KR100689095B1 - Showcard create system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a show card create system, comprising: a product database having product related data including a product name and a unit price; A program manager that implements a user interface for providing menus, tools, palettes, and the like, and controls the functions included in the user interface in association with the product database; A print module having a protocol capable of communicating with a connectable printer and outputting advertisements ordered from the program manager; A tool / pallet module for performing tool commands for editing text, graphics, etc., which are divided and divided into areas on an interface provided by the program manager, and commands set in a preview palette, a text field editing palette, and a color setting palette; A text editor for performing image editing or text editing and field setting and addition / deletion in an interface area provided by the program manager; A storage unit connected to the document editor to provide data and field data related to master and edit pages and images necessary for editing; And a printer for printing a show card provided in the print module, thereby creating the master page, selectively importing images, inserting and editing fields for the master page, and setting the master page. Add, edit, and delete the applied edit page, and print the showcard.

Description

Show card create system {SHOWCARD CREATE SYSTEM}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a showcard create system according to the present invention.

2 is an exemplary user interface provided by the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view of a preview palette provided by the present invention.

4 is an exemplary diagram of a master page palette provided by the present invention.

5 is an exemplary edit page palette provided by the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view of a color setting palette provided by the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a showcard manufacturing method according to the present invention.

8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a relationship between a master page and an edit page.

9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an autofit function.

10 is a flow chart illustrating a method for outputting a show card in accordance with the present invention.

11 is an exemplary view of a show card.

The present invention relates to a show card create system, and more particularly, to a show card create system for printing a show card for each product by using a master page having a basic format and edit pages connected thereto.

Showcard is a card displaying a special price or a feature for a particular product or a new product to be emphasized, and is used to raise awareness of a newly introduced product. In particular, it is important to attach a show card to the customer's eyes in displaying goods.

However, conventional showcards have difficulty in planning and expressing them, and thus have limited access to non-experts, and even skilled professionals take considerable time to produce.

Therefore, the conventional show card production technology has a difficulty in easily producing a variety and a large amount in a short time, there is a difficulty in actively responding to the changing sales conditions of the store in real time.

The purpose of the present invention is to produce a show card even non-professional, can easily produce and output a variety of large quantities in a short time, a show card create system that can produce a show card corresponding to the on-site environment at the point of sale of the store In providing.

The showcard create system according to the present invention includes a product database having product related data including a product name and a unit price; A program manager that implements a user interface for providing menus, tools, palettes, and the like, and controls the functions included in the user interface in association with the product database; A print module having a protocol capable of communicating with a connectable printer and outputting advertisements ordered from the program manager; A tool / pallet module for performing tool commands for editing text, graphics, etc., which are divided and divided into areas on an interface provided by the program manager, and commands set in a preview palette, a text field editing palette, and a color setting palette; A text editor for performing image editing or text editing and field setting and addition / deletion in an interface area provided by the program manager; A storage unit connected to the document editor to provide data and field data related to master and edit pages and images necessary for editing; And a printer for printing advertisements provided by the print module on a show card, thereby creating the master page, selectively importing images and inserting and editing fields for the master page, and performing the master Add, edit, and delete edit pages to which the page settings are applied, and print the showcard.

In addition, the show card output function is set in the mobile terminal connectable to the network, so that the program manager is driven by searching for a specific product in the product database, changing the corresponding data, and then requesting a print. The show card may be printed by matching the edit page selected or designated under the control of the program manager with the corresponding changed data.

In addition, the tool / palette module provides the mast page palette, and a link function button for determining whether to edit an edit page for a field set in the mast page and a text box in the text box to automatically fit the text box. It is desirable to provide at least one of the buttons for setting the automatic fitting function.

In addition, the text editor provides an external data import function, and when the external data is imported by editing a field in a master page, the text editor may automatically import each field of the corresponding data.

In addition, the text editor provides a function of importing data as connection information, so that when data is imported from the master page as connection information, the data stored in a specific format is found and retrieved, and data for each field is displayed as a preview. Matching the field name to be matched with the field name of the master page, searching for the desired data, and performing the extraction process can perform the extraction operation.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the showcard create system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The showcard create system according to the present invention may be applied to a system operated by a network having a host operating a server, and operated as a single personal computer, and the present specification is applied to a system operated by a network having a host. An embodiment is described.

An embodiment according to the present invention operating as a network as described above is disclosed in FIG. 1, and referring to FIG. 1, the embodiment is configured such that the program manager 20 has a commodity database 40, and a printer for a show card 16. ) Is configured.

The program manager 20 provides a function of producing a master page, a function of adding, editing, and deleting an edit page connected to the master page, and outputting a POP advertisement for each product as an edit page.

In order to perform the above function, the program manager 20 is configured to interoperate with the print module 22, the tool / pallet module 24, the document editor 26, and the storage unit 30.

Here, the storage unit 30 has master pages, images, and edit page databases 32, 34, 36.

The program manager 20 provides a user interface for providing menus, tools, palettes, and the like, and related functions when the program is executed. The user interface is displayed on a monitor of a terminal or a personal computer on which a user works.

That is, the program manager 20 provides a divided user interface as shown in FIG. 2, and the user interface screen includes a menu area 100, a tool shortcut icon area 110, a text property change area 120, and a figure drawing area. 130 may be divided into a grid area 140, a preview palette 150, a text field editing palette 160, a color setting palette 170, and a master / edit page management area 180.

Here, the menu area 100 includes file functions (creating a new file, opening a file, finding a file, closing a file, saving, importing external data, importing data with connection information, and printing), and editing functions (cutting, Copying, erasing, and pasting, etc., insert / delete functions (such as inserting / deleting pictures, inserting / deleting images, and inserting / deleting text fields), page functions (adding / deleting pages, switching pages, and mastering) Page management (create, protect, close)), style features (such as object formatting, order, tracking, leading, and text formatting), drawing features (such as straight lines, rectangles, and circles), and viewing features (toolbars, zoom in and out) , And grid rulers, etc.) may be included as a menu.

The function connected to the menu area 100 is provided by the program manager 20 itself, the print module 22 connected to the program manager 20, the tool / pallet module 24, and the document editor 26. The functions may be set to be included in a main menu or a pull-down menu linked to a specific menu name of the main menu. In addition, if necessary, a specific function may be set as a pop-up menu, and the pop-up menu may be set to be provided differently for each area.

The shortcut icon area 110 is an area in which important commands frequently used among the commands included in the menu area 100 are collected in the form of a shortcut icon.

The text property change area 120 is an area in which important commands for changing text properties among the commands included in the menu area 100 are collected in the form of a shortcut icon.

The figure drawing area 130 is an area in which important commands necessary for drawing among the commands included in the menu area 100 are collected in the form of a shortcut icon.

The grid area 140 is an area for editing, such as inserting and changing text, inserting an image, drawing a figure, or the like, to produce a master page or an edit page.

The preview palette 150 is an area for previewing the edited master page or edited page in full size in the grid area 140, and as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of pages may be sequentially displayed on one screen. have.

The text field editing palette 160 is provided in the same area by dividing the master page palette 160M provided as shown in FIG. 4 and the edit page palette 160E provided as shown in FIG. 5.

The master page palette 160M is for adding and deleting text fields of a master page or for editing text, and the edit page palette 160E is for editing desired text in fields associated with the master page.

The color setting palette 170 is provided as shown in FIG. 6 to designate the colors of the objects so that the colors of the objects selected by the user in the grid area 140 may be cyan, magenta, yellow, And black in combination. Black is used to adjust the brightness.

The master / edit page management area 180 is a collection of commands or shortcut icons for switching between a master page and an edit page, switching between different edit pages, and adding / deleting edit pages.

Meanwhile, the program manager 20 performs the commands included in the interface in cooperation with the print module 22, the tool / palette module 24, and the document editor 26 while providing the interface as described above.

The print module 22 has a protocol capable of communicating with the printer 16, and outputs a page commanded by the program manager 20 to the show card.

The tool / palette module 24 includes tools for editing text, shapes, and the like, which are divided into regions in the interface as described above, the preview palette 150, the text field editing palette 160, and the color setting palette 170. Performs the function corresponding to the command set in).

The text editor 26 performs a function for image editing or text editing related to a master or edit page edited on the grid area 140, and performs a field setting and an add / delete function.

The data and field data related to master and edit pages and images for performing the functions of the text editor 26 are provided to the storage unit 30 while forming respective databases 32, 34, and 46.

As described above, the program manager 20 creates a master page using various palettes and tools, and manages an edit page connected to the master page. In addition, the product database 40 connected to the program manager 20 preferably updates data according to sales and inventory management in real time, such as product code, product name, unit price, product name, country of origin, unit, inventory, expiration date, etc. It may be provided with information related to individual products including a. Therefore, the product database 40 is linked with the program manager 20 to provide the product data necessary for the production of the show card.

If the user wants to produce a show card for a product currently being sold, the user outputs a show card using a master page or an edit page stored in the storage unit 30 using the interface provided by the program manager 20, or newly generates a show card. You can add a master page or an edit page to output the showcard.

Showcard production method according to the present invention is a master page creation (S2), image import (S4), field insertion and editing (S6), edit page addition, editing and deletion (S8), and print (S10) as shown in FIG. If necessary, external data import (S12) can be additionally performed, and in the case of using a pre-created master page or edit page, a desired show card can be output by performing an editing process accordingly. .

First, in order to create a master page (S2), a file is generated, and the size and type of paper to be printed can be set.

As described above, when the size and type of the paper to be printed are set, a blank screen of a suitable size is displayed in the grid area 140, and there is no text field or image set in the master page palette 160M.

If you want to insert the background image in the grid area 140 (S4), the user selects the image stored in the image database 34 of the storage unit 30 by using a command provided from the tool / palette module 24 Insert it. Changing the setting state such as size, magnification, position, and fixation for the selected image object may be performed by a function provided by the text editor 26.

Thereafter, if the user wants to add a text field to the grid area 140 (S6), the user clicks the add field 166 button on the master page palette 160M to add the field.

At this time, if you click the Add Field button, an object in which the field name and field value are not specified is displayed in the master page palette 160M, and at the same time, a text box associated with the object is displayed at an arbitrary point of the grid area 140. . Since the master page palette 160M and the objects in the grid area 140 have connectivity with each other, modifications of the master page palette 160M are reflected in the grid area 140.

The field name and the field value may be set by the user designating (eg, double clicking) a corresponding field of the master page palette 160M. The size and position of the text box may be adjusted by the user selecting and dragging the corresponding object in the grid area 140 or may be set using a control box provided arbitrarily. In addition, the text font and size of the corresponding field may be adjusted by executing a corresponding command, and the background and text colors may be changed using the color setting palette 170.

As described above, the master page can be edited by adding an image or text field to the grid area 140, and when the close of the master page available from the menu is selected, the page is switched to the edit page (S8). At this time, the master page palette 160M is switched to the edit page palette 160E.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the master page displayed on the left side is switched to the edit page displayed on the right side, and the edit page is applied with the layout specified in the master page. Applied characters (those represented in grid area 140) are not modified.

Here, the field connection is determined according to the setting of the field connection button 163 of the master page palette 160M.

When the field connection of the corresponding field is released, the object displayed for editing in the master page palette 160M is not displayed in the edit page palette 160E. That is, when the field connection is released, the object corresponding to the field displayed in the grid area 140 of the master page as shown by the arrow A of FIG. 8 is not displayed on the edit page palette 160E as shown by the arrow B. FIG. Therefore, the field can only be edited on the master page.

In contrast, when field linking is established, the object for the text field is included in the master page palette 160M and the edit page palette 160E, so that the field can be edited in both the master page and the edit page.

The automatic fitting is determined according to the setting of the automatic fitting button 164 of the master page palette 160M. The example shown in the upper part of FIG. 9 is in a state where the automatic fitting function is released, and the example shown in the lower part of FIG. Auto-fit feature is set.

In the state in which the automatic fitting function is released, the editing can be freely performed in the text box 142 of the corresponding product name 144, but is expressed as it is when the text exceeds the text box 142. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the user must adjust the text size or wrap the text in the text box 142.

In the state in which the automatic fitting function is set, when the text of the article name 144 exceeds the text box 142, the text is automatically adjusted in size and spacing according to the text box 142. The automatic fitting function may be useful when applying the same style text box 142 to the entire page.

When the edit page is created as described above, the show card may be printed (S10).

Meanwhile, the tool / pallet module 24 according to the present invention may import data from the product database 40 by performing data import with external data import and connection information (S12).

First, when importing external data by editing fields in the master page, each field of the corresponding data is automatically loaded, and the user can edit each field.

Then, if you import data from the master page into the connection information, if you find and load the data stored in a specific format, the data for each field is displayed as a preview, match the field name to be connected with the field name of the master page, and the desired data Perform the extraction after searching.

The extracted result can be re-edited in the edit page and can be immediately printed.

In addition, the present invention may be configured such that the program manager 20 communicates with a mobile terminal (not shown), such as a PDA used in a store, and manages showcard output in the mobile terminal. Accordingly, the show card can be output by modifying the price or the characteristic content immediately to reflect the store situation.

To this end, the mobile terminal 50 is preferably provided with an interface for product data retrieval, change and print request for the show card output.

In addition, in response to the request of the mobile terminal 50, it is preferable that the program manager 20 has a function of printing a show card in a predetermined format or a predetermined format for the corresponding product.

Accordingly, when the show card is replaced or a new product is displayed and the show card is to be applied immediately according to the situation of the store, the user of the mobile terminal outputs the show card using the interface.

That is, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the mobile terminal searches for the product database 40 managed by the program manager 20 (S20), and then changes a price or a specific item of the corresponding product (S22). When the user of the mobile terminal location requests the show card printing (S24), the program manager 20 operates (S26) to control the printer to output the showcard in the format as shown in FIG. As a result, the show card is printed (S28).

Specifically, the field of the document editor 26 is loaded by the control of the program manager 20, and the edit page of the selected or designated format is selected from the corresponding database of the storage unit 30, and is changed and stored in the mobile terminal. The information matches the selected edit page, and the program manager 20 transfers the information to the print module 22 to print the show card of FIG.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even a non-expert can easily produce a show card using a master page, an edit page, or an image stored in a product database and a storage unit.

In addition, it can be easily produced in a short time by performing a simple editing work or data import of various and large number of showcards, accordingly there is an advantage that can be applied to the shop environment corresponding to the shop environment of the point of sale .

In addition, by outputting the show card directly in the store there is an advantage that can be applied to the show card of the environment closest to the point of sale.                     

Although the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to specific embodiments, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be modified or changed within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention, and such modifications or changes are claimed in the claims of the present invention. Will belong to the range.

Claims (5)

A product database having product related data including a product name and a unit price; A printer module having a protocol capable of communicating with a connectable printer and outputting advertisements; A tool / pallet module for performing tool commands for editing text, figures, etc., which are divided and divided into areas on a user interface displayed so as to be operated by a user, and commands set in a preview palette, a text field editing palette, and a color setting palette; A text editor for performing image editing or text editing in the user interface area, and setting / adding / deleting a field; A storage unit connected to the document editor to provide data and field data related to master and edit pages and images necessary for editing; Built-in a program that implements the user interface for providing menus, tools, palettes, and the like, and has a protocol capable of communicating, interworking with the product database, the printer module, the tool / pallet module, the document editor, and the storage unit. A program manager to control the functions included in the user interface to produce the advertisement; And By providing a printer for printing the advertisements transmitted from the print module to the show card, Print the showcard by creating the master page, selectively importing images, inserting and editing fields for the master page, and adding, editing, and deleting an edit page to which the setting status of the master page is applied. But The tool / palette module provides the mast page palette, a linking function for determining whether an edit page can be edited for a field set in the mast page, and an automatic alignment for determining whether the text in the text box is automatically fitted to the text box. Showcard create system, characterized in that it provides at least one of the buttons for setting the function. The method of claim 1, In addition, a mobile terminal communicating with the program manager and providing a price or characteristic content so that the program manager can reflect the store situation, The show manager output function is set in the mobile terminal connectable to the network, so that the program manager searches for a specific product in the merchandise database, changes the corresponding data, and then prints the request. And the show card is printed by matching the edited page selected or designated under the control of the program manager with the changed data. delete The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the document editor, by providing an external data import function, when a field is edited in the master page to import the external data, the text editor automatically imports each field of the corresponding data. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The document editor provides a function of importing data with connection information. When the data is imported from the master page with connection information, the document editor finds and retrieves data stored in a specific format, and data for each field is displayed as a preview. And matching the field name with the field name of the master page, searching for desired data, and performing extraction.

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