REMOTE IMAGE MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM WITH REMOTE IMAGE MONITOR PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for remotely monitoring an image that enables a general user to use a camera so as to readily monitor a state of a remote place at a low cost. SOLUTION: A connection request means 22 transmits authentication information entered by using a user terminal by a user to a server unit 4 through the Internet 10. A user authentication means 34 of the server unit 4 acquires the authentication information to authenticate the user. When the authentication is correctly made, a 2nd photographing image transmission means 36 transmits image data from a camera 26 corresponding to the user denoted by the authentication information received by a photographing image reception means 32 from a 1st photographing image transmission means 30 of a site terminal 8 to the user terminal 6 via the Internet 10. An image display control means 24 of the user terminal 6 receives the image data, generates an image signal and supplies the signal to an output means 20. As a result, the output means 20 displays the photographing image by the camera 26 on its screen.