TAKEN PICTURE PROVIDING SYSTEM, PICTURE TAKING MANAGEMENT SERVER, PICTURE TAKING MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PICTURE TAKING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• US 20100134637A1
• Filed: 03/19/2007
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Amano, Katsumi, Sakamoto, Tsuyoshio, Takeuchi, Yoshikazu, cho, Shisei
• Application Number:
  US12/531,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20100134637A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.110
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A photographing management server is provided with a photographing request information acquiring unit for acquiring photographing request information from a photographing request device, a photographing load information transmission request unit that transmits the photographing request information and requests the transmission of photographing load information including a load amount, a photographing load information acquiring unit for acquiring photographing load information, a photographing request subject determining unit for determining a photographing device requested to photograph in accordance with the photographing load information, a photographing request unit for requesting the photographing device determined by the photographing request determining unit to photograph, an image data acquiring unit for acquiring image data from the photographing device requested by the photographing request unit and an image data provision unit for providing image data to the photographing request device. The photographing management server transmits the photographing request information to each photographing device.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A picture taking management server comprising:

a picture taking request information obtaining means which obtains picture taking request information from a picture taking requesting apparatus;

a picture taking burden information transmission requesting means which transmits the picture taking request information and performs transmission request of picture taking burden information including burden amount to each of picture taking apparatuses;

a picture taking burden information obtaining means which obtains the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking request object determining means which determines the picture taking apparatus, to which picture taking is requested, based on the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking requesting means which requests picture taking to the picture taking apparatus determined by the picture taking request object determining means;

a picture data obtaining means which obtains picture data from the picture taking apparatus to which the picture taking is requested by the picture taking requesting means; and

a picture data providing means which provides the picture data to the picture taking requesting apparatus,

wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information, and

wherein the picture taking request object determining means eliminates the picture taking apparatus which transmitted the picture taking burden information including the burden amount inconsistent with the picture taking possible condition information.

15. The picture taking management server according to claim 14, wherein the burden amount is a difference value between a set route and a route passing the picture taking place.

16. The picture taking management server according to claim 14, further comprising a picture retaking request control means which performs picture retaking request when receiving a picture taking canceling request.

17. A picture taking management method comprising:

a picture taking request information obtaining process which obtains picture taking request information from a picture taking requesting apparatus;

a picture taking burden information transmission requesting process which transmits the picture taking request information and performs transmission request of picture taking burden information including burden amount to each of picture taking apparatuses;

a picture taking burden information obtaining process which obtains the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking request object determining process which determines the picture taking apparatus, to which picture taking is requested, based on the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking requesting process which requests picture taking to the picture taking apparatus determined by the picture taking request object determining process;

a picture data obtaining process which obtains picture data from the picture taking apparatus to which the picture taking is requested by the picture taking requesting process; and

a picture data providing process which provides the picture data to the picture taking requesting apparatus, wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information, and wherein the picture taking request object determining process eliminates the picture taking apparatus which transmitted the picture taking burden information including the burden amount inconsistent with the picture taking possible condition information.

18. A picture taking management program embodied in a computer-readable medium and executed by an apparatus including a computer, the program makes the computer function as:

a picture taking request information obtaining means which obtains picture taking request information from a picture taking requesting apparatus;

a picture taking burden information transmission requesting means which transmits the picture taking request information and performs transmission request of picture taking burden information including burden amount to each of picture taking apparatuses;

a picture taking burden information obtaining means which obtains the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking request object determining means which determines the picture taking apparatus, to which picture taking is requested, based on the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking requesting unit which requests picture taking to the picture taking apparatus determined by the picture taking request object determining means;

a picture data obtaining unit which obtains picture data from the picture taking apparatus to which the picture taking is requested by the picture taking requesting means; and

a picture data providing means which provides the picture data to the picture taking requesting apparatus,

wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information, and

wherein the picture taking request object determining means eliminates the picture taking apparatus which transmitted the picture taking burden information including the burden amount inconsistent with the picture taking possible condition information.

19. A picture taking apparatus comprising:

a map information storing means which stores map information;

a picture taking request information obtaining means which obtains picture taking request information including picture taking position information from a picture taking management server;

a picture taking position route information generating means which generates, by using the map information, picture taking position route information which is information associated with a route including the picture taking position, when receiving the picture taking request information;

a picture taking burden information generating means which generates picture taking burden information including burden amount associated with the picture taking position route information;

a picture taking burden information providing means which provides the picture taking burden information to the picture taking management server;

a picture taking request receiving means which receives picture taking request from the picture taking management server;

a picture data generating means which generates picture data associated with the picture taking position information; and

a picture data providing means which provides the picture data to the picture taking management server,

wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information.

20. The picture taking apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the burden amount is a difference value between a set route and a route passing the picture taking place.

21. The picture taking apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising a picture taking request canceling means which cancels the picture taking request received by the picture taking request receiving means.

22. A picture taking method comprising:

a map information storing process which stores map information;

a picture taking request information obtaining process which obtains picture taking request information including picture taking position information from a picture taking management server;

a picture taking position route information generating process which generates, by using the map information, picture taking position route information which is information associated with a route including the picture taking position, when receiving the picture taking request information;

a picture taking burden information generating process which generates picture taking burden information including burden amount associated with the picture taking position route information;

a picture taking burden information providing process which provides the picture taking burden information to the picture taking management server;

a picture taking request receiving process which receives picture taking request from the picture taking management server;

a picture data generating process which generates picture data associated with the picture taking position information; and

a picture data providing process which provides the picture data to the picture taking management server,

wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information.

23. A picture taking program embodied in a computer-readable medium and executed by an apparatus including a computer, the program makes the computer function as:

a map information storing means which stores map information;

a picture taking request information obtaining means which obtains picture taking request information including picture taking position information from a picture taking management server;

a picture taking position route information generating means which generates, by using the map information, picture taking position route information which is information associated with a route including the picture taking position, when receiving the picture taking request information;

a picture taking burden information generating means which generates picture taking burden information including burden amount associated with the picture taking position route information;

a picture taking burden information providing means which provides the picture taking burden information to the picture taking management server;

a picture taking request receiving means which receives picture taking request from the picture taking management server;

a picture data generating means which generates picture data associated with the picture taking position information; and

a picture data providing means which provides the picture data to the picture taking management server,

wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information.

24. A taken picture providing system comprising a picture taking requesting apparatus, picture taking apparatuses and a picture taking management server,

wherein the picture taking requesting apparatus comprises:

a picture taking request information generating means which generates picture taking request information including a picture taking position;

a picture taking request notifying means which transmits the picture taking request information and notifies picture taking request to the picture taking management server; and

a picture data obtaining means which obtains picture data from the picture taking management server,

wherein the picture taking management server comprises;

a picture taking request information obtaining means which obtains picture taking request information from the picture taking requesting apparatus;

a picture taking burden information transmission requesting means which transmits the picture taking request information and performs transmission request of picture taking burden information including burden amount to each of the picture taking apparatuses;

a picture taking burden information obtaining means which obtains the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking request object determining means which determines the picture taking apparatus, to which picture taking is requested, based on the picture taking burden information;

a picture taking requesting means which requests picture taking to the picture taking apparatus determined by the picture taking request object determining means;

a picture data obtaining means which obtains the picture data from the picture taking apparatus to which the picture taking is requested by the picture taking requesting means; and

a picture data providing means which provides the picture data to the picture taking requesting apparatus,

wherein the picture taking burden information includes picture taking possible condition information, and

wherein the picture taking request object determining means eliminates the picture taking apparatus which transmitted the picture taking burden information including the burden amount inconsistent with the picture taking possible condition information, and wherein the picture taking apparatus comprises;

a map information storing means which stores map information;

a picture taking request information obtaining means which obtains picture taking request information including picture taking position information from the picture taking management server;

a picture taking position route information generating means which generates, by using the map information, picture taking position route information which is information associated with a route including the picture taking position, when receiving the picture taking request information;

a picture taking burden information generating means which generates picture taking burden information including burden amount associated with the picture taking position route information;

a picture taking burden information providing means which provides the picture taking burden information to the picture taking management server;

a picture taking request receiving means which receives picture taking request from the picture taking management server;

a picture data generating means which generates picture data associated with the picture taking position information; and

a picture data providing means which provides the picture data to the picture taking management server.