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Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE, PHOTOGRAPHING INTERMEDIARY SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3475929
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for acquiring an image of a remote optional photographing object.
SOLUTION: A first communication terminal 2 transmits photographing request information that specifies a photographing object to a photographing intermediary system 1 via a network. The respective pieces of locational position information of a plurality of portable communication terminals 3 accompanied with a photographing means are acquired, and a communication terminal 3a located in the vicinity of the photographing object is selected as a second communication terminal among these communication terminals. The intermediary system 1 transmits the photographing request information to the second communication terminal 3a. The second communication terminal 3a photographs a photographic image corresponding to the photographing request information and transmits the photographic image to the intermediary system 1. The intermediary system 1 transfers the photographic image to the first communication terminal 2. Thus, it is possible to easily acquire the photographic image of an optional photographing object located at a remote place.


Inventors:
Hiroshi Ito
Application Number:
JP2001010073A
Publication Date:
December 10, 2003
Filing Date:
January 18, 2001
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Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
H04N7/18; H04W4/24; H04W88/02; H04W88/18; (IPC1-7): H04N7/18; H04Q7/34; H04Q7/38
Domestic Patent References:
JP1131295A
JP2000341673A
JP1153682A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shigeaki Yoshida (2 outside)