JP2003058739A - Network auction exhibition support system, terminal equipment, auctioneer server device, server device, program, medium with program recorded thereon, and network auction exhibition supporting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network auction exhibition support system or the like with which everybody can easily exhibit an article on an auction site. SOLUTION: Exhibitor terminal equipment 100 of an exhibitor desiring the exhibition on a network auction, a server device 300 for storing the image of the exhibited article and an auctioneer server device 400 for the network auction are connected via a public line network at least and the exhibitor terminal equipment is provided with an image fetching means for fetching the image of the exhibited article by an image pickup means, a transfer means for transferring the fetched image of the exhibited article to the image storage server device and a registration means for registering the exhibited article in the server device 400 on the basis of the image information of the exhibited article stored in the image storage server device and automatically performs processing from photographing of the exhibited article and working of the image to the registration on the auction site.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network auction exhibition support system, a terminal device, an enterprise server device, a server device, a program, a medium having the program recorded therein, and a network auction exhibition support method. Related to the exhibition support system for network auctions using the public network of

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the spread of the Internet, items to be sold are posted on the home page along with photographs and explanations, and those interested in this item offer to offer an offer to purchase. By doing so, a trading site has emerged in which trading can be completed. Such a trading site is like a flea market where the product provider decides the price and puts it on sale, or only the person who wants to buy the product competes with the trading price and gives the most expensive price. There is something like an auction. Nowadays, auction sites that create opportunities for discovering things that are unnecessary for oneself but that can be valuable to others, and can efficiently dispose of unused items and collect funds through a balance (matching) between supply and demand. The number of users is increasing.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In order to exhibit at such an auction, it is necessary to register necessary items on the auction site. To do this, first take a picture of the exhibit with a digital camera, process the image to obtain a more attractive image, enter the necessary information based on the format of the auction site to be used, and display the image with the exhibit. I had to register on the auction site, which was troublesome.

Further, at the auction site, the purchaser decides the purchase while looking at the image of the exhibit, so that the more attractive the image, the higher the product price is likely to be. However, registering at the auction site was not easy because it takes time and effort to take photographs of the exhibits and process the images, and also requires some knowledge of using image processing software.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a network auction exhibition support system, etc., in which anyone can easily exhibit at an auction site by automating the process from photographing an exhibit to registering at an auction site.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] To solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, at least an exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who wishes to participate in a network auction and an image of the exhibit are stored. A server device and a network auction company server device are connected via a public line network, and the exhibitor terminal device captures an image of an exhibit by an image capturing device, and an image capturing device. Transfer means for transferring an image of the exhibit to the image storage server device, and registration means for registering the exhibit product in the business server device based on the image information of the exhibit stored in the image storage server device. A network auction exhibition support system characterized by the provision of

[0007] According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically perform the steps from photographing the exhibit, capturing the image, and registering it on the auction site. This will save you the trouble of exhibiting at the auction site, and you can register the image of the exhibit at the auction site without special knowledge such as shooting the exhibit, capturing the image, or processing the image. Anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

Further, if the image capturing means is provided with the image capturing condition setting means for setting the optimum condition when the image is captured by the image capturing means, even if there is no knowledge about the condition setting relating to the image capturing, the exhibit is exhibited. The optimal image of can be obtained.

If the image pickup condition setting means is configured to adjust the contrast of the exhibit by adjusting the backlight of the display means and set the optimum condition,
For example, when an image is captured by a CCD camera provided in the display device as an image capturing unit, the contrast can be optimized, and therefore, when the focus is set based on this contrast, the focus can also be optimized. A better image can be obtained.

If the image capturing means is provided with a processing means for extracting the contour of the image picked up by the image pickup means and performing the background processing, the contour of the image is automatically extracted and the background processing is performed. Since it is done, the labor of image formation can be saved, and the exhibit is attractive without special knowledge of image processing.
An effective image can be obtained.

The image capturing means images the exhibit from at least two directions by the image capturing means, selects at least two images from the captured images, and simultaneously displays the selected images on the display means. If you configure it like this,
A good image can be automatically selected, and the exhibitor can save the trouble of taking a plurality of images and selecting a better image.

Further, the image capturing means captures the exhibit from at least three directions by the image capturing means, generates a stereoscopic image from the captured images, and displays the stereoscopic image on the display means. By doing so, it is possible to automatically obtain a stereoscopic image, so that the exhibitor can save time and effort such as generating a stereoscopic image from a plurality of images, and without special knowledge of such image processing, You can get attractive and effective images of exhibits.

Further, the image capturing means includes other data to the image data of the exhibit, such as image data and sound data (voice data, voice data, etc.) of an article (cigarette, coin, etc.) for comparing the size of the exhibit. If it is configured to add music data, etc.), it will be helpful to understand the size of the exhibit, and more attractive and effective images can be obtained.

If the exhibitor terminal device is a portable terminal device, anyone can easily register the exhibit item on the auction site anytime, anywhere.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, at least a server device for storing an image of an exhibit and a business auction company server device are connected via a public line. , An exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who wishes to participate in a network auction, and an image capturing means for capturing an image of the exhibit by an image capturing means, and the captured image of the exhibit for the image storage server device A transfer means for transferring and a registration processing means for performing processing necessary for registering the exhibit on the business server based on the image information of the exhibit stored in the image storage server are provided. A characteristic exhibitor terminal device is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an exhibitor terminal device capable of automatically performing the steps of photographing an exhibit, capturing an image, and registering it on the auction site. This will save you the trouble of exhibiting at the auction site, and you can register the image of the exhibit at the auction site without any special knowledge such as shooting of the exhibit, capturing of the image, or processing of the image. Anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

Further, if the image capturing means in the exhibitor terminal device is provided with the image capturing condition setting means for setting the optimum condition when the image is captured by the image capturing means, the exhibitor can set the image capturing condition. Even if you do not have special knowledge, you can get the optimum image of the exhibit by the exhibitor terminal device.

Further, if the image pickup condition setting means in the exhibitor terminal device is configured to adjust the contrast of the exhibit by adjusting the backlight of the display means and set the optimum condition, the image pickup means is displayed, for example, as image pickup means. When taking a picture with a CCD camera provided in the device, the contrast can be optimized, so when the focus is set based on this contrast, the focus can also be optimized. A good image can be obtained.

Further, if the image capturing means in the exhibitor terminal device is provided with a processing means for extracting the contour of the image picked up by the image pickup means and performing background processing, the contour of the image is automatically extracted. However, since background processing is performed, the labor of image formation can be saved.

The image capturing means in the exhibitor terminal device images the exhibit from at least two directions by the image capturing means, selects at least two images from the captured images, and displays the selected images. By displaying the images on the means at the same time, a good image can be automatically selected, so that the exhibitor can save the time and effort of creating the image.

The image capturing means in the exhibitor terminal device captures the exhibit from at least three directions by the image capturing means and generates a stereoscopic image from the captured images.
If this three-dimensional image is displayed on the display means,
Since stereoscopic images can be automatically obtained, the exhibitor's time and effort for creating images can be saved.

Further, the image capturing means in the exhibitor terminal device is configured to add other data to the image data of the exhibit, such as image data and sound data of the article for comparing the size of the exhibit. Doing so will help you understand the size of the exhibit, and you can obtain more attractive and effective images.

If the exhibitor terminal device is a portable terminal device, anyone can easily register the exhibit item on the auction site anytime, anywhere.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, at least an exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who desires to exhibit at a network auction and a server device that stores an image of the exhibited product are provided. A business server device for a network auction connected via a public line, and when an exhibitor registration request is made from the exhibitor terminal device, it is necessary to register the exhibitor based on the image information of the exhibitor. A business entity server device is provided which receives various information from the exhibitor terminal device and registers an exhibit item.

In the present invention, since the exhibit items are automatically registered in the auction site, it is possible to save the trouble of exhibiting in the auction site and anyone can easily exhibit in the auction site.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, at least an exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who desires to exhibit at a network auction and a network auction company server device are connected to a public line. A server device for storing an image of an exhibit, which is connected via an Internet, and when the exhibitor terminal device requests to store an image of the exhibit product, the image information of the exhibit is displayed from the exhibitor terminal device. An image storage server device is provided which receives and stores the image.

In the present invention, since the images of the exhibits to be exhibited at the auction site are automatically stored, the labor required for exhibiting at the auction site can be saved and anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing program characterized by realizing the function of the exhibitor terminal device.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing program characterized by realizing the function of the business entity server device.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing program which realizes the function of the image storage server device.

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having an information processing program recorded thereon, which realizes the function of the exhibitor terminal device. It

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having an information processing program recorded thereon, which realizes the function of the business entity server device. It

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium recording an information processing program, which realizes the function of the image storage server device. It

In order to solve the above problems, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an auction exhibition support method for registering an exhibit from an exhibitor terminal device in a network auction company server device, wherein the exhibitor terminal device The device captures an image of the exhibit by an image pickup means; the exhibitor terminal device accesses the image storage server device to transfer the image of the exhibit product to the image storage server device; A step of accessing the company server device and registering the exhibited product in the company server device based on the image information of the exhibited product stored in the image storage server device;
There is provided a network auction exhibition support method characterized by having.

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically perform the steps from photographing the exhibit, capturing the image, and registering it on the auction site. As a result, it is possible to save the trouble of exhibiting at the auction site, and it is possible to register the image of the exhibit at the auction site without knowledge of shooting the exhibit, capturing the image, or processing the image. So anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

In the step of capturing the image of the exhibit by the exhibitor terminal device, the step of setting the optimum condition when the image is picked up by the image pickup means, and the image of the exhibit is taken by the image pickup means according to the set optimum condition. If it is configured so as to have a step and a step of performing background processing by extracting the contour of the image picked up by the image pickup means, it is possible to save the time and effort of the exhibitor to create an image, and to make the image more attractive and effective. Can be obtained.

[0037]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the following description and the accompanying drawings, constituent elements having the same function and configuration will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

First, a network auction exhibition support system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the network auction exhibition support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the network auction exhibition support system 10 according to the present embodiment.
Are the exhibitor terminal devices 100-1 ... 100-n, the bidder terminal devices 200-1 ... 200-n, the image storage server device 3
00, an enterprise server device 400, etc. are connected via a network 800 such as the Internet. The exhibitor terminal device 100 and the bidder terminal device 200 are connected via the communication carriers 620 and 660 of the providers 600 and 640.

The domain name server 700 executes mutual conversion between the domain name and the IP address, and the U sent from the exhibitor terminal device 100 or the bidder terminal device 200.
Exhibitor terminal device 10 by searching IP address from RL etc.
0 or it is returned to the bidder terminal device 200.

The providers 600 and 640 are connected to the exhibitor terminal device 1 via the communication carriers 620 and 660.
00 and network 800 or bidder terminal device 20
0 and the network 800 are logically connected to enable information transmission between the exhibitor terminal device 100 and the network 800 or between the bidder terminal device 200 and the network 800. The communication carriers 620 and 640 are transmission media provided by a communication service company such as NTT, for example, and connection between the exhibitor terminal device 100 and the provider 600 or the bidder terminal device 200 and the provider 640 and transmission of information. Is possible.

The exhibitor terminal device 100, as shown in FIG. 2, is a CPU that executes the overall control of the exhibitor terminal device 100.
(Central processing unit) 102, memory 104 in which programs and data to be accessed by the CPU 310 are stored, communication control device 110 for controlling communication with the enterprise server device 400, content transmitted from the enterprise server device 400 A display means (display) 120 for displaying, etc., an input means 130 for inputting various data such as information data, a storage means 140 such as a hard disk drive for storing information transmitted from the business entity server device 400. Etc.

Further, the exhibitor terminal device 100 has a CCD
An image pickup device 135 is provided as an image pickup unit including the above. The imaging device 135 is, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera as shown in FIG. 3, and is arranged above the display 120. Further, the display 120 is provided with a backlight 125.
The backlight 125 is provided to brighten the display screen of a liquid crystal display or the like, but the light of the display screen of the display 120 can be used to illuminate an exhibit (exhibition) to be photographed.

Specifically, when the exhibit is photographed, the exhibit is placed in front of the display 120 as shown in FIG. At this time, since the exhibit is illuminated by the screen of the display 120, the contrast of the exhibit image captured by the image capturing device 135 can be adjusted by automatically adjusting the backlight 125, and the waveform of the contrast is displayed. The focus can also be adjusted based on this.

The exhibitor terminal device 100 may be any terminal device having an imaging device, such as a desktop computer, a notebook personal computer, a mobile phone having a browser function such as i-mode (trademark), a mobile terminal, or the like. The portable terminal device is included.

The bidder terminal device 200 is also the exhibitor terminal device 1
00, a communication control device that controls communication with the business entity server device 400, a display unit (display) that displays the content transmitted from the business entity server device 400,
It is composed of an input means for inputting various data such as information data and a storage means for storing the information transmitted from the business entity server device 400.

Next, the configuration of the image storage server device according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Fig. 4
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image storage server device according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the image storage server device 3
00 is a CPU 310, a telephone communication unit 320, a communication unit 330, a memory 340, an image database 35.
It is composed of 0 and the like.

The CPU 310 executes overall control of the image storage server device 300. Telephone communication unit 320
Is a unit that controls communication with the outside via a telephone line. The communication unit 330 is a unit that controls communication with the outside via the Internet, for example. The memory 340 stores programs and data to be accessed by the CPU 310, and is read from the various databases 350 and stored as necessary.

The database 350 is a storage device for accumulating each information, and the image database 352.
In addition to the above, a database driver for connecting to the network system 800 and performing communication with each database is provided. For example, the image database 352 stores images of exhibit items registered on the auction site.

The exhibitor terminal device 100 can access objects stored in the image storage server device 300 via a telephone line using a modem (not shown). Further, the database driver is connected to the network 800 and has a function of inputting the image data of the exhibit sent from the exhibitor terminal device 100 to the image database 352.

Next, the configuration of the business entity server device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Fig. 5
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a business entity server device according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the enterprise server device 40
0 is a CPU 410, a telephone communication unit 420, a communication unit 430, a memory 440, various databases 450.
Etc.

The CPU 410 is the business server device 4
00 overall control. Telephone communication unit 420
Is a unit that controls communication with the outside via a telephone line. The communication unit 430 is a unit that controls communication with the outside via the Internet, for example. The memory 440 stores programs and data to be accessed by the CPU 410, and is read from various databases and stored as necessary.

Further, the database 450 is a storage device for accumulating each information and stores the registration information of the user who uses the auction site, the user registration database 452 which stores the registration information of the user who uses the auction site. Exhibit registration database 454 is provided,
Content database, network system 800
It is equipped with a database driver that connects to and communicates with each database.

For example, the user registration database 452 stores information such as exhibitor's name, address, ID, password and the like as personal data for collating when authenticating the exhibitor. The exhibit registration database 454 stores information such as the title, description, image, payment method, and auction period of the exhibit as exhibit data.

The content database stores contents such as HTML files provided by the enterprise server device, graphical icon files (GIF files, etc.), and hypertext objects such as voice and image objects. These objects are provided to each terminal device via.

The exhibitor terminal device 100 and the bidder terminal device 200 can access the objects stored in the enterprise server device 400 via a telephone line using a modem (not shown). At this time, the content provided by the business entity server device 400 will be described later.

The database driver is connected to the network 800, the registration data of the exhibit sent from the exhibitor terminal device 100 is input to the exhibit registration database 454, and the exhibitor requested by the bidder terminal device 200 is displayed. It has functions such as transmitting information to the bidder terminal device 200.

Next, the operation flow of the exhibition support system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10. 6. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow in which the exhibitor terminal device 100 operates based on the program. This program may be stored in advance in the exhibitor terminal device 100, or the program stored in the auction business server device 400 may be downloaded by the exhibitor terminal device 100.

The exhibitor terminal device 100 operates in step S10.
At 0, the exhibitor placed in front of the display 120 is imaged and the image is captured. Next, in step S200, the image storage server device 300 is accessed to store the image of the exhibit. Next, in step S300, the auction company server device 400 is accessed to access the image storage server device 3
The exhibit is registered based on the image information of the exhibit stored in 00.

The import of the image of the exhibit (S100) is processed as shown in FIG. That is, the exhibitor terminal device 100 photographs the exhibit by the image capturing device 135 in step S110. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, first, the number of images to be picked up is set (at least two or more) from step S111, and the optimum values of contrast and focus are changed while changing the light amount of the backlight 125 of the display 120 in step S112. Is detected and set (imaging condition setting means). As a result, it is possible to obtain the optimum image of the exhibit even without knowledge of setting conditions related to shooting.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, display 1
Since the exhibit placed in front of 20 is illuminated by the light of the display screen, the image of the exhibit is read by, for example, the CCD of the image pickup device 135, and the optimum values of the contrast and focus of the image are detected and set. . In this way, by adjusting the backlight 125, the light on the display screen can be adjusted to optimize the contrast. Therefore, when the focus is set based on this contrast, the focus can also be optimized. ， Better images can be obtained.

Subsequently, in step S113, the image pickup device 135 is set with the optimum values of the contrast and focus as the central values.
To control the shooting of the exhibit. Then, step S1
In step S14, the amplitude from the center value is changed by a predetermined amount, and the photographing is performed in step S115. It should be noted that the image pickup device 135 is provided on the display 120 so as to be rotatable up and down about a horizontal axis or is rotatable on the left and right around a vertical direction.
20 may be provided, and the exhibitor may be imaged from a plurality of directions by changing the rotation angle of the imaging device 135. Further, it is also possible to display an instruction to change the direction of the exhibit and photograph from a plurality of directions.

Then, in step S116, it is determined whether or not the number of shots reaches the set number. If it is determined in step S116 that the set number has not been reached, step S1
Returning to the process of 14, when it is determined that the number of images has reached the set number, the optimum image (at least two images or two images) is selected from the images photographed in step S117 and displayed on the display 120. The process moves to step S120. In step S117, for example, at least two optimum images are selected based on the waveform such as the contrast of the image of the exhibited exhibit, and the images are displayed on the display 120.
To display. In this case, all the picked-up images may be displayed side by side, and only the selected images may be marked or displayed larger than other images. As a result, a good image can be automatically selected, and the exhibitor can save the trouble of taking a plurality of images and selecting a better image.

Further, a stereoscopic image may be generated from the images of the exhibit taken at least in three directions and the stereoscopic image may be displayed on the display 120. Since the 3D image can be automatically obtained, the exhibitor can save time and effort such as generating a 3D image from a plurality of images. Even if there is no special knowledge of such image processing, the exhibit You can get attractive and effective images.

When displaying an image on the display 120, a button for selecting whether or not to capture the image displayed on the display 120 is also displayed as shown in FIG. 13, and when the button is pressed, You may move to the following process (image processing of S120).

Next, in step S120 shown in FIG. 7, the exhibitor terminal device 100 processes the image of the exhibit item selected in step 110 (processing means). Here, for example, the background processing is performed by extracting the contour of the image of the exhibit. As a result, the outline of the image is automatically extracted and the background processing is performed, so the labor of image formation can be saved, and an attractive and effective image of the exhibit can be obtained without any special knowledge of image processing. You can

Further, images of other articles (images of cigarettes, coins, rulers, etc.) may be added so that the size of the image of the exhibit can be understood. Furthermore, voice data and sound data such as sound sample data for exhibit items such as speakers and musical instruments may be added.
This will help you to understand the size of the exhibit, and obtain more attractive and effective images.

Next, in step S130, the exhibitor terminal device 100 stores the processed image of the exhibit in the storage means 140, and the process proceeds to step S200 in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, a button (OK button) for selecting whether to register at the auction site with the image displayed on the display 120, a button (redo button) for selecting whether or not to re-image the exhibit. Is displayed, and if the "redo" button is pressed, the process returns to the process of capturing the image of the exhibit shown in FIG. 6 (S100), and if the "OK" button is pressed, the image storage server device shown in FIG. 300
The process of storing the image of the exhibit may be moved to (S200).

In step S200 shown in FIG. 6, the image of the exhibit is stored in the image storage server device 300. Specifically, the processing shown in FIG. 9 is performed. First, in step S210, the exhibitor terminal device 100 accesses the image storage server device according to the present embodiment and logs in from a portal site, a provider content page, or another site on the Internet, for example, via the Internet. At this time, a browser function such as i-mode (trademark) may be used.

Then, in step S220, file transfer software, for example, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used.
ol) Start up the software. Then, step S23
When the image data of the exhibit stored in the storage unit 140 by the FTP software is 0, the image storage location (for example, URL:
Specify Uniform Resource Locator) and upload.

Subsequently, in step S240, it is determined whether or not the upload of the image of the exhibit is completed. In this case, a bar graph may be displayed on the display 120 as shown in FIG. 15 until the registration is completed. If it is determined that the image upload is completed, the user logs off in step S250. In this case, as shown in FIG. 16, a display to the effect that registration is completed may be displayed on the display 120.

After that, in step S300 shown in FIG. 6, the exhibit item is registered in the auction company server device 400. Specifically, the processing shown in FIG. 10 is performed. First, in step S310, the exhibitor terminal device 100 accesses and logs in to the auction company server device 400 according to this embodiment from a portal site, a provider content page, or another site on the Internet, for example, via the Internet. At this time, for example, i-mode
You may use browser functions, such as (trademark name).

Next, in step S320, the image information of the exhibit and other information necessary for registration are transmitted to the auction company server device 400 to register the exhibit. As the image information of the exhibit, for example, the storage location information (for example, URL) of the image of the exhibit stored in the image storage server device 300 is transmitted. Further, other information necessary for registration is information corresponding to each auction site, for example, information such as the title of the exhibit, description, payment method, auction period, etc. is transmitted.

Subsequently, in step S330, it is determined whether the registration of the exhibit is completed. In this case, a bar graph may be displayed on the display 120 as shown in FIG. 17 until the registration is completed. If it is determined that the registration is completed, the user logs off in step S340. In this case, as shown in FIG. 18, the display 120 may display a message indicating that the registration is completed. After that, the process returns to the process of FIG. 6 to end the process of registering the exhibit on the series of auction sites.

Here, the operation flow of the image storage server device 300 is shown in FIG. When the exhibitor terminal device 100 uploads an image of an exhibit to the image storage server device 300, the exhibitor terminal device 100 causes the image storage server device 300 to upload the image.
Access and log in (S21 shown in FIG. 9)
0), the image storage server device 300 receives the image data of the exhibit from the exhibit terminal 100 in response to the image storage request from the exhibitor terminal 100 in step S400, and specifies the image data of the exhibit in step S410. The image data is stored in the image database 352 based on the stored location information (for example, URL). When the image storage is completed, the exhibitor terminal device 100 is notified of the completion of the image storage in step S420, and the process is ended by logging off from the exhibitor terminal device 100. In this way, since the images of the exhibit items to be exhibited at the auction site are automatically stored, it is possible to save the trouble of exhibiting at the auction site and anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

Next, the auction company server device 40
The operation flow of 0 is shown in FIG. Exhibitor terminal device 100
When the exhibitor terminal device 100 registers the exhibit item in the auction company server device 400,
Access 00 and log in (S3 shown in FIG.
10), the company server device 400 responds to the exhibitor registration request from the exhibitor terminal device 100 in step S500, and displays the image information of the exhibit (for example, UR) from the exhibitor terminal device 100.
L) Other information necessary for registration is received, and step S51
Register the exhibit in the exhibit registration database 454 at 0. When the registration of the exhibit is completed, step S52
At 0, the exhibitor terminal device 100 is notified of the completion of image storage, and the process is ended by logging off from the exhibitor terminal device 100. In this way, since the exhibit items are automatically registered on the auction site, it is possible to save the trouble of exhibiting on the auction site and anyone can easily exhibit on the auction site.

In this way, when the registration of the exhibit on the auction site is completed, the bidder terminal device 200 uses the modem to access the information on the exhibit registered in the company server device 400 via the telephone line. It becomes possible to bid.

In the embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration, when the exhibit is registered on the auction site,
For example, the exhibitor may use the exhibitor terminal device 10 as shown in FIG.
0 is placed in front of the display 120 and the image pickup device 135 is directed toward the exhibit. Then, the exhibitor first images the exhibit, and the display 120 displays an image of the exhibit. In this case, the contrast and the like are automatically set by adjusting the backlight 125. As for the backlight 125, the entire screen may be adjusted, but a part of the screen may be adjusted as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, image processing such as background processing is performed, and the image of the exhibit after image processing is displayed as shown in FIG. Next, the image is uploaded to the image storage server device 300. At this time, as shown in FIG. 15, the display 120 indicates that uploading is in progress. When the uploading of the image is completed, the display 120 indicates that the uploading of the image is completed, as shown in FIG.

Next, registration is performed on the auction site based on the image information of the exhibit that has been uploaded to the image storage server device 300. At this time, as shown in FIG. 17, the display 120 shows a display indicating that the auction site is being registered. Once the registration of the exhibit is completed,
As shown in FIG. 8, the display 120 displays a message indicating that the registration is completed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to automatically carry out the steps from photographing the exhibit and capturing the image to registering it on the auction site. This will save you the trouble of exhibiting at the auction site.
In addition, even if you do not have special knowledge about shooting exhibits, capturing images, or processing images, you can register the images of exhibits on the auction site, so anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the claims, and naturally, these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the image storage server device 300 may be provided in the server device owned by the provider 600, or may be provided independently as shown in FIG.

Further, the exhibitor terminal device 100 is constituted by a portable terminal device provided with an image pickup device, for example, an i-mode device.
Even if the image storage server device 300 and the auction company server device 400 are accessed via the network 800 by using a browser function such as (trademark name), the exhibit items may be automatically registered on the auction site. Good. This makes it possible for anyone to easily register exhibit items on the auction site anytime, anywhere.

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As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically perform the steps from photographing the exhibit and capturing the image to registering it on the auction site. This will save you the trouble of exhibiting at the auction site.
In addition, even if you do not have special knowledge about shooting exhibits, capturing images, or processing images, you can register the images of exhibits on the auction site, so anyone can easily exhibit at the auction site.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a network auction exhibition support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an appearance of an exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image storage server device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a business entity server device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an overall flowchart showing a process in which an exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment registers an exhibit on an auction company server device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process in which the exhibitor terminal device shown in FIG. 6 captures an image of an exhibit.

8 is a flowchart showing a process in which the exhibitor terminal device shown in FIG. 7 photographs an exhibit.

9 is a flowchart showing a process in which the exhibitor terminal device shown in FIG. 6 stores an image of an exhibit on an image storage server device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process in which the exhibitor terminal device shown in FIG. 6 registers an exhibit item in the company server device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing steps performed by the image storage server device when the exhibitor terminal device uploads an image of an exhibit to the image storage server device.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing steps performed by an exhibitor terminal device when the exhibitor terminal device registers an exhibit item in the auction enterpriser server device.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a display when the exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment photographs an exhibit.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a display on which the exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment displays an image of an exhibit object after image processing.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a display when the exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment uploads an image of an exhibit to the image storage server device.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display display screen of the exhibitor terminal device when uploading to the image storage server device is completed.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the display when the exhibitor terminal device according to the present embodiment registers an exhibit on the auction company server device.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a display display screen of an exhibitor terminal device when registration of an exhibit on the auction company server device is completed.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Network Auction Exhibition Support System 100 exhibitor terminal device 102 CPU 120 Display means (display) 125 backlight 135 Imaging device 140 storage means 200 bidder terminal device 300 image storage server device 310 CPU 352 image database 400 Auction company server device 410 CPU 454 Exhibit Registration Database 600 providers 620 communication carrier 700 domain name server 800 networks

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kenichi Fukahori             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation F-term (reference) 5B050 AA08 BA06 BA10 BA13 CA05                       CA06 CA07 CA08 DA02 EA19                       EA26 FA02 FA06 FA10 FA19                       GA08                 5C062 AA14 AA29 AB17 AC41 AC42                       AC43 BA04 BD06

Claims (30)

[Claims] [Claim 1] At least an exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who wishes to participate in a network auction, a server device that stores an image of an exhibit, and a network auction company server device are connected via a public line network. The exhibitor terminal device is connected, and the exhibitor terminal device captures an image of the exhibit by an image capturing device, a transfer unit that transfers the captured image of the exhibit to the image storage server device, and the image. A network auction exhibition support system, comprising: registration means for registering an exhibit item in the company server device based on image information of the exhibit item stored in the storage server device. 2. The network auction exhibiting support system according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing means is provided with an imaging condition setting means for setting an optimum condition when an image is taken by the imaging means. 3. The network auction exhibition support according to claim 2, wherein the imaging condition setting means adjusts the contrast of the exhibit by adjusting the backlight of the display means to set the optimum condition. system. 4. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing means is provided with a processing means for extracting a contour of the image captured by the image capturing means and performing background processing. 5. The image capturing unit images the exhibit from at least two directions by the image capturing unit, selects at least two images from the captured images, and displays the selected images on the display unit at the same time. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 1, wherein: 6. The image capturing means captures the exhibit from at least three directions by the imaging means, generates a stereoscopic image from the captured images, and displays the stereoscopic image on the display means. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 1. 7. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing means adds other data to the image data of the exhibit. 8. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 7, wherein the other data is image data of an article for comparing sizes of exhibited articles. 9. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 7, wherein the other data is sound data. 10. The network auction exhibition support system according to claim 1, wherein the exhibitor terminal device is a portable terminal device. 11. An exhibitor terminal of an exhibitor who wishes to participate in a network auction, in which at least a server device that stores images of exhibited products and a network auction company server device are connected via a public line. An image capturing means for capturing an image of an exhibit by an image capturing means, a transfer means for transferring the captured image of the exhibit to the image storage server device, and an exhibition stored in the image storage server device. An exhibitor terminal device, comprising: a registration processing unit that performs a process necessary for registering an exhibit item in the company server device based on image information of the item. 12. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the image capturing unit is provided with an image capturing condition setting unit that sets an optimal condition for capturing an image with the image capturing unit. 13. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the imaging condition setting unit adjusts the contrast of the exhibit by adjusting the backlight of the display unit to set the optimum condition. . 14. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the image capturing unit is provided with a processing unit that extracts a contour of an image captured by the image capturing unit and performs background processing. 15. The image capturing means images the exhibit from at least two directions by the image capturing means, selects at least two images from the captured images, and simultaneously displays the selected images on the display means. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 11, wherein: 16. The image capturing means captures an image of an exhibit from at least three directions by the image capturing means, generates a stereoscopic image from the captured images, and displays the stereoscopic image on the display means. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 11. 17. The image capturing means adds other data to the image data of the exhibit.
Exhibitor terminal device described in 1. 18. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 17, wherein the other data is image data of an article for comparing sizes of exhibited articles. 19. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 17, wherein the other data is sound data. 20. The exhibitor terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the terminal device is a portable terminal device. 21. A network auction business server in which at least an exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who wishes to participate in a network auction and a server device for storing an image of an exhibit are connected via a public line. When an exhibitor registration request is made from the exhibitor terminal device, the information necessary for registration is received from the exhibitor terminal device based on the image information of the exhibitor in the registration of the exhibitor, and the exhibitor terminal device receives the information. A business entity server device characterized by performing registration. 22. A server for storing an image of an exhibit, in which at least an exhibitor terminal device of an exhibitor who wishes to exhibit at a network auction and a network auction company server device are connected via a public line. An image storage, characterized in that, when a request is made to store an image of an exhibit item from the exhibitor terminal device, the image information of the exhibit item is received from the exhibitor terminal device and the image is stored. Server device. 23. An information processing program, which realizes the function of the exhibitor terminal device according to any one of claims 11 to 20. 24. An information processing program, which realizes the function of the business entity server device according to claim 21. 25. An information processing program which realizes the function of the image storage server device according to claim 22. 26. A computer-readable recording medium recording the information processing program according to claim 23. 27. A computer-readable recording medium in which the information processing program according to claim 24 is recorded. 28. A computer-readable recording medium in which the information processing program according to claim 25 is recorded. 29. An auction exhibition support method for registering an exhibit from an exhibitor terminal device to a business auction server device of a network auction, wherein the exhibitor terminal device captures an image of the exhibit by an imaging means. And a step in which the exhibitor terminal device accesses the image storage server device to transfer an image of an exhibit to the image storage server device, and the exhibitor terminal device accesses the business entity server device and the image storage server A method of supporting exhibition of a network auction, comprising the step of registering an exhibit item in the company server device based on image information of the exhibit item stored in the device. 30. In the step of capturing an image of an exhibit by the exhibitor terminal device, a step of setting an optimum condition when the image is taken by the image pickup means, and an image of the exhibit is taken by the image pickup means according to the set optimum condition. 30. The network auction exhibition support method according to claim 29, further comprising a step and a step of performing background processing by extracting a contour of an image captured by the image capturing means.