JP2006139409A - Card order acceptance system, card order acceptance apparatus and method of controlling card order acceptance apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card order acceptance system and a card order acceptance apparatus which can easily trim an image pasted to a card from a terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A presentation part 122 presents an input screen including a template which defines the layout of a character and an image which are printed on a card. When a communication part 121 receives the input data of the character and the image from a user terminal 11, etc., data of referred template identification information, the data of the received character and the image are recorded as card information into a card formation DB 112 for every user by making into the card information data of the character and the image which received, and shows the preview of the card to the user terminal 11, etc. Trimming information on the trimming of the image operated based on the preview is received from the user terminal 11, etc., and added to the card information. A print unit 131 reads the card information and the template, converts into a print format, and print it on the card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a card order receiving device having a web page for receiving a card order from a user terminal, and a card order receiving system including such a device and a user terminal connected to a network.

Cards such as business cards and name tags were originally applied for and created at a specialty shop that operates the printing industry, but with the spread of the Internet, specialty shops have a web page for card application, and users can access the card from their terminals. Systems that allow users to apply by browsing web pages and entering necessary information such as address and name are becoming widespread.
Patent Document 1 discloses a technique that allows a user to easily edit and print characters on a card. According to this technology, a desired layout is selected from various card layout formats (hereinafter referred to as “templates”) prepared by the center server, downloaded to the user terminal, and character data is classified by item determined by the template. A desired card can be obtained by inputting, editing, and printing by a printing apparatus connected to the user terminal. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a technology that allows a user terminal to input, edit, and order a print in addition to characters when creating a business card.
JP 2004-145582 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-207886

  By the way, with recent cards, there are many users who want to post a photograph of a person's face or a purchased pet on, for example, a medical card or a business card. In addition, such users are strongly willing to arrange photographs in their preferred sizes and directions. In the above-mentioned patent document, if there is no image pasting function or if there is any, just pasting it, and making it fit the user's preference, the user should create image data trimmed by image editing software beforehand It was a must.

However, it is difficult to obtain a good-looking card without adjusting the size and direction of the subject in the state where the image is actually arranged on the card.
In view of this point, the present invention provides a novel card order receiving apparatus and system that can be arranged according to user's preference in a state where a user places a photo on a card.

  In order to solve the above problems, a card order receiving system according to the present invention includes a user terminal capable of browsing a web page using a web browser, and a card order receiving apparatus having a web page for receiving a card order from the user terminal. In the card order receiving system, the card order receiving device includes an input screen presenting means for presenting an input screen including a template defining a card character and an image layout in a web page space, and a user terminal using the web browser. When input is made on the input screen, the receiving means for receiving the input character information and image data, the storage means for storing the received character information and image data, and the user terminal are activated when the input of the necessary items on the input screen is completed. The contents of the character information and image data stored in the storage means are A raw screen consisting of a card preview and a trimming operation menu instead of the input screen, a raw screen presentation means for presenting the web screen, and a user terminal operating the trimming operation menu in the raw screen from a web browser When trimming an image and receiving the trimming information when trimming is confirmed, trimming information recording means for recording the received trimming information in the storage means, the template, character information and image data stored in the storage means, Output means for outputting trimming information as card information is provided.

With this configuration, the character and image data of the card input by the user terminal and the trimming of the image can be performed while confirming the display of the card preview, so that the trimming of the image pasted on the card can be easily performed by the user terminal. Can be done.
The card order receiving device of the present invention is a card order receiving device having a web page that accepts an order for a card from a user terminal capable of browsing a web page using a web browser in order to solve the above-described problem,
An input screen presenting means for presenting an input screen including a template defining the character and image layout of the card in the web page space, and when the user terminal inputs to the input screen using a web browser, the input character information and Receiving means for receiving image data, storage means for storing the received character information and image data, and activation when the user terminal finishes inputting necessary items on the input screen, and the character information and image data stored in the storage means A raw screen presentation means for presenting a raw screen composed of a card preview reflecting contents and a trimming operation menu in the web space instead of the input screen, and a trimming operation menu in the raw screen from the web browser by the user terminal. When the image is trimmed by operating, and the trimming is confirmed An output for receiving the trimming information and outputting the received trimming information to the storage means, and outputting the template, the character information, the image data, and the trimming information stored in the storage means as card information. Means.

With this configuration, since the card character information and image data received by the user terminal are displayed in the card preview, the user terminal can trim the image pasted on the card according to the shape of the card and the shape of the image pasting portion. It can be done easily.
The trimming operation menu includes at least one of image rotation, movement, enlargement, and reduction.

This allows you to perform any trimming operation of the image displayed on the raw screen, which can be rotated, moved, enlarged, or reduced, so it is best to print in the image according to the shape of the card and the shape of the image pasting part. You can trim parts.
Further, the raw screen presenting means corresponds to the image pasting portion of the card in which either the horizontal or vertical side of the image indicated by the image data stored in the storage means is the image data to be displayed on the raw screen. The image data adjusted to match the side to be displayed is presented.

As a result, when an image is pasted, either the width or height of the image matches the width or height of the image pasting portion and displayed in the preview, so that it is possible to save time and effort for matching by enlargement or reduction.
Further, the input screen presenting means sequentially stores a plurality of templates stored in the template storage unit on the user terminal based on a template storage unit that stores a plurality of templates in advance and an instruction from the user terminal. A template presenting unit to present, a template change unit that accepts selection of one of the presented templates from the user terminal, and changes the template included in the input screen to the selected template; A presentation unit that presents an input screen including a template, and the storage unit further stores template identification information for identifying a template included in the input screen presented by the presentation unit, and the raw screen presentation unit Is the character information and image data stored in the storage means A raw screen composed of a card preview and a trimming operation menu laid out according to the template of the template storage unit indicated by the template identification information stored in the storage means, and a trimming process corresponding to the operation of the trimming operation menu The trimming process instruction information for instructing the user terminal is presented to the user terminal.

With such a configuration, a card can be created based on a template that meets a user's desire.
Further, the input screen presenting means sequentially stores a plurality of templates stored in the template storage unit on the user terminal based on a template storage unit that stores a plurality of templates in advance and an instruction from the user terminal. A template presenting unit to present, a template change unit that accepts selection of one of the presented templates from the user terminal, and changes the template included in the input screen to the selected template; A presentation unit that presents an input screen including a template, and the storage unit further stores template identification information for identifying a template included in the input screen presented by the presentation unit, and the raw screen presentation unit The character information and image data stored in the storage means An unprocessed screen composed of a card preview and a trimming operation menu laid out in accordance with the template stored in the template storage information indicated by the template identification information stored in the storage means, and a trimming process corresponding to the operation of the trimming operation menu Trimming processing instruction information for instructing the user terminal is presented to the user terminal, and the card information output means corresponds to the character information and image data stored in the storage means, and the character information and image data. Then, card image information is created and output from the trimming information recorded in the storage means and the template storage unit template indicated by the template identification information stored in the storage means.

With such a configuration, it is possible to accept an order for card production from the user and to settle the fee.
The printing apparatus further includes printing means for printing on the card based on the card information output by the output means.
With such a configuration, the printing unit is provided in the card order receiving device, so that the card can be printed and quickly delivered to the user.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a control method for a card order receiving apparatus having a web page that has a storage unit and receives a card order from a user terminal capable of browsing a web page using a web browser. , An input screen presenting means for presenting an input screen including a template defining a card character and an image layout in a web page space, and when the user terminal inputs to the input screen using a web browser, the input character information And receiving step for receiving image data, recording step for recording the received character information and image data in the storage unit, and starting when the user terminal finishes inputting necessary items on the input screen, and recording in the storage unit Card preview and trimming operation menu reflecting text information and image data contents A raw screen presentation step for presenting a raw screen consisting of the above in the web space instead of the input screen, and the user terminal operates the trimming operation menu in the raw screen from the web browser to trim the image, When it is confirmed, the trimming information is received, and the trimming information recording step for recording the received trimming information in the storage unit, the template, the character information recorded in the storage unit, the image data, and the trimming information are stored in the card information. As an output step.

  By this method, the characters of the card character information received by the user terminal and the image of the image data are displayed in the preview, so that the image pasted on the card can be easily trimmed by the user terminal.

A card order receiving system and a card order receiving apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(One embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of an embodiment of a card order receiving system according to the present invention.
The card order receiving system includes user terminals 11, 12, or 13 (hereinafter referred to as “user terminals 11 etc.”),
And an Internet network 20 and a card order receiving device 100.

The user terminal 11 or the like is a terminal for the user to use the card creation and ordering functions of the card order receiving system, and is a personal computer or a portable terminal. The user accesses the card order receiving device 100 through the network 20 by operating the user terminal 11 or the like.
The network 20 is the Internet and serves as a medium for data transmission / reception between the terminal device 11 and the card order receiving device 100.

The card order receiving device 100 is a server device that provides, for example, a WWW (World Wide Web) web page related to card orders, and the user terminal 11 or the like accesses the web page. The web page is described in a description language of the web page, for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) or XML (Extensible Markup Language).
The card order receiving apparatus 100 accepts input and editing operations of card character data and image data from the user terminal 11 and the like, and performs respective processes. Further, when an order for card production of the input card 30 is received, it is printed on a designated card medium and the order is settled. The printed card is delivered to the user by designated means.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the user terminal 11 and the like and the card order receiving device 100 according to the present embodiment. The configuration of these apparatuses will be described sequentially.
The terminal device 11 or the like is a personal computer having a web browser, and includes a monitor 15, an input receiving unit 16, a display control unit 17, and a terminal communication unit 18.
The monitor 15 displays various pages of the web according to instructions from the display control unit 17.

The terminal communication unit 18 is connected to the network 20 and performs data communication with the communication unit 121 of the card order receiving device 100 via the network 20. When the terminal communication unit 18 receives data from the communication unit 121, the terminal communication unit 18 transmits the data to the display control unit 17. The data transmitted from the input receiving unit 16 and the display control unit 17 is transmitted to the communication unit 121.
The input receiving unit 16 receives a user operation or data input by operating a keyboard and a pointing device (not shown) provided in the user terminal 11 or the like, and receives an accepted operation, for example, a button is pressed or accepted Data is transmitted to the display control unit 17.

  When the display control unit 17 receives the web page presented from the card order receiving device 100 via the terminal communication unit 18, the display control unit 17 displays the web page on the monitor 11. Then, when a menu or button on the displayed web page is pressed, information on where the information such as the press is transmitted is obtained from the location where the menu or button of the web page is described. . When the input accepting unit 16 informs that the menu or button is pressed, the information indicating that the menu or button has been pressed is transmitted to the transmission destination specified in the web page, and information to be transmitted to others. If there is a designation, the information is also transmitted. The transmission destination is usually a web page presentation source, but there are some that are stopped by the display control unit 17 itself, such as a rotation button for a trimming operation described later. The display control unit 17 is realized by, for example, a browser of IE (Internet Explorer, a product of Microsoft).

The card order receiving device 100 includes a user DB 111, a user-specific card information DB 112, a template DB 113, a communication unit 121, a presentation unit 122, an editing unit 123, a printing unit 131, a settlement unit 132, and a control unit 150.
The user DB 111 is composed of a hard disk or the like, and user registration information and order history information are recorded for each user. Here, the user means a corporation such as a doctor's office or a company. User registration information is information registered through a user registration page (described later), and includes items of a user ID, a user name, an address, an email address, a password, a telephone number, a FAX number, and a person in charge name. The order history information includes items of order number, order date, ordered card ID range, card delivery method, card material, charge amount, and deposit amount for each user order. Here, the user ID and password are referred to by user login (described later).

The user-specific card information DB 112 is composed of a hard disk or the like, and has a folder for each user.
In each folder, the identification name of the template referred to when creating a new card is recorded, and the card information of all cards created by the user is recorded.
The card information includes a card ID which is a card creation number, a template identification name referred to by the card, text of input text items, font change information, an image file to be pasted on the card, and image trimming information items.

Here, the input text item refers to a text item input by the user such as a name and date of birth, the text refers to a character string, and the font refers to a font of the text.
The template DB 113 includes a hard disk or the like, and records text printed on a card and image layout information on a disk medium or the like for each template. Each template includes a card shape and size, a text item definition entered by the user, a font type, size and color for each text item, embedded text printed unconditionally and its location and font type, size and Information on the color, position and size of the image pasting part, etc. is recorded. Registration or update of the template in the template DB 113 is separately performed by a dedicated tool, but the description thereof is omitted.

The communication unit 121 receives data transmitted from the terminal communication unit 18 such as the terminal device 11 via the network 20 and transmits the data to the control unit 150 or the editing unit 123. The data presented by the presentation unit 122 is received and transmitted to the terminal communication unit 18 such as the terminal device 11.
The presentation unit 122 presents a web page to be displayed on the monitor 15 such as the terminal device 11 according to an instruction from the control unit 150 or the editing unit 123. Here, “present” refers to transmitting display data such as a web page to the display control unit 17 such as the terminal 11 through the communication unit 121 and causing the display control unit 17 to display the display data on the monitor 15.

Next, the web page presented by the presentation unit 122 according to the instruction of the presentation source will be described. Note that the web page to be presented is stored internally by the presentation source.
The presentation unit 122 presents a homepage for ordering cards according to an instruction from the control unit 150.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a home page presented by the presentation unit 122. The card order home page 301 includes menu items for user registration 311, user creation / order 312, and user history 313, which can be designated from the user terminal 11 by clicking a pointing device.

The presentation unit 122 also presents a user registration page for user registration according to an instruction from the control unit 150.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user registration page. The user registration page 401 is a page for registering a new user, and inputs text from the terminal 11 or the like. Items to be entered include a user ID 411, a user name 412, an address 413, an e-mail address 414, a password 415, a telephone number 416, a FAX number 417, and a person in charge 418, and the maximum number of characters that can be entered is determined. Yes. The user ID 411 and the password 415 are necessary for user authentication when shifting to a later-described card creation / editing page after registration by the registration button 421.

In addition to the pages described above, the presentation unit 122 includes a page to be presented when a menu item of the user creation / order 312 or the user history 313 is specified on the card order homepage 301, which will be described later. To do.
The editing unit 123 creates / edits a card. When the card creation / order 312 menu item is selected on the card order home page 301, the editing unit 123 receives an instruction from the control unit 150 to perform card creation / order processing by the user with the specified user ID. Upon receiving the instruction, the editing unit 123 searches the user-specific card information DB 112 for the user indicated by the designated user ID, and searches the template identification name referred to when creating a new card from the user's folder, and each created card. Read card ID and name. Then, based on the card ID of each read card and the name that is one of the input text items, a card list is created and a card creation page is presented.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a card creation page. The card creation page 501 includes a template identification name box 511, a change button 512, a card list 513, an existing card edit button 521, a new card creation button 522, an order button 523, and a return button 524.
In the template identification name box 511, a template identification name referred to when the user creates a new card is displayed. The change button 512 is a button used to change the current template of the user. When it is transmitted that the change button 512 is pressed, the editing unit 123 reads a template registered in the template DB 113. The template selection page 601 created based on each template is sequentially presented.

  Here, “transmitting that the change button 512 has been pressed” means that when the change button 512 is pressed on the user terminal 11 or the like, the input receiving unit 16 of the user terminal 11 or the like receives and indicates that the button has been pressed. It is transmitted to the display control unit 17 and transmitted from the display control unit 17 to the transmission destination designated on the web page with respect to the button via the terminal communication unit 18 and the communication unit 121 (hereinafter the same).

  Note that other buttons are also transmitted in the same manner. Here, pressing a button means that the button is clicked by a pointing device. When it is notified that the change button 512 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 reads the templates registered in the template DB 113 and sequentially presents the template selection pages 601 created based on the templates.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating two examples of the template selection page.
The template selection page 601 includes three columns, a title column 610, a template column 620, and a button column 630.
The title column 610 displays a template identification name and a template number / number of templates. The example of the template selection page 601 indicates that the template identification name is “clinic clinic general type”, the number of templates is 20, and the template number is 1.

  The template field 620 displays the card text items and the image pasting portion in the same manner as the card preview in which the layout is made. For example, the image pasting portion 611 indicates a rectangle of the pasting portion, the text box such as the clinic name 612 and clinic information indicates that text is input, and the date of birth 615 and the like are printed unconditionally. Indicates that the text is included. The size of the card frame 614, the size of the image pasting portion 611, the font size, type, and color of the embedded text and each text box are determined. When the cursor is moved to the text box or the like, the information is displayed and controlled. Displayed by the unit 17.

The button field 630 includes a selection button 631, a next template button 632, and a return button 633.
When it is notified that the selection button 631 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 selects the template identification name that is referenced when creating a new card recorded in the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112. 5 is changed to the selected template identification name, and the card creation page 501 is presented based on the changed template identification name.

  Further, when it is transmitted that the next template button 632 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 presents the next template selection page 602. For example, the template selection page 602 is “clinic clinic general right type”, and the positions of the image pasting portion 621, the company name 622, and the company information 623 are arranged on the right side. They are arranged differently.

Further, when it is transmitted that the return button 633 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 presents the card creation page 501 again without changing the template referred to when creating a new card.
Returning to FIG. 5, the card list 513 on the card creation page 501 displays a card list that has been created. Here, when an arbitrary card in the card list 513 is selected on the user terminal 11 or the like, it is highlighted.

  A new card creation button 521 is a button for creating a new card in addition to the created card presented in the card list 513. When it is notified that the new card creation button 521 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 reads the template presented in the template identification name box 511 from the template DB 113, and displays the card input page based on the read template. Present.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a card input page. The contents of the card input page 701 will be described in detail below, taking the card creation page 501 as an example in the case of a “general clinic left type” template 601 for the staff of the clinic and where the photo is pasted on the left side.
The card input page 701 includes name 711, name 712, title 713, No. 714, date of birth 715, date of issue 716, clinic name 717, clinic information 718, image upload button 722, trimming button 723, font button 724, It consists of a template identification name 725, a card preview 726, a next card button 731, and a back button 732.

Each item box from the name 711 to the clinic information 718 is a text box, and receives text input by the keyboard of the user terminal 11 or the like.
The update button 721 is a button for updating the text input in each of the text boxes. When it is transmitted that the update button 721 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 receives each text such as the name 711 and so on. If the current card is newly created, a new card ID (maximum value of the created card ID + 1) is given, and the card ID and the card are referred to as new card information in the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112. Record the template identification name and the text received. When the current card is being edited, the text of each text item of the card information in the user folder of the user-specific card information DB 112 is received as text such as the name 711. Update with each text.

Then, the process returns to the presentation of the card input page 701. In the presentation, the name 711 and the like in the card preview 726 are updated and presented with each received text. A card input page 701 shows an example of a page presented by the editing unit 123 after the update button 721 is pressed.
The image upload button 722 is a button for uploading an image data file to be pasted on the image pasting portion 611 in the template 601, for example. Here, uploading refers to transferring and copying a file in the terminal 11 or the like to the card order receiving device 100 via the network.

The editing unit 123 displays an image upload page when the image upload button 722 is pressed.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image upload page. The image upload page 801 in FIG. 7A includes a path name input text box 811, a reference button 812, an upload button 813, and a return button 814.

A path name input text box 811 is a box for inputting a path name including an image file name. Input can be made from a keyboard of the user terminal 11 or the like.
The reference button 812 is a button for inputting an image file in the path name input text box 811 by designating an image file under the file folder. When the reference button 812 is pressed, the display control unit 17 such as the user terminal 11 displays a dialog box 802 for selecting a file as shown in FIG. 7B on the monitor 15 such as the terminal 11 in a pop-up. The dialog box 80 includes a current folder 821, an image file group 822 recorded in the current folder 821, an open button 831, and a return button 832. When it is notified that the user selects a desired image file and the open button 831 is pressed, the display control unit 17 deletes the dialog box 80 and sets the path name in the path name input text box 811. .

When the upload button 813 is pressed on the user terminal 11, the image data is uploaded as follows.
First, pressing of the upload button 813 is transmitted from the input receiving unit 16 to the display control unit 17. The display control unit 17 obtains from the image upload page 801 that the transmission destination when the upload button 813 is pressed is the editing unit 123 of the card order receiving device 100. The display control unit 17 sets the transmission destination of the fact that the upload button 813 is pressed and the image data of the image file of the path name set in the path name input text box 811 when the upload button 813 is pressed in the card order receiving device 100. The editing unit 123 instructs the terminal communication unit 18 to transmit, and the terminal communication unit 18 transmits the instruction to the editing unit 123 through the communication unit 121. Next, the editing unit 123 receives the transmitted image data, creates it as an image file of the card information of the card in the user's folder of the user-specific card information DB 112, and creates a card currently being created or edited. Are set as an image file to be pasted on the image pasting portion of the image.

If the image file of the image pasting portion has already been set, the set image file is replaced with the image file that has just been uploaded. The image file may be an image compression format such as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or PNG (Portable Network Graphics).
The editing unit 123 adjusts the uploaded image file so that the terminal 11 or the like can display it, and presents a trimming page for trimming the image based on the adjusted display image data.

  When the trimming page is presented for the first time after uploading, the image indicated by the display image data is the same image as the rectangle of the image indicated by the image file, and its center coincides with the center of the image pasting portion of the card. It is an image with the smallest area among images including all pasted portions. In other words, the length of the horizontal side (width) of the rectangle of the image indicated by the image file is w, the length h of the vertical side (height), and the length of the horizontal side of the image pasting portion is W, If the length of the vertical side (height) is H, if h / w <H / W, the image is enlarged to each side H / h times so that both vertical sides correspond exactly. Alternatively, the reduced image is used as display image data. If h / w> H / W, an image obtained by enlarging (or reducing) each side of the image W / w times is set as display image data. If h / w = H / W, the same is true for both H / h and W / w times. At this time, the display image data is stored in the image pasting portion without excess or deficiency.

The image indicated by the display image data adjusted as described above is an image before trimming, and is an unprocessed image in that sense. Therefore, the trimming page is a web page presenting a raw screen that is a screen including a raw image.
At the time of presentation, the center of the image indicated by the adjusted display image data coincides with the center of the image pasting portion. Further, the image displayed on the monitor 15 by the display control unit 17 in response to the presentation of the trimming page is a common part between the image indicated by the display image data and the pasted portion of the image.

Note that both the return button 814 in FIG. 8A and the return button 832 in FIG. 8B are buttons for returning to the original page without performing processing on each page, and the editing unit 123 displays these buttons. When it is transmitted that the button is pressed, each original page is presented.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a trimming page. The trimming page 901 includes a rotation button 911, an enlarge button 912, a reduce button 913, a preview 921, and an update button 931.

When the rotation button 911 is pressed, the display control unit 17 such as the user terminal 11 displays the image by sequentially rotating it clockwise by 90 degrees around the center of the image.
Similarly, when the enlarge button 912 is pressed, the display control unit 17 enlarges the image by 5%, and when the reduce button 913 is pressed, the image is reduced by 5%. Further, although not a button operation, when an image drag operation is performed, an image moved corresponding to the drag operation is displayed. The image shown on the trimming page 901 displays an image enlarged by an enlarge button 912 as an example of trimming. Of course, trimming that combines enlargement or reduction, rotation, and movement is also possible.

  Here, the image display such as the rotation of the image by the operation such as the rotation is performed by the display control unit 17 such as the user terminal 11. The display control unit 17 may cause image display software distributed in the market, for example, a macro media (registered trademark of Macromedia Inc.) flash player, which is a plug-in of a browser such as the terminal 11, to perform image display processing. Good. In that case, an action script (not shown) is incorporated in the trimming page 901, the image is rotated by 90 degrees when the rotation button 911 is pressed, and the image is displayed by 5% when the enlarge button 912 or the reduction button 913 is pressed. In the action script, an instruction may be written that the image is enlarged or reduced and is moved by the drag operation, and the image is moved by the drag operation to be displayed by the macro media (registered trademark of Macromedia Inc.) flash player. The action script describes trimming processing instruction information for instructing the user terminal to perform trimming processing corresponding to the operation of the trimming operation menu. Since Macromedia's action script is publicly known, its description is omitted.

  When it is transmitted that the update button 931 has been pressed, information related to image trimming of the image pasting portion 922, that is, trimming information including the rotation angle, the upper left coordinates of the trimming area (rectangular area), the width, and the height is displayed. The data is transmitted from the display control unit 17 such as the terminal 11 to the editing unit 123 via the terminal communication unit 18 or the like. The editing unit 123 registers or updates the transmitted trimming information as trimming information in the card information of the card being created or edited in the user folder of the user-specific card information DB 112, and the editing unit 123 again inputs the card. A page 701 is presented.

In FIG. 7, when it is transmitted that the trimming button 723 on the card input page 701 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 presents the trimming page 901 and performs the same processing as described above.
When it is transmitted that the font button 724 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 presents a font change page (not shown). On the font change page, the font type, size, and color settings for each text item defined in the template referred to by the card can be changed. Here, the text item refers to an item made up of characters such as a name. When it is transmitted that the update button on the font change page has been pressed, the editing unit 123 registers or updates the font change information in the card information of the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112.

The card preview 726 displays a print image of a card that is being created or is being edited.
The display content of the card preview 726 is changed by operating an update button 721, a photo upload button 722, an image edit button 723, and a font change button 724.
When it is notified that the next card button 731 is pressed on the card input page 701, the editing unit 123 determines that the new card creation button 521 on the card creation page 501 is pressed if the current card is being newly created. The same editing process as when the notification was made is performed. Also, if the created card is being edited and there is a created card with the next ID being edited, it is the same as when it is transmitted that the existing card edit button 522 on the card creation page 501 has been pressed. Edit processing.

Upon receiving notification that the return button 732 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 presents the card creation page 501 again.
Returning to FIG. 5, the existing card editing button 522 is a button for editing the card currently selected in the card list 513. When the existing card edit button 522 is pressed, the press and the card ID of the card selected in the card list 513 are transmitted to the editing unit 123. The editing unit 123 reads the card information of the transmitted card ID from the user-specific card information DB 112. Further, the template referred to by the card is read from the template DB 113 based on the template identification information in the card information. Then, a card input page 701 is created and presented based on the read card information and template. At the time of presentation, the editing unit 123 displays text items that have been input in the card information, and displays them if they are pasted on the image pasting portion of the card. Present. If the card information includes font change information and trimming information, the text and image are presented based on the information.

When it is transmitted that the order button 731 has been pressed, the editing unit 123 requests the control unit 150 to perform card order processing and transfers control. Upon receiving control from the control unit 150, the editing unit 123 displays the card creation page 501 again.
Upon receiving a notification that the return button 524 is pressed, the editing unit 123 requests the control unit 150 to present the card order home page 301 and passes control.

The control unit 150 controls other components and performs processing related to user registration, user authentication check, card creation and ordering, printing, and settlement. The control unit 150 includes a program recorded in a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (Random Access Memory), a CPU that executes the program, and a memory. The same applies to the other components excluding various DBs.
When there is an access request to the card order home page 301 from the user terminal 11 or the like, the control unit 150 presents the card order home page 301 to the user terminal 11 or the like.

  When the user registration 311 is designated on the card order home page 301, the fact is transmitted to the control unit 150. The control unit 150 presents a user registration page 401 and waits for transmission of registration information from the user terminal 11 or the like. In the user terminal 11 or the like, the input receiving unit 16 receives an input such as a user ID 411 and transmits the received text to the display control unit 17, and the display control unit 17 displays the transmitted text.

  When the registration button 311 is pressed (clicking with a pointing device, the same applies hereinafter), information related to user registration such as the user ID 411 is transmitted to the terminal communication unit 18 by the display control unit 17 of the user terminal 11 or the like. The data is transmitted to the control unit 150 via the communication unit 121. The control unit 150 registers information related to user registration in the user DB 111. After registration, the card order home page 301 is presented.

When it is transmitted on the card order home page 301 that the card creation / order button 312 has been designated, the control unit 150 presents a user login dialog box (not shown) and waits for input of a user ID and password.
When the user ID and password are input and the information is transmitted, the control unit 150 searches the user DB 111 and checks whether or not the transmitted user ID is registered. Check whether the transmitted password matches the registered password.

If the passwords match, the user authentication is successful, the user ID and instruction information for instructing the presentation of the card creation page 501 are transmitted to the editing unit 123, and control is passed to the editing unit 123.
Also, if control is passed from the editing unit 123 and there is a request for card order processing from the editing unit 123 at that time, the control unit 150 presents a card order page. When the user authentication fails, the selection from the user terminal 11 on the card order home page 301 is waited again.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a card order page. The card order page 1001 includes an order card ID range 1011, card delivery method 1012, card material 1013 input items, an order button 1031, and a return button 1032. The order card ID is selected from the IDs of already created cards displayed in the card list 513 in FIG.
When the order button 1031 is pressed, information to that effect and input information such as the order card ID range 1011 are transmitted to the control unit 150. The control unit 150 adds an order number (a number for identifying the user's order), an order date and a blank to the order card ID range 1011, the card delivery method 1012, and the card material 1013 which are input information transmitted. The added charge amount and deposit amount items are added to form new order information, which is recorded in the order history information of the user in the user DB 111.

In addition, the control unit 150 transmits the user ID of the user and the order information to the printing unit 131 to print the card. Similarly, the user ID and the order number are transmitted to the settlement unit 132 to perform a card order settlement process. Then, the card order home page 301 is presented again with the input items.
When it is transmitted that the return button 1001 has been pressed, the control unit 150 returns control to the editing unit 123 to return to the card input page 701.

  When it is transmitted on the card order home page 301 that the card order history 313 has been pressed, the control unit 150 presents a user login dialog box and performs user authentication in the same manner as the card creation / order button 312. . When the user authentication is successful, the order information of the user in the user DB 111 is read, and the user history page 1101 is presented based on the read order information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user history page. The user history page 1101 includes an order history list 1111 and a return button 1132.
When it is transmitted that the return button 1132 has been pressed, the control unit 150 presents the card order home page 301.
The printing unit 131 prints a card based on the user ID and order information transmitted from the control unit 150. In the designated user folder recorded in the user-specific card information DB 112, each card information of the card ID in the ordered range is read, and the template indicated by the template identification name recorded in the card information is displayed. Read from the template DB 113. Of the read card information,
Based on the text of the input text item, font change information, image file and image trimming information to be pasted on the card, and the above template, print data for printing the card is created, and the card material of the order information Print on the card specified as. The read card information includes an image file to be pasted on the card and image trimming information indicated by the image file, and is used to create image data to be printed.

  When the settlement unit 132 receives the user ID and the order number from the control unit 150, the settlement unit 132 performs settlement of the order fee as follows. In the user DB 111, the order information of the designated order number is searched from the order history information of the user of the designated user ID, and the charge calculated based on the order information is described in the billing amount item. In addition, the settlement unit 132 describes in the item of the deposit amount when the above fee is paid separately by the user.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the control unit 150 presents the card order home page 301 when there is a request for access to the home page from the user terminal 11 or the like (S1201).
When it is transmitted on the card order home page 301 that the user registration 311 has been designated (S1203). The control unit 150 presents a user registration page 401 and waits for transmission of registration information from the user terminal 11 or the like.

In the user terminal 11 or the like, the input reception unit 16 receives an input of the user ID 411 or the like for the user registration page 401 and transmits the received text to the display control unit 17, and the display control unit 17 transmits the transmitted text to the monitor 15. It is displayed (S1211).
When the registration button 421 is pressed (S1213), the display control unit 17 such as the user terminal 11 and the input information related to user registration such as the user ID 411 is transmitted to the control unit via the terminal communication unit 18 and the communication unit 121. 150. The control unit 150 registers as a new user in the user DB 111 based on the transmitted input information (S1215). After registration, the card order homepage 301 is presented again.

If it is transmitted that the return button 422 is pressed on the user registration page 401 (S1213), the card order home page 301 is presented again.
When the card creation / order button 312 or the card order history 313 is designated on the card order homepage 301, the individual processing is required for the user. Therefore, the control unit 150 presents a user login dialog box, and displays the user ID and password. Wait for input. When the user ID and password are input in the user terminal 11 or the like and the input information is transmitted, the control unit 150 searches the user DB 111 and determines whether or not the user with the transmitted user ID is registered. If it is registered, it is checked whether or not the transmitted password matches the registered user password (S1223).

If the passwords match, user authentication is successful.
When it is transmitted that the card order history 313 is pressed (NO in S1225), the control unit 150 reads the order history information of the user in the user DB 111, and based on each order information in the order history information The user history page 1101 is displayed (S1227). When it is transmitted that the return button 1132 of the user history page 1101 has been pressed, the display returns to the presentation of the card order home page 301.

When it is transmitted that the card creation / order button 312 has been pressed (S1225), the control unit 150 instructs the editing unit 123 to present the card creation page 501 for the user with the specified user ID. .
In response to an instruction from the control unit 150, the editing unit 123 searches the user-specific card information DB 112 for a user folder having a specified user ID, and based on the template identification name and each card information recorded in the user folder, A card creation page 501 is created and presented (S1231).

When it is transmitted on the card creation page 501 that the template change button 512 has been pressed (S1233), the editing unit 123 reads a template registered in the template DB 113. Then, the template selection page 601 created based on the template is presented in order from the top template (S1235).
When it is notified that the selection button 631 has been pressed on the template selection page 601 (S1237), the editing unit 123 refers to when creating a new card recorded in the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112. The template identification name is updated to the identification name of the selected template, the template 511 on the card creation page 1 is changed to the selected template identification name (S1239), and the process returns to S1231.

When it is transmitted that the “next template button” 632 has been pressed (S1238), the process returns to S1235 to display the next template. When it is transmitted that the return button 633 has been pressed (NO in S1238), the process returns to S1231.
When it is transmitted on the card creation page 501 that the order button 523 has been pressed (S1301), the control unit 150 receives control from the editing unit 123, presents the card order page 1001, and receives input information related to the order. (S1303). When it is transmitted on the card order page 1001 that the order button 1031 has been pressed (S1301), the control unit 150 also transmits input information related to the order. Therefore, the order number, the order date, and the like are included in the transmitted information. Is added to the order history information of the user in the user DB 111 as order information. Then, regarding the order information, the printing unit 131 is instructed to perform card printing, and the settlement unit 132 is instructed to settle.

  For each card with a card ID in the order range in the order information, the printing unit 131 reads the card information of the card from the user-specific card information DB 112, and the template indicated by the template identification name recorded in the card information Is read from the template DB 113. Then, based on the read card information and template, print data in a format that can be printed on the card is created and printed on the card of the ordered card material (S1307). The read card information includes an image file to be pasted on the card and image trimming information indicated by the image file, and is used to create an image to be printed.

The settlement unit 132 calculates a charge related to the order indicated by the order information recorded in the order history information of the user in the user DB 111 as a charge amount, and describes it in the charge amount item (S1309).
Then, the control unit 150 returns to S1303.
When it is transmitted on the card order page 1001 that the return button 1032 has been pressed (NO in S1305), the editing unit 123 receives control from the control unit 150 and returns to S1231.

  When it is transmitted on the card creation page 501 that the existing card edit button 522 has been pressed (S1321), the editing unit 123 reads the designated created card information from the user-specific card information DB 112 (S1323). Further, the template referred to by the card is read out from the card information template DB 113 (S1324). Based on the read card information and template, a card input page 701 is created and presented (S1325), and input related to card information is awaited.

  When it is transmitted that the update button 721 is pressed on the card input page 701 (S1327), the editing unit 123 receives input information such as the name 711 from the user terminal 11 or the like via the communication unit 121. If the current card is newly created, a new card ID (sequential creation number for each user) is assigned, and the card ID and card are referred to as a new card in the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112. Record the template identification name and each text above. In the case of editing a card in which the current card has been created, the text of each text item of the card in the user's folder of the user-specific card information DB 112 is updated with text such as the name 711 of the input information, Return to S1325.

When it is transmitted on the card input page 701 that the image upload button 722 has been pressed (S1331), the image upload page 801 is displayed (1333).
In the image upload page 801, when the path name of the image file to be uploaded is specified and it is transmitted that the upload button 813 is pressed, the image data of the image file is also continuously transmitted from the user terminal 11 or the like. The editing unit 123 records the image file as an image file in the card information of the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112, and sets it as an image file to be pasted on the image pasting portion in the card currently being created or edited (S1335). Then, the editing unit 123 converts the uploaded image file into display image data that can be displayed by the terminal 11 or the like, and the process proceeds to S1343 in order to perform image trimming.

When it is transmitted on the card input page 701 that the trimming button 723 has been pressed (S1343), the editing unit 123 presents the trimming page 901 (S1343).
When the user presses the rotation button 911, the enlargement button 912, or the reduction button 913 on the trimming page 901 on the user terminal 11 or the like, the image is rotated clockwise by 90 degrees by the display control unit 17 and by 5%. The image is displayed after being enlarged or reduced, and the image is moved and displayed by dragging (S1345). When it is transmitted that the update button 931 has been pressed after the image has been trimmed in this manner (S1347), trimming information including the rotation angle, the upper left coordinate of the trimming region, the width, and the height is displayed. Is transmitted from the display control unit 17 such as to the editing unit 123 via the terminal communication unit 18 or the like. The editing unit 123 registers or updates the trimming information in the card information of the user's folder in the user card information DB 112 based on the transmitted trimming information (S1349), and returns to S1325.

  When it is transmitted that the font button 724 is pressed on the card input page 701 (S 1361), the editing unit 123 presents a font change page. In the font change page, a font change operation for changing the font type or the like for each text item defined in the template referred to by the card is accepted (S 1363). When it is transmitted that the update button has been pressed on the font change page (S1365), the editing unit 123 records it as the font change information in the card information of the user's folder in the user-specific card information DB 112 (S1367). . Then, the process returns to S1325.

  When it is transmitted on the card input page 701 that the next card button 731 has been pressed (S1371), the editing unit 123 proceeds to S1321 in order to create or edit a card with the next ID of the current card. (NO in S1371). When it is transmitted on the card input page 701 that the return button 732 has been pressed (S 1361), the process returns to S 1231.

In the above-described embodiment, the image display of the result for each trimming operation is described as being performed on the user terminal. However, the card order receiving device changes the image display in response to the transmission of a button press such as rotation or enlargement. May be. This requires extra communication with the server, but eliminates the need to install plug-in software on the user terminal.
Further, although the user terminal of the present embodiment is a personal computer, it may be a terminal capable of operating a WWW browser, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

Further, although the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment has been described as being locally connected to the card order receiving apparatus, it may be network-connected.
In addition, although the present embodiment is a card order receiving device, it may be a program and a method for causing a computer to execute the functions of each component of the card order receiving device.

  The card order receiving apparatus according to the present invention is used as order receiving promotion means in the card printing industry on the order receiving side, and is also used by users on the ordering side, for example, companies of all industries, hospitals and the like.

It is a conceptual diagram of one embodiment of a card order receiving device according to the present invention. It is a block diagram of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the homepage which the presentation part 122 of the said embodiment shows. It is a figure which shows an example of the user registration page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the card creation page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows two examples of the template selection page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the card input page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the image upload page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the trimming page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the card order page of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the user history page of the said embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 1) explaining operation | movement of the said embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) explaining operation | movement of the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

11, 12, 13 User terminal 15 Monitor 16 Input receiving unit 17 Display control unit 18 Terminal communication unit 20 Internet 30 Card 100 Card order receiving device 111 User DB
112 User Card Information DB
113 Template DB
121 communication unit 122 presentation unit 123 editing unit 131 printing unit 132 settlement unit 150 control unit 301 card order home page 401 user registration page 501 card creation page 601 template selection page 701 card input page 7
801 Image upload page 802 Dialog box for file selection 901 Trimming page 1001 Card order page 1101 User history page

Claims (7)

A card order receiving system comprising a user terminal capable of browsing a web page using a web browser, and a card order receiving device having a web page for receiving a card order from the user terminal,
The card order receiving device is:
An input screen presenting means for presenting an input screen including a template defining a card character and image layout in a web page space;
When the user terminal inputs to the input screen using a web browser, receiving means for receiving the input character information and image data;
Storage means for storing the received character information and image data;
When the user terminal finishes inputting necessary information on the input screen, the raw screen consisting of a card preview reflecting the contents of the character information and image data stored in the storage means and the trimming operation menu is replaced with the input screen. Raw screen presentation means for presenting to the web space,
When the user terminal operates the trimming operation menu in the unprocessed screen from the web browser to trim the image, and the trimming is confirmed, the trimming information is received and the received trimming information is recorded in the storage means. When,
A card order receiving system comprising: an output means for outputting the template, character information, image data, and trimming information stored in the storage means as card information. A card order receiving device having a web page for receiving an order for a card from a user terminal capable of browsing a web page using a web browser,
An input screen presenting means for presenting an input screen including a template defining a card character and image layout in a web page space;
When the user terminal inputs to the input screen using a web browser, receiving means for receiving the input character information and image data;
Storage means for storing the received character information and image data;
When the user terminal finishes inputting necessary information on the input screen, the raw screen consisting of a card preview reflecting the contents of the character information and image data stored in the storage means and the trimming operation menu is replaced with the input screen. Raw screen presentation means for presenting to the web space,
When the user terminal operates the trimming operation menu in the unprocessed screen from the web browser to trim the image, and the trimming is confirmed, the trimming information is received and the received trimming information is recorded in the storage means. When,
A card order receiving apparatus, comprising: an output unit that outputs the template, character information, image data, and trimming information stored in the storage unit as card information.   3. The card order receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the trimming operation menu includes at least one of rotation, movement, enlargement, and reduction of an image.   The raw screen presentation means presents image data adjusted so that either the horizontal or vertical side of the image indicated by the image data stored in the storage means matches the corresponding side of the image pasting portion of the card. The card order receiving device according to claim 2, wherein: The input screen presenting means is
A template storage unit storing a plurality of templates in advance;
Based on an instruction from the user terminal, a template presenting unit that sequentially presents a plurality of templates stored in the template storage unit to the user terminal;
A template changing unit that accepts selection of one of the presented templates from the user terminal and changes the template included in the input screen to the selected template;
A presentation unit that presents an input screen including the template after the change,
The storage means further includes
Storing template identification information for identifying a template included in the input screen presented by the presenting unit;
The raw screen presentation means includes
An unprocessed screen comprising a card preview and a trimming operation menu in which the character information and image data stored in the storage means are laid out in accordance with the template of the template storage unit indicated by the template identification information stored in the storage means; , Presenting to the user terminal trimming processing instruction information for instructing the user terminal to perform trimming processing corresponding to the operation of the trimming operation menu,
The card information output means includes
Character information and image data stored in the storage means, the trimming information recorded in the storage means corresponding to the character and image data, and the template identification information stored in the storage means 3. The card order receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein card image information is created from a template stored in the template storage unit and output.   3. The card order receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising printing means for printing on the card based on the card information output by the output means. A control method for a card order receiving apparatus having a storage unit and having a web page that accepts an order for a card from a user terminal capable of browsing a web page using a web browser,
An input screen presenting means for presenting an input screen including a template defining a card character and image layout in a web page space;
When the user terminal inputs to the input screen using a web browser, a receiving step of receiving the input character information and image data;
A recording step of recording the received character information and image data in the storage unit;
When the user terminal finishes inputting necessary items on the input screen, an unprocessed screen consisting of a card preview and a trimming operation menu reflecting the contents of the character information and image data recorded in the storage unit is displayed on the input screen. Instead, a raw screen presentation step to present in the web space;
A trimming information recording step in which when a user terminal operates a trimming operation menu in an unprocessed screen from a web browser to trim an image and the trimming is confirmed, the trimming information is received and the received trimming information is recorded in the storage unit When,
A card order receiving apparatus control method comprising: an output step of outputting the template, character information, image data, and trimming information recorded in the storage unit as card information.

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