Image information management system and method
AssigneeSeiko Precision Inc.
InventorsYasutoshi Miki, Hisanaga Tamura
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Abstract
An imaging device detects an occurrence of a trigger event, stores images before and after the trigger event occurrence for a specified time and transmits them to an image management server. The image management server stores the image file and key information associated with the image file, the key information including information related to timing of the trigger event occurrence related to the image in an image DB. When the image management server receives a search condition, the image management server obtains an image file stored in association with the key information satisfying the designated search condition from the image DB.
Claims8
An image information management system comprising:
- an imaging device and an image information storage device connected to said imaging device through a network,
- said imaging device including:
- a trigger event detecting section which detects occurrence of a trigger event;
- a photographing section which photographs images continuously;
- an image memory section which stores images photographed within a first predetermined time period before current time, and when an occurrence of a trigger event is detected by said trigger event detecting section, maintains the images photographed within the first predetermined time before the trigger event occurs and stores images photographed by said photographing section within a second predetermined time period after the trigger occurs;
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- an image file creating section that, when the occurrence of a trigger event is detected by said trigger event detecting section, awaits until the second predetermined time period lapses, and then creates an image file of the images stored in said image memory section;
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- said image information memory section including:
- an image information memory section which obtains an image file created by said image file creating section from said imaging device and storing the image file and key information associated with the image file, the key information including information relating to timing of the occurrence of the trigger event;
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- an image file obtaining section which receives a search condition and obtaining the image file, which is in association with the key information satisfying the received search condition, from said image information memory section.
A method comprising:
- a capturing step of capturing images continually;
- a detecting step of detecting an occurrence of a trigger event;
- an image file creating step of creating an image file including images captured within the first predetermined time before detection of the occurrence of the trigger event and images captured within a second predetermined time period after detection of the occurrence of the trigger event;
- an adding step of adding key information to the created image file created in the image file creating step, the key information including information relating to timing of the occurrence of the trigger event;
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- a search step of searching an image file, which is association with the key information satisfying the search condition.
A computer-readable recording medium in which a program recorded, the program controlling a computer to execute:
- a capturing step of capturing images continually;
- a detecting step of detecting an occurrence of a trigger event;
- an image file creating step of creating an image file including images captured within the first predetermined time before detection of the occurrence of the trigger event and images captured within a second predetermined time period after detection of the occurrence of the trigger event;
- an adding step of adding key information to the created image file created in the image file creating step, the key information including information relating to timing of the occurrence of the trigger event;
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- a search step of searching an image file, which is associated with the key information satisfying the search condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.