JP2002123718A - System for selecting art merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid an actually delivered painting from being different from a painting imaged by a purchaser by providing the user who applies for painting purchase through a communication network with the concrete image of the case that the painting is displayed in a room where the painting is prearranged to be displayed as an image. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a painting display database 13 for storing the display data of paintings that can be obtained by the user and a virtual room display database 14 for storing the display data of a virtual room where the painting is displayed. The system is further is provided with a processing means for combining the display data of a painting read from the database 13 with the display data of the virtual room read from the database 14 and a communicating means for transmitting the display data of the combined image to the user side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for selecting an art product when accepting an application to purchase a painting or the like using the Internet or the like. The present invention relates to a system for selecting an art product that allows a user to search for and apply the content after the user fully understands the contents of the painting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, Internet mail-order sales for accepting applications for purchased goods using the Internet or the like have become widespread, and expensive goods such as art goods are also traded.

[0003]

When purchasing a product or the like using Internet mail-order sales, it is not always the case that the actual product is checked up close and the purchase is applied. Therefore,
After the purchase, a trouble such as a discrepancy between the product actually delivered and the product imagined by the purchaser may occur.

[0004] In particular, art products such as paintings have a value in the artistic effect generated by the appearance, and the value is enhanced by harmony with the background of the room in which the painting is decorated. Therefore, the appropriate painting will also change depending on the location of the room in which the painting to be purchased is displayed by the purchaser, so the purchaser grasps the harmony between the room in which the purchased painting is displayed and the painting as a concrete image. It is necessary to make the contents of the product sufficiently convinced.

[0005] Nevertheless, conventionally, after a user purchases a painting, the user confirms the image of the decoration in the room where the painting is to be decorated and fully understands the contents of the product before purchasing the painting. There was no art product selection system that could confirm the product.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventor confirms an image in which a painting desired by the user is arranged in a virtual room prepared in advance, and then applies for purchase again. We have devised an art product selection system that can confirm paintings.

The invention according to claim 1 is an art commodity selection system for accepting a selection of a painting using the Internet, and includes a painting display database, a virtual room display database, communication means, and processing means.

[0008] The picture display database is, for example, a hard disk, and stores display data of a plurality of pictures available to the user.

The virtual room display database is, for example, a hard disk, and stores a plurality of display data of a virtual room for decorating a work of art read from the painting display database.

The display data of the virtual room includes, for example, an entrance,
Data for displaying the background of a room, such as a living room, a dining room, or a bedroom, which would normally decorate a purchased painting. The purchaser, by browsing the image in which the selected painting is fitted to the image as close as possible to the background of his room, which will decorate the painting, will give the specific You can have an image.

Therefore, it is desirable that the display data of the virtual room stored in the virtual room display database be prepared as variously as possible. For example, it is desirable to prepare not only one kind of display data of the living room but also display data of various rooms such as a Western-style room, a Japanese-style room, a room with a bright tone, and a room with a dark tone.

[0012] As a result, after actually purchasing the delivered artworks after purchase, it is less likely that the purchaser will be dissatisfied because the artworks are not in harmony with the background of the room.

The communication means is, for example, a modem. The communication means receives a selection of a virtual room for decorating a painting and a selection of a painting to be decorated from the user side, and combines or combines the selected virtual room with the painting. Is transmitted to the user side.

The processing means is, for example, a CPU, which reads display data of a virtual room selected by the user from the virtual room display database, reads display data of a painting selected by the user from the painting display database, and reads the read virtual data. The display data of the room and the display data of the picture are synthesized, or the display data is output to the communication means for the synthesis.

The invention according to claim 2 comprises a picture display database, a virtual room display database, a communication means, and a processing means, as in the first invention. The display data is narrowed down, and the display data of the picture selected by the user from the display data of the narrowed down picture is combined with the display data of the virtual room.

The picture display database is, for example, a hard disk, and stores display data of a plurality of pictures available to the user in association with character codes serving as conditions for narrowing down the display data.

The character codes serving as conditions for narrowing down the display data of the painting are stored together with the display data of each painting as a plurality of identification codes for expressing the characteristic elements of the painting. The narrowing down of pictures that match the user's desire is performed by determining whether there is a character code identical to the character code specified by the user among the character codes stored together with the display data of each picture.

The character codes are narrowed down by a painting-specific classification method such as a painting genre (foreign painting, Japanese painting, etc.), style (concrete painting, abstract painting, etc.), material / technique (watercolor painting, oil painting, etc.). However, narrowing down may be performed by specific numerical values such as size and price.

Further, the characteristic elements of the painting itself are sensibly and accurately classified and expressed by the observer (joy, sadness, enjoyment, healing, prayer, anger, madness, refinement, elegance,
Sense, naive, etc.). Such an abstract,
This is because it is considered that there are also users who want to narrow down the paintings to be purchased based on sensory elements.

The virtual room display database is, for example, a hard disk, and data desirably stored in the virtual room display database is the same as the virtual room display database of the art product selection system according to the first aspect.

The communication means is, for example, a modem. The user selects a virtual room for decorating the picture, specifies a character code which is a condition for narrowing down the picture, and displays a decoration among selection candidates narrowed down by the specified character code. In addition to receiving the selection of the desired painting, the selected virtual room and the painting are combined or the display data for combining is transmitted to the user.

The processing means is, for example, a CPU. The CPU reads out display data of a virtual room selected by the user from the virtual room display database, and displays display data of a painting stored in association with a character code specified by the user. Searching from the picture display database, and further receiving the selection of the picture from the user side, combining the display data of the picture selected by the user with the display data of the virtual room read from the virtual room display database, or And outputs the display data to the communication means.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an art product selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a user terminal connected to the art product selection system via a public line 30 and the Internet 40.

The art merchandise selection system comprises a storage means 10, a server processing means 11, and a server communication means 12.

The server-side processing means 11 reads the display data of the virtual room for decorating the painting from the virtual room display database 14, reads the display data of the painting from the painting display database 13, and displays the read display data of the painting and the virtual room. It includes a CPU that performs processing for synthesizing display data and outputting it to the server-side communication means 12.

The server side communication means 12 is an analog modem,
Router.

The storage means 10 is, for example, a hard disk, and stores a picture display database 13 in a certain area of the storage means 10 and a virtual room display database 14 in another area.

The picture display database 13 associates a display data image file of a picture to be sold to a user with a character code serving as a keyword for narrowing down the display data and creator identification information for identifying a creator name of the work. Stored. The types of character codes used as keywords include the genre of painting, style, materials and techniques, motifs,
It is divided into price, age, and picture image.

In the virtual room display database 14, a display data image file of a virtual room in which a user decorates a painting is stored in association with information for identifying the display data.

On the other hand, the user side terminal comprises a user side communication means 21, a user side processing means 22, a user side input means 23,
It is composed of display means 24.

The user communication means 21 is an analog modem, a terminal adapter, a router or the like.

The user-side processing means 22 outputs the display data received from the art product selection system to the display means 24, and outputs the information input by the user-side input means 23 to the user-side communication means 21. CP to do
U.

The display means 24 corresponds to, for example, a computer display for displaying display data of the virtual room received from the art product selection system.

The user-side input means 23 includes, for example, a keyboard for the user to perform various inputs such as selection of a virtual room and a painting to be displayed in the virtual room, character codes serving as conditions for narrowing down the painting, selection of an author name, and the like. A mouse or the like corresponds.

When the user side terminal accesses a Web page for receiving various services provided by the art product selection system, the server-side processing means 11 displays display data of a menu screen of various services related to painting selection on the server. Output to the user side terminal via the side communication means 12. In the user terminal, the user processing unit 22 displays the menu screen on the display unit 24.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen displayed on the display means 24. The menu screen links to a Web page that provides various services for selecting a painting that matches the user's preference and accepting a purchase application for the selected painting.

If the user selects "virtual room" from among the items displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 3, the picture selected by the user is placed in a virtual room selected from among eight predetermined types. After browsing the screen decorated with, you can receive a service that allows you to decide on a painting for purchase.

The processing from the user selecting “virtual room” on the menu screen shown in FIG. 3 to deciding a painting to be purchased and completing the purchase application for the painting will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user selects “virtual room” on the menu screen shown in FIG. 3, the server-side processing means 11 transmits the display data of the screen requesting the selection of the virtual room for decorating the picture to the server-side communication means 12. To the terminal on the user side. Thereafter, in the user terminal, the received display data is displayed by the user processing means 22 on the display means 24 (111).

FIG. 4 is a view showing a screen displayed on the display means 24 for requesting selection of a virtual room. In the present embodiment, screens that can be selected by the user include the entrance (1), the entrance (2), the living (1), the living (2), the dining (1), the dining (2), the bedroom (1), and the bedroom (2). It is eight. The user selects a virtual room close to the background of the room in which the painting is to be decorated after purchase, from the eight virtual rooms (112).

The user processing means 22 transmits information for identifying the virtual room selected by the user to the art product selection system via the user communication means 21. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected the entrance (1).

When the server-side processing means 11 receives, from the user-side terminal, information for identifying the virtual room selected by the user, the server-side processing means 11 displays display data for displaying the virtual room selected by the user from the virtual room display database 14. The data is read out and transmitted to the user side terminal via the server side communication means 12.

Further, the information received from the user terminal and identifying the virtual room selected by the user is temporarily stored in the storage means 10 until the painting for which the user makes a purchase application is finally determined. deep.

In the user terminal, the user processing means 22
Displays the transmitted display data on the display means 24 as a virtual room display screen (113).

FIG. 5 is a view showing a virtual room display screen displayed on the display means 24 when the entrance (1) is selected on the virtual room selection request screen shown in FIG. When the user selects a picture to be displayed in this virtual room, the square frame described as “Please select a picture to decorate” at the center of the screen is switched to the picture selected by the user.

The user selects a picture to be displayed in the virtual room displayed on the display means 24. The method for selecting the picture includes a method of selecting by searching by the author name, and a method of selecting by narrowing down by a character code.

In the case of the former method, the pull-up menu at the lower left of the screen shown in FIG. 5 is selected. On the other hand, in the case of the latter method, the link to “character code search” in the lower right of the screen shown in FIG. 5 is selected. (114).

When the user selects the pull-up menu for author selection at the lower left of the screen, the user-side processing means 22 performs a predetermined process on the screen display data shown in FIG. 5 and adds a menu requesting the author selection to the screen. Display means 24 as
(115). FIG. 6 shows a screen to which the author selection menu is added.

The user selects the creator of the painting he wishes to purchase by using the user input means 23. The user-side processing unit 22 transmits the author identification information for identifying the selected author name to the art product selection system via the user-side communication unit 21.

On the other hand, when the user selects the link to “character code search” on the screen shown in FIG. 5, the server side processing means 11 displays the display data of the screen for requesting the character code specification as the search condition. The data is transmitted to the user terminal via the server communication means 12. In the user terminal, the user processing unit 22 displays the received display data on the display unit 24 as a character code specification request screen (116).

FIG. 7 is a view showing a character code specification request screen displayed on the display means 24. The types of character codes that can be specified by the user include the genre, style, material / technique, motif, price, and age of the painting. As described above, it is divided into picture images. Specifically, the following character codes can be specified on the character code input request screen shown in FIG.

First, the genre of painting can be specified from among Western painting, Japanese painting, ethnic painting, religious painting, and others.

Second, the style of the painting can be specified from concrete, semi-concrete, abstract, and others.

Third, the material and technique of the painting can be specified from among oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, and others. Furthermore,
For oil paintings, pastel, tempera, any other, for watercolors, acrylic, gouache, any other, for drawings, charcoal, pencil, conte, any other, prints In such a case, by specifying any of silk screen, lithograph, woodcut, copper plate, sea gray, and the like, the conditions for narrowing down the picture can be weighted.

Fourth, a motif of a painting can be specified from among landscape, person, animal, still life, imagination, space, and others. In addition, in the case of landscapes, mountains, sea, gardens, trees, towns, buildings, terraces, boats, or any of the others, in the case of people, clothes, nudity, portrait, upper body, whole body,
By specifying any one of a person, a plurality, a face, and others, and in the case of an animal, any of animals, seafood, and the like, the conditions for narrowing down the painting can be weighted.

Fifth, the price of the painting can be specified from among less than 50,000 yen, 50,000 yen to 100,000 yen, 100,000 yen to 300,000 yen, 300,000 to 500,000 yen, 500,000 yen or more.

Sixth, the age of creation and the work year can be input as search conditions.

Seventh, the image of the picture is delighted, sad, sad, healed, prayed, angry, crazy, sophisticated, elegant,
It can be specified from sense, naive, and others.

The user specifies a character code necessary for narrowing down a desired picture from the first to seventh selection items described above, and checks a check box from the user input means 23. The user processing unit 22 transmits the identification information of the specified character code to the art product selection system via the user communication unit 21.

When the user selects a painting by the author name, the server-side processing means 11 displays the painting display data (thumbnail) stored in association with the author identification information received from the user-side terminal. Database 1
3 and transmits it to the user side terminal via the server side communication means 12. On the other hand, when the user adopts a method of selecting a picture by narrowing down by a character code, the server-side processing means 11 determines that the picture code associated with the combination of the character codes received from the user-side terminal is associated with the picture code. Is retrieved from the picture display database 14 and transmitted to the user terminal via the server communication means 12.

In the user side terminal, the user side processing means 22
Performs a predetermined process on the display data (thumbnail) of the picture received from the art product selection system and displays it on the display means 24 as a screen showing the search result (11).
7).

FIG. 8 shows a screen for selecting a character code search link on the screen shown in FIG. 5, and a screen shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the search result at the time of selecting "100,000-300,000" about a price and "joy" about a picture image.

According to the search results shown in FIG. 8, there are eight paintings that include all combinations of character codes that are conditions for narrowing down the paintings. In the present embodiment, up to three paintings can be displayed on the screen at one time, but the user can display other paintings by selecting “next page” at the bottom of the screen.

On the other hand, the user selects the author selection pull-up menu on the screen shown in FIG.
Also displays a search result when searching for display data (thumbnail) of a painting based on the author's identification information.
It is the same as the display format of the screen shown in FIG. 8 in that it can display up to one sheet and can display other paintings by selecting "next page" at the bottom of the screen.

When the user wants the display means 24 to display any of the paintings displayed as a search result in the virtual room (entrance (1)) selected by the user, the painting is displayed on the user side. Select by the input means 23 (11
8). The user-side processing unit 22 transmits information for identifying the painting selected by the user to the art product selection system via the user-side communication unit 21.

The server-side processing means 11 reads out the display data of the picture selected by the user from the picture display database 13, and further specifies the virtual room specified by the identification information provisionally stored in the storage means 10. The display data is read again from the virtual room display database 14, and the read display data of the virtual room and the display data of the painting are combined (119).

The server-side processing means 11 transmits the combined display data to the user-side terminal via the server-side communication means 12. The user-side processing means 22 transmits the display data received from the art product selection system to the display means 2.
4 is displayed.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an image displayed on the display means 24 based on the display data after synthesis. The square frame displaying “Please select a picture to decorate” in the screen of FIG. 5 is switched with the picture of the painting selected by the user.

The user refers to the image of the virtual room in which the painting is fitted and determines whether to order the painting. To order the painting, select "Order" at the bottom right of the screen. When the user wants to refer to an image in which another painting has been fitted, he selects "other painting" at the lower left of the screen (120).

When the user selects "other painting", the user-side processing means 22 transmits the information to the art product selection system via the user-side communication means 21, while the server-side processing means 11 The display data of the virtual room specified by the identification information temporarily stored in the storage means 10 is read out again from the virtual room display database 14 and transmitted to the user terminal.

The user receives a selection of a painting from the user, reads out display data corresponding to the painting from the painting display database 13, combines the display data with the display data of the virtual room, and transmits the combined data to the user terminal. Repeat until the painting to be purchased is determined (113 to 120
Repeat).

When the user selects “order” on the screen shown in FIG. 9, the user-side processing means 22 transmits the information to the art product selection system via the user-side communication means 21, and the server-side processing means 22 The processing unit 11 transmits display data for displaying the screen shown in FIG. 10 to the user side terminal via the server side communication unit 12. In the user side terminal, the user side processing means 22 displays the screen shown in FIG. 10 on the display means 24 (121). This is a screen requesting input of necessary items for purchase.

The necessary items are necessary for purchasing a picture by mail order.
An order number assigned to each painting in order for the operator of the art product selection system to specify the painting selected by the user is displayed in advance. The order number of the painting that the user wants to purchase this time is AA-0331.

The user inputs items such as name (full name), reading, telephone number, mail address, postal code, address, delivery destination designation, delivery destination postal code, delivery destination address, and opinion / request from the user side input means 23. Enter

When the user wants to input again from the beginning, the user can select "clear" to input again.

When the user has entered all necessary items, the user selects "application". When the user selects "application", the server-side processing means 11 stores the order number of the painting to be purchased by the user and the necessary items input on the screen shown in FIG. 10 in the storage means 10 (122). This is because the operator of the art product selection system later extracts information from the storage means 10 and sends out the picture to the purchaser.

As described above, all processes from the user selecting “virtual room” on the menu screen shown in FIG. 3 to deciding a painting to be purchased and completing the purchase application for the painting are completed.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above. For example, the types of virtual rooms for decorating paintings are entrance (1), entrance (2), living (1), living (2), dining (1), dining (2), bedroom (1), and bedroom (2). The display data of the background such as a Japanese-style room and a kitchen may be stored in the virtual room display database 14.

The method of selecting a painting to be displayed in the virtual room is as follows.
It is not necessary to perform the search through the creator's name and the narrowing down by the character code, but it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a designation by a work name or a designation by a product number assigned to each painting in advance is accepted.

Further, first, instead of selecting a virtual room for decorating a painting, a selection of a painting may be made, and then a virtual room for decorating the painting may be selected.

As for the method of synthesizing the display data of the painting and the display data of the virtual room, the configuration may be such that the data is synthesized on the art merchandise selection system side and then transmitted to the user terminal as in the above-described embodiment. However, the display data of the virtual room and the display data of the painting selected by the user may be separately transmitted from the art product selection system to the user side terminal, and the user side terminal may combine the two display data. .

[0083]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a user who applies for a painting purchase or the like through a communication network can browse an image of the painting displayed in a virtual room before selecting a painting to apply for. It is possible to provide the user with a specific image such as harmony between the painting to be performed and the background of the room in which the painting is to be decorated, and to provide a useful decision-making material for selecting the painting. Have.

The invention according to claim 2 further provides a genre of a painting or a genre of a painting when a user who applies for the purchase of a painting through a communication network wants to vaguely select a desired painting from many paintings. By specifying, as a character code, one or more keywords common to a painting desired by a user, such as a style, the desired painting is narrowed down to a certain extent, and reference is made to the harmony between the virtual room and the painting to purchase, etc. You can confirm the painting to apply for. Therefore, when deciding a painting to apply for purchase or the like, it is possible to provide even simpler information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process from when the user selects “virtual room” on the menu screen shown in FIG. 3 to when a painting to be purchased is determined and a purchase application for the painting is completed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen of various services related to picture selection.

FIG. 4 is a screen requesting a user to select a virtual room for decorating a painting.

FIG. 5 is a virtual room screen displayed when the user selects the entrance (1) on the virtual room selection request screen (FIG. 4).

FIG. 6 is a screen for requesting selection of an author name when searching for a painting to be displayed in a virtual room.

FIG. 7 is a screen for requesting a character code input when narrowing down paintings to be displayed in a virtual room.

FIG. 8 shows a screen shown in FIG. 5 in which “To character code search” is selected. Further, in the screen shown in FIG. 300,000 "," joy "about the image of the picture
It is a figure showing the search result at the time of selecting.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an image displayed on the display means 24 after the virtual room display data and the picture display data are combined.

FIG. 10 is a screen for requesting input of necessary items after a user decides to purchase a painting.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Storage means 11 Server side processing means 12 Server side communication means 13 Painting display database 14 Virtual room display database 21 User side communication means 22 User side processing means 23 User side input means 24 Display means 30 Public line 40 Internet 50 Internet service provider

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Claims (2)

[Claims] An art merchandise selection system for receiving a selection of a painting using a communication network, comprising: a painting display database storing display data of a plurality of paintings available to a user; and a readout from the painting display database. A virtual room display database storing a plurality of display data of the virtual room for decorating the painting, and receiving a selection of a virtual room for decorating the painting and a selection of a painting to decorate from the user side, and Communication means for transmitting display data for combining or combining the picture to the user side; reading display data of the virtual room selected by the user from the virtual room display database; and displaying the picture selected by the user Reading the data from the painting display database and displaying the read virtual room display data and the painting It synthesizes the chromatography data, or artistic product selection system comprising: a processing means for outputting to the communication unit display data for the synthesis. 2. An art merchandise selection system for receiving a selection of a painting using a communication network, wherein display data of a plurality of paintings available to a user are associated with a character code serving as a condition for narrowing down the display data. A painting display database to be stored, a virtual room display database to store a plurality of display data of a virtual room to decorate a painting read from the painting display database, and a selection of a virtual room to decorate a painting from the user side, and conditions for narrowing down the painting. Specifying the character code, and receiving a selection of a painting to decorate among the selection candidates narrowed down by the specified character code, and combining the selected virtual room and the painting or display data for combining. Communication means for transmitting to the user side; display data of the virtual room selected by the user; While reading from the base, the display data of the painting stored in association with the character code specified by the user is searched from the painting display database, and further, when the selection of the painting is received from the user side, the selected painting is selected by the user. An art merchandise selection system, comprising: processing means for synthesizing display data of a picture and the read display data of the virtual room, or outputting display data to the communication means for synthesizing.