JP2021073580A - Information processing device, information distributing method, and information distributing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device, an information distributing method, and an information distributing program which expand the opportunity of information distribution on the basis of an image obtained by a user.SOLUTION: An advertisement distributing system processes an original image to obtain a processed image, identifies the original image that has a source relevant to that of the processed image, identifies a to-be-advertised object contained in the original image, and adds advertisement information corresponding to the to-be-advertised object to the processed image, and distributes such processed image. Moreover, when the processed image is viewed through a terminal device, an advertisement image on the basis of the advertisement information added to the processed image is displayed on a display.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program.

In recent years, web advertisements that deliver advertisements to websites on the Internet have become widespread. In addition, digital signage, in which an information processing device connected to the Internet distributes advertisements using a display device such as a liquid crystal display, has begun to spread.

Patent Document 1 identifies an article worn by a customer by collating the feature amount extracted from the customer image of the customer with the feature amount stored in the related article database, and identifies the identified article. A system for displaying information on related goods related to the above on digital signage and presenting it to a customer is disclosed.

International Publication No. 2013/147003 Pamphlet

Here, it is common to post an image processed by pasting another image such as a stamp or a frame on the captured image to SNS (Social Networking Service) or the like in order to share it with other users. It has been. However, when an article (object) exists in the processed image area and the feature amount of the article cannot be extracted, the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 displays information on the related article related to this article. Can't.

That is, when the processed image is shared, if the related information can be displayed even for the object that cannot be specified by the processing, the opportunity for advertisement distribution and the like is expanded.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an information processing device, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program capable of further expanding opportunities for information distribution based on images acquired by a user. The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above problems, the information processing apparatus, the information distribution method, and the information distribution program of the present invention employ the following means.

In order to solve the above problems, the "information processing device" according to one aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that stores a distributed image that is distributed so as to be viewable via a computer network, and is combined with the distributed image. It includes a specific means for identifying a related image to which the source is related, an identification means for identifying an object included in the related image, and an additional means for adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image.

In order to solve the above problems, the "information distribution method", which is one aspect of the present invention, specifies a distribution image distributed so as to be viewable via a computer network and a related image related to the source by a specific means. It has one step, a second step of identifying an object included in the related image by an identification means, and a third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the delivery image by an additional means and delivering the image.

In order to solve the above problems, the "information distribution program", which is one aspect of the present invention, uses specific means to identify a distribution image distributed to a computer so that it can be viewed via a computer network and a related image having a source. A first step of specifying, a second step of identifying an object included in the related image by an identification means, and a third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an additional means and distributing the image. To execute.

Various technical limitations may be added to the above-mentioned "information processing apparatus" as illustrated below. Further, technical limitation to the same effect may be added to the processing steps executed by the "information distribution method" and the functions of the "information information distribution program".

When the delivered distribution image is viewed, it is provided with a notification means for performing notification based on the predetermined information added to the distribution image.

A receiving means for receiving a request for adding the predetermined information to the distributed image is provided.

The distributed image is a processed image obtained by processing the related image, and the information processing device receives the processed image from another information processing device together with the distributed image, or the related information processing device received from the other information processing device. The image is processed to obtain the processed image.

It includes a receiving means for receiving the related image captured by the camera from the camera, and a processing means for processing the related image into the distributed image.

The predetermined information is information indicating an advertisement corresponding to the object.

The identification means identifies a browsing object which is an object included in the delivery image, and the addition means adds predetermined information corresponding to the browsing object different from the object to the delivery image.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the opportunity of information distribution based on the image acquired by the user can be further expanded.

It is a schematic block diagram of the advertisement distribution system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the server which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the image before and after the processing which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the advertisement image which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram concerning the advertisement addition function which the server which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention has. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the advertisement addition processing which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the distribution image and the related image which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display mode of the advertisement image which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the advertisement addition processing which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, an information distribution method, and an embodiment of an information distribution program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[1-1. Ad delivery system configuration]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an advertisement distribution system 10 according to the present embodiment. The advertisement distribution system 10 includes a mobile terminal device 12 with a camera function and a server 14 which is an information processing device.

The mobile terminal device 12 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook computer, or the like, and captures an image by a camera function. A user ID (identification) is attached to the image transmitted from the mobile terminal device 12 to the server 14. The server 14 can identify the user who sent the image by referring to the user ID.

The communication line 16 forms a computer network, and is, for example, a wide area communication line provided by an electric power company.

The server 14 has a function of distributing an image received from the mobile terminal device 12 so that it can be viewed on a predetermined SNS, an image sharing site, or the like via a communication line 16 and displaying the image on the terminal device 18. Further, the server 14 has an image processing function for processing an image received from the mobile terminal device 12 (hereinafter referred to as "original image") and an advertisement addition function for adding an advertisement to the image to be distributed.

As a result, the server 14 can process the original image received from the mobile terminal device 12, add an advertisement to the processed image (hereinafter referred to as "processed image"), and deliver the processed image. Has been done. The server 14 can also deliver the original image to the SNS or the like without executing the image processing function or the advertisement addition function on the original image, and also has the image processing function and the advertisement on the original image. It is also possible to execute only one of the additional functions and deliver it to the SNS or the like.

The terminal device 18 is a mobile phone device 18A such as a smartphone, which is accessible to the server 14 via a communication line 16, a personal computer 18B including a notebook type or a desktop type, a tablet terminal, or the like. The user browses the image captured by the mobile terminal device 12 and transmitted to the server 14 via the mobile terminal device 12 and the terminal device 18. Further, the image is distributed by SNS or the like so that a person other than the user can view the image via his / her own terminal device 18.

[1-2. Server configuration]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the server 14 according to the present embodiment.

The server 14 according to the present embodiment is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 20 that controls the operation of the entire server 14, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22 in which various programs and various data are stored in advance, and when various programs are executed by the CPU 20. It is equipped with a RAM (Random Access Memory) 24 used as a work area and the like, and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 26 as a storage means for storing various programs and various data. The storage means is not limited to the HDD 26, and may be another storage medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory.

The HDD 26 stores an original image received from the mobile terminal device 12, a processed image obtained by processing the original image, various images required for processing, and data required for various functions.

Further, the server 14 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and has an operation input unit 28 that accepts inputs for various operations, a monitor 30 such as a liquid crystal display device that displays various images, and a mobile terminal device 12 via a communication line 16. It is provided with an external interface 32 that is connected to other information processing devices such as the above and transmits and receives various data to and from other information processing devices and the like.
The external interface 32 is also a receiving means for receiving the image captured by the mobile terminal device 12 from the mobile terminal device 12.

The CPU 20, ROM 22, RAM 24, HDD 26, operation input unit 28, monitor 30, and external interface 32 are electrically connected to each other via a system bus 34. Therefore, the CPU 20 accesses the ROM 22, RAM 24, and HDD 26, grasps the operation state of the operation input unit 28, displays an image on the monitor 30, and displays various data with other information processing devices via the external interface 32. It is possible to send and receive each.

[1-3. Image processing function]
The image processing function executed by the server will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3A shows the original image 40A, that is, the image before processing, and FIG. 3B shows the processed image 40B, that is, the processed image of the original image 40A.

In the original image 40A shown in FIG. 3A, as an example, the brand name 42 is displayed on the clothes worn by the person who is the subject. The processed image 40B shown in FIG. 3B is generated by performing a process of attaching a stamp 44 or a frame 46 to the original image 40A. In the processed image shown in FIG. 3B, the brand name 42 is not displayed because the frame 46 is attached. That is, even though the brand name 42 exists in the real space, the user who browses the processed image 40B generated by processing the original image 40A cannot visually recognize the brand name 42.

The processing performed on the original image 40A may be other processing such as blurring processing and distortion processing in addition to pasting the stamp 44 and the frame 46.

Further, the processing performed on the original image 40A may be preset by the user of the mobile terminal device 12 on the server 14, and the server 14 may automatically perform the processing set when the original image 40A is received. Further, the original image 40A may be processed by the user accessing the server 14 and performing an operation using the image processing function of the server 14. Even if the processed image 40B is generated, the original image 40A is associated with the processed image 40B and stored in the server 14 as it is. More specifically, the processed image 40B is stored in the server 14 with related information indicating the original image 40A which is an image before processing added.

[1-4. Advertising function]
The advertisement addition function according to this embodiment will be described in detail.

The advertisement addition function identifies a related image whose source is related to the delivered image, identifies an object included in the related image, and adds predetermined information corresponding to this object to the delivered image.

In the present embodiment, the distribution image is the processed image 40B, and the related image is the original image 40A. That is, in the present embodiment, the fact that the source is related means the images before and after processing. The advertisement addition function identifies the original image 40A whose source is related to the processed image 40B by reading the related information added to the processed image 40B.

The advertisement addition function identifies an object included in the original image 40A by performing image analysis on the original image 40A. The object to be identified according to the present embodiment (hereinafter, also referred to as “advertising object”) 50 is, for example, a mark or character related to a product sold by a company, for example, a product name, a brand name, or the like. The company name. In the example of FIG. 3A, the brand name 42 corresponds to the advertisement target object 50. The server 14 stores data (hereinafter referred to as "advertisement target list") showing a list of advertisement target objects 50.

The advertisement target object 50 is not limited to characters and the like, but may be a figure, a shape of a beverage container for accommodating a beverage, or the like.

The advertisement addition function adds predetermined information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the processed image 40B. The predetermined information is information that can be an advertisement (hereinafter referred to as "advertisement information") such as marks, characters, or images related to products sold by the company. The advertisement information is stored in the server 14 in association with the advertisement target object 50 shown in the advertisement target list. The advertisement information may be, for example, a product list showing prior contract candidates to be purchased on an EC (Electronic Commerce) site.

That is, the server 14 refers to the advertisement target list, determines whether or not the identified object corresponds to the advertisement target object 50, and adds the advertisement information to the processed image 40B if it corresponds. Information on the area where the advertisement target object 50 is displayed in the original image 40A (hereinafter referred to as "display area information") is added to the processed image 40B. The display area information is, for example, the coordinates in the original image 40A.

Then, when the processed image 40B is displayed on the terminal device 18, the advertisement adding function displays an image based on the advertisement information added to the processed image 40B together with the processed image 40B (hereinafter referred to as "advertisement image").

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an aspect of the advertisement image 56 displayed on the display 54 of the terminal device 18.

FIG. 4A shows a mode in which the advertisement image 56 is displayed as a balloon figure. As an example, the balloon figure is displayed so as to be generated from the vicinity of the area where the advertisement target object 50 existed in the original image 40A.

FIG. 4B shows an aspect in which the advertisement image 56 is displayed so as to be adjacent to the processed image 40B. In the example of FIG. 4B, the display position of the advertisement image 56 is adjacent to the lower side of the processed image 40B.

The display position of the advertisement image 56 is determined based on the display area information added to the processed image 40B. For example, if the display area information indicates the lower side of the processed image 40B, the advertisement image 56 is displayed on the lower side of the processed image 40B. Further, the position where the balloon figure is generated is also determined based on the display area information. The display position of the advertisement image 56 may be a predetermined position such as the left and right or the upper side of the processed image 40B regardless of the display area information.

Further, when the advertisement image 56 is displayed on the display 54, as shown in FIG. 4, even if the display 54 displays a switching button 58 for switching the display (on) or non-display (off) of the advertisement image 56. Good. A user viewing the processed image 40B using the terminal device 18 switches the display / non-display of the advertisement image 56 by performing an operation such as touching or clicking on the switching button 58. Not limited to this, the display or non-display of the advertisement image 56 may be switched by the user performing an operation such as touching or mouse over the processed image 40B.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, in the processed image 40B, the advertisement target object 50 is not displayed in the process of processing the original image 40A, and the advertisement target object 50 existing in the real space is used by the user. May not be visible. Therefore, the advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment identifies the advertisement target object 50 from the original image 40A and adds the advertisement information related thereto to the processed image 40B, so that the advertisement is based on the advertisement information together with the processed image 40B. Display the image. Therefore, the advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment can expand the opportunity of advertisement distribution based on the image acquired by the user.

Further, the server 14 receives a request from a company or the like to add advertising information to the processed image 40B. The company transmits, for example, information about the advertisement target object 50 and advertisement information to the server 14 via a home page for accepting a request. When the server 14 receives the information, the server 14 adds the information to the advertisement target list. At this time, the company pays a predetermined fee to the business operator that provides the advertisement addition function. The fee may be an amount set by the business operator, or may be determined by the company bidding for each type of product, for example.

[1-5. Functional block diagram for additional advertising functions]
The CPU 20 according to the present embodiment includes an image processing unit 60 and an advertisement adding unit 62. The functions related to the image processing unit 60 and the advertisement addition unit 62 are realized by a program.

The image processing unit 60 executes the above-mentioned image processing function, and performs processing such as pasting a stamp 44 or a frame 46 on the original image 40A to generate a processed image 40B.

The advertisement addition unit 62 executes the above-mentioned advertisement addition function, and is a related image identification unit 64, an object identification unit 66, an advertisement information addition unit 68, an advertisement target matching unit 70, an image distribution unit 72, and an advertisement display control unit. It includes 74 and an advertisement request reception unit 76.

The related image specifying unit 64 identifies the original image 40A whose source is related to the processed image 40B based on the related information added to the processed image 40B.

The object identification unit 66 identifies the object included in the original image 40A specified by the related image identification unit 64 by image analysis. The image analysis method for identifying the object may be a conventionally known method.

The advertisement target collation unit 70 collates the identified object with the advertisement target list, and determines whether or not the object is the advertisement target object 50.

The advertisement information addition unit 68 adds the advertisement information and the display area information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the processed image 40B.

The image distribution unit 72 distributes the processed image 40B or the original image 40A to be distributed to a predetermined SNS or image sharing site.

When the delivered processed image 40B is viewed, the advertisement display control unit 74 displays an advertisement image based on the advertisement information added to the processed image 40B on the display 54 of the terminal device 18 to display the advertisement information. Notify based on. Specifically, the function of the advertisement display control unit 74 is possessed by the SNS or the image sharing site that distributes the processed image 40B.

The advertisement request reception unit 76 receives a request for adding advertisement information to the processed image 40B.

[1-6. Advertising addition processing]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of a process (hereinafter referred to as “advertisement addition process”) executed by the advertisement addition function according to the present embodiment. The program for executing the advertisement addition process is stored in advance in a predetermined area of the HDD 26. The advertisement addition process shown in FIG. 6 is executed when the server 14 receives the original image 40A.

First, in step 100, the image processing unit 60 processes the original image 40A to generate the processed image 40B. The processing on the original image 40A may be performed automatically by performing predetermined processing, or may be performed by the user using the function of the image processing unit 60.

In the next step 102, the related image specifying unit 64 identifies the original image 40A related to the processed image 40B.

In the next step 104, the object identification unit 66 analyzes the original image 40A and identifies the objects included in the original image 40A.

In the next step 106, the advertisement target matching unit 70 collates the identified object with the advertisement target list.

In the next step 108, the advertisement target collating unit 70 determines whether or not the identified object includes the advertisement target object 50, and if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 110, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 112. Transition.

In step 110, the advertisement information addition unit 68 adds the advertisement information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the processed image 40B, and proceeds to step 112.

In step 112, the image distribution unit 72 distributes the processed image 40B and ends the advertisement addition process.

As described above, the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the present embodiment identifies the original image 40A whose source is related to the processed image 40B, identifies the advertisement target object 50 included in the original image 40A, and advertises the advertisement target object 50. The processed image 40B is distributed by adding the advertisement information corresponding to the above to the processed image 40B. Then, when the processed image 40B is viewed via the terminal device 18, the advertisement image 56 based on the advertisement information added to the processed image 40B is displayed on the display 54.

As a result, the advertisement distribution system 10 displays the advertisement image 56 corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 included in the original image 40A but not included in the processed image 40B together with the processed image 40B, so that the image acquired by the user can be displayed. It is possible to expand opportunities for based advertisement distribution.

In the present embodiment, by identifying the advertisement target object 50 included in the original image 40A, the advertisement image 56 corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 displayed not only in the original image 40A but also in the processed image 40B is displayed. It is possible.

Further, in the present embodiment, the embodiment in which the original image 40A is processed by the server 14 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the original image 40A is processed by another information processing device such as the mobile terminal device 12, and the processed image is processed. The 40B may be transmitted to the server 14. In the case of this form, the original image 40A associated with the processed image 40B is transmitted from the mobile terminal device 12 to the server 14 together with the processed image 40B, and the server 14 receives the original image 40A together with the processed image 40B. Further, the image is captured by a digital camera, the image is transmitted to another information processing device such as the mobile terminal device 12, and the processed image 40B and the original image 40A processed by the other information processing device are transmitted to the server 14. You may.

[2. Second Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the configuration of the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the second embodiment is the same as the configuration of the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the images captured before and after the time when the distribution image 80A is captured are transmitted from the mobile terminal device 12 to the server 14 together with the distribution image 80A.

[2-1. Advertising function]
The advertisement addition function executed by the advertisement addition unit 62 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a distribution image 80A and a related image 80B according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7A shows a distribution image 80A arbitrarily selected by the user, and FIG. 7B shows a related image 80B.

Although the distribution image 80A and the related image 80B are close to each other in the imaging time and have the same subject, the object (hereinafter referred to as “viewing object”) 82A included in the distribution image 80A is included in the related image 80B. However, the object (hereinafter referred to as "related object") 82B included in the related image 80B is not included in the distributed image 80A. As described above, in the distribution image 80A and the related image 80B, there may be objects that are not included in each other. The related image 80B is acquired by the same mobile terminal device 12 as the mobile terminal device 12 that acquired the distribution image 80A.

Next, a method for specifying the related image 80B according to the present embodiment will be described.

An image included in a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) before and after the time when the distribution image 80A is captured by the related image specifying unit 64 according to the present embodiment is referred to as a related image candidate (hereinafter, “related image candidate”). ). The object identification unit 66 performs image analysis on the delivered image 80A and the related image candidate. The related image identification unit 64 identifies as the related image 80B, among the related image candidates that have undergone image analysis, those having a degree of coincidence with the distributed image 80A of a predetermined value or more. A plurality of related images 80B may be specified as long as the degree of coincidence is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.

The object identification unit 66 identifies the browsing object 82A included in the distribution image 80A and the related object 82B included in the related image 80B.

The advertisement target collation unit 70 collates the identified browsing object 82A and related object 82B with the advertisement target list.

The advertisement information addition unit 68 adds the corresponding advertisement information and display area information to the distribution image 80A with respect to the related object 82B corresponding to the advertisement target object 50. Further, when the browsing object 82A corresponding to the advertising target object 50 different from the related object 82B exists, the advertising information addition unit 68 adds the advertising information and the display area information corresponding to the browsing object 82A to the distribution image 80A. To do.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display mode of the advertisement image 56 displayed on the display 54 of the terminal device 18. In the example of FIG. 8, the advertisement images 56A and 56B are displayed below the distribution image 80A. The advertisement image 56A corresponds to the browsing object 82A included in the distribution image 80A. The advertisement image 56B corresponds to the related object 82B included in the related image 80B.

As a method for specifying the related image 80B, it is not always necessary to perform image analysis on the distributed image 80A and the related image candidate to determine the degree of matching. For example, the advertisement addition unit 62 according to the present embodiment may identify the related object 82B by setting all the images within the predetermined time before and after the time when the delivered image 80A is captured as the related image 80B.

[2-2. Advertising addition processing]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of advertisement addition processing according to the present embodiment. The advertisement addition process according to the present embodiment is executed when the distribution image 80A to be distributed is selected by the user.

First, in step 200, the related image specifying unit 64 identifies the related image 80B related to the delivered image 80A.

In the next step 202, the object identification unit 66 analyzes the distributed image 80A and the related image 80B, and identifies the browsing object 82A included in the distributed image 80A and the related object 82B included in the related image 80B.

In the next step 204, the advertisement target collation unit 70 collates the identified browsing object 82A and the related object 82B with the advertisement target list.

In the next step 206, the advertisement target collating unit 70 determines whether or not the identified browsing object 82A and the related object 82B include the advertisement target object 50, and in the case of an affirmative determination, the process proceeds to step 208 and a negative determination is made. In the case of, the process proceeds to step 210.

In step 208, the advertisement information addition unit 68 adds the advertisement information corresponding to the advertisement target object 50 to the distribution image 80A, and proceeds to step 210.

In step 210, the image distribution unit 72 distributes the distribution image 80A and ends the advertisement addition process.

As described above, the advertisement distribution system 10 according to the present embodiment sets the distribution image 80A and the related image 80B whose source is related to the image at the time of shooting close to the time when the distribution image 80A is captured. As a result, the advertisement distribution system 10 can display the advertisement image 56B corresponding to the related object 82B included in the related image 80B without being included in the distribution image 80A together with the distribution image 80A, so that the advertisement distribution based on the image acquired by the user can be displayed. Opportunities can be expanded.

[3. Other embodiments]
Although the present invention has been described above using each of the above embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be made to each of the above embodiments without departing from the gist of the invention, and the modified or improved forms are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. In addition, each of the above embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

For example, in each of the above embodiments, the mode in which the image to be distributed is a still image has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the image to be distributed may be a moving image. In the case of this form, the distribution image is a thumbnail image in which one frame (frame) of the moving image is selected, and the related image is a predetermined number of frames before and after the thumbnail image. Then, the server 14 adds the advertisement information to the delivered image in the same manner as the advertisement addition function according to the second embodiment.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the mode in which the server 14 has the advertisement addition function has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the mobile terminal device 12 may have the advertisement addition function. In the case of this form, the mobile terminal device 12 transmits the distribution image to which the advertisement information and the like are added to the server 14, and the server 14 distributes the image.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the mode of displaying the advertisement image based on the advertisement information as the notification based on the advertisement information has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as the above notification, a sound output based on the advertisement information, a moving image reproduction, or the like may be performed.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the mode in which the predetermined information to be added to the distribution image is used as the advertisement information has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other information may be added. The other information includes, for example, a description of the subject existing in the processed region of the original image 40A, other images related to the subject appearing in the distributed image, and the like. Other images are people, animals, landscape images, etc. related to the subject. For example, from the images stored in the server 14 as an album service via the Internet, the contents set by the user as related images, image matching, etc. Is selected based on.

Further, in the above embodiment, the embodiment in which the device for capturing an image is the mobile terminal device 12 with a camera function has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of the mobile terminal device 12, a camera having an imaging function and a communication function may be used. In the case of this form, the camera transmits the captured image to the predetermined server 14 via the communication line 16. Although the communication function of the camera according to this embodiment enables communication with the server 14, it cannot communicate with other information processing devices. Further, the camera is provided with a minimum storage medium for temporarily storing the captured image until it is transmitted to the server 14, but is not provided with a large-capacity storage medium capable of storing a large amount of images. The image transmitted to the server 14 is automatically deleted from the storage medium. That is, the camera according to the present embodiment is a simple camera having only the minimum necessary functions that enable only imaging of a subject and communication with the server 14. An ID unique to the camera, in other words, a user ID, is attached to the image transmitted from the camera to the server 14. The user can select an image to be distributed or an image to be processed from the images stored in the server 14 via the mobile terminal device 12.

Further, the flow of the advertisement addition processing described in each of the above embodiments is also an example, and unnecessary steps can be deleted, new steps can be added, or the processing order can be changed within a range not deviating from the gist of the present invention. You may.

10 Advertisement distribution system 14 Server (information processing device)
16 Communication line (computer network)
32 External interface (reception means)
40A original image (related image)
40B processed image (delivery image)
50 Object 60 Image processing unit (processing means)
64 Related image identification part (specific means)
66 Object identification unit (identification means)
68 Advertising Information Addition Department (Additional Means)
74 Advertisement display control unit (notification means)
76 Advertising Request Reception Department (Reception Means)
80A delivery image 80B related image 82A browsing object 82B related object

Claims (9)

An information processing device that stores distributed images that are distributed so that they can be viewed via a computer network.
Specific means for identifying a related image whose source is related to the delivered image, and
An identification means for identifying an object included in the related image and
An additional means for adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image, and
Information processing device equipped with. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a notification means for performing notification based on the predetermined information added to the distribution image when the distributed image is viewed. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a receiving means for receiving a request for adding the predetermined information to the distributed image. The distribution image is a processed image obtained by processing the related image.
The information processing device receives the processed image from another information processing device together with the distributed image, or processes the related image received from the other information processing device to obtain the processed image from claim 1. The information processing device according to any one of 3. A receiving means for receiving the related image captured by the camera from the camera, and
A processing means for processing the related image to obtain the distribution image, and
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined information is information indicating an advertisement corresponding to the object. The identification means identifies a browsing object which is an object included in the distribution image, and identifies the browsing object.
The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the additional means adds predetermined information corresponding to the browsing object different from the object to the distributed image. The first step of identifying the distributed image distributed so as to be viewable via the computer network and the related image related to the source by a specific means, and
The second step of identifying the object included in the related image by the identification means, and
A third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an additional means and distributing the image.
Information distribution method with. On the computer
The first step of identifying the distributed image distributed so as to be viewable via the computer network and the related image related to the source by a specific means, and
The second step of identifying the object included in the related image by the identification means, and
A third step of adding predetermined information corresponding to the object to the distribution image by an additional means and distributing the image.
Information distribution program to execute.

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