JP2001094961A - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To make it possible to easily update an image included in a document to be transmitted on a network, and to make it possible to automatically authenticate the image and to make it public on the network. . SOLUTION: Data in which a shooting time and a shooting state of a shooting angle of a camera 111 with a variable pan angle, tilt angle and zoom are set are stored in an HD 106. Then, at that time, a plurality of displacements are given to the set contents to perform shooting, the obtained image is stored in the HD 106, and if a candidate page is not selected even after a predetermined time has passed by the editing program, , Automatically select one of the candidates and upload the document to the WWW server.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus for creating an electronic document using an image captured and stored by a video input apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of users connected to the Internet has significantly increased. It is also possible to provide a homepage on the Internet as a source of information, not just as an accessing side. In addition, networks within the framework of companies and affiliated companies, so-called intranets, are also becoming popular.

Until now, it has been common to use newspapers (and their inserts) and magazines or broadcasts when advertising their own stores. However, by setting up a homepage, it is possible to eliminate the problem of resource saving, and from the viewpoint of the purpose of promoting your store, it is thought that this form will spread more and more in the future, Small stores will often use such services.

[0004]

In order to change the homepage, it is necessary to edit the homepage on its own terminal and upload the result to a WWW server.

In the case of a personal homepage, it is considered that the frequency is not so high. However, when the homepage is frequently changed, this work is complicated and incurs another cost.

[0006] For example, consider a homepage displayed such as a cafeteria menu. In this case, when the item is changed, it is desired to update the published image list page immediately. Specifically, each item is photographed again with a digital camera or the like, and the image data is captured using an HTML document editor or the like, and editing is performed. Then, the procedure will be such that the administrator uploads the edited data to the WWW server. However, there has been a problem that data is not distributed at any time without an upload instruction from the administrator.

[0007] Therefore, it is necessary to promptly contact the editor in charge of the item change and immediately perform the editing operation.
In other words, the editor must wait for a time when there is a possibility of changing the item, which in turn causes an operation cost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily update an image included in a document to be transmitted on a network and to automatically publish the image on a network. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium which are made possible.

[0009]

To solve this problem, for example, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, an information processing apparatus for transmitting document information via a network, comprising: an image input unit; a schedule input unit for inputting schedule information for image capture by the image input unit; and the schedule input unit input by the schedule input unit. Correction means for correcting the schedule information, image storage means for storing the obtained image in accordance with the new schedule information corrected by the correction means, and document information based on the image stored in the image storage means. Document creation means for creating, authentication means for authenticating transmission of the candidate document to the network, and distribution for controlling distribution of the candidate document to the network according to predetermined conditions regardless of authentication by the authentication means. Control means.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<First Embodiment> First, a basic configuration and operation according to the present invention will be described as a first embodiment.
Embodiments according to the present invention will be described from the second embodiment onward.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram in the embodiment. In the figure, 100 is a camera server that functions as an image editing system, and 110 is a network (the Internet or the like). 202, a client connected to the network 110; 203, a WWW server 203 for providing a WWW (World Wide Web) service
It is.

In the present embodiment, a home page (hereinafter simply referred to as a page) is edited and created based on the images photographed and recorded by the camera server 100, and is uploaded to the WWW server 203. And client 2
By accessing the WWW server 203 from 02, an image (page) captured by the camera server 100 is browsed.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a camera server 100 that operates as an image editing system in the embodiment.

The camera server 100 includes a memory 101 for storing programs and data necessary for starting up the system, a central processing unit 102 for controlling arithmetic and processing, and a display for displaying characters, symbols, pictures, and the like. A display device 103, an image input interface 104 for capturing images, a serial interface 105 for transmitting and receiving control commands and the like, an auxiliary storage device (such as a hard disk) 106 for storing data, a keyboard device 107 for inputting characters, etc., and displayed characters A pointing device 108 for instructing the operation with a cursor, and a network communication interface 109 for transmitting and receiving data between multiple points are connected via a bus 112.

The camera server 100 is connected to a network 110 via a network communication interface 109.

The camera 111 is connected to an image input interface (VC) 104 for capturing an image and a serial interface (RS) 105 for receiving a control command or the like and transmitting a status signal (current state or the like). I have. That is, control relating to photographing of the camera 111 (pan angle, tilt angle, zoom magnification, exposure, etc.)
Is performed by sending a command via the RS 105, and the captured image is received by the VC 104 and taken in as digital data. A program for this control is stored in the memory 101.

The memory 101 roughly stores an operation setting program 113, a recording execution program 114, a candidate editing program 115, and a page selection program 116.

The above program is stored in a storage medium (not shown), and is loaded and executed on the memory 101 via a drive device (not shown) of the storage medium connected to the bus 112. May be. In other words, although the camera server 100 has an interface for connecting the camera 111, it can also use a general-purpose information processing device (for example, a personal computer).

The operation of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described in detail below in order.

When the time set by the operator by the execution of the operation setting program 113 is reached, the camera server 100 displays an image at a predetermined position on the camera 11.
Let 1 shoot and accumulate it.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the operation setting for setting the shooting schedule of the camera server, and the flow of the operation setting program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, existing setting data (not shown) is read from the auxiliary storage device 106 (S601), and a setting page screen such as 301 in FIG. 3 is displayed according to the read data (S602). When there is no setting data, the items described below are left blank.

On this screen, a field 302, a field 303, and a field 304 are fields for inputting a shooting start time, a shooting end time, and a shooting interval, respectively.

The pan of the first preset position,
The tilt and zoom information are respectively described in a field 306.
-1p, 306-1t, and 306-1z. Information on the pan, tilt, and zoom of the second preset position is respectively described in fields 306-2p and 306-2.
t, 306-2z. Similarly, in this embodiment, up to five preset positions can be input in each field. Of course, it is possible to increase or decrease the number.

Thereafter, the setting input processing of step S604 is repeated until the setting save button 307 is pressed, and the process proceeds to step S605 when the setting save button 307 is pressed (S603).

In the setting input processing (step S604),
Check data entry in various fields and change the display of input data. In the example of FIG. 3, the shooting start time,
The shooting end time, shooting interval, and camera angle information of the first to fourth preset positions are set.

Since no data is specified in the fifth preset position, the photographing and recording at the four preset positions are designated at the designated photographing intervals from the photographing start time to the photographing end time.

In step S605, the displayed information is written to the auxiliary storage device 106 as a setting file.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the first operation is performed at intervals of 20 minutes (a total of six times) from 10:00 to 11:40.
Camera angle of preset position (pan value 9.7
2, tilt value 0.00, zoom value 46.80) image from the camera angle at the fourth preset position (pan value 1)
(1.30, tilt value: 5.00, zoom value: 40.00) The setting of photographing four images at a time is stored.

At this time, registration is performed in the operating system so that the recording execution program 114 is activated at each photographing time. This is the end of the description of the operation setting program.

At the time designated by the operation setting program, the recording execution program 114 is called, and the video is taken and stored.

Here, the flow of the recording execution program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, setting file data (not shown)
Is read from the auxiliary storage device 106 (step S70).
1) By sending an image acquisition command at a predetermined camera angle to the camera 111 for each preset position, an image is acquired by controlling the camera 111, and the image is stored in the auxiliary storage device at each timing and each preset position. (Step S702).

For example, with respect to the first preset position shown in FIG.
11 is issued.

GetStillImage? Pan = 9.72 & tilt = 0.00 & zoom = 46.80 & ... Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the image at the first preset position is displayed as "image data 120-
1-1 ", the image at the second preset position is" image data 120-2-1 ", the image at the third preset position is" image data 120-3-1 ", and the image at the fourth preset position is" image data 120-2-1 ". 120-4-1 "as a file in the auxiliary storage device 106.

Similarly, from the next photographing time 10:20, the image at the first preset position is displayed as “image data 120”.
-1-2 ", the image at the second preset position is stored as" image data 120-2-2 "... This is the end of the description of the recording execution program.

In the above description, the operation setting data is
Although the example in which the data is stored in the auxiliary storage device 106 has been described, the data may be stored in the memory 101 if the data is not erased even after the operation setting program 113 ends.

Next, an example of the flow of image editing is shown in FIG.

Here, the flow of the candidate editing program 115 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. this is,
The process starts when the page candidate editor activates the candidate editing program 115.

In the present embodiment, "canteen menu page"
An example will be described in which an intranet is built in the company and a menu page of the employee cafeteria is created.

First, when there is no image page candidate, an image page in which a list of images at a specific time at each photographing position is displayed based on the photographed and accumulated image data is generated.

Then, a candidate list screen 410 for selecting an edit page is displayed (step S801).

When one of the candidates is selected, an image page generated by the system is displayed as a page plan 1 and a changed image selection screen 411 is displayed (step S802).

Here, page plan data 401 before editing
As shown in FIG. 2, page plan 1 is composed of image data 120-1-1, 120-2-1, and
, The first candidate image of each preset position is used.

Next, when the completion button is pressed, step S is executed.
Proceed to 806. When one of the display images is selected, the process proceeds to step S805 (steps S803 and S80).
4).

In step S805, a replacement image selection screen 412 is displayed in which the images captured at the same preset position as the selected image at the respective times are displayed as replacement candidate images. If one of them is selected, it is replaced with the image at that time, and step S802
And the process is repeated. That is, the changed image selection screen 4
13 is displayed.

For example, if the user wants to change the image 421-2-1 and clicks it, this image is selected, and the flow advances to step S805.

The image 421-2-1 is composed of the image data 120
-2-1, and is the first captured image of the second preset position. Then, a selection screen for selecting an image candidate having a different shooting time at the second preset position is displayed. Therefore, when the image 421-2-3 is selected, the page plan data 402 in which the image data 120-2-1 is replaced with the image data 120-2-3 is created.

When the completion button 422 is pressed in this manner, the page plan data 402 is stored in the auxiliary storage device 106 (step S806), the candidate list is updated (step S807), and in the next editing process, the candidate list screen is displayed. As shown at 414, one candidate is added and displayed. This is the end of the description of the candidate editing program.

When all the image replacement editing is completed, the page selection program 116 performs page approval processing and upload processing to the WWW server 203.

This is because the approver has the page selection program 1
The process is started by activating 16.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the flow of this page approval.
Here, the flow of the page selection program will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a connection to a WWW server is made. At this time, an authentication screen 501 for an approver is displayed, and an authentication process is performed (step S901). If not authenticated, the process is interrupted.

Upon authentication, a candidate page selection screen 502 is displayed.
Is displayed (step S902), and when a target candidate is selected, a page approval processing screen 503 is displayed (step S903). Here, when the reject button 510 is pressed, the processing ends, and the approval button 511 is pressed. If it is determined that it has occurred (step S904), the process proceeds to step S905.

In step S905, the approved image page is uploaded and transferred to the WWW server 203,
The process ends. If a general public line is used instead of a network such as an intranet (for example, the Internet may be used), it is also possible to perform a line disconnection process after the transfer is completed.

According to the above procedure, the WWW server 2
The image page is disclosed to the network by the WWW service on the client 03, and can be accessed and displayed from the WWW browser on the client 202.

This is the end of the description of the page selection program.

It should be noted that a plurality of persons can utilize the present system as image page capture editors.

Based on a page edited by an editor,
Different editors can easily create different image pages. Therefore, it becomes possible to create a candidate proposal on a volunteer basis, and finally, the responsible person can select and approve one of the candidates and publish the page.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, an image page can be created only by selecting an appropriate photographed image for each position, and the load of editing work can be greatly reduced. Of the image pages automatically generated by the system, it is possible to correct the image page only by selecting the replacement of the captured image for the position that needs to be changed, and it is only necessary to change the position where the image is not well captured, editing work Can be further reduced. Furthermore, on a volunteer basis, it is possible to have several volunteers create some candidate image pages, and simply select and select the best one from the created candidate image pages. Thus, the image page is uploaded to, for example, a WWW server, and the image page can be disclosed, and the operation cost can be further reduced.

<Second Embodiment> In addition to the above-described base, an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

In the first embodiment, the image page is opened to the public by approval by the approver. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

In the second embodiment, when no approval is made even after a predetermined time has passed, the candidate page is automatically approved. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the page from being made public to the public even after a predetermined time has elapsed, and to reduce the operation cost.

The details of the second embodiment will be described below.

The system configuration diagram includes the operation setting program 113 and the page selection program 116 of the camera server configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1, and the operation setting program 30113 and the page selection program 301 as shown in FIG.
16 and the others are substantially the same.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

An example of the operation setting of the operation setting program 30113 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 11 shows a configuration in which a field 30000 is added to FIG. 3 of the second embodiment so that an automatic selection time can be input.

The flow of operation of the operation setting program 30113 is the same as that of FIG. 6 of the first embodiment, but as shown in FIG. 12, the existing setting and the automatic selection time are read in step S601 ′, and in step S602 ′ The display page is the setting page and the automatic selection time.

The operations of the recording execution program 114 and the candidate editing program 115 are the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, the operation flow of the page selection program 30116 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The page selection program is started by the approver activating the page selection program, or otherwise when the predetermined automatic selection time comes.

Steps S30103 to S3010 in FIG.
6 are the same as Steps S901 to S904 in FIG. 9 of the first embodiment.

First, if it is determined in step S30101 that the program has been started at the automatic selection time, in step S30102, the image candidate page proposal 1 created by the same processing as in step S801 of the candidate editing program 115 is approved.

Then, the page is uploaded in step S30107 similar to step S905 in FIG. 9 of the first embodiment.

If the approver is activated not at the automatic selection time at step S30101, the process proceeds to step S3101.
The process proceeds to the password authentication process of 0103. After this, FIG.
In step S30107, after uploading the page as in step S905 of FIG. 9 of the first embodiment, the setting of the automatic selection time is cleared.

Note that the automatic selection time may not be cleared, but the approved information may be provided in step S30107, and if approved, the upload may not be performed.

By doing so, if the approver does not approve by the predetermined automatic selection time, the image candidate page plan 1 is automatically created and uploaded,
It is possible to prevent the page from being released to the public even after the predetermined time, and to reduce the operation cost. It should be noted that even a page that has been approved by the approver may not be uploaded until a predetermined time. According to this, the approver can set the upload timing arbitrarily, which is convenient for the approver.

<Third Embodiment> In the second embodiment, when the image candidate page is not approved by a predetermined time, the image candidate page is automatically approved unconditionally. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

In the third embodiment, if the approval is not made even after the lapse of a predetermined time, an appropriate page is selected from the candidate pages and automatically approved.

By doing so, it is possible to prevent the page from being made public to the public even after a predetermined time has elapsed, and to publish an appropriate page among candidate pages selected by volunteers.
Operational costs can be reduced.

The details of the third embodiment will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 14, the candidate editing program 115 and the page selection program 30116 of the camera server configuration in the second embodiment are changed to a candidate editing program 31115 and a page selection program 31116, respectively, as shown in FIG. Things. A candidate importance list 31000 is added to the HD 106 having the camera server configuration of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment.

Hereinafter, the operation of the third embodiment in the above configuration will be described in detail.

The operation of the operation setting program 30113 is the same as in the second embodiment. The operation of the recording execution program 114 is also the same as in the first or second embodiment.

The operation flow of the candidate editing program 31115 is different from the flowchart of FIG. 8 of the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 15, the process of updating the candidate importance list in step S31008 is added. Steps S31001 to S31007 in FIG. 15 are the same as steps S801 to S807 in FIG. 8, respectively.

The operation is as follows. After updating the candidate list in step S31007, in step S31008, the candidate importance list is updated, and the candidate editing program 31115 ends.

FIG. 16 shows an example of the candidate importance list 31000 in step S31008.

This stores an editing history of which candidate page is edited based on which candidate page.

The automatically generated importance list 31000 of the candidate page plan 1 includes “candidate page plan 1:”, and the candidate page plan 2 modified based on the candidate page plan 1 includes “candidate page plan 2: Candidate page plan 1 → "and candidate page plan 3 modified based on candidate page plan 2 include" candidate page plan 3: candidate page plan 1 → candidate page plan 2 "and candidate modified based on candidate page plan 3. In page plan 4, “candidate page plan 4: candidate page plan 1 → candidate page plan 2 → candidate page plan 3”, and another candidate page plan 5 modified based on candidate page plan 2,
A list such as “candidate page plan 5: candidate page plan 1 → candidate page plan 2” is held.

In step S31008, the candidate importance list is updated, the candidate importance list 31000 is updated.
Processing for saving these editing histories will be performed.

Next, the operation flow of the page selection program 31116 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Steps S31201, S31203-S
The processing of 31207 corresponds to steps S30101, S30103 to S30 in FIG. 13 in the second embodiment, respectively.
This is the same as the processing of 107. The flowchart of FIG. 17 is obtained by changing step S30102 of the flowchart of FIG. 13 to step S31202.

The page selection program is started when the approver starts the page selection program, or when it is not, the predetermined automatic selection time comes.

If the processing is started at the automatic selection time in step S31201, the process advances to step S31202, and in the candidate importance list 31000 created in step S31008 of the candidate editing program 31115, for example, the candidate page having the longest editing history Approve plan 3 as a highly important page plan.

Then, in step S30 of FIG. 13 of the second embodiment.
Like step 107, the page is uploaded in step S31207.

In this way, if the approver does not approve by the predetermined automatic selection time, the page plan that is most likely edited among candidate page plans edited by volunteers is uploaded, thereby Prevent your page from being publicly available when it ’s time,
Operational costs can be reduced.

<Fourth Embodiment> Third Embodiment 3
The list of importance was the editing history, but it is not limited to this.

In the fourth embodiment, if the approval is not made even after the lapse of a predetermined time, an appropriate page is selected from among the candidate pages from the record of the number of times of editing and the time of editing.
Approve automatically. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the page from being made public to the public even after a predetermined time has elapsed, and to publish an appropriate good page among candidate pages selected by volunteers, thereby lowering operation costs.

The details of the fourth embodiment will be described below.

In the system configuration diagram, the candidate editing program 31115 and the page selection program 31116 of the camera server configuration of the third embodiment are changed to a candidate editing program 32115 and a page selection program 32116, respectively, as shown in FIG. Things. Also, the third
The candidate importance list 31000 in the HD 106 of the camera server configuration of the embodiment is changed to 32000.

The operation of the fourth embodiment having the above configuration will be described in detail.

The operation of the operation setting program 30113 is the same as in the third embodiment. Also, the operation of the recording execution program 114 is the same as in the first to third embodiments.

Next, the flow of the operation of the candidate editing program 32115 is that the updating process of the candidate importance list in S31008 of the flowchart of FIG.
Is only changed to apply to the embodiment of
Not shown.

FIG. 19 shows an example of the candidate importance list 32000 in the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIG.
In the embodiment, which candidate page has been edited how many times, and the last update time are stored.

The automatically generated candidate page plan 1 importance list 32000 includes “candidate page plan 1: 0 times, 1
1:20 ", candidate page draft 2 modified based on candidate page draft 1 includes" candidate page draft 2: once, 11:25 ", and candidate page draft 3 revised based on candidate page draft 2 , “Candidate page plan 3: twice, 11:30”, candidate page plan 4 modified based on candidate page plan 3 includes “Candidate page plan 4:
"3 times, 11:55" and another candidate page plan 5 modified based on the candidate page plan 2 includes "candidate page plan 5: twice, 1
1:40 "and another candidate page draft 5 modified based on the candidate page draft 5 includes" candidate page draft 6: 3 times, 11: 4
5 ".

That is, a process of adding 1 to the number of times of modification of the candidate page serving as the basis of the candidate importance list 32000, retaining the candidate importance of the new candidate page in which the editing time is stored, and updating the candidate importance list 32000 is performed. , And is performed in a step equivalent to step S31008 in FIG.

The flow of the operation of the page selection program 32116 corresponds to step S3 in the flowchart of FIG.
The process of checking the importance level 1202 is only applied to the fourth embodiment, and is not illustrated. Here, for example, in the candidate importance list 32000 shown in FIG. 19 created by the candidate editing program 32115, the number of times of editing is large, and the most recently updated page plan 3 is approved as a page plan with high importance. 11:45
(11:45) Volunteer who could edit based on candidate page 6 that existed, but when candidate page 4 was created at 11:55, both were corrected the same number of times, Page 4 is considered to be more important.

In this way, if the approver does not approve by the predetermined automatic selection time, the page plan edited by the volunteer who can use the most other candidate pages among the candidate page plans edited by the volunteers Is approved, it is possible to prevent the page from being released to the public even after a predetermined time, upload a good image page, and reduce the operation cost.

<Fifth Embodiment> In the third and fourth embodiments, the fact that the data is edited is used as the importance, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the fifth embodiment, a candidate page which has been approved without being edited because it is unnecessary to change is recorded, and if no approval is made even after a predetermined time has passed,
From the candidate pages, an appropriate page is selected from the number of edits, the edit time, and the record of approval as it is, and automatically approved.

In this way, it is possible to prevent the page from being made public to the public even after a predetermined time has elapsed, and to make it possible to publish an appropriate good page among candidate pages selected by volunteers, thereby reducing operation costs.

The details of the fifth embodiment will be described below. In the system configuration diagram, the candidate editing program 32115 and the page selection program 32116 of the camera server configuration of the fourth embodiment are changed to a candidate editing program 33115 and a page selection program 33116, respectively, as shown in FIG. Also, the candidate importance list 32000 in the HD 106 having the camera server configuration of the fourth embodiment has been changed to the candidate importance list 33000.

The operation of the fifth embodiment will be described in detail.

Note that the operation of the operation setting program 30113 is the same as that of the fourth embodiment. The operation of the recording execution program 114 is the same as in the first to fourth embodiments.

FIG. 21 shows an example of the flow of image editing in the fifth embodiment. Reference numeral 33001 denotes a button for approving the candidate page, which can be designated by a pointing device.

The flow of the operation of the candidate editing program 33115 is almost the same as that of FIG. 15 in the third embodiment, however, as shown in FIG. 22, a step which agrees with step S33109 is added, and step S33108 equivalent to step S31008 is added. Is that the candidate importance list update processing has been changed. Steps S33101 to S3
3107 are steps S31001 to FIG.
This is the same as S31007.

When the candidate page is displayed in step S33102, in step S33109, 3300 in FIG.
If the user presses the "1" approval button, the number of times of approval of the candidate importance list 33000 is incremented by one in step S33108, the candidate importance list 33000 is updated, and the process ends.

If the consent button is not pressed, the flow directly proceeds to step S33103, which is equivalent to step S31003.

FIG. 23 shows an example of the candidate importance list 33000 updated in step S33108.

In this method, which candidate page has been edited and how many times, the last update time is sometime agreed, and some of them are stored.

The automatically generated importance list 33000 of the candidate page plan 1 includes “Candidate page plan 1: 0 times, 1
1:20, once "and candidate page plan 2 modified based on candidate page plan 1 include" candidate page plan 2: once, 11: 2
5, 3 times ”, candidate page plan 3 modified based on candidate page plan 2 includes“ candidate page plan 3: twice, 11:30, 1
Times ”, candidate page draft 4 modified based on candidate page draft 3 includes“ candidate page draft 4: 3 times, 11: 55,0 times ”, another candidate page draft revised based on candidate page draft 2 5
“Candidate page plan 5: twice, 11:40, 0 times”, and another candidate page plan 5 modified based on candidate page plan 5 include “Candidate page plan 6: 3 times, 11:45, 1 time” ”, And so on.

That is, the number of corrections or the number of approvals of the candidate page which is the basis of the candidate importance list 33000 is 1
Is added, and the processing of updating the candidate importance list 33000 while maintaining the candidate importance of the new candidate page in which the editing time is stored is performed in step S331 equivalent to step S31008.
08.

The flow of the operation of the page selection program 33116 is a modification of the process of checking the importance of step S31202 in the flowchart of FIG. 17 of the third embodiment (not shown).

In the candidate importance list 33000 shown in FIG. 23 created by the candidate editing program 33115, for example, the most recently updated page plan 6 in which the sum of the number of edits and the number of approvals is large is determined as the page plan with the highest importance. approve.

That is, for example, even in the case of the candidate page plan 2 in which the number of edits is one, and in the case of the candidate page plan 3 in which the number of edits is three, the number of times of editing and approval is four in both cases, and it can be considered that they are equally important. . In this case, it can be considered that the newly updated candidate page plan 6 has higher importance.

In this way, if the approver does not approve by the predetermined automatic selection time, the volunteer who can use the most candidate pages among the candidate page plans edited by volunteers edits it, By approving the page plan that many people would like to accept as it is, it is possible to prevent the page from being released to the public even after a predetermined time, upload a good image page, and reduce the operation cost.

<Sixth Embodiment> In the third to fifth embodiments, editing or approval of a candidate page is used for importance, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the sixth embodiment, a candidate page is selected by using the image selection and the information that the user has agreed to the image.
Approve automatically.

In this way, it is possible to prevent the page from being made public to the public even after a predetermined time has elapsed, and to publish an appropriate and better page among candidate pages selected by volunteers, thereby reducing operating costs.

The details of the sixth embodiment will be described below.

In the system configuration diagram, the candidate editing program 33115 and the page selection program 33116 of the camera server configuration of the fifth embodiment are changed to a candidate editing program 34115 and a page selection program 34116, respectively, as shown in FIG. The candidate importance list 33000 of the HD 106 having the configuration of the camera server is changed to the candidate importance list 34000, and the image importance list 340 is changed.
01 is added.

The operation of the sixth embodiment will be described in detail.

The operation of the operation setting program 30113 is the same as in the fifth embodiment. The operation of the recording execution program 114 is the same as in the first to fifth embodiments.

FIG. 25 shows an example of the flow of image editing in the sixth embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 34002 denotes a button for approving the selected image as it is.

The flow of operation of the candidate editing program 34115 is almost the same as the flow chart of FIG. 22 of the fifth embodiment, but as shown in FIG.
34105, the replacement image selection recording process in S34108
The update process of the candidate importance list has been changed.

Steps S34101 to S34104, S
34106 to S34107 correspond to steps S33101 to S33104 and S33106 to S3 in FIG. 22, respectively.
Same as 3107.

In step S34105 following the image selection in step S34104, a replacement image selection screen 34412 with an image approval button 34002 is displayed. When the button 34002 is pressed, the image importance list Count up the approval column of the target image.

When another image is selected, it is replaced with that image, and the selection column of the target image in the image importance list 34001 is counted up.

Specifically, similarly to step S33105 in FIG. 22 of the fifth embodiment, when an image is selected in the replacement image selection and recording process in step S34105, the number of image selections in the image importance list 34001 is increased by one. , The image importance list 34001 is updated.

If the support button 34002 is pressed in the replacement image selection recording processing in step S34105, the number of image approvals in the image importance list 34001 is increased by one, and the image importance list 34001 is updated. Then, the process returns to step S34102 to perform a candidate page display process.

FIG. 27 shows an example of the image importance list 34001 in the sixth embodiment. This stores which images were selected and how many times, and which were approved as they were.

For example, the recording execution program 114
Data 120-1-1 and 120 generated by
The number of times of selection and the number of times of approval are held in a list for all of the items 2-1 and.

FIG. 28 shows an example of the candidate importance list 34000 in step S34108. This is stored in the candidate importance list 33000 of FIG.
For example, a score obtained by calculating the importance of a candidate page from the image importance list 34001 created in 34105 is held.

This score indicates that, for example, the image data included in the candidate page plan 1 is 120-1-1, 120-2-1, 1
In the case of 20-3-1 and 120-4-1, it can be realized by adding up the number of times of selection and the number of times of approval of each image.

For image data for which no selection or agreement has been made, it is possible to consider that volunteer intentions are not working. Therefore, the importance level of the candidate page including the image data is set to 0.

At this time, only the importance score calculated from the image importance list 34001 may be set to zero.

Further, regarding image data for which no selection or agreement has been made at all, it is considered that the score is a negative score, and for example, 1 is subtracted from the score, and the importance of the candidate page containing the image data can be reduced.

At this time, the number of points to be subtracted is not limited to one but may be a predetermined number.

The flow of the operation of the page selection program 34116 may be changed by changing the process of checking the importance of step S31202 in the flowchart of FIG. 17 of the third embodiment.

In the candidate importance list 34000 shown in FIG. 28 created by the candidate editing program 34115, for example, the sum of the number of times of editing and the number of times of approval is the sum of candidate page 2 and candidate page 6.
Is as important as 4, but the sum of the number of edits, the number of approvals, and the score of image importance is 10 for candidate page 2 and 11 for candidate page 6, with candidate page 6 having a higher importance. it is conceivable that.

Even if the scores are the same, the most recently updated page plan is approved as a highly important page plan.

That is, for example, the number of edited images + the number of approvals +
The candidate page plan 6 having the highest image importance score and being updated most recently is considered to have high importance.

Here, the image data included in the candidate page 6 include those for which no selection or agreement has been made at all,
If the candidate page 2 does not include the candidate page 6, it is possible to consider that volunteer intentions are not working for all the images of the candidate page 6, so that the candidate page 6 is not considered as a candidate. Alternatively, an importance calculation method in which the importance of the candidate page 2 is high may be used.

At this time, for example, by assigning a negative image importance score to an image that has not been approved, the importance of the candidate page 6 that is not easily reached is reduced, and a more suitably edited candidate page 6 is selected. The importance of page 2 can be relatively increased.

By doing so, if the approver does not approve by the predetermined automatic selection time, the volunteer who can use the most other candidate pages among the candidate page plans edited by the volunteer is edited, Many people agree with the candidate page as it is, and when creating a candidate page, by approving a candidate page draft that includes many selected or supported images, it prevents the page from being released to the public at the specified time, A better image page can be uploaded and operation costs can be reduced.

<Seventh Embodiment> In the third to sixth embodiments, importance is used for automatic approval of a candidate page.
However, it is not limited to this.

In the seventh embodiment, according to the degree of importance,
Change the order of the candidate page list and display it.

In this way, when creating a new image page based on a candidate page, it is possible to easily understand which candidate page should be used.

The details of the seventh embodiment will be described below.

The system configuration diagram shows the camera server configuration candidate editing program 34115 of the sixth embodiment.
The point is that it has been changed to the candidate editing program 35115 as shown in FIG.

The operation of the seventh embodiment will be described in detail. The operation of the operation setting program 30113 is the same as that of the sixth embodiment. The operation of the recording execution program 114 is the same as in the first to sixth embodiments. Also, the page selection program 341
The operation of No. 16 is the same as that of the sixth embodiment, and the description is omitted.

FIG. 30 shows an example of the flow of image editing according to the seventh embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 35000 denotes a list of candidate lists according to the degree of importance.

The flow of operation of the candidate editing program 35115 can be dealt with by changing the display processing of the candidate list in step S33101 of the flowchart in FIG. 22 of the fifth embodiment.

The flow of the operation of displaying the candidate list will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Upon entering the candidate list display process, in step S35101, the candidate list is displayed as shown in FIG. 26 of the sixth embodiment.
28 created in step S34108 of FIG.
The order of the candidate list is changed based on the calculation of importance similar to that in step S31202 of FIG. 17 of the third embodiment based on the candidate importance list 34000 as shown in FIG.

Then, in step S35102, the candidate list is displayed.

By doing so, the candidate editing program 35115 displays the candidate list screen 35000 for selecting an editing page according to the importance, thereby making it easier to edit based on a more suitable candidate page. , Can reduce the cost of operation.

In the above description, in the example in which the image automatically captured and accumulated by the camera is replaced, the importance of the partial correction is calculated in consideration of the number of edits and the number of approvals. Alternatively, the present invention may be applied to a case of selecting from partial image candidates prepared in advance by some method.

Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a case where an image is divided and each part is modified.

In this case, the approval may be given a greater weight than the editing.

In the first to seventh embodiments described above, the processing is performed by the camera server. However, the apparatus may be a system including a plurality of devices or an apparatus including a single device. Absent.

Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium (or a storage medium) storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, and to provide a computer of the system or the apparatus. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by a program (or CPU or MPU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. The functions of the above-described embodiments are not only realized by the computer executing the readout program code, but also the operating system running on the computer based on the instructions of the program code.
It goes without saying that the (OS) performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into the memory provided in the function expansion card inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is read based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, the CPU included in the function expansion card or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

As described above, according to the embodiment,
A suitable image page is opened to the public from image pages created by volunteers, and operation costs can be reduced.

In particular, in the second embodiment, if the approval is not given even after the lapse of a predetermined time, the approval is automatically given, so that the candidate page is open to the public and the operating cost can be reduced.

Also, in the third embodiment, if the approver does not approve by the predetermined automatic selection time, a page plan that is considered to be the most edited among candidate page plans edited by volunteers is selected. By uploading, a suitable image page is made publicly available, and operation costs can be reduced.

Also, in the fourth embodiment, a preferred image page is made publicly available by approving a page draft edited by volunteers who can use the most other candidate pages, thereby reducing operating costs. it can.

In the fifth embodiment, a volunteer who can use the most other candidate pages is edited, and a page plan which has many people who agree with it is approved as it is. It is open to the public and can lower operating costs.

Also, in the sixth embodiment, many volunteers who can use the most other candidate pages edit them, and many people agree with the candidate pages as they are, and select many when creating candidate pages. Alternatively, by approving the candidate page plan including the supported image, a suitable image page is made publicly available, and the operating cost can be reduced.

Also, in the sixth embodiment, a more suitable image page is made publicly available by lowering the importance of a candidate page plan including an image that is not supported when creating the candidate page. Costs can be reduced.

Also, in the seventh embodiment, the candidate list is displayed according to the degree of importance, so that it is easy to edit based on a more suitable candidate page, and a suitable image page is opened to the public. Operating costs can be reduced.

Also, when the present invention is applied to editing a page portion or an image portion instead of selecting an image for each photographing angle, a plurality of persons can be in charge of the same portion while editing in charge. Even so, it can be scored as a whole, and it becomes possible to jointly create good images and pages.

[0185]

As described above, according to the present invention, an image to be included in a document to be transmitted on a network is
It can be easily updated and automatically made available on the network.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation setting for setting a shooting schedule of a camera server.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flow of image editing.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of page approval.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of an operation setting program.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a recording execution program.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a candidate editing program.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a page selection program.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an operation setting for setting a shooting schedule of a camera server according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an operation setting program according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a page selection program according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a candidate editing program according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating contents of a candidate importance list according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a page selection program according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing contents of a candidate importance list according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of image editing according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a candidate editing program according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating contents of a candidate importance list according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of image editing according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating processing contents of a candidate editing program according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating contents of an image importance list according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating contents of a candidate importance list according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a configuration diagram of a camera server according to a seventh embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of image editing according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of a candidate list display process according to the seventh embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 100 camera server 101 memory 106 auxiliary storage device 113 operation setting program 114 recording execution program 115 candidate editing program 116 page selection program 120-1-1, 120-1-2, ..., 120-nm
Image data 401, 402 Image data 301 Setting page screen 410 Candidate list screen 411 Changed image selection screen 412 Replacement image selection screen 502 Candidate page selection screen 503 Page approval processing screen 30000 Automatic selection time field 31000 Candidate importance list of the third embodiment 32000 Candidate Importance List of Embodiment 4 33000 Candidate Importance List of Embodiment 5 33001 Button for Approving Candidate Page 34000 Candidate Importance List 34001 of Embodiment 6 Image Importance List 34002 Button for Accepting Selected Image as It Is 35000 Candidate List that displays the list according to importance

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for transmitting document information via a network, comprising: an image input unit; a schedule input unit for inputting schedule information for image capture by the image input unit; Correction means for correcting the obtained schedule information, image storage means for storing the obtained image in accordance with the new schedule information corrected by the correction means, and based on the image stored in the image storage means. Document creation means for creating document information; authentication means for authenticating transmission of the candidate document to the network; irrespective of authentication by the authentication means, distribution of the candidate document to the network according to predetermined conditions. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a distribution control unit for controlling. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distribution unit distributes the document to a document browsing server provided on the network, and updates a conventional document existing on the server. Information processing device. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the distribution unit includes a selection unit that selects a high-priority document to be distributed from candidate documents created in the past by the document creation unit. Item 3. The information processing device according to item 1 or 2. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said selection means selects a document with a high priority based on an editing history of each candidate document. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said selecting means selects a candidate document having the longest editing history. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the selection unit selects a document having a high priority based on the number of updates of the document and the latest update date and time. 7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the selection unit selects the candidate document created by the document creation unit based on the number of times of approval when an approval instruction is given. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said selecting means selects a candidate document by referring to the number of times of selection of an image allocated in said document. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said selection means includes means for displaying a list of candidate documents. 10. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus that includes image input means and transmits document information via a network, comprising: a schedule input step of inputting schedule information for image capture of the image input means; A correction step of correcting the schedule information input in the input step, an image storage step of storing an obtained image according to the new schedule information corrected in the correction step, A document creation step of creating document information based on an image, an authentication step of authenticating that the candidate document is transmitted to a network, and a network of the candidate document according to a predetermined condition regardless of the authentication performed by the authentication step. A distribution control step of controlling distribution to the information processing apparatus. 11. A storage medium comprising image input means and storing a program code of an information processing apparatus for transmitting document information via a network, wherein a schedule input for inputting schedule information for image capture by said image input means. A program code for a process, a program code for a correction process for correcting the schedule information input in the schedule input process, and an image storage for storing an image obtained according to the new schedule information corrected in the correction process. A program code of a step, a program code of a document creation step of creating document information based on the image stored in the image storage step, a program code of an authentication step of authenticating that the candidate document is transmitted to a network, Regardless of the certification by the certification process, the previous A storage medium for storing a program code of a distribution control step of controlling distribution of the candidate document to the network.