JP2006163062A - System and method for providing content of art - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for providing art contents of a level corresponding to a learned level to a remote customer through a network without adopting one-to-one system even in the case of art contents learned by skilled artist. <P>SOLUTION: In the system and the method for providing art contents, the system is provided with client terminals 2 each of which is connected through a network 4 and has at least a moving image reproducing means and a web browser, a server apparatus 1 for providing art contents to the client terminal 2 through the network 4 in accordance with a request from the client terminal 2 and a skill level judgment means installed in the server apparatus 1 to judge the skill level of the art contents and constituted so that the server apparatus 1 distributes the art contents to the client terminal 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is a system for providing technical content that provides a client with content related to arts such as pottery, handicrafts, gardening, calligraphy, golf, traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen, etc.) via a network such as the Internet. And how to do it.

Ceramics, traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen, etc.), handicrafts, gardening, calligraphy, golf, and other arts are practiced using the know-how accumulated over many years by skilled artisans (experienced experienced people). While teaching (gesturing and gesturing), explaining in words as necessary, and selecting and using appropriate tools, teaching students who want to learn, documents, pictures, illustrations, photos There is a limit to teaching with such as. In fact, if you try to learn arts with documents, pictures, illustrations, photos, etc., you will become selfish and you will have a strange habit, or you will have to rediscover the tips and know-how to master the arts yourself. Therefore, there were problems such as taking a long period of time to learn advanced techniques.
Therefore, if you try to acquire such arts in a short period of time without falling into your own way, you will learn while having the skilled artisans point out the defects that are likely to fall while actually checking the arts performed by the skilled artisans. After all, it becomes a fast way. However, it is necessary to go to a class explained by a skilled artisan called a master to learn ceramics, traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen, etc.), handicrafts, gardening, calligraphy, golf, etc. However, it was not easy for people in remote locations to use.

  In addition, the level of people who wish to acquire arts varies greatly, and the level of proficiency varies from beginner to a certain level of skill. For this reason, there is a problem that even if a customer who is skilled to some extent desires to acquire a higher level of skill than his own level, it is difficult to find a classroom corresponding to that level. Also, for beginners, there was a sense of resistance to attending a classroom set up by an expert teacher called a teacher. Furthermore, even if a suitable classroom is found, there are often restrictions such as lack of time to go to the classroom or the only available time zone is noon. For this reason, there is a problem in that a person who has a job can use it anytime and anywhere in the free time such as at night.

Therefore, using an environment in which a personal computer or the like can be easily connected to a network such as the Internet, an attempt is made to provide a desired content to a client (referred to as a customer in this specification) who desires to provide a service. It has come to be done. However, the technical contents are contents that are extremely difficult to provide via a network such as the Internet as described above. For this reason, for example, taking “ceramic art” as an example, attempts to provide services related to “ceramic art content” are only slightly seen in Patent Document 1. However, the technique of Patent Document 1 relates to a “ceramic communication system”, and does not intend to provide a technique including tips and know-how for actually performing “ceramic art”.
JP 2004-13590 A

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and for customers who wish to acquire “technical skills”, to acquire the desired “technical content” by the customer. It is intended to provide a system and a method for providing artistic content that allows customers to use “technical content” regardless of the time zone or place of residence through a network such as the Internet according to the degree level. In other words, “technical content” is a property that should be passed on while face-to-face (customer) who wants to master it, and is best transferred through a network such as the Internet. It has been considered difficult. However, the present invention intends to provide a technical level corresponding to the proficiency level to a customer at a remote location via a network without adopting a face-to-face method even for such technical content. It is.

The “technical content providing system” of the present invention described below is provided as means for solving the above-described problems.
First, the present invention of claim 1 is a client terminal connected via a network and having at least a moving picture reproducing means and a web browser, and according to a request from the client terminal, ceramics, handicrafts, gardening, calligraphy, golf, And a server device that provides art content related to arts such as traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen, etc.) to the client terminal via the network. Further, a database provided on the server device side for storing necessary information for providing a service related to the technical content, and input data requested by the server device to the client terminal are sent to the server device. Provided in the server device for determining the level of proficiency of the technical content for the customer identified by the server device by the customer identifying device; And a proficiency level determination means. For this reason, in the technical content providing system of the present invention, it is necessary for the client to acquire the client terminal authenticated by the customer identification unit corresponding to the proficiency level determined by the proficiency level determining unit. The server device can distribute the technical content of the level to the client terminal in response to a request from the client terminal in a form including at least a moving image including a demonstration video image of the skilled artisan.

  Further, according to the present invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the customer's proficiency level for the technical content for which the customer applied for service provision to the business operator is determined, and the customer's proficiency level is matched. Provide technical contents. Therefore, according to the present invention, at least the proficiency level of the customer and each technical content are classified according to each proficiency level, and the problem content group converted into electronic information is stored in the database. At the same time, the proficiency level determining means of the server device includes proficiency level extracting means for extracting the proficiency level of the customer in the database corresponding to the user ID identified by the customer identifying means, and the extracted customer Problem content selection means for selecting problem content corresponding to the proficiency level from the database, and problem content distribution for distributing problem content according to the proficiency level of the customer to the client terminal in response to a request from the client terminal Means, scoring means for scoring the answer data delivered from the client terminal after the client terminal has answered the delivered question content, and each customer's score corresponding to the score scored by the scoring means A proficiency level updating means for updating the proficiency level;

  Further, the present invention of claim 3 is the moving image group in which the moving image including at least a demonstration video image of a skilled artisan is taken from a plurality of different viewpoints in the invention of claim 1, wherein Corresponding to the viewpoint change button displayed on the distributed video browsing screen, the client terminal extracts the video shot from the requested viewpoint based on the viewpoint change request signal transmitted from the client terminal. The server device is provided with an application server function for delivering to the moving image reproducing means.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the moving image including at least a demonstration video of a skilled artisan includes three-dimensional computer graphics, and a moving image browsing screen distributed from the server device is provided. The server device includes an application server function that changes the three-dimensional computer graphics to display from a changed viewpoint in response to a viewpoint change button displayed when displayed on the display of the client terminal. To do.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the database includes a divided moving image obtained by dividing the moving image into meaningful skill scenes, and a representative still image associated with each of the divided moving image groups. And bibliographic information including audio information and / or text information that explains each meaningful skill scene, and at least one keyword that associates the divided video, the representative still image, and bibliographic information. It is what.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, in accordance with the fifth aspect of the invention, the server device searches the database for a divided image including the input keyword based on the input keyword from the client terminal. Means are provided.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the sixth aspect, the server device is associated with each skill scene that has been keyword-searched by the high-speed search means in accordance with a keyword input from the client terminal. A web server function for delivering the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information to a display of a client terminal is provided.

  Further, in the invention of claim 8, in the invention of claim 1, in response to the request for providing the technical content from the client terminal, the technical content is acquired before the provision of the technical content to the client terminal is started. It is characterized by comprising preparation information notifying means for notifying the client terminal of at least preparatory work information relating to tools, materials and work environment required for starting.

Next, the following invention is provided as the “technical content providing method” of the present invention.
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a client terminal connected via a network sends a technical content service provision request to a server device providing a technical content service, and receives the provision request signal. Requests the client terminal to send authentication information for confirming whether or not it is an official member, the server device identifies the customer based on the customer authentication information sent from the client terminal, and the identified customer The server device determines the proficiency level for the technical content of the game, and based on the determined proficiency level of the customer, the video according to the proficiency level consisting of at least a demonstration video image of the skilled artisan is matched to the proficiency level of the customer. It is provided to a client terminal.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the ninth aspect, in order to determine the level of proficiency of the customer, the technical content is classified according to each proficiency level and the customer content is converted into electronic information. The server device selects and distributes the question content according to the proficiency level of the client to the client terminal, and the server device receives the answer data for the distributed question content, scores the received answer data, and scores the score It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not it is a score for updating the proficiency level of the problem content distributed by one level, and the proficiency level of the customer is updated.

  Further, the present invention of claim 11 is the invention of claim 10 wherein, in updating the proficiency level, a practical skill certification system in which an expert is an examiner is also employed, and the practical skill certification test of the proficiency level is adopted. It is characterized by updating the proficiency level when it passes.

  Further, the present invention of claim 12 is the moving image according to claim 9, wherein the moving image according to the proficiency level is taken from a plurality of different viewpoints, and in response to a request for changing the viewpoint from the client terminal. The server device extracts a moving picture taken from a viewpoint requested from the client terminal and distributes the moving picture to the client terminal.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the invention, the moving image includes three-dimensional computer graphics, and in response to a request for changing the viewpoint from the client terminal, the server device displays the three-dimensional computer graphics. It is characterized in that the display can be freely changed from the requested viewpoint.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the invention, the moving image is divided into meaningful skill scenes, a representative still image is set for each of the divided moving image groups, and each set representative still image is set. Bibliographic information including audio information and / or text information explaining each skill scene for a picture, and further, associating these data with each other as a group of data for the divided video, the representative still picture and bibliographic information. At least one keyword is set, and the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information are distributed to the client terminal in accordance with the keyword input from the client terminal.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information associated with each skill scene according to the keyword input from the client terminal are stored. It is characterized by being delivered to the display of the client terminal.

  Further, the present invention of claim 16 is the invention of claim 9, wherein at least a tool, a material, and a work environment required for starting acquisition of the technical content before starting the provision of the technical content to the client terminal. The preparatory work information including the information is notified to the client terminal.

  Further, the present invention of claim 17 is the invention of claim 16, wherein information that can be sold to a customer out of the preparation work information including at least the tool, material, or usage environment is electronically cataloged and registered in a database, If the customer desires, online shopping can be performed based on image information displayed on the client terminal.

  The present invention of claim 18 is the invention of claim 9, wherein the provided technical content is ceramic content, handicraft content, horticultural content, calligraphy content, traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen etc.) content or golf content. It is a fir characterized by being.

  As described above, according to the inventions according to claim 1 and claim 9, for a large number of customers living in remote places, a video ( It will record and provide technical contents as videos, animations, still images, voices, etc.). For this reason, it is possible to repeatedly provide as many video images as necessary via the Internet or the like according to customer requirements. For this reason, the customer can receive a technical content providing service without being restricted by the geographical environment and time.

  Moreover, according to the invention concerning Claim 2 and Claim 10, each customer can determine his own proficiency level. For this reason, it is possible to acquire technical contents that match the level of proficiency of the person. Therefore, the customer can strive to acquire the art content that he / she desires without falling into a self-flow or having a biased habit. At this time, if it is determined that the customer has sufficiently mastered the technical content of the determined proficiency level, the customer can proceed to the acquisition of the content of the next proficiency level. As a result, customers will receive services related to technical content for a long period of time.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 11, since the skill certification system is also adopted when updating the skill level of the customer, the skill level of the content related to the skill “technical content” is determined better. can do.

  In addition, according to the invention according to claim 3 and claim 12, not only from the video image shot from one viewpoint, the artistic content transferred from the skilled artisan by oral tradition, gesture, hand gesture, etc. It is possible to view video images shot from multiple viewpoints such as left and right and up and down. For this reason, it becomes possible to observe the movement of the skilled artisan more accurately, and the customer can learn the artistic content more accurately in a shorter period of time.

  At this time, if the three-dimensional computer graphics is used together as in the inventions according to claims 4 and 13, the art contents can be acquired regardless of the taken viewpoint, such as a video image demonstrated by a skilled artisan. You can view 3D images from the free viewpoint that make the above tips and know-how easier to understand.

  Further, according to the inventions related to claims 5, 6, 7, 14 and 15, the database includes a divided moving image obtained by dividing the moving image into meaningful skill scenes, and each divided moving image group. At least one keyword for associating the associated representative still image, bibliographic information including audio information and / or text information explaining each meaningful skill scene, and the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information Can be searched for a desired artistic scene including a moving image with one keyword. Then, representative still images representing moving images and bibliographic information including audio information and / or text information explaining each meaningful skill scene can be extracted from the database. Therefore, when the customer wants to see again, a representative still image representing the art scene and bibliographic information describing the art scene can be immediately displayed on the display of the client terminal. Then, the art scene can be confirmed with one's eyes (with a voice guide if necessary).

  Further, according to the inventions according to claim 8 and claim 16, in response to a request for providing the technical content from the client terminal, acquisition of the technical content is started before the technical content is provided to the client terminal. It is possible to notify the client terminal of preparatory work information related to at least tools, materials, and work environment required for this. Therefore, the customer can confirm in advance the preparation information necessary for learning the art content when preparing to learn the art content, and can prepare necessary tools, materials, and work environment in advance.

  At this time, as in the invention according to claim 17, information that can be sold to the customer is prepared as an electronic information catalog from the preparation work information and registered in the database, and if the customer desires, the image information displayed on the client terminal is stored. By making online shopping possible, customers can get the tools, materials and working environment they need on the spot.

  First, the artistic content referred to in the present invention is a collective term for “content related to arts such as ceramic art, traditional art (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen etc.), handicraft, gardening, calligraphy, golf”. Above all, the present invention provides a system for providing contents related to arts that have been handed down from a skilled artisan to the next skilled artisan, such as “ceramics”, and a network that can be used by anyone such as the Internet. It is intended to be communicated through. In other words, such art content has a property that a skilled artisan and a person who wants to learn this technology should learn in a face-to-face manner. It has been the most difficult to learn through However, the present invention intends to provide such technical contents to a remote customer via a network such as the Internet without adopting a face-to-face method.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a technical content distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, this technical content distribution system includes a server computer 1 (hereinafter referred to as a server device 1) for managing and distributing technical content, and this server device 1 is connected to the server device 1 via a network 4 such as the Internet. The client terminal 2 is connected. Further, a storage device is connected to the server device 1, and a database 3 including a customer database 3a, a technical database 3b, a proficiency level determination database 3c, and the like is constructed in the storage device. For this reason, when there is a request from a customer to provide technical content services, a service provider (hereinafter referred to as a business operator) that provides technical content via the server device 1 sends necessary technical content from the database 3. And the extracted technical contents can be provided to the client terminal 2 via the network 4.

As described above, the server device 1 according to the present invention has a web server function for publishing a website (service portal) that serves as a gateway for providing a technical content distribution service. This web server function provides, for example, a menu screen for providing a technical content distribution service in response to a request from the client terminal 2 using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and a link destination for purchasing the technical content. It is a function for. Usually, the access right to the website (service portal) is limited for the information browsed by the user by the customer identification means provided in the server device, and the server authentication / client authentication and encrypted communication SSL (Secure
(Socket Layer) prevents unauthorized browsing by unauthorized persons. Further, the server device 1 has an application server function for controlling execution of various applications necessary for the customer to use the technical contents distributed to the customer.

  Here, the business operator may register a homepage address on the homepage of the provider that provides the search engine on the web so that the service related to “technical content” can be provided to as many customers as possible. preferable. This is because technical content for people who are interested in “technical content” by using the search engine and searching for related homepages. This is because it is possible to widely know that the service is provided. This increases the chances of acquiring many customers who wish to receive the technical content providing service from those who have accessed a website that contains detailed information and advertising information related to the technical content.

The server device 1 according to the present invention is a computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, a hard disk device, a communication interface, and the like, and the hard disk device contains videos related to moving images and still images stored in the database 3. A control program for performing control such as displaying or distributing content on the display of the client terminal 2 is installed. Then, by this control program, predetermined information such as video content stored in the database 3 is streamed to the client terminal 2 through the Internet in response to the request signal received from the client terminal 2 authenticated by the customer identification means.
Therefore, in order to realize such control, the client terminal 2 also has a CPU, a memory, a hard disk device, a computer having a display device having a display screen, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having an Internet access function. It is necessary to consist of. Further, the hard disk device of the client terminal 2 has a menu screen for receiving a technical content distribution service, a web browser for browsing other home pages linked to the menu screen, and a video stream stream-distributed from the server device 1. Needless to say, reproduction software for reproducing content (moving image content) is installed as moving image reproducing means.

  In the present invention, a charging server having a charging information database for storing and managing charging information of technical contents for each user via a dedicated line in the server device 1, and a payment system via the dedicated line to the charging server, It is good also as an embodiment which makes it the system configuration | structure which connects. However, when such a system configuration is adopted, as described above, the billing server 4 and the settlement system 7 are connected by a dedicated line rather than the Internet, which is the open network 4 in relation to handling highly confidential information. It is preferable.

  With such an apparatus configuration, customer identification information (in this specification, user ID is taken as an example) in the billing table for managing the billing information of the technical contents for each user stored in the billing information database. It is possible to store information related to the usage status of the customer in correspondence with the explanation. By referring to this billing table, it is possible to determine the fee to be billed according to the time and number of times the customer has used the service, corresponding to the user ID. In addition, information such as the expiration date (viewable period) of the service that the customer can receive, the number of times of browsing, etc., whether or not other contents provided by the operator have been purchased, and what usage rights are available Can be managed.

At that time, when the charging status confirmation request is received from the server device 1, the charging server, based on the user ID included in the charging status confirmation request, by the charging control program operating on the charging server. The contents of the billing table are checked (billing confirmation processing is performed), and the result of the billing confirmation is returned to the server device 1. Note that the billing confirmation process performed by the billing control program performs a determination process such as whether or not the usage fee for the corresponding technical content has been paid to the content information of the corresponding user ID or until when the usage right has been granted.

  However, the payment system is provided in a credit card company or the like, and collects the usage fee of the technical contents from the account of the customer (user) financial institution based on the charging information distributed from the charging server through the dedicated line. belongs to. However, in the present invention, this payment system is not an indispensable requirement, and an invoice for a usage fee generated using technical contents is directly issued from the business to the customer, and the business from the customer (user) is performed. A method may be adopted in which the usage fee is directly transferred to the financial account of the user.

If the customer pays a fixed amount by removing restrictions such as time restrictions and access frequency restrictions when using the technical contents provided by the customer, a fixed amount that allows the technical contents to be used indefinitely for a certain period of time. It goes without saying that such a billing server and payment system are not necessarily adopted when the membership fee system is adopted.
In the technical content providing system of the present invention configured as described above, when the user operates the web browser installed in the client terminal 2, the web browser is connected to the portal site of the server device 1 through the Internet. The access request for using the technical contents stored in the database 3 of the server device 1 is transmitted to the portal site of the server device 1.

At this time, in the server device 1, the control program is executed by the application server function. When an access request is received from the web browser, the control program downloads the login screen to the web browser (client terminal 2) via the Internet, and the client device A login screen is displayed on the display screen of the terminal 2. The login screen is provided with an information input field for inputting login information and a login button. Accordingly, when the user inputs login information such as his / her user ID, membership card number, and password in the information input field of the login screen and clicks the login button, the login information is transmitted to the server device 1. When the server device 1 receives the login information, the server device 1 refers to the customer information stored in the customer database 3a and inquires whether the user can log in with a user ID or a membership card number.
If the determination result is NG (if the customer information does not match), the control program sends a message prompting the user to re-enter login information and a login screen as the customer authentication result, which is displayed on the client terminal 2. Displayed on the screen. If the result of the determination is OK (when the customer information matches), the control program permits the login of the customer, downloads a search screen for searching for video content to the web browser, and the client terminal The search screen is displayed on the second display screen.

  In this way, if the customer identification means authenticates that the user who wants the technical content service is an authorized member, a search screen for searching the technical content service content provided by the operator is displayed on the web. Download to the client terminal 2 by a browser. Then, for example, by selecting video content such as a moving image or a still image desired by the user from the search screen, and performing a confirmation operation after the selection operation, the server device 1 can confirm the billing to the billing server as necessary. After being performed, the necessary information is downloaded from the server device 1 to the web browser according to the result of the billing confirmation.

Here, the present invention is characterized by providing information necessary for the customer to acquire the technical contents from the server device 1 to the client terminal 2. However, the acquisition of technical content has been conventionally performed by a skilled artisan who has mastered the art for many years and demonstrated it in a face-to-face manner. It is extremely difficult to communicate effectively to customers on the ground in a short time. In addition, technical content such as traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen, etc.) contains many tips and know-how that are difficult to document, making it difficult to create manuals. It is extremely difficult to transmit the data through the network 4 such as the Internet in a short time and efficiently.
In order to deal with such problems, the present invention stores the arts performed by a skilled artisan who has actually mastered the arts as video (moving images, animations, still images, etc., which are actually taken images), and is requested by the customer. Accordingly, it is possible to repeatedly reproduce the necessary portion of the video as necessary via the Internet or the like. In the present invention, “a technique (a moving image, animation, still image, etc. made up of actually captured images) performed by a skilled artisan who has actually acquired the skill” is also simply referred to as “moving image”.

In other words, in response to a request from a customer in a remote place, information related to necessary “technical content” is retrieved from the database 3 held by the server device 1 at high speed, and the retrieved information is provided to the client terminal 2 by bidirectional communication. , To provide necessary technical content. In other words, in order to convey the skills of skilled artisans to customers, the techniques to transfer skills and know-how from skilled artisans, and the techniques and know-how to inherit the skills from skilled artisans by customers. A traditional technique that is a lump of material is required. The present invention intends to provide the customer with the tips and know-how of such transfer techniques and transfer techniques with a sense of presence similar to the face-to-face method.
The server device 1 of the present invention is provided with a main body of the server device 1 and a database 3 stored in a storage device connected to the main body. The database 3 includes a user ID, a password, or a membership card number. A customer database 3a for storing information for identifying customers, charging membership fees and usage fees to customers, managing customer addresses and payment accounts, etc., and providing technical contents to customers. And a technical database 3b in which data such as moving images, still images, animations, character information, and the like necessary for the storage are stored. The art database 3b stores necessary information in a database corresponding to each art genre (for example, pottery, handicraft, gardening, etc.).

  Accordingly, a customer who has been authenticated to access the server device 1 can access the server device 1 from the client terminal 2 via the network 4 such as the Internet by using a web server function for publishing the website (service portal) of the server device 1. It is possible to connect and access the art database 3b stored in the database under management and control by the server device 1. This art database 3b is for one art genre (for example, “ceramic art”), all skill examples of the “ceramic art” genre (for example, clay, shaping, finishing, drying, unglazed baking, glazing, main baking, etc.) ) Are linked and stored in a database.

  In the art database 3b, for one art genre (for example, “ceramics”), examples of skills in the “ceramic art” genre (for example, clay, shaping, finishing, drying, unglazed, glazed, and main firing) Etc.) (for example, pottery-kneading, pottery-shaping, pottery-finishing, etc.) may be stored in the form of a database that is sorted. Here, all skill items are related to each other regarding each skill information related to the above-mentioned “kneading”, “forming”, “finishing”, “drying”, “unglazed”, “glazing”, “main baking”, etc. Are stored in a linked state, and all the fine skills required for each skill are classified by item and stored in a database for each skill item.

  Further, in this skill item, a reference item that is used as necessary when the customer acquires the skill is stored in a linked state. For example, in this reference item, items that are helpful for customers to learn arts and tricks are stored for each item, such as “video viewing”, “one-point commentary”, “notes”, and “application examples”. Are stored in a linked state with items necessary to acquire the information reliably or reference items, and the same applies to other skill items. Note that the “moving image” may be recorded with audio information or text information.

  In addition, each skill item, in the “ceramics” described as an example of the embodiment, “overall overview” that displays general ceramics, “preparation” that displays guidance necessary for preparing ceramics, “Skill contents” that displays the guidance required for the skill to be actually performed, “Check” that displays the guidance required for the check after each skill is implemented, and “Post-work” that is performed at the end are videos, still images, etc. It is databased as data composed of pictures, animations, characters, voices, etc., and stored in the database 3.

At this time, for the animation display, a 3D computer graphic (Computer
It is also preferable to use Graphics). This is because, by using such three-dimensional computer graphics (hereinafter referred to as 3D-CD), it is possible to browse the technical contents while changing the viewpoint freely by the operation of the customer. . For this reason, a great effect can be obtained in learning technical contents.

  In addition, when the communication speed of the network 4 is slow or the performance of the client terminal 2 is not sufficient, there is a case where a huge amount of 3D-CG) data or the like cannot be distributed. In order to cope with such a problem, for example, as proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-306449, the weight of the data can be reduced by converting the format of the 3D-CG data, or the 3D-CG data can be reduced. It is also possible to reduce the weight of the data by converting it into two-dimensional image data and distribute it to the client terminal 2. It should be noted that such 3D-CG is not normally provided in a “ceramic art classroom” that is generally open, and is therefore one of the features of the present invention.

  Here, “video browsing” is composed of video data for storing the skill content, which is a technique performed by a skilled artisan, in a video image, and displaying the content of the skill on the display of the client terminal 2 as a video, Such moving image data is a database formed by associating and linking each other as necessary as described above. Therefore, if a customer who wants to learn “ceramic art” accesses the server device 1 from the client terminal 2, he / she learns the technique while confirming the performance of a skilled artisan with his / her own eyes through “video viewing”. can do. In addition, in this “video browsing”, a plurality of videos taken from different viewpoints are prepared simultaneously in accordance with 3D-CG in which the viewpoint can be freely changed, and the viewpoint (browsing the videos by customer operation) ( It may be possible to freely change the top / bottom, left / right, front / back, etc.) as the customer desires.

  Here, the distribution of the moving image data from the server device 1 to the client terminal 2 is performed by a moving image distribution service using the accelerated Internet such as broadband communication. In this video distribution service, a method of distributing video (TS packets) in the MPEG2-TS (Moving Picture Experts Group 2 &#8211; Transport Stream) format, which has a track record in television broadcasting over the Internet, is widely used. It has become to. In this case, a VOD (Video On Demand) type video distribution service is also provided by bidirectional communication using the Internet. In the present invention, by such bidirectional communication, not only unilateral distribution from the server device 1 that distributes the moving image to the client terminal 2 owned by the customer, but also streaming of the moving image from the client terminal 2 to the server device 1. Operations such as playback pause, fast forward, and rewind can be requested. As a result, the customer can conveniently operate the moving image distribution function of the server device 1 that distributes the moving image as if it were a VTR (Video Tape Recorder) installed at home, via the network 4. .

  At this time, it goes without saying that the client terminal 2 is provided with a moving image reproducing means (hardware and program) for decompressing (reproducing) the compressed image bitstream, such as a personal computer, a PDA, or a cellular phone in some cases. . The customer has the desired image compression format, image size, and image quality (for example, resolution) together with identification information for designating an image to be distributed to the server apparatus 1 from the client terminal 2 via the network 4. Send image parameter information. Then, the server device 1 reads out the designated image from the database 3 and converts the corresponding image into a bit stream (compressed image data) corresponding to the image compression format, image size, and image quality designated by the user. Delivered to the terminal 2. The client terminal 2 displays an image obtained by decompressing the received bit stream.

  At this time, with regard to customers who receive the provision of technical content services, we have been performing arts for a certain period from the beginner level who wants to acquire the experience of the desired technical arts before, and more advanced technical arts There are various proficiency levels, up to the level of skilled people who want to learn. Therefore, in order to enable “moving image browsing” according to these levels, “moving image browsing” is made into a database after being classified into hierarchies for each proficiency level. In addition, although explained here as “video viewing”, this “video viewing” includes “animation viewing”, “still image viewing that breaks down the artistic motion into still images”, and “audio explanation”. “Browsing characters” and the like can be used together with “browsing moving images” as necessary.

  At that time, as described above, customers who want to receive the service provision of the technical contents exist in a wide range of different proficiency levels from beginner level customers to skilled level customers. Nonetheless, providing beginner-level content to customers who have reached a certain level of proficiency is disappointing for customers who want to provide advanced technical content unless they want it. It will also give. Therefore, in order to cope with this problem, it is necessary to first appropriately evaluate the proficiency level of the customer.

  Therefore, in order to respond to such a problem, in the system of the present invention, the server device 1 has a customer proficiency level as an application server function for the customer to acquire technical contents according to the customer proficiency level. A proficiency level determination means for determining Therefore, with this application server function, the server device 1 determines the proficiency level of the customer based on the proficiency level of the customer about the technical content that the customer desires to provide the service via the network 4, and the proficiency level thus determined is determined. It is possible to extract the technical content at a level matched to the technical database 3b. Then, the technical contents matching the customer's proficiency level can be provided to the client terminal 2 by the web server function of the server device 1.

  That is, the server device 1 is provided with proficiency level determination means, and the proficiency level determination means refers to the database 3 based on the customer ID (user ID) identified by the customer identification means, Skill level extraction means for extracting the customer's proficiency level for the technical content selected by the customer; problem content selection means for selecting problem content corresponding to the extracted customer's proficiency level from the database; , Problem content distribution means for distributing problem content matched to a customer's proficiency level in response to a request from the client terminal to the client terminal 2, and after the distributed problem content is answered on the client terminal 2 side Scoring means for scoring the answer data distributed from the client terminal 2, and the scoring And a proficiency level updating means in response to the score that is scored by a step to update the proficiency level of each customer.

  In order to realize the proficiency level determination function described above, the database 3 includes a proficiency level determination database 3c for storing each technical content classified by each proficiency level as shown in FIG. I have. Here, the proficiency level determination database 3c includes a problem content group 31c created as electronic information for each level, a technical content proficiency level-problem content correspondence table 32c, a customer table 33c, and a proficiency level table 34c. A correct answer table 35c, a score table 36c, and a score-skill level correspondence table 37c are stored.

  However, here, the problem content group 31c is obtained by converting test questions necessary for learning each technical content as electronic information, and includes text data, image data such as still images or animations, It consists of audio data (in some cases, including “video” to help customers better understand the problem). Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the skill content proficiency level / problem content correspondence table 32c includes the art content ID for identifying each art content with an ID for each proficiency level. Each data item includes a problem ID for uniquely identifying the problem content corresponding to the art content ID for each degree level.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the customer table 33c includes, for example, a customer ID corresponding to a user ID or a membership card number for requesting authentication input to the client terminal 2 when logging in to the server device 1, and this Customer attribute data is personal information consisting of data items such as customer name, address, gender, age, and member type (bronze member, silver member, gold member, platinum member) stored in association with the customer ID. Have. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the proficiency level table 34c includes the customer ID, a proficiency level ID that uniquely identifies the customer proficiency level in association with the customer ID, and a customer proficiency level ID. Each data item includes a technical content identification ID for uniquely identifying a technical content that can be provided in accordance with the content.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the correct answer table 35c includes a question ID for uniquely identifying each question content in the question content group 31c, a correct answer number indicating a correct answer of the selected question, and a description formula. Each data item includes an example of a correct answer indicating a correct answer of a question and a “score” of a score when each question is correctly answered. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the scoring table 36c stores the scoring result of each question content for each customer. The customer ID, the question ID, and the answer to the question ID are stored. Each data item has a “score” as a result of scoring. Further, the score-skill level correspondence table 37c is a table for associating a “reference point” that is a criterion for determining whether or not the “skill level” can be raised by one step with respect to the “score”.

  According to the proficiency level determination database 3c and the proficiency level determination unit having the above-described configuration, the technical content that the customer desires to provide the service from the operator is easily matched to the proficiency level of the customer as described below. Can be used.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in which the server device 1 executes the extraction of the customer proficiency level and the update of the proficiency level. In FIG. 8, first, the customer identification means of the server device 1 is a proficiency level determination database based on the customer ID identified by the user ID, membership card number, etc. used for customer authentication when logging into the server device 1. The customer table 33c and the proficiency level table 34c in 3c are searched, and the proficiency level of the technical content requested by the customer is extracted (step S101).

  Then, based on the customer ID extracted here and the proficiency level ID associated with the customer ID, the technical content corresponding to the proficiency level (proficiency level ID) of the customer (customer ID) from the technical database 3b. (Technical content ID) can be easily searched (step S102). Therefore, when the customer tries to learn the technical contents, the server apparatus 1 automatically performs the technical process that the server apparatus 1 matches the customer's proficiency level at any time based on the customer ID information acquired at the time of login. The content can be selected and the technical content having an appropriate proficiency level can be distributed to the client terminal 2 (step S103). For this reason, customers can select the technical content according to their proficiency level in a very short waiting time, such as “video viewing”, which will be described later, without spending time, and immediately start learning this. be able to. In this way, the customer can efficiently acquire the technical content service provided by the operator according to his / her proficiency level (step S104).

  Next, when the customer thinks that the technical content provided according to his / her proficiency level is acquired as described above and the proficiency level is cleared as a result, the proficiency level determining means Based on the determination result, the customer can update his / her proficiency level to a proficiency level one level higher. At this time, the proficiency level determination means reaches a level at which the customer can move to the next proficiency level for acquiring the content of the next proficiency level in accordance with the customer's request. Check if it is.

  The proficiency level determination is performed by the proficiency level determination means shown in FIG. For this purpose, first, the customer clicks the skill level proficiency level determination request button on the skill content acquisition screen displayed on the display of the client terminal 2 by using a mouse or the like, and determines whether or not the proficiency level is updated. Request to the server device (step S105). Then, in order to determine whether or not the customer can move to the technical content of the level one level higher, the server device 1 first uses the problem content selection means described above that constitutes a part of the proficiency level determination means. Then, referring to the proficiency level / problem content correspondence table 32c in the proficiency level determination database 3c, problem content corresponding to the proficiency level of the customer extracted by the proficiency level extracting means is selected (step S106). Then, the problem content distribution unit of the server device 1 distributes the selected problem content to the client terminal 2 (step S107).

  Next, the answer to the question content distributed from the server device 1 to the client terminal 2 in this way is returned from the client terminal 2 to the proficiency level determination means of the server device 1 (step S108). Then, the proficiency level determination means performs scoring by receiving the answer data from the client terminal 2 and receiving the answer data, and then comparing the answer data received by the scoring means with the correct answer table 35c ( Step S109). At the same time, when it is confirmed that all of the answer data transmitted from the client terminal 2 has been received by the proficiency level determination means, the scoring result (score) is stored in the score table 36c and In step S109, the scoring result (score), the explanation of the problem, and the like are transmitted.

  Next, with reference to the score-skill level correspondence table 37c, it is determined whether or not the customer has reached a skill level that can raise the customer's “skill level” by one level (step S110). This determination is made based on the total score, the correct answer rate, etc., whether or not the “score” scored by the scoring means has reached a “certain standard”. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that the customer's proficiency level has sufficiently reached the reference point (YES), the customer's proficiency level stored in the database 3 by the updating means is one level higher in proficiency level. The level is updated (step S111). Then, the customer can start to acquire new technical contents corresponding to the updated proficiency level.

  At this time, if it is determined that the customer's proficiency level does not reach the standard (NO), the customer has not reached the standard based on the sent scoring result (score) and the explanation of the problem. The acquisition of the technical content is started again (step S112). And after acquiring this, it returns to step 105 which performs the update determination of a proficiency level again.

In this way, the customer can learn the technical contents while taking the steps. For this reason, the customer must master the necessary level of art and then master the advanced level of art content, suddenly the content of the art content becomes difficult and the desire to learn is lost, You can solve the problem of being biased because you are not wearing yourself.
At this time, regarding the distribution of the above-mentioned problem content from the server device 1 to the client terminal, after the customer “video viewing” the technical content according to the customer's proficiency level, It is effective to check the content while checking it. However, for the initial setting of the proficiency level of the customer, all the initial proficiency levels should be set, or the customer himself / herself sets his / her proficiency level temporarily, After making the customer challenge the problem, the proficiency level can be updated to an appropriate level according to the proficiency level of the customer determined by the server device 1 based on the response rate. Details of “moving image browsing” will be described later.

  Next, as described above, when the proficiency level determination means of the server device 1 determines the technical content of the level according to the customer's proficiency status, it is selected using the corresponding teaching material. Enter the step to acquire technical contents. Hereinafter, this step will be described in detail by taking “ceramic content” as an example, but of course, the “technical content” provided by the present invention is not limited to “ceramic content”. Needless to say, it can also be applied to general artistic content such as “handicraft content”, “horticultural content”, “calligraphy content”, “golf content”, “traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen etc.) content”.

FIG. 9 shows an implementation of a computer program in which “ceramic content” is selected as an example from the technical genre (technical content group), and the customer learns technical content that matches the customer's proficiency level with respect to this “ceramic content” The general | schematic flowchart regarding this form is shown.
In FIG. 8, when a customer acquires desired technical contents, first, the client terminal 2 transmits a request for starting a “technical content acquisition program” to the server apparatus 1 via the network 4 (step S201). Then, the technical content acquisition program is launched by the application server function of the server device 1 that has received this request signal, and a system program for acquiring technical skills is started (step S202). This technical content acquisition program may be installed in the storage device of the client terminal 2 when, for example, a customer signs a contract for providing technical content with a business operator. It may be installed in the server device 1.

  Next, the server device 1 checks whether or not the customer starts to acquire the technical contents from this display screen (step S203). Specifically, a “start button” displayed on the display screen of the client terminal 2 is pressed by a pointing device such as a mouse. Then, the server device 1 receives that the “start button” has been pressed on the client terminal 2 and executes the technical content learning program. Conversely, when the server device 1 determines that the “end button” has been pressed, that is, “NO” has been selected, the learning program ends and returns to the initial screen (step S204). It should be noted that this technology learning system program is related to the “start button” or “end button” transmitted from the client terminal 2 to the server device 1 when the “start button” or “end button” is clicked. (Hyper Text Markup Language), XML (eXtensible Markup Language), or information written in a language such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) is read, and the server apparatus 1 executes a program based on this information. The

  Here, when the server apparatus 1 recognizes that the “start button” of the system program for learning the technical contents has been pressed, that is, “YES” has been selected, the server apparatus 1 acquires the technical program. Is started (step S205). Then, the server apparatus 1 includes a “selection button for selecting a desired“ technical content ”from“ a plurality of technical genres ”described in a language such as HTML, XML, or WML on the display of the client terminal 2. A “selection screen for prompting selection of technical contents” is displayed (step S206).

  In this way, when the screen prompting the selection of the art genre is displayed, the customer clicks on the selection button of the art content desired to provide the service using a pointing device such as a mouse, and the desired art content is displayed. select. Then, based on the selection signal from the client terminal 2, the server device 1 confirms the type of the technical content selected by the customer (step S207). Here, the following description will be made on the assumption that “ceramic content” is selected from “plural art genres”. Of course, among the plurality of art genres, there are “handicraft genre”, “horticultural genre”, etc. as described above.

  In this way, when one art genre (here, “ceramic genre” is assumed) is selected from among a plurality of art genres, the server apparatus 1 selects all the skills related to “certain genre”, For example, in “ceramic genre”, “skill item list” such as “kneading”, “shaping”, “finishing”, “drying”, “unglazed”, “glazing”, “main baking”, etc. of the client terminal 2 It is displayed on the display (step S208).

  Here, the customer selects a skill item to be learned from the “skill item list” (step S209). Then, the server apparatus 1 displays the contents of preparation work (tools, materials, work environment) required for the customer to acquire this skill from the “preparation work” screen (specifically, regarding the skill selected by the customer. Is displayed on the display of the client terminal 2 as a photographic image or illustration image indicating a necessary “tool” (step S210).

Note that the server apparatus 1 includes preparation information notification means in order to display such preparation work contents (tools, materials, work environment) on the display of the client terminal 2. Therefore, when the customer clicks and selects a skill to be acquired, the preparation information notifying unit of the server apparatus 1 detects this and displays a “preparation work” screen associated with the selected skill received from the client terminal 2. Extracted from the database 3 and displayed on the display of the client terminal 2.
Then, from the “preparation work” screen displayed on the display of the client terminal 2, tools, materials (including teaching materials necessary for learning), work environment (including work conditions) necessary for executing “skills” to be performed from now on. Etc.) can be immediately confirmed by the customer (step S211).

  At this time, such tools, materials, usage environments, and the like are converted into an electronic information catalog, registered in the database 3, and displayed on the “preparation work” screen. Then, if the customer desires, it is possible to prepare a service providing environment that enables online shopping based on the image information displayed in the electronic information catalog.

  Here, if you briefly supplement the “work environment” displayed on the “preparation work” screen along with tools, most ceramic classes and individual potters will be able to determine the type of kiln they own, The number is limited, and even if you try to bake various materials, you can't find a suitable kiln or you can't have an appropriate kiln. In other words, the major factors that should be considered when selecting a kiln are the size of the pottery work, the kiln temperature due to differences in clay and glaze, the energy used such as gas and kerosene and electricity, and the firing time depending on the tightening condition of the material Although there is a cooling time that affects the size of crystal grains, it is the actual situation that an appropriate kiln is not easily found to express a desired texture in a ceramic work to be created. Furthermore, even if the target kiln is found, there is a problem that if the kiln is in use, the kiln is in a waiting state, during which the work deteriorates or a large space is occupied in the residence.

  Therefore, it is necessary to promptly provide usable kiln information to such customers in the neighborhood where the customers reside, and to customers who need such information, If it goes to, information on whether the suitable kiln which a customer desires can be used is provided. It goes without saying that such demands increase as the skill level of customers increases and advanced skills are required.

  At this time, when displaying on the display of the “preparation work” screen, for example, when the customer selects the “shape-making” skill from the “ceramic genre”, the “shape-making” skill further includes , “Hand-twisting”, “string making”, “tatara making”, “type raising”, “cut-out”, etc. Therefore, in such a case, the customer selects “Ceramic content” as described above, and selects “Shaping” from the skill item list of “Ceramics content”. “Shape-making” skills include skill items belonging to lower categories such as “kashi-making”, “hand-twisting”, “string-making”, “tatara-making”, “type-raising”, “cut-out”, etc. A list is displayed. Therefore, in such a case, the screen for “preparation work” is displayed when the customer selects a skill item belonging to the lowest category (for example, “skill making” skill from “skill making” skill). .

  Such “preparation work” varies depending on the proficiency level of the customer. For this reason, when performing such a display, the server device 1 reads out the customer proficiency level data stored in the customer database of the database 3 and refers to this data to the customer proficiency level. A corresponding “preparation work” screen is displayed on the display of the client terminal 2. In this way, the customer is made to understand “necessary tools, materials (including teaching materials), work environment” before starting to acquire the skill selected by the customer.

As described above, when the customer understands “necessary tools, materials (including teaching materials), and work environment”, the customer then acquires each desired skill related to the actual “ceramic content”. Enter the step. Here, it is assumed that the customer has selected “sushi making” belonging to the lowest category of “ceramic content”, and the steps for acquiring the skill related to this “skill making” skill will be described.
When the customer confirms that he / she understands “necessary tools, materials (including teaching materials), work environment” in order to acquire the “sashimi” skill from the “preparation work” screen, the client terminal 2 By clicking the “browse video” button displayed on the display, a request signal for “browse video” is transmitted from the client terminal 2 to the server device (step 212).

  Thus, when the “video browsing” button is clicked, information described in a language such as HTML, XML, or WML in association with the “video browsing” button transmitted from the client terminal 2 to the server device 1. Based on the above, the server apparatus 1 extracts the moving image associated with the “moving image browsing” from the art database 3b according to the proficiency level of the customer (step 213). As described above, the moving image extracted at this time is composed of a video image or an animation image (including the above-mentioned 3D-CG) that illustrates a video image performed by a skilled artisan or a technique for acquiring a technique. The moving image is immediately streamed to the moving image reproducing means of the client terminal 2 (step 214).

  Here, the “moving image” is a video that is stored as a video image of the art performed by a skilled artisan or the like, and is developed as a moving image with a voice guide or a character guide as necessary. In addition, it may not be a video image but may be recorded by animation, or may be composed of a plurality of still images obtained by motion decomposition.

  In this way, the customer simply clicks the “browse video” button displayed in accordance with his / her proficiency level, and from the video data stored in the art database 3b as the “sashimi” content, You can “browse” video data. At this time, for example, the display screen is devised so that the customer can quickly acquire the technical know-how from the skilled artisan at the important point of the art that the skilled artisan needs the most in the skill procedure of the “sashimi” skill. Keep it. For example, it is displayed at the right place in the right place so that customers who are browsing “video” can learn technical skills by displaying text information with a voice guide at important points on the video and displaying symbols such as arrows. . In particular, insert buttons such as “One Point Advice” and “Failure Cases” into the display screen during “Browse Videos”, and the skilled technicians will be skilled at the necessary points of “Points” that require the most tricks. In order to quickly acquire “ceramic art” know-how from technicians, we have introduced ideas such as inserting text explanations on the display screen, drawing explanations, and displaying telops to insert numerical values and symbols. May be. This display is displayed at the right place in the right place throughout the customer's “video viewing”.

Here, an example of “smoked” making of moving image data related to “moving image browsing” will be briefly described. In this video data, for example, a skilled artisan pulls up the clay with both palms or lowers the entire clay to perform soil killing before the production to make it easier to grind the clay, and to remove the clay kneading The skill to remove is reproduced. After this, the grind is performed and, for example, when creating a cylindrical cup of water, the skill of dividing one clay from the clay after the soil-killing process with fingers of both hands is reproduced. Next, sandwich the sectioned clay between the fingers and spread the hole. Then, while maintaining the shape of the cylinder with the right hand, the skill of making a cylindrical work with the shape is reproduced by tightening the clay with the finger of the left hand and extending the clay upward. In addition, a cutting thread is attached to the bottom of the clay, which is a cylindrical work that has been shaped, and the movement and moments when the right hand is released momentarily are reproduced. At this time, the state in which the shape of the clay is separated into a cup shape and a truncated cone shape is also reproduced under the interaction between the cutting thread and the scissors, which is a tool handled by humans. As described above, it is understood that the shape of the clay is easily changed by a human hand or a cutting thread and a scissors that are tools handled by the person. Finally, with both hands in a V shape, gently lift the clay in the shape of a cup, which is a piece of work, and display the action just before releasing it from the basement, so that the customer learns the skills to complete the kashikuri. Get it.
The finishing skills (processing / decoration skills), drying skills, unglazed skills, glazing skills (underpainting skills and glazing skills), and main baking skills (upper painting skills / baking skills) In addition, customers can also perform “video viewing” according to the level of proficiency of customers, and this allows customers to acquire skilled potters to acquire “ceramics”. You can learn arts and crafts.

As described above, the customer can acquire the technical content that he / she wants to acquire according to his / her proficiency level (step S215).
At this time, as described above, the skill level of the customer can be suitably determined by the skill level determination means already described in detail using the application function of the server device 1. When it is determined that the proficiency level of the “technical content” acquired through “video browsing” has reached this level, the customer starts to acquire the content of the proficiency level one level higher. However, in order to update this proficiency level, it is possible to introduce a practical skill certification system for validating the customer's practical skill. In this case, it is preferable to employ a practical skill certification system in which an expert is a judge in view of the nature of providing “technical content”.

  In this way, the customer is certified as a bronze member (general member), a silver member (advanced member), a gold member (special member), or a platinum member (agency privileged member), for example, according to the level of proficiency of the customer. . In this way, customers can have the goal of stepping up the arts level, reaffirm their abilities, and improve their motivation to motivate them to provide “technical content” services for a longer period of time. It is also a supplement.

Here, platinum members are given the privilege of having their own classroom pages on the website and being able to display works that they have made with confidence, so that they can be qualified as potters (teachers). You can also. It is also possible to give a video image such as that used for “browsing video” with use restrictions. Furthermore, when a platinum member sells educational materials sold by an operator to another person, the system may be configured to return a part of the profit.
In addition, the present invention intends to provide a “technical content” providing service via a network 4 such as the Internet, and is a customer residing in a remote place (for example, a foreigner or a Japanese residing outside Japan). Even available. Therefore, making it possible to use foreign languages other than Japanese such as English is effective in acquiring many customers.

  Further, according to the present invention, the database 3 managed by the server device 1 stores a keyword table for keyword search for all moving image files, still image files, etc., and the data required by the customer from the search screen of the client terminal 2 It is equipped with a high-speed search means that can quickly display image scenes desired by customers. As shown in FIG. 10, this high-speed search means is displayed on the display of the client terminal 2 that has been authenticated as an official member when the customer connects to the website (service portal) of the server device 1 via the network 4. It can be used from the displayed web page. The display screen of FIG. 10 is an example in which Internet Explorer (trade name) provided by Microsoft Corporation is used as a web browser.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11, when the customer inputs a keyword "Sat" and searches, this high-speed search means displays a skill scene including the word "Sat" as a thumbnail image with explanation by text information or voice information. This high-speed search means makes it possible to quickly search for a skill scene desired by the customer. Here, a thumbnail refers to a small sample image displayed on a web page, and a larger image appears when clicked with a mouse or the like.

  Each of the skill scenes described above is a divided moving image group obtained by dividing the moving image that constitutes the “moving image viewing” according to each meaningful skill scene in the case of a moving image included in the technical content (for example, reproduction of “moving image viewing”). For each of these, a still image representing each divided moving image is selected. Next, the selected still image and an image obtained by using the still image as a thumbnail image are linked to each divided video and linked to bibliographic information such as audio information and text information as necessary and stored in the art database 3b. Remember. In addition, the representative still image for each artistic scene is associated with each small skill item along the skill development of the moving image, and at least one keyword is attached and stored in the database 3 as a moving image search information database.

  With this configuration, if the customer wants to interrupt the acquisition of technical content suddenly on the way due to time constraints, the stage or situation during acquisition is required to start learning again from the interrupted scene. Need not be transmitted to the server device 1 and stored. This is because even if the process is ended while learning, it is possible to remember a scene that the student has been trying to learn halfway and to search for the keyword by keyword. When a still image corresponding to the keyword is displayed as a thumbnail on the display of the client terminal 2 by the high-speed search performed in this way, a thumbnail image (image scene) corresponding to the scene where the acquisition is interrupted or a corresponding button is displayed. By clicking with a mouse or the like, it is possible to quickly reach the scene where the learning was interrupted, and it is possible to easily resume the learning from the interrupted scene.

  However, in such a case, the high-speed search means of the server device 1 does not limit the search to a category that matches the customer's proficiency level, but the customer inputs a divided video of all proficiency levels from the database. The search may be performed based on the keyword and displayed on the display of the client terminal 2. However, the technical content that the customer can receive is the technical content of the category corresponding to the proficiency level of the customer. In this way, the customer can know that there is a skill that belongs to a higher level of proficiency than his own proficiency level, which is also a motivation to learn a higher level of content.

  That is, since the server apparatus 1 of the present invention includes such a high-speed search means, a search screen having web page information described in a language such as HTML, XML, or WML is displayed on the display of the client terminal 2. indicate. Then, in accordance with the keyword input from the client terminal 2 to the search screen, the server device 1 searches for a still image having a search condition that matches the keyword input from the moving image search information database and displays a thumbnail. . At this time, since the displayed thumbnail image is also displayed with a “start moving image browsing” button described in the language such as HTML, XML, or WML, the server device 1 indicates that the start button is displayed on the client terminal. The server apparatus 1 that has detected the click on the second side can stream the moving image content (“moving image browsing” data) linked to the clicked thumbnail image to the client terminal 2. Will be able to. At this time, the customer can select the content of the searched video content while viewing the still image searched together with the audio information and text information as necessary, so that the video content to be streamed is the content that the customer wants to resume learning. Easy to judge.

It is a figure which shows the structure of one embodiment of the art content delivery system of this invention. It is an example of a proficiency level determination database. It is an example of the proficiency level of technical content-problem content correspondence table. It is an example of a customer table. It is an example of a proficiency level table. An example of a correct answer table, An example of a score table, It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which performs extraction of a customer's skill level and update of a skill level. It is a general | schematic flowchart concerning embodiment of the computer program in which a customer acquires the technical content suitable for a customer's proficiency level. It is an example of the input screen at the time of inputting a keyword and performing a high-speed search. It is an example of a display screen of a result of high-speed search.

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1: Server device 2: Client terminal 3: Database 3a: Customer database 3b: Art database 3c: Proficiency determination database 4: Network

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  A client terminal connected via a network and having at least a moving image reproduction means and a web browser; a server device for providing technical content to the client terminal via the network in response to a request from the client terminal; A database provided on the server device side for storing necessary information for providing a service related to content, and connection authority to the server device from input data requested by the server device to the client terminal Customer identification means provided in the server device to be authenticated, and proficiency level determination provided in the server device for determining the level of proficiency of the technical content for the customer identified by the server device by the customer identification means And the customer identification means authenticates A form that includes at least a moving image composed of a demonstration video image of a skilled artisan at a client terminal corresponding to a technical content of a level that a customer needs to learn corresponding to the proficiency level determined by the proficiency level determining means. The technical content providing system that the server device delivers to the client terminal in response to a request from the client terminal.   The database stores at least the proficiency level of the customer and the problem content converted into electronic information by classifying each technical content according to each proficiency level, and the proficiency level determination means of the server device includes the customer identification Proficiency level extracting means for extracting the proficiency level of the customer in the database corresponding to the user ID identified by the means, and problem content for selecting the probable content corresponding to the extracted proficiency level of the customer from the database The selection means, the problem content distribution means for distributing the problem content according to the customer's proficiency level to the client terminal in response to the request from the client terminal, and the distributed problem content answered on the client terminal side The answer data distributed later from the client terminal is taken. 2. The technical content providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a scoring unit that updates and a proficiency level updating unit that updates a proficiency level of each customer corresponding to the score scored by the scoring unit. .   The video including at least a demonstration video of a skilled artisan is a video taken from a plurality of different viewpoints, corresponding to a viewpoint change button displayed on the video browsing screen distributed from the server device, The server device includes an application server function that extracts a moving image taken from a viewpoint at which the moving image including at least a demonstration video of a technician is requested and distributes the moving image to a moving image reproducing unit of a client terminal. The technical content providing system according to claim 1.   The viewpoint change button displayed when the moving image including at least the demonstration video of the skilled artisan includes 3D computer graphics and the moving image browsing screen distributed from the server device is displayed on the display of the client terminal. Correspondingly, the art content providing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device has an application server function for changing the three-dimensional computer graphics to a display from a changed viewpoint.   The database includes a divided moving image obtained by dividing the moving image into meaningful skill scenes, a representative still image associated with each of the divided moving image groups, audio information describing each meaningful skill scene, and / or 2. The technical content providing system according to claim 1, comprising bibliographic information including character information and at least one keyword that associates the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information.   6. The technical content according to claim 5, wherein the server device includes a high-speed search unit that searches the database for a divided image including the keyword input based on the keyword input from the client terminal. Providing system.   The server device displays the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information associated with each skill scene searched by the high-speed search means based on the keyword input from the client terminal on the display of the client terminal. The art content providing system according to claim 6, further comprising a web server function for distributing the content to the art content.   In response to a technical content provision request from the client terminal, preparation work information related to at least tools, materials, and work environment required to start learning the technical content before the provision of the technical content to the client terminal is started. The technical content providing system according to claim 1, further comprising preparation information notifying means for notifying the client terminal of the information.   A client terminal connected via a network sends a service request for arts content to a server device that provides services related to art content, and the server device that receives the provision request signal is an official member of the client terminal. Requesting transmission of authentication information for confirming whether or not there is, the server device identifies the customer based on the customer authentication information transmitted from the client terminal, and the server device indicates the proficiency level for the identified customer's technical content Based on the determined proficiency level of the customer, and providing the client terminal with a video according to the proficiency level consisting of at least a demonstration video image of the skilled artisan according to the proficiency level of the customer. How to provide technical content.   In order to determine the level of proficiency of the customer, the server device selects the problem content that matches the level of proficiency of the customer from among the problem content converted into electronic information by dividing each technical content according to each proficiency level. A score that is distributed to a client terminal, the answer data for the distributed problem content is received by the server device, the received answer data is scored, and the score obtained by the scoring score is updated by one level. The method for providing technical content according to claim 9, wherein it is determined whether or not the customer's proficiency level is updated.   In renewing the proficiency level, a skill certification system with an expert as a judge is also employed, and the skill level is updated when the skill certification test of the proficiency level is passed. 10. A method for providing technical contents according to 10.   The video according to the proficiency level is a video shot from a plurality of different viewpoints, and the server device was shot from a viewpoint requested from the client terminal in response to a request to change the viewpoint from the client terminal The method of providing technical content according to claim 9, wherein a moving image is extracted and distributed to a client terminal.   The moving image includes 3D computer graphics, and in response to a viewpoint change request from the client terminal, the server apparatus freely changes the 3D computer graphics to display from the requested viewpoint. The method for providing technical content according to claim 9.   The moving image is divided into meaningful skill scenes, a representative still image is set for each of the divided moving image groups, and audio information and / or character information explaining each skill scene for each set representative still image And at least one keyword for associating these data as a group of data with respect to the divided video, the representative still image, and the bibliographic information, and complying with keyword input from the client terminal The method according to claim 9, wherein the divided moving image, the representative still image, and bibliographic information are distributed to a client terminal.   The distributed video, the representative still image, and bibliographic information associated with each skill scene in accordance with the keyword input from the client terminal are distributed to a display of the client terminal. How to provide technical content.   The preparation work information including at least tools, materials, and work environment necessary for starting acquisition of the technical content is notified to the client terminal before the provision of the technical content to the client terminal is started. Item 14. The method for providing technical content according to Item 9.   Information that can be sold to customers from among the preparatory work information including at least the tools, materials, and usage environment is registered as an electronic information catalog and registered in the database. If the customer desires, based on the image information displayed on the client terminal The method for providing technical contents according to claim 16, wherein online shopping is possible. The artistic content providing method according to claim 9, wherein the technical content to be provided is ceramic art content, handicraft content, horticultural content, calligraphy content, traditional performing arts (Japanese dance, Noh, Kyogen etc.) content or golf content. .

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