# US 2014/0152854 A1 · Server system, terminal device, information storage device, method for controlling server system, and method for controlling terminal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152854 A1 - Document ID: US20140152854A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/095,466 - Filed: 2013-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Assignees: Olympus Corporation - Applicants: Olympus Corporation - Inventors: Hidekazu Iwaki; Mitsunori Kubo; Hisumi Esaki; Takayuki Nakatomi; Arata Shinozaki; Akio Kosaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152854A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/00244: {with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324)} - H04N 1/00198: {Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show} - H04N 2201/3225: of data relating to an image, a page or a document - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A server system includes: a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image; an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A server system comprising: a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image; an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the received to captured image; and an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The server system as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a transmission section that transmits shooting event start notification information sent from a transmission terminal device to the terminal device, the reception section receiving information about the captured image that has been captured using the terminal device corresponding to the shooting event start notification information as the captured image information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, the insertion image selection section selecting an image relating to a start notification transmission user who sent the shooting event start notification information using the transmission terminal device as the insertion image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, the transmission section transmitting social data sent from the transmission terminal device on a social networking service as the shooting event start notification information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The server system as defined in claim 4, the social data being tweet data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on social data sent from the transmission terminal device as the metadata. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on rating information about the captured image sent from the transmission terminal device as the metadata. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, the reception section receiving the captured image to which the metadata is added, the metadata being generated based on at least one of shooting information, behavioral information, and social data, the shooting information being information about shooting using the terminal device before or after reception of the social data, and the behavioral information being information about a behavior of a user of the terminal device before or after reception of the social data, and the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on the metadata. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, further comprising: a taste estimation section that performs a taste estimation process that estimates a taste of a user of the terminal device based on the shooting event start notification information that corresponds to the captured image when the captured image has been sent from the terminal device in response to the shooting event start notification information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The server system as defined in claim 2, further comprising: a taste estimation section that performs a taste estimation process that estimates a taste of a user of the terminal device based on the shooting event start notification information that corresponds to the captured image when the captured image has been sent from the terminal device in response to the shooting event start notification information, the taste estimation section performing the taste estimation process based on information about a start notification transmission user who sent the shooting event start notification information using the transmission terminal device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The server system as defined in claim 9, the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on results of the taste estimation process performed by the taste estimation section. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The server system as defined in claim 1, the reception section receiving information about a first captured image that has been captured using a first terminal device as the captured image information, and the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on rating information about the first captured image as the metadata, the rating information being sent from second to Nth (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) terminal devices that differ from the first terminal device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The server system as defined in claim 1, the reception section receiving request information for the image set information issued by a user of the terminal device from the terminal device, and the image set generation section generating the image set information in response to the reception of the request information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The server system as defined in claim 13, the reception section receiving slide start instruction information that requests start of slide show display on the terminal device as the request information, and the image set generation section generating the image set information in response to the reception of the slide start instruction information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The server system as defined in claim 14, further comprising: a slide distribution section that performs a slide distribution process, the slide distribution process being a process that distributes the image set information for the slide show display on the terminal device to the terminal device, the slide distribution section performing the slide distribution process on the image set information generated by the image set generation section in response to the reception of the slide start instruction information by the reception section. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The server system as defined in claim 15, the slide distribution section performing a process that distributes a low-resolution insertion image as the slide distribution process when the reception section has received request information for low-resolution slide show display as the slide start instruction information, and performing a process that distributes a high-resolution image corresponding to the captured image information and a high-resolution insertion image as the slide distribution process when the reception section has received request information for high-resolution slide show display as the slide start instruction information, the high-resolution slide show display displaying an image having a resolution higher than that of an image displayed during the low-resolution slide show display. ### Claim 17 A terminal device comprising: an image acquisition section that acquires a captured image; a transmission section that transmits the captured image to a server system, metadata being added to the captured image; a reception section that receives information from the server system; and a display control section that controls slide show display on a display section, the transmission section transmitting request information for the slide show display to the server system by transmitting captured image information that is information about a plurality of the captured images, the reception section receiving an insertion image sent from the server system in response to the request information, and the display control section controlling the slide show display of an image set that includes images specified by the captured image information and the insertion image. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The terminal device as defined in claim 17, the reception section receiving shooting event start notification information from the server system, and the image acquisition section acquiring the captured image corresponding to the received shooting event start notification information. ### Claim 19 An information storage device storing a program, the program causing a computer to function as: a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image: an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information. ### Claim 20 An information storage device storing a program, the program causing a computer to function as: an image acquisition section that acquires a captured image; a transmission section that transmits the captured image to a server system, metadata being added to the captured image; a reception section that receives information from the server system; and a display control section that controls slide show display on a display section, the transmission section transmitting request information for the slide show display to the server system by transmitting captured image information that is information about a plurality of the captured images, the reception section receiving an insertion image sent from the server system in response to the request information, and the display control section controlling the slide show display of an image set that includes images specified by the captured image information and the insertion image. ### Claim 21 A method for controlling a server system comprising: receiving captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image; selecting an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and generating image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information. ### Claim 22 A method for controlling a terminal device comprising: performing an image acquisition process that acquires a captured image; performing a transmitting process that transmits the captured image to a server system, metadata being added to the captured image; performing a reception process that receives information from the server system; and performing a display control process that controls slide show display on a display section, the transmitting process transmitting request information for the slide show display to the server system by transmitting captured image information that is information about a plurality of the captured images, the reception process receiving an insertion image sent from the server system in response to the request information, and the display control process controlling the slide show display of an image set that includes images specified by the captured image information and the insertion image.