JP2003006325A - Information editing printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To sell a product on which information set for each consumer, such as a portrait, is printed, to reduce the time from order receipt to delivery of the product. A terminal (1) connectable to the Internet (40).
The image data created based on the information transmitted from 0-1 to 10-n is registered in the member database 21 in association with the identification information capable of identifying the image data, and the terminals 10-1 to 10-n are registered. -N to member database 2
A database management unit 33 that searches the member database 21 for the image data specified by the terminals 10-1 to 10-n when the provision of the product on which the image data registered in the image data 1 is printed is requested; A layout editing unit 34 for editing the image data retrieved from the member database 21 based on the conditions specified by the terminals 10-1 to 10-n
Are provided in the information editing means 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information editing printing system for creating image data such as a portrait based on designated information, editing the image data, and printing the image data on a designated product. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a caricature is created based on a facial photograph, and this caricature is printed on a business card, a mug, or the like.
There is a service to sell products such as business cards, mugs or rubber stamps by engraving them on rubber stamps.
In addition, there is also a service in which the created portrait is posted on the website provided on the Internet.

In such a service, a portrait is created based on a facial photograph provided by a consumer, and then the created portrait is printed or engraved on a product designated by the consumer to consume the product. Sold to people. For example, by obtaining a product on which a caricature of oneself is printed or engraved, the consumer can be attached to the product or obtain an original product of the consumer.

In addition, when a request such as “put a hat on a portrait” or “put sunglasses on the portrait” is issued when creating a portrait, the portrait may be covered with a hat in response to the request, There are also services such as wearing sunglasses and creating images on request.

[0005]

However, in the conventional service as described above, an illustrator or the like creates a portrait based on a facial photograph each time a product on which a portrait is printed or engraved is ordered. Since the layout of the created caricature product must be decided, for example, life insurance solicitors can use various novelties, and POP (Point) that aims for impulsive shopping such as posters and outdoor signboards at dealers. ofPurchase Adv
ertising) It takes time and effort to sell a product in which information set for each consumer, such as a portrait, is printed or engraved, such as when creating an advertisement.
There is a problem that it takes a long time from ordering to delivery of products.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and when selling a product on which information set for each consumer such as a portrait is printed, It is an object of the present invention to provide an information editing / printing system capable of shortening the time required from receiving an order to delivering a product.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention creates image data based on a plurality of terminals connectable to the Internet and information provided by the plurality of terminals, and In an information editing printing system comprising information editing means for editing data and printing on a product designated by the plurality of terminals, the information editing means can identify the image data from the image data. The first database group is registered in the first database group in association with the identification information, and the image data associated with the identification information is searched from the first database group when the identification information is designated by the plurality of terminals. And a database management unit that edits the image data retrieved from the first database group by the database management unit based on conditions specified by the plurality of terminals. And having a layout editing unit which.

An information editing server that creates image data based on information provided from a plurality of terminals that can be connected to the Internet, edits the image data, and prints on a product specified by the plurality of terminals. In the above, the image data is registered in the first database group in association with identification information capable of identifying the image data, and is associated with the identification information when the identification information is designated by the plurality of terminals. A database management unit which searches the first database group for the obtained image data; and image data searched from the first database group by the database management unit based on a condition specified by the plurality of terminals. And a layout editing unit that edits the data by using the layout editing unit.

Further, the database management unit registers the conditions that can be designated by the plurality of terminals in a second database group, and the layout editing unit stores the conditions in the second database group.
The image data retrieved from the first database group by the database management unit is edited based on a condition designated by the plurality of terminals among the conditions registered in the database group. To do.

Further, the image data is portrait data, and the second database group is a parts image database in which the background of the portrait and image data added to the portrait are registered, and the product of the portrait. And a layout database in which the patterns of the print layouts are registered.

(Operation) In the present invention configured as described above, when the information for creating the image data is transmitted from the terminal connectable to the Internet to the information editing means, the information editing means transmits the information. Image data is created based on the received information. This image data is
In the database management unit, the image data is registered in the first database group in association with identification information capable of identifying the image data. After that, when the plurality of terminals request the provision of the product on which the image data registered in the first database group is printed, the image data specified by the plurality of terminals is displayed by the database management unit as the first image data. The image data retrieved from the database group and retrieved from the first database group is edited in the layout editing section based on the conditions designated by the plurality of terminals, and the edited image data is designated by the terminal. Printed on the product.

As described above, the image data created based on the information transmitted from the terminal connectable to the Internet is registered in the first database group in association with the identification information capable of identifying the image data. , And then, when the plurality of terminals request the provision of the product on which the image data registered in the first database group is printed, the image data designated by the plurality of terminals are output from the first database group. Searched and edited based on the conditions specified on multiple terminals, and the edited image data is printed on the product specified on the terminals, so information set for each consumer such as portraits is printed. When the specified product is sold, the time taken from receiving the order to delivering the product is shortened.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an information editing / printing system of the present invention. A portrait is created based on a photograph provided by a consumer, and the portrait is edited according to designation by the consumer. 1 shows a system for printing on a predetermined product.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of terminals 10-1 to 10-n connectable to the Internet 40,
The terminal 10-is configured to be connectable to the Internet 40.
1-10-n create a caricature based on the photos provided by the users and register it in the database.
This portrait is edited by the user's designation of the terminals 10-1 to 10-n, printed on a predetermined product, and printed on the terminal 10-1.
The information editing means 20 is provided to users 10 to 10-n. In addition, the information editing unit 20 is a member database that constitutes a first database group in which information about the users of the terminals 10-1 to 10-n that are the providers of photographs and portraits created based on the photographs are registered. Two
1 and a product database 22 in which information about products to be printed with portraits registered in the member database 21 is registered, and a portrait registered in member database 21 is printed on products registered in the product database 22. The component image database 23 forming the second database group in which the data such as the background to be printed on the product together with the portrait are registered, and the portrait registered in the member database 21 is printed on the product registered in the product database 22. In the case, a layout database 24 forming a second database group in which layout information such as image data, definition information of arrangement of message areas, definition information of overlay order, and the like is registered in association with the layout pattern number; Edited by including 1 to 10-n Order information and the type and quantity of the products in which it is printed is registered information database 25
And manages information about users and portraits in the member database 21 and the member database 2
1, product database 22, parts image database 23
Also, the site is created using the information registered in the layout database 24, the information is registered in the order information database 25, and the terminal 10 is connected via the Internet 40.
The information editing server 30 exchanges information with -1 to 10-n. This information editing server 30
Is a mail receiving section 31 for receiving an electronic mail transmitted from the terminals 10-1 to 10-n, and the information editing means 20.
Manages the site operated by, and creates a site using the information registered in the member database 21, the product database 22, the parts image database 23, and the layout database 24, and creates the site on the Internet 4
The site management unit 32 to be provided to the terminals 10-1 to 10-n via 0, the information about the user input to the site managed by the site management unit 32, and the created portrait are registered in the member database 21. At the same time, it manages the information registered in the product database 22, the part image database 23, and the layout database 24, and also manages it in the database management unit 33 that registers the order information in the order information database 25 and the site management unit 32. Layout editing section 34 for editing the information printed on the product based on the conditions input to the site, and the mail receiving section 3
1, a site management unit 32, a database management unit 33, and a layout editing unit 34 for exchanging data, and a control unit 35 for controlling these operations.

The processing in the information editing / printing system configured as described above will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the processing in the information editing printing system shown in FIG. 1, in which the user of the terminal 10-1 attaches his / her face photograph to the electronic mail and the information editing means. 20 and the information editing means 20 creates a portrait based on the facial photograph attached to the e-mail transmitted from the terminal 10-1,
A process for printing this portrait on a specified product will be described.

The user of the terminal 10-1 uses the information editing means 2
When registering for the service provided by 0, the information editing means 2
When you access the site operated by 0 (Step S
1), the site operated by the information editing means 20 is transmitted from the site management section 32 of the information editing means 20 (step S
2) is displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1 (step S
3).

FIG. 3 shows a terminal 10-transmitted from the information editing means 20 in the information editing printing system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the site displayed on the screen of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the member ID input area 1 for inputting the member ID is provided on the site transmitted from the information editing means 20 and displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1.
A password input area 2 for inputting a password and a member registration button 3 that can be pressed when performing member registration are posted.

If the user of the terminal 10-1 has not yet registered as a member (step S4), the user presses the member registration button 3 (step S5).

Then, the page for member registration is transmitted from the information editing means 20 (step S6) and displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1 (step S7). Here, in the member registration page transmitted from the information editing means 20 and displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1, it is possible to input information such as the name and sex of the user who performs the member registration and the delivery destination of the product. Has become.

When the user of the terminal 10-1 inputs and transmits information such as the user's name, sex, and delivery destination of the product on the member registration page displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1 (step S8). In the database management unit 33 of the information editing means 20, the information transmitted from the terminal 10-1 is registered in the member database 21 (step S9).

A member ID and password are issued to the user of the terminal 10-1 (step S10), and the user of the terminal 10-1 receives the member ID and password (step S11). Registration of the information transmitted from the terminal 10-1 in the member database 21 is as follows.
It is performed in association with the issued member ID and password, and then the information registered in the member database 21 is searched using this member ID and password.

After that, the user of the terminal 10-1 sends his / her facial photograph, which is the source of the portrait to be printed on the product, to the information editing means 20 (step S12). In the present embodiment, the user of the terminal 10-1 attaches his / her facial photograph to an e-mail and sends it to the information editing means 20, but the method of sending the photograph to the information editing means 20 is not limited to this. Absent.

The e-mail attached with the face photograph transmitted from the terminal 10-1 is the mail receiving section 3 of the information editing means 20.
1 is received (step S13).

In the information editing means 20, a portrait is created based on the portrait photograph received by the mail receiving section 31, and the created portrait is registered in the member database 21 by the database management section 33 (step S1).
4). Even when the portrait is registered in the member database 21, the member ID issued in step S10
And is associated with the password.

On the other hand, the user of the terminal 10-1 has already performed the processing in steps S5 to S11 to register as a member,
In addition, when the portrait has already been registered in the member database 21 of the information editing means 20 in steps S12 to S14, the user of the terminal 10-1 has the member ID input area 1 posted on the site shown in FIG. While inputting the member ID, the password is input in the password input area 2 and transmitted (step S15).

When the member ID and password transmitted from the terminal 10-1 are received by the information editing means 20 (step S16), the site management unit 32 selects one of the portraits registered in the member database 21 as a terminal. 10-
The portraits registered in association with the member ID and password sent from 1 are searched (step S
17) Then, the product ordering site on which the searched portrait is posted is transmitted (step S18). It should be noted that in this embodiment, a plurality of portraits for each user is stored in the member database 21.
It is supposed to be registered in.

The product ordering site transmitted from the information editing means 20 is received by the terminal 10-1 and displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1 (step S19).

FIG. 4 shows a terminal 10-transmitted from the information editing means 20 in the information editing printing system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the goods ordering site displayed on the 1st screen.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the product ordering site transmitted from the information editing means 20 and displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1, the portrait selection for selecting the portrait retrieved in step S17. Area 6, a product selection area 4 for designating a product on which this portrait is printed, a quantity selection area 5 for designating the quantity of the product, a background to be printed on this product, the appearance of hands and body, A part image selection area 7 for designating an image of clothes, a layout selection area 8 for designating the size and angle of a portrait or a layout pattern to be printed on a product, and a message printed with a portrait on a product A message input area 9 for inputting is posted.

The user of the terminal 10-1 inputs and sends the conditions for ordering the product to the product ordering site displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1 (step S20). In the product selection area 4, product numbers for designating products registered in the product database 22 are displayed,
The user uses the displayed product number to specify the product on which the portrait is printed. As for this product number, the user is notified in advance which product number corresponds to which product by a catalog or the like. Alternatively, the user specifies the product number corresponding to the desired product with reference to this catalog or the like. In the quantity selection area 5, the quantity of the product on which the portrait is printed is designated. In the portrait selection area 6, all the portraits registered in the member database 21 in association with the member ID and password of the user of the terminal 10-1 are displayed, and the user selects a desired portrait from the portraits. . In the parts image selection area 7, information about backgrounds, body and hand appearances and clothes, which are registered in the parts image database 23 and are printed on a product together with portraits, is displayed by numbers like the product selection area 4. By this number, the user selects information about the background, body and hand appearance and clothes printed on the product together with the portrait. The number displayed in the parts image selection area 7 is similar to the product number displayed in the product selection area 4, which number corresponds to which background, hand or body appearance, and clothing image data according to a catalog or the like. The user is informed in advance, or the user specifies the number corresponding to the image data of the desired background, hand and body appearance, and clothes while referring to this catalog or the like. If the number of selected information items is small, the image data of the background, hand or body appearance, and clothing data should be displayed instead of displaying the number, instead of displaying the number. Is also possible. In the layout selection area 8, the size and angle of the portrait selected in the portrait selection area 6 and the image data selected in the component image selection area 7, or the layout for the product selected in the product selection area 4 Similar to the product selection area 4, the patterns are displayed by numbers, and the user can use the numbers to display the size and angle of the portrait selected in the portrait selection area 6 and the image data selected in the component image selection area 7, or A layout pattern for the selected product is selected in the product selection area 4. The number displayed in the layout selection area 8 is the same as the product number displayed in the product selection area 4, and the user is notified in advance which number corresponds to which layout pattern by a catalog or the like. A number corresponding to a desired layout pattern is designated with reference to a catalog or the like. When the number of selected information is small, it is possible to display the layout pattern itself like the portrait selection area 6 instead of displaying the number. In the message input area 9, a message to be printed together with the portrait and the background of the product selected in the product selection area 4 can be input, and the user inputs a desired message in the message input area 9. Also,
In addition, the desired delivery date of the product may be inputtable.

In step S20, when the user of the terminal 10-1 inputs and sends the condition for ordering the product to the product ordering site as shown in FIG. 4, the layout editing section 34 of the information editing means 20. In step S20, the data printed on the product is edited based on the conditions input to the product ordering site in step S20 (step S
21). Specifically, the portrait selected in the portrait selection area 6, the image selected in the component image selection area 7, and the message input in the message input area 9 are selected in the layout selection area 8. The data printed on the product selected in the product selection area 4 is edited based on the layout. In the database management unit 33, the product database 22 is searched based on the product selected in the product selection area 4 and the quantity input in the quantity selection area 5, and inventory confirmation and price calculation are performed.

After that, the site management unit 32 edits the data edited in step S21, the quantity and price of the product,
An order confirmation screen on which the delivery date and the like is posted is created and transmitted (step S22).

The order confirmation screen transmitted from the site management unit 32 is received by the terminal 10-1 and displayed on the screen (step S23).

FIG. 5 shows a terminal 10-transmitted from the information editing means 20 in the information editing printing system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the order confirmation screen displayed on the 1st screen.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the order confirmation screen transmitted from the information editing means 20 and displayed on the screen of the terminal 10-1, the name of the user who placed the order, the product number and the quantity thereof, and The price and delivery date are posted,
When data including a portrait that has been edited by the layout editing unit 34 is printed on a product and the user orders the product under the conditions displayed on the order confirmation screen (step S24), the order is placed. Press the button (step S25).

Then, in the database management unit 33 of the information editing means 20, the order information based on the conditions posted on the order confirmation screen is registered in the order information database 25 (step S26), and is also posted on the order confirmation screen. Based on the selected conditions, portrait selection area 6 (see Figure 4)
Of the portrait or the part image selection area 7 (Fig. 4
The image data such as the background selected in (see) and the message input in the message input area 9 (see FIG. 4) are displayed in the product selection area according to the layout selected in the layout selection area 8 (see FIG. 4). 4 (see Figure 4)
The quantity selected in the quantity selection area 5 is printed on the commodity selected in step S27.

The product for which the information is printed in step S27 is shipped to the user of the terminal 10-1 (step S2).
8) Then, the user of the terminal 10-1 will receive it (step S29). The product for which the information is printed in step S27 is selected by the user of the terminal 10-1 in the product selection area 4 (see FIG. 4), and a telephone card, direct mail, business card, etc. are one example. Can be mentioned.

In step S24, the terminal 10-1
To change the information posted on the order confirmation screen displayed on the screen of No. 1, press the return button posted on the order confirmation screen (step S30), and then step S18.
Returning to the processing in 1, the information editing means 20 sends the product ordering site, and the terminal 10-1 can re-enter the condition for ordering the product.

The present embodiment has been described by taking as an example a system in which a portrait is created on the basis of a photograph provided by a consumer, the portrait is edited by the consumer and printed on a predetermined product. The present invention is not limited to portraits, the image information set for each consumer is registered in advance, and thereafter, when the registered image information is printed on a predetermined product or the like, the registered image information is displayed. By selecting, specifying the information to be added to the image information when printing the registered image information, and further specifying the product on which this information is printed, the consumer can obtain the desired information and the desired product. Anything can be printed on.

[0043]

As described above, in the present invention,
The image data created based on the information transmitted from the terminal connectable to the Internet is registered in the first database group in association with the identification information capable of identifying the image data, and at the same time, from the plurality of terminals, A database management unit that searches the first database group for image data specified by a plurality of terminals when the provision of a product on which the image data registered in the first database group is printed is requested; A layout editing unit that edits image data retrieved from one database group based on conditions specified by a plurality of terminals is provided, and is created based on information transmitted from terminals that can be connected to the Internet. The image data is registered in the first database group, and then the image data registered in the first database group from a plurality of terminals When it is requested to provide printed products, image data specified by multiple terminals is retrieved from the first database group and edited and edited based on the conditions specified by multiple terminals. The image data is printed on the specified product at the terminal, so when selling a product with information set for each consumer such as a portrait, it takes time from receiving the order to delivering the product. Can be shortened.

Accordingly, a caricature of the salesperson is created based on the face picture of the salesperson who sells the products, and the caricature is printed on a salesperson's sales promotion tool (business card or pamphlet) or the like, and then sold to the customers. The face of the employee can be remembered. In the POP advertisement, if the portrait of the store manager or employee who sells the product etc. is printed, the advertisement becomes more familiar and the portrait is printed. By shortening the time taken from ordering the product to delivering the product, it is possible to realize timely advertisement creation at the time of selling the product, such as an advertisement of the product for a limited time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an information editing printing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an example of processing in the information edit printing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the information editing printing system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the site transmitted from an information editing means and displayed on the screen of a terminal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the information editing printing system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the goods ordering site transmitted from an information editing means and displayed on the screen of a terminal.

5 is a diagram showing the information editing printing system shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the order confirmation screen which is transmitted from the information editing means and is displayed on the screen of the terminal.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Member ID input area 2 Password input area 3 Member registration button 4 product selection area 5 Quantity selection area 6 Portrait selection area 7 Parts image selection area 8 Layout selection area 9 Message input area 10-1 to 10-n terminals 20 Information editing means 21 Member Database 22 product database 23 Parts Image Database 24 Layout database 25 Order Information Database 30 Information editing server 31 Email Receiver 32 Site Management Department 33 Database Management Department 34 Layout Editor 35 control unit 40 Internet

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of terminals connectable to the Internet, and image data created based on information provided from the plurality of terminals, and the image data is edited to specify a product designated by the plurality of terminals. An information editing printing system comprising: an information editing unit for printing the image data, the information editing unit registers the image data in the first database group in association with identification information capable of identifying the image data. ,
A database management unit that searches image data associated with the identification information from the first database group when the identification information is designated by the plurality of terminals; An information editing printing system, comprising: a layout editing unit that edits image data retrieved from a database group based on conditions specified by the plurality of terminals. 2. The information editing printing system according to claim 1, wherein the database management unit registers the conditions that can be designated by the plurality of terminals in a second database group, and the layout editing unit. Edits the image data retrieved from the first database group by the database management unit based on the conditions specified by the plurality of terminals among the conditions registered in the second database group. An information editing printing system characterized by: 3. The information editing print system according to claim 2, wherein the image data is portrait data, and the second database group registers the background of the portrait and image data added to the portrait. And a layout database in which a print layout pattern for the product of the portrait is registered. 4. An information editing server that creates image data based on information provided from a plurality of terminals connectable to the Internet, edits the image data, and prints the product on a product designated by the plurality of terminals. In, while registering the image data in the first database group in association with identification information capable of identifying the image data,
A database management unit that searches image data associated with the identification information from the first database group when the identification information is designated by the plurality of terminals; An information editing server, comprising: a layout editing unit that edits image data retrieved from a database group based on conditions specified by the plurality of terminals. 5. The information editing server according to claim 4, wherein the database management unit registers the conditions that can be designated by the plurality of terminals in a second database group, and the layout editing unit , Editing the image data retrieved from the first database group by the database management unit based on the conditions specified by the plurality of terminals among the conditions registered in the second database group An information editing server characterized by the above. 6. The information editing server according to claim 5, wherein the image data is portrait data, and the background of the portrait and image data added to the portrait are registered in the second database group. An information editing server, comprising: a component image database, and a layout database in which a pattern of a print layout for the product of the portrait is registered.