Information management system, and portable device and image management server used therein

A portable device used in an information management system, wherein the information management system comprising:

• an in-vehicle device including, a camera mounted on a vehicle, a sensor configured to detect a vehicle state, a storage device configured to store an image photographed by the camera and the vehicle state detected by the sensor, along with the time photographed, as the photographed image and the detected vehicle state, a transfer device configured to transfer the captured image and the detected vehicle state, and a control device configured to control the camera and the transfer device;
• the portable device configured to acquire and transmit the photographed image and the detected vehicle state transferred from the transfer device;
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• an image management server configured to receive the photographed image and the detected vehicle state transmitted from the portable device,
• wherein the control device of the in-vehicle device transfers a selected image selected by a user from the photographed images stored in the storage device and a selected vehicle state, which is a vehicle state when the selected image is photographed stored in the storage device to the portable device,
• wherein the image management server stores the selected image and the selected vehicle state received from the portable device in the image storage device;
• wherein the portable device configured to execute a portable side determination process for determining whether or not the selected image is a rare image by using the selected image and the selected vehicle state, and transmit the selected image and the selected vehicle state determined to be a rare image by the portable side determination process to the image management server only when the transmission is permitted by the user.

An image management server used in an information management system, wherein the information management system comprising:

• an in-vehicle device including, a camera mounted on a vehicle, a sensor configured to detect a vehicle state, a storage device configured to store an image photographed by the camera and the vehicle state detected by the sensor, along with the time photographed, as the photographed image and the detected vehicle state, a transfer device configured to transfer the captured image and the detected vehicle state, and a control device configured to control the camera and the transfer device;
• a portable device configured to acquire and transmit the photographed image and the detected vehicle state transferred from the transfer device;
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• the image management server configured to receive the photographed image and the detected vehicle state transmitted from the portable device,
• wherein the control device of the in-vehicle device transfers a selected image selected by a user from the photographed images stored in the storage device and a selected vehicle state, which is a vehicle state when the selected image is photographed stored in the storage device to the portable device,
• wherein the portable device executes a portable side determination process for determining whether or not the selected image is a rare image by using the selected image and the selected vehicle state, and transmits the selected image and the selected vehicle state determined to be a rare image by the portable side determination process to the image management server only when the transmission is permitted by the user,
• wherein the image management server stores the selected image and the selected vehicle state received from the portable device in the image storage device,
• wherein the image management server further configured to execute server side determination process for determining whether or not the selected image is a rare image using the selected image and the selected vehicle state received from the portable device, and store the selected image determined to be a rare image by executing the server side determination process in the image storage device.