Image provision system

Abstract

To provide an image provision system that enables a user to confirm the user's movement route in a facility and to view a play content using a moving image.SOLUTION: An image provision system comprises: a plurality of photographing devices for receiving a signal including identification information from a transmitter, serially photographing a user in accordance with reception of the signal to generate a plurality of photographed images, and transmitting the plurality of photographed images, photographing time, the identification information, and their own device numbers; and a server device for receiving from the plurality of photographing devices the plurality of photographed images, the photographing time, the identification information, and the device numbers and transmitting any of the plurality of photographed images to a user terminal having notified the server device of the identification information. The server device detects a movement route of the user; makes the movement route be displayed on the user terminal; and, when accepting designation of a partial section of the movement route from the user terminal, extracts a plurality of photographed images photographed in the designated section and makes them be serially reproduced on the user terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an image providing system. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, various experiential attractions such as giant mazes and athletic facilities have opened and become popular. In these facilities, taking into consideration the safety of guests, smartphones and cameras are often prohibited from being brought into the play area, making it impossible to take videos or photos (still images) while playing.

[0003] Some facilities offer a service to take photos using fixed cameras installed in the facility, but the photos taken are only of the same composition as other people's. Also, the photos do not show the movements of the user. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 3919437 [Patent Document 2] JP 2002-112074 A [Patent Document 3] JP 2005-124176 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned conventional situation, and has as its object to provide an image providing system that enables a user to check his / her own movement route within a facility and view video of the play content. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The image providing system according to the present invention includes a plurality of photographing devices that receive a signal including identification information from a transmitter, continuously photograph a user in response to the reception of the signal to generate a plurality of photographed images, and transmit the plurality of photographed images, the photographing time, the identification information, and the device number of the own device; and a server device that receives the plurality of photographed images, the photographing time, the identification information, and the device number from the plurality of photographing devices, and transmits any one of the plurality of photographed images to a user terminal that has notified the identification information. The server device includes a storage unit that stores photographing device information in which the device numbers and position information of the plurality of photographing devices are associated and registered; a movement route detection unit that refers to the photographing device information to determine the position of the photographing device that performed the photographing, and detects the movement route of the user based on the photographing time and the position of the photographing device; a movement route presentation unit that displays the movement route on the user terminal; and an image playback unit that, when a designation of a section of the movement route is received from the user terminal, extracts the plurality of photographed images taken in the designated section, and plays them continuously on the user terminal.

[0007] In one aspect of the present invention, the imaging device information registers the device number of each imaging device in correspondence with imaging range information, and when the image playback unit receives a section designation from the user terminal, it identifies an imaging device whose imaging range includes the designated section, and plays multiple images captured by the identified imaging device continuously on the user terminal.

[0008] In one aspect of the present invention, the movement route presenting unit shows the movement route on map data of a facility in which the plurality of image capturing devices are installed, and causes the user terminal to display the map data.

[0009] The image providing system according to the present invention comprises a moving body that tracks a user, continuously photographs the user, generates a plurality of photographed images, and transmits the plurality of photographed images, the photographing time, and information on the photographing location; and a server device that receives the plurality of photographed images, the photographing time, and the photographing location information from the moving body and transmits one of the plurality of photographed images to a user terminal.The server device has a movement route detection unit that detects the user's movement route based on the photographing time and the photographing location information, a movement route presentation unit that displays the movement route on the user terminal, and an image playback unit that, when it receives a designation of a portion of the movement route from the user terminal, extracts the plurality of photographed images taken in the designated section and plays them continuously on the user terminal. Effect of the Invention

[0010] According to the present invention, a user can check his / her own movement route within a facility and watch a video of the gameplay. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing a facility to which an image providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied; [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image providing system. [Diagram 3] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating information transferred from the imaging device to the server device. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of route detection. [Diagram 5] 13A shows an example of a travel route display, FIG. 13B shows an example of a section designation, and FIG. 13C shows an example of image playback. [Figure 6] 13A shows an example of a display of a travel route, FIG. 13B shows an example of a facial expression icon designation, and FIG. 13C shows an example of image playback. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of photography by a drone. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0013] The image providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention captures images of a user (player) playing an experiential attraction such as a giant maze or athletics, and enables the captured images to be played as a video on a user terminal. Here, the playback of a video may be continuous playback of still images such as GIF animation, or playback of a video file including audio. In the following embodiment, the continuous playback of still images will be described as an example.

[0014] Fig. 1 shows a facility of an experience-type attraction to which the image provision system is applied. Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the image provision system. The image provision system includes a plurality of photographing devices 1, a transmitter 2, a reading device 3, and a server device 10. The reading device 3 is provided, for example, at the start point and the finish point of the attraction.

[0015] The transmitter 2 transmits radio waves and is worn by each user P during play, for example as a wristband. Unique identification information is assigned to each transmitter 2. This identification information becomes a user ID that identifies the user P. The transmitter 2 continues to transmit a signal including the identification information at a predetermined radio wave strength.

[0016] When user P holds the transmitter 2 over a reading device 3 installed at the starting point, the reading device 3 reads the identification information and transmits the read identification information to the server device 10. The server device 10 registers that the user corresponding to the identification information received from the reading device 3 has started playing (is currently playing).

[0017] When the photographing device 1 approaches the transmitter 2, it detects and receives a signal from the transmitter 2 and takes a photograph. The photographing device 1 takes photographs continuously while the distance from the transmitter 2 is within a predetermined value, and generates multiple photographed image data. The photographing interval can be set arbitrarily, and may be high-speed continuous shooting of 0.1 seconds or less, or about 1 to 2 seconds. The photographing devices 1 are provided at various points along the course within the facility. This allows a photograph of a user P wearing a wristband with a transmitter 2 attached to it when the user P passes near the photographing device 1.

[0018] The transmitter 2 can be, for example, a beacon terminal, and transmits the MAC address and various beacon IDs (UUID, MAJOR value, MINOR value) set in the beacon terminal as identification information. The maximum distance at which the photographing device 1 can detect a signal from the transmitter 2 varies depending on the output strength of the transmitter 2, and is, for example, from a few meters to about 100 meters.

[0019] The photographing device 1 can calculate the distance to the transmitter 2 from the received signal strength. The photographing device 1 may take an image when the transmitter 2 is at a predetermined distance, that is, when the user P enters a predetermined area.

[0020] As shown in Fig. 3, the photographing device 1 transmits a plurality of photographed image data, the photographing time, the device number of the photographing device itself, and the identification information (user ID) received from the transmitter 2 to the server device 10. The device number is a number unique to each photographing device 1. The server device 10 can determine where in the facility the photographing device 1 is installed from the device number received from the photographing device 1. Furthermore, information on the photographing range of each photographing device 1 is registered in the server device 10.

[0021] The server device 10 classifies the photographed image data received from the multiple photographing devices 1 in the facility by user ID (identification information of the transmitter 2). The server device 10 also detects the movement route of the user P based on the photographing time of the photographed image data of each user and the position of the photographing device 1 that took the photograph.

[0022] For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the movement route of user P can be detected from the shooting time of the photographed image data and the position of the photographing device 1 that took the photograph.

[0023] The server device 10 associates the photographing range of the photographing device 1 that photographed the user P and the photographed image data with the movement route of the user P, and stores the photographed image data in association with the identification information of the user P.

[0024] When the user P holds the transmitter 2 over the reading device 3 installed at the goal point, the reading device 3 reads the identification information and transmits the read identification information to the server device 10. The server device 10 registers that the user corresponding to the identification information received from the reading device 3 has finished playing. The above-mentioned movement route detection process is performed after the user has finished playing.

[0025] Thereafter, the user P uses his / her own terminal (user terminal T) to access an image viewing site provided by the server device 10 and inputs the identification information (user ID) printed on the transmitter 2. The user terminal T is a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PC, etc. A two-dimensional code indicating the identification information may be printed on the surface of the housing of the transmitter 2, and the identification information may be input by reading this two-dimensional code with the user terminal T. The user terminal T notifies the server device 10 of the input identification information.

[0026] The server device 10 transmits to the user terminal T the travel route information of the user P corresponding to the identification information notified from the user terminal T. For example, as shown in FIG. 5(a), the travel route information showing the travel route on a map of the facility is displayed on the user terminal T.

[0027] When the user specifies a part of the movement route on the map by tracing it with his / her finger as shown in Fig. 5(b), the images captured in the specified section are played back continuously like a GIF animation as shown in Fig. 5(c), and the user can see his / her own movements as a video. For example, the server device 10 identifies the image capture device 1 whose image capture range includes the section specified by the user, extracts the images captured by this image capture device 1, and plays them back continuously (loop playback) in the order of the capture time.

[0028] When there are multiple camera devices 1 that include the user-specified section in their shooting ranges, images captured by the multiple camera devices 1 are extracted and played back continuously in the order of their shooting times.

[0029] The server device 10 may analyze the facial expressions of the user P captured in the images continuously captured by each photographing device 1, and display facial expression icons along with the moving route on a map of the facility, as shown in Fig. 6(a). When the user P touches an facial expression icon, as shown in Fig. 6(b), the corresponding series of photographed images are continuously played back, as shown in Fig. 6(c).

[0030] In this way, the user P, simply by wearing a wristband with a transmitter 2 while playing, is automatically photographed by the photographing device 1 at various points on the course. The photographed image data is classified and stored in the server device 10 for each identification information of the transmitter 2, i.e., for each user P. The server device 10 detects the movement route of the user P from the position of the photographing device 1 that took the photograph and the shooting time, and displays it on the user terminal T. When the user P traces and specifies a part of the movement route displayed on the user terminal T, a video of the images taken in the specified section is played. The user P can watch a video of his / her own movements in the specified section.

[0031] 2, the server device 10 is a computer equipped with a CPU (not shown) and a storage unit 18, and is communicably connected to a plurality of photographing devices 1 and reading devices 3 installed in a facility. The storage unit 10 stores an image providing program, photographing device information in which the device number of each photographing device 1 is registered in association with location information and photographing range information, and the like. The CPU of the server device 10 executes the image providing program to realize the functions of a user registration unit 11, an image receiving unit 12, a route detection unit 13, a facial expression detection unit 14, a route presentation unit 15, and an image playback unit 16.

[0032] The user registration unit 11 receives, from the reading device 3 installed at the starting point, the identification information that the reading device 3 reads from the transmitter 2, and registers it in the storage unit 18 as the user ID of the user who has started playing. The user registration unit 11 also receives, from the reading device 3 installed at the goal point, the identification information that the reading device 3 reads from the transmitter 2, and registers in the storage unit 18 that the user corresponding to this identification information has finished playing.

[0033] The image receiving unit 12 receives photographed image data, photographing time, the device number of the photographing device 1, and the identification information received from the transmitter 2 from the photographing device 1, and stores them in the storage unit .

[0034] The route detection unit 13 detects the movement route of each user from the shooting time of the photographed image data and the position of the photographing device 1 that took the photograph. The position of the photographing device 1 is found from the photographing device information stored in the storage unit 18. The detected movement route is stored in the storage unit 18.

[0035] The facial expression detection unit 14 performs image analysis of the captured image to detect the facial expression of the user appearing in the captured image. The image analysis process may be performed by a separate server, and the facial expression detection unit 14 may obtain the analysis result from the separate server.

[0036] When the route presentation unit 15 receives user identification information from the user terminal T, it retrieves the travel route corresponding to this user from the memory unit 18, transmits map data of facilities showing the travel route to the user terminal T, and displays it on a display or the like.

[0037] When the image playback unit 16 receives the section designation information of the travel route from the user terminal T, it refers to the photographing device information and identifies the photographing device 1 that includes the designated section in its photographing range. The image playback unit 16 extracts the photographed images of the user taken by the identified photographing device 1, and plays them continuously in the order of the photographing time. For example, GIF animation can be used for the continuous playback of the photographed images.

[0038] When there are multiple camera devices 1 whose shooting ranges include the user-specified section, images captured by the multiple camera devices 1 are extracted and played back continuously in the order of their shooting times. When the shooting ranges of the multiple camera devices 1 partially overlap, the images captured may be played back continuously on a camera device basis. For example, when the shooting ranges of a first camera device and a second camera device partially overlap, first, the images captured by the first camera device, which has an earlier shooting start time, are played back continuously, and then the images captured by the second camera device are played back continuously. This is because playing back images in the order of their shooting times may result in images captured by the first camera device and the second camera device being displayed alternately, resulting in a loss of image continuity.

[0039] The travel route information and the captured image data may be made downloadable to the user terminal T. A dedicated application installed in the user terminal T may be used to check the travel route, view videos in a specified section, and the like.

[0040] The server device 10 may generate photo book data using the captured image data, and print out the data from a printer (not shown) to create a photo book.

[0041] In the above embodiment, an example in which a user P is photographed by a plurality of photographing devices 1 installed in a facility has been described, but as shown in Fig. 7, a drone D may track each user P, photograph the user P at any time with a camera C mounted on the drone D, and transmit the photographed image, location information (e.g., location information by GPS) where the image was taken, and the drone D's unit number to the server device 10. The drone D receives a signal transmitted from a transmitter 2 worn by the user P to track the user P.

[0042] The server device 10 has registered in advance the correspondence between the drone D and the user P. The server device 10 receives the captured image and the capture position information from the drone D, and determines the movement route of each user.

[0043] The moving object that tracks and photographs the user is not limited to a drone flying in the air, but may be a self-propelled type on the ground, a type that moves along rails laid in a facility, or a type that propels itself on water such as a river, lake, or ocean.

[0044] In the above embodiment, the photographing device 1 or the drone-mounted camera may take not only still images but also videos. Also, audio may be collected along with the video. In this case, the video and audio are played back on the user terminal T.

[0045] In the case of a facility where the user proceeds in sequence along a predetermined course, the predetermined course becomes the user's travel route, and therefore the travel route detection process by the server device 10 can be omitted. A map of the facility is displayed on the user terminal T, and when the user specifies a part of the course on the map by tracing it, images taken within the specified section are played back continuously.

[0046] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and in the implementation stage, the components can be modified and embodied without departing from the gist of the invention. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining the multiple components disclosed in the above-described embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, components from different embodiments may be appropriately combined. [Explanation of symbols]

[0047] 1. Imaging device 2 Transmitters 3 Reading device 10. Server equipment 11 User Registration Section 12 Image receiving unit 13 Route detection section 14 Facial Expression Detection Unit 15 Route display section 16 Image playback section 18 Storage section

Claims

1. a moving object that tracks a user, continuously photographs the user, generates a plurality of photographed images, and transmits the plurality of photographed images, photographing times, and photographing position information; a server device that receives the plurality of captured images, the capture times, and the capture location information from the moving object, and transmits any one of the plurality of captured images to a user terminal; Equipped with The server device includes: a movement route detection unit that detects a movement route of a user based on the photographing time and the photographing position information; a travel route presentation unit that displays the travel route on the user terminal; an image playback unit that, when it receives a designation of a section of the travel route from the user terminal, extracts a plurality of photographed images taken in the designated section and plays them continuously on the user terminal; An image providing system comprising:

2. The moving object captures video and collects audio, The image providing system according to claim 1 , wherein the image playback unit plays back the video and the audio on the user terminal.

3. A plurality of the moving bodies are provided, The image providing system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the multiple moving objects each track a different user, take photographs, and transmit the captured image, the capture time, and the capture location information along with the vehicle's own vehicle number to the server device.

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