JP2002279207A - Design/shape data selling device and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a design browsing device capable of protecting design/ shape data and selling the data while providing enough visual information to those who want to purchase the data. SOLUTION: The design/shape data selling device 2 is provided with a browsing data generating part 22 and a browsing data storage part 23. The design/ shape data input from a design/shape data input part 21 are fed to the browsing data generating part 22. The browsing data generating part 22 generates browsing data for browsing only, based on the design/shape data. The design/shape data selling device discloses the generated browsing data on the Internet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a design shape data selling apparatus, and more particularly to a design capable of selling the design shape data while protecting the design shape data indicating the shape of a designed article. The present invention relates to a shape data selling device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a design data selling apparatus is a CAD system.
(Computer Aided Design), etc., the design shape data made available to the public on a server on the Internet, and an unspecified number of design shape data purchasers can download the design shape data from this server and browse the design shape data. did it.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the design shape data created by CAD or the like can be browsed, it is used for purposes other than browsing, such as design and processing, before the sale is completed. There was a problem that there was a possibility.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to protect design shape data and to provide sufficient visual information to a purchaser. Another object of the present invention is to provide a design browsing device that can sell the design shape data.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a design shape data selling device according to the present invention comprises: a design shape data input section for inputting design shape data indicating a shape of a designed article; A browsing data generating unit for generating browsing-only browsing data from the design shape data input from the design shape data input unit, and browsing data for storing the browsing data generated by the browsing data generating unit in association with the design shape data It is characterized by including a storage unit and a browsing data output unit that outputs browsing data stored in the browsing data storage unit.

With this configuration, the design shape data selling device according to the present invention can protect the design shape data.

The browsing data generating unit divides the shape of the designed article into a plurality of curved surfaces based on the design shape data input from the design shape data input unit, and generates a curved surface relating to the divided curved surfaces. A curved surface data acquisition unit for acquiring data; and polygon data indicating a shape obtained by approximating a curved surface constituting the shape of the article designed with the plurality of polygons based on the curved surface data acquired by the curved surface data acquisition unit. And a browsing data creating unit for creating browsing data exclusively for browsing based on the polygon data created by the polygon data creating unit.

[0008] With this configuration, the design shape data selling apparatus according to the present invention can create browsing data exclusively for browsing.

[0009] The design shape data selling device further includes a design shape data storage unit for storing design shape data input from the design shape data input unit, and a design shape data stored in the design shape data storage unit. A design shape data output unit for outputting data.

[0010] With this configuration, the design shape data sales device according to the present invention stores the design shape data generated by the design shape data generation device, thereby guaranteeing the inventory of the design shape data as a product. Transaction can be realized.

[0011] Further, the design shape data selling device further includes, when a request for purchasing design shape data corresponding to the browsing data is received from an output destination that outputs the browsing data from the browsing data output unit, A billing data creation unit that creates billing data indicating more billing data, wherein the design shape data output unit transmits the design shape data corresponding to the browsing data requested to be purchased from the output destination to the output destination. Output to

With this configuration, the design shape data selling device according to the present invention can protect the design shape data and provide the design shape data selling device to the purchaser. The design data can be sold while giving sufficient visual information.

[0013] A design shape data selling method according to the present invention includes a design shape data input step of inputting design shape data indicating a shape of a designed article, and a design shape data input in the design shape data input step. A browsing data generating step of generating browsing data exclusively for browsing from the data, a browsing data storing step of storing the browsing data generated in the browsing data generating step, and outputting the browsing data stored by the browsing data storing step. A browsing data output step.

With such a configuration, the design shape data selling method according to the present invention can protect the design shape data.

The browsing data generating step divides the shape of the designed article into a plurality of curved surfaces based on the design shape data input in the design shape data inputting step, and forms a curved surface related to the divided curved surfaces. A surface data acquisition step of acquiring data; and polygon data indicating a shape obtained by approximating a curved surface constituting the shape of the designed article with a plurality of polygons based on the surface data acquired in the surface data acquisition step. And a browsing data creating step of creating browsing data exclusively for browsing based on the polygon data created in the polygon data creating step.

With this configuration, the design shape data selling method according to the present invention can create browsing data exclusively for browsing.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a design shape data selling apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a design shape data selling system using a design shape data selling device according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the design shape data sales system includes a design shape data generation device 1, a design shape data sales device 2, and a user computer 3.

The design shape data generation device 1 is configured to be able to create design shape data indicating the shape of an article on which a design has been applied, and is constituted by, for example, a CAD system. The design shape data generation device 1 is a computer of a seller who wants to sell design shape data.

Next, the design shape data selling device 2 includes a design shape data input unit 21, a browse data generation unit 22, a browse data storage unit 23, a browse data output unit 24, a design shape data storage unit 25, a billing data creation unit. 26, a billing data storage unit 27, and a design shape data output unit 28.

The design shape data input unit 21 is configured to input design shape data from the design shape data generation device 1, and the design shape data storage unit 25 stores the design shape data input from the design shape data input unit 21. It is configured to store data.

The browsing data generating unit 22 is configured to output the browsing data based on the design shape data inputted by the design shape data inputting unit 21.
The user computer 3 described later is configured to generate browsing data that cannot be processed and corrected but can be viewed only.
The browsing data generation unit 22 includes a curved surface data acquisition unit 22
1. Polygon data creation unit 222, browse data creation unit 2
23.

The curved surface data acquiring unit 221 is configured to divide the shape of an article into a plurality of curved surfaces based on the design shape data, and acquire curved surface data relating to the divided curved surfaces.

This will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
It is a figure showing the shape of the designed article. The design shape data is data indicating the shape of the article shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an image obtained by dividing the shape of the article shown in FIG. 2 into a plurality of curved surfaces. In addition, one of the divided curved surfaces is indicated by an arrow. Data indicating the divided one curved surface is the curved surface data. Note that the curved surface data acquisition unit 221 is configured to acquire curved surface data for all curved surfaces constituting an article.

Next, based on the curved surface data acquired by the curved surface data acquiring unit 221, the polygon data creating unit 222 creates polygon data indicating a shape obtained by approximating a curved surface constituting the shape of the article with a plurality of polygons. It is configured to be.

FIG. 4 shows how the curved surface acquired by the curved surface data acquiring unit 221 is approximated by a plurality of polygons (polygons). It should be noted that the polygon data creation unit 222 calculates all the surface data acquired by the surface data acquisition unit 221.
Create polygon data.

The browsing data creation unit 223 is based on the polygon data created by the polygon data creation unit 222.
It is configured to create browsing data in which the shape of the article shown in FIG. 2 is approximated by a polygon. That is, the browsing data creation unit 223 is configured to create browsing data by combining polygon data for a curved surface obtained by dividing the shape of an article.

Referring to FIG. 5, the browsing data creation unit 223
An example of the created browsing data is shown. In this way,
The created browsing data is the CA that created the design shape data.
D and the like cannot be modified or processed and can be used only for browsing.

Further, since only the wire frame shape can be viewed, the design shape data expressed in detail can be protected. On the other hand, sufficient visual information can be provided to the user.

Next, the browse data storage unit 23 is configured to store the browse data generated by the browse data generation unit 22. The browsing data stored in the browsing data storage unit 23 is stored in association with the design shape data before creating the browsing data.

The browsing data output unit 24 is configured to output browsing data to the user computer 3 when there is a browsing request from the user computer 3 described later. The browsing data output unit 24 is configured to output software for browsing the browsing data when outputting the browsing data. This software is
You may have the function which can see the wire frame shown by browsing data from various viewpoints. With such a function, the viewer can three-dimensionally grasp the shape of the article.

When there is a purchase request for the design shape data associated with the data browsed from the user computer 3, which will be described later, the charging data creation unit 26 charges the user using the user computer 3. It is configured to perform a charging process for performing the charging.

For example, billing data indicating the price paid by the purchaser of the design shape data to the seller who created the design shape data, and payment from the purchaser of the design shape data to the intermediary who owns the design shape data selling device It is configured to create charging data indicating a fee.

The billing data storage unit 27 is configured to store the billing data created by the billing data creating unit 26.

Next, the user computers 3 and 5 are computers of purchase applicants who want to purchase design shape data, and are configured to be able to download browsing data stored in the design shape data sales device 2. Further, it is configured so that a browsing request or a purchase request can be output to the design shape data selling device.

The network 4 is a communication network such as the Internet, and is configured to connect the design shape data generation device 1, the design shape data sales device 2, and the user computers 3, 5. The network 4 may be a wired network or a wireless network. Further, a wired network and a wireless network may be combined.

The design data sales system according to the embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation and operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, a description will be given of an operation in which a seller who sells design shape data registers the design shape data with an intermediary having a design shape data selling device. That is,
The operation of transmitting and registering the design shape data from the design shape data generation device to the design shape data sales device and the operation of creating the browsing data will be described.

First, the design shape data generating device 1 creates design shape data (S101). And
The created design shape data is transmitted to the design shape data selling device 2 (S102).

Next, the design shape data input unit 21 of the design shape data selling device 2 receives the design shape data transmitted from the design shape data generation device 1 (S103) (design shape data input step).

The received design shape data is stored in the design shape data storage unit 25 and input to the curved surface data acquisition unit 221 of the browsing data generation unit 22.

The curved surface data acquiring section 221 divides the shape of the article indicated by the design shape data into a plurality of curved surfaces,
Surface data indicating the divided surface is obtained (S105).
(Surface data acquisition step). Note that surface data is acquired for all the divided surfaces.

Next, the polygon data creating section 222 creates polygon data indicating a shape obtained by approximating a curved surface obtained by dividing the shape of the article with a polygon from the curved surface data (S106).
(Polygon data creation step). Note that polygon data is created for all the divided curved surfaces. Then, the browse data creation unit 223 creates browse data by combining the created polygon data (S107).
(Browsing data creation step). The created browsing data is stored in the browsing data storage unit 23 in association with the design shape data from which the browsing data is created (S108). Then, the design shape data selling device 2 discloses the browsing data on the Internet (S109).

In this way, the design shape data seller (design shape data generation device) can register the design shape data with the intermediary (design shape data sales device). In addition, the design shape data selling device can generate browse-only browsing data from the design shape data.

Next, an operation in which the user computer 3 (design-shape-data purchaser) accesses the design-shape-data selling apparatus 2 to purchase the design-shape data by using the above-described operation and the published browsing data will be described. .

The user computer 3 (design shape data purchase applicant) accesses the design shape data selling device 2 (S201).

Then, the design shape data selling device 2 transmits the browsing data and the software for browsing the browsing data to the user computer 3 (S202).

The user computer 3 that has received the browsing data and the software for browsing the browsing data displays the wire frame indicated by the browsing data. If the purchaser of the design shape data desires to look at the wire frame and wants to purchase, the purchase request is transmitted from the user computer 3 to the design shape data selling device 2 (S203).

When the purchase request is received from the user computer 3, the charging data creation unit 26 of the design shape data selling device 2 sends a request to the design shape data purchaser who is the owner of the user computer 3 that issued the purchase request. Charging data indicating the price of the shape data and charging data indicating the fee are created (S204).

The billing data indicating the price of the created design shape data is transmitted to the design shape data generation device 1 (S
205). Then, the design shape data generation device 1 (design shape data seller), which has received the charging data indicating the price of the design shape data, knows that the design shape data has been sold (S206).

The billing data indicating the fee is stored in the billing data storage 27 (S207).

Then, the design shape data output unit 28 transmits the design shape data associated with the browse data requested to be purchased to the user computer 3 that is the purchase request source (S208).

The user computer 3 receives the design shape data requested to be purchased, and can obtain the desired design shape data (S209).

As described above, according to the design shape data selling apparatus in the embodiment, the design shape data can be protected while selling the design shape data while giving sufficient visual information to a purchaser. Can be.

That is, the design shape data can be protected until the sale is completed.

Further, the design shape data selling device in the embodiment stores the design shape data generated by the design shape data generation device, thereby realizing a transaction in which the stock of the design shape data as a product is guaranteed. Can be.

In FIG. 1, there is only one design shape data generation device 1, but of course there may be a plurality of design shape data generation devices.

[0059]

According to the design shape data selling apparatus according to the present invention, the design shape data can be sold while protecting the design shape data and giving sufficient visual information to a purchaser.

[0060]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a design shape data selling system using a design shape data selling device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a shape of a designed article.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an image obtained by dividing the shape of a designed article into a plurality of curved surfaces.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how a curved surface is approximated by a polygon.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a graphic displayed by browsing data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram mainly showing an operation of creating browsing data from design shape data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation of selling design shape data by the design shape data selling device.

[Description of Signs] 1 design shape data generation device 2 design shape data sales device 3 user computer 4 network 5 user computer 21 design shape data input unit 22 browse data generation unit 23 browse data storage unit 24 browse data output unit 25 design shape data Storage unit 26 Charge data creation unit 27 Charge data storage unit 28 Design shape data output unit 221 Curved surface data acquisition unit 222 Polygon data creation unit 223 Browse data creation unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A design shape data input unit for inputting design shape data indicating a shape of a designed article, and a browsing device for generating browsing-only browsing data from the design shape data input from the design shape data input unit. A data generation unit, a browsing data storage unit that stores the browsing data generated by the browsing data generation unit in association with the design shape data, and a browsing data output that outputs the browsing data stored in the browsing data storage unit. And a design shape data selling device, comprising: 2. The browsing data generation unit, based on design shape data input from the design shape data input unit,
A curved surface data acquisition unit that divides the shape of the designed article into a plurality of curved surfaces and acquires curved surface data on the divided curved surfaces, and performs the design based on the curved surface data acquired by the curved surface data acquisition unit. A polygon data creation unit for creating polygon data indicating a shape approximating a curved surface constituting a shape of the article by a plurality of polygons; and viewing data exclusively for viewing based on the polygon data created by the polygon data creation unit. 2. The design shape data selling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a browsing data creating unit for creating a design data. 3. The design shape data sales device further comprises: a design shape data storage unit configured to store design shape data input from the design shape data input unit; and a design shape stored in the design shape data storage unit. The design shape data selling device according to claim 1, further comprising a design shape data output unit that outputs data. 4. The design shape data vending device further includes, when a request for purchasing design shape data corresponding to the browse data is received from an output destination that outputs the browse data from the browse data output unit, the output destination. A billing data creation unit that creates billing data indicating more billing data, wherein the design shape data output unit transmits the design shape data corresponding to the browsing data requested to be purchased from the output destination to the output destination. 4. The design shape data selling device according to claim 3, wherein the device outputs the design shape data. 5. A design shape data inputting step of inputting design shape data indicating a shape of a designed article, and browsing for generating viewing-only browsing data from the design shape data input in the design shape data inputting step. A browsing data storing step of storing browsing data generated in the browsing data generating step; and a browsing data output step of outputting browsing data stored in the browsing data storing step. How to sell design data. 6. The browsing data generating step divides the shape of the designed article into a plurality of curved surfaces based on the design shape data input in the design shape data input step, and performs a curved surface relating to the divided curved surfaces. A curved surface data acquisition step of acquiring data; and polygon data indicating a shape obtained by approximating a curved surface constituting the shape of the designed article with a plurality of polygons based on the curved surface data acquired in the curved surface data acquisition step. 6. A design according to claim 5, further comprising: a polygon data creating step of creating a browsing data; and a browsing data creating step of creating browsing data exclusively for browsing based on the polygon data created in the polygon data creating step. Shape data sales method.