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US 7,454,061 B2Granted
System, apparatus, and method for providing illegal use research service for image data, and system, apparatus, and method for providing proper use research service for image data
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Yanagisawa, Yasushi Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Nishizaki
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Abstract
In a system for providing an illegal use research service for image data, the image data received from a terminal apparatus is registered as a research subject, a research condition for research whether or not the image data being registered is illegally used by a Web site on the network is set, image data that are identical or similar to the image data being the research subject from a web site on the network are searched for based on a feature amount and the research condition, and a search result is informed as a research report to the research client using said terminal apparatus.
Claims32
A system for providing an illegal use research service for image data, said system comprising:
- a server apparatus for conducting an illegal use research of the image data requiring a use permit;
- and
- a terminal apparatus used by a research client requesting the illegal use research, said terminal apparatus connectable to said server apparatus through a network,
- wherein said server apparatus includes:
- a research subject registering part registering the image data received from said terminal apparatus as a research subject to a research subject database for each research client;
- a research condition setting part setting a research condition for research whether or not the image data being registered is illegally used by a Web site on the network;
- a similar image searching part calculating a feature amount of the image data registered by said research subject registering part and searching for image data that are identical or similar to the image data being the research subject from a web site on the network based on the feature amount being calculated and the research condition;
- and
- a search result informing part informing a search result by the similar image searching part as a research report to the research client using said terminal apparatus.
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A program product embodied on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer to function as a system for providing an illegal use research service for image data, said program product comprising the codes for:
- functioning as a server apparatus for conducting an illegal use research of the image data requiring a use permit;
- and
- functioning as a terminal apparatus used by a research client requesting the illegal use research, including the codes for connecting to said server apparatus through a network,
- wherein said functioning as said server apparatus includes the codes for:
- registering the image data received from said terminal apparatus as a research subject to a research subject database for each research client;
- setting a research condition for research whether or not the image data being registered is illegally used by a Web site on the network;
- calculating a feature amount of the image data registered by registering the image data and searching for image data that are identical or similar to the image data being the research subject from a web site on the network based on the feature amount being calculated and the research condition;
- and
- informing a search result by the similar image searching part as a research report to the research client using said terminal apparatus.
6 more elements
A system for providing a proper use research service for image data, said system comprising:
- a server apparatus for conducting a proper use research for researching whether or not image data being permitted to use is properly used;
- and
- a terminal apparatus used by a research client requesting the proper use research, said terminal apparatus connectable to said server apparatus through a network,
- wherein said server apparatus includes:
- a research subject registering part registering image data received as a research subject from the terminal apparatus and identification information of a Web site managed by a user who received a user permit of the image data for each research client to a research subject database;
- a research condition setting part setting a research condition for researching whether or not the image data being registered is properly used at a research subject Web site registering the identification information;
- a similar image searching part calculating a feature amount of the image data registered by the research subject registering part and searching for image data being identical or similar to the image data being the research subject based on the calculated feature amount and the research condition from the research subject Web site on the network;
- and
- a search result informing part informing a search result by said similar image searching part as a research report to the research client using the terminal apparatus.
6 more elements
A program product embodied on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer to function as a system for providing a proper use research service for image data, said program product comprising the codes for:
- functioning as a server apparatus for conducting a proper use research for researching whether or not image data being permitted to use is properly used;
- and
- functioning as a terminal apparatus used by a research client requesting the proper use research, including the codes for connecting to said server apparatus through a network,
- wherein said functioning as said server apparatus includes the codes for:
- registering part registering image data received as a research subject from the terminal apparatus and identification information of a Web site managed by a user who received a user permit of the image data for each research client to a research subject database;
- setting a research condition for researching whether or not the image data being registered is properly used at a research subject Web site registering the identification information;
- calculating a feature amount of the image data registered by the research subject registering part and searching for image data being identical or similar to the image data being the research subject based on the calculated feature amount and the research condition from the research subject Web site on the network;
- and
- informing a search result by said similar image searching part as a research report to the research client using the terminal apparatus.
6 more elements
A computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to function as a system for providing a proper use research service for image data, said program product comprising the codes for:
- functioning as a server apparatus for conducting a proper use research for researching whether or not image data being permitted to use is properly used;
- and
- functioning as a terminal apparatus used by a research client requesting the proper use research, including the codes for connecting to said server apparatus through a network,
- wherein said functioning as said server apparatus includes the codes for:
- registering part registering image data received as a research subject from the terminal apparatus and identification information of a Web site managed by a user who received a user permit of the image data for each research client to a research subject database;
- setting a research condition for researching whether or not the image data being registered is properly used at a research subject Web site registering the identification information;
- calculating a feature amount of the image data registered by the research subject registering part and searching for image data being identical or similar to the image data being the research subject based on the calculated feature amount and the research condition from the research subject Web site on the network;
- and
- informing a search result by said similar image searching part as a research report to the research client using the terminal apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.