JP2002117207A - Commercialization system material image - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a material image commercialization system capable of taking charge of a material image from a copyright holder, introducing the material image to merchandise makers through a network and giving its right of use to a maker that wants to user the material image with a simple computer operation and also to provide the material image commercialization system for supporting merchandise development on the network. SOLUTION: This material image commercialization system is provided with a material image introducing means 120 for introducing the material image entrusted from the copyright holder to a merchandise maker for manufacturing merchandise utilizing the image and a commercialization licence registering means 121 for receiving an application of a commercialization desiring maker for the material image, presenting a commercialization license condition and registering results in a commercialization registration database in the case a transaction is established. The system is constructed on the network in order to promote the commercialization of the entrusted material image.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the development of a product utilizing digital data of an image entrusted by a copyright holder or owner of an original image and digital data created by secondary processing of digital data of the original image. The present invention relates to a material image commercialization system built on a network to encourage and support. Here, the material image refers to any image that can be used as a design of any kind, such as character images drawn by manga artists and illustrators, paintings by famous painters, pattern images created by designers, abstract images, , Which are used for design materials and are subjected to secondary processing with the permission of the copyright holder or owner of the original picture, and to endless processing so that they can be used by connecting them two-dimensionally repeatedly. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various products using material images such as clothes, curtains, carpets, bedding, furniture, stationery, and other miscellaneous goods. As long as these material images are produced by a designer who is an employee of a product maker, there is no particular problem, but usable designs are limited. On the other hand, contracting with an external designer to create a new material image requires a considerable cost. Further, when trying to use an existing material image existing outside, it is necessary to negotiate a use condition with a right holder of the material image. This is particularly troublesome for small and medium-sized manufacturers.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and has been made in consideration of the digital data of an original image created with the permission of a copyright owner or owner,
Alternatively, a digitally processed digital data is introduced to a product maker via a network, and a material image merchandising system capable of granting the right to use to a maker who wants to use it with a simple operation by a computer is provided. Another object of the present invention is to provide a material image commercialization system capable of supporting product development on a network.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material image introducing means for introducing material image data to a product maker which manufactures a product using images. Accepts the application of the manufacturer who wants to commercialize the material image, registers the application content in the application registration database, presents the commercialization permission conditions, and if the transaction is completed, notifies the applicant of the result and registers the application A material image commercialization system comprising a commercialization license registration unit for updating the registered contents of a database, and configured on a network to promote commercialization of the entrusted material image.

[0005] A second aspect of the present invention is a prototype registration means for receiving prototype data from a commercialization developer and registering the data in the commercialization registration database; And the marketing means for collecting temporary orders and questionnaire responses, and enhancing the function of supporting product development using the material image according to the first aspect or the second aspect. System.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the material image commercialization system 1. 100 is a server computer. The server computer 100 has WWW
(World Wide Web) The server means 110, the image introduction means 120 for introducing the material image to the product maker through the WWW server means 110, the application of the manufacturer desiring to commercialize the released product image is accepted, and registered in the application registration database 220 described later. , A commercialization license registration unit 121 for presenting commercialization license conditions, a trial product registration unit 122 for publishing prototype data of a product using a material image to an end user (consumer) and registering it in a prototype database 230 described later. The marketing means 123 which collects the reaction of the end user to the released prototype and registers it in the temporary order questionnaire database 240 described later, registers the application registration database 220, the prototype database 230, the temporary order questionnaire database 240, and the material image. Is Comprising actual data registration for wood image database 210, updating the database management unit 201 to be deleted. These databases are held and managed on an auxiliary storage device of the server computer 100.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a network for exchanging data via IP (Internet Protocol), and in particular, the Internet, which is an aggregate of such IP networks. Also, 300 (300a, 300b,...)
・) Is a network terminal operated by a product maker or a general consumer registered in advance as a member. These terminals may be computers equipped with a WWW browser or mobile terminals capable of displaying page data sent by the WWW server means 110.

The material image database 210 is composed of a material image table and a set of a large number of material image data files. In the material image table, for each material image, the registered name, registration number, explanatory text, right holder name (name of the original image provider), file name of the material image data file, etc. are registered as one record for each material image. Is done.

[0009] The application registration database 220 stores an application number, a registration number of a target material image, and a representative name of an applicant who wants to use (permits to use) for one commercialization application from a commercialization maker. , Company name, company address, and other items entered on the application screen described below,
It is configured as a table with data of one record, such as a license condition, a license flag, and an approval number given when use is approved. The permission flag is a flag that distinguishes an unexamined state immediately after the application and a result of the examination (the use is permitted or the use is rejected).

[0010] The prototype database 230 is composed of a set of image data files of various prototypes to be registered and a prototype table for managing them. In the prototype table, data of one record is registered for each trial product. One record includes an approval number, a list of file names of prototype image data, prototype specification data, and the like. One or more pieces of image data are registered in one prototype.

[0011] The temporary order questionnaire database 240
One record of data is registered for each prototype product. 1
The record includes an approval number, questionnaire total result data, temporary order data, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation flow of the material image commercialization system 1 according to the present invention. The operation flow of the material image commercialization system 1 will be described below. First, the service provider registers the sample data of the material image, the explanatory text of the material data, and the like in the material image database (S1). Publish the material images registered in the database from the server and recruit applicants for commercialization (S
2). Participating companies use the server 1 via the Internet
00, and when a preferable material image is found, the application screen is called, necessary items are filled in, and an application for participation is made (S3). On the service provider side, the newly submitted application information is stored in the application registration database 220.
And register with the application number. Then, when a new application is registered, a screening of the material image license is performed (S
4). If, upon review, you decide to license,
A permission condition confirmation screen is created, and the applicant is asked to confirm whether the use is permitted under this condition. If the applicant can agree to the permission conditions, he / she performs participation registration (S5). Upon receiving the response of the applicant's participation registration, the server computer 100 causes the application registration database 22
The permission flag of the record data of the application number of 0 is updated, and the newly generated approval number is entered. Then, a record with the approval number is created in the prototype database, and prototype specification data and the like are recorded (S
6). In addition, actual data (high-resolution data) of material images
Is sent to the applicant (S7). Since the actual data is usually large in size, it is sent in a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk. Participating companies (applicants) use the actual data to develop new products and produce prototypes (S8).

[0013] When a prototype is completed, the participating companies access the server 100 and access the image data (appearance,
Others) can be registered (S9). These data are registered in the prototype database 230, and the prototype information is disclosed to the end user on the Internet (S10). When publishing,
You can ask end users for questionnaires on prototypes and accept temporary orders. Provisional order and questionnaire responses are collected and the provisional order questionnaire database 24
0 (S11). Participating companies can browse information in the temporary order questionnaire database 240 of their own developed products at any time (S12). The participating companies analyze and examine the information in the temporary order questionnaire database 240 to determine whether or not the prototype can be commercialized (S13), and start production of the product.

The image introduction means 120 creates a material image list public page 510 as shown in FIG.
This page data is sent to the terminal that has accessed.
The WWW browser of the computer of the access source (a product maker whose member is registered in advance) interprets the page data and displays it in the form of a screen 510. When the accessor determines a preferred image and presses the select button 511, the image introduction means 120 displays the screen 52 shown in FIG.
A permission condition display screen of 0 is displayed. Accessor screen 5
At step 20, the material description and the basic permission conditions are confirmed, and if it is OK, the button 521 is pressed. Then, the image introduction unit 120 displays an application screen 530 shown in FIG. 532 of this screen
The part enclosed by is the application form, and the accessor fills in the necessary information such as his / her company name, location, product genre, product planning content, and desired selling price, and presses the button 5
By pressing 31, an entry is made. Image introduction means 1
20 accepts these entry contents, and through the database management means 201, the application registration database 2
Register as 20 new records. The above is the operation of the image introduction means 120.

The commercialization license registration means 121 determines the application number and the license condition when it is determined in step S4 shown in the operation flow of FIG. (Available product genre, image data usage fee, commercialization royalty conditions, etc.) are specified and activated. First, the application database 220 is searched by the application number, and the permission condition is added to the information of the application contents to create a page of the examination result confirmation screen 540 shown in FIG. Later, when the applicant accesses the server 100 and specifies the application number, the commercialization license registration unit 121 sends the page data of the examination result confirmation screen 540 to the computer of the applicant via the WWW server unit 110. The applicant confirms the permission conditions on the examination result confirmation screen 540, and presses the accept button 541 if there is no objection. Commercialization permission registration means 12
1 recognizes that the accept button 541 has been pressed,
The permission flag of the record data of the application number in the application registration database 220 is updated, and an approval number (a unique number is automatically generated) is entered. Then, a record with the approval number is created in the prototype product database 230, and a part of data such as prototype specification data recorded in the application registration database is copied and recorded. The above is the operation of the commercialization license registration unit 121.

The prototype registering means 122 is activated when the server 100 receives an access specifying the registration of the prototype from the applicant, receives the image data file of the prototype in a predetermined folder on the server 100, and The received data file name is recorded in a record of the prototype product database 230 specified by the approval number. Then, when the end user accesses the server 100 by designating the prototype browsing request, for each prototype, a prototype such as that shown in FIG. Create a work introduction page 550 and save this page data to W
It is sent to the end user's computer via the WW server means 110. The end user displays the prototype introduction screen on the WWW browser and displays the contents of the prototype (stationery, furniture, bedding, clothing, miscellaneous goods, etc. using character images and design patterns) using the material image data. You can know. The prototype introduction page 550 can be provided with a temporary order button 551 and a questionnaire response button 552 as shown in FIG.

The marketing means 123 is activated when the end user clicks the tentative order button 551 or the questionnaire answer button 552 on the prototype introduction page 550, and displays a tentative order reception screen or a questionnaire screen according to the selected button. The results sent by the end user are totaled for each approval number of the prototype, and the results are recorded and stored in the temporary order questionnaire database 240. Also, when the prototype maker requests marketing data by designating the approval number of the prototype, the total data of the prototype is read from the provisional order questionnaire database 240 and returned to the accessing computer. .

The material image commercialization system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. Material image commercialization system 1
By using, a product development maker can obtain an image that can be used for a product at low cost. In addition, by utilizing the marketing means 123, it is possible to know the reaction of the end user to the prototype on the Internet, determine whether or not to commercialize the product, review and improve the specifications, the appropriateness of the price setting, and the appropriate number of initial lots. For example, actual product development can be rationally advanced.

Finally, a modification of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of the material image commercialization system 2 which is another aspect of the present invention. FIG. 8 shows a configuration in which the prototype registration unit 122, the marketing unit 123, the prototype database 230, and the temporary order questionnaire database 240 are removed from the material image commercialization system 1. The operation flow of the material image commercialization system 2 is from step S1 to step S7 in FIG. That is, the material image merchandising system 2 has two functions provided by the material image merchandising system 1) 1) to give a right of use of a material image to a desired maker by a simple operation by a computer 2) on a network This is a system that only implements 1) of providing a mechanism that supports product development.

[0020]

As described above in detail, the material image merchandizing system 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention discloses image data collected on the premise that the material image is used as a material image of a product on a network. Then, it is possible to give a pre-registered product development maker an opportunity to obtain approval to use a favorite material image only by accessing the server computer 100 through the network. This is very convenient because most of the troublesome negotiations can be omitted. In addition, the material image commercialization system 1 that can provide a mechanism for supporting product development on a network can provide a greater effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a material image commercialization system 1.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the material image commercialization system 1.

FIG. 3 is a material image disclosure screen 510.

FIG. 4 is a material image detailed explanation screen 520.

FIG. 5 is a participation application screen 530.

FIG. 6 shows a permission examination result notification screen 540.

FIG. 7 shows a prototype introduction screen 550.

FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of a material image commercialization system 2.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Material image merchandising system 2 Material image merchandising system 9 IP network or Internet 100 Server computer 110 WWW server means 120 Image introduction means 121 Merchandising license registration means 122 Prototype registration means 123 Marketing means 200 Hard disk 201 Database management means 210 Material Image database 220 Application registration database 230 Prototype database 240 Marketing database

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Takeshi Teshima 4-10-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Inside DNP Archives Inc. (72) Inventor Shinji Motohashi Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 4-10-16 F-term (in reference) in DNP Archives Inc. 5B049 BB07 CC00 EE00 EE07 GG00

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A material image introducing means for introducing material image data to a product maker that manufactures a product using the image, and accepting an application from a manufacturer desiring to commercialize the material image, and registering the application content in an application registration database. And a commercialization license registration means for notifying the applicant of the result when the transaction is concluded and updating the registered contents of the application registration database. A material image commercialization system built on a network to promote the commercialization of used material images. 2. A prototype registration means for receiving prototype data from a commercialization developer and registering it in a prototype database, publishing the registered prototype data to an end user, providing a temporary order and answering a questionnaire. The material image merchandising system according to claim 1, further comprising a marketing means for collecting the material image, and enhancing a function of supporting product development using the material image on the network.