Patent ID: 7639279
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image management system comprising: photography means for receiving identification information sent from identification information transmission means and for obtaining an image by photographing a customer visiting a facility wherein the customer is detected by a sensor in a specified location, the identification information transmission means being held by the customer and transmitting the identification information for identifying the customer; image management means for storing the image obtained by the photography means by relating the image to the identification information and for carrying out management of the image including at least one of editing, transmission, and printing of the image, the image management means being connected to the photography means; a plurality of communication means installed in a plurality of places in the facility, for sending and receiving various kinds of information including the image and the identification information by communicating by radio with a mobile terminal that carries out at least one of editing of the image, ordering editing of the image, and placing a printing order for the image while being held by the customer, the mobile terminal including display means for receiving the identification information sent from the identification information transmission means and for displaying various kinds of information including the image and terminal communication means for sending and receiving the various kinds of information including the image by radio; and control means for controlling the image management means and the communication means so that the management of the image stored in the image management means is carded out according to an instruction from the mobile terminal, wherein the photography means is temporarily suspended in a particular photography range if the number of customers physically located in the particular photography range sensed by the sensor is above a predetermined threshold number of customers.