JP2003122752A - Yarn material information retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a yarn material information retrieval system for exactly acquiring a desired piece of yarn material information without taking labor and costs. SOLUTION: A yarn material information server having a data base of the yarn material is registered on the Internet and an information browser retrieves the information by accessing the data base via the Internet.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention accumulates information (thread material information) about thread materials and processed products as products owned by textile-related companies around the world, and processes the information in a digital data format. Create a database and register this database on the Internet as a thread material information server, so that companies or individuals who want high-quality threads are charged, but without spending the effort and time to go to exhibitions and other companies. The present invention relates to a thread material information search system that enables a user to easily search for a desired thread material via the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, yarn materials produced in factories of spinning companies all over the world are exhibited twice a year at a yarn exhibition hall held in France, Italy, etc., and gather from each country in search of high-quality yarn materials. Published to companies and individuals. Therefore, people see the actual thread material, obtain thread information, and carry out commerce based on it. Alternatively, each textile product-related company contacts each spinning company to find the yarn desired by the textile product-related company.

On the other hand, information retrieval technology is one of the oldest and broadest fields of computer utilization. The most basic method of information retrieval is a directory-type information retrieval in which the location of desired information is known. To do this, store a large number of information or data in their own locations (memory registers or files), and assign a unique number to each storage location. Can be taken out.

A more sophisticated method of information retrieval is the keyword method. This is used, for example, when searching for documents related to a keyword from a large number of documents. The number of keywords is not limited to one, and a plurality of keywords can be given at the same time.

In the computer, the above-mentioned information retrieval is a comparison operation for finding a match between a designated number and a memory counter in the case of a directory type. In the keyword system, matching of a given keyword with each word in a document is performed. This is the desired comparison operation. These comparison operations are performed by executing the information retrieval program.

[0006] Recently, the Internet as a world-wide information network configured by organically connecting computers called servers, which provide various information services, has rapidly spread. By connecting their own personal computers to the Internet and installing appropriate software, companies or individuals can receive information services from any server.

Among them, a server that stores information in a unique field as a database is establishing a position as the most useful information source for a user of a personal computer using the Internet. The user can regularly receive predetermined information from the database of the contracted server, or can search for desired information from the database of the server by searching for information.

Generally, the server is provided for the user as a business of the information service provider, so that the database is electronically locked and cannot be accessed without relying on the password. . In other words, only the user who has contracted with the server and paid the fee can access the database. Recently, the security technology for database protection is also becoming more sophisticated.

[0009]

However, as described above, in the current situation that the thread material information is exchanged only at the thread exhibition twice a year, even for the manufacturer who wants to advertise the thread material. In addition, it is very inconvenient for various companies and individuals who want high quality yarns, and the cost and labor for it are large, and therefore, using the recent Internet technology, it is easier and less expensive to use the yarn material information. There was a high demand for a way to obtain the.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
There is a problem in realizing a thread material information search system that can easily and inexpensively obtain thread material information using the Internet.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the thread material information retrieval system according to the present invention has an arbitrary number of information publications for advertising information (thread material information) about a thread material or a processed product thereof. Computer of the user, a computer of a thread information service person registered on the Internet as a thread material information server, and an arbitrary number of information viewers requesting to browse the homepage of the thread material information server (when the information publisher browses The thread material information server includes means for obtaining original information about the thread material from the thread information publisher, a database for digitizing and accumulating the original information, and information search for the database. Information retrieval means for performing, means for registering the database on the Internet homepage, and access to the database And a security means for limited, the information browsing's computer includes means for retrieving the assigned password by the server connected via the Internet browsing contract accesses the database information desired yarn material information.

With the above structure, the information publisher provides the thread information service provider with the original information of the thread material based on the posting contract with the thread information service provider, and at the same time pays the posting fee. A thread information service person converts this original information into digital data and stores it as a database, and registers this database as a thread material information server on the Internet. This database is protected by security measures so that it cannot be accessed without a password.

On the other hand, an arbitrary information viewer (including a case where an information provider browses a homepage) is assigned a password to the thread material information server by concluding a browsing contract with a thread information service person. With this password, the information viewer can access the database of the server and search for the desired thread material information. That is, the information viewer can obtain the desired thread material information simply by operating the personal computer.

Further, in the thread material information retrieval system according to the present invention, the original information converted into digital data by the thread material information server relates to the matters described on the registration card by the information publisher and the thread material described on the shade card. The basic information, the photograph or design of the largest thread attached to the shade card, the color development photograph or design attached to the shade card, and the price of the thread material. This allows
Almost all information about a thread material can be represented.

Further, in the thread material information retrieval system according to the present invention, the thread information service person actually dyes each thread material in several hundred kinds of colors to the information viewer who has a contract for viewing, and has the same identification number as the database for each. The color sample book with a mark is provided by mail separately to ensure the confirmation of the thread color.

Since the color expression of the thread material is extremely important in the work related to apparel, the color sample book is distributed to the information viewer in consideration of the fact that the color displayed on the monitor is slightly different for each monitor. Thereby, the color of the thread material displayed on the monitor can be confirmed with the color sample book.

Further, in the thread material information retrieval system according to the present invention, the thread information service person presents the period for posting thread information on the home page and the information browsing fee.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a thread material information retrieval system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the thread material information retrieval system allows a thread information service person (Smart Alex Co.) to search Y & F. A thread material information server 1 registered under the name "com web", an arbitrary number of information publishers 2, and a personal computer 3 of an arbitrary number of information viewers (in the case where an information provider browses, they become information viewers). It consists of

The thread material information server 1 is a computer having a normal hardware and software configuration, and as described later, functionally, the thread material information input unit 4, the digital data conversion unit 5, and the database 6 are provided. An information retrieval unit 7, a security unit 8, an Internet registration unit 9, and a color sample unit 10 are provided.

The information publisher 2 refers to a company, such as a thread material maker (spinning company), that widely advertises the thread material manufactured by itself to the world, and the thread material information server 1 stores its own thread material information. In order to post on the website of, the information posting contract is concluded with the thread information service provider and the information processing fee and information posting fee are paid.

In order to obtain the desired thread material information by browsing the home page of the thread material information server 1 via the Internet, the information viewer makes a viewing contract with the thread information service person, pays the contract fee and pays to the home page. Acquire access rights (password). Then, when accessing the homepage, a predetermined access fee is paid to the thread information service person.

As described above, by having the thread material information server 1 on the Internet, the thread information service person can carry out the business satisfying the requirements of both the information publisher and the information viewer.

In general, the thread material information is information on the thread material or a processed product thereof, and includes the use of the thread material (for handicraft or factory for manufacturing furniture such as sofas, curtains and carpets). Knitting and circular knitting, white cloth (clothes) for clothing such as shats and suits, textiles for automobile seats, etc., and glass fibers used for medical treatment, etc. and circular knitting called technical such as carbon), Manufacturing factory name, applicable season, thread name, thread image (described later), gloss, length of hair, elasticity, shape of thread or method of making thread (wool, worsted,
Mall, boo clay link, card, comb, technical, high twist etc.), quality and composition (percentage of wool, cotton, filament etc.), color, stock service, price etc.

The image of the yarn is, that is, a yarn image (YARN IMAGE), and "Winter Cotton, Summer Wool (S
ummer Wool), light (Light-Weig
ht), city sense (CITY), ethnic (FOLK)
LORE), in the wind (COUNTRY), sporty (SPORT), very soft (Super-Sof)
t), Casual (Casual), Formal (FO)
RMAL), basic (BASIC), old-fashioned (CL
ASIC), gorgeous (GORGEOUS), fanci (FANCY), gloss (SHINGING),
Have limbs (HAIRLY), fur type (FUR),
Silk-like (SILKY), two-day (Tweeb
y), cute texture (DRY TOUCH), something new (NEW) ”.

The type is, that is, the yarn type (YARN
TYPE) and "makes it fluffy (BRUSHE
D), silicate processing (MERCERIO), woolen yarn (WORSTED), woolen yarn (WOOLEN), carto (CARDED), comba (COMBEO), filament (FILAMENT), slab (SLAB), technical (TECHNICAL), elastic. (ST
RECH), tape (TAPE), mall (CHENI)
LLE (MOGAL), Bouclay (BOUCL)
E), cord (CODE), nep (NEP), and knitted yarn (KNITted YARN) ".

The details of the structure of the thread material information server 1 will be described below. In the thread material information server 1, the thread material information input unit 4 receives the entry registration card in the company's own format from the information publisher 2 and also attaches the shade card of the thread material and the shade card from the information publisher 2. The received main image and color image, and the color sample book are received.

The publication registration card includes the information publisher 2 company name, yarn material manufacturing plant name, season, yarn name, application, gloss, hair length, elasticity, yarn shape, color, and stock service. , Price, etc. are entered.

The shade card means a booklet or a thread material itself for advertising the thread material prepared by the information publisher 2, in which so-called instructions such as composition of each thread material, washing display, etc. are described. There is.

An image is a photograph or design of a thread material, and often refers to a product photograph. As shown in FIG. 2, the main image refers to the largest thread knitted fabric or thread processed product attached to the shade card. The color image is an image of color development attached to a shade card, which is not shown.

The digital data conversion unit 5 reads the content of each item and the content of each item of the instruction written on the publication registration card, converts these contents into predetermined digital codes, and converts them into data. As is well known in the art of such data conversion, an item having 2 ^N possible contents is configured by an N-bit word memory, and each possible contents has a 1 to 1 digital code of 0 to 2 ^N. It is achieved by assigning. A set of such word memories becomes the text portion of the database 6.

The digital data conversion unit 5 converts the main image and the color image into digital data with a CCD camera. Techniques for converting such photographs into digital data are well known. That is, the photographic surface consisting of a dot matrix is divided into a large number of areas consisting of a set of a predetermined number of dots, and the luminance and color of each area are represented by digital numbers
Form a video memory similar to that on a TV. A set of video memories for each color thread material is an image portion of the database 6.

The database 6 is composed of the text portion and the image portion in the data memory. Each of these parts has a separate read circuit. The content of each item in the text portion is read by the item number or by the keyword that matches the content itself. Further, the image data of the thread material of each color is sequentially read out by the identification number and displayed on the monitor screen of the information viewer personal computer 3.

The information retrieval unit 7 retrieves information from the database 6 by using the keyword received from the information viewer personal computer 3. There are various forms of information retrieval depending on the request of the information viewer. When the unique identification code of the thread material is used as a keyword, all the information about the thread material is stored in the database 6
Is output from. Moreover, if a certain quality, for example, wool is used as a keyword, all the yarn materials of wool can be retrieved from the database. Further, without being limited to these, for example, “wool 20%”, “acrylic 30
You can also search by "%".

A plurality of keywords may be used in the information retrieval of the text portion. In other words, by specifying a plurality of item contents with a plurality of keywords, it is possible to search for a thread material satisfying it and display an image of the thread material on the screen.

In short, the information retrieving unit 7 can freely retrieve the information matching the given keyword from the database 6.

The security section 8 locks the read circuit of the database 6 so that it does not operate unless a predetermined condition is satisfied. This lock is designed to be released when a password is entered from the information viewer's personal computer 3 through the information retrieval unit 7. This password is provided only to the information viewer who has a reading contract with the thread information service person.

The Internet registration unit 9 registers the database 6 as a thread material information server on the Internet,
Record the server name, mark, home page heading page, etc. at the beginning of the database.

The thread material information server 1 as described above is connected to each information viewer personal computer 3 via the communication network 10 of the Internet.

The information viewer personal computer 3 is an ordinary personal computer and is equipped with general-purpose information retrieval software. The information viewer personal computer 3 has means for inputting a password and a keyword, and means for displaying, printing, and storing thread material information, whereby the home page of the thread material information server 1 is displayed on the monitor screen. Then, the desired thread material information is searched, and the search result is displayed or printed. Also, the creation of a CD-ROM is a by-product for digitization, and if the customer wishes, it can be provided as a CD-ROM at a low price.

As the thread material information, the color of the thread material is an important element. In the case where the accurate color of the thread material cannot be identified depending on the monitor screen of the information viewer's personal computer 3,
The thread information service person distributes the color sample book 11 to the information viewer personal computer 3. The color sample book 11 is
Actually, each thread material is dyed in hundreds of colors and an identification number is attached to each. The information viewer can check the color of the thread material on the display screen of the personal computer 3 with the color sample book 11.

The thread information service person digitizes the color obtained by actually dyeing each thread material into hundreds of colors for the information publisher. Color information is input by selecting a desired color from the digitized colors. This way,
Even if thread information of many colors exists, the information input can be simplified.

In this way, with the globalization of the textile-related industry, the same material can be viewed on the monitor all over the world, and this system can be used at the production site or at planning meetings.

[0044]

According to the thread material information retrieval system of the present invention, a thread material information server is interposed via the Internet between a company that wants to advertise thread material information and a company or an individual who requests thread material information. As a result, both information publishers and information viewers can meet their requirements easily, easily and at low cost without attending conventional exhibitions, etc. Provide great benefits to the whole.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a thread material information search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a thread material in the example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Thread material information server, 2 ... Information provider,
3 ... Information browsing personal computer, 4 ... Thread material information input unit, 5 ... Digital data conversion unit, 6 ... Database, 7 ... Information retrieval unit, 8 ... ..Security department, 9 ... Internet registration department, 10.
..Internet communication networks, 11 .... Color sample books

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A computer of an arbitrary number of information publishers who want to advertise information (thread material information) about a thread material or a processed product thereof, and a computer of a thread information service person registered as a thread material information server on the Internet. The thread material information server comprises a computer of an arbitrary number of information viewers (including the case where the information publishers browse) requesting the homepage of the thread material information server. A means for obtaining original information about the material, a database for digitizing and accumulating the original information,
The information browsing means includes an information retrieval means for performing an information retrieval of the database, a means for registering the database on a homepage of the Internet, and a security means for restricting access to the database. A thread material information retrieving system, characterized in that the thread material information retrieving apparatus comprises means for accessing the database to which information is searched for desired thread material information, which is connected through a password and is assigned by a browsing contract. 2. The original information converted into digital data includes items described on the registration card by the information publisher, basic information about the thread material described on the shade card, and the largest thread attached to the shade card. The thread material information search according to claim 1, which is a knitted fabric or thread processed product, a color knitted fabric or thread processed product attached to the shade card, and a price of a thread material. system. 3. The thread information service provider must separately provide, by mail, a color sample book in which each thread material is dyed into several hundred kinds of colors and an identification number is attached to each of the information viewers who have made a contract for viewing. The thread material information retrieval system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the confirmation of the color of the thread is ensured. 4. The thread information service person digitizes a color obtained by actually dyeing each thread material into hundreds of colors for an information publisher, and selects a desired color from the digitized colors. The thread material information retrieval system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the color information is input by receiving the information. 5. The thread material information retrieval system according to claim 1, wherein the thread information service person presents a period for posting thread information on a homepage and an information browsing fee.