JP6927608B2 - Image management system, image management method, and image management program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image management system, an image management method, and an image management program.

Conventionally, as a system for managing captured image data, an image management system for storing a plurality of image data in a state of being divided into folders is known.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an image management system that creates a folder for each shooting date of image data.

Japanese Patent No. 4717299

However, in the conventional image management system, when the image data taken by the digital camera is taken into the personal computer which is the image management system, the user selects a folder for saving the image data. For this reason, when the quantity of image data becomes enormous, for example, when the state of each process at the construction site is photographed, the man-hours for the user to select the folder in which the image data is saved may increase. there were.
As described above, in the conventional image management system, there is room for improvement in efficiently storing a large amount of captured image data in the image management system.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image management system capable of efficiently storing a large amount of captured image data.

In order to solve the above problems, the image management system according to the present invention is an image management system including a mobile communication terminal and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal via a network. A reception unit that accepts the designation of any one of a plurality of work processes at the work site from the user, a photography unit that photographs the state of the work process after the user specifies the work process, and a photography unit. The server includes a terminal-side communication unit that transmits image data taken by the user and work process information indicating the work process received by the reception unit, and the server has a server-side communication unit that receives image data and work process information. A storage unit for storing image data is provided in a storage folder for each work process specified from the process information.

In addition, the reception unit further receives explanatory information explaining the content of the image data input by the user, the terminal-side communication unit transmits the explanatory information to the server, and the server-side communication unit receives the explanation information from the terminal-side communication unit. Upon receiving the transmitted explanatory information, the storage unit may store the explanatory information in the storage folder in association with the image data.

Further, the mobile communication terminal further includes a display unit for displaying image data, and the server-side communication unit provides quantity information indicating the quantity of each of the image data and explanatory information stored in the storage folder by the storage unit. The display unit may display the quantity information of each of the image data and the explanatory information together.

Further, the mobile communication terminal is owned by each of a plurality of users constituting the plurality of groups, and the server is for the user information storage unit that stores the user information including the group information to which the plurality of users belong, and the mobile communication terminal. Further, a user authority setting unit for setting a viewing authority as to whether or not the image data can be viewed may be provided based on the group information described in the user information.

Further, the user information includes the job title information in the group to which the user belongs, and the user authority setting unit may set the viewing authority for the mobile communication terminal based on the job title information described in the user information. ..

Further, the server is provided with a notification unit that generates notification information that prompts the user to take a picture of the state of the work process, the server-side communication unit transmits the notification information to the terminal-side communication unit, and the mobile communication terminal notifies the notification. Information may be communicated to the user.

In addition, the photographing unit acquires the date and time information indicating the date and time at that time when photographing the state of the work process, and the terminal side communication unit transmits the date and time information to the server side communication unit together with the image data and the work process information. The storage unit may store the date and time information acquired by the photographing unit in the storage folder in association with the corresponding image data.

Further, the mobile communication terminal is owned by each of a plurality of users constituting a plurality of groups, and the server has a user information storage unit that stores user information including group information to which the plurality of users who own the mobile communication terminal belong. The storage unit may acquire the user information of the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the image data from the user information storage unit and store the user information in the storage folder in association with the image data.

Further, the server may be provided with a re-shooting instruction unit that prompts the user who has taken the image data to re-acquire the image data according to the instruction of the group supervisor who manages the group to which the user who has taken the image data belongs. good.

In order to solve the above problems, the image management method according to the present invention is an image management method performed by using a mobile communication terminal and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal via a network, and is a mobile communication. At the terminal, after the reception step of receiving the designation of any one of the plurality of work processes at the work site from the user and the designation of the work process from the user at the mobile communication terminal, the state of the work process is shown. The server includes a shooting step for shooting, image data taken by the shooting step in the mobile communication terminal, and a terminal-side communication step for transmitting work process information indicating the work process received by the reception step. A server-side communication step for receiving work process information and a storage step for storing image data in a storage folder for each work process specified from the work process information on the server are provided.

In order to solve the above problems, the image management program according to the present invention is an image management program used in an image management system including a mobile communication terminal and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal via a network. , A reception function that accepts the designation of any one of a plurality of work processes at the work site from the user on the mobile communication terminal, and the state of the work process is photographed after the designation of the work process from the user. The shooting function, the image data taken by the shooting function, and the terminal-side communication function for transmitting the work process information indicating the work process received by the reception function are realized.

Further, the image management program according to the present invention is an image management program used in an image management system including a mobile communication terminal and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal via a network, and image data is stored in the server. A server-side communication function for receiving work process information and a storage function for storing image data in a storage folder for each work process specified from the work process information are realized.

In the image management system of the present invention, the user specifies which of a plurality of existing work processes is the work process to be photographed before photographing the state of the work process at the work site. Then, the captured image data is stored in the storage folder for each work process designated by the user by the storage unit. For this reason, the storage folder in which the image data is already saved is selected at the time of shooting, and when shooting continuously, a work process in which each of the plurality of image data corresponds to one specification. Can be selected at once. Further, for example, when the user saves the image data on the server, the work of separately selecting the folder in which each image data is saved does not occur. As a result, it is possible to efficiently store a large amount of captured image data.

Further, since the user operates the mobile communication terminal provided with the photographing unit to specify the work process, the work process can be selected immediately before the photographing at the site where the photographing is performed. As a result, for example, the user operates a server installed in the office in advance, selects a work process corresponding to the image data to be photographed, and then goes to the construction site to photograph the state of the work process. In comparison with, it is possible to prevent omission of designation and designation error of the work process.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the image management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the configuration example of the server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the storage folder in the data storage part shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the configuration example of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the processing flow in an image management system. It is a figure which shows the display content of the display part before taking a picture by a mobile communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the display content of the display part after taking a picture by a mobile communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the modification example of a server.

The image management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration example of an image management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image management system 1 is a system that collectively manages image data.
As shown in FIG. 1, the image management system 1 is composed of a mobile communication terminal 10, a server 30, and a supervisor terminal 40 connected to each other via a network 20.

Here, the image management system 1 of the present invention is a system that manages image data obtained by photographing the state of a process at a work site such as a construction site where a plurality of processes (work processes) are constructed by a plurality of groups. , It is a system that organizes and saves the acquired image data for the purpose of, for example, submitting it to the government office as needed.
The type of construction may be any construction as long as it is a construction in which a plurality of processes are performed, such as civil engineering work and construction work.

Each of the plurality of groups performing such construction includes a plurality of field workers 50 (users) and a group supervisor 51 (users) who supervises the field workers 50.
The mobile communication terminal 10 is, for example, a device owned by each of the field worker 50 and the group supervisor 51, and corresponds to, for example, a smartphone or a tablet. Although the illustration of the plurality of mobile communication terminals 10 is omitted in FIG. 1, the plurality of mobile communication terminals 10 are actually connected to the network 20.

The supervisor terminal 40 is a terminal mainly used by the group supervisor 51, and in the illustrated example, it is a personal computer used by the group supervisor 51 in the site office attached to the construction site. The supervisor terminal 40 is not limited to such an aspect, and may be a personal computer arranged in the office of the construction company or a portable tablet.
Further, although not shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of supervisor terminals 40 may be connected to the network 20. Further, in addition to the group supervisor 51, a person who is authorized to use the site worker 50 or a person in charge of the construction site who supervises the group supervisor 51 may use the supervisor terminal 40.

The network 20 is a network for connecting the image management system 1 and various devices to each other, and is, for example, a wireless network or a wired network.
Specifically, the network 20 includes a wireless LAN (wireless LAN: WLAN), a wide area network (wide area network: WAN), ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, LTE (long term evolution), and LTE. 4th generation (4G), 5th generation (5G), CDMA (code division network access), WCDMA (registered trademark), Ethernet (registered trademark) and the like.

The network 20 is not limited to these examples, and the network 20 is not limited to these examples, for example, the public switched telephone network (Public Switched Telephone Network: PSTN), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Bluetooth Low Energy, optical line, ADSL. (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) A line, a satellite communication network, or the like may be used, and any network may be used.

Further, the network 20 may be, for example, NB-IoT (Narrow Band IoT) or eMTC (enhanced Machine Type Communication). NB-IoT and eMTC are wireless communication systems for IoT, and are networks capable of long-distance communication at low cost and low power consumption.

Further, the network 20 may be a combination of these. Further, the network 20 may include a plurality of different networks in which these examples are combined. For example, the network 20 may include a wireless network by LTE and a wired network such as an intranet which is a closed network.

Next, the configuration of the server 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the server 30, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a storage folder in the data storage unit 32 of the server 30.
The server 30 includes a server-side communication unit 31, a data storage unit 32, a user information storage unit 33, a server processing unit 34, and a program storage unit 35.

The server-side communication unit 31 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving various data via the network 20. Various types of data include image data, explanatory information, date and time information, user information, notification information, reshooting instructions, and the like, which will be described later.
Further, the server-side communication unit 31 transmits the quantity information indicating the quantity of each of the image data and the explanatory information stored in the storage folder by the storage unit 34A to the terminal-side communication unit 11 described later of the mobile communication terminal 10. The server-side communication unit 31 also receives the explanatory information transmitted from the terminal-side communication unit 11.

The data storage unit 32 stores various data including image data in a storage folder. The data storage unit 32 is provided with a plurality of storage folders for each process.
As shown in FIG. 3, in each storage folder, image data taken as a state of the corresponding process is stored in association with explanatory information, date and time information, and user information taken. A process name is assigned to the storage folder.

The user information storage unit 33 stores user information to which a plurality of users belong. The user information is, for example, information in which a user's personal name is registered, and is information indicating a user of each of a plurality of mobile communication terminals 10.
Further, the user information includes group information indicating a group to which the user belongs and job title information indicating a job title in the group. That is, by confirming the user information, it is possible to identify which user the user of each of the plurality of mobile communication terminals 10 is.

The server processing unit 34 is a computer that controls each unit of the server 30, and may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or the like. The server processing unit 34 is not limited to these examples, and may be any computer as long as it controls each unit of the server 30.

The server processing unit 34 includes a storage unit 34A, a notification unit 34B, a user authority setting unit 34C, and a re-shooting instruction unit 34D.
The storage unit 34A stores the image data in the storage folder for each process specified from the process information (work process information). At this time, the storage unit 34A stores the explanatory information input by the user at the time of shooting in the storage folder in association with the image data. That is, the image data and the explanatory information are stored in the storage folder indicating the process corresponding to the process indicated by the explanatory information.

Further, the storage unit 34A stores the date and time information acquired by the shooting unit 14 in the storage folder in association with the corresponding image data.
Further, the storage unit 34A acquires the user information of the mobile communication terminal 10 that has transmitted the image data from the user information storage unit 33, and stores the user information in the storage folder in association with the image data.

The notification unit 34B generates notification information that prompts the user to take a picture of the state of the process. The server-side communication unit 31 transmits the notification information to the terminal-side communication unit 11 of the mobile communication terminal 10 described later.
The user authority setting unit 34C sets the viewing authority for the mobile communication terminal 10 to see if the image data can be viewed based on the group information described in the user information. The user authority setting unit 34C sets the viewing authority for the mobile communication terminal 10 based on the job title information described in the user information.
The re-shooting instruction unit 34D urges the user who has taken the image data to re-acquire the image data according to the instruction of the group supervisor 51 who manages the group to which the user who has taken the image data belongs.

The program storage unit 35 has a function of storing various control programs required for the server processing unit 34 to operate. Each of the above-mentioned storage units is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory.
By executing the control program stored in the program storage unit 35, the server processing unit 34 realizes each function to be realized as the image management system 1. Each function referred to here includes a server-side communication function and a storage function as functions realized by the server 30.

Next, the configuration of the mobile communication terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile communication terminal 10.
The mobile communication terminal 10 includes a terminal-side communication unit 11, a terminal storage unit 12, a terminal processing unit 13, a photographing unit 14, and a display unit 15 as a touch panel.

The terminal-side communication unit 11 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving various data via the network 20. Various types of data include image data, explanatory information, date and time information, user information, notification information, reshooting instructions, and the like, which will be described later.
The terminal-side communication unit 11 transmits various types of information to the server 30. That is, the terminal-side communication unit 11 transmits the date and time information and the user information together with the image data and the process information to the server-side communication unit 31.

The terminal storage unit 12 has a function of storing various control programs and various data required for the terminal processing unit 13 to operate. The terminal storage unit 12 is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory.
By executing the control program stored in the terminal storage unit 12, the terminal processing unit 13 realizes each function to be realized as the image management system 1. Each function referred to here includes a reception function, a shooting function, and a terminal-side communication function, which will be described later.

The terminal processing unit 13 is a computer that controls each unit of the mobile communication terminal 10, and may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an ASIC, an FPGA, or the like. The terminal processing unit 13 is not limited to these examples, and may be any computer as long as it controls each unit of the mobile communication terminal 10.

The terminal processing unit 13 includes a reception unit 13A, a shooting processing unit 13B, and a display processing unit 13C.
The reception unit 13A receives from the user the designation of any one of the plurality of processes at the construction site. The reception unit 13A receives the process designation from the user via the user's operation on the display unit 15. The reception unit 13A further receives explanatory information explaining the content of the image data input by the user.

The photographing unit 14 is a camera capable of photographing the state of the process by the operation of the user. The photographing unit 14 can perform photography in response to an operation from the user processed by the photographing processing unit 13B. The photographing unit 14 acquires date and time information indicating the date and time at that time when photographing the state of the process.

The display unit 15 is a monitor that displays information processed by the display processing unit 13C, and is a touch panel. Therefore, the user can perform various operations by pressing the touch panel. The display unit 15 displays the image data and the explanatory information, and also displays the quantity information of each of the image data and the explanatory information.
In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 transmits the broadcast information to the user. As a method of transmitting the notification information to the user, for example, the notification information may be displayed on the display unit 15, or may be transmitted by sound or vibration.

Next, the control flow of the image management system 1 and the contents of the operation in the mobile communication terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the image management system 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the display contents of the display unit 15 before taking a picture with the mobile communication terminal 10, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the display contents of the display unit 15 after taking a picture with the mobile communication terminal 10.

First, as an operation to start the operation, the user presses the button A for starting shooting of the mobile communication terminal 10 shown in FIG. 6A. Then, the reception step (FIG. 5: S501) is performed on the mobile communication terminal 10.
In the reception step, the reception unit 13A receives from the user the designation of any one of a plurality of processes at the construction site as a process for the user to take a picture from now on.

At this time, when the user presses the button B on which the process name is displayed as shown in FIG. 6B, the reception unit 13A accepts the process designation from the user. Here, in the present embodiment, the storage folder corresponding to the process name is prepared in advance.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to such an aspect, and the user who performs shooting may create a storage folder before shooting, or the name of the storage folder from the supervisor terminal 40 or the mobile communication terminal 10. May be editable.

Next, a shooting step (FIG. 5: S502) is performed on the mobile communication terminal 10. In the shooting step, after the user specifies the process, the shooting captures the state of the process. At this time, by pressing the shooting button C as shown in FIG. 6C, the shooting unit 14 is activated. Then, the user takes a picture of a part of the process that needs to be recorded.

Then, in the shooting step, after shooting, the user inputs explanatory information explaining the acquired image data. The explanatory information is information such as matters to be noted at the time of confirmation and background at the time of shooting in the image data. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7A, the user can input explanatory information by clicking the memo field on the right side of the displayed image data. It is not necessary to enter the explanatory information.

Next, the terminal-side communication step (FIG. 5: S503) is performed on the mobile communication terminal 10. In the terminal-side communication step, the terminal-side communication unit 11 transmits various data such as image data captured by the shooting step and process information indicating the process received by the reception step to the server-side communication unit 31. Further, the various data to be transmitted at this time include user information and date and time information.
Next, the server side communication step (FIG. 5: S504) is performed on the server 30. In the server-side communication step, the server-side communication unit 31 receives various information including image data and process information from the terminal-side communication unit 11.

Then, the storage step (FIG. 5: S505) is performed on the server 30. In the storage step, the storage unit 34A stores the image data in the storage folder for each process specified from the process information. At this time, the storage unit 34A stores the date and time information and the user information in the storage folder in association with the image data.

Then, when the user presses the album list button D shown in FIG. 7A and returns to the album list in which the folder names are arranged as shown in FIG. 7B, the stored image data and explanation are given. The quantity with the information is displayed respectively. The user confirms this quantity and grasps whether or not the numbers of the image data and the explanatory information match. In this way, since the album is created with the specified process name, it is possible to efficiently search for the image data to be confirmed and improve the handleability of the image data, rather than the configuration in which the folder is created based on the date and time information, for example. be able to.

Then, the group supervisor 51 performs the confirmation step (FIG. 5: S506) using the supervisor terminal 40 connected to the server 30.
In the confirmation step, the group supervisor 51 confirms the image data. The confirmation of the image data is to confirm whether or not the image data in an appropriate state is stored, such as whether or not an appropriate part is photographed and whether or not the image data is unclear as the state of the imaged process.

Then, in the confirmation step, if the image data is appropriate (YES in S507), the image management method ends. On the other hand, if the image data is inappropriate (NO in S507), the re-shooting instruction step (FIG. 5: S508) is performed.
In the re-shooting instruction step, inappropriate image data is selected by the operation of the group supervisor 51. As a result, the re-shooting instruction unit 34D confirms the user information associated with the image data, and instructs the corresponding user to re-shoot the state of the process corresponding to the inappropriate image data.
Specific instructions include a method in which the group supervisor 51 deletes inappropriate image data, and a method in which "retake" is entered in the memo field of the inappropriate image data. Then, the confirmation step and the re-shooting instruction step are repeated until appropriate image data is stored.

In addition, the user repeats the same process when the construction starts in the next process. At this time, the notification information transmitted from the notification unit 34B to the mobile communication terminal 10 can prompt the user to take a picture of the state of the process.

As described above, according to the image management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the user takes a picture of the process at the construction site before taking a picture of the process, which is one of a plurality of steps. Specify. Then, the captured image data is stored in the storage folder for each process designated by the user by the storage unit 34A.
For this reason, the storage folder in which the image data is already saved is selected at the time of shooting, and when shooting continuously, a process corresponding to each of the plurality of image data can be performed by specifying once. You can select all at once. Further, for example, when the user saves the image data in the server 30, the work of separately selecting the folder in which each image data is saved does not occur. As a result, it is possible to efficiently store a large amount of captured image data.

Further, since the user operates the mobile communication terminal 10 provided with the photographing unit 14 to specify the process, the process can be selected immediately before the photographing at the site where the photographing is performed. As a result, for example, the user operates the server 30 installed in the office in advance, selects the process to which the image data to be photographed corresponds, and then goes to the construction site to photograph the state of the process. In comparison, it is possible to prevent omission of specification and specification error of the process.

Further, the storage unit 34A stores the explanatory information received from the user by the reception unit 13A in the storage folder in association with the image data. Therefore, in the image data, items to be noted at the time of confirmation and information such as the background at the time of shooting can be saved in association with the image data. This makes it possible to ensure convenience when checking the image data later.

Further, since the mobile communication terminal 10 includes the display unit 15 and the display unit 15 displays the quantity information of each of the image data and the explanatory information together, for example, an operation in which the explanatory information is input to all the image data is performed. When this is done, it is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of omission of input of explanatory information.

Further, since the server 30 includes the user information storage unit 33 and the user authority setting unit 34C, the group supervisor 51 can easily set the viewing authority for each group to which each user belongs. , The convenience of the image management system 1 can be further ensured.
Further, since the user authority setting unit 34C can set the viewing authority based on the job title information described in the user information, the handleability of the information at the construction site can be ensured.

Further, the server 30 includes a notification unit 34B that generates notification information that prompts the user to take a picture of the state of the process, and the mobile communication terminal 10 transmits the notification information generated by the notification unit 34B to the user, so that the user can perform each process. It is possible to surely prevent forgetting to take a picture of the situation.

Further, the storage unit 34A stores the date and time information acquired by the shooting unit 14 in the storage folder in association with the corresponding image data. Therefore, for example, using the date and time information, it is possible to perform an operation of displaying the image data in chronological order or searching for the image data obtained by capturing the state of the process at a predetermined time.

Further, the storage unit 34A acquires the user information of the mobile communication terminal 10 that has transmitted the image data from the user information storage unit 33, and stores the user information in the storage folder in association with the image data. This makes it possible to easily confirm which user has taken the image data.

In addition, the server 30 includes a re-shooting instruction unit 34D that prompts the user who has taken the image data to re-acquire the image data according to the instruction of the group supervisor 51. For this reason, when the captured image data is unclear or the part that should be captured is not properly captured, the group supervisor 51 can easily instruct the user to re-shoot. can.

It goes without saying that the image management system 1 is not limited to the above embodiment and may be realized by other methods. Hereinafter, various modification examples will be described.
For example, the control program of the above embodiment may be provided in a state of being stored in a storage medium readable by a computer. The storage medium can store the control program in a "non-temporary tangible medium". The storage medium can include any suitable storage medium such as HDD or SDD, or a suitable combination of two or more thereof. The storage medium may be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile. The storage medium is not limited to these examples, and may be any device or medium as long as the control program can be stored.

Further, the image management system 1 can realize each function shown in the embodiment by reading the control program stored in the storage medium and executing the read control program, for example. Further, the control program may be provided to the image management system 1 via an arbitrary transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.). The image management system 1 realizes the functions of the plurality of functional units shown in each embodiment by executing a control program downloaded via the Internet or the like, for example.

Further, the control program is implemented using, for example, a script language such as ActionScript or JavaScript (registered trademark), an object-oriented programming language such as Objective-C or Java (registered trademark), a markup language such as HTML5, or the like. May be good.

At least a part of the processing in the image management system 1 may be realized by cloud computing composed of one or more computers. Further, each functional unit of the image management system 1 may be realized by one or a plurality of circuits that realize the functions shown in the above embodiment, and the functions of the plurality of functional units are realized by one circuit. May be good.

For example, the server 30B according to the modified example shown in FIG. 8 is realized by cloud computing. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modified example of the server 30B. The server 30B is composed of an application server 131, a storage 132, and a data server 133.

In the server 30B according to the modified example, the storage 132 and the data server 133 are responsible for the functions of the data storage unit 32. That is, the storage 132 stores the image data itself. In addition, the data server 133 stores an ID for identifying image data, explanatory information, date and time information, and user information. That is, the storage folder is realized by the storage 132 and the data server 133.

Further, in the above embodiment, the construction site has been described as an example of a work site having a plurality of work processes, but the field to which this image management system is applied is not limited to the construction site. That is, if it is a work site where it is required to acquire and save a large amount of image data in time series, it can be applied to various fields such as education-related, beauty-related, and eating and drinking-related.

Further, although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described based on various drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and modifications based on the present disclosure. It should be noted, therefore, that these modifications and modifications are within the scope of this disclosure. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. can be combined or divided into one. .. In addition, the configurations shown in each embodiment may be combined as appropriate.

1 Image management system 10 Mobile communication terminal 20 Network 30 Server 40 Administrator terminal 50 Field worker (user)
51 Group supervisor (user)

Claims (10)

An image management system including a mobile communication terminal, a supervisor terminal, and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal and the supervisor terminal via a network.
The mobile communication terminal is
Display and
When the user presses any one of the plurality of buttons displayed on the display unit, which displays the names of the plurality of work processes at the work site, the user can receive the designation of the work process, and the above-mentioned A reception department that accepts explanatory information that explains the contents of image data that captures the state of the work process,
After the user specifies the work process, a photographing unit that captures the state of the work process and a photographing unit.
The image data taken by the photographing unit and the work process information indicating the work process received by the receiving unit are transmitted, and the terminal-side communication unit that transmits the explanatory information to the server is provided.
The supervisor terminal is a terminal used by a group supervisor who manages a group to which the user belongs, the user who is authorized to use the user, or a person in charge of a construction site who supervises the group supervisor. can be,
The server
A server-side communication unit that receives the image data and the work process information, and also receives the explanatory information transmitted from the terminal-side communication unit.
The image data is stored in a storage folder for each work process specified from the work process information, and a storage unit for storing the explanatory information in association with the image data in the storage folder is provided.
An image management system characterized in that a name of the work process is assigned to the storage folder, and the name of the storage folder can be edited from the supervisor terminal or the mobile communication terminal. The server-side communication unit transmits the quantity information indicating the quantity of each of the image data and the explanatory information stored in the storage folder by the storage unit to the terminal-side communication unit.
The image management system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the quantity information of each of the image data and the explanatory information together with the work process information. The mobile communication terminal is owned by each of a plurality of users constituting a plurality of groups, and is owned by each of the plurality of users.
The server includes a user information storage unit that stores user information including group information to which the plurality of users belong, and a user information storage unit.
The mobile communication terminal is characterized by comprising a user authority setting unit for setting a viewing authority as to whether or not the image data can be viewed based on the group information described in the user information. The image management system according to any one of claims 1 to 2. The user information includes job title information in the group to which the user belongs.
The image management system according to claim 3, wherein the user authority setting unit sets the viewing authority for the mobile communication terminal based on the job title information described in the user information. The server includes a notification unit that generates notification information that prompts the user to take a picture of the state of the work process.
The server-side communication unit transmits the notification information to the terminal-side communication unit, and the server-side communication unit transmits the notification information to the terminal-side communication unit.
The image management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile communication terminal transmits the broadcast information to the user. The photographing unit acquires date and time information indicating the date and time at that time when photographing the state of the work process.
The terminal-side communication unit transmits the date and time information together with the image data and the work process information to the server-side communication unit.
The image management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the storage unit stores the date and time information acquired by the photographing unit in the storage folder in association with the corresponding image data. The mobile communication terminal is owned by each of a plurality of users constituting a plurality of groups, and is owned by each of the plurality of users.
The server includes a user information storage unit that stores user information including group information to which the plurality of users who own the mobile communication terminal belong.
The storage unit is characterized in that the user information of the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the image data is acquired from the user information storage unit, and the user information is associated with the image data and stored in the storage folder. The image management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The server provides a re-shooting instruction unit that prompts the user who has taken the image data to re-acquire the image data according to the instruction of the group supervisor who manages the group to which the user who has taken the image data belongs. The image management system according to claim 7, wherein the image management system is provided. An image management method performed by using a mobile communication terminal, a supervisor terminal, and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal and the supervisor terminal via a network.
The computer of the mobile communication terminal
The work process can be specified by the user pressing any one of the plurality of buttons displaying the names of the plurality of work processes at the work site displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. A reception step that accepts and also accepts explanatory information that explains the contents of image data obtained by photographing the state of the work process.
After the user specifies the work process, a shooting step of photographing the state of the work process and a shooting step
The image data taken by the shooting step and the work process information indicating the work process received by the reception step are transmitted, and the terminal-side communication step of transmitting the explanatory information to the server is executed.
The computer of the server
A server-side communication step that receives the image data and the work process information, and also receives the explanatory information transmitted in the terminal-side communication step.
The image data is stored in the storage folder for each work process specified from the work process information, and the storage step of storing the explanatory information in association with the image data in the storage folder is executed.
The supervisor terminal is a terminal used by a group supervisor who manages a group to which the user belongs, the user who is authorized to use the user, or a person in charge of a construction site who supervises the group supervisor. can be,
An image management method characterized in that a name of the work process is assigned to the storage folder, and the name of the storage folder can be edited from the supervisor terminal or the mobile communication terminal. An image management program used in an image management system including a mobile communication terminal, a supervisor terminal, and a server connected to the mobile communication terminal and the supervisor terminal via a network.
To the computer of the mobile communication terminal
The work process can be specified by the user pressing any one of the plurality of buttons displaying the names of the plurality of work processes at the work site displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. A reception function that accepts and also accepts explanatory information that explains the contents of image data obtained by capturing the state of the work process.
After the user specifies the work process, a shooting function for photographing the state of the work process and
The image data taken by the shooting function and the work process information indicating the work process received by the reception function are transmitted, and the terminal-side communication function of transmitting the explanatory information to the server is realized.
On the computer of the server
A server-side communication function that receives the image data and the work process information, and also receives explanatory information transmitted in the terminal-side communication function.
A storage function of storing the image data in a storage folder for each work process specified from the work process information and storing the explanatory information in the storage folder in association with the image data is realized.
The supervisor terminal is a terminal used by a group supervisor who manages a group to which the user belongs, the user who is authorized to use the user, or a person in charge of a construction site who supervises the group supervisor. can be,
An image management program characterized in that a name of the work process is assigned to the storage folder, and the name of the storage folder can be edited from the supervisor terminal or the mobile communication terminal.

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