Photography control method, photography control system, and photography control server

A photography control system for extracting at least one set of photography data of a subject from a plurality of sets of photography data a) obtained between a time the subject entered and exited a pavilion with a photographing camera i) that is installed facing a photography spot at a terminal at the pavilion entrance having a first barcode reader that reads a barcode on the subject at the pavilion entrance, ii) that starts photographing automatically in response to reading the barcode on the subject at the pavilion entrance with the first barcode reader, and iii) that stops photographing in response to reading by a second barcode reader of the barcode displayed on the subject at the pavilion exit, and elapsing of a predetermined time, and b) by extracting the at least one set of photography data from the plurality of sets of photography data when the at least one set of photography data was taken during the time period between the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion entrance and the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion exit, and when at least one set of photography data contains an optically readable code matching identification information identifying the subject acquired by the first and second barcode readers at the pavilion entrance and pavilion exit, respectively, the photography control system comprising:

• the photographing camera installed facing a photography spot at the pavilion-entrance terminal;
• the first barcode reader at a pavilion-entrance terminal that acquires first subject entrance information indicating the entrance time at which a subject has entered an area including the photography spot by reading the barcode on the subject representing a subject ID of the subject;
• the second barcode reader that acquires first subject exit information indicating the exit time at which the subject has exited the area including the photography spot located at a location different from the first barcode reader at the pavilion-exit terminal by reading the barcode of the subject;
• a processor that controls the photographing camera and determines the time period between the time the first barcode reader detects entry of the subject into the area and the time the second barcode reader detects exiting of the subject from the area;
• a first memory that saves one or more sets of photography data taken by the photographing camera in association with identification information of the subject acquired by the first barcode reader;
• a keyboard or touch panel that inputs the identification information identifying the subject;
• wherein the processor also extracts at least one set of photography data from the first memory;
• and
• a second memory that saves the at least one set of photography data extracted by the processor, wherein,
• the photographing camera photographs the photography spot to obtain the plurality of sets of photography data by
• automatically starting photographing of the subject at the photography spot in response to detection by the first barcode reader of the barcode displayed on the subject at the pavilion entrance, and
• automatically stopping photographing in response to
• detecting by the second barcode reader of the barcode displayed on the subject at the pavilion exit, and
• elapsing of a predetermined time;
• the first barcode reader acquires the identification information identifying the subject at the pavilion-entrance terminal;
• the second barcode reader acquires the identification information identifying the subject at the pavilion-exit terminal;
• the processor determines the time period between the time the first barcode reader detects entry of the subject into the area and the time the second barcode reader detects exiting of the subject from the area;
• and
• the processor extracts, from the plurality of sets of photography data saved in the first memory, the at least one set of photography data taken during the determined time period between the time the first barcode reader detects entry of the subject into the pavilion and the time the second barcode reader device detects exiting of the subject from the pavilion, corresponding to the identification information acquired in the acquiring of identification information by
• extracting the at least one set of photography data from the plurality of sets of photography data in response to
• inputting the identification information identifying the subject with the keyboard or touch panel,
• taking the at least one set of photography data during the time period between the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion entrance and the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion exit when the photographing camera is automatically started and stopped in response to reading the barcode on the subject at the pavilion entrance and exit, respectively, and
• reading the optically readable code with a device different from the first and second barcode readers and different from the keyboard and touch panel, and matching the optically readable code with the identification information of the subject in the first memory.

A photography control server for extracting at least one set of photography data of a subject from a plurality of sets of photography data a) obtained between a time the subject entered and exited a pavilion with a photographing camera i) that is installed facing a photography spot at a pavilion-entrance terminal at the pavilion entrance having a first barcode reader that reads a barcode on the subject at the pavilion entrance, ii) that starts photographing automatically in response to reading the barcode on the subject at the pavilion entrance with the first barcode reader, and iii) that stops photographing in response to reading by a second barcode reader at a pavilion-exit terminal of the barcode displayed on the subject at the pavilion exit, and elapsing of a predetermined time, and b) by extracting the at least one set of photography data from the plurality of sets of photography data when the at least one set of photography data was taken during the time period between the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion entrance and the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion exit, and when at least one set of photography data contains an optically readable code matching identification information identifying the subject acquired by the first and second barcode readers at the pavilion entrance and pavilion exit, respectively, the photography control server comprising

• the first barcode reader that acquires subject entrance information indicating the entrance time at which a subject has entered an area including a photography spot by reading the barcode on the subject representing a subject ID of the subject;
• the second barcode reader that acquires first subject exit information indicating the exit time at which the subject has exited the area including the photography spot located at a location different from the first barcode reader;
• a processor that controls a photographing camera installed facing the photography spot and determines the time period between the time the first barcode reader detects entry of the subject into the area and the time the second barcode reader detects exiting of the subject from the area;
• a first memory that saves one or more sets of photography data taken by the photographing camera in association with identification information of the subject acquired by the first barcode reader;
• a keyboard or a touch panel that inputs the identification information identifying the subject;
• wherein the processor also extracts at least one set of photography data from the first memory;
• and
• a second memory that saves the at least one set of photography data extracted by the processor, wherein,
• the photographing camera photographs the photography spot to obtain the plurality of sets of photography data by
• automatically starting photographing of the subject at the photography spot in response to detection by the first barcode reader of the barcode displayed on the subject at the pavilion entrance, and
• automatically stopping photographing in response to
• detecting by the second barcode reader of the barcode displayed on the subject at the pavilion exit, and
• elapsing of a predetermined time;
• the first barcode reader acquires the identification information identifying the subject at the pavilion-entrance terminal;
• the second barcode reader acquires the identification information identifying the subject at the pavilion-exit terminal;
• the processor determines the time period between the time the first barcode reader detects entry of the subject into the area and the time the second barcode reader detects exiting of the subject from the area;
• and
• the processor extracts, from the plurality of sets of photography data saved in the first memory, the at least one set of photography data taken during the determined time period between the time the first barcode reader detects entry of the subject into the pavilion and the time the second barcode reader device detects exiting of the subject from the pavilion, corresponding to the identification information acquired in the acquiring of identification information by
• extracting the at least one set of photography data from the plurality of sets of photography data in response to
• inputting the identification information identifying the subject with the keyboard or touch panel,
• taking the at least one set of photography data during the time period between the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion entrance and the reading of the subject's barcode at the pavilion exit when the photographing camera is automatically started and stopped in response to reading the barcode on the subject at the pavilion entrance and exit, respectively, and
• reading the optically readable code with a device different from the first and second barcode readers and different from the keyboard and touch panel, and matching the optically readable code with the identification information of the subject in the first memory.