Image management method

• US 20060050312A1
• Filed: 09/28/2005
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ueda, Sunao, Mizuno, Joe, Tanaka, Takehiko, Takiyama, Shushi
• Application Number:
  US11/236,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20060050312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00164 at a remote location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2179 Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/218 Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3222 of processing required or performed, e.g. forwarding, urgent or confidential handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence

Abstract

An image server includes a totaling section for totaling user attributes for user of the image and outputting the totaled result, a recording section for recording image file for each image, the user attributes of each user of the image, and the totaled result, a judgment section for judging whether the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference, and a processor for processing at least one of the image file and the user attribute according to the result of the judgment.

Claims

1. An image management method executed by an image server that records an image file, comprising:

totaling user attributes for each user of an image of the image file and outputting a totaled result;

judging whether the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

processing at least one of the image file and the user attributes according to a result of the judgment in the judgment step.

2. An image management method according to claim 1,

wherein the processing in the processing step comprises processing of the image file.

3. An image management method according to claim 1,

wherein the processing in the processing step comprises changing of the user attributes.

4. An image management method executed by an image server that records an image file, comprising:

totaling user attributes for each user of an image of the image file and outputting a totaled result;

judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

transmitting the image file to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment in the judgment step.

5. An image management method executed by a apparatus that transmits an image file to an image server that records the image file, comprising:

inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for each image file to be transmitted;

judging whether the image file is to be transmitted to the image server based on the inputted attribute information; and

transmitting the image file to the image server according to a result of the judgment in the judgment step.

6. An image management method executed by an image display apparatus that displays an image, comprising:

inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for the image in advance;

judging whether an image file of the image is an image file of an image for which the display attribute information has been set, or an image file of an image for which the non-display attribute information has been set; and

processing the image according to a result of the judgment in the judgment step.

7. An image management method executed by an image server that records an image file, comprising:

totaling user attributes for each user of an image of the image file and outputting a totaled result;

judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

transmitting at least a part of the attribute information to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment in the judgment step.

8. An image server comprising:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a processing unit processing at least one of the image file and the user attributes according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

9. An image server according to claim 8,

wherein the processing by the processing unit comprises processing of the image file.

10. An image server according to claim 8,

wherein the processing by the processing unit comprises changing of the user attributes.

11. An image server comprising:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a transmission unit transmitting the image file to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

12. A apparatus comprising:

an attribute information input unit inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for each image file to be transmitted to an image server that records an image file;

a judgment unit judging whether the image file is to be transmitted to the image server based on the inputted attribute information; and

a transmission unit transmitting the image file to the image server according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

13. An image display apparatus comprising:

an attribute information input unit inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for an image in advance;

a judgment unit judging whether an image file of the image is an image file of an image for which the display attribute information has been set, or an image file of an image for which the non-display attribute information has been set; and

a processing unit processing the image according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

14. An image server comprising:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a transmission unit transmitting at least a part of the attribute information to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

15. An image management program for causing a computer to function as:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a processing unit processing at least one of the image file and the user attributes according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

16. An image management program according to claim 15,

wherein the processing by the processing unit comprises processing of the image file.

17. An image management program according to claim 15,

wherein the processing by the processing unit comprises changing of the user attributes.

18. An image management program for causing a computer to function as:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a transmission unit transmitting the image file to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

19. An image management program for causing a computer to function as:

an attribute information input unit inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for each image file to be transmitted to an image server that records an image file;

a judgment unit judging whether the image file is to be transmitted to the image server based on the inputted attribute information; and

a transmission unit transmitting the image file to the image server according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

20. An image management program for causing a computer to function as:

an attribute information input unit inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for an image in advance;

a judgment unit judging whether an image file, which is transmitted from an image server that records an image file of the image, is an image file of an image for which the display attribute information has been set, or an image file of an image for which the non-display attribute information has been set; and

a processing unit processing the image according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

21. An image management program for causing a computer to function as:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a transmission unit transmitting at least a part of the attribute information to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

22. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program for causing a computer to function as:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a processing unit processing at least one of an image file of the image and the user attributes according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

23. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program according to claim 22,

wherein the processing by the processing unit comprises processing of the image file.

24. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program according to claim 22,

wherein the processing by the processing unit comprises changing of the user attributes.

25. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program for causing a computer to function as:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a transmission unit transmitting the image file to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

26. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program for causing a computer to function as:

an attribute information input unit inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for each image file to be transmitted to an image server that records an image file;

a judgment unit judging whether the image file is to be transmitted to the image server, which records the image file, based on the inputted attribute information; and

a transmission unit transmitting the image file to the image server according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

27. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program for causing a computer to function as:

an attribute information input unit inputting one of display attribute information and non-display attribute information for an image in advance;

a judgment unit judging whether an image file of the image transmitted from an image server that records the image file is an image file of an image for which the display attribute information has been set, or an image file of an image for which the non-display attribute information has been set; and

a processing unit processing the image according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.

28. A computer-readable recording medium recording an image management program for causing a computer to function as:

a totaling unit totaling user attributes for each user of an image and outputting a totaled result;

a judgment unit judging whether attribute information containing image management information generated for the image, the user attributes, and the totaled result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a transmission unit transmitting at least a part of the attribute information to an image display apparatus, which displays the image, according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.