JP5760764B2 - Imaging apparatus, image providing server apparatus, and image providing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus, an image providing server apparatus, and the like that provide an imaging service for capturing an image of an event venue, for example, and providing the image via a network.

  Centrally manage user content such as still images and video images such as videos, and provide content when multiple users participate in a common event based on location information and time information Thus, a technique for sharing content between users is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-75118 A

  However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, even when the user wants to see a photograph of himself / herself, the image data is not associated with information about the photographed user, and thus appears to be photographed. I had to find the right image data. In addition, enormous work is required to associate the information about the user shown for each image data.

  In addition, the technology does not classify the image data in consideration of the popularity of the place, intimacy with other users in the image, attention, etc., and there is room for improvement in the convenience of selection by the user. there were.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily associate information about a captured user with image data and improve the convenience. An apparatus, an image providing server apparatus, and an image providing program are provided.

  (1) An imaging device according to the present invention for solving the above-described problems is an imaging unit that performs imaging in an individual recognition area and outputs image data, and a non-contact communication medium having identification information unique to each user. An individual recognition means for detecting identification information of the non-contact communication medium in the individual recognition area, a command input means for detecting identification information of the non-contact communication medium in a command input area, and the command input means When the non-contact communication medium is detected for a predetermined time or more, a photographing instruction unit that instructs the photographing unit to perform photographing, and the individual recognition unit that is detected when photographing is instructed by the photographing instruction unit. And an image database that holds identification information of the non-contact communication medium in association with the image data.

  According to the present invention, the captured image data can be stored in the image database in association with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by the individual recognition unit when imaging is instructed by the imaging instruction unit. It is possible to easily associate information about the user shown in the image data.

  (2) Further, in the image capturing apparatus of the present invention, the image database includes the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by the command input unit when the image capturing is instructed by the image instructing unit in the image database. And the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by the individual recognition means.

  (3) Moreover, the imaging device of the present invention includes a plurality of the imaging units, and identification information unique to each imaging unit that has captured image data is detected by the individual recognition unit in the image database. The identification information of the non-contact communication medium and the image data are stored in association with each other.

  (4) Further, the imaging apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of the individual recognition means, an arrangement information holding means for holding information according to a distance between the imaging means and each individual recognition means, and the image database. In addition, the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by each individual recognition unit when imaging is instructed by the imaging instruction unit is held in association with the image data and the identification information of the detected individual recognition unit. It is configured as follows.

  (5) Further, the image providing server apparatus according to the present invention detects the image data captured by the imaging unit that performs imaging in the individual recognition area, and is detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured. An image database in which identification information of a non-contact communication medium is stored in association with each other, and an image in which identification information of a non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is associated from the image database for each specific user Intimacy calculating means for selecting data and obtaining intimacy according to the identification information of the non-contact communication medium of another user associated with the selected image data, and the intimacy calculating means The index creation means for creating index data of the image data according to the familiarity for each image data obtained by the image data, and the index according to the request from the terminal device It has a configuration comprising an index providing unit for providing index data producing means.

  According to this invention, according to the identification information of the non-contact communication medium associated with the image data, it is possible to generate an index image according to the familiarity with other users reflected in the same image data.

  (6) Further, the image providing server device of the present invention detects the image data captured by the imaging unit that performs imaging in the individual recognition area, and is detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured. An image database in which identification information of the non-contact communication medium and identification information (operator identification information) of the non-contact communication medium detected in the command input area when photographing is instructed are stored in association with each other For each specific user, the image data associated with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is selected from the image database, and the selected image data is associated with the image data. Attention level calculating means for obtaining a degree of attention according to the operator identification information being generated, and creating index data of the image data according to the degree of attention calculated by the degree of attention calculation means And indexing means has a structure comprising an index providing unit for providing an index data to which the index creation means creates in response to a request from the terminal device.

  (7) Further, the image providing server apparatus of the present invention detects the image data captured by the imaging unit that performs imaging in the individual recognition area, and is detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured. An image database in which identification information of a non-contact communication medium and unique identification information (recording terminal identification information) are stored in association with each location where an imaging unit that captures image data is installed, and a specific recording The image data associated with the terminal identification information is selected from the image database, and for each recording terminal identification information, the non-contact detected by the individual recognition means associated with the selected image data Popularity calculating means for calculating popularity according to identification information of the communication medium, and creating index data of image data according to the popularity calculated by the popularity calculating means And indexing means that has a structure comprising an index providing unit for providing an index data created is the index creation means in response to a request from the terminal device.

  (8) Further, the image providing server device of the present invention detects the image data captured by the imaging unit that performs imaging in the individual recognition area, and is detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured. An image database in which identification information of the non-contact communication medium and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by each individual recognition unit when shooting is instructed by the shooting instruction unit are stored in association with each other; The arrangement information holding means for holding information according to the distance between the imaging means and each individual recognition means, and the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user from the image database for each specific user. Select the associated image data, and for each selected image data, hold the identification information of the detected solid recognition means associated with the image data and the arrangement information A proximity calculation unit that calculates the proximity to the imaging unit according to the information held in the stage; and an index generation unit that generates index data of the image data according to the proximity calculated by the proximity calculation unit; And index providing means for providing the index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from the terminal device.

  (9) An image providing program of the present invention is an image providing program executed by a server device that provides image data stored in an image database to a terminal device via a network. The image data captured by the imaging unit that performs imaging in the recognition area and the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured are stored in association with each other. For each specific user, image data associated with identification information of a non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is selected from the image database, and the image data is selected for each selected image data. Familiarity calculating means for obtaining familiarity according to identification information of the non-contact communication medium of another user associated with the user, and the familiarity calculating means Index creation means for creating index data of image data in accordance with the obtained familiarity for each image data, and index provision means for providing index data created by the index creation means in response to a request from a terminal device To function as.

  The image capturing apparatus according to the present invention associates the captured image data with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by the individual recognition unit when the image capturing is instructed by the image capturing instruction unit, and holds the image data in the image database. Therefore, it is possible to easily associate information about the user shown in the image data, and it is possible to improve convenience.

  Further, in the image providing server device according to the present invention, the familiarity calculating unit obtains image data in which identification information of a non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is associated from the image database for each specific user. For each selected image data, the familiarity corresponding to the identification information of the other user's non-contact communication medium associated with the image data is obtained, and the index creation means obtains the familiarity calculation means. By creating index data of the image data according to the intimacy of each image data, according to the identification information of the non-contact communication medium associated with the image data, An index image corresponding to the familiarity with the user can be generated, and convenience can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the imaging | photography system in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the table hold | maintained at an image database. It is a figure which shows the installation condition of the recording terminal device in a hall. It is a figure which shows the example of the table hold | maintained at an image database. It is a figure which shows the example of the table hold | maintained at a login information holding part. It is a flowchart which shows imaging | photography control processing. It is a figure which shows the table of the information corresponding to image data. It is a figure which shows the process which calculates | requires the time required for imaging | photography. It is a sequence diagram which shows upload processing of image data etc. with respect to an image provision server apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the table hold | maintained at an image database. It is a figure which shows the example of the table hold | maintained at an image database. It is a figure which shows the example of the template data used at the time of creation of index information. It is a figure which shows the example of the table hold | maintained at an image database. It is a figure which shows the example of the image displayed on a user terminal device according to index information. It is a figure which shows the example of the image displayed on a user terminal device according to index information. It is a figure which shows notionally the structure of the imaging | photography system of a modification, and the weighting in an individual recognition area | region.

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

  Note that the embodiment described below is an embodiment in which the imaging device according to the present invention is applied to an imaging system that captures images of an event venue, a party venue, and the like and provides them via a network.

<Configuration>
First, the configuration of the photographing system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the photographing system.

  This video distribution system is installed in a venue such as a fan event, and is connected to a recording terminal device 10 that captures images of the venue, an imaging server device 20 that manages images captured by the recording terminal device 10, and a network 1. And an image providing server device 30 that provides image data to the user terminal device 40. In this configuration example, the recording terminal device 10, the imaging server device 20, and the image providing server device 30 are shown as independent devices, but can be configured as one of these devices, or Any two devices such as the imaging server device 20 and the image providing server device 30 can be configured as the same device.

  The recording terminal device 10 recognizes a camera 11 [imaging means] that captures an image, an IC tag 12 [non-contact communication medium] that a user wears on an ankle, shoes, and the like, and an IC tag 12 in the individual recognition area 13. An individual recognition reader / writer (R / W) 14 [individual recognition means], a command reader / writer (R / W) 16 [command input means] for recognizing the IC tag 12 in the command input area 15, and a camera 11 and a controller 17 [imaging instruction means] for controlling the individual recognition R / W 14 and the command R / W 16. In addition, a display for the user to recognize the positions of the individual recognition area 13 and the command input area 15 and a display 19 indicating the position of the camera 11 are provided on the floor of the hall.

  The camera 11 performs shooting according to an instruction from the controller 17 and has a transmission function for transmitting image data of a captured image to the shooting server device 20 via a wireless network, such as EyeFi (trademark). Yes.

  The IC tag 12 is composed of, for example, a non-contact IC card such as an RFID assigned with unique identification information for each IC tag 12. The individual recognition R / W 14 and the command R / W 16 perform wireless communication with the IC tag 12 in each detection area (individual recognition area 13 and command input area 15), and the ICs in the area Information from the tag 12 (unique tag ID assigned to each IC tag 12 and internal identification information) is read. The detection areas of the individual recognition R / W 14 and the command R / W 16 can be adjusted by the arrangement of mat-like antennas corresponding to the individual recognition area 13 and the command input area 15, respectively. Thereby, the R / W 14 for individual recognition detects the IC tag 12 in the individual recognition area 13, and the R / W 16 for command is arranged to detect the IC tag 12 in the command input area 15. For the IC tag 12, the individual recognition R / W 14, and the command R / W 16, products compliant with standards such as TYPE-A, TYPE-B, Felica (registered trademark), and NFC can be used.

  The controller 17 is composed of an information processing device such as a personal computer, and functions as the controller 17 by executing control software. The controller 17 is a camera based on information on the IC tag 12 detected by the command R / W 16. 11 control or the like is executed.

  The imaging server device 20 is configured by an information processing device such as a personal computer, for example. The image acquisition unit 21 acquires image data from the camera 11 via a wireless network by executing control software, and a controller. 17 is stored in the image database 23 using the subject information acquisition unit 22 that acquires information corresponding to the image data from the image 17, the image database 23 that stores the image data, and the login information that is stored in the login information storage unit 25. It functions as an upload processing unit 24 that uploads image data and the like to the image providing server device 30 and a registration processing unit 26 that registers login information received from the user terminal device 40 and the like in the login information holding unit 25. The registration processing unit 26 is implemented as, for example, an HTTP server, and registers login information input by the user via a predetermined input form in the login information holding unit 25.

  The image providing server device 30 is composed of an information processing device such as a personal computer, for example, and a log-in processing unit 31 that performs user authentication by executing control software, and an image database 32 that stores image data and the like. And an index creating unit 33 that creates an index of image data held in the image database 32, and an index providing unit 34 that provides the created index.

  The index providing unit 34 is implemented as, for example, an HTTP server, and the index creating unit 33 is implemented as a database server that operates on the back end of the HTTP server and executes data operations on the image database 32 and the like. In addition, the login processing unit 31 is implemented as an authentication function that restricts access to the database server by authenticating a user with an ID and a password.

  Further, the user terminal device 40 is composed of an information processing device such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal device, for example, and a communication processing unit 41 (not shown) that communicates with the image providing server device 30 and the like via the network 1. ), A web browser 42 (not shown) for browsing an index provided by the image providing server device 30, a display unit 43 (not shown) for displaying an image of the web browser 42, etc., and an instruction from the user Etc., and an input unit 44 (not shown).

<Data structure>
FIG. 2 is a table 23A showing the correspondence between identification information (user ID) unique to each user who uses this photographing system, tag ID of the IC tag 12 used by the user, and internal identification information. The configuration is shown.

  If the venue is large, a plurality of recording terminal devices 10 may be installed as shown in FIG. 3, for example. FIG. 3 shows an example where the venue is divided into a plurality of areas (area 001, area 002, area 003) and a plurality of recording terminal devices 10 are installed. A unique installation location ID is assigned to each area.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the image database 23 holds a table 23 </ b> C for each recording terminal device 10. In this table 23C, in correspondence with the recording terminal ID of the recording terminal device 10, the installation location ID of the area where the recording terminal device 10 is installed, and identification information (recording means ID) unique to each individual camera 11 In addition, identification information (individual recognition means) unique to each individual recognition R / W 14 and identification information (command input means) unique to each command R / W 16 are recorded.

  Further, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the login information holding unit 25 includes, for each user ID of each user, the URL (upload destination) of the image providing server device 30 to which the image data is uploaded and the image providing server device. The account name and password of the user at 30 are registered.

<Operation: Advance preparation>
In the imaging system configured as described above, the operator of the imaging system installs the recording terminal device 10 and the imaging server device 20 in the venue, and sets the table shown in FIG.

  A user ID is assigned to the user in advance, and when using the imaging system, the IC tag 12 is handed to the user in advance, and the user's user is input using an input device such as a keyboard on the imaging server device 20 side. The correspondence relationship between the ID, the tag ID of the IC tag 12 used by the user and the internal identification information is input and registered in the table 23A shown in FIG.

  In addition, the user wears the IC tag 12 on an ankle or shoes. Further, the user operates a Web browser such as the user terminal device 40 and inputs login information via an input form provided by the registration processing unit 26. The input login information is registered in the table 25B of the login information holding unit 25 by the registration processing unit 26.

<Operation: Shooting>
The R / W 14 for individual recognition and the R / W 16 for command each receive the tag ID and internal identification information of the IC tag 12 existing in the individual recognition area 13 and the command input area 15 every predetermined time (for example, 1 second). Reading and transmitting to the controller 17. The controller 17 holds the tag ID and internal identification information of the IC tag 12 detected by the individual recognition R / W 14 and the command R / W 16 and executes processing such as shooting control by the camera 11. This internal identification information is used to determine that the IC tag 12 is dedicated to the photographing system.

  When the user performs shooting using the recording terminal device 10, the user stays in the individual recognition area 13 for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds). For example, the controller 17 performs a photographing control process as shown in FIG. The controller 17 detects whether or not the IC tag 12 is present in the command input area 15 until the end of the process is instructed (S15), and when detected, the command input area 15 confirms whether the IC tag 12 exists continuously for 5 seconds or more (S12), and instructs the camera 11 to take a picture when the IC tag 12 exists for 5 seconds or more (S13). When photographing is instructed, the camera 11 sends the photographed image data to the image acquisition unit 21 of the photographing server device 20 together with identification information [recording terminal ID] and the like assigned to the recording terminal device 10 corresponding to the camera 11. Send.

  After that, the controller 17 instructs the camera 11 to shoot the tag ID and internal identification information of the IC tag 12 used by the user who has taken the image (a user who stayed in the command input area 15 for 5 seconds or more). The tag information and internal identification information of the IC tag 12 existing in the individual recognition area 13 at the time of shooting, that is, the IC tag 12 used by the photographed user, and the time required for photographing by the user are the subject information acquisition unit. 22 is transmitted (S14).

  The image acquisition unit 21 assigns unique identification information (content ID) to the image data from the camera 11 and stores it in the image database 23. The subject information acquisition unit 22 associates information from the controller 17 with the content ID and stores it in the image database 23. Accordingly, in the image database 23, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, identification information (event ID) unique to each event associated with the content ID of each image data and the recording terminal device 10 that has performed shooting are stored. Information 23D such as the recording terminal ID, the date and time of shooting, the tag ID of the operator, and the tag ID of the person to be recorded are stored.

  The above-mentioned “time required for shooting by the user” is obtained by the controller 17 by the following processing, for example. As described above, the controller 17 holds the tag ID of the IC tag 12 detected by the individual recognition R / W 14 and the command R / W 16. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, these tag IDs are held in association with the time. Before photographing by a certain user is performed, the user enters the individual recognition area 13, and until the photographing is performed after the IC tag 12 used by the user is detected by the individual recognition R / W 14 Is the time required for shooting.

  For example, for the image data of the content ID “010” in FIG. 8, the user corresponding to the operator ID “001” enters the individual recognition area 13 and is set as the recording target person ID “001” by the individual recognition R / W 14. 13 seconds from the detected time “12:00:11” to the time “12:00:23” at which the image data was captured is “time required for imaging”. For the image data of the content ID “011” in FIG. 8, the time “12: when the user corresponding to the operator ID“ 001 ”is detected as the recording subject ID“ 001 ”by the individual recognition R / W 14. 20 seconds from 00:11 ”to the time“ 12:00:30 ”when the image data was captured is“ time required for imaging ”.

In addition, if the tag ID of the user is detected as the recording target person ID in any of the two consecutive times, the controller 17 has been in the individual recognition area 13 for the time of the two times. We treat it as something and seek “time required for shooting”. For example, in the example of FIG. 8, “001” is not detected as the recording target person ID at the time “12:00:17”, but “001” is detected as the recording target person ID at the time before and after that. Therefore, the controller 17 treats the user corresponding to “001” as being in the individual recognition area 13 at the time “12:00:17”.

<Operation: Upload processing>
As described above, when image data and information 23D such as a recording target person ID and an operator ID are stored in the image database 23, the upload processing unit 24, for example, as shown in FIG. The corresponding information 23D is uploaded to the image providing server device 30. Specifically, the upload processing unit 24 sequentially, for all users corresponding to the recording target person ID in the information 23D corresponding to the image data to be uploaded, account names in the table shown in FIG. Using the password, the login processing unit 31 of the image providing server device 30 corresponding to the upload destination performs login processing to upload the image data and information 23D corresponding thereto.

  Thus, the image data and the information 32A corresponding to the image data shown in FIG. 10, for example, are stored in the area in the image database 32 for each user who is a recording target corresponding to the image data. Thus, the upload process ends.

<Operation: Index creation process>
The index creation unit 33 calculates the importance (score) for each image data stored in the user's area in the image database 32 for each user based on the data in the image database 32 at regular intervals. Find and create index data.

  The score for each image data is indexed by using, for example, “the popularity of the place” where the recording terminal device 10 is installed, “the degree of closeness with other users appearing together”, and “the degree of attention of the user” The creation unit 33 calculates.

  For example, the “popularity of a place” has a higher score as the number of “recording target persons” increases, and the higher the “number of recordings per recording target person”, the higher the score. Set so that the higher the number, the higher the score. Specifically, the index creation unit 33 obtains the following formula. Note that a [0], a [1], and a [2] in the following expression are weighting values for each term on the left side of the following expression, and are set by statistically processing according to the distribution in the information 32A.

  The index creation unit 33 analyzes the information 32A corresponding to the image data of all the users registered in the image database 32, obtains the total number of recording subjects for each recording terminal ID corresponding to the recording terminal device 10, and The number of persons to be recorded corresponding to the image data ”. Accordingly, for example, five users (recording target persons) recorded by the recording terminal apparatus 10 with the recording terminal ID “001” and users recorded by the recording terminal apparatus 10 with the recording terminal ID “002” (recording target) If there are three persons), the weight of the image data captured by the recording terminal device 10 whose recording terminal ID is “001” increases.

  Further, the index creation unit 33 obtains the average number of times of recording per person to be recorded for each recording terminal ID corresponding to the recording terminal device 10 and sets it as “the number of times of recording per person to be recorded”. Thereby, for example, the number of times of recording per recording target person in the recording terminal apparatus 10 whose recording terminal ID is “001” is 2, and the recording target person in the recording terminal apparatus 10 whose recording terminal ID is “002”. If the number of times of recording per person is 3, the weight of the image data captured by the recording terminal device 10 whose recording terminal ID is “002” increases.

  Further, the index creation unit 33 obtains an average value of the number of persons to be recorded per photographing for each recording terminal ID corresponding to the recording terminal apparatus 10 and sets it as “the number of persons to be recorded per recording”. . As a result, for example, the number of persons to be recorded in the recording terminal device 10 whose recording terminal ID is “001” is 3.0 and the recording terminal device 10 whose recording terminal ID is “002” If the number of persons to be recorded at one time is 2.0, the weight of image data captured by the recording terminal device 10 whose recording terminal ID is “001” increases. With such an operation, “location popularity” can be calculated as a score of image data.

  “Intimacy with other users appearing together” indicates that the greater the number of times recorded together, the higher the intimacy, the smaller the number of people recorded together per record, the greater the familiarity, The degree of closeness is set higher as the number of times of being taken together at a certain place is higher, and the score is higher when the degree of closeness of users who are shown together is higher on average. Specifically, the index creation unit 33 obtains all other users who are recording subjects in the information 32A corresponding to the image data by the following formula.

  The index creation unit 33 obtains the familiarity between the two users with respect to all other users who are the recording target of the image data, and uses these sums as the numerator of the above formula, and the recording target Using the total number of other users who are custodians as the denominator of the above equation, “intimacy with other users appearing together” is obtained. Here, the closeness between the two users and other users is obtained by the following equation. Note that b [0], b [1], and b [2] in the following expression are weighting values for each term on the left side of the following expression, and are set by statistically processing according to the distribution in the information 32A.

  By calculating the “intimacy with other users who are shown together” by using this calculation method, information such as whether or not one is a photographer and whether or not you are shooting in various places can be used together. The intimacy can be lowered with respect to the relationship with other users who have just been reflected in. In addition, with such an operation, it is possible to obtain the familiarity between users shown in the image data as a score.

  The “attention level of the user” is set so that the score is higher when the user is the recording person, and the score is higher as the user spends more time recording. Specifically, the index creation unit 33 obtains the following equation. Note that c [0] and c [1] in the following expression are weighting values for each term on the left side of the following expression, and are set by processing statistically according to the distribution in the information 32A.

  Whether or not the user is a writer for certain image data is determined by whether or not the “operator” in the information 32A corresponding to the image data is the user ID of the user. Since the “operator” in the information 32A is the tag ID of the IC tag 12 used by the user, the index creation unit 33 makes an inquiry to the registration processing unit 26, for example, and stores the user in the table 23A. A tag ID corresponding to the user ID is acquired, and it is determined whether or not it matches the user ID (tag ID corresponding to “operator”) in the information 32A. As described above, when the user is an operator, since the user has taken a photograph, the “attention level of the user” is obtained so that the score of the photographed image data is increased.

  The time taken for recording is determined by “time taken for recording” in the information 32A. If the “time taken for recording” is long, it can be considered that the users (recording subjects) are taking pictures with a lot of time and effort, and the score of the content generated by the taken image data is The “attention level of the user” is calculated so as to increase. By such an operation, the score of the image data that the user would have taken with effort can be determined as the “attention level of the user”, and the numerical value can be obtained.

  As described above, when the “popularity of place” WA, “intimacy with other users appearing together” WB and “attention level of the user” WC are obtained, the index creation unit 33 calculates the following formula: For each image data, a total score W is obtained, and for example, as shown in FIG. 11, a table 32B indicating the score for the content ID of the image data is created. This table is created for each user as described above. Further, α, β, and γ in the following expression are weighting values for each term on the left side of the following expression, and are set by statistically processing according to the distribution in the information 32A.

  As described above, when the score is obtained, the index creating unit 33 creates index data by using, for example, template data for displaying an image as shown in FIG. The template data includes page description data in the HTML format including definitions of areas 52 to 56 for displaying the image data in the order according to the score and an area 58 for displaying information about the image in the image display area 51. Consists of

  The index creation unit 33 creates index data by adding, to the template data, a description of a link to the image data selected according to the score, information corresponding to the image data, and the like. The description of the link to the image data is the description of the part corresponding to the area 52, the area 53, the area 54, the area 55, and the area 56 of the URL of the image data corresponding to the content ID in descending order of the score in FIG. Add to The information corresponding to the image data is the content ID corresponding to the image data having the highest score in FIG. 11 from the table 32C in which the index creating unit 33 totals the above-described information 32A as shown in FIG. The recording date and time, the recording terminal ID, the person to be recorded, etc. are acquired and added to the template data to create index data.

  Thus, the index data created by the index creation unit 33 is provided by the index providing unit 34 via the network 1 in response to a request from the user terminal device 40 or the like. In accordance with the index data, for example, an image as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 is displayed by a Web browser or the like executed on the user terminal device 40 or the like.

  The user operates a Web browser such as the user terminal device 40, browses the index data from the index providing unit 34, and selects image data to be viewed. When the image data is selected, the Web browser requests the image providing server device 30 to transmit the image data in accordance with the description of the link to the selected image data, and the image data is supplied from the image providing server device 30 accordingly. Image data can be viewed.

<Effect>
In this embodiment, as described above, by recording the information of the IC tag 12 used by the user who is in the individual recognition area 13 at the time of shooting the image data, information about the user shown in the image data is obtained. It can be recorded easily. This makes it easy to select image data based on information about the user shown in the image data.

  Further, in this embodiment, as in the above-described art, “the popularity of the place”, “the closeness with other users appearing together”, and “the attention degree of the user” are obtained as the importance (score). By creating index data and providing it to the user terminal device 40 used by the user, it is possible to make it easier to search for image data important for the user, and to improve convenience.

<Modification 1>
In the above description, the user in the individual recognition area 13 is uniformly treated to obtain the above-mentioned score. However, the area in the individual recognition area 13 is subdivided, and each recording target person is in any area. Such information may also be recorded, and for example, as shown in FIG. 16, the score of the user closer to the camera 11 may be increased. The number in each area in the individual recognition area 13 indicates the weight Wt for obtaining the score.

More specifically, for each subdivided region, we established the individual recognition _{R /} W14 1 _{~14 8,} to record the detected as a recording subject by any individual recognition _{R /} W14 1 _{~14 8} deep. Information about the area in which each person to be recorded is detected is separately provided and held on the image providing server device 30 side [arrangement information holding means], weighted on the image providing server device 30 side, and “camera The “closeness to” WD is obtained and reflected in the above-mentioned score.

  Since the closer the distance from the camera 11 to the person to be recorded is, the larger the image appears in the captured image data, the “closeness to the camera” is calculated so that the score increases. Specifically, the index creation unit 33 obtains the “closeness to the camera” WD according to the following equation. Note that d [0] in the following equation is a weighting value on the left side of the following equation, and is set by statistically processing according to the distribution in the information 32A.

  In the first modification, the index creating unit 33 obtains a score W ′ for each image data by the following equation. This table is created for each user as described above. Further, α, β, γ, and δ in the following equation are weighting values for each term on the left side of the following equation, and are set by statistically processing according to the distribution in the information 32A.

  With the above processing, in the first modification, weighting according to the proximity to the camera 11 is performed to obtain the score, so that the image data that is close to the camera 11, that is, the image that is shown in the image data is large. Can be displayed at the top.

<Modification 2>
In the above description, when the index creation unit 33 creates the index, the image data is selected in the order of the score. For example, the image data is selected in the order of the score within a certain time, or the recording terminal device 10 The image data may be selected in the order of scores according to the area (area) where the is installed. Furthermore, an index may be created by combining these. Thereby, the convenience for the user can be further improved. Further, for example, a plurality of users (may be oneself and others, or only others) may be designated, and image data including the IDs of the plurality of users may be displayed and displayed in the above-mentioned highest score order.

<Modification 3>
In the above description, each user sets login information before shooting at the venue, but login information may be set after shooting. In this case, the upload processing for the image providing server device 30 by the upload processing unit 24 is performed after the user sets the login information.

<Modification 4>
In the above description, login information for the image providing server device 30 is held in the imaging server device 20 and the upload processing unit 24 performs upload processing using this login information. From the point of view, login processing may be performed on the image providing server device 30 by a method such as pass-through authentication without holding the login information in the imaging server device 20.

<Modification 5>
In the above description, the index creation unit 33 is configured to create index data at regular time intervals. However, the index creation unit 33 creates index data at a timing requested by the user terminal device 40 or the like, It is good also as operation | movement which the index provision part 34 provides to the user terminal device 40 grade | etc.,.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network 10 ... Recording terminal device 11 ... Camera 12 ... IC tag 14 ... R / W for individual recognition
16 ... R / W for command
17 ... Controller 20 ... Imaging server device 23 ... Image database 24 ... Upload processing unit 30 ... Image providing server device 31 ... Login processing unit 32 ... Image database 33 ... Index creation unit 34 ... Index providing unit 40 ... User terminal device

Claims (9)

Photographing means for photographing within the individual recognition area and outputting image data;
A contactless communication medium having unique identification information for each individual user;
Individual recognition means for detecting identification information of the non-contact communication medium in an individual recognition region;
Command input means for detecting identification information of the non-contact communication medium in a command input area;
Photographing instruction means for instructing photographing to the photographing means when the specific non-contact communication medium is detected for a predetermined time or more by the command input means;
E Bei and an image database that holds in association with the image data identification information of the contactless communication medium that is detected by the individual recognition unit when shooting is instructed by the imaging instruction means,
Identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by the command input means when photographing is instructed by the photographing instruction means in the image database is detected by the image data and the individual recognition means An imaging apparatus that stores information associated with identification information of a non-contact communication medium . The imaging device according to claim 1 ,
A plurality of the photographing means;
The image database, the identification information unique to each imaging means imaging the image data, held in association with the identification information of the contactless communication medium is detected and the image data by the individual recognition means, Shooting device. In the imaging device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
A plurality of the individual recognition means,
Arrangement information holding means for holding information according to the distance between the imaging means and each individual recognition means;
The image database, the identification information of the contactless communication medium is detected by each individual recognizing means when photographing by the photographing instruction means is instructed, corresponding to the identification information of an individual recognition means detects that the image data An imaging device that is attached and held.   First acquisition means for acquiring image data captured by an imaging means that performs imaging in the individual recognition area when a specific non-contact communication medium in the command input area is detected for a predetermined time or more;
  Second acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured;
  An image database in which image data photographed by the photographing unit, identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium, and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area are stored in association with each other When,
  For each specific user, select the image data associated with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user from the image database, and execute a predetermined calculation for each selected image data. A calculating means for calculating the degree;
  Index creation means for creating index data of the image data according to the calculated importance;
  An image providing server apparatus comprising: index providing means for providing index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from a terminal device. First acquisition means for acquiring image data captured by an imaging means that performs imaging in the individual recognition area when a specific non-contact communication medium in the command input area is detected for a predetermined time or more;
Second acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured;
Wherein the image data photographed by the photographing unit, the identification information of a specific non-contact communication medium identification information and the non-contact communication medium in which the image data is detected in the individual recognition areas when taken corresponding An attached image database, and
For each specific user, image data associated with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is selected from the image database, and each selected image data is associated with the image data. A familiarity calculating means for obtaining a familiarity according to the identification information of the contactless communication medium of another user who is present;
Parent density calculation means in accordance with the closeness of each image data of each obtained, and indexing means for indexing data of the image data,
An image providing server device comprising index providing means for providing index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from a terminal device. First acquisition means for acquiring image data captured by an imaging means that performs imaging in the individual recognition area when a specific non-contact communication medium in the command input area is detected for a predetermined time or more;
Second acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured;
And image data captured by the imaging means, the identification information of the non-contact communication medium in which the image data is detected in the individual recognition areas when taken command input area at the time of shooting is instructed An image database in which identification information (operator identification information) of the detected non-contact communication medium is associated and stored;
For each specific user, image data associated with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is selected from the image database, and each selected image data is associated with the image data. Attention level calculating means for determining a level of attention according to the operator identification information;
Index creation means for creating index data of the image data according to the attention level obtained by the attention level calculation means;
An image providing server device comprising index providing means for providing index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from a terminal device. First acquisition means for acquiring image data captured by an imaging means that performs imaging in the individual recognition area when a specific non-contact communication medium in the command input area is detected for a predetermined time or more;
Second acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured;
Wherein the image data photographed by the photographing means, and identification information of said particular non-contact communication medium identification information and the non-contact communication medium in which the image data is detected in the individual recognition areas when taken, image An image database in which unique identification information (recording terminal identification information) is stored in association with each location where an imaging unit that captures data is installed;
Select the image data a specific recording terminal identification information associated corresponding from the image database, each recording terminal identification information, the identification information before Symbol noncontact communication medium that has been correlated with the image data the selected Popularity calculation means for obtaining popularity according to
Depending on the popularity of the person care degree calculating means is obtained, and indexing means to create an index data of the image data,
An image providing server device comprising index providing means for providing index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from a terminal device. Photographed by photographing means for photographing within the individual recognition area, identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data was photographed, and photographing by the photographing instruction means An image database in which the identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected by each individual recognition unit is stored in association with each other,
Arrangement information holding means for holding information according to the distance between the imaging means and each individual recognition means;
For each specific user, image data associated with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user is selected from the image database, and each selected image data is associated with the image data. Proximity calculating means for determining the proximity to the photographing means according to the identification information of the detected solid recognition means and the information held in the arrangement information holding means;
Depending on the proximity of the proximity calculating means is calculated, and indexing means for indexing data of the image data,
An image providing server device comprising index providing means for providing index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from a terminal device. The images data an image providing program executed by the server apparatus for providing the terminal device via a network,
The server device
First acquisition means for acquiring image data captured by an imaging means that performs imaging in the individual recognition area when a specific non-contact communication medium in the command input area is detected for a predetermined time or more;
Second acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area when the image data is captured;
An image database in which image data photographed by the photographing unit, identification information of the specific non-contact communication medium, and identification information of the non-contact communication medium detected in the individual recognition area are stored in association with each other ,
For each specific user, select the image data associated with the identification information of the non-contact communication medium corresponding to the user from the image database, and execute a predetermined calculation for each selected image data. Calculating means for calculating the degree,
Index creation means for creating index data of the image data according to the calculated importance, and
Index providing means for providing index data created by the index creating means in response to a request from the terminal device;
An image providing program that functions as

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