System of Making Report with Authenticated Image

Abstract

A system for making a report with an authenticated image is provided in which the imaging time of an image captured by a portable telephone with a camera is certified with an objective time, and image information can be authenticated. A report making program for making a work report is downloaded in a portable terminal with a camera having a Web browser from a web server. Report data such as an image and information inputted according to the report making program is sent from the portable terminal to the web server. The web server transfers the report data to a document management program, and the document management program automatically sorts the report according to the information category of the report data and stores it. The imaging time of the image information included in the report data or the image information contained in the report made on the basis of the report data are authenticated with a reference time of the web server.

1 . A system for making a report with an authenticated image, comprising:
 program storing means for accessing to a Web server by a portable terminal with a camera and Web browser to download a report making program from the Web server to the portable terminal, and storing the report making program in the portable terminal;   synchronizing means for sending sync time data from the Web server to the portable terminal when the portable terminal having the report making program stored therein is connected to the Web server to synchronize a time peculiar to the portable terminal with a reference time of the Web server;   report data making means for inputting image information captured by the portable terminal and character information on the image to the report making program to make report data;   data sending means for sending the report data from the portable terminal to the Web server;   data storing means for transferring the report data from the data sending means to a document management program in the Web server to automatically sort the report data by report data on the basis of the document management program; and   report making means for controlling the document management program in the Web server from the portable terminal or other Web browser to make a report based on the report data,   wherein the synchronizing means is further provided with   a function to request the report making program for acquisition of the reference time from the Web server,   a function to synchronize, when the reference time of the Web server has been acquired before entry of the report data, the time of the report making program with the reference time received from the Web server,   a function to request the report making program for acquisition of the reference time from the Web server, and   a function to calculate, when no reference time cannot have been acquired from the Web server, a difference between the reference time of the Web server and a time peculiar to the portable terminal and convert a time when the report data has been recorded into the reference time on the base of the time difference,   thereby the report data or image information on the report is authenticated with the reference time of the Web server.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the document management program in the data storing means has a Web DAV function to permit access from the portable terminal or other Web browser. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein an image of the appearance of a rental car going to be rented and information on the image are inputted as the report data to the report making program to make a report that certifies the car appearance. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the report data making means is set to input an image of the appearance of an aircraft and information on the image as the report data to the report making program, confirm the report data in the document management program from the Web browser in an aircraft maintenance headquarter, and make a report that certifies the maintenance status of the aircraft. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the report data making means is set to input an image captured of a damaged house going to be assessed by a casualty insurance company and information on the image as the report data to the report making program, confirm the report data in the document management program from the Web browser in the insurance company, and make a report that certifies the damaged status of the house. 
     
     
         6 - 9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the report data making means is set to input an image of the appearance of an aircraft and information on the image as the report data to the report making program, confirm the report data in the document management program from the Web browser in an aircraft maintenance headquarter, and make a report that certifies the maintenance status of the aircraft.