JP6931172B2 - Image search device, image search program, and image search method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image search device, an image search program, and an image search method.

There is known an image sharing service that can publish (for example, non-) the image data taken by the user to an unspecified user by uploading (posting) the image data to a specific server on the Internet. See Patent Document 1). The image sharing service is provided with an image search function for searching for desired image data from a large number of image data uploaded to a server. For example, when a user searches using "carbonara" as a search keyword, a list of image data tagged with "carbonara" is displayed as a search result. Further, in the image sharing service, it is possible to make a telephone call to the restaurant, send an e-mail, apply for a reservation, etc. from the profile page of the corporate account of the restaurant or the like.

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By the way, it is conceivable that a user who wants to eat delicious carbonara (tentatively referred to as user X) uses the image search function to search for a restaurant that offers delicious carbonara. In this case, the user X who searched using "carbonara" as a search keyword is selected from the image data of carbonara displayed as the search result by another user (tentatively referred to as restaurant X) at a certain restaurant (temporarily referred to as restaurant X). There are times when you want to go to restaurant X by looking at the image data of carbonara taken by (referred to as user Y). However, in the image sharing service, even if the user X manipulates the image data, only the profile page of the user Y is displayed. Therefore, the user X who is interested in the restaurant X cannot be effectively guided to the profile page of the restaurant X.

An object of the present invention is an image search device, an image search method, and an image search capable of effectively guiding a user who sees image data displayed as a search result to a profile page of a corporate account such as a restaurant. To provide a program.

The image search device according to the present invention includes a search processing unit that extracts image data that matches the search conditions from a plurality of image data associated with a user account, and one or more image data extracted by the search processing unit. The first display processing unit that displays the image data as a search result, and one or more of the image data displayed as the search result, which is image data associated with a user account of the first type and is the first. When personally photographed image data taken at a facility corresponding to a second type user account different from the first type is operated, a predetermined specific page corresponding to the second type user account can be displayed. It is provided with a second display processing unit.

The image search program according to the present invention is extracted by a search step of extracting image data matching the search conditions from a plurality of image data associated with a user account on one or a plurality of processors, and the search step. The first display step of displaying one or more of the image data as a search result, and the image data associated with the first type of user account among the one or more of the image data displayed as the search result. When personally photographed image data taken at a facility corresponding to a second type user account different from the first type is operated, a predetermined specific page corresponding to the second type user account is operated. Is an image search program for executing a second display step capable of displaying.

The image search method according to the present invention includes a search step of extracting image data matching the search conditions from a plurality of image data associated with a user account, and one or a plurality of the images extracted in the search step. The first display step of displaying the data as a search result, and the image data associated with the user account of the first type among the one or more image data displayed as the search result, the first type and the same. Is a second display that can display a predetermined specific page corresponding to the second type user account when personally photographed image data taken at a facility corresponding to a different second type user account is manipulated. Including steps.

According to the present invention, an image search device, an image search method, and an image search capable of effectively guiding a user who sees image data displayed as a search result to a profile page of a corporate account such as a restaurant. The program is provided.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image search system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of user account information used in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of image information used in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of company profile information used in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of the upload process executed by the image search device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure of image search processing executed by the image search device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a search result page displayed on a user terminal in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display setting page displayed on a user terminal in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a search result page displayed on a user terminal in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a profile page displayed on a user terminal in the image search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for the purpose of understanding the present invention. The following embodiments are examples that embody the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[Image search system 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the image search system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an image search device 2 and one or more user terminals 3. The image search device 2 and the user terminal 3 can communicate with each other via a communication network N1 such as the Internet, LAN, WAN, or a public telephone line.

The image search device 2 is a server that provides an image sharing service capable of disclosing image data taken by the user himself / herself to an unspecified user. The image search device 2 has an image search function for searching image data that matches the search conditions from a large number of image data uploaded (posted) by a plurality of users.

By the way, it is conceivable that a user who wants to eat delicious carbonara (temporarily called user X) uses the image search function in the image sharing service to search for a restaurant that offers delicious carbonara. In this case, the user X who searched using "carbonara" as a search keyword is selected from the image data of carbonara displayed as the search result by another user (tentatively referred to as restaurant X) at a certain restaurant (temporarily referred to as restaurant X). There are times when you want to go to restaurant X by looking at the image data of carbonara taken by (referred to as user Y). However, in the image sharing service, even if the user X manipulates the image data, only the profile page of the user Y is displayed. Therefore, the user X who is interested in the restaurant X cannot be effectively guided to the profile page of the restaurant X. On the other hand, according to the image search device 2 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively guide the user who sees the image data displayed as the search result to the profile page of the corporate account such as a restaurant. Is.

[Image search device 2]
As shown in FIG. 1, the image retrieval device 2 is a server including a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, an operation display unit 23, a communication I / F 24, and the like. The image search device 2 is not limited to one computer, and may be a computer system in which a plurality of computers operate in cooperation with each other. Further, various processes executed by the image search device 2 may be distributed and executed by one or a plurality of processors.

The communication I / F 24 connects the image search device 2 to the communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and executes data communication according to a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as a user terminal 3 via the communication network N1. It is a communication interface for

The operation display unit 23 is a user interface including a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various information, and an operation unit such as a mouse, keyboard, or touch panel that accepts operations.

The storage unit 22 is a non-volatile storage unit such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive) that stores various types of information. Specifically, the storage unit 22 stores data such as user account information D1, image information D2, and company profile information D3. Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of user account information D1, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of image information D2, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of company profile information D3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the user account information D1 includes information such as a "user ID", a "password", and an "account type" for each user registered in the image sharing service. The "user ID" is identification information for identifying the user. The "password" is authentication information for authenticating the user. The "account type" is the account type of the user (specifically, an individual account or a corporate account). The personal account is a user account of a general user. The personal account is an example of the "first type user account" of the present invention. The corporate account is a user account of a company such as a restaurant, an accommodation facility, or an online shop. The corporate account is an example of the "second type user account" of the present invention. The user account information D1 is referred to by the control unit 21 as necessary during the upload process (see FIG. 5) or the image search process (see FIG. 6), which will be described later.

The image information D2 includes information such as "image ID", "user ID", "tag information", and "location information" for each image data uploaded (posted) to the image search device 2. The "image ID" is identification information for identifying the image data. The "user ID" is identification information for identifying the user who uploaded the image data. The "tag information" is information indicating a hash tag associated with the image data. The hashtag is an arbitrary character string specified by the user as needed when the image data is uploaded. A plurality of hashtags may be associated with one image data. In another embodiment, the hashtag may be automatically set based on the image recognition result by AI (artificial intelligence). The "location information" is information indicating the place where the image data was taken, and is, for example, a place name, a facility name, or the like. The "location information" is specified or selected by the user when the image data is uploaded. In another embodiment, it may be automatically set based on the Exif (Exif image file format) information included in the image data. Further, the image data may be automatically set based on the current position of the user terminal 3 when the image data is uploaded from the user terminal 3 to the image search device 2.

The company profile information D3 includes information such as a "user ID", a "facility name", a "telephone number", an "email address", a "location", and a "reservation page" for each company account. The "user ID" is identification information for identifying the company account. The "facility name" is the name of a facility (for example, a restaurant, an accommodation facility, etc.) corresponding to the corporate account. The "telephone number" is the telephone number of the facility. The "email address" is the email address of the facility. "Location" is the location of the facility. The "reservation page" is an address of a web page (for example, the URL of the web page) for accepting an online reservation (web reservation) of the facility. The web page may be provided by a server different from the image search device 2 (for example, a server of a gourmet information providing site that provides information about restaurants). Information such as "facility name", "phone number", "email address", "location", and "reservation page" in the company profile information D3 is used as necessary when registering the company account in the image sharing service. Set by.

As another embodiment, a part or all of the information such as the user account information D1, the image information D2, and the company profile information D3 is stored in another server accessible from the image search device 2 via the communication network N1. It is also possible that it has been done. Then, the control unit 21 of the image search device 2 may acquire various information from the server and execute each process such as an image search process (see FIG. 6) described later.

In addition, the storage unit 22 also stores data on a search page (not shown) for inputting search conditions. In addition, data such as a search result page P1 (see FIGS. 7 and 9), a display setting page P2 (see FIG. 8), and a profile page P3 (see FIG. 10), which will be described later, are also stored in the storage unit 22.

Further, the storage unit 22 stores a control program such as an image search program for causing the control unit 21 to execute an image search process (see FIG. 6) described later. For example, the image search program is non-temporarily recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD or DVD, and is read by a reader (not shown) such as a CD drive or a DVD drive included in the image search device 2. It is stored in the storage unit 22.

The control unit 21 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various arithmetic processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (working area) for various processes executed by the CPU. Then, the control unit 21 controls the image search device 2 by executing various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 22 on the CPU.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 21 includes various processing units such as a search processing unit 211, a first display processing unit 212, and a second display processing unit 213. The control unit 21 functions as these processing units by executing various processes according to the image search program on the CPU. A part or all of the processing units included in the control unit 21 may be composed of an electronic circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The image search program may be a program for causing a plurality of processors to function as the various processing units.

The search processing unit 211 extracts image data that matches the search conditions from the plurality of image data associated with the user account. The image data is, for example, image data uploaded from the user terminal 3 to the image search device 2 and stored in the storage unit 22. The image data uploaded from the user terminal 3 to the image search device 2 is associated with the user account by the image information D2 shown in FIG. For example, the "image A" shown in FIG. 3 is associated with a user account whose user ID is "user C". Further, the "image C" is associated with a user account whose user ID is "user D". The search conditions are set according to, for example, a user operation on the user terminal 3. The user of the user terminal 3 can input a search keyword consisting of an arbitrary character string as the search condition. The search processing unit 211 refers to the image information D2 and extracts the image data associated with the hashtag that matches the search keyword from the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit 22. Can be done.

The first display processing unit 212 displays one or more of the image data extracted by the search processing unit 211 as a search result. For example, the first display processing unit 212 generates the data of the search result page P1 as shown in FIG. 7, and transmits the data to the user terminal 3 through the communication I / F24 and the communication network N1. As a result, the search result page P1 is displayed on the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3. FIG. 7 shows the search result page P1 when the character string "Carbonara" is input as the search condition. In this example, 52,658 image data with the hashtag of "Carbonara" are extracted, and the user scrolls the search result page P1 to obtain 52,658 of these image data. Image data can be freely browsed.

The image data displayed as the search result by the first display processing unit 212 includes the image data associated with the first type user account (for example, personal account) and the second type user account (for example, corporate account). Image data associated with is included. Hereinafter, a case where the first type user account is a personal account and the second type user account is a corporate account will be described. The image data associated with the personal account is the image data uploaded by a general user. The image data associated with the corporate account is the image data uploaded by a facility such as a restaurant.

The first display processing unit 212 is image data associated with a personal account among one or more of the image data displayed as the search result, as shown on the search result page P1 shown in FIG. 7, and is a company. A predetermined operation image F1 may be combined and displayed on image data (hereinafter, referred to as personally photographed image data) taken at a facility corresponding to the account (for example, a restaurant, an accommodation facility, etc.). In particular, as shown in FIG. 7, the first display processing unit 212 can arrange a plurality of the image data as the search result and display them on the search result page P1 at the same time, and display them on the search result page P1. It is possible to combine the operation image F1 with the personally photographed image data among the plurality of the image data to be displayed.

The first display processing unit 212 sets the display mode of the personally photographed image data in a first display mode in which the operation image F1 is compositely displayed and a second display mode in which the operation image F1 is not compositely displayed in response to user input. You may switch between. For example, the first display processing unit 212 displays the personally photographed image data in the first display mode and the second display mode in response to the operation of the switch key SW1 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. It may be switched between modes. The display setting page P2 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, for example, when the display setting key K11 included in the search result page P1 is operated. As a result, the user can hide the operation image F1 as needed to improve the visibility of the image data on the search result page P1.

The first display processing unit 212 may combine and display the corporate account identification image B1 on the image data G2, G9, and G10 associated with the corporate account, as shown on the search result page P1 shown in FIG. As a result, the user can use the image data G1, G3 to G8, G11, G12 associated with the personal account and the image data G2 associated with the corporate account among the plurality of image data G1 to G12 displayed on the search result page P1. , G9, G10 can be easily distinguished.

The first display processing unit 212 does not compositely display the display mode of the image data associated with the corporate account in response to the user input, the first display mode in which the corporate account identification image B1 is compositely displayed and the corporate account identification image B1. It may be switched between the second display mode. For example, the first display processing unit 212 sets the display mode of the image data associated with the corporate account to the first display mode and the first display mode in response to the operation of the switch key SW1 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. You may switch between the two display modes. As a result, the user can hide the corporate account identification image B1 as needed to improve the visibility of the image data on the search result page P1.

The first display processing unit 212 displays the corporate account identification image B1 in response to a predetermined operation (for example, tap operation, click operation, long press operation, etc.) performed on the corporate account identification image B1. Information (for example, facility name, location, etc.) regarding the user account (that is, the company account) corresponding to the compositely displayed image data may be displayed. For example, the first display processing unit 212 can use the facility name of the facility corresponding to the corporate account and the facility name of the facility corresponding to the corporate account while the long press operation on the corporate account identification image B1 that is compositely displayed in the image data associated with the corporate account is detected. The location may pop up. As a result, the user can easily confirm the facility name and location of the facility corresponding to the corporate account.

The first display processing unit 212 includes image data related to the facility corresponding to the corporate account (that is, image data associated with the corporate account and image data associated with the personal account, which is image data taken at the facility. ) May be displayed with priority over other image data. For example, the first display processing unit 212 is related to the facility corresponding to the corporate account on the search result page P1 when the switch key SW2 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. 8 is set to the ON state. Only the image data to be displayed (that is, the image data in which the company account identification image B1 or the operation image F1 is compositely displayed) may be displayed. Alternatively, the first display processing unit 212 displays the image data related to the facility corresponding to the corporate account on the search result page P1 in combination with other image data (that is, both the corporate account identification image B1 and the operation image F1). It may be displayed higher than (that is, at a position closer to the top on the search result page P1) than the non-image data). This allows the user to find the desired facility more easily.

The first display processing unit 212 may display image data related to a facility corresponding to a corporate account of a specific genre (for example, a restaurant genre) with priority over other image data. For example, when the switch key SW3 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. 8 is set to the ON state, the first display processing unit 212 sets the company account of the restaurant genre on the search result page P1. Only image data related to the corresponding facility may be displayed. Alternatively, the first display processing unit 212 places the image data related to the facility corresponding to the corporate account of the restaurant genre on the search result page P1 higher than the other image data (that is, on the search result page P1). , Closer to the beginning) may be displayed. This allows the user to find the desired facility more easily.

The first display processing unit 212 may display one or a plurality of the image data extracted by the search processing unit 211 in a state of being collected for each facility corresponding to the corporate account. For example, when the switch key SW4 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. 8 is set to the ON state, the first display processing unit 212 is associated with the company account for each facility corresponding to the company account. The image data and the image data associated with the personal account taken at the facility corresponding to the company account may be displayed together. For example, in the search result page P1 shown in FIG. 9, the image data Ga1 and the image data Ga2 are image data (for example, image B shown in FIG. 3) associated with the corporate account of the restaurant C, and the image data Ga3. ~ Ga6 is the image data associated with the restaurant C (for example, the image D shown in FIG. 3) among the image data associated with the personal account. Further, the image data Gb1 is image data associated with the corporate account of the restaurant F, and the image data Gb2 to Gb5 are image data associated with the restaurant F among the image data associated with the personal account. Further, the image data Gc1 is image data associated with the corporate account of the restaurant H. As a result, the user can collectively check a plurality of image data related to the same facility regardless of whether the image data is associated with the corporate account or the personal account. Therefore, it becomes possible to find the desired facility more easily.

When the number of image data related to the same facility exceeds a predetermined upper limit, the first display processing unit 212 searches only the image data for the upper limit among the image data related to the facility. In addition to the initial display on the result page P1, the expansion operation key for displaying the remaining image data may be displayed on the search result page P1. Then, the first display processing unit 212 may display the remaining image data on the search result page P1 when the expansion operation key is operated. In this case, the first display processing unit 212 may preferentially initially display the image data associated with the corporate account among the image data related to the facility on the search result page P1.

The first display processing unit 212 may display the image data associated with the corporate account with priority over the personally photographed image data among the plurality of image data collected for each facility. For example, as shown in the search result page P1 shown in FIG. 9, the first display processing unit 212 selects the image data Ga1 and the image data Ga2 associated with the corporate account among the image data Ga1 to Ga6 related to the restaurant C. , It may be displayed higher than the image data Ga3 to Ga6 which are the personally photographed image data (that is, at a position closer to the head on the search result page P1). Similarly, the first display processing unit 212 ranks the image data Gb1 associated with the corporate account among the image data Gb1 to Gb5 related to the restaurant F higher than the image data Gb2 to Gb5 which is the personally photographed image data. (That is, on the search result page P1 at a position closer to the beginning). As a result, the user can easily find and confirm the image data associated with the corporate account from the plurality of image data collected for each facility.

The first display processing unit 212 collects one or more of the image data extracted by the search processing unit 211 for each facility corresponding to the corporate account, and from the point indicated by the input location information to the facility. It may be displayed in the order according to the distance of. For example, the first display processing unit 212 may use one or more of the images extracted by the search processing unit 211 when the switch key SW6 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. 8 is set to the ON state. The data may be displayed in the order in which the distance from the point specified by the user to the facility is short, in a state where the data is organized for each facility corresponding to the corporate account. As a result, on the search result page P1, image data related to the facility is displayed in order from the facility closest to the point indicated by the location information. Therefore, the user can easily find a desired facility from the facilities near the point indicated by the location information. The position information may indicate the current position of the user terminal 3 or may indicate an arbitrary point designated by the user.

The first display processing unit 212 may display one or more of the image data extracted by the search processing unit 211 in a display mode in which a collection of the image data related to the same facility can be visually recognized. For example, the first display processing unit 212 surrounds a plurality of image data related to the same facility with a frame when the switch key SW5 included in the display setting page P2 shown in FIG. 8 is set to the ON state. Thereby, the collection of the image data related to the same facility may be made visible. For example, in the search result page P1 shown in FIG. 9, the image data Ga1 to Ga6 related to the restaurant C are surrounded by the frame line L1, and the image data Gb1 to Gb5 related to the restaurant F are surrounded by the frame line L2. being surrounded. As a result, the user can easily identify the image data related to the same facility. In another embodiment, the first display processing unit 212 makes it possible to visually recognize a collection of the image data related to the same facility by making the contour line color or the background color of each image data different for each facility. You may.

The second display processing unit 213 corresponds to the facility in which the personally photographed image data was captured when the personally photographed image data was manipulated among the one or more image data displayed as the search result. Display the profile page P3 (see FIG. 10) of the corporate account. Specifically, the second display processing unit 213 corresponds to the company account when the part of the operation image F1 in the personally photographed image data is operated (for example, a tap operation, a click operation, a long press operation, etc.). Display the profile page P3. The profile page P3 is a page provided for each user account. On the profile page P3, the user ID of the corresponding user account, the image data associated with the user account (that is, the image data uploaded by the user corresponding to the user account), and the like are displayed. The profile page P3 is an example of the "specific page" of the present invention.

The second display processing unit 213 has a profile page P3 corresponding to the corporate account when the image data associated with the corporate account is operated among the one or a plurality of the image data displayed as the search result. May be displayed.

In addition, the second display processing unit 213 may display the profile page P3 of the personal account corresponding to the personally photographed image data when a part other than the operation image F1 in the personally photographed image data is operated.

In addition, as shown in the search result page P1 shown in FIG. 9, the second display processing unit 213 includes image data associated with the company account in the group of image data related to the same facility (for example, in FIG. 9). When the shown image data Ga1 and Ga2) are included, even if the personally photographed image data (for example, the image data Ga3 to Ga6 shown in FIG. 9) in the group is operated, the corporate account The corresponding profile page P3 may not be displayed. Then, the second display processing unit 213 displays the profile page P3 corresponding to the corporate account only when the image data associated with the corporate account (for example, the image data Ga1 and Ga2 shown in FIG. 9) is operated. It may be displayed. As a result, the image data associated with the corporate account (generally, the image data having higher quality and higher appeal effect than the personally photographed image data) can be surely exposed to the user's eyes. In this case, the second display processing unit 213 may hide the operation image F1.

[User terminal 3]
As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 3 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, an operation display unit 33, a communication I / F 34, a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor 35, a camera 36, and the like. The user terminal 3 is an information processing device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer.

The communication I / F 34 connects the user terminal 3 to the communication network N1 by wire or wirelessly, and executes data communication according to a predetermined communication protocol with an external device such as an image search device 2 via the communication network N1. It is a communication interface for

The operation display unit 33 includes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display that displays various information such as a message or a web page, and an operation unit such as a mouse, keyboard, hard key, or touch panel that accepts operations. It is a user interface.

The storage unit 32 is a non-volatile storage unit such as a flash memory that stores various types of information. For example, a control program such as an image sharing program is stored in the storage unit 32. The image sharing program controls the control unit 31 to execute a process for uploading (posting) image data to the image search device 2 and viewing the image data uploaded to the image search device 2. It is a program. In another embodiment, in order to cause the control unit 31 to execute a process for uploading (posting) image data to the image search device 2 and viewing the image data uploaded to the image search device 2. As the control program of, a browser program may be used instead of the image sharing program. The browser program is a control program for causing the control unit 31 to execute communication processing with an external device such as an image retrieval device 2 according to a communication protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).

The control unit 31 has control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which control programs such as a BIOS and an OS for causing the CPU to execute various processes are stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or non-volatile storage unit that stores various types of information, and is used as a temporary storage memory (working area) for various processes executed by the CPU. Then, the control unit 31 controls the user terminal 3 by executing various control programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 32 on the CPU.

Based on the signal from the GPS satellite, the GPS sensor 35 acquires GPS information including latitude information and longitude information indicating the current position of the user terminal 3.

The camera 36 has a lens, an image sensor, and the like, and outputs image data according to the light incident on the image sensor. The image data output from the camera 36 is converted into image data in a JPEG format or the like and recorded in the storage unit 32. GPS information (longitude, latitude, altitude) acquired by the GPS sensor 35 at the time of shooting may be embedded in the image data as metadata.

[Upload process]
Hereinafter, the upload process executed by the control unit 21 of the image search device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When an access (upload request) from the user terminal 3 occurs, the control unit 21 individually executes the upload process corresponding to each user terminal 3. That is, the control unit 21 may execute the upload process corresponding to the plurality of user terminals 3 in substantially parallel time division. In addition, the upload process may be terminated in the middle by a predetermined operation of the user terminal 3.

<Step S11>
First, in step S11, the control unit 21 executes a login process. Specifically, the control unit 21 receives the user ID and password from the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. Then, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the combination of the user ID and the password received from the user terminal 3 is registered in the user account information D1 (see FIG. 2). When the combination is registered in the user account information D1, the process proceeds to step S12. On the other hand, if the combination is not registered in the user account information D1, the upload process ends.

<Step S12>
In step S12, the control unit 21 receives image data, tag information, and position information from the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. The tag information and the position information may be omitted.

<Step S13>
In step S13, the control unit 21 stores the image data received in step S12 in the storage unit 22.

<Step S14>
In step S14, the control unit 21 updates the image information D2 (see FIG. 3) based on the user ID received in step S11, the image data received in step S12, the tag information, and the position information. As a result, the user ID, tag information, and position information are associated with the image data saved in the storage unit 22 in step S13. Then, the upload process is completed.

As a result of the upload process, the image data uploaded (posted) from the user terminal 3 is stored in the storage unit 22 in a state of being linked to a user account of either a personal account or a corporate account. Become.

[Image search process]
Hereinafter, the image search process executed by the control unit 21 of the image search device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When an access (image search request) from the user terminal 3 occurs, the control unit 21 individually executes the image search process corresponding to each user terminal 3. That is, the control unit 21 may execute the image search process corresponding to the plurality of user terminals 3 in substantially parallel time division. In addition, the image search process may be terminated in the middle by a predetermined operation of the user terminal 3.

The present invention can be regarded as an invention of an image search method for executing one or a plurality of steps included in the image search process, and the one or a plurality of steps included in the image search process described here may be appropriately used. It may be omitted. The execution order of each step in the image search process may be different as long as the same effect is produced. Further, here, a case where each step in the image search process is executed by the control unit 21 will be described as an example, but an image search method in which each step in the image search process is distributed and executed by a plurality of processors. Can also be considered as another embodiment.

<Step S21>
First, in step S21, the control unit 21 receives the search conditions for searching the image data from the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. For example, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display a search condition input page (not shown) for inputting the search condition. Then, the control unit 21 receives the search condition input by the user of the user terminal 3 via the search condition input page from the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. The search condition includes a search keyword consisting of an arbitrary character string input by the user.

<Step S22>
In step S22, the control unit 21 searches the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit 22 (that is, a plurality of image data uploaded from the plurality of user terminals 3) obtained in step S21. Extract image data that matches the conditions. Specifically, the control unit 21 compares the search keyword acquired in step S21 with the tag information (see FIG. 3) included in the image information D2, and associates a hashtag that matches the search keyword. Extract the image data. The process of step S22 is executed by the search processing unit 211 of the control unit 21. The step S22 is an example of the "search step" of the present invention.

In another embodiment, the control unit 21 extracts image data associated with the position information including the character string indicated by the search keyword from the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit 22. You may. Further, the control unit 21 may extract the image data associated with the user ID including the character string indicated by the search keyword from the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit 22.

<Step S23>
In step S23, the control unit 21 synthesizes the company account identification image B1 with the image data associated with the company account among the image data extracted in step S22. Further, the control unit 21 sets the operation image F1 on the personally photographed image data (that is, the image data photographed by a general user at the facility corresponding to the corporate account) among the image data extracted in the step S22. Synthesize. Specifically, the personally photographed image data is an image in which the position information included in the image information D2 among the image data associated with the personal account indicates a facility corresponding to any of the corporate accounts. It is data. For example, when the location information included in the image information D2 corresponding to the image data and the location of the company account included in the company profile information D3 match, the image data is the personally photographed image data. The operation image F1 is combined with the image data. In this way, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the image data is the personally photographed image data based on the image information D2 and the company profile information D3, and determines whether or not the combined display of the operation image F1 is necessary. It is possible to do.

<Step S24>
In step S24, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display the search result page P1 including the image data extracted in the step S22. Specifically, the control unit 21 transmits the data of the search result page P1 as shown in FIG. 7 to the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. As a result, the search result page P1 is displayed on the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3. On the search result page P1, the image data extracted in step S22 is displayed. Then, among those image data, the image data associated with the corporate account is displayed in a state in which the corporate account identification image B1 is combined. Further, the personally photographed image data is displayed in a state in which the operation image F1 is combined. The process of step S24 is executed by the first display processing unit 212 of the control unit 21. The step S24 is an example of the "first display step" of the present invention.

<Step S25>
In step S25, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the display setting has been changed. Specifically, when the display setting key K11 included in the search result page P1 is operated, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display the display setting page P2 as shown in FIG. .. Then, when any of the switch keys SW1 to SW6 included in the display setting page P2 is operated, it is determined that the display setting has been changed. When it is determined that the display setting has been changed (S25: Yes), the process proceeds to step S26. On the other hand, if it is determined that the display setting has not been changed (S25: No), the process proceeds to step S27.

<Step S26>
In step S26, the control unit 21 updates the search result page P1. Specifically, the control unit 21 updates the search result page P1 in response to a user operation on the display setting page P2, and causes the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display the updated search result page P1. The process of step S26 is executed by the first display processing unit 212 of the control unit 21.

For example, when the switch key SW1 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the on state to the off state, the control unit 21 hides the company account identification image B1 and the operation image F1 on the search result page P1. On the other hand, when the switch key SW1 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the off state to the on state, the control unit 21 displays the company account identification image B1 and the operation image F1 on the search result page P1. As a result, the company account identification image B1 is compositely displayed on the image data associated with the corporate account, and the operation image F1 is compositely displayed on the personally photographed image data.

Further, when the switch key SW2 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the off state to the on state, the control unit 21 displays the image data related to the facility corresponding to the corporate account (that is, the above-mentioned) on the search result page P1. Only the image data associated with the corporate account and the image data associated with the personal account (the image data taken at the facility) are displayed. As a result, only the image data in which the company account identification image B1 or the operation image F1 is compositely displayed is displayed on the search result page P1. On the other hand, when the switch key SW2 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the on state to the off state, the control unit 21 displays all the image data extracted in the step S22 on the search result page P1.

Further, when the switch key SW3 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the off state to the on state, the control unit 21 displays an image related to the facility corresponding to the corporate account of the restaurant genre on the search result page P1. Display only data. As a result, only the image data related to the restaurant is displayed on the search result page P1 among the image data in which the company account identification image B1 or the operation image F1 is compositely displayed. On the other hand, when the switch key SW3 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the on state to the off state, the control unit 21 displays all the image data extracted in the step S22 on the search result page P1.

Further, when the switch key SW4 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the off state to the on state, the control unit 21 collects the image data to be displayed on the search result page P1 for each facility corresponding to the corporate account. It is rearranged as follows and arranged on the search result page P1. As a result, the image data is displayed on the search result page P1 in a state of being summarized for each facility corresponding to the corporate account. On the other hand, when the switch key SW4 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the on state to the off state, the control unit 21 uploads the image data to be displayed on the search result page P1 in a predetermined order (for example, uploading). The date and time are sorted in the order of newest) and placed on the search result page P1. As a result, the image data is displayed on the search result page P1 in a state of being arranged in a predetermined order.

Further, when the switch key SW5 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the off state to the on state, the control unit 21 sets a frame line (for example,) on the search result page P1 so as to surround the image data related to the same facility. , Border line L1, frame line L2, etc. shown in FIG. 9) are displayed. On the other hand, when the switch key SW5 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the on state to the off state, the control unit 21 hides the frame line.

Further, when the switch key SW6 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the off state to the on state, the control unit 21 causes, for example, the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display the point setting page (not shown). And let the user specify the point. The user can specify the current position of the user terminal 3 or any other point on the point setting page. When the current position of the user terminal 3 is specified on the point setting page, the control unit 21 receives the GPS information detected by the GPS sensor 35 of the user terminal 3 from the user terminal through the communication network N1. When a point is specified by the user on the point setting page, the control unit 21 displays the image data to be displayed on the search result page P1 in ascending order of the distance from the point to the facility associated with the image data. It is rearranged and placed on the search result page P1. The distance from the point to the facility associated with the image data is calculated based on, for example, the location information included in the company profile information D3. On the other hand, when the switch key SW6 included in the display setting page P2 is changed from the on state to the off state, the control unit 21 uploads the image data to be displayed on the search result page P1 in a predetermined order (for example, uploading). The date and time are sorted in the order of newest) and placed on the search result page P1. As a result, the image data is displayed on the search result page P1 in a state of being arranged in a predetermined order.

<Step S27>
In step S27, the control unit 21 determines whether or not any of the image data included in the search result page P1 has been manipulated. For example, the control unit 21 determines that the image data has been manipulated when any of the image data included in the search result page P1 is tapped. Then, when it is determined that any of the image data included in the search result page P1 has been manipulated (S27: Yes), the process proceeds to step S28. On the other hand, if it is determined that none of the image data included in the search result page P1 has been manipulated (S27: No), the process proceeds to step S32.

In another embodiment, the control unit 21 enlarges and displays the operated image data when any of the image data included in the search result page P1 is operated (for example, when tapped). You may let me. Then, when the enlarged image data is further manipulated (for example, when it is further tapped), the process may shift to step S28. When the enlarged image data is the personally photographed image data, the operation image F1 may or may not be combined and displayed in the enlarged image data. Further, the operation image F1 is not compositely displayed on the image data (the personally photographed image data) before being enlarged and displayed, and the operation image F1 is composited only on the image data (the personally photographed image data) after being enlarged and displayed. It may be displayed. Further, when the enlarged image data is the image data associated with the company account, the company account identification image B1 may or may not be combined and displayed in the enlarged image data. good. In addition, the corporate account identification image B1 is not compositely displayed in the image data (image data associated with the corporate account) before being enlarged and displayed, and is used as the image data (image data associated with the corporate account) after being enlarged and displayed. Only the company account identification image B1 may be displayed compositely.

<Step S28>
In step S28, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the operated image data is the image data associated with the personal account. Specifically, the control unit 21 refers to the user account information D1 and the image information D2, and determines whether or not the operated image data is the image data associated with the personal account. Then, when it is determined that the manipulated image data is the image data associated with the personal account (S28: Yes), the process proceeds to step S29. On the other hand, if it is determined that the manipulated image data is not the image data associated with the personal account (S28: No), the process proceeds to step S31.

<Step S29>
In step S29, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the position where the image data is operated (for example, the tapped position) is a part of the operation image F1. Then, when it is determined that the position where the image data is manipulated is the portion of the manipulated image F1 (S29: Yes), the process proceeds to step S31. On the other hand, when it is determined that the position where the image data is manipulated is a portion other than the manipulated image F1 (S29: No), the process proceeds to step S30.

<Step S30>
In step S30, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display the profile page P3 of the personal account corresponding to the operated image data (that is, the user account of the user who uploaded the image data). .. Specifically, the control unit 21 transmits the data of the profile page P3 corresponding to the personal account to the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. As a result, the profile page P3 corresponding to the personal account is displayed on the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3. On the profile page P3, the user ID of the personal account, the image data associated with the personal account, and the like are displayed. Then, the process proceeds to step S32. The process of step S30 is executed by the second display processing unit 213 of the control unit 21.

<Step S31>
On the other hand, in step S31, the control unit 21 causes the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3 to display the profile page P3 of the company account corresponding to the operated image data. For example, when the image data is image data associated with the company account (that is, when No in step S28), the control unit 21 transfers the data of the profile page P3 corresponding to the company account through the communication network N1. It is transmitted to the user terminal 3. As a result, the profile page P3 corresponding to the corporate account is displayed on the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3. On the other hand, when the image data is the personally photographed image data (that is, when Yes in the step S29), the profile page P3 of the company account corresponding to the facility where the personally photographed image data was photographed is displayed on the user terminal 3. Is displayed on the operation display unit 33 of. Specifically, the control unit 21 identifies the facility where the personally photographed image data was photographed based on the position information included in the image information D2. Then, the control unit 21 identifies the company account corresponding to the facility based on the company profile information D3, and transmits the data of the profile page P3 corresponding to the specified company account to the user terminal 3 through the communication network N1. .. As a result, the profile page P3 corresponding to the corporate account is displayed on the operation display unit 33 of the user terminal 3. The process of step S31 is executed by the second display processing unit 213 of the control unit 21. The step S31 is an example of the "second display step" of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a profile page P3 corresponding to the corporate account of restaurant C. As shown in FIG. 10, the profile page P3 corresponding to the corporate account may include at least one of the reservation key K31, the telephone key K32, the mail key K33, and the directions key K34.

The reservation key K31 is an operation key for reserving a facility corresponding to the corporate account. When the reservation key K31 is operated, the control unit 21 transmits the information of the reservation page included in the company profile information D3 to the user terminal 3. The control unit 31 of the user terminal 3 causes the operation display unit 33 to display a reservation page for reserving the facility based on the information on the reservation page.

The telephone key K32 is an operation key for making a call to the facility corresponding to the corporate account. When the telephone key K32 is operated, the control unit 21 transmits the information of the telephone number included in the company profile information D3 to the user terminal 3. The control unit 31 of the user terminal 3 makes a call to the facility based on the information of the telephone number.

The mail key K33 is an operation key for sending an e-mail to the facility corresponding to the corporate account. When the mail key K33 is operated, the control unit 21 transmits the information of the mail address included in the company profile information D3 to the user terminal 3. The control unit 31 of the user terminal 3 causes the operation display unit 33 to display an e-mail creation screen for creating an e-mail addressed to the facility based on the information of the e-mail address.

The route key K34 is an operation key for starting route guidance to the facility corresponding to the company account. When the route key K34 is operated, the control unit 21 transmits the location information included in the company profile information D3 to the user terminal 3. Based on the location information, the control unit 31 of the user terminal 3 causes the operation display unit 33 to display a map showing directions from the current position of the user terminal 3 to the location of the facility, and provides directions to the facility. Start.

<Step S32>
In step S32, the control unit 21 determines whether or not to end the image search process. For example, the control unit 21 may determine that the image search process should be terminated when a predetermined termination operation is performed. Further, the control unit 21 determines that the image search process should be terminated when the reservation key K31, the telephone key K32, the mail key K33, or the route key K34 included in the profile page P3 is operated. Also good. When it is determined that the image search process should be completed (S32: Yes), the image search process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the image search process should not be completed (S32: No), the process returns to step S25.

As described above, in the image search device 2 according to the present embodiment, the operation image F1 is combined with the personally photographed image data taken by a general user at the facility corresponding to the corporate account among the image data matching the search conditions. Is displayed. Then, when the part of the operation image F1 in the personally photographed image data is operated, the profile page P3 of the company account corresponding to the facility is displayed. Therefore, a user who is interested in the facility by looking at the personally photographed image data taken by a general user at the facility corresponding to the corporate account can simply operate the part of the operation image F1 in the personally photographed image data. The profile page P3 of the company account corresponding to the facility can be easily browsed. Therefore, according to the image search device 2 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively guide the user who sees the image data displayed as the search result to the profile page P3 of the corporate account such as a restaurant. ..

Further, in the image search device 2 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to collectively display image data that matches the search conditions for each facility related to the image data. Therefore, according to the image search device 2 according to the present embodiment, the user has a plurality of images related to the same facility regardless of whether the image data is associated with a corporate account or an individual account. Since the data can be checked together, the desired facility can be found more easily.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7 and the like, the case where the operation image F1 is an image in which the characters “giving” of the facility are surrounded by 〇 has been described, but as another embodiment, the operation is performed. The image F1 may be composed of only one or a plurality of characters. Similarly, as another embodiment, the corporate account identification image B1 may be composed of only one or a plurality of characters. Further, the operation image F1 or the company account identification image B1 may be only an image such as a mark that does not include characters.

Further, in the present embodiment, as an example of the specific page in the present invention, the profile page P3 of the corporate account has been described as an example, but the specific page displays information regarding the reservation of the facility corresponding to the corporate account. It may be a reservation information page. Specifically, the reservation information page may be the reservation page that can accept reservations for the facility. For example, the control unit 21 can search or display a reservable date or date and time on the reservation information page displayed on the user terminal 3, and makes a reservation request for the displayed reservable date or date. Can be received from the user terminal 3. Further, the reservation information page may be a Web page on a site stored in an external server managed by a company corresponding to the company account. In addition, various information such as a menu, a place, and a budget may be displayed on the reservation information page as information regarding the reservation of the facility. In this way, by displaying the reservation information page as the specific page, it is possible to prompt the user to make a reservation for the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data.

Further, when the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data is a facility that can be reserved from the reservation page, the control unit 21 displays the reservation information page as the specific page and corresponds to the personally photographed image data. If the facility to be reserved is not a facility that can be reserved from the reservation page, another Web page such as the profile page P3 may be displayed as the specific page. For example, in the company profile information D3, it is conceivable that the information on the reservation page is registered for the facility where online reservation is possible, and the information on the reservation page is not registered for the facility where online reservation is not possible. In this case, when the company profile information D3 of the company account of the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data includes the information of the reservation page, the control unit 21 determines that the facility can be reserved online. It is possible to judge. The company profile information D3 may include information indicating whether or not an online reservation is possible. In this way, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data is a facility that can be reserved from the reservation page based on the company profile information D3, and responds to the determination result. The content of the Web page to be displayed as the specific page may be switched. As a result, for facilities that can be reserved from the reservation page, it is possible to prompt the user to make a reservation for the facility.

Further, when the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data is a facility that can be reserved from the reservation page, the control unit 21 indicates that the facility can be reserved on the Web as the operation image F1. If the first operation image such as the image surrounded by ◯ is displayed and the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data is not a facility that can be reserved from the reservation page, the operation image F1 is set as the "application" of the facility. The first operation image such as the image surrounded by ◯ may be displayed. That is, the control unit 21 switches the operation image F1 depending on whether or not the facility corresponding to the personally photographed image data is a facility that can be reserved from the reservation page, and the operation image F1 corresponds to the image data. It may indicate whether the facility can be booked online. As a result, the user can easily grasp whether or not the facility can be reserved by looking at the operation image F1.

When the facility can be reserved from the reservation page, two operation images F1 of the first operation image and the second operation image are displayed, and the operation image is displayed according to the operation of the operation image F1. The reservation page or company profile page P3 corresponding to F1 may be displayed. Further, when the image search device 2 has a function of managing vacant seat information in each of the facilities, the control unit 21 corresponds to a facility that can be reserved for the current date and time or a facility that can be reserved for a designated reserved date and time. For only the personally photographed image data, an image indicating that reservation is possible may be combined and displayed.

By the way, as another embodiment, in the step S22, the control unit 21 extracts the image data that matches the search condition acquired in the step S21 from the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit 22. At that time, it may be possible to extract only the image data corresponding to the facility where the online reservation is possible. As the extraction method in step S22, the control unit 21 may be able to switch whether or not to extract only the facilities that can be reserved online according to the user operation. Further, when the image search device 2 has a function of managing vacant seat information in each of the facilities, the control unit 21 corresponds to a facility that can be reserved for the current date and time or a facility that can be reserved for a designated reserved date and time. It may be possible to extract only the image data.

1 Image search system 2 Image search device 21 Control unit 211 Search processing unit 212 First display processing unit 213 Second display processing unit 22 Storage unit 23 Operation display unit 24 Communication I / F
3 User terminal 31 Control unit 32 Storage unit 33 Operation display unit 34 Communication I / F
35 GPS sensor 36 camera

Claims (18)

A search processing unit that extracts image data that matches the search conditions from multiple image data linked to the user account,
A first display processing unit that displays one or more of the image data extracted by the search processing unit as a search result, and a first display processing unit.
Of the one or more image data displayed as the search result, the image data associated with the first type user account and corresponding to the second type user account different from the first type. A second display processing unit capable of displaying a predetermined specific page corresponding to the second type user account when the photographed personally photographed image data is operated, and a second display processing unit.
An image search device comprising. The first display processing unit can synthesize and display a predetermined operation image on the personally photographed image data.
The second display processing unit can display the specific page corresponding to the second type of user account when the part of the operation image in the personally photographed image data is operated.
The image search device according to claim 1. The first display processing unit can display a plurality of the image data side by side as the search result, and can synthesize and display the operation image on the personally photographed image data among the image data.
The image search device according to claim 2. The first display processing unit determines whether or not the image data is the personally photographed image data based on the position information indicating the position where the image data was photographed and the location corresponding to the second type user account. To judge whether
The image search device according to claim 2 or 3. The first display processing unit displays whether or not the facility corresponding to the image data can be reserved online by the operation image.
The image search device according to any one of claims 2 to 4. The second display processing unit is a predetermined specification corresponding to the first type user account corresponding to the personally photographed image data when a part other than the operation image in the personally photographed image data is operated. The page can be displayed,
The image search device according to any one of claims 2 to 5. In response to user input, the first display processing unit sets the display mode of the personally photographed image data as a first display mode in which the operation image is compositely displayed and a second display mode in which the operation image is not compositely displayed. Can be switched between
The image search device according to any one of claims 2 to 6. The first type user account is a personal account, and the second type user account is a corporate account.
The image search device according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The first display processing unit can display one or a plurality of the image data extracted by the search processing unit in a state of being collected for each facility corresponding to the second type user account.
The image search device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The first display processing unit can display the image data associated with the second type user account and the personally photographed image data taken at the facility corresponding to the second type user account in a state of being collected. Is,
The image search device according to claim 9. The first display processing unit can display the image data associated with the second type user account with priority over the personally photographed image data among the plurality of image data collected for each facility.
The image search device according to claim 9 or 10. The first display processing unit indicates the position information to be input in a state in which one or a plurality of the image data extracted by the search processing unit is collected for each facility corresponding to the second type user account. It can be displayed in order according to the distance from the point to the facility.
The image search device according to any one of claims 9 to 11. The first display processing unit can display one or more of the image data extracted by the search processing unit in a display mode in which a collection of the image data related to the same facility can be visually recognized.
The image search device according to any one of claims 9 to 12. When the second display processing unit includes the image data associated with the second type user account in the group of image data related to the same facility, the personally photographed image in the group Even if the data is manipulated, the specific page corresponding to the second type user account is not displayed.
The image search device according to any one of claims 9 to 13. The second display processing unit operates the second type user when the image data associated with the second type user account is operated among the one or more image data displayed as the search result. The specific page corresponding to the account can be displayed,
The image search device according to any one of claims 1 to 14. On the specific page corresponding to the second type user account, an operation key for making a phone call to the facility corresponding to the second type user account, an operation key for sending an e-mail to the facility, and the like. An operation key for initiating directions to the facility and at least one operation key for reserving the facility are included.
The image search device according to any one of claims 1 to 15. For one or more processors
A search step that extracts image data that matches the search conditions from multiple image data linked to the user account, and
A first display step of displaying one or more of the image data extracted in the search step as a search result, and
Of the one or more image data displayed as the search result, the image data associated with the first type user account and corresponding to the second type user account different from the first type. A second display step capable of displaying a predetermined specific page corresponding to the second type user account when the photographed personally photographed image data is manipulated, and
An image search program for running. One or more processors
A search step that extracts image data that matches the search conditions from multiple image data linked to the user account, and
A first display step of displaying one or more of the image data extracted in the search step as a search result, and
Of the one or more image data displayed as the search result, the image data associated with the first type user account and corresponding to the second type user account different from the first type. A second display step capable of displaying a predetermined specific page corresponding to the second type user account when the photographed personally photographed image data is manipulated, and
Image search method to execute.

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