiring a media ID for identifying the recording medium and a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID;
An order history acquisition unit for acquiring order histories of a plurality of images stored in an external order management device in association with the media ID and image ID acquired by the ID acquisition unit;
A display mode determination unit that determines in descending order or ascending order regarding the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired by the order history acquisition unit;
An image display unit for displaying the plurality of images in the order determined by the display mode determination unit for each of the plurality of images;
An image display device comprising: The program for functioning a computer as an image display apparatus of any one of Claim 15 to 17. An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
ID acquiring unit, and the ID acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of image ID for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the medium ID and the medium ID identifying the recording medium,
An order history acquisition unit that acquires an order history of a plurality of images stored in an external order management device in association with the media ID and image ID acquired in the ID acquisition step;
A display mode in which the display mode determination unit determines the size at which each of the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step is displayed according to the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired in the order history acquisition step. The decision stage;
An image display method, comprising: an image display step in which a screen display unit displays a plurality of images in a size determined for each of the plurality of images in the display mode determination step. An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition stage in which an ID acquisition unit acquires a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID and the media ID for identifying the recording medium;
An order history acquisition unit that acquires an order history of a plurality of images stored in an external order management device in association with the media ID and image ID acquired in the ID acquisition step;
A display mode in which the display mode determination unit determines a display time for displaying each of the plurality of images acquired in the image acquisition step according to the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired in the order history acquisition step. The decision stage;
An image display step in which the image display unit sequentially displays the plurality of images during the display time determined for each of the plurality of images in the display mode determination step;
An image display method comprising: An image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
An ID acquisition stage in which an ID acquisition unit acquires a plurality of image IDs for identifying each of a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium identified by the media ID and the media ID for identifying the recording medium;
An order history acquisition unit that acquires an order history of a plurality of images stored in an external order management device in association with the media ID and image ID acquired in the ID acquisition step;
A display mode determination unit, wherein the display mode determination unit determines in descending order or ascending order regarding the number of orders indicated in the order history acquired in the order history acquisition step;
An image display unit that displays the plurality of images in the order determined for each of the plurality of images in the display mode determination step;
An image display method comprising:

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