Mobile camera system

摘要

A mobile camera system is provided in which a user can view images of various desired locations while staying in a location remote from those locations. A control server acquires positions of a plurality of mobile camera apparatuses set up on mobile bodies such as vehicles, and images that are acquired by the mobile camera apparatuses, via radio communication. Then, the control server manages the positions and the images in its image DB. Then, in response to an imaging request that is issued from a terminal apparatus to designate a location (area), the control server searches for the image satisfying the request, in the image DB, or newly acquires the image satisfying the request, from the mobile camera apparatus. Then, the control server transmits the image to the terminal apparatus via radio communication.

主权项

1. A mobile camera system, comprising:
at least one mobile camera which is assigned with identification information; a terminal apparatus; and a server, wherein the mobile camera includes:
a first communication section for communicating with the server;an imaging section for imaging a subject; anda transmitting section which transmits image data of an image that is imaged in the imaging section and the identification information to the server, wherein the terminal apparatus includes:
a second communication section for communicating with the server; anda requesting section which transmits an imaging request signal to the server, said imaging request signal designating a location and requesting imaging of the designated location, wherein the server includes:
a third communication section for communicating with the mobile camera and the terminal apparatus, said third communication section receiving the image data from the mobile camera;a location search section which has location information of the mobile camera and the identification information that are correlated with each other, and searches for and specifies the mobile camera that is in the location designated by the imaging request signal based on the location information; andan imaging instructing section which transmits an imaging instruction signal to the specified mobile camera, said imaging instruction signal instructing the mobile camera to perform imaging, and wherein, in response to the imaging request signal that is issued from the terminal apparatus to designate location, the server searches for image data satisfying the imaging request signal in a continuously updated image database, and if the image data satisfying the imaging request signal is not found in the searching, the server newly acquires the image data satisfying the imaging request signal from the mobile camera.