JP5289875B2 - Image data generation apparatus, image data generation method, and image data generation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image data generation apparatus, an image data generation method, and an image data generation system that generate image data with additional information including a plurality of process designation information for causing a data processing apparatus to execute a specific process.

  In recent years, with the widespread use of digital cameras, particularly camera-equipped mobile phones having a digital camera function, devices such as televisions for displaying image data captured from digital cameras and cellular phones and printers for printing captured image data have become widespread. It is popular. In addition, a technique for transferring image data by wireless communication between these apparatuses is also widespread.

  As a protocol for transferring image data by wireless communication, a high-speed infrared communication protocol such as IrSimple (registered trademark) or a short-range wireless communication protocol such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) is generally used. By using such wireless communication, it is possible to easily display a photograph taken with a mobile phone on a television or the like.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a display processing device that receives image data including image display control information for performing image display control. The display processing device described in Patent Literature 1 receives image data including image display control information, and displays an image included in the image data while scrolling or enlarging / reducing according to the image display control information. That is, it is possible to cause the display processing device to perform image processing such as scrolling and enlargement / reduction only by transmitting image data including image display control information to the display processing device.

  In recent years, in addition to the communication network supported by the Internet, the network support of a plurality of devices is also progressing. That is, by communicating between a plurality of devices, devices connected to the network can be operated in a coordinated manner. As a method of such cooperative operation, there is a method of communicating operation signals by connecting video devices using HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Interface) or the like.

  In addition to linked operation using wired communication such as HDMI, PDA (Personal Data Assistant) or mobile phone using short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), infrared communication, Zigbee, UWB (ultra wideband), etc. There is also a cooperative operation in which remote control is performed with the remote control as if it were a remote control. As a method for carrying out such a cooperative operation, a method of storing a command or the like in a certain file and transmitting it as well as a method of directly transmitting and receiving a command are becoming widespread.

For example, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for storing position information such as telephone number information in an HTML file and transmitting an HTML file including the position information to a navigation device. On the navigation device side, the telephone number information stored in the received HTML file can be extracted, and the destination setting or the registration destination setting can be executed based on the extracted telephone number information.
JP 2004-310744 A (publication date: November 4, 2004) JP 2003-315078 A (publication date: November 6, 2003)

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, devices that can execute processing using an HTML file to be transmitted are limited to navigation devices. For example, even if an HTML file including position information such as telephone number information is transmitted to a microwave oven, the microwave oven cannot execute processing using the received HTML file.

  For this reason, every time the user tries to send data to the data processing apparatus, the user has to perform a complicated operation of switching to data including the processing designation information of the corresponding data processing apparatus in the operating apparatus at hand. doing.

  In addition, a service provider that provides content must create content such as navigation content and microwave oven content according to the data processing device on the client side (that is, the user side) that processes the content. Have the problem of having to.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its main purpose is image data with additional information in which a plurality of processing designation information is stored, and a specific process is executed for a plurality of data processing devices. Another object of the present invention is to provide an image data generation apparatus that generates image data with additional information for the purpose.

  In order to solve the above problems, an image data generation device according to the present invention includes processing designation information accompanied by a parameter, and processing designation information for causing the data processing device to execute a specific process according to the parameter. In the image data generation device that generates the stored image data with additional information, a determination unit that determines, based on input information input from the outside, a parameter associated with each of a plurality of different processing designation information; Each of the process designation information includes storage means for storing the parameters determined by the determination means in association with the image data.

  The image data generation device according to the present invention determines parameters to be attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information based on input information input to the image data generation device from the outside, and each of the plurality of processing designation information, The determined parameters are attached and stored in the image data.

  As described above, since the image data with additional information generated in the image data generation device stores a plurality of processing designation information accompanied by parameters, the data processing device is caused to execute processing as many as the number of processing designation information. Can do. Thus, it is possible to cause a plurality of data processing apparatuses to execute processes that can be executed by only transmitting a single image data with additional information.

  Therefore, by using the image data with additional information generated by the image data generation device according to the present invention, each of the processing specified by the processing specification information can be performed on a plurality of data processing devices. There is an effect that it is possible to eliminate the need for a complicated operation of the operating device during the execution.

  Further, in the image data generation device according to the present invention, the service provider providing the content acquires the parameters according to the client-side device that processes the content in order to acquire the parameters that accompany the processing designation information based on the input information. Does not have to be created. That is, there is an effect that it is possible to eliminate the complicated process of creating content according to the data processing apparatus on the client side for the service provider that provides the content.

  Further, in the image data generation device according to the present invention, the determination means refers to a management table in which the input information and parameters to be attached to each of the plurality of process designation information are recorded in association with each other. Thus, it is preferable to determine a parameter associated with each of the plurality of processing designation information.

  According to said structure, the image data generation apparatus can determine a parameter with reference to a management table.

  As a result, the image data generation apparatus can generate image data with additional information without receiving a large amount of data as input information.

  Further, in the image data generation device according to the present invention, the input information is text data, and the determining means includes a character string that matches a pattern included in a parameter to be attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information. Is preferably extracted from the input information to determine a parameter associated with each of the plurality of processing designation information.

  According to said structure, the determination means can determine the parameter which should be attached to each of process designation | designated information by pattern matching with the text data input as input information.

  As a result, the image data generation device can produce image data with additional information from only input information input to the image data generation device.

  In the image data generation device according to the present invention, the input information further includes designation information that designates a type of a parameter to be attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information, and the determination unit includes the plurality of pieces of determination information. Of the parameters associated with each piece of processing designation information, it is preferable to determine the type of parameter designated by the designation information based on the input information input from the outside.

  According to said structure, the parameter which should be attached to process designation | designated information can be determined based on the designation | designated information contained in input information.

  Thus, there is an effect that it is possible to generate image data with additional information in which the stored process designation information is variously changed by changing various types of parameters designated by the designation information.

  Further, in the image data generation system according to the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problem, the process designation information is accompanied by a parameter, and the process designation for causing the data processing apparatus to execute a specific process according to the parameter. A client terminal device comprising: a terminal-side transmitting unit that transmits an instruction signal that instructs generation of image data with additional information that stores information; and a terminal-side receiving unit that receives the image data with additional information; When the server-side receiving means that receives a signal and the server-side receiving means receives the instruction signal, a parameter to be attached to each of a plurality of different processing designation information is determined based on input information input from the outside. And determining unit to store the parameter determined by the determining unit in each of the plurality of processing designation information in the image data A storage unit that, it is characterized in that is provided with a server-side transmission means for transmitting the generated image data with the additional information to the client terminal device, an image data generation server equipped with a.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the image data generation apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  In the image data generation system according to the present invention, the input information further includes transmission destination information indicating information of a client terminal device that is a transmission destination of the generated image data. The generated image data with additional information is preferably transmitted to the client terminal device based on the transmission destination information.

  According to the above configuration, the image data generation system according to the present invention transmits the generated image data with additional information to a client terminal device different from the client terminal device that instructs generation of the image data with additional information. Can do.

  Therefore, the user can receive the image data with additional information generated in the client terminal device desired by the user only by setting the transmission destination information. Thus, by exchanging the image data with additional information between the client terminal devices, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the trouble of moving to the desired client terminal device.

  Further, in the image data generation method according to the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problem, the process designation information is accompanied by a parameter, and the process designation for causing the data processing apparatus to execute a specific process according to the parameter. In the image data generation method for generating image data with additional information storing information, a determination step of determining a parameter to be attached to each of a plurality of different processing designation information based on input information input from the outside, Each of the plurality of processing designation information includes a storage step of storing the parameter determined in the determination step in association with the image data.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the image data generation apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Further, a program for operating the image data generation apparatus according to the present invention, which is characterized in that the computer is driven as each of the above-described means, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded are also included in the present invention. Included in the category.

  The image data generation device according to the present invention determines parameters to be attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information based on input information input to the image data generation device from the outside, and each of the plurality of processing designation information, The determined parameters are attached and stored in the image data.

  By using the image data with additional information generated by the image data generation device according to the present invention, the data processing device can be operated with respect to a plurality of data processing devices without forcing the operation device to perform complicated operations. Thus, it is possible to execute a process that can be processed among the processes specified in the process specification information.

  In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to dispense with complicated processing at the time of content creation even for a service provider that provides the content.

  An embodiment of an image data generation apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, prior to the description of the image data generation device, image data with additional information generated by the image data generation device will be described.

(Image data with additional information 3)
FIG. 2 shows the data structure of the image data with additional information generated by the image data generation apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of the data structure of the image data 3 with additional information. As shown in FIG. 2, the image data 3 with additional information is roughly JPEG format image data including an image area 610 and an EXIF area 620.

(Image area 610 and EXIF area 620)
The image area 610 is an area in which an image such as a photograph is compressed and stored. On the other hand, the EXIF area 620 is an area that mainly stores meta information related to image information stored in the image area 610.

  The EXIF area 620 includes a maker note area 621 that can be freely used by a business operator who provides a distribution service of the image data 3 with additional information. A plurality of process designation information 5 can be stored in the maker note area 621. The area in the maker note area 621 in which the processing designation information 5 is stored is not particularly limited. In the example shown in FIG. 2, two pieces of process designation information 5 (process designation information 5A and process designation information 5B) are stored.

  The image area 610 may store an image representing the content of the process specified by the process specifying information 5 stored in the maker note area 621. As a result, when the image data 3 with additional information is displayed on the display unit of the operation device 20, the contents of processing that can be executed by the image data reception processing device (data processing device) that has received the image data 3 with additional information are described. As a result, the user can determine whether or not the image data with additional information 3 should be transmitted to the image data reception processing device.

(Processing designation information 5)
The process designation information 5 includes a set of a command name 6 that is a name of a command that designates a process to be executed by the image data reception processing apparatus, and a parameter 7 that is a parameter of the command. Depending on the command, the parameter 7 may be omitted. Further, a code that can identify a command may be used instead of the command name 6.

  In this specification and the like, image data in which data is stored in the processing designation information 5 is referred to as “image data with additional information”. The image data in which no data is stored in the processing designation information 5 is simply referred to as “image data”.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, in the processing designation information 5A, the command name 6 is “WWW Get”, and the parameter 7 is “URL: http://www.sample-page.jp”. The processing designation information 5A is a command for acquiring the Web page of the HTTP server indicated by the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) designated by the parameter 7. In the processing designation information 5B, the command name 6 is “position designation” and the parameter 7 is “position: 135 degrees east longitude and 35 degrees north latitude”. This processing designation information 5B is a command for executing processing such as navigation and route search based on the position indicated by the longitude and latitude designated by the parameter 7.

  “WWW Get” is a command that can be executed by a device (for example, a television, a PC, or a mobile phone) equipped with a Web function. The apparatus that has received this command acquires the Web page of the HTTP server indicated by the URL specified by parameter 7 and displays it on the display unit. “Position designation” is a command that can be executed by a device that uses position information, such as a car navigation system. The car navigation system that has received this command starts navigation after setting the position information specified by the parameter 7 as the destination, for example.

  Therefore, for example, when the image data 3 with additional information is transmitted to the television, the television executes the “WWW Get” command that can be executed by the device itself, and the HTTP server indicated by the URL specified by the parameter of “WWW Get” For example, information such as tourist information is acquired and displayed. The TV does not execute the process specified by the “position specification” command, but can receive a “position specification” command to display a map or search for information on the specified position. This is not the case with televisions.

  On the other hand, when the image data 3 with additional information is transmitted to the car navigation system, the car navigation system executes a process specified only by a “position specification” command that can be executed by the own device, for example, a “position specification” parameter. For example, navigation or route search using the position specified in 7 as a destination is executed, or the position specified by the parameter 7 of “position specification” is registered in the memory in the car navigation system. The car navigation system does not execute the “WWW Get” command, but the car navigation system has a communication means and can display an HTML file, and is indicated by a URL specified in response to the “WWW Get” command. However, this is not the case when the system is configured to access an HTTP server.

  Of course, if any of the process designation information 5 stored in each process designation information 5 can be processed by the own apparatus, any of them may be processed. In this case, the image data reception processing device may display a display for inquiring which process is to be executed among the process designation information 5 that can be processed by the user. The image data reception processing device executes a process selected by the user.

  A plurality of processes may be executed simultaneously instead of any one of the processes. For example, when the image data reception processing device is a PC or television capable of displaying a Web function and a map, the display screen is divided into two, the acquired Web page is displayed on one screen, and the other screen has a position It is also possible to display a map indicating the position specified by the information. Further, when the image data reception processing apparatus has the PinP function, one of them can be displayed on the main screen, and the other can be displayed on the sub-screen.

  Further, FIG. 2 illustrates the case where the commands 6 associated with the processing designation information 5A and 5B are different from each other, but they may be the same. For example, the commands 6 may be “WWW Get”, and the parameter 7 may be a different URL. In this case, when the processing is executed at the same time, a Web page specified by each URL is displayed. In another example, when all of the commands 6 are “position designation”, a route search is performed using one of a plurality of designated positions as a transit point and one as a destination. It will be.

(Configuration of Image Data Generation Device 1)
Next, an image data generation apparatus for creating the image data 3 with additional information as described above will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of the image data generation device 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the image data generation device 1 includes a control unit 100, a reception unit 101, an output unit 102, an address database 110 and an image data database 111. Details of these members will be described below.

(Reception unit 101)
The accepting unit 101 receives an instruction signal for instructing generation of the image data 3 with additional information storing the processing designation information 5 and various input information input to the image data generation device 1 from the outside of the image data generation device 1. Accept.

(Control unit 100)
The control unit 100 controls the overall generation of the image data 3 with additional information in the image data generation device 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 100 includes an extraction unit 201, a determination unit 202, an acquisition unit 203, a storage unit 204, and a reading unit 205. Details of these members will be described below.

(Extractor 201)
The extraction unit 201 indicates the type of information (storage information) stored in the image data as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data with additional information 3 from the input information input to the image data generation device 1. Identification information (designated information) is extracted.

(Determination unit 202)
The determination unit 202 determines whether or not the image data 3 with additional information including the storage information of the type indicated by the identification information as the process designation information 5 is recorded in the image data database 111.

(Acquisition unit 203)
The acquisition unit 203 acquires information (storage information) stored in the image data as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data with additional information 3 based on the input information input to the image data generation device 1. To do.

(Storage unit 204)
The storage unit 204 stores the acquired storage information in the image data as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data 3 with additional information.

(Reading unit 205)
When the determination unit 202 includes image data 3 with additional information that includes storage information of the type indicated by the identification information as the processing designation information 5, the reading unit 205 stores the image data 3 with additional information from the image data database 111. read out.

(Output unit 102)
The output unit 102 outputs the image data 3 with additional information in which the storage information is stored in the storage unit 204 or the image data 3 with additional information read by the reading unit 205 to the outside of the image data generation device 1.

(Address database 110, image data database 111)
The address database 110 records address book information (management table) in which input information and information acquired as storage information in the acquisition unit 203 (that is, parameter 7) are recorded in association with each other. The image data database 111 records the image data 3 with additional information generated by the image data generation device 3. The details of the address book information will be described in detail below, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

(Operation for generating image data 3 with additional information)
Next, the generation operation of the image data with additional information in the image data generation apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of generating image data with additional information in the image data generating apparatus 1.

  First, when the reception unit 101 of the image data generation device 1 receives a generation instruction signal instructing generation of the image data 3 with additional information (Yes in step S1), the extraction unit 201 instructs the image data generation device 1 to Identification information is extracted from the inputted input information (step S2). The input information may be input to the image data generation device 1 together with the generation instruction signal, or the image data generation device 1 generates image data by requesting acquisition from the external device using the reception of the generation instruction signal as a trigger. It may be input to the device 1.

  Next, the determination unit 202 stores image data 3 with additional information in which stored information of the type indicated by the extracted identification information is stored as the processing designation information 5, that is, image data 3 with additional information desired by the user is image data. It is determined whether or not it is recorded in the database 111 (step S3). When the image data 3 with additional information desired by the user is recorded in the image data database 111 (Yes in step S3), the reading unit 205 reads the image data 3 with additional information from the image data database 111 (step S4). ).

  When the image data 3 with additional information desired by the user is not recorded in the image data database 111 (No in step S3), the acquisition unit 203 is based on the input information input to the image data generation device 1. A plurality of stored information is acquired (step S5). The details of the storage information acquisition method will be described in detail below, and the description thereof is omitted here. Furthermore, the acquisition unit 203 acquires an image to be stored in the image area 610 in the image data 3 with additional information (step S6).

  The image stored in the image area 610 may be set in advance or may be acquired based on input information. Further, when the size of the acquired image is too large, it is preferable to perform a reduction process in advance. In addition, conversion of color information for making an image look good may be performed. Also, thumbnail images that are useful when generating a list of images at a terminal that displays the images may be generated and stored.

  Subsequently, the storage unit 204 sets the acquired plurality of pieces of storage information as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data, and stores the image in the image area 610 (step S7). The storage unit 204 records the image data with additional information 3 in which the stored information is set as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data database 111 (step S8). At this time, it is preferable to add a mark (synthesize) to the image so that the user can recognize at a glance that the additional information is added to the image data. In addition to the above, a certificate or signature indicating that the image data has been generated by a valid server may be included. Further, after step S8, a verification step for verifying whether the generated image data is correctly processed may be provided.

  Finally, the output unit 102 outputs the generated image data 3 with additional information or the image data 3 with additional information read in step S4 to the outside of the image data generation device 1 (step S9).

(Advantages of the image data generation device 1)
As described above, in the image data generation device 1, based on input information input to the image data generation device 1 from the outside, it is stored in the image data as the parameter 7 associated with each of the plurality of processing designation information 5. The storage information is acquired, and the acquired storage information is stored in the image data as the parameter 7 associated with the processing designation information 5.

  As described above, since the image data 3 with additional information generated in the image data generation device 1 stores a plurality of processing designation information 5, the processing is performed as many times as the number of stored processing designation information 5. It can be executed by a reception processing device (data processing device). Accordingly, it is possible to cause a plurality of image data reception processing devices to execute a process that can be executed by only transmitting a single image data 3 with additional information.

  Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the need for complicated operation of the operating device when causing a plurality of image data reception processing devices to execute processing that can be executed among the processing specified by the processing specifying information 5. That is, the user is freed from complicated operations such as replacing the operating device at hand or switching data to be transmitted to the operating device when causing the plurality of image data reception processing devices to execute processing.

  Further, in the image data generation device 1, storage information stored in the image data as the parameter 7 associated with the processing designation information 5 is acquired based on the input information, so that the service provider that provides the content processes the content. It is not necessary to create content corresponding to the client side device. That is, it is possible to eliminate the complicated process of creating content for each image data reception processing device on the client side when creating content, even for service providers that provide content.

  Note that the “image data reception processing device” in the present embodiment is a device that can receive image data with additional information and execute processing based on processing designation information stored in the image data with additional information. For example, there is no particular limitation. Examples of the image data reception processing device include a television receiver, a recorder, a personal computer, a microwave oven, a car navigation system, and the like.

(Details of stored information acquisition operation)
Next, the details of the operation for acquiring the storage information stored in the image data as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data with additional information 3 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation for acquiring stored information.

  In this section, a case where the storage information stored in the image data as the parameter 7 in the processing designation information 5 is latitude / longitude information and a URL will be described as an example. Of course, the acquisition of the storage information described below is an example, and the image data with additional information that can be generated by the image data generation device 1 is not limited to the storage information that is latitude / longitude information and URL.

  First, when the reception unit 101 receives a generation instruction signal for the image data 3 with additional information (step S10), the image data generation device 1 acquires position coordinates (x, y) as input information (step S11). Next, the acquisition unit 203 determines whether or not area information including the acquired position coordinates (x, y) is recorded in the address book information recorded in the address database 110 (step S12).

  When the area information including the acquired position coordinates (x, y) is recorded in the address book information (Yes in step S12), the acquisition unit 203 is recorded in the address book information in association with the area information. The latitude / longitude information and the URL are acquired as storage information (step S13). The acquisition unit 203 also acquires an image to be stored in the image area 610 in the image data 3 with additional information (step S14).

  On the other hand, when the area information including the acquired position coordinates (x, y) is not recorded in the address book information (No in step S12), the acquisition unit 203 obtains latitude / longitude information from the acquired position coordinates (x, y). Is calculated (step S15). In this case, the acquisition unit 203 acquires a predetermined image recorded in the image data generation device 1 as an image to be stored in the image area 610 in the image data 3 with additional information (step S16). In this case, the image displayed in the image data with additional information 3 is a so-called dummy image. The dummy image may be an image that is determined to be displayed in advance as a dummy image, may be an image obtained by cutting out a map, or character information such as latitude / longitude information or an address is imaged. It may be an image.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the generation instruction signal for the image data with additional information 3 is output to the image data generation device 1 when the user clicks (points) the map displayed on the display unit. What should I do? In this case, the position coordinates (x, y) may be a position where the user clicks (points). FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a map on the display unit when the user clicks on the map.

  In addition, a submenu is displayed triggered by the user clicking (pointing) on the map displayed on the display unit where the map is displayed, and the generation of the image data 3 with additional information in the submenu is selected. Thus, the generation instruction signal for the image data 3 with additional information may be output to the image data generation device 1.

  While the image data 3 with additional information is being generated, a process related to the generation of the image data 3 with additional information such as “image data is being generated” or “image data generation is complete” is displayed on the display unit on which the map is displayed. Information may be displayed.

(Details of address book information)
Here, an example of the address book information recorded in the address database 110 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of address book information. In FIG. 5, an address book of a store called “Katakuriko” recorded in the address book information will be described as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the address book information, area information, latitude / longitude information, name, address, telephone number, URL, and image file name are recorded in association with each other.

  The area information is information indicating a rectangular area surrounded by four points as shown in FIG. More specifically, the area information is a rectangular area where the x coordinate is in the range of “50” to “60” and the y coordinate is in the range of “70” to “80” and specifies “Kakaku Riko”. (FIG. 5). Therefore, for example, when the position coordinates (x, y) input as input information is (55, 75), the position coordinates (x, y) are area information designating “Kakaku Riko”. It is included in a certain rectangular region of 50 ≦ x ≦ 60 and 70 ≦ y ≦ 80. That is, the acquisition unit 203 recognizes that the user has designated “Kakaku Riko”.

  As a result, the acquisition unit 203 acquires the latitude / longitude information and the URL associated with the area information designating “Kakakurikiko” as storage information. Also, “katakuri.jpg” is acquired as an image to be stored in the image area 610.

  Note that the latitude / longitude information is information indicating the latitude and longitude in which a store called “Katakakiko” exists. The address is information indicating the address where the store called “Katakuriko” is located, the telephone number is the phone number of the store called “Katakuriko”, and the URL is the address of the homepage of the store called “Katakuriko” It is.

  The image file name is the file name of an image such as the appearance or logo of a store called “Katakuriko”, and is the file name of an image stored in the image area 610 in the image data 3 with additional information. The address of the recording unit (not shown) where the image is stored may be indicated instead of the image file name.

  All of these pieces of information need not be recorded in the address book information. For example, when latitude / longitude information and URL are set as the parameter 7 in the predetermined designation information 5 of the image data with additional information 3, the telephone number or the address is not necessarily recorded in the address book information.

  The area information is not necessarily information indicated by the rectangular area, and may be information on the distance from the reference point to the reference point, or information on the distance from the center point to the center point. Also good.

  Further, when the URL is not recorded in the address book information, the address (URL) of the homepage being browsed may be used instead.

  In this section, the case of acquiring latitude / longitude information and URL as storage information has been described as an example. However, the type of storage information to be acquired can be set as appropriate. For example, among the various information recorded in the address book information, which information is acquired as the storage information may be set based on the identification information extracted from the input information. As a result, the stored information can be variously set based on the identification information included in the input information. That is, the image data 3 with additional information including various processing designation information 5 can be generated only by recording one type of address book information and changing the identification information.

  Of course, the type of information acquired as stored information may be set in advance in the image data generation device 1.

(Advantage of generating image data 3 with additional information based on address book information)
As described above, by acquiring the storage information from the address book information based on the input information, the image data generation device 1 can input information necessary for acquiring the storage information from the address book information. As a result, it is possible to generate the image data 3 with additional information.

  As a result, the image data generation device 1 can generate the image data 3 with additional information without using a large amount of data, and therefore can quickly generate the image data 3 with additional information.

  In addition, when the identification information is included in the input information, based on the identification information extracted from the input information, information to be acquired as storage information is set from information recorded in association with the address book information. Can do.

  As a result, the image data generating apparatus 1 can generate various types of additional information-added image data 3 storing various pieces of stored information as processing designation information by changing various types of identification information included in the input information. . That is, the image data 3 with additional information desired by the user can be generated.

(Other examples of stored information acquisition operations)
The detailed acquisition operation of the storage information stored in the image data as the parameter 7 of the processing designation information 5 in the image data with additional information 3 is not limited to the above-described operation. For example, the storage information may be extracted from the input information based on the identification information indicating the type of the storage information stored in the image data extracted from the input information.

  The case where the stored information is extracted from the input information will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a homepage of a store called “Katakuriko”. A homepage of a store called “Katakuriko” is provided with a button for transmitting an instruction signal for generating image data 3 with additional information when clicked (or pointing) by a user. That is, when the user clicks (or points) the button, the image data generation device 1 recognizes that the generation instruction of the image data with additional information 3 has been received, and executes the generation of the image data with additional information 3 described above. .

  At this time, the reception unit 101 in the image data generation device 1 acquires, as input information, identification information indicating the type of stored information stored in the image data and information constituting a store homepage called “Katakuriko”. Then, the extraction unit 201 extracts the identification information from the input information, and the acquisition unit 203 extracts the storage information from the information constituting the homepage of the store called “Katakakiko” based on the extracted identification information. For example, when the identification information is “telephone number” and “URL”, characters corresponding to “telephone number” and “URL” from information (so-called HTML file) constituting a store homepage called “Katakuriko” Extract columns and obtain them as storage information. At this time, the character string from the text data in the HTML file is extracted from the character string that matches the pattern of the stored information (for example, a phone number is a pattern of positional relationship between consecutive numbers and hyphens). That's fine.

  As for the identification information, a submenu is displayed triggered by clicking (or pointing) the generation instruction button of the image data 3 with additional information, and the user selects one or more of the displayed submenus. It may be. For example, when “position information (latitude / longitude information)” is used as identification information, the user selects an item of “position information (latitude / longitude information)” from the displayed submenu, whereby the image data generation apparatus 1 is selected. , Input information including “position information (latitude and longitude information)” as identification information may be output.

  Further, when the storage information is acquired from the input information, the information constituting the home page as described above is not limited to the position information and the URL. For example, stored information may be acquired using content information such as a television program or video as input information. Thus, the image data with additional information 3 can be generated by instructing the generation of the image data with additional information 3 when the user finds an interesting scene while watching a television program or video. In this case, it is preferable to use a scene or a screen shot at the time when the user issues a generation instruction as the image. Further, as additional information (processing designation information), the current time and the elapsed time from the beginning of the video are acquired and stored, and information for designating the content being viewed (channel number and broadcast in the case of television) It is preferable to acquire and store a product number or a title in the case of a region or a video.

(Advantages of acquiring stored information from input information)
As described above, the image data generation device 1 can also generate the image data 3 with additional information from only the input information input to the image data generation device 1.

  Further, the acquisition unit 203 extracts a plurality of stored information from the input information based on the identification information extracted from the input information, so that the image data generation device 1 changes the identification information included in the input information in various ways. Thus, the parameter 7 associated with the process designation information 5 can be changed variously. That is, the image data 3 with additional information desired by the user can be generated.

(Additional notes)
The image data generation device 1 that has received an instruction to generate the image data with additional information 3 does not always have to generate the image data with additional information 3. That is, when the desired image data with additional information 3 has already been generated and recorded in the image data database 110, the generation operation of the image data with additional information 3 can be omitted (in step S3 in FIG. 3). Yes).

  In this case, based on the identification information extracted from the input information, the determination unit 202 determines whether or not the image data 3 with additional information desired by the user is recorded in the image data database 110. When the image data 3 with additional information desired by the user is recorded in the image data database 110, the reading unit 205 reads the image data 3 with additional information from the image data database 110 and outputs it to the output unit 102.

  Note that a conventionally known search method can be used as the search method of the image data database 110 using the identification information.

(Outline of the image data generation system 500)
The generation of the image data with additional information 3 can be realized by a system via a network in addition to the image data generation apparatus described above. In this section, an outline of an image data generation system 500 that realizes generation of the image data with additional information 3 using a system via a network will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the image data generation system 500 includes a terminal device 510 a, a terminal device 510 b, and a server device 550. The terminal device 510 a, the terminal device 510 b, and the server device 550 are all connected via a network 600. It is connected. FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing the image data generation system 500. In the present embodiment, when the terminal device 510a and the terminal device 510b are not distinguished, they are simply expressed as the terminal device 510.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, when the terminal device 510 instructs the server device 550 to generate the image data 3 with additional information via the network 600, the server device 550 generates the image data 3 with additional information. The server device 550 that has generated the image data 3 with additional information transmits the generated image data 3 with additional information to the terminal device 510 via the network 600.

  The terminal device 510 is not particularly limited as long as it can be connected to the server device 550 via the network 600. Specific examples of the terminal device 510 include a personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, a portable game machine, a PDA, and a television receiver.

  The network 600 is not particularly limited. Examples of the network 600 include the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a LAN, an ISDN, a VAN, a CATV communication network, a virtual private network, a telephone line network, a mobile communication network, and a satellite communication network. it can. The transmission medium constituting the network 600 may be wired such as IEEE 1394, USB (Universal Serial Bus), power line carrier, optical fiber, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line. It may be an IEEE 802.11 radio, an infrared such as IrDA or a remote control, a radio such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), or a non-contact IC.

(Configuration of image data generation system 500)
Next, the configuration of the image data generation system 500 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the image data generation system 500.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the image data generation system 500 includes a terminal device 510 and a server device 550. Details of these members will be described below.

(Terminal device 510)
As illustrated in FIG. 10, the terminal device 510 includes a transmission unit 511, a reception unit 512, and a display unit 513. Each member will be described below.

(Transmitter 511)
The transmission unit 511 transmits a generation instruction signal for instructing generation of the image data 3 with additional information to the server device 550 via the network 600. Also, input information necessary for generating the image data 3 with additional information is transmitted. The input information may be transmitted simultaneously with the generation instruction signal, or may be transmitted after receiving an input information acquisition request from the server apparatus 550 that has received the generation instruction signal.

(Receiving unit 512, display unit 513)
The receiving unit 512 receives the image data 3 with additional information generated in the server device 550 via the network 600. The display unit 513 displays the image data 3 with additional information received by the receiving unit 512. The display unit 513 is not particularly limited as long as it can display an image.

(Server device 550)
As illustrated in FIG. 10, the server device 550 includes a reception unit 551, a transmission unit 552, a control unit 100, an address database 110, and an image data database 111. Since the control unit 100, the address database 110, and the image data database 111 have already been described above, descriptions thereof are omitted here. Therefore, in this section, only the reception unit 551 and the transmission unit 552 will be described below. Further, since the generation method of the image data with additional information 3 in the image data generation system 500 (server device 550) is the same as the generation method in the image data generation device 1 described above, the description of the generation method is described in this section. Is omitted.

  Further, the extraction unit 201, the determination unit 202, and the reading unit 205 in the control unit 100 are not illustrated in FIG. 10 for convenience.

(Receiver 551)
The receiving unit 551 operates substantially the same as the receiving unit 101 in FIG. That is, a generation instruction signal for instructing generation of image data 3 with additional information transmitted from terminal device 510 via network 600 and input information input to server device 550 are received.

(Transmitter 552)
The transmission unit 552 operates in substantially the same manner as the output unit 102 in FIG. That is, the image data with additional information 3 generated in the server device 550 is transmitted to the terminal device 510 via the network 600.

(Setting of transmission destination of image data 3 with additional information)
Here, in FIG. 10, the generated image data 3 with additional information is transmitted to the terminal device 510 that has transmitted the generation instruction signal, but is not limited thereto. That is, the server device 550 can transmit the generated image data 3 with additional information to another terminal device 510 as long as it is a terminal device that can transmit via the network 600.

  Referring to FIG. 9, a generation instruction signal for instructing generation of image data 3 with additional information is transmitted from terminal device 510 a to server device 550, and image data 3 with additional information is generated in server device 550. The server device 550 can also transmit the generated image data 3 with additional information to the terminal device 510b.

  In this case, the terminal device 510a may transmit the transmission destination information of the transmission destination terminal device 510b to the server device 550. For example, if the destination terminal device 510b is a mobile phone, a mail address may be transmitted to the server device 550 as destination information.

  To explain with a more specific example, as shown in FIG. 11A, the image data 3 with additional information on the homepage of a store called “KATAKURIKO” displayed on the display unit 513 of the terminal device 510a. When the user clicks (or points to) a button for transmitting an instruction signal for instructing generation, the terminal device 510a transmits the generated destination data 3 with additional information as shown in FIG. 11B. A screen for inputting the mail address (destination information) of the terminal device 510b is displayed.

  Then, the server device 550 designates the generated image data 3 with additional information by inputting the mail address of the terminal device 510b that is the transmission destination of the image data 3 with additional information generated by the user and transmitting it to the server device 550. Can be transmitted to the terminal device 510b. 11A and 11B are diagrams schematically showing a case where transmission destination information is transmitted to server device 550, and FIG. 11A is a display unit of terminal device 510a that transmits the transmission destination information. (B) is a display on the display unit in a state in which the destination information is input.

  Thereby, the user can receive the image data 3 with additional information generated in the terminal device 510 desired by the user only by setting the transmission destination information. As a result, by exchanging the image data with additional information 3 between the terminal devices 510, it is possible to reduce the trouble of moving the image data with additional information 3 to the desired terminal device 510.

  Of course, the form in which the image data 3 with additional information generated in the server device 550 is transmitted to another terminal device 510 is not limited to this. For example, transmission destination information of the terminal device 510b is registered in advance in the terminal device 510a, and the terminal can be simply clicked (or pointed) to transmit an instruction signal for instructing generation of the image data 3 with additional information. You may enable it to transmit the image data 3 with additional information with respect to the apparatus 510b.

  In this case, since it is possible to save the user from inputting the transmission measure information of the terminal device 510b, the image data 3 with additional information can be transmitted to the other terminal device 510 more easily.

(Acquisition of created image data 3 with additional information)
If the image data 3 stored in the server device 550 is associated with the image displayed on the terminal device 510, the terminal device 510 executes an operation of storing the image data 3 with additional information. Thus, the image data 3 with additional information may be acquired.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when image data 3 with additional information is linked in advance to a homepage of a store called “Katakuriko”, the image is stored in terminal device 510, and server device 550 The image data 3 with additional information can be acquired from the image data database 110.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, information indicating the address (URL) of a homepage (for example, the homepage shown in FIG. 12) in which the image data with additional information 3 is stored is displayed as a two-dimensional barcode. You may make it display the image of the homepage in which the image data 3 with additional information is preserve | saved on the display part 513 of the terminal device 510 which read the dimension barcode. Alternatively, the image data 3 with additional information stored in the server device 550 may be directly acquired by reading a two-dimensional barcode.

  When the image data displayed on the home page is the image data 3 with additional information, it is preferable to display that the displayed image data is the image data 3 with additional information. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, it is preferable to display a logo written as “Pr” on the lower right of the image so as to be superimposed on the image. Of course, as described above, the logo may be pre-synthesized with the image.

(Use model of image data with additional information 3)
Next, a usage model of image data with additional information will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a usage model of image data with additional information.

  The terminal device 510b that has received the image data with additional information 3 can transmit the received image data with additional information 3 to the car navigation system 640 using, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark). For example, if the command name 6 of the process designation information 5 stored in the image data 3 with additional information is “position designation” and the parameter 7 is “position: 135 degrees east longitude and 35 degrees north latitude”, additional information is added. The car navigation system 640 that has received the image data 3 executes a route search with the destination at 135 degrees east longitude and 35 degrees north latitude.

  The terminal device 510b may transmit the image data 3 with additional information to the other terminal device 510a using, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) or infrared communication (for example, IrDA). For example, when the command name 6 of the processing designation information 5 stored in the image data 3 with additional information is “WWW Get” and the parameter 7 is “URL: http://www.sample-page.jp” The terminal device 510a that has received the image data with additional information 3 acquires the Web page of the HTTP server indicated by http://www.sample-page.jp via the network 600. Of course, when the terminal device 510b is configured as a terminal that can process “WWW Get”, the terminal device 510b may acquire the Web page.

  Furthermore, the terminal device 510b receives the image data 3 with additional information (for example, image data including coupon information) generated in the server 610 of the introduction site that introduces the store 630, and stores the received image data 3 with additional information in the store. When used at 630, the fact that the image data 3 with additional information generated at the server 610 at the introduction site has been used is recorded in the server 620 of the store 630. At this time, the store 630 having the server 620 may pay a reward (so-called affiliate) to the introduction site that generated the image data 3 with additional information. The terminal device 510b transmits the image data 3 with additional information at the same time as the electronic payment data when the electronic payment such as a non-contact IC (for example, FeliCa (registered trademark)) is performed in the store 630. You can do it. Note that the image data 3 with additional information may be transmitted using a non-contact IC after transmitting data for electronic payment.

  Also, the user of the terminal device 510b that has received the image data 3 with additional information generated in the server 610 of the introduction site introducing the store 630 transfers the received image data 3 with additional information to the terminal device possessed by another user. However, when another user who has received the transfer uses the image data 3 with additional information at the store 630, in addition to the introduction site, the user having the terminal device 510b that has transferred the image data 3 with additional information is also used. You may make it pay a reward. In this case, when the image data with additional information 3 is transferred, an identifier for identifying the transfer source may be written in the image data with additional information 3.

  In the above usage model, the case where the additional information-added data 3 is generated in the introduction site server 610 is taken as an example, but may be generated in the server 620 of the store 630. In this case, the server 610 of the introduction site that has received the generation instruction of the image data 3 with additional information from the terminal device 510b may transfer the generation instruction to the server 620 of the store 630 via the network 600.

(Program and recording medium)
Finally, the control unit 100 included in the image data generation device 1 may be configured by hardware logic. Alternatively, it may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as follows.

  That is, the control unit 100 includes a CPU such as an MPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program into an executable format. ), And a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data.

  The object of the present invention is not limited to the case where the program is stored in the program memory of the control unit 100, but a record in which the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, or source program) of the program is recorded. This can also be achieved by supplying a medium to the image data generating apparatus 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the image data generating apparatus 1.

  The recording medium is not limited to a specific structure or type. That is, the recording medium includes, for example, a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. System, a card system such as an IC card (including a memory card) / optical card, or a semiconductor memory system such as a mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, even if the control unit 100 (or the image data generation device 1) is configured to be connectable to a communication network, the object of the present invention can be achieved. In this case, the program code is supplied to the control unit 100 via the communication network. The communication network is not limited to a specific type or form as long as it can supply the program code to the control unit 100. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, etc. may be used.

  The transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, even with wired lines such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone It can also be used by radio such as a telephone network, a satellite line, and a terrestrial digital network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims, and different implementations are possible. Embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in each form are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The image data generating apparatus according to the present invention can be widely used for portable information terminals such as mobile phones, portable game machines or PDAs, or television receivers. Further, it can be suitably used as a server apparatus having an image data generation function as one function.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the image data generation apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the structure of the image data produced | generated in the image data production | generation apparatus which concerns on this invention. 4 is a flowchart showing an image data generation operation in the image data generation apparatus according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the acquisition operation | movement of the storage information in the image data generation apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of address book information. It is a figure which shows an example of the state which the user clicked on the map currently displayed on the display part. It is a figure which shows the detail of area | region information. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the homepage of the store called "Katakuriko". 1 is a diagram schematically showing an image data generation system according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the image data generation system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the display in the display part of the terminal device in the case of transmitting destination information to a server apparatus, (a) shows typically an example of the homepage of the store called "Katakuriko", (b ) Is a display for inputting the destination information. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the homepage linked | related with the image data with additional information preserve | saved at the server apparatus. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the homepage which displays the information which shows the address where the image data with additional information is preserve | saved as a two-dimensional barcode. It is a figure which shows an example of the usage model of image data with additional information.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image data generation apparatus 3 Image data with additional information 5 Process designation information 100 Control part 101 Reception part 102 Output part 110 Address database 111 Image data database 201 Extraction part 202 Determination part 203 Acquisition part (determination means)
204 Storage Unit 205 Reading Unit 500 Image Data Generation System 510 Terminal Device (Client Terminal Device)
550 server device (image data generation server device)
511 Transmitter (terminal side transmission means)
512 Receiving part (terminal side receiving means)
513 Display unit 551 Receiving unit (server side receiving means)
552 transmitter (server-side transmitter)
600 network

Claims (7)

In the image data generation device for generating image data with additional information, which is processing designation information accompanied by a parameter and stores processing designation information for causing the data processing device to execute a specific process according to the parameter.
The processing designation information includes at least a position information as a parameter and a network address information as a parameter.
When the position on the map image designated by the input operation from the outside is included in the area set in advance on the map image, the position information and the address information previously associated with the area are set as above. Determining as a parameter, and if the position is not included in the region, determining means for calculating position information indicating the position of the point corresponding to the position, and determining the calculated position information as the parameter;
When the position information and the address information previously associated with the area are determined as the parameters, the parameters determined by the determining means are attached to each of the plurality of process specifying information , When the calculated position information is determined as the parameter and stored in the image data recorded in association with each other, the parameter determined by the determination means is attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information. Storage means for storing in predetermined image data recorded in advance ,
An image data generation device comprising: A data processing device that communicates with the image data generation device according to claim 1,
Data that receives image data with additional information generated by the image data generation device according to claim 1 and executes processing based on processing designation information stored in the received image data with additional information Processing equipment. Processing specification information accompanied by a parameter including at least a parameter using location information and a parameter using address information on the network, and a data processing device that performs specific processing according to the parameter Terminal-side transmission means for transmitting an instruction signal for instructing generation of image data with additional information in which processing designation information to be executed is stored;
A client terminal device comprising: a terminal-side receiving means for receiving the image data with additional information;
Server-side receiving means for receiving the instruction signal;
When the server-side receiving means accepts the instruction signal, a position on the map image designated by an external input operation on the client terminal device is included in an area set in advance on the map image In this case, position information and address information associated with the area in advance are determined as the parameters, and if the position is not included in the area, position information indicating the position of the point corresponding to the position And determining means for determining the calculated position information as the parameter,
When the position information and the address information previously associated with the area are determined as the parameters, the parameters determined by the determining means are attached to each of the plurality of process specifying information , When the calculated position information is determined as the parameter and stored in the image data recorded in association with each other, the parameter determined by the determination means is attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information. Storage means for storing in predetermined image data recorded in advance ,
A server-side transmission means for transmitting the generated image data with additional information to the client terminal device; and an image data generation server device comprising:
An image data generation system comprising: The client terminal device transmits transmission destination information indicating a transmission destination of the image data with additional information to the image data generation server device,
4. The image data generation system according to claim 3, wherein the server-side transmission unit transmits the generated image data with additional information to a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. In the image data generation method for generating image data with additional information, which is processing designation information accompanied by a parameter and stores processing designation information for causing the data processing apparatus to execute a specific process according to the parameter.
The processing designation information includes at least a position information as a parameter and a network address information as a parameter.
When the position on the map image designated by the input operation from the outside is included in the area set in advance on the map image, the position information and the address information previously associated with the area are set as above. Determining as a parameter, and when the position is not included in the region, determining position information indicating the position of a point corresponding to the position, and determining the calculated position information as the parameter;
When position information and address information previously associated with the area are determined as the parameters, the parameters determined in the determination step are attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information, and When the calculated position information is determined as the parameter and stored in the image data recorded in association with each other, the parameter determined in the determination step is attached to each of the plurality of processing designation information. A storage step of storing in predetermined image data recorded in advance ;
An image data generation method comprising:   A program for operating a computer included in the image data generation device according to claim 1, wherein the program causes the computer to function as each of the means.   A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 6 is recorded.

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