JP2004005314A - Data search system and related device or method, recording medium or program - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a communication terminal capable of easily retrieving a photographed image and further easily obtaining information related to the photographed image using a communication line.
A communication terminal includes: an input unit having a photographing function; a character information extracting unit that extracts a character string serving as a keyword from a photographed image; and a character information extracting unit that is necessary for the keyword to connect to a communication partner. A connection destination determining unit 104 for determining whether connection information (URL address or telephone number) is indicated, and an image information management table for managing the image in association with the keyword and the connection destination information, and An image information management table management unit 105 for management is provided. Images can be easily searched by using the image information management table generated and managed by the above configuration. Further, it is possible to easily connect to a communication partner that provides information related to the image.
[Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention particularly relates to a mobile communication terminal with a camera for extracting character information from a captured image, managing the image using the extracted character information, and connecting to an appropriate communication destination.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones have not been widely used, and it has not been easy to view the homepage while on the go, so after returning home etc., accessing the homepage with a fixed terminal, They had to send and receive data.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in recent years, it has become as follows.
[0004]
(1) In recent years, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs compatible with wireless Internet have become commonplace, and users can access an Internet homepage found on the go.
[0005]
(2) Also, by connecting a digital camera to a mobile communication terminal, it is possible to transmit a photographed image to a third party using wireless internet or upload it to a server.
[0006]
In the mobile terminal of the above (1), in order to browse the homepage of the URL address described in the signboard in the city or the advertisement hanging on the train, the URL address is first copied on paper and attached to the mobile terminal. It is necessary to start the WWW browser and input the copied URL address into the WWW browser using a keyboard or other input device, and there is a problem that it is inconvenient to browse the homepage immediately on the spot. .
[0007]
In the conventional digital camera of (2), the user often inputs a "photographing place" and a "comment" so that the photographed image can be easily searched later. However, there is a problem that the user needs to manually input using a keyboard or other input device, which is troublesome. In addition, the "comment" input by the user may be easily recalled by the photographer, but may not always be appropriate for a third party to search for an image based on the comment. For this reason, there is a problem that the method is not suitable for a purpose of searching for a desired image from a huge number of images disclosed by a plurality of individuals.
[0008]
An object of the present invention is to extract a character string (for example, company name, address, URL address, telephone number, etc. described on a signboard) from a digital image and use the extracted character string to easily search for the digital image. Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal capable of easily acquiring detailed information by connecting to a communication partner and further easily sharing a captured image with a third party.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above issues,
First, a communication terminal of the present invention analyzes a keyword extracted by a character string extraction unit that extracts a character string serving as a keyword from a digital image input to the communication terminal, A connection destination determining unit that determines whether a keyword indicates connection destination information necessary for connecting to a communication partner, and a keyword extracted by the digital image and the character string information extraction unit and the connection destination determination unit Using an image information management table management unit for generating and managing an image information management table for managing in association with the determined connection destination information, and using a wireless or wired means for the connection destination determined by the connection destination determination unit And a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data.
[0010]
Thus, using the image information management table, the input digital image can be managed in association with a keyword extracted from the image and further with connection destination information such as a URL address and a telephone number. Furthermore, when the communication terminal has a position detection function using a GPS signal, the shooting location can be registered in the image information management table, and can be managed in association with the shooting location.
[0011]
Then, it is possible to easily connect to a connection destination associated with the keyword by the image information management table and the connection destination determination unit, for example, a homepage of a URL address or a telephone number, and acquire data.
[0012]
Secondly, the communication terminal of the present invention has a user operation unit for receiving a search character string entered by a user as a key, and a search unit for searching for a keyword matching the search character string using the image information management table. Further, the present invention is characterized by having a presenting unit for acquiring and presenting a digital image associated with the keyword.
[0013]
This makes it possible to easily search for a digital image based on the keyword associated with the image information management table.
[0014]
Third, a data server for transmitting and receiving data to and from the communication terminal of the present invention includes a registration unit that receives the image information management table and the digital image managed by the image information management table from the communication terminal, and registers the digital image in a database. A search unit that receives a search string from the communication terminal and searches for a keyword matching the search string and a digital image associated with the keyword using an image information management table registered in the database. And transmitting the keyword and the digital image of the search result to the communication terminal.
[0015]
This allows a user other than the user who captured the image to easily search, acquire, and browse the digital image based on the keyword associated with the image information management table, and to easily view the image among a plurality of users. Can be shared to
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0017]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data search system that performs communication using a keyword (character information) extracted from a digital image according to the present invention.
In FIG.
100 is a mobile communication terminal,
101, an input unit to which an image is input;
102, an image recording unit for recording the image acquired in 101,
103, a character information extraction unit for extracting a keyword from the image acquired in 101;
104: a connection destination determining unit that compares the keyword extracted in 103 with a preset reserved word, and determines a connection destination based on the matched reserved word;
An image information management table management unit 105 associates an image recorded in 102 with information related to the image, a keyword acquired in 103, and a connection destination address determined in 104, and creates an image information management table.
106, a communication unit that connects to the connection destination associated with the keyword in 105 using a wireless or wired communication line and transmits and receives data to and from the connection destination;
107, an image recorded in 102, a keyword extracted in 103, a connection destination address determined in 104, an image information management table created in 105, a recording medium for recording data acquired in 106,
108, a user operation unit for transmitting operations from the user to 102 to 106;
Reference numeral 109 denotes an image recorded in 102, a keyword extracted in 103, a connection destination address determined in 104, an image information management table created in 105, data acquired in 106, and data recorded in 107 on a screen. Presentation part for displaying on the
110 is a system bus for connecting the internal processing units 101 to 106 to external devices 107 to 108;
Is shown.
[0018]
In the present embodiment, a connection destination is determined by fetching image data from a user portable terminal or the like, extracting character information or the like serving as a keyword from the image data so as to be connectable via the Internet or the like, and analyzing it.
[0019]
The input unit 101 may be a camera itself, or may be an interface for acquiring an external image (such as an image on the Internet or an image stored in an external recording device).
[0020]
FIG. 2 is an example of an image information management table diagram generated by the image information management table management unit 105 in the data search system according to the present embodiment.
[0021]
2, the image acquired by the input unit 101, the date and time when the image was acquired, the keyword extracted by the character information extraction unit 103, and the connection destination determined by the connection destination determination unit 104 are recorded as a table in association with each other. When a plurality of keywords are present in one image, tables are created for the number of keywords.
[0022]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow until a keyword is extracted from an image obtained by the input unit 101 in a portable communication terminal device that performs communication using a keyword extracted from a digital image according to the present invention. The operation will be described below with reference to FIG.
[0023]
Step 1-1) Processing starts (S301 in FIG. 3).
[0024]
Step 1-2) An image is acquired by the input unit 101 (S302 in FIG. 3).
[0025]
Step 1-3) Acquire the date and time when step 1-2) was executed (S303 in FIG. 3).
[0026]
Step 1-4) The image acquired in steps 1-2 and 3) and the data of the acquisition date and time are recorded in the image recording unit 102 (S304 in FIG. 3).
[0027]
Step 1-5) Extract keywords from the image recorded in step 1-4). If there are a plurality of keywords in the image, create lists as many as the number of keywords. (S305 in FIG. 3).
[0028]
Step 1-6) The first entry of the keyword list is obtained (S306 in FIG. 3).
[0029]
Step 1-7) Compare a preset reserved word with a keyword (S307 in FIG. 3).
[0030]
Step 1-8) Check whether the keyword includes a reserved word (“http: //”, “www”, “.com”, etc.) indicating the homepage address, and if so, execute step 1-9) To process. If not included, step 1-10) is processed (S308 in FIG. 3).
[0031]
Step 1-9) The connection destination of the keyword is determined to be the homepage address, and step 1-13) is processed (S309 in FIG. 3).
[0032]
Step 1-10) It is checked whether the keyword includes a reserved word indicating a telephone number (“telephone number”, “Tel”, etc.), and if it does, step 1-11) is processed. If not included, step 1-12) is processed (S310 in FIG. 3).
[0033]
Step 1-11) It is determined that the connection destination of the keyword is a telephone number, and step 1-13) is processed (S311 in FIG. 3).
[0034]
Step 1-12) It is determined that the connection destination of the keyword is other, and step 1-13) is processed (S312 in FIG. 3).
[0035]
Step 1-13) The data recorded in the image recording unit 102 in step 1-4) and the connection destination determined in steps 1-7 to 12) are written in the image information management table and recorded on the recording medium 107 (FIG. 3 (S313).
[0036]
Step 1-14) Check if it is the last of the keyword list, and if it is the last, process step 1-16). If it is not the last, step 1-15) is processed (S314 in FIG. 3).
[0037]
Step 1-15) Acquire the next entry in the keyword list, and return to step 1-7) (S315 in FIG. 3).
[0038]
Step 1-16) end the process (S316 in FIG. 3).
[0039]
By the above processing, the keyword is extracted by the character extracting unit 103 from the image acquired by the input unit 101, the optimal connection destination is determined by the connection destination determining unit 104 from the extracted keyword, and the image information management table management unit An image, a keyword, connection destination information, an acquisition date and time, and a comment if necessary can be associated with the information management table.
[0040]
Here, the reserved words are only the homepage address and the telephone number, but other reserved words can be added. For example, if an international standard book number (ISBN) is added as a reserved word and the connection destination is set in advance as an ISBN search server having book information corresponding to ISBN, if the keyword is ISBN, the ISBN is automatically set. By connecting to a search server, it is possible to obtain book information corresponding to ISBN.
[0041]
FIG. 4 illustrates a portable communication terminal device that performs communication using a keyword extracted from a digital image according to the present invention, and determines a communication destination suitable for the keyword from the image information management table stored in the recording medium 106 by the processing of FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow up to connection, and the operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0042]
Step 2-1) Start processing (S401 in FIG. 4).
[0043]
Step 2-2) In response to a request from the user operation unit 108, the image information management table is called from the recording medium 107 (S402 in FIG. 4).
[0044]
Step 2-3) A keyword to be connected is selected from the image information management table through the user operation unit 108 (S403 in FIG. 4).
[0045]
Step 2-4) Call a connection destination corresponding to the selected keyword from the image information management table (S404 in FIG. 4).
[0046]
Step 2-5) Check whether the called connection destination is a homepage address, and if it is a homepage address, process step 2-6). If it is not the homepage address, step 2-8) is processed (S405 in FIG. 4).
[0047]
Step 2-6) The communication unit 106 connects to the Internet (S406 in FIG. 4).
[0048]
Step 2-7) Using the keyword as the home page address, obtain the data of the home page at the address, and process step 2-13) (S407 in FIG. 4).
[0049]
Step 2-8) Check whether the called connection destination is a telephone number, and if it is a telephone number, process step 2-9). If it is not a telephone number, step 2-11) is processed (S409 in FIG. 4).
[0050]
Step 2-9) Make a call from the communication unit 106 using the keyword as a telephone number (S409 in FIG. 4).
[0051]
Step 2-10) A call is started, and step 2-15) is processed (S410 in FIG. 4).
[0052]
Step 2-11) Connect to the Internet via the communication unit 106 (S411 in FIG. 4)
Step 2-12) Connect to a preset Internet search server, transmit the keyword to the search server, and process step 2-13) (S412 in FIG. 4).
[0053]
Step 2-13) Record the information received from the connection destination in the information on the connection destination in the image information management table (S413 in FIG. 4).
[0054]
Step 2-14) The information received from the connection destination is output to the presentation unit 109 (S414 in FIG. 4).
[0055]
Step 2-15) Processing is completed (S415 in FIG. 4).
[0056]
With the above processing, it is possible to automatically connect to the connection destination corresponding to the keyword from the image information management table stored in the recording medium 107, and record or present the data of the connection destination to the user.
[0057]
As described above, in the portable communication terminal device that performs communication using the keyword extracted from the digital image according to the present embodiment, the keyword is automatically extracted from the acquired digital image, and the connection destination is automatically determined from the keyword and the reserved word. For example, when a user finds a signboard with a homepage address or phone number written in a city, the user can directly access the homepage address or phone number written on the signboard simply by copying the signboard with the camera. It is possible to obtain the effect that the user can save the trouble of copying and remembering the homepage address and the telephone number.
[0058]
Further, in the example of the present embodiment, the connection destination is only the homepage address, the telephone number, and the search server. However, as described above, if the keyword is ISBN, an access is made to the ISBN search server, and the book information corresponding to the ISBN is retrieved. It is also possible to obtain.
[0059]
Furthermore, it is also possible to access the dictionary server using keywords such as kanji which cannot be understood by the camera or English words whose meaning cannot be understood as a keyword, and to check how to read kanji and the meaning of English words.
[0060]
In this way, by setting a reserved word corresponding to a keyword in advance, the connection is automatically made to an appropriate connection destination for each keyword, thereby eliminating the need for the user to search for a connection destination for each keyword. Is obtained.
[0061]
Further, since the image and the keyword are recorded in association with each other, when the keyword is called later, the image can be viewed at the same time, so that an effect that the user can easily recall when and where the keyword is obtained is obtained. .
[0062]
(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration diagram of a data search system for performing communication using a keyword (character information) extracted from a digital image according to the present invention.
In FIG.
500 is a mobile communication terminal,
501, an input unit to which an image is input;
502, an image recording unit for recording an image;
503, a character information extraction unit for extracting a keyword from the image acquired in 501;
A connection destination determining unit 504 that compares the keyword extracted in 503 with a preset reserved word, and determines a connection destination based on the matched reserved word;
505, an image information management table management unit that associates the image recorded in 502 with information related to the image, the keyword acquired in 503, and the connection destination determined in 504;
A communication unit 506 connects to the connection destination determined in 504;
507, a recording medium for recording the output data of 502 to 506, 511;
508, a user operation unit that transmits operations from the user to 502 to 506, 511;
509, a presentation unit that outputs the processing results of 502 to 506, 511;
Reference numeral 510 denotes a system bus that connects the internal processing units 501 to 506, 511, and 512 to external devices 507 to 509 and 513;
511, a position detection unit that can obtain current position data indicating the current position of the data receiving device using a GPS signal transmitted from the global positioning system (GPS);
512, a position information storage unit that stores position information such as an address and a map corresponding to the current position data;
A search unit 513 searches for target information from the image information management table,
Is shown.
[0063]
In the present embodiment, image data is taken in from a user's portable terminal or the like, and character information or the like serving as a keyword is extracted and analyzed from the image data so that it can be connected via the Internet or the like. Then, by using the position data, important ones are extracted from the extracted character information and the like, and the connection destination is determined.
[0064]
Note that the location information storage unit 512 may be located in a communication terminal or on an Internet server. When located on an Internet server, the location information storage unit 512 uses the communication unit 506 to acquire location information.
[0065]
Further, the position detection unit 511 acquires current position data when the input unit 501 acquires an image.
[0066]
FIG. 6 is an example of two captured images, and an image information management table is created by the same processing as in the first embodiment. Here, a keyword is extracted by the character information extraction unit 503. At this time, the importance of keywords located near the center of the image is set high, and the importance of keywords located far from the center of the image is set low, and recorded in the image information management table. In the example of FIG. 6, “ABC Inc.” exists as a character string keyword in Photo 1 of FIG. In Photo2 of FIG. 6, “XYZ store” and “ABC Co., Ltd.” exist as character string keywords, but “XYZ store” has a high importance, and “ABC Co., Ltd.” has a low importance. Set. This is because when a user shoots a favorite subject, the user takes the subject to the center of the image, and as a keyword that more accurately expresses the characteristics of the image, the importance of the keyword located in the center of the image is important. The degree is set high.
[0067]
In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the importance is determined according to the position of the keyword in the image. However, the importance may be determined according to the size of the character of the keyword.
[0068]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the image information management table generated by the image information management table management unit 505. The image obtained by the input unit 501, the date and time when the image was obtained, and the character information extraction unit 503 are extracted. The keyword and the importance according to the keyword, the connection destination determined by the connection destination determination unit 504, the current position data acquired by the position detection unit 511 when the image is acquired, and the position information storage corresponding to the current position data The information is recorded as a table in association with the position information of the unit 512. When a plurality of keywords are present in one image, tables are created for the number of keywords.
[0069]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing a search by a keyword from an image information management table recorded in a recording medium 507 of a portable communication terminal device that performs communication using a keyword extracted from a digital image according to the present invention. The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5, 7, and 8.
[0070]
Step 3-1) Start processing (S801 in FIG. 8).
[0071]
Step 3-2) The image information management table is called from the recording medium 507 (S802 in FIG. 8).
[0072]
Step 3-3) The user selects a table to be searched through the user operation unit 508 (S803 in FIG. 8).
[0073]
Step 3-4) If the search target is a keyword, step 3-5) is processed. If the search target is not a keyword, step 3-6) is processed (S804 in FIG. 8).
[0074]
Step 3-5) It is determined that the search target is a keyword, and step 3-14) is processed (S805 in FIG. 8).
[0075]
Step 3-6) If the search target is a connection destination, step 3-7) is processed. If the search target is not the connection destination, step 3-8) is processed (S806 in FIG. 8).
[0076]
Step 3-7) The search target is determined to be the connection destination, and step 3-14) is processed (S807 in FIG. 8).
[0077]
Step 3-8) If the search target is the acquisition date and time, step 3-9) is processed. If the search target is not the acquisition date, step 3-10) is processed (S808 in FIG. 8).
[0078]
Step 3-9) The search target is determined to be the acquisition date and time, and step 3-14) is processed (S809 in FIG. 8).
[0079]
Step 3-10) If the search target is the acquisition place, step 3-11) is processed. If the search target is not the acquisition location, step 3-12) is processed (S810 in FIG. 8).
[0080]
Step 3-11) The search target is determined to be the acquisition place, and step 3-14) is processed (S811 in FIG. 8).
[0081]
Step 3-12) If the search target is a comment, step 3-13) is processed. If the search target is not a comment, the process returns to step 3-3) (S812 in FIG. 8).
[0082]
Step 3-13) It is determined that the search target is a comment, and step 3-14) is processed (S813 in FIG. 3).
Step 3-14) The user inputs a search character string through the user operation unit 508 (S814 in FIG. 8).
[0083]
Step 3-15) The search target determined in steps 3-3 to 13) is compared with the search character string in step 3-14) and the image information management table, and a list of matched items is created (FIG. 8). S815).
[0084]
Step 3-16) The list of the list created in the previous step is displayed on the presentation unit 509 (S816 in FIG. 8).
[0085]
Step 3-17) The user selects one of the lists from the list displayed in the previous step through the user operation unit 509, and the image associated with the selected keyword in the image information management table and its association The information is displayed on the presentation unit 509 (S817 in FIG. 8).
[0086]
Step 3-18) Processing ends (S818 in FIG. 8).
[0087]
Through the above processing, the image and its related information can be searched from the image information management table recorded on the recording medium 507 by the search target and the search character string.
[0088]
FIG. 9 is an example of a search screen. Assuming that the search target is “keyword” and the search character string is “stock”, a list of search results is displayed by the processing of FIG. Here, when the list is displayed, the character information extracting unit 503 arranges and displays the list in descending order of importance set for each keyword, so that it is possible to more efficiently search for an image desired by the user. The effect is obtained. In the example of FIG. 9, “ABC Co., Ltd.” of Photo1 and Photo2 is provided as a search result, but Photo1 is displayed before Photo2 because Photo1 is set to have a higher importance.
[0089]
Next, FIG. 10 is an example of a screen when one is selected from the list of search results in FIG. 9. The image obtained by the user is associated with the image associated with the keyword selected from the list by the image information management table. The date, time, location, comment, and connection destination data are displayed.
[0090]
When the user clicks on the homepage address in the image displayed in FIG. 10, the connection to the homepage address is performed by the processing of FIG. 4, and the data at the homepage address is newer than the data at the connection destination associated in the image information management table. If so, the data of the connection destination is updated and displayed on the WWW browser of FIG. On the other hand, if the data of the homepage address is the same as the data of the connection destination, no data is received.
[0091]
Further, when a telephone number in the image displayed in FIG. 10 is clicked, a telephone call is made to the telephone number in accordance with the processing in FIG.
[0092]
Furthermore, when the image acquisition date and time, the image acquisition location, and the comment displayed in FIG. 10 are clicked, the clicked information is set as a search target or a search character string, and the search can be performed again by the processing in FIG.
[0093]
As described above, in the portable communication terminal device that performs communication using the keyword extracted from the digital image according to the present embodiment, the image and the information related to the image are managed by the image information management table. It is possible to obtain an effect that an image can be easily searched for according to a keyword in the image, an acquisition location of the image, an acquisition date and time, and the like.
[0094]
Furthermore, when the image is displayed, the information associated with the image information management table is also displayed, so that it is possible to easily recall when and where the image was obtained.
[0095]
(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 11 shows an example of a configuration diagram of a data search system according to the present invention, which includes a portable communication terminal device that performs communication using a keyword (character information) extracted from a digital image and a shared database server on the Internet. FIG.
In FIG.
1100 is a shared database server,
1101 is a mobile communication terminal having the configuration of FIG.
1102, a communication unit connectable to 1101;
1103, a registration unit for registering data from 1101 in a shared database;
1104, a shared database that records data from 1103 as a shared image information management table;
A search unit 1105 searches for the target information from the shared image information management table in 1104,
Is shown.
[0096]
In the present embodiment, image data is captured from a user portable terminal or the like, and character information or the like serving as a keyword is extracted and analyzed from the image data so that the user can connect to the Internet or the like. The extracted character information and the like are stored and provided as a shared database so that other users can use them.
[0097]
Here, the shared image information management table recorded in the shared database 1104 has a configuration in which an item of owner information of the portable communication terminal 1101 is newly added to the table configuration similar to that of FIG.
[0098]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for registering the image information management table recorded on the recording medium in the portable communication terminal 1101 in the shared image information management table in the shared database 1104. The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0099]
Step 4-1) Processing starts (S1201 in FIG. 12).
[0100]
Step 4-2) Connect the portable communication terminal 1101 and the communication unit 1102 (S1202 in FIG. 12).
[0101]
Step 4-3) The image information management table recorded on the recording medium 507 in the communication terminal 1101 and the owner information of the portable communication terminal 1101 are transmitted to the registration unit 1103 (S1203 in FIG. 12).
[0102]
Step 4-4) The registration unit 1103 receives the data transmitted in step 4-3) (S1204 in FIG. 12).
[0103]
Step 4-5) The registration unit 1103 registers the received image information management table and owner information in the shared image information management table of the shared database 1104 (S1205 in FIG. 12).
[0104]
Step 4-6) Processing ends (S1206 in FIG. 12).
[0105]
Through the above processing, the image information management table in the mobile communication terminal can be registered in the shared database on the Internet.
[0106]
Next, FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of a process of searching for and acquiring target information from the shared image information management table recorded in the shared database, and refer to FIG. 5, FIG. 11, and FIG. Hereinafter, the operation will be described.
[0107]
Step 5-1) Start processing (S1301 in FIG. 13).
[0108]
Step 5-2) Connect the portable communication terminal 1101 and the communication unit 1102 (S1302 in FIG. 13).
[0109]
Step 5-3) By the same processing as in the second embodiment, the user inputs the search target of the image to be obtained and the search character string through the user operation unit 508 in the portable communication terminal 1101, and transmits the search character string to the search unit 1105 (FIG. 13 S1303).
[0110]
Step 5-4) The search unit 1105 receives the search target and the search character string transmitted in the previous step (S1304 in FIG. 13).
[0111]
Step 5-5) By the same processing as in the second embodiment, the shared image information management table is searched for table information that matches the search target and the search character string (S1305 in FIG. 13).
[0112]
Step 5-6) The search result of the previous step is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 1101 (S1306 in FIG. 13).
[0113]
Step 5-7) The portable receiving terminal 1101 receives the search result transmitted in the previous step (S1307 in FIG. 13).
[0114]
Step 5-8) The search result is displayed on the presentation unit 508 in the portable communication terminal 1101 (S1308 in FIG. 13).
[0115]
Step 5-9) Processing ends (S1309 in FIG. 13).
[0116]
Through the above processing, the shared image information management table recorded in the shared database is searched, and the result can be referred to by the portable communication terminal.
[0117]
As described above, the portable communication terminal device that performs communication using the keyword (character information) extracted from the digital image according to the present invention and the shared data server on the Internet can transmit and receive the image information management table via the communication line. Therefore, even when the storage capacity of the recording medium in the portable communication terminal is small, if the storage capacity of the shared database is large, an effect that more images and related information can be recorded can be obtained.
[0118]
Further, by sharing the image information management table, an image obtained by another user and the related information can be used, so that more information can be obtained.
[0119]
Further, since the images in the shared database are also recorded as the image information management table, an effect is obtained that the images recorded in the shared database can be easily searched for by keywords.
[0120]
(Embodiment 4)
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration diagram of a data search system in a portable communication terminal device that performs communication using key data extracted from a digital image according to the present invention.
In FIG.
1400 is a communication terminal device,
An image input unit 1401 receives an image from a digital camera, an image input device, a transmission path, or the like.
1402, an image data storage unit that stores the image input in 1401;
1403, a search key data extraction unit that extracts search key data for searching other information from the image data accumulated in 1402;
A search key reservation data storage unit 1404 stores search key reservation data for determining a connection destination by performing pattern matching on the search key data extracted in 1403,
An automatic search connection unit 1405 determines a connection destination based on the search key data extracted in 1403 and the search key reservation data stored in 1404, and connects the connection destinations.
1406, an image analysis and search unit that analyzes objects displayed in the image data accumulated in 1402 and determines the importance of the search key data to be extracted in 1403;
1407, image search key related data for creating and managing image search key related data in which the image stored in 1402, the search key data extracted in 1403, and the importance of the key data determined in 1406 are associated with each other. Management Department,
1408, a position data detection unit that detects position data indicating a place where the communication terminal exists,
1409, a service providing unit that provides a service to the user using the image search key related data created in 1407 and the position data detected in 1408;
1410, an image search key-related data providing unit that uploads the image search key-related data created in 1407 to a server and makes it available to other users;
Is shown.
[0121]
In the present embodiment, image data is captured from a user portable terminal or the like, and character information or the like serving as a keyword is extracted and analyzed from the image data so that the user can connect to the Internet or the like. The extracted character information and the like are stored and provided as a shared database so that other users can use the character information and the like, and the character information and the like are stored using search key reservation data for determining a connection destination. The required search key is extracted from.
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Next, a process of extracting search key data from an input image and automatically connecting to a connection destination will be described.
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Step 6-1) An image is captured by the image input unit 1401 and stored in the image data storage unit 1302.
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Step 6-2) The search key data extraction unit 1403 extracts search key data for searching other information from the image data.
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Step 6-3) The automatic search connection unit 1405 performs pattern matching between the search key data and the search key reservation data stored in the search key reservation data storage unit 1404, and establishes a connection corresponding to the pattern matched search key reservation data. Decide ahead.
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Step 6-4) Automatically connect to the connection destination determined by the automatic search connection unit 1405.
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In this way, the retrieval key data can be extracted from the image and automatically connected to a connection destination suitable for the retrieval key data.
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Next, processing from adding importance to search key data extracted from an image to creating and using image search key related data will be described.
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Step 7-1) An image is captured by the image input unit 1401 and stored in the image data storage unit 1302.
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Step 7-2) The search key data extraction unit 1403 extracts search key data for searching other information from the image data.
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Step 7-3) The image analysis search unit 1406 analyzes the objects displayed in the image data and determines the importance of the search key data. For example, the search key data located at the center of the image is made more important.
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Step 7-4) The image search key-related data management unit 1407 generates the image search key-related data by associating the image data, the search key data, the importance, and the position information when the image data was acquired. .
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Step 7-5) The generated image search key-related data is uploaded from the image search key-related data providing unit 1410 to a server that can be used by another user. Meanwhile, other users can download and use the uploaded image search key-related data. When downloading, the position data where the communication terminal exists is acquired from the position data detection unit 1408, and only the image search key related data having the position data close to the acquired position data is downloaded. You can also download only the ones with the highest
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In this way, the search key data embedded in the image is automatically extracted, and the position data at the time of obtaining the image data and the objects displayed in the image data are analyzed to determine the importance of the search key data. Since the degrees are determined and recorded as image search key-related data in association with the image data, the image data can be easily searched later without inputting a comment or the like for the image.
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Furthermore, by uploading the image search key-related data to the server in a common format, other users can more easily search for and use target data from a vast amount of data existing in the server.
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Then, it is possible to automatically connect to the target connection destination from the downloaded image search key data by the processing of steps 6-1 to 4).
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(Embodiment 5)
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration diagram of a data search system in a portable communication terminal device that performs communication using a keyword (character information) extracted from a digital image according to the present invention.
[0138]
In FIG.
1500 is a communication terminal device,
An image input unit 1501 receives an image from a digital camera, an image input device, a transmission path, or the like.
1502, an image data storage unit that stores the image input in 1501;
1503, a connection destination data extraction unit that extracts connection destination data for connecting to other information from the image data stored in 1502;
1504, a data access unit that connects to another database using the connection destination data extracted in 1503;
1505, an image analysis search unit that analyzes objects displayed in the image data stored in 1502 and determines the importance of the connection destination data extracted in 1503;
1506, image search related data management for creating and managing image search related data in which the image stored in 1502, the connection destination data extracted in 1503, and the importance of the connection destination data determined in 1505 are associated with each other. Department,
1507, a position data detection unit that detects position data indicating a place where the communication terminal exists,
1508, a service providing unit that provides a service to the user using the image search related data created in 1506 and the position data detected in 1507;
1509, an image search related data providing unit that uploads the image search key related data created in 1506 to the server and makes it available to other users,
Is shown.
[0139]
In the present embodiment, image data is taken in from a user portable terminal or the like, character information or the like serving as a keyword is extracted and analyzed from the image data so that it can be connected via the Internet or the like. Is analyzed and connection destinations are determined with importance.
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Next, processing from extracting connection destination data from an input image to connecting to another database will be described.
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Step 8-1) An image is captured by the image input unit 1501 and stored in the image data storage unit 1502.
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Step 8-2) The connection destination data extraction unit 1503 extracts connection destination data from the image data.
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Step 8-3) The data access unit 1503 connects to the database indicated by the connection destination data.
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In this way, it is possible to connect to another database using the connection destination data included in the image.
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Next, a process of adding importance to connection destination data extracted from an image, and creating and using image search related data will be described.
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Step 9-1) An image is captured by the image input unit 1501 and stored in the image data storage unit 1502.
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Step 9-2) The connection destination data extraction unit 1503 extracts connection destination data from the image data.
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Step 9-3) The image analysis connection unit 1505 analyzes the object displayed in the image data and determines the importance of the connection destination data. For example, the importance of the connection destination data located at the center of the image is increased.
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Step 9-4) The image search key-related data management unit 1506 generates image search-related data by associating the image data, the connection destination data, the importance, and the position information when the image data was acquired.
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Step 9-5) The generated image search related data is uploaded from the image search related data providing unit 1509 to a server that can be used by another user. Meanwhile, other users can download and use the uploaded image search related data. When downloading, the position data where the communication terminal is present is obtained from the position data detection unit 1308, and only the image search related data having the position data close to the obtained position data is downloaded. You can also download only the expensive ones.
[0151]
In this way, the connection destination data embedded in the image is automatically extracted, and the position data at the time of acquiring the image data and the objects displayed in the image data are analyzed to determine the importance of the connection destination data. Since the degrees are determined and recorded as image search related data in association with the image data, the image data can be easily searched later without inputting a comment or the like for the image.
[0152]
Further, by uploading the image search-related data to the server in a common format, other users can more easily search for and use target data from a vast amount of data existing in the server.
[0153]
Then, it is possible to automatically connect to the target connection destination by the processing of steps 8-1 to 3) from the downloaded connection destination data.
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【The invention's effect】
As mentioned above,
A first invention is a communication terminal that transmits and receives data using a wireless or wired communication line, wherein the communication terminal includes an input unit that inputs a digital image, and a digital image input by the input unit. An image recording unit for recording; a recording medium on which the digital image is recorded; a character information extracting unit for reading a digital image recorded on the recording medium and extracting a character string serving as a keyword from the digital image; A connection destination determining unit that analyzes the keyword extracted by the information extraction unit and determines whether the keyword indicates connection destination information necessary for connecting to a communication partner, and extracts the character string information from the digital image. Generates and manages an image information management table for managing in association with the keyword extracted by the unit and the connection destination information determined by the connection destination determination unit By having the image information management table management unit, the input digital image can be easily associated with a keyword extracted from the image and further with connection destination information such as a URL address and a telephone number using the image information management table. The advantage is that it is possible to manage the data.
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In the second invention, the communication terminal further includes: a presentation unit that presents a list of keywords extracted from the digital image; and a user operation of selecting any one of the keywords from the keyword list presented to the presentation unit. A user operation unit to be accepted and a communication unit that obtains connection destination information for the selected keyword from the image information management table, connects to a communication partner using the obtained connection destination information, and acquires data from the communication partner. With this configuration, an effect is obtained in that the user can connect to an appropriate connection destination only by selecting a keyword without specifying the connection destination.
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In the third invention, the communication terminal has a function of receiving a search string entered by a user with a key on the user operation unit, and further uses the image information management table to input a keyword that matches the search string. Having a search unit for searching, and further having a presenting unit for acquiring and presenting a digital image associated with the keyword, a user inputs based on the keyword associated with the image information management table. An effect is obtained that a digital image matching the search character string can be easily searched.
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A fourth invention is a data server that transmits and receives data to and from the communication terminal of the present invention, and receives the image information management table and the digital image managed by the image information management table from the communication terminal, and stores the data in a database. A registration unit to register, receives a search string from the communication terminal, and uses a keyword matching the search string and a digital image associated with the keyword using an image information management table registered in the database. By having a search unit to search, users other than the user who captured the image can also use the image information management table registered in the data server, based on the keyword associated with the digital image, Images can be easily searched, acquired and browsed, and image data can be easily shared among multiple users The effect of wear can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an image diagram of an image information management table recorded on a storage medium of the mobile communication terminal device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart from an acquired image to an image information management table creation process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart from the image information management table to the connection destination information acquisition processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an image diagram of an acquired image of the form communication terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an image diagram of an image information management table recorded on a storage medium of a portable communication terminal device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a search process of the mobile communication terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an image diagram of a search screen of the mobile communication terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an image diagram of a search result screen of the mobile communication terminal device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a portable communication terminal device and a shared database server according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of processing for recording an image information management table in a shared database server according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart of processing for searching for target information from a shared image information management table recorded in a shared database server according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram of a communication terminal device of a data search system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of a communication terminal device of a data search system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
100, 500 communication terminals
101, 501 input unit
102, 502 Image storage unit
103, 503 Character information extraction unit
104, 504 connection destination determination unit
105,505 Image information management table management unit
106, 506 Communication unit
107, 507 Recording medium
108, 508 User operation unit
109, 509 Presentation unit
110, 510 System bus
511 Position detector
512 Position information storage unit
513 Search Unit
1100 Shared database server
1101 Communication terminal
1102 Communication unit
1103 Registration unit
1104 Shared database
1105 Search unit
1400, 1500 Communication terminal
1401, 1501 Image input unit
1402, 1502 Image storage unit
1403 Search key data extraction unit
1404 Search key reservation data storage unit
1405 Automatic search connection
1406 Image analysis detection unit
1407 Image search key related data management unit
1408, 1507 Position data detector
1409, 1508 Service provider
1410 Image search key related data providing unit
1503 Connection destination data extraction unit
1504 Data access unit
1505 Image analysis connection
1506 Image search related data management unit
1509 Image search related data providing unit

Claims (46)

What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system includes an input unit for inputting a digital image, and an image recording unit for recording the digital image input at the input unit. A recording medium on which the digital image is recorded, a character information extracting unit that reads a digital image recorded on the recording medium, and extracts a character string serving as a keyword from the digital image, and a character information extracting unit. The connected keyword is analyzed by the connected keyword determining unit, and the digital image is extracted by the character string information extracting unit. Generates and manages an image information management table for managing the keyword in association with the connection destination information determined by the connection destination determining unit. Data retrieval system characterized by having a broadcast management table management unit. 2. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein an input unit of a communication terminal of the data search system has a camera function for photographing a digital image. Data retrieval system. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein an input unit of a communication terminal of the data search system is connected to an information device having a function of outputting a digital image, and is output from the information device. 2. The data search system according to claim 1, further comprising an interface function for inputting a digital image. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system is provided with a presentation unit that presents a list of keywords extracted from the digital image, and a presentation unit that is presented with the presentation unit. A user operation unit that receives a user operation for selecting any one of keywords from a keyword list, and obtains connection destination information for the selected keyword from the image information management table, and connects to a communication partner using the obtained connection destination information. 4. The data search system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit for acquiring data from the communication partner. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein the presentation unit of the communication terminal of the data search system is managed in association with a keyword selected by a user using the image information management table. The data search system according to claim 4, wherein the communication unit presents the acquired digital image and presents the acquired digital image together with the data acquired from the communication partner. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein the communication unit of the communication terminal of the data search system includes a digital image managed in association with a keyword selected by a user and the communication partner. 6. The data search system according to claim 5, wherein identification information of the data is registered in the image information management table in order to associate and manage the acquired data. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein in a communication terminal of the data search system, the communication partner is a WWW server, the connection destination information is a URL address, 7. The data search system according to claim 1, wherein the data acquired by the communication unit is a homepage of the URL address. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein in the communication terminal of the data search system, the user operation unit has a function of receiving a search character string entered by a user using a key, and further comprising: The data search system according to claim 1, further comprising a search unit configured to search for a keyword that matches the search character string using an image information management table. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein, in the communication terminal of the data search system, the character information extracting unit extracts a position of the keyword from the digital image in the image. , Or at least one of the character size of the keyword, has a function of determining the importance of the keyword, the image information management table management unit has a function of also managing the importance of the keyword, The data search system according to claim 1, wherein the search unit has a function of providing a search result according to the importance of the keyword. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein in a communication terminal of the data search system, the presenting unit uses the image information management table to search for a keyword that is a search result of the searching unit. 10. The data search system according to claim 8, wherein an associated digital image is obtained, and a keyword of a search result is presented together with the obtained digital image. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data by using a transmission path, wherein, in a communication terminal of the data search system, the user operation unit selects a keyword from keywords that are search results of the search unit. 11. The data search system according to claim 8, wherein an operation is received, and the search unit further searches for the selected keyword as a search character string. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data by using a transmission path, wherein, in a communication terminal of the data search system, the user operation unit selects a keyword from keywords that are search results of the search unit. Accepting an operation, the communication unit acquires connection destination information associated with the keyword selected by the user operation unit using the image information management table, and communicates with the communication partner using the acquired connection destination information. The data retrieval system according to claim 8, wherein the data retrieval system is connected. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein in a database server that transmits and receives data to and from a communication terminal of the data search system, the image information management table and the image information management table A registration unit for receiving a managed digital image and registering it in a database, a search string received from the communication terminal, and an image information management table registered in the database with a keyword matching the search string. 12. The data search system according to claim 11, further comprising a search unit for searching using the search result, and transmitting a keyword of a search result to the communication terminal. A data search system that transmits and receives data using a transmission path, wherein in a database server that transmits and receives data to and from a communication terminal of the data search system, the search unit receives a search character string from the communication terminal, A keyword that matches the search character string and a digital image associated with the keyword are searched using the image information management table registered in the database, and the keyword and the digital image of the search result are transmitted to the communication terminal. The data retrieval system according to claim 11, wherein the data retrieval is performed. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein, in a communication terminal of the data search system, the communication unit includes a digital image managed by the image information management table and the image information management table. 13. The data retrieval system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of transmitting the data to the database server. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein in the communication terminal of the data search system, the user operation unit has a function of receiving a search character string input by a user using a key, and the communication unit Has a function of transmitting the search string to the database server, and further has a function of receiving a keyword and a digital image searched based on the search string from the database server, the presentation unit, the received keyword 13. The data retrieval system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of presenting a digital image. What is claimed is: 1. A data search method for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, comprising: a communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search, comprising: a step of capturing a digital image; Extracting the keyword, analyzing the extracted keyword, and determining whether the keyword indicates connection destination information necessary for connecting to a communication partner, and extracting the digital image with the keyword and the connection destination. Generating an image information management table for managing the information in association with the information. A data search method for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal that transmits and receives data for the data search presents a list of keywords extracted from the digital image. Accepting a user operation of selecting one of the keywords from the keyword list; acquiring connection destination information for the selected keyword from the image information management table; connecting to a communication partner using the acquired connection destination information And obtaining data from the communication partner. 18. The communication method according to claim 17, further comprising: What is claimed is: 1. A data search method for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, comprising: a communication terminal that transmits and receives data for the data search; The communication method according to claim 17, further comprising: searching for a keyword that matches the search character string using the keyword; and acquiring and presenting a digital image associated with the keyword. . What is claimed is: 1. A data search method for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal that transmits and receives data for the data search extracts a character string that is a keyword from the digital image, Determining the importance of the keyword using at least one of the position of the keyword and the character size of the keyword, and recording the importance of the keyword in the image information management table; 20. The communication method according to claim 17, further comprising: providing a search result according to the importance of the keyword when searching for a keyword that matches the character string. A data search method for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a database server that manages data for the data search is managed by the image information management table and the image information management table from the communication terminal. Receiving a digital image and registering it in a database, receiving a search string from the communication terminal, and registering a keyword matching the search string and a digital image associated with the keyword in the database. 18. The communication method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of: performing a search using a stored image information management table; and transmitting a search result keyword and a digital image to the communication terminal. A recording medium recording a data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein the communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search includes: a step of capturing a digital image; and Extracting a character string serving as a keyword, analyzing the extracted keyword, and determining whether the keyword indicates connection destination information necessary for connecting to a communication partner; and Generating an image information management table for managing a keyword in association with the connection destination information. A recording medium recording a data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal transmitting and receiving data for the data search presents a list of keywords extracted from the digital image. Receiving a user operation of selecting any keyword from the presented keyword list, obtaining connection destination information for the selected keyword from the image information management table, and using the obtained connection destination information. 23. The recording medium according to claim 22, further comprising: connecting to a communication partner and acquiring data from the communication partner. A recording medium recording a data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search receives a search character string entered by a user, and 24. The method according to claim 22, further comprising: searching for a keyword that matches the search character string using an image information management table; and acquiring and presenting a digital image associated with the keyword. A recording medium on which the data search program described in 1 is recorded. A recording medium recording a data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, the communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search, when extracting a character string serving as a keyword from the digital image, Determining the importance of the keyword using at least one of the position of the keyword in the image and the character size of the keyword, and recording the importance of the keyword in the image information management table; Providing a search result according to the importance of the keyword when searching for a keyword that matches the search character string entered by the user. The recording medium on which it was recorded. A recording medium storing a data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a database server for managing data in the communication method includes a communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search. Receiving a digital image managed by the management table and the image information management table and registering the digital image in a database; receiving a search string from the communication terminal; and associating the keyword with the keyword matching the search string and the keyword A step of retrieving the searched digital image using an image information management table registered in the database, and a step of transmitting a keyword and a digital image of a search result to the communication terminal. Recording medium on which the data search program described in Item 22 is recorded . A data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, the communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search includes: a step of capturing a digital image; and a character string serving as a keyword from the captured digital image. Extracting the keyword, analyzing the extracted keyword, and determining whether the keyword indicates connection destination information necessary for connecting to a communication partner, and extracting the digital image with the keyword and the connection destination. Generating an image information management table for managing information in association with information. A data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein the communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search presents a list of keywords extracted from the digital image. Accepting a user operation of selecting one of the keywords from the keyword list; acquiring connection destination information for the selected keyword from the image information management table; connecting to a communication partner using the acquired connection destination information 28. The communication program according to claim 27, further comprising: causing a computer to execute the step of acquiring data from a communication partner. A data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, the communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search, receiving a search character string input by a user as a key, 29. The communication of claim 27 or 28 for causing a computer to perform the steps of: searching for a keyword that matches the search string using the keyword; and acquiring and presenting a digital image associated with the keyword. program. A data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search extracts a character string serving as a keyword from the digital image, and extracts a character string from the image of the keyword. Determining the importance of the keyword using at least one of the position of the keyword and the character size of the keyword, and recording the importance of the keyword in the image information management table; 30. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 27, wherein when searching for a keyword that matches the character string, providing a search result in accordance with the importance of the keyword. A data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a database server that manages data in the communication program is a digital server that is managed by the image information management table and the image information management table from the communication terminal. Receiving an image and registering it in a database; receiving a search string from the communication terminal; and storing a keyword matching the search string and a digital image associated with the keyword in the image registered in the database. 28. The communication program according to claim 27, wherein the computer executes a search using an information management table and a step of transmitting a keyword and a digital image of a search result to the communication terminal. A data retrieval system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data retrieval system retrieves retrieval key data for retrieving other information from the acquired image data. And a search key reservation data storage unit that stores search key reservation data for determining a connection destination by pattern matching with the search key data, and determining a connection destination from the search key data and the search key reservation data. A data search system comprising: an automatic search connection unit for connecting. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system acquires and stores image data, and stores an image data storage unit, and the image data and the search key data. An image search key-related data management unit that generates and manages associated image search key-related data, and a service providing unit that provides a service to a user using the image search key-related data. Item 32. The data search system according to Item 32. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system uploads the image search key related data to a server and makes the image search key available to other users. The data search system according to claim 33, further comprising a related data providing unit. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system has a position data detection unit for detecting position data indicating a location where the communication terminal exists, and providing the service. The data retrieval system according to claim 33, wherein the data retrieval system is used for processing in a unit. 34. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein the communication terminal of the data search system has an image input unit that allows a user to input an image. Data retrieval system. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system analyzes an object displayed in the image data, and retrieves search key data extracted by the search key data extraction unit. An image analysis search unit for determining the importance of the image search key, wherein the image search key-related data management unit uses the determination result of the image analysis search unit when generating the image search key-related data. The data retrieval system according to claim 33. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system extracts connection destination data for connecting to other information from the acquired image data. 34. The data search system according to claim 33, further comprising: a data access unit that connects to another database using the connection destination data. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system acquires and stores image data, and stores an image data storage unit, and the image data and the connection destination data. 39. The image processing apparatus according to claim 38, further comprising: an image search-related data management unit that generates and manages the associated image search-related data; and a service providing unit that provides a user with a service using the image search-related data. Data retrieval system. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system uploads the image search related data to a server and makes the image search related data available to other users. The data retrieval system according to claim 39, further comprising a providing unit. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system has a position data detection unit for detecting position data indicating a location where the communication terminal exists, and providing the service. 40. The data search system according to claim 39, wherein the data search system is used for processing in a unit. 40. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system has an image input unit that allows a user to input an image. Data retrieval system. What is claimed is: 1. A data search system for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein a communication terminal of the data search system analyzes an object displayed in the image data and retrieves search key data extracted by the connection destination data extraction unit. An image analysis connection unit that determines the importance of the image search connection data, wherein the image search connection data management unit uses the determination result of the image analysis connection unit when generating the image search connection data. 39. The data retrieval system according to 39. What is claimed is: 1. A data search method for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, comprising: a communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search, comprising: obtaining image data; and searching for other information from the obtained image data. Extracting search key data for performing a search, storing search key reservation data for determining a connection destination by performing pattern matching with the search key data, and determining a connection destination from the search key data and the search key reservation data. Determining and connecting to the data search method. A recording medium that records a data search program that transmits and receives data using a transmission path, wherein the communication terminal that transmits and receives data for the data search includes: acquiring image data; and Retrieving search key data for searching for other information; storing search key reservation data for pattern-matching the search key data to determine a connection destination; the search key data and the search key reservation data And a step of determining a connection destination and connecting to the storage medium. A data search program for transmitting and receiving data using a transmission path, wherein the communication terminal for transmitting and receiving data for the data search includes: a step of obtaining image data; and a step of searching for other information from the obtained image data. Extracting search key data for performing a search, storing search key reservation data for determining a connection destination by performing pattern matching with the search key data, and determining a connection destination from the search key data and the search key reservation data. Determining and connecting to the computer.

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