Image distributing system
First Claim
1. An image distributing system for distributing an image having a target character, comprising:
- a character information obtaining unit for capturing a first image of the target character and obtaining character information of the target character;
a camera system for capturing a plurality of images including a second image having at least the target character;
an image database communicating with said camera system for receiving and storing said plurality of images as image data;
an image collecting unit for setting a selecting condition set by a user, and for automatically selecting said second image data among said plurality of said image data stored in said image database by identifying the target character according to character information thus obtained for distributing the second image including the target character, said selecting condition is a condition for selecting a specific characteristic of the target character;
an image selecting terminal displaying a list of images collected by said image collecting unit to the user so that said list of images are capable of being selected by the user;
an output processing unit outputting the images selected by the user from said list of images as displayed to at least one of a plurality of a medium appointed by the user;
a character positioning unit for obtaining a time when the target character passes a predetermined point; and
an object speed detecting unit for calculating a speed of the target character based on a distance between two points and a time for the target character to pass the two points;
wherein the image collecting unit searches only images captured in a predetermined period of time and in a moving area which is calculated based on the time when the target character passes the predetermined point and the speed of the target character.
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Abstract
An image distributing system for distributing an image in which a certain objected character is caught, having a camera system capturing images in which a person who is the objected character is caught; a signal transmitter connecting to the camera system; an image database connecting with the signal transmitter and storing a plurality of image data transmitted by the signal transmitter; a character information database for storing character information for identifying the person caught in the image as the objected character; and an image collecting unit, identifying a person caught in the image, data of which is stored in the image database, as the objected character, and collecting image data in which the objected character is caught.
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100 Claims
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1. An image distributing system for distributing an image having a target character, comprising:
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a character information obtaining unit for capturing a first image of the target character and obtaining character information of the target character; a camera system for capturing a plurality of images including a second image having at least the target character; an image database communicating with said camera system for receiving and storing said plurality of images as image data; an image collecting unit for setting a selecting condition set by a user, and for automatically selecting said second image data among said plurality of said image data stored in said image database by identifying the target character according to character information thus obtained for distributing the second image including the target character, said selecting condition is a condition for selecting a specific characteristic of the target character; an image selecting terminal displaying a list of images collected by said image collecting unit to the user so that said list of images are capable of being selected by the user; an output processing unit outputting the images selected by the user from said list of images as displayed to at least one of a plurality of a medium appointed by the user; a character positioning unit for obtaining a time when the target character passes a predetermined point; and an object speed detecting unit for calculating a speed of the target character based on a distance between two points and a time for the target character to pass the two points; wherein the image collecting unit searches only images captured in a predetermined period of time and in a moving area which is calculated based on the time when the target character passes the predetermined point and the speed of the target character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 77, 78, 79, 83, 85, 88, 91, 94, 97, 100)
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42. A method for distributing an image having a target character, comprising:
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registering character information for the target character; capturing a plurality of images having the target character; storing image data of said plurality of images; automatically identifying the target character in each of said plurality of images based on the character information; obtaining a time when the target character passes a predetermined point; calculating a speed of the target character based on a distance between two points and a time when the target character passes the two points; collecting a target image having the target character from the stored image data; distributing said target image to the target character; displaying a list of collected images having the target character obtained by a search based on a selecting condition set by a user to the user so that said list of images are capable of being selected by the user, said selecting condition is a condition for selecting a specific characteristic of the target character; and outputting the images elected by the user from said list of images as displayed to at least one of a plurality of a medium appointed by the user; wherein only images captured in a predetermined period of time and in a moving area which is calculated based on the time when the target character passes the predetermined point and the speed of the target character, are searched. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 89, 92, 95, 98)
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76. A business method for distributing an image having a target character, comprising the steps of:
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registering character information for the target character; capturing a plurality of images in which a person who is the target character is caught, storing image data of said plurality of images; setting a selecting condition set by a user; automatically collecting at least one target image from said plurality of images in which the target character is caught from the stored image data based on the registered character information; obtaining a time when the target character passes a predetermined point; calculating a speed of the target character based on a distance between two points and a time when the target character passes the two points; prompting the user to select an image with the target character to be distributed from the at least one collected image; distributing the selected image in which the target character is caught based on information about the selected image; displaying a list of collected images having the target character obtained by a search based on a selecting condition appointed by a user to the user so that said list of images are capable of being selected by the user, said selecting condition is a condition for selecting a specific characteristic of the target character; outputting the images elected by the user from said list of images as displayed to at least one of a plurality of a medium appointed by the user, wherein only images captured in a predetermined period of time and in a moving area which is calculated based on the time when the target character passes the predetermined point and the speed of the target character, are searched. - View Dependent Claims (87, 90, 93, 96, 99)
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