Image management system managing image data obtained from an imaging device carried by a visitor to an area in a same manner as image data obtained from imagining devices fixed to particular locations in the area
US7456871B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3253
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image management system for managing image data obtained by the visitors to a theme park or similar facilities with their own imaging devices in the same manner as the image data obtained by the cameras installed in the facility. The subject user is photographed by the photographing system installed in the theme park to obtain first image data. At the same time, the user ID is obtained from the wireless tag carried by the subject user, which is related to the first image data and stored in the image storage server with the first image data. A second image data obtained by the subject user with a digital camera are also stored in the image storage server with the user ID being related to the second image data. The first and second image data are sorted and stored by each of the user IDs.
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