Display terminal provided with an image data sharing function, image sharing system and method for sharing image data
First Claim
1. A display terminal comprising:
- a controlling section which performs;
(i) image display processing for displaying in a display section image data recorded in a recording section;
(ii) image sharing processing for providing the image data recorded in the recording section to another display terminal over a network, acquiring image data recorded by another display terminal over the network, and displaying the acquired image data in the display section; and
(iii) sharing control processing for performing control to select image data recorded by another display terminal present at a location whose distance from a current location of the display terminal satisfies a predetermined condition as target image data for the image sharing processing;
wherein;
two pieces of location information are separately stored and managed for each image data, the two pieces of location information including information regarding a shooting location at which the image data was captured and a providing location of a display terminal providing the image data at a time at which the image data was provided; and
the sharing control processing uses the providing location among the two pieces of location information associated image data, and selects target image data for the image sharing processing based on a distance between the providing location and the current location of the display terminal.
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Abstract
A display terminal that performs image display processing for displaying in a display section image data recorded in a recording section, which includes a controlling section that performs image sharing processing for providing image data recorded in the recording section to another display terminal over a network, acquiring image data recorded by another display terminal over the network, and displaying the acquired image data in the display section, and sharing control processing for performing control to select image data recorded by another display terminal set up at a location whose distance from the setup location of the display terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, as target image data for the image sharing processing.
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21 Claims
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1. A display terminal comprising:
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a controlling section which performs; (i) image display processing for displaying in a display section image data recorded in a recording section; (ii) image sharing processing for providing the image data recorded in the recording section to another display terminal over a network, acquiring image data recorded by another display terminal over the network, and displaying the acquired image data in the display section; and (iii) sharing control processing for performing control to select image data recorded by another display terminal present at a location whose distance from a current location of the display terminal satisfies a predetermined condition as target image data for the image sharing processing; wherein; two pieces of location information are separately stored and managed for each image data, the two pieces of location information including information regarding a shooting location at which the image data was captured and a providing location of a display terminal providing the image data at a time at which the image data was provided; and the sharing control processing uses the providing location among the two pieces of location information associated image data, and selects target image data for the image sharing processing based on a distance between the providing location and the current location of the display terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server device comprising:
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a controlling section connected to a plurality of display terminals by a network, which (i) holds image management information in which two pieces of location information are separately stored and managed for each of a plurality of image data, the two pieces of location information including information regarding a shooting location at which the image data was captured and a providing location of a display terminal providing the image data at a time at which the image data was provided, (ii) stores, when image data is received from any of the display terminals over the network, a providing location of a display terminal providing the image data at a time at which the image data is provided in the image management information in association with the image data, and (iii) selects and transmits, when transmitting image data to any of the display terminals over the network, image data provided from another display terminal set up present at a location whose distance from a current location of a destination display terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, with reference to the image management information; wherein the controlling section uses the providing location among the two pieces of location information in association with image data, and selects target image data for transmission to the destination display terminal based on a distance between the providing location and the current location of the destination display terminal.
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10. An image sharing system for sharing an image uploaded to a server device among a plurality of terminal devices over a network, wherein the server device includes a first image delivering section which, when an image is uploaded from any of the plurality of terminal devices, sets terminal location information indicating a terminal location of a terminal device that has uploaded the image as a retrieval criterion, retrieves an image captured by another terminal device whose location corresponds to the terminal location information that is the retrieval criterion from among a plurality of images that have already been uploaded, and transmits the retrieved image to the terminal device that has performed the upload;
wherein; two pieces of location information are separately stored and managed for each image, the two pieces of location information including information regarding a shooting location at which the image was captured and a providing location of a terminal device providing the image at a time at which the image was provided; and the first image delivering section uses the providing location among the two pieces of location information in association with an image, and judges whether or not to transmit the retrieved image to the terminal device based on a distance between the providing location and the terminal location of the terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An image sharing method for sharing an image uploaded to a server device among a plurality of terminal devices over a network, the method comprising:
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when an image is transmitted from any of the plurality of terminal devices to the server device, adding providing location information to the image, the providing location information indicating a location of the terminal device at a time at which the terminal device transmitted the image to the server device; when an image is uploaded from any of the plurality of terminal devices, setting by the server device terminal location information indicating a terminal location of a terminal device that has uploaded the image as a retrieval criterion, and retrieving by the server device an image captured by a terminal device whose location corresponds to the terminal location information that is the retrieval criterion from among a plurality of images that have already been uploaded; transmitting by the server device the retrieved image to the terminal device that has performed the upload; and receiving and storing the image transmitted from the server device by the terminal device that has performed the upload; wherein two pieces of location information are separately stored and managed for each image, the two pieces of location information including information regarding a shooting location at which the image was captured and the providing location information; and wherein the transmitting comprises using the providing location among the two pieces of location information in association with an image, and judging whether or not to transmit the retrieved image to the terminal device based on a distance between the providing location and the terminal location of the terminal device.
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