JP2003331050A - Method and system for processing card information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce an attractive double-sided card. <P>SOLUTION: A net sever 10 is provided on the Internet 9 and is accessed from the respective information terminals 7, 8. A card server 31 and a server application 32 are provided in the net server 10. Card type contents are created or edited on the net server 10 by authoring functions of the information terminals 7, 8. The card type contents are constituted of card data for storage and card data for exchange and stored in a card server 31. The card data for exchange is downloaded to the information terminals 7, 8 and exchanged between the respective information terminals 7, 8. A card type print 20 is produced by a printer 15 on the basis of the card data for storage. The actual card type print 20 is blended with the card type contents on the Internet 9, the double-sided card is prevailed and a demand for print is aroused. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card information processing method and processing system for trading cards and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the real world, there are card type print media such as sports cards and trading cards on which various characters such as athletes, animations and games are printed. In addition, the Internet has spread rapidly in recent years, and there is also a web site for creating and displaying e-mails and cards with pictures and exchanging them on the Internet, and pictures are used as a communication means on the Internet. Is coming.

[0003]

However, there is no system for producing and ordering a card on which a photograph taken by an ordinary person is placed for a trading card or the like which is popular in the real world. Therefore, it does not have a form or function as a communication means that makes the best use of the charm of the photograph, and is composed of only one-sided information from the card issuer side. In the case of mails and cards exchanged on the Internet or the like, information is merely exchanged using photographic images. In this way, the card in the real world (real) and the mail, card, etc. in the Internet (virtual) are not related to each other and are closed within their respective limited ranges. For this reason, the card is not attractive or has a good ability to convey information, and its distribution channel is also limited.

A card which can input moving image data, still image data, voice data, etc. is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-138667. In addition, a card on which a URL that uniquely identifies an information source on the Internet is printed is created in advance, and this card is photographed by an image pickup unit attached to a notebook computer or the like, and U is automatically detected by character recognition.
An information processing device or the like adapted to access the RL is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-207338. However, even in the case of these cards, there is a problem that the attractiveness of the photograph is not utilized and the attractiveness as a card is lacking.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a card information processing method and processing system which are attractive to individual customers and which are excellent in information transmission.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a process of reading data of various parts objects and arranging them to create a card type content, and storing the created card type content. The card-type content includes storage card data including all information of the part object used in the card-type content, and replacement card data in which the information amount of the part object is reduced. And associate them. It is preferable that the card-type content includes front surface data and back surface data, and that various other component objects are arranged on a mount object in the various component objects.

The step of creating the card-type content includes a step of connecting to a net server via a network, a step of designating the mount object by an authoring system, and selectively arranging various other component objects on the mount object. It is preferable that the process includes a step of writing the selected part object and its layout information as one unit into the net server as the card-type content. Further, it is preferable that the card-type content is provided with identification information, and there is a step of creating a card-type print by reading out and printing the storage card data based on the identification information.

The card type contents are natural images, characters, CG, animation, voice, moving images, templates,
It is preferable that the logo mark includes part or all of part objects of the logo mark and layout information of each part object. Further, it is preferable that each of the component objects is stored in a file identified for each group and can be shared by a plurality of card-type contents. Further, the part object has copyright information, and when this copyright information is copyrighted, when the card-type print is created, a charge should be paid to the copyright holder of the part object. Is preferred. Further, it is possible to pre-register a part object having advertisement information and reduce or eliminate the usage fee or the print fee in the case of card-type content or card-type print using the part object having this advertisement information. preferable.

The authoring system described above includes means for creating a new card type content from a part object, means for editing an existing card type content, means for creating and editing a part object, and attribute information for the card type content. Means for giving, means for saving the created card-type contents in a database on the net server, means for creating exchange card data with a reduced amount of information of the card-type contents, and the exchange card data between the information terminals It is preferable to provide a means for transmitting and receiving in (1) and a means for ordering a card type print. Also,
The authoring system preferably operates on a plurality of platforms such as an internet terminal and a mobile terminal. It is preferable that the card has a wallet size.

In the card information processing system according to claim 12, means for creating a new card type content from a part object, means for editing an existing card type content, means for creating and editing a part object,
Means for giving attribute information to the card-type content, means for storing the created card-type content in a database on a net server, means for creating exchange card data with a reduced amount of information of the card-type content, and the exchange It is provided with a means for transmitting and receiving card data for use between information terminals and a means for ordering card-type prints. In addition,
It is preferable that the means for ordering has a means for designating the number of orders and destination information.

[0011]

1 is a schematic diagram showing an information processing system for a double-sided photo card according to the present invention. Users 3, 4
Is various telephone lines 5, 6 and net terminal 7, mobile terminal 8
Is used to connect to the net server 10.
The net server 10 is constructed on the Internet 9, for example, and is operated by a card information provider 12. The net terminal 7 is composed of a personal computer with a built-in modem and the like, and is provided with a display 7a, an input means 7b such as a keyboard and a mouse, a controller 7c and the like. An authoring application 7d provided by the card information provider 12 or the like is installed in the controller 7c, and the authoring application 7d enables connection to the net server 10. Then, using the net terminal 7, as will be described later, card-type contents are created, edited, browsed, ordered for printing, and the like.

The mobile terminal 8 is composed of a mobile phone and various mobile information terminals having a communication function.
The display 8a, the keyboard 8b, the controller 8c, etc. are provided almost in the same manner as described above, and in the same manner, the authoring application 8d enables connection to the net server 10. Browsing, print orders, etc.

A card printer 15 is connected to the net server 10 via a telephone line 13 and a net terminal 14. The card printer 15 is, for example, a large-scale photo lab,
It is installed in a DPE store, a convenience store, etc., and depending on the type of usage, there are those that can be directly operated by the user and those that can be operated by the operator in line with the intention of the user via the operator. A large-scale photo lab 1
6 shows an example provided in No. 6 and is operated and operated by the printing company 17. The card printer 15 records a photographed image 22 or the like on both sides of the card body 20a according to a print instruction from the net server 10 to produce the card-type print 20. An authoring application 14a is installed in the net terminal 14, and card-type contents can be created and updated in the same manner as the terminals 7 and 8.

2A and 2B show an example of the card type print 20. FIG. 2A shows the front surface 20b and FIG. 2B shows the back surface 20c. In the present embodiment, the card-type print 20 is for a soccer fan club, but the card-type print 20 is not limited to this, and may be produced for various fan clubs, circles, and even for individuals. In the present embodiment, the card type print 20 has a wallet size (80 to 95) mm × (50
.About.65) mm, and with such a size, the portability is improved, and the effect of promoting the spread of cards can be obtained. Note that the size is not limited to the wallet size, and other sizes such as postcard size (90 to 102) mm × (150 to 160) mm may be used.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the front surface 20b of the card-type print 20 is composed of a template image 21, a facial photograph image 22 of a fan, and a text image 23 such as a name. It should be noted that the individual face photo image 22 of the fan
Is not limited to one person, and may be a group photo by a plurality of people. Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, the back surface 20c is
Template image 24, Group photo image 2 of the fan club
5, a text image 26 consisting of commentary about the fan club, a fan club logo 27, and a card I
It is composed of a D code (card identification information) 28, a machine-readable ID barcode 29, a printing trader name 30, and the like. The text image 26 includes a card title image 26a and the like. Also, the surface 20
On b or the back side 20c, a face photograph image 22 of the individual fan
In addition to the group photo image 25 of the fan club, a face photo of the favorite player, an overall photo, or the like may be arranged.

As the card printer 15, a silver salt type photographic printer, a heat development transfer type photographic printer, an ink jet printer, a thermal printer, and various other printers can be used. Further, when it is structurally difficult to perform double-sided recording, after performing single-sided printing respectively, these are pasted together to form a double-sided recording card type print 20.
Is created. The card printer 15 may be provided with a laminating device or an embossing device as needed, and may be subjected to laminating process or embossing process as desired.

As shown in FIG. 1, the card server 31 is
It is built in the net server 10 and is operated by the card information provider 12. Also, the net server 1
0, a server application 32 is installed. This server application 32 cooperates with the authoring applications 7d and 8d of the various terminals 7 and 8 to enable creation and editing of card-type content 35 described later. Has been done.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of the card type content 35 in the card server 31 which is a database. The card-type content 35 is, for example, HT
ML (HyperText Markup Language) and XML (eX
It is described in a well-known document display format such as tensible Markup Language) and is created by authoring software. The card-type content 35 is composed of storage card data 36 and exchange card data 37. These are uniquely associated with link information,
The ID code (identification information) 28 distinguishes it from other card-type contents. This card type content 35 includes various component objects 40 to 40 in the card server 31.
49 is used, in addition to text data, images, sounds,
Various data such as videos are also included.

The storage card data 36 and the replacement card data 37 substantially correspond to each other, and the card-type print 20 (see FIG. 1) created based on the storage card data 36 and the replacement card data 37. The display image is substantially the same as the display image (see display 7a in FIG. 4) displayed on the basis of FIG. However, when a component object that cannot be expressed in the card-type print 20, for example, a component object of moving image data or audio data is used,
These data are omitted on the card type print 20. Note that the component object ID code of the moving image data or audio data may be displayed as a text image at a corresponding position, if necessary. Further, instead of these ID codes, a still image of a typical scene in moving image data, text data obtained by converting a typical voice in audio data into text data, or the like may be displayed.

As the component objects 40 to 49, a mount, a template, a high-definition image, a logo mark, a character string,
There are advertisements, etc., which are sorted by object type, and are stored with a component object ID code attached to a folder prepared for each type. Further, the following auxiliary information is similar to the part object, and in the present embodiment, these are also collectively stored in the same folder as the additional information part object together with the ID code thereof. The storage mode of these component objects 40 to 49 is not limited to this, and may be stored in various modes in consideration of the storage capacity and the like. For example, a high-definition image that is not versatile may be stored in the same folder together with the storage card data.

As the auxiliary information parts object,
Upper card link destination, lower card link destination, community name, community genre name, card creator / member, card creator link destination, print enable / disable flag, print company link destination, card data download enable / disable flag, disclosure range flag, etc. There is. In the disclosure range flag, non-disclosure, disclosure in the community, and all disclosure are selected.

In the component object 40 on the mount, the card size, print surface (both sides, one side A, one side B), etc. are defined. In this embodiment, wallet size and postcard size are prepared as card sizes. When these component objects on the mount are selected, the mount ranges 52 and 53 are displayed on the display 7a as shown in FIG.

The component object 41 of the template is used to decorate the inside of the mount areas 52 and 53, and is constituted by a gate shape, a square frame, and various other shapes, and is further provided with various patterns and patterns. When the component object 41 of this template is selected, the mount areas 52 and 53 are
The selected template image is displayed.

The high-definition image component object 42 is inserted into the synthesis frame of the template image 21 and synthesized, and includes photographic image data taken by an individual, photographic image data prepared in advance by a card provider, and the like. Furthermore, images such as CG and animation are also prepared as this high definition image. Similarly, other component objects 43 and 44 such as logo mark images and character strings are created, uploaded, or selected in advance when creating card-type contents in the same manner. be able to.

The advertisement part object 45 is registered in advance by a desired company, and there are various types of advertisement images formed by combining photograph images, character images, and the like. In this advertisement image, a company name, a trademark, a product name, a company logo, a company address, a telephone number, a URL, campaign contents, etc. are selected and used.

In addition to the respective images, the respective component objects 41 to 43 of the template image, the high-definition image and the logo image are associated with the component object 47 of the copyright holder such as the creator or the copyright holder. .

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the authoring application. By executing the authoring application 7d, the following various functions are exhibited. In this authoring process, a card-type content or a component object of the card-type content is laid out and displayed on the display 7a, and the input means 7b such as a keyboard or a mouse is used to select and position the card-type content. Edit or create a new one. Various authoring applications have already been provided, and the above-mentioned various functions are realized by using these applications.

First, the card creating section 60 creates a new card type content 35 by using the various component objects 40 to 49. Further, the editing unit 62 reads out the existing card-type contents 35 and edits them. The part object creating / editing unit 63 creates or edits a new part object. The attribute information addition unit 64 adds attribute information to the card-type content 35. The storage unit 65 stores the created or edited card-type content 35 and the component objects 40 to 49 in the card server 30. Further, in the data size changing unit 66,
Save the storage card data 3 so that the data size can be easily handled by the net terminal 7 or the mobile terminal 8.
The data size is reduced by thinning out each pixel of the image based on 6 to reduce the bit number of the color of one pixel, and this is created as the replacement card data 37.

The transmitting / receiving unit 67 sends to the various terminals 7, 8 the exchange card data 37 whose data size is reduced according to the display resolution of the various terminals 7, 8 and the data size of the number of bits of the color of one pixel. Send these terminals 7,
8 can be sent and received. In addition, exchange card data 3
Either one or both of the link information and the ID code are attached to the exchange card data 37 so that 7 and the storage card data 36 used for printing have a one-to-one correspondence.

The order reception unit 68 displays the replacement card data 3
The image is displayed based on 7, and the card-type print 20 is ordered. This order reception has a function of designating the number of orders, product destination information, and the like. For product destination information, enter the product destination each time and register the user in advance, and at the time of this user registration, enter the desired destination and register it, and then order these. You may choose at any time. Further, instead of registration, or in combination with registration, it may be asked whether or not to register the destination once input each time, and this may be stored when registration is desired. An address, name, zip code, telephone number, etc. are used as the destination information.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
A method of creating card-type contents and card-type prints will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the users 3 and 4 enter the net server 10 from the net terminal 7 or the mobile terminal 8 and use the authoring applications 7d and 8d and the server application 32 to observe the displays of the terminals 7 and 8 and to enter the keyboard. By using an input means such as a mouse or the like, search, creation, edit, etc. of the card type contents are selected. In the search, by entering a keyword,
Narrow down the card-type contents to be searched and display this on the display. This search function is added to the card creating unit 61, the editing unit 62, the part object creating / editing unit 63, and the like.

When the create or edit menu is selected, various component objects can be selected and laid out according to these menus. Then, various component objects are laid out with respect to the mount component object, and a character string or the like is input to create or edit the card-type content.

By selecting save, the created or edited card type content is added with new card identification information and stored in the database in the net server. Also, by selecting update, the card-type content before editing is overwritten.

In these creation and edit menus, the data size of each object is changed by the data size changing unit 66 in accordance with the display screen resolution of each terminal and the number of bits of the color of one pixel, so that an appropriate data amount can be obtained. Created and edited. Furthermore, the card-type contents whose data size has been changed are exchange card data 37,
It can be downloaded from various terminals 7 and 8. Since this exchange card data has a small amount of data in accordance with each information terminal, it becomes easy to exchange with each network terminal 7 or mobile terminal 8.

When a favorite card is found by exchanging the exchange card data 37, it is possible to switch to the order menu mode and place a print order. In this case, the storage card data is sent to the card printer 15 installed in the printing company 17 via the net server 10 and printing is performed there. At the time of printing, the billing information of the component object used is referred to, and for the object billed based on the copyright or the like, this billing amount is added to the print fee. The fee collected by the charge is regularly transferred to the copyright owner or the like.

When the advertisement part object 45 is used, the print fee is reduced by the advertisement fee. Further, instead of the reduction, a point system may be used, and in this case, points are accumulated, and in accordance with this, provision of a gift or discount of a printing fee is performed.

The card-type print 20 thus manufactured is carried by the users 3 and 4 and exchanged. Further, based on the ID code of the card-type print 20, it is possible to separately order prints from the various terminals 7 and 8, and in the same manner, it is possible to stimulate demand for printing a new card. At this time, it is possible to print the same one or replace the personal image with one's own to create a new card.

In the above embodiment, the fee for using the part object is charged only at the time of printing. However, the fee for using the part object is registered when the card type content is registered and the identification information of the card type content is created. May be charged. Further, a new charge may be applied when downloading the replacement card data, and a new charge may be applied when printing. Also,
In the case of a copyrighted component object, the component data may be scrambled (encrypted).

Although the card-type contents and prints for soccer fan clubs have been shown in the above embodiments, the use form of the cards is not limited to the above-mentioned ones, and various clubs, circles, etc. can be gathered or unspecified. It may be for a large number of individuals. Further, the present invention may be applied to a game type card. In this case, it is possible to prepare a card for oneself by preparing a large number of character part objects and their description objects and selecting from them. Furthermore, a new game card may be created by inserting personal photograph images, names, etc. into such a game card. It should be noted that a component object having a rarity value may be ranked, for example, by being charged higher than other component objects.

The card type contents include a template,
A basic image such as a high-definition image or text is displayed, but one or more of these may be used for configuration.

Further, although the present invention is applied to the double-sided print card in the above-mentioned embodiment, one side is a standard card which is printed in advance, and the individual information such as personal information is printed on the other side. May be.

Further, the identification information of each card may be expanded so as to include all or any of the card creator name, the shooting date and time, the shooting location GPS data, and other text data.

In the above embodiment, the card type contents can be browsed, but the browsing range may be limited. For example, browsing may be prohibited, browsing within the member range, browsing within the entire range may be set. Also, when browsing, the number of browsing times, the number of times of downloading, the number of times of editing and the like may be individually counted, and ranking may be performed according to these counted numbers to display the best ten or the like. Further, the charging fee may be changed according to the ranking. For example, the charging fee may be increased by 10% when it is in the top 100 in the ranking, and the charging fee may be gradually increased toward the higher ranks. On the contrary, the charging fee may be lowered.
Also, if the reference frequency or the use frequency is low due to ranking, etc., this may be automatically deleted.

A data storage fee may be collected from the user for a personalized component object, for example, a component object that is of little use value to others, such as a personal photograph. Further, a browsing and using period may be set for all or some of the component objects, and after this period has passed, the browsing and using may be stopped by erasing or moving to another storage medium. In addition, when performing such deletion registration or registration for discontinuing browsing, inquiries will be made in advance to the copyright holders of the component object or card-type content, and if necessary, an application for extension of the browsing period will be made. .

Further, a typical photographic image of the card-type content may be analyzed, and characteristic data obtained from this analysis result may be used as unique identification information of the card-type content.

In the above embodiment, the rectangular card body is used to form a rectangular card, but the card shape is not limited to this. For example, polygonal shapes such as triangles and pentagons,
It may have a circular shape, a heart shape, an elliptical shape, a ring shape, or any other arbitrary shape. Further, in the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a two-dimensional card, but the present invention may be applied to a print medium using a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped, a sphere, or the like.
In this case, print on each three-dimensional surface. Then, instead of the card-type contents, the block-type contents are used, and the component objects and the like for each surface are selectively arranged to configure them.

[0047]

According to the present invention, the data of various component objects are read out, these are arranged to create a card-type content, and the created card-type content is stored. Since it has storage card data including all information of the part object used in the card type contents and exchange card data in which the amount of information of the part object is reduced, various information terminals using the exchange card data Card-type contents can be displayed on. This promotes the use of card-type contents. Also, re-editing,
The value as card-type content is enhanced through the process of reuse. Furthermore, by providing front-side data and back-side data as card-type contents, a double-sided card can be configured and the amount of information can be increased.

Identification information is attached to the card-type content, and the card data for storage is read out and printed based on the identification information to create a card-type print. Therefore, a card having a photographic image is easily produced. can do. In this way, the card in the real world (real) and the mail or card in the internet (virtual) can be associated with each other. Therefore, the barrier between the two is eliminated, and the distribution channel and the like are expanded, so that the demand for printing cards can be greatly stimulated. Moreover, since it has photo images and these can be arbitrarily edited, it is possible to create a unique card with personal feelings, and it is possible to increase the attractiveness and information transmission power of the card. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a card information processing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a card-type print created using the card information processing system, (A) being the front side and (B) being the back side.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of card-type content.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram for explaining an authoring function in a net terminal.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process for producing a card type print.

[Explanation of symbols]

5,6,13 Telephone line 7,8 terminals 9 Internet 10 Net server 15 card printer 20 card type print 21 Template image 22 face photo image 23 text images 24 template images 25 group photo image 26 text images 27 logo mark 28 Card ID code 29 ID barcode 30 Printing company name 35 card type contents 36 Card data for storage 37 Replacement card data 38 ID code 40-49 parts object 52,53 Mount range

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kazuyuki Tanaka             6-81 Onoe-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa             Hitachi Software Engineering Stock Association             In-house (72) Inventor Tsuyoshi Ota             Edited by 7-6-64 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo             Engineering Research Center F-term (reference) 5B021 AA30 CC07 EE00

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A process of reading data of various component objects, arranging them to create a card type content, and storing the created card type content, wherein the card type content is the card type content. A card characterized by having storage card data including all information of the component objects used in the content and replacement card data having a reduced amount of information of the component objects, which are associated with each other. Information processing method. 2. The card-type content includes front surface data and back surface data, and is configured by arranging various other component objects on a mount object in the various component objects. Card information processing method described. 3. The step of creating the card-type content includes the step of connecting to a net server via a network, and designating the mount object by an authoring system and selectively arranging various other component objects on the mount object. 3. The card information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: a step; and a step of writing the selected part object and its layout information as a group into the net server as the card type content. 4. The card-type content is provided with identification information, and there is a step of reading out and printing the storage card data based on the identification information to create a card-type print. The card information processing method described in one. 5. The card-type content is a part object of some or all of a natural image, a character, a CG, an animation, a sound, a moving image, a template, and a logo mark, and
5. The card information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the card information processing method is configured by layout information of each part object. 6. The component object is stored in a file that is identified for each group, and can be shared by a plurality of card-type contents. Card information processing method. 7. The component object includes copyright information, and if the copyright information is copyrighted, a charge to be paid to the copyright holder of the component object when creating the card-type print. 7. The card information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: 8. A component object having advertisement information is registered in advance, and in the case of card-type content or card-type print using the component object having this advertisement information, the usage fee or print fee is reduced or free. The card information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that. 9. The authoring system comprises means for creating a new card type content from a part object, means for editing an existing card type content, means for creating and editing a part object, and attributes for the card type content. A means for giving information, a means for storing the created card-type contents in a database on a net server, a means for creating exchange card data in which the information amount of the card-type contents is reduced, and the exchange card data for information 9. The card information processing method according to claim 3, further comprising means for transmitting / receiving between terminals and means for ordering card-type prints. 10. The card information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the authoring system operates on a plurality of platforms such as an internet terminal and a mobile terminal. 11. The card information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the card has a wallet size. 12. A means for creating a new card type content from a part object, a means for editing an existing card type content, a means for creating and editing a part object, and a means for giving attribute information to the card type content. And a means for storing the created card-type content in a database on a net server, a means for creating exchange card data with a reduced amount of information of the card-type content, and transmitting and receiving the exchange card data between information terminals. A card information processing system comprising means and means for ordering card-type prints. 13. The card information processing system according to claim 12, wherein the means for ordering has means for specifying the number of ordered sheets and destination information.