JP2002183146A - System and method for image data selection and computer-readable recording medium with recorded image data selecting program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image data selection system which can lighten the burden of operation for selecting image data on a user. SOLUTION: A sending-out control part 13 of a server 1 sends object images to be selected to a client 2 in order according to a display list 12. The sent-out image data are displayed in order on a display device 2A connected to the client 2. When image data which are being displayed are not desired, the user of the client 2 does input operation by using a mouse 2C. An exclusion control part 22 sends an instruction for excluding the image data being displayed to the server 1. An exclusion execution control part 14 removes the image data instructed to be excluded from the display list 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system, a method and a recording medium for selecting image data applied to a painting contest or the like using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of networks,
An EC (Electronic Commercial) is used between the server and the client connected to the network.
e: electronic commerce), various services such as product selection, voting using the Internet, and painting contests are used. In services using these networks, a client user responds to information sent from a server in accordance with each service.

For example, in this painting contest,
The target image data is reduced from the server and sent to the client as a list. The sent image data is displayed on a display device connected to the client. Then, the client user enlarges and displays the reduced image data one by one and selects the image data. After selecting,
The image data is returned to the reduced form and sent back to the server together with the selection result.

[0004]

However, the user of the client must select the reduced image data sent from the server after enlarging and displaying the image data one by one.

Further, since the arrangement of the image data in the reduced list is constant, the preference of the client user is influenced by the arrangement, and as a result, equal examination cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide an image data selection system that enables easy selection of image data.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an image data selection system that enables a user to perform equal examination of image data.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image data selection system, wherein a plurality of image data are transmitted from a server connected by a network to a client, In order to select arbitrary image data from image data displayed on the display device of the client, in the image data selection system in which a command related to the selection is transmitted from the client to the server, the server is a selection target. A sending unit for sequentially sending a plurality of image data to the client, and the image data are sequentially displayed on the display device of the client, and an instruction to exclude the image data being displayed is transmitted by an operation of the input device of the client. In case,
Exclusion execution means for excluding the image data from the image data to be selected.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sending means sequentially sends a plurality of image data from the server and causes the display device of the client to display the image data. When the image data is transmitted from the input device, the exclusion execution unit excludes the image data from the image data to be selected, so that the user can easily select the image data.

In the image data selection system according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image data selection system according to the first aspect, it is preferable that the sending means randomly rearranges the order of the image data to be selected and sends out. Features.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the order of image data to be sequentially transmitted is rearranged at random, so that it does not affect the user's preference, and a fair examination in a painting contest or the like using the Internet. Becomes possible.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image data selecting system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the sending means includes an image data not excluded by the exclusion executing means. Is sent out again.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to re-display image data that has not been excluded from a user's oversight or an operation error as a selection target.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image data selection system, wherein a plurality of image data are transmitted to a client from a server connected via a network, and an arbitrary one of image data displayed on a display device of the client is selected. In the image data selection system in which an instruction related to the selection is transmitted from the client to the server in order to select the image data, the client displays the image data sent from the server on a display device, and displays the displayed image. When an operation for excluding data is performed by the input device, an exclusion transmitting unit that transmits an instruction for excluding the image data to the server is provided.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the image data sent from the server is displayed on the display device, and the operation of excluding the displayed image data is performed by the input device, the image data is displayed. The server can exclude the image data to be selected by providing the server with an exclusion transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to exclude the image data to the server.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image data selecting method, wherein a plurality of image data are transmitted from a server connected to a network to a client, and any one of the image data displayed on the display device of the client is selected. In order to select image data, an image data selection method in which a command related to the selection is transmitted from a client to a server, wherein the server sequentially sends a plurality of image data to be selected to the client, The server sequentially displays the image data on the display device of the client, and when an instruction to exclude the image data being displayed is transmitted by an operation of the input device of the client, the image data is displayed as the image to be selected. And an exclusion execution step of exclusion from the data.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium in which an image data selection program is recorded, wherein a plurality of image data are transmitted from a server connected via a network to a client, and the plurality of image data are transmitted to a display device of the client. A computer-readable recording medium on which an image data selection program in which an instruction related to the selection is transmitted from a client to a server for selecting arbitrary image data from the displayed image data, A sending step in which the server sequentially sends a plurality of image data to be selected to the client; andthe server displays the image data in order on the display device of the client, and displays the image data being displayed by operating the input device of the client. If a command to exclude image data is sent, The image data image data selection program having Excluding excluded execution step from the image data of the selected object is characterized in that it has been recorded.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the image data selecting method, a plurality of image data are transmitted from a server connected by a network to a client, and any one of the image data displayed on a display device of the client is selected. In the image data selection method, in which an instruction related to the selection is transmitted from a client to a server to select image data, the client displays the image data sent from the server on a display device, and displays the displayed image. An exclusion transmitting step of transmitting a command for excluding the image data to the server when the operation of excluding data is performed by the input device.

According to a computer-readable recording medium on which an image data selection program according to claim 8 of the present invention is recorded, a plurality of image data are transmitted to a client from a server connected via a network, and the plurality of image data are transmitted to a display device of the client. A computer-readable recording medium on which an image data selection program in which an instruction related to the selection is transmitted from a client to a server for selecting arbitrary image data from the displayed image data, An exclusion step in which, when the client displays image data sent from the server on a display device and an operation for excluding the displayed image data is performed on the input device, a command for excluding the image data is transmitted to the server; An image data selection program having a transmission step is recorded. It is characterized in.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image data selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The server 1 is connected to the client 2 via a network (such as the Internet) to communicate with the client 2. The server 1 includes a database 11, a display list 12, a sending control unit 13
And an exclusion execution control unit 14. The database 11 stores image data. Here, the number of image data stored in the database 11 is not limited. However, in order to explain a specific flow, the image data stored in the database 11 will be described with reference numerals 11a to 11c.

The display list 12 is a plurality of memory areas for temporarily storing image data to be sent to the client 2. The sending control unit 13 sends the image data read into the display list 12 to the client 2.
The delivery control unit 13 here corresponds to the delivery means of the present invention. The exclusion execution control unit 14 controls the client 2
Sends a command to exclude image data,
The image data is excluded from the image data to be selected. The exclusion execution control unit 14 here corresponds to the exclusion execution means of the present invention.

The client 2 has a player 21 and an exclusion transmission control unit 22, and includes a display device 2A, a keyboard 2
B and mouse 2C are connected. The player 21 operates on a browser and displays image data on a display device 2A connected to the client 2. The display device 2A here is, for example, a CRT display device or a liquid crystal display device. Keyboard 2B and mouse 2C
Is used by the user to perform an input operation. When the user of the client 2 performs an input operation for excluding image data, the exclusion transmission control unit 22 transmits a command for excluding image data to the server 1. The exclusion transmission control unit 22 here corresponds to an exclusion transmission unit of the present invention. Note that the client of the present invention is not limited to a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation, but may be a portable information terminal called a PDA or a portable telephone terminal (mobile phone or PHS).

Next, the operation of the image data selection system according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of the image data selection system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an operation of sequentially transmitting image data from the server 1 to the client 2.

In the server 1, the image data stored in the database 11 is read into the display list 12.
The image data read into the display list 12 is sequentially sent to the client 2 by the sending control unit 13. Here, the term “sequential” means that when a predetermined period elapses after the first image data is sent from the server 1 or when the user of the client 2 performs an input operation for excluding image data, the next image Sending out data. Specifically, the server 1 sends out the image data 11a which is the first image data. Then, when a predetermined period elapses or when the user of the client 2 performs an input operation for excluding the image data, the image data 1
1b is sent out. Similarly, when a predetermined period elapses or when the user of the client 2 performs an input operation for excluding image data, the image data 11c is sent out.

Next, the rearrangement of image data will be described. As a method for randomly rearranging the image data, a method of first performing batch rearrangement and then sequentially transmitting the image data, a method of rearranging each time the image data is transmitted, or the like can be adopted. . In this embodiment, the former is adopted, but the latter can of course be adopted.

FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an operation of displaying the sent image data by the display device 2A of the client 2.

The image data sent to the client 2 is sent to the display device 2A. The image data sent to the display device 2A is sequentially, that is, the image data 11a, 11b, 1
1c.

FIG. 2C shows a state in which the user of the client 2 performs an input operation from the displayed image data.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation of excluding unnecessary image data.

The input operation for excluding the image data by the user of the client 2 is performed by the keyboard 2B or the mouse 2C.
It is performed by When there is an input operation for excluding image data, the server 1 excludes the image data from selection target image data. This exclusion is to delete the corresponding image data from the display list 12 itself, but it is also possible to set a flag indicating that the corresponding image data has been excluded.

FIG. 2D is a diagram showing an operation of transmitting image data to be excluded to the server 1 by an input operation for excluding image data by the user of the client 2.

When the user of the client 2 performs an input operation for excluding image data, the exclusion transmission control unit 22
Transmits an instruction (such as an image ID for identifying the image data and an exclusion command) for excluding the image data to the exclusion execution control unit 14 of the server 1. Then, the exclusion transmission control unit 14
Performs the exclusion of the image data for which the exclusion command has been issued.

Next, the operation of the server 1 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing in the server 1.

In step S1, an operation of reading image data stored in the database 11 into the display list 12 and an operation of setting a scheduled number are performed. Here, the planned number refers to the number of image data that is to be finally retained from the image data to be selected. When the number of data in the display list 12 decreases to the planned number, the image data transmission process ends. Like that.

Step S3 shows the operation of rearranging the image data read into the display list 12. To change the order in which the image data is sent, the image data read into the display list 12 is rearranged. Here, the image data read into the display list 12 is rearranged at random. In step S <b> 5, the sending control unit 13 sends out the image data read in the first area of the display list 12 to the client 2. In step S7, the exclusion execution control unit 14 determines whether an input operation has been performed by the user of the client 2. Specifically, it is determined whether an exclusion command (including the identification information of the image data) has been input from the client 2. If it is determined that an input operation has been performed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S9. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no input operation (N
In o), the process proceeds to step S11.

In step S9, the exclusion execution control unit 14
Excludes the image data instructed to be excluded from the display list 12. Such a step corresponds to an exclusion execution step. In step S11, it is determined whether or not a preset time has elapsed since the image data was sent. If it is determined that the set time has elapsed (Yes),
Move to the process of step S13. On the other hand, if it is determined that the time has not elapsed (No), the process returns to step S7.

In step S13, the delivery control unit 13
Determines whether all the image data in the display list 12 have been displayed. If it is determined that all the image data has been displayed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S17. On the other hand, when it is determined that not all of the image data is displayed (N
In o), the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the next image data from the display list 12 is sent to the client 2. In step S17, it is determined whether or not the number of images in the display list 12 has reached the planned number. If it is determined that the scheduled number has not been reached (No), the process returns to step S3, and the image data transmission process is continued. On the other hand, if it is determined that the scheduled number has been reached (Yes), the transmission process is terminated.
Steps S5 and S15 correspond to a sending step.

Next, the operation of the client 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing in the client 2.

In step S21, the server 1 temporarily stores the image data sent in step S5 or step S15 in the display buffer, and then displays the image data on the display device 2A.

In step S23, it is determined whether or not there is an input operation to be excluded from the image data being displayed from the keyboard 2B or the mouse 2C. If it is determined that an input operation has been performed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S25. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no input operation (N
In o), the process proceeds to step S27.

In step S25, the server 1 is notified that there has been an input operation to exclude the image data being displayed. Specifically, an image ID for identifying image data, an exclusion command, and the like are transmitted to the server 1. Therefore, the server 1 can perform the process of step S9. Step S25 corresponds to an exclusion transmission step.

In step S27, it is determined whether or not display of the next image data can be started. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the next image data exists in the display buffer.

When it is determined that the display can be started (Y
In step es), the process returns to step S21 to display the image data in the display buffer. On the other hand, when it is determined that the display cannot be started (No), the process returns to the step S23 to detect the input from the input device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing image data displayed on the display device. The image data sent from the server 1 is
It is displayed in the form of a browser display screen 210 by the display device 2A. In the display screen 210, the exclusion button 21 is displayed.
1 and a pause button 212, and an image 213 is shown.

When the user of the client 2 does not like the image 213, the user can use the mouse 2C to remove the exclusion button 21.
Press 1. Alternatively, after pressing a predetermined key on the keyboard 2B to enable the exclusion button 211, the user presses a return key or the like. Such an operation corresponds to an input operation to be excluded.
As a result, the processing described above is performed, and the server 1 excludes the image data to be selected.

When the user of the client 2 wants to stop displaying the image data to be displayed next on the display device 2A, the user presses the pause button 212 using the mouse 2C or the keyboard 2B. Thus, the operation of displaying the image data to be displayed next on the display device 2A is stopped. Since the image data from the server 1 is accumulated in the display buffer even during the stop, the pause button 2
When the stop is released by pressing 12, image data can be displayed immediately.

The processing program (image data selection program) for performing the processing of the server and the processing program (image data selection program) for performing the processing of the client include a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and a magneto-optical disk. It can be distributed by storing it in a computer-readable recording medium such as a disk or a magnetic tape. Therefore, by setting this recording medium in an arbitrary computer, reading and executing the program, the same operation as the present invention can be obtained, and as a result, the same effect as the present invention can be obtained on the computer. be able to.

In the image data selection system according to the present embodiment, data that the user actually wants to exclude, that is, data that the user does not like is excluded from the selection.
In the present invention, it is also possible to leave and use the image data which is excluded by the exclusion executing means.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When an operation of excluding the image data being displayed is performed on the client, the image data is automatically excluded on the server, so that the operation burden on the user when selecting the image data is reduced. Further, since the server rearranges the image data at random, it is possible to realize fair examination in a painting contest or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image data selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation procedure of the image data selection system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing in the server 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing in a client 2.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing image data displayed on a display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 server 2 client 2A display device 2B keyboard 2C mouse 11 database 12 display list 13 sending control unit 14 exclusion execution control unit 21 player 22 exclusion transmission control unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Tomoko Ito 1-9-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo NTT Comware Corporation (72) Inventor Takehiko Watanabe 1-chome, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. 9-1 NTT Comware Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaumi Muraoka 1-9-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside NTT Comware Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masahiro Yamada 1-9-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo NTT Comware Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Ikuo Yoda NTT Comware 1-9-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo Incorporated F term (reference) 5B050 BA16 CA05 CA07 CA08 FA02 GA00 5B075 ND08 NR15 PP03 PP13 PQ02 PQ46 PQ48 PQ49 5E501 AA02 AC15 AC34 BA05 CA02 CB02 CB09 DA02 EA05 EA 10 EB02 FA14 FB34 FB43

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of image data are transmitted from a server connected by a network to a client, and the client selects the image data from the image data displayed on a display device of the client. The server according to claim 1, wherein the server sequentially sends a plurality of image data to be selected to the client, and the image data is sequentially displayed on a display device of the client. And an exclusion execution means for excluding the image data from the image data to be selected when an instruction to exclude the image data being displayed is transmitted by an operation of the input device of the client. Data selection system. 2. The image data selection system according to claim 1, wherein the sending means randomly sends the image data to be selected in an order. 3. The image data selection system according to claim 1, wherein the sending means sends out the image data not excluded by the exclusion executing means again. 4. A plurality of image data is transmitted to a client from a server connected by a network, and the client selects the image data from the image data displayed on a display device of the client. In the image data selection system in which the command according to (1) is transmitted to a server, the client is configured to display image data sent from the server on a display device, and to perform an operation of excluding the displayed image data on the input device. And an exclusion transmitting means for transmitting an instruction to exclude the image data to the server. 5. A plurality of image data is transmitted to a client from a server connected by a network, and the client selects the image data from the image data displayed on a display device of the client. An image data selection method in which the command according to (1) is transmitted to a server, wherein the server sequentially transmits a plurality of image data to be selected to a client, and the server transmits the image data to a display device of the client. And sequentially executing, when an instruction to exclude the image data being displayed is transmitted by an operation of the input device of the client, an exclusion execution step of excluding the image data from the image data to be selected. Image data selection method to be characterized. 6. A plurality of image data is transmitted from a server connected by a network to a client, and the client selects the image data from the image data displayed on a display device of the client. A computer-readable recording medium in which an image data selection program in which the instruction according to the above is transmitted to a server is recorded, wherein the server sequentially sends a plurality of image data to be selected to a client; The server sequentially displays the image data on the display device of the client, and when an instruction to exclude the image data being displayed is transmitted by an operation of the input device of the client, the image data is displayed as the image to be selected. And an exclusion execution step for exclusion from the data. Computer readable recording medium on which the image data selected program is recorded. 7. A plurality of image data is transmitted to a client from a server connected by a network, and the client selects the image data from the image data displayed on a display device of the client. The image data selection method in which the command according to (1) is transmitted to a server, wherein the client displays image data sent from the server on a display device, and performs an operation on the input device to exclude the displayed image data. And transmitting an instruction to exclude the image data to the server. 8. A plurality of image data is transmitted from a server connected by a network to a client, and the client selects the image data from the image data displayed on a display device of the client. A computer-readable recording medium on which is stored an image data selection program in which an instruction according to (1) is transmitted to a server, wherein the client displays image data sent from the server on a display device, and displays the displayed image. A computer-readable recording in which an image data selection program is recorded, wherein an exclusion transmitting step of transmitting an instruction for excluding the image data to the server when an operation for excluding data is performed on the input device; Medium.