JP2002133447A - Static image display system and electronic commodity catalog display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a static image display system and an electronic commodity catalog display system enabling a user to understand intuitively the whole image of an object such as a commodity or the like. SOLUTION: An arc B0 surrounding a photographing object B is equally divided into plural parts, and each of plural static images acquired by photographing the object successively from the equally-divided plural positions/ angles B1-B7 are recorded together with photographing position information. A belt-like body A having sections corresponding to the photographing positions is displayed on a display screen 10 of the user, and by pointing a desired section, the static image corresponding to the section can be displayed in a display frame 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a still image display system and an electronic merchandise catalog display system for continuously displaying objects to be photographed such as merchandise, persons, buildings, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic catalog including images of products has been published on a homepage of a virtual shop on the Internet.

[0003]

However, the conventional display of an electronic product catalog posted on a homepage or the like of a virtual store simply displays one or a plurality of photographs and their explanatory texts and displays the product. However, there is a problem that the user cannot intuitively understand the whole image.

Conventionally, a system for displaying a product three-dimensionally using three-dimensional image data has been developed. However, in order to display such three-dimensional image data, a large-capacity program is required. There is a problem that it is difficult for a novice user to handle because it is necessary to learn the trouble of installing the software and operating the software. In addition, since such three-dimensional image data has a large capacity of image data itself and a data capacity of a reproduction software program, the three-dimensional image data must be smoothly displayed at high speed on a user terminal due to a problem of hardware processing performance and the like. There was a problem that was difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and allows the user to intuitively understand the whole image of an object such as a product, and performs a simple operation. A still image display system and an electronic merchandise catalog display system that can be easily handled even by a novice user because they can be displayed only by a single device, and can be displayed at high speed even on hardware terminals with small data capacity due to small data capacity It is intended to do so.

[0006]

A still image display system according to the present invention for solving such problems of the prior art is provided with a display frame for displaying a still image of an object on a screen. Display frame display means, about 90 degrees, about 1
An arc having an angle of 80 degrees, about 270 degrees, or about 360 degrees is divided into a plurality of equal parts, and each position on the arc obtained by the equal division has different angles with respect to the object. And from each position equidistant from the object, sequentially along the direction from one end to the other end of the arc, a plurality of still images obtained by continuously photographing the object A still image and section recording means for recording the same number of sections as the number of the still images constituting the strip and identifying data for identifying each section in association with each other; Above, below,
On the left or right side, a plurality of sections are continuously displayed in a substantially band shape, and each section corresponding to each of the plurality of still images photographed sequentially and continuously is continuously formed. A band display means for displaying a band arranged in a line; a pointer position detecting means for detecting a position of a pointer on a screen; and a pointer which is based on a signal from the pointer detecting means. A still image calling means for calling a still image corresponding to the section from the still image and section recording means when the camera is positioned on any of the sections constituting the body; and And a still image display unit for displaying a still image in the display frame.

Further, the electronic merchandise catalog display system of the present invention comprises a display frame display means for displaying a display frame for displaying a still image of a product on a screen, and about 90 degrees, about 180 degrees, and about 270 degrees. Or an arc having an angle of about 360 degrees is equally divided into a plurality of parts, and each position on the arc obtained by the equal division has an angle different from each other with respect to the product, and with respect to the product. From each position equidistant from each other, in order from one end of the arc to the other end,
A plurality of still images obtained by continuously photographing the product, and identification data for identifying each of the sections as many as the number of the still images constituting the strip, and , A still image and section recording means for recording in association with each other, and a plurality of sections continuously displayed in a substantially strip shape on, above, below, left or right of the display frame on the screen. A band display means for displaying a band formed by continuously arranging each of the plurality of still images and each of the sections corresponding to the plurality of still images sequentially and continuously photographed; Pointer position detecting means for detecting the position of the pointer, and based on a signal from the pointer detecting means, when the pointer is located on any of the sections constituting the strip, The corresponding still image And still image calling means for calling from the section recording means, and still image display means for displaying a still image from the still image calling means in the display frame. is there.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic merchandise catalog display system according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the operation principle of the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a display, 2 is a display control unit for controlling the display contents of the display 1, and 3 is a display frame for recording data of a predetermined display frame displayed on the display 1. A data recording section 4 is a section data recording section for recording data of a section displayed on the display 1.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a plurality of still images obtained by photographing a product to be sold in a virtual store on a homepage from a plurality of angles at equal distances, and corresponds to each of the plurality of angles. This is a still image database for recording identification data of a plurality of sections in association with each other.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes a mouse (a pointing device other than a mouse such as an Accu Point) for moving a pointer (arrow) on the screen of the display 1 by a user, and 7 denotes a screen of the display 2. An on-screen position coordinate information recording unit 8 for recording the position coordinate data of the point, based on the information from the mouse 6 and the information from the on-screen position coordinate information recording unit 7, A pointer position detecting section 9 for detecting an upper position determines a section pointed to by the pointer based on pointer position information from the pointer position detecting section 8 and converts a still image corresponding to the section into the still image. A still image calling unit for calling from the image database 5 and sending it to the display control unit 2;

Next, the operation principle of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. On the homepage screen 10 of the virtual shop employing the system of the present embodiment, the display frame 11 from the display frame data recording unit 3 and the section data recording unit 4
Are displayed on the display 1 by the display control unit 2. FIG. 2A shows the screen configuration at this time. The display frame data from the display frame data recording unit 3 is displayed on the homepage screen 10 by the display control unit 2 as shown in FIG. Inside, display frame 11
Is displayed as Further, the section data recording unit 4
Are displayed on the homepage screen 10 as section data indicated by symbols A1 to A7, as shown in FIG. 2A. Each of these sections A
1 to A7, as a result of their being arranged continuously in a substantially strip shape in the lateral direction, as a result, they are generally strip-shaped strips A as a whole.
It is formed so that it becomes.

Next, the structure of the still image database 5 will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG.
(B) is a diagram when the commodity B to be sold is viewed from above. First, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the homepage administrator inserts the product B into a 180 ° arc (semicircle) B
At the center point of 0 or in the vicinity thereof, from a total of seven positions B1 to B7 obtained by equally dividing the arc B0 into six (that is, if B1 = 0 degrees in FIG. 2B), B2 =
30 degrees, B3 = 60 degrees, B4 = 90 degrees, B5 = 120
, B6 = 150 degrees, and B7 = 180 degrees at a total of seven angles and equidistant positions), respectively, to obtain a total of seven still images. Next, the homepage administrator generates the section data of the sections A1 to A7 corresponding to the above-described seven positions (angles) B1 to B7 and the identification data thereof, and the identification data of the sections A1 to A7. The still image database 5 is generated by recording the still images captured from the positions and angles B1 to B7 in association with each other.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the user
When the homepage screen is displayed by the WW browser, for example, when the user
When the pointer is moved over the first section, the still image retrieving section 9 receives a still image corresponding to the identification data of the A1 section from the still image database 5 based on a signal from the pointer position detecting section 8. Call the data,
It is transmitted to the display control unit 2. The display control unit 2 converts the still image from the still image calling unit 9 into a display frame 11 shown in FIG.
Displayed in Thereafter, for example, the user moves the position of the pointer with the mouse to the section A of the homepage screen 10.
When the pointer is moved from 1 to the section A2, the pointer position detecting section 8 detects that, so that the same operation as above is performed to display the corresponding area A2 in the display frame 11 of the homepage screen 10. Is called and displayed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the user uses the mouse 6 to move the pointer over the strip A composed of the sections A1 to A7 on the homepage screen 10 shown in FIG. If the user moves smoothly from the left end to the right in the right direction, the still images are switched and displayed one after another in the display frame 11.
Can be given to the user side as if the user is overlooking the external appearance of the product B in a range of about 180 degrees, and the user can intuitively grasp the entire shape of the product B.

Next, FIGS. 3 to 11 are views for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. In this other embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Still images taken from a total of 17 positions (each having a total of 17 angles and being equidistant from each other) obtained by dividing an arc (semicircle) of about 180 degrees at equal intervals, The 17 sections 1 to 17 indicating the 17 positions and angles in total are recorded in the database in correspondence with the sections (the strip formed of the sections 1 to 17 is displayed on the screen. There). Therefore, in this other embodiment, while viewing the home page screen, the user can move the pointer 21
Is smoothly moved from the section 1 to the section 17 in the belt-like body, the still images are smoothly and sequentially switched and displayed in accordance with the movement. Can be obtained as if looking continuously from one side to the other, and the overall image of the panda wrapped product can be intuitively grasped.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made. For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, a case has been described in which a large number of still images are successively displayed one after another for an electronic product catalog displayed on a homepage operated by a virtual store on the Internet. It is not limited to the case where products are displayed as still images.For example, when the appearance of buildings such as temples at sightseeing spots is displayed with still images, the appearance of living things or ores etc. is stopped for education at schools etc. In the case of displaying an image, it is possible to target various things such as when displaying a person such as a talent or a model in a still image.

In each of the above embodiments, a case has been described in which still images obtained by photographing a product from each position at equal intervals along a semicircle of about 180 degrees are displayed. For example, a still image obtained by shooting from each position at equal intervals along an arc of about 90 degrees, or a
It is also possible to express the whole image of the target object using a still image or the like obtained by photographing from each position at equal intervals along the arc of degrees.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the product is
Although a still image taken from the “horizontal direction” along an arc of 80 degrees is displayed on the “lower side” of the display frame of the screen in association with the band arranged in the “horizontal direction”, in the present invention, For example, it is also possible to display a still image taken from the "vertical direction" along a 180-degree arc. In this case, it is desirable that the strip formed by continuously arranging the sections is arranged in the “vertical direction” on the “left or right side” of the display frame of the screen.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the product is
In order to continuously display (sequentially switch and display) still images taken from the horizontal direction along an arc of 80 degrees, the user shifts the position of the pointer from the left side of the figure on the strip to the right side. On the contrary, in the present invention, the user may shift the position of the pointer from the right side to the left side of the figure on the strip to continuously display the still images. It is possible.

[0021]

As described above, according to the still image display system of the present invention, the user moves the position of the pointer on the web while viewing the homepage screen (the web is displayed on the web). (By moving on each of the composing sections one after another), the still images are sequentially and continuously switched according to the movement, and for the user, the photographing target object such as one product is Thus, it is possible to obtain a feeling of continuously looking around from one side to the other, and to intuitively grasp the entire image of the photographing target object such as a product.

Further, since the present invention is a system only for displaying a still image, unlike a conventional beginner who handles large-capacity three-dimensional image data which is difficult to operate, only a simple operation is required. Since it can be displayed, even a novice user can easily handle it, and since it is a still image, the data capacity is small, so that a hardware terminal with low processing capability can be displayed quickly and smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the operation principle of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display 2 Display control part 3 Display frame data recording part 4 Section data recording part 5 Still image database 6 Mouse 7 In-screen position coordinate information recording part 8 Pointer position detection part 9 Still image calling part 10 Homepage screen 11 Display frames A1-A7 Section A Band B Product B0 Semicircle (arc) B1 to B7 Each position on semicircle

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display frame display means for displaying a display frame for displaying a still image of an object on a screen, and an angle of about 90 degrees, about 180 degrees, about 270 degrees, or about 360 degrees. Each of the arcs having a different angle with respect to the object and being equidistant from the object at respective positions on the arc obtained by dividing the arc into a plurality of parts. A plurality of still images obtained by continuously photographing the object sequentially along the direction from one end of the arc to the other end, and the same number as the number of the still images constituting the strip. A still image and section recording means for recording each section identification data for identifying each of these sections in association with each other, and upper and lower display frames on the screen; Multiple sections on the left or right side continuously A band for displaying a band which is displayed in the form of a band, and in which the plurality of still images which have been successively photographed and the corresponding sections are sequentially and sequentially arranged. Display means, pointer position detecting means for detecting the position of the pointer on the screen, and, based on a signal from the pointer detecting means, a pointer is positioned on any of the sections constituting the strip. The still image calling means for calling the still image corresponding to the section from the still image and section recording means, and the still image for displaying the still image from the still image calling means in the display frame. A still image display system comprising: an image display unit. 2. A display frame display means for displaying a display frame for displaying a still image of a product on a screen, and having an angle of about 90 degrees, about 180 degrees, about 270 degrees, or about 360 degrees. The arc is equally divided into a plurality of parts, and from each position on the arc obtained by this division, which has a different angle with respect to the product and is equidistant from the product, A plurality of still images obtained by continuously photographing the product sequentially along the direction from one end of the arc to the other end, and the same number of sections as the number of the still images constituting the strip. And each section identification data for identifying each of these sections with each other, a still image and section recording means for recording in association with each other, and the top, bottom, left, or On the right, a plurality of sections are formed in a continuous strip A band display means for displaying a band formed by sequentially and sequentially arranging a plurality of sections corresponding respectively to the plurality of still images photographed sequentially and sequentially, wherein Pointer position detecting means for detecting the position of the pointer on the screen; and, based on a signal from the pointer detecting means, a pointer is positioned on any of the sections constituting the strip. A still image calling means for calling a still image corresponding to the section from the still image and section recording means; and a still image display for displaying a still image from the still image calling means in the display frame. Means for displaying an electronic merchandise catalog.