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US 2011/0238725 A1Published application
Imaging device, imaging system, image management server, image communication system, imaging method, and image management method
AssigneeOlympus Imaging Corp.
InventorsYuji IMAI, Osamu Nonaka
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Abstract
An imaging device includes an imaging unit that images a subject to generate electronic image data; and a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of servers through a network. The imaging device also includes an image file generating unit that generates an image file including first interpretation subject information interpreted by any one of the plurality of servers.
Claims19
An imaging device comprising:
- an imaging unit that images a subject to generate electronic image data;
- a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of servers through a network;
- and
- an image file generating unit that generates an image file including first interpretation subject information interpreted by any one of the plurality of servers.
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An imaging device comprising:
- an imaging unit that images a subject to generate electronic image data;
- an image file generating unit that generates an image file including first interpretation subject information and second interpretation subject information, the first interpretation subject information being interpreted by any one of a plurality of servers connected to each other through a network, the second interpretation subject information including address information for access to any one of the plurality of servers through the network;
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- an access control unit that transmits the image file to the server with the address information based on the second interpretation subject information.
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An imaging system comprising:
- an imaging unit that images a subject to generate electronic image data;
- and
- an image file generating unit that generates an image file including first interpretation subject information interpreted by any one of a plurality of servers in a network and second interpretation subject for access to any one of the plurality of servers through the network.
An image management server comprising:
- a storing unit that stores an image file including interpretation subject information, the interpretation subject information including address information of a reference server, the reference server storing format information for defining at least one of a format of electronic image data and a format of metadata associated with the image data;
- a communication unit that transmits a transmission request for the format information to the reference server through a network and receives the format information from the reference server responding to the transmission request;
- an interpreting unit that interprets the interpretation subject information included in the image file based on the format information received by the communication unit;
- and
- a database generating unit that generates a database of the interpretation subject information interpreted by the interpreting unit.
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An image communication system comprising:
- an imaging device that images a subject to generate electronic image data;
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- a plurality of servers capable of communicating with the imaging device through a network, wherein
- the imaging device includes
- an image file generating unit that generates an image file including interpretation subject information interpreted by any one of the plurality of servers, the interpretation subject information including at least one of the generated image data and a plurality of pieces of metadata associated with the image data, the interpretation subject information including address information of a server capable of interpreting the interpretation subject information in the network, and
- each of the servers includes an interpreting unit that the interpretation subject information included in the image file transmitted by the imaging device.
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An imaging method comprising:
- generating image data by capturing an image of a subject;
- and
- generating an image file including first interpretation subject information interpreted by any one of a plurality of servers in a network and second interpretation subject for access to any one of the plurality of servers through the network.
An image management method comprising:
- reading address information of a reference server from an image file including interpretation subject information, the interpretation subject information including the address information, the reference server storing format information for defining at least one of a format of electronic image data and a format of metadata associated with the image data;
- transmitting a transmission request for the format information to the reference server corresponding to the address information;
- receiving the format information from the reference server responding to the transmission request;
- interpreting the interpretation subject information included in the image file based on the format information;
- and
- generating a database of the interpretation subject information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.