JP2004303249A - Wrapper printing system, advertisement rate charging device, wrapper printing method, server device, client device, printer, material to be printed, store, computer program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wrapper printing system capable of individually printing an image selected by a purchaser of a commodity on a wrapper or a sealing material at a sales location, order reception location, a shipping location, or a delivery location. <P>SOLUTION: The purchaser of the commodity can browse a plurality of types of images 200 managed by a user image server 110 and an advertisement image server 120, and select one or a plurality of the images 200 which the user desires to be printed on the wrapper 160 and/or the sealing material put on the commodity from the images 200 by using the store client device 130. By using the printer 140 installed in the sales location, the order reception location, the shipping location, or the delivery location, the selected image 200 can be individually printed on the wrapper 160 of the commodity and/or the sealing material put on the commodity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging material printing technique for printing an image on a packaging material of a product or a sealing material attached to the product, and more specifically, an image selected by a purchaser of the product by using the packaging material of the product or the product. The present invention relates to a novel packaging material printing technology which enables individual printing on a sealing material to be attached to a product at a sales base or the like of the product.

  The packaging material (packing box, packaging bag, wrapping paper, etc.) contains information (name, brand mark, image of the product, etc.) related to the product to be packaged (package contents, wrappings) , Image of a character, etc.) and advertisement information are already printed before being carried into the retail store of the product. These product-related images and advertisement images are printed on packaging materials for the purpose of increasing the consumer's willingness to purchase the products to be packaged and the products to be advertised. Each manufacturer, store, advertiser, etc. Selected after careful consideration. However, the images printed on the packaging of the product must be safe (regular and uninteresting) that most people in the target audience will like. . For this reason, even if the image printed on the packaging material of the product is changed to a new one, the freshness is immediately lost.

As a conventional technique for solving this kind of problem, when a consumer purchases a product at a retail store, an advertisement image is placed on the packaging material of the product, the product itself, or a seal material attached to the product on the spot. A technology (advertisement printing method, advertisement printing device) for printing (advertisement information) is known. This advertisement information is transmitted from a server computer to a retail store via the Internet in response to a request from an advertiser (advertising client). Therefore, according to this conventional technique, an advertisement image having fresh and appropriate contents requested by an advertiser can be printed on the packaging material of the product or the product itself at the site where the product is purchased. The advertiser can easily issue an instruction to change the advertisement image via the Internet, and thus can advertise appropriate content at an appropriate timing. (Patent Document 1)
However, the above-described conventional technology is designed to change an advertisement image printed on a packaging material of a product in accordance with an advertiser's request. It is not intended to be able to be changed according to the request of the person under consideration). That is, in the above-described related art, the right to select an advertisement image to be printed on a packaging material of a product is given only to the supply side such as an advertiser, a maker, a retail store, and not to the demand side.

  Therefore, the advertisement image printed on the packaging material of the product or the like according to the above-described conventional technology is not necessarily the advertisement image of the content or design that each product purchaser, that is, the end user, truly desires.

  Further, in the above-described conventional technology, the image other than the advertisement image is printed in advance on the packaging material of the product and cannot be changed at a retail store or the like. Furthermore, an arbitrary image selected by a product purchaser (for example, an image selected by a product purchaser himself using a digital camera or the like, or selected from a plurality of images provided by a product maker or an advertiser) It is impossible with the above-described conventional technology to print images, etc.) individually on the packaging material of the product at the retail store of the product.

JP-A-2002-83220

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to realize a novel packaging material printing technique that can print an image selected by a purchaser of the product on a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product. is there. More specifically, it is as follows.

  A first problem is that an image selected by a purchaser of a product is applied to a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging material printing system that can perform individual printing.

  The second problem is that when an image provided by an advertiser is selected by a purchaser of a product and is printed on a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product, the number of times of printing and the printing area are changed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an advertisement fee charging device capable of charging a charged fee for each advertiser.

  A third problem is that an image selected by a purchaser of a product is applied to a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging material printing method that can be individually printed.

  The fourth problem is that an image desired by a purchaser of a product is individually attached to a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a server device that allows browsing of a plurality of types of images and manages any of the images so that the images can be selected so that the images can be printed.

  A fifth problem is that a purchaser of a product selects an image to be printed on a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product, and sends the image to a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. An object of the present invention is to provide a client device for instructing an installed printer or print server device to print the image.

  A sixth problem is that an image selected by a purchaser of a product is applied to a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. It is to provide a printer for printing individually.

  A seventh object is to provide a printing material that can be easily formed on a packaging box of the product after printing an image selected by a purchaser of the product on the surface thereof.

  An eighth object is to provide a store that can print one or a plurality of images selected by a purchaser of a product on a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product.

  A ninth problem is that an image selected by a purchaser of a product is applied to a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer program for realizing, by using a computer, a packaging material printing system capable of individually printing, a server device, a client device, and an advertisement fee charging device constituting the system.

    A tenth problem is that an image selected by a purchaser of a product is applied to a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. To provide a recording medium on which a computer program for realizing a packaging material printing system capable of individually printing, a server device, a client device, and an advertisement fee charging device constituting the system by using a computer is recorded. is there.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following solutions.

  The packaging material printing system according to the present invention converts one or more images selected by a purchaser of a product into a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. The printer is installed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product in order to perform printing.

  According to the packaging material printing system configured as described above, one or a plurality of images selected by the purchaser of the product are displayed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. It can be printed separately on the packaging material of the product and / or the sealant attached to the product.

  In the packaging material printing system of the present invention, one or a plurality of images selected by a purchaser of a product are displayed on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a seal attached to the product. A system for printing on a material, comprising: a server for managing a plurality of types of images so that the images can be browsed and any of the images can be selected; and one or a plurality of images selected from among the images managed by the server. A client device for an image to be selected by a purchaser of the product, and a sales base of the product to print the image selected by the client device on a packaging material of the product and / or a sealing material attached to the product. A system including a printer installed at an order reception base, a shipping base, or a delivery base is included.

  According to the packaging material printing system configured as described above, the purchaser of the product browses a plurality of types of images managed by the server device by using the client device, and selects the image from the plurality of images. One or more images desired to be printed on the packaging material of the product and / or the sealant attached to the product can be selected. Then, using a printer installed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base, the selected images are individually printed on the packaging material of the product and / or the sealant attached to the product. Can be.

  It is not always the buyer who operates the client device. A clerk, an advisor, a designer, or the like may operate the client device to select an image in response to or in consideration of a purchaser's request. In other words, the client device in the packaging material printing system according to the present invention includes an operation for selecting an image to be printed on the packaging material or the sealing material of the product by a store clerk, an advisor, a designer, or the like on behalf of the product purchaser. A client device is also included (the same applies hereinafter).

  In the packaging material printing system of the present invention, it is preferable that the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser. Preferably, the server device has a function of managing images provided by a plurality of advertisers. It is preferable that the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser. It is preferable that the client device has a function of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product. Preferably, the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper. The packaging box preferably includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is preferably formed after printing the image. The upper box is formed through a process of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed includes a planned bending line, a planned cutting line, a cut portion, or a cutout portion to facilitate molding. Is desirably provided in advance. Cardboard, plastic sheets, and the like are used as the printing material.

  The advertisement fee charging device according to the present invention is the packaging material printing system according to the present invention, wherein the number of times and / or the area in which the image provided by the advertiser is printed on the packaging material and / or the seal material is determined for each advertiser. Calculation is performed, and a fee corresponding to the calculation result is charged for each advertiser.

  According to the advertising fee charging apparatus configured as described above, in the packaging material printing system of the present invention, the image provided by the advertiser is selected by the purchaser of the product, and the image is attached to the packaging material of the product or the product. When printing is performed on a given seal material, the number of times of printing and the printing area can be calculated for each advertiser, and a fee corresponding to the calculation result can be charged for each advertiser.

  The packaging material printing method of the present invention uses one or more images selected by a purchaser of a product by using a printer installed at a sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. Printing is performed on a packaging material (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product.

  According to this packaging material printing method, one or a plurality of images selected by the purchaser of the product are converted into the packaging material and / or the product at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. Alternatively, it can be individually printed on a sealing material attached to the product.

  According to the packaging material printing method of the present invention, one or more images selected by a purchaser of a product are packaged with the product's packaging material (including a sealing material affixed to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material affixed to the product. An image management step of managing a plurality of types of images by a server device so that the plurality of types of images can be browsed and any one of the images can be selected, and one or more types of images among the plurality of types of images. Selecting an image using a client device, and using the printer installed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product to select the one or more images. And an image printing step of printing on a packaging material and / or a sealing material attached to the product.

  According to the packaging material printing method configured as described above, the purchaser of the product, by using the client device, browses a plurality of types of images managed by the server device, and from among the images, One or more images desired to be printed on the packaging material of the product and / or the sealant attached to the product can be selected. Then, using a printer installed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base, the selected images are individually printed on the packaging material of the product and / or the sealant attached to the product. Can be.

  In the packaging material printing method of the present invention, it is preferable that the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser. In the image management step, it is desirable to manage images provided by a plurality of advertisers. It is preferable that the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser. Preferably, the image selecting step includes a step of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product. The packaging material is preferably a box or a wrapping paper. The packaging box preferably includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is preferably formed after printing the image. The upper box is formed through a process of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed includes a planned bending line, a planned cutting line, a cut portion, or a cutout portion to facilitate molding. Is desirably provided in advance. As the material to be printed, cardboard, plastic sheet, or the like can be used.

  The server device of the present invention provides the packaging material printing system of the present invention, that is, the packaging material (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or one or more images selected by the purchaser of the product. In a packaging material printing system for printing on a seal material attached to a product, a plurality of types of images can be browsed and any one of them can be selected and managed.

  According to this server device, the image desired by the purchaser of the product is placed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product on the packaging material of the product or the sealing material attached to the product. A plurality of types of images can be browsed and any of them can be managed so that they can be individually printed.

  In the server device of the present invention, it is preferable that the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser. Preferably, the image provided by the advertiser is an image provided by a plurality of advertisers. It is preferable that the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser. It is preferable that the packaging material printing system is a system including a client device having a function of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product. Preferably, the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper. The packaging box preferably includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is preferably formed after printing the image. The upper box is formed through a process of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed includes a planned bending line, a planned cutting line, a cut portion, or a cutout portion to facilitate molding. Is desirably provided in advance.

  The client device of the present invention includes an image selection unit for allowing a purchaser of a product to select one or a plurality of images, and an image selected by the purchaser of the product, a sales base of the product, an order reception base, and shipping. In order to print on the packaging material of the product (including the sealing material affixed to the packaging material) and / or the sealing material affixed to the product using a printer installed at the base or the delivery base, the printer outputs image data or Print instruction means for transmitting print control data or for giving an instruction to a print server device for transmitting image data or print control data to the printer.

  According to the client device configured as described above, the purchaser of the product selects the image printed on the packaging material of the product or the sealing material attached to the product, and sells the product, and receives the order. It is possible to instruct the printer or the print server device installed at the shipping site or the delivery site to print the image.

  As the client device of the present invention, a personal computer, a mobile phone having an image browser function, and the like are used (the same applies hereinafter). The client device of the present invention also includes a client device for a store clerk, an advisor, a designer, or the like to perform an operation for selecting an image to be printed on a packaging material of a product on behalf of a purchaser of the product (the same applies hereinafter). .

  The client device of the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a server device that manages a plurality of types of images so that they can be browsed and any of the images can be selected, and is managed by the server device by the image selection unit. It is desirable that any image can be selected from the images. Further, it is desirable that the image selecting means can select an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of the purchaser of the product.

  In the client device of the present invention, it is preferable that the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser. It is desirable that the server device manages images provided by a plurality of advertisers. It is preferable that the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.

  The client device according to the present invention may be configured such that the image selected by the image selecting means is printed on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. It is desirable to have appearance display control means for displaying the appearance of the material and / or the sealing material on a display device (preferably, three-dimensional image display).

  The appearance display control means is configured to print the image selected by the image selection means on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or when the packaging is performed on a sealing material attached to the product. It functions as a printing simulator for displaying the appearance of the material and / or the seal material on a display device.

  It is preferable that the appearance display control means has an image layout function of determining or changing the arrangement of the image on the packaging material according to the size and / or shape of the packaging material.

  The appearance display control unit is provided by the product purchaser when the image selected by the image selection unit includes an image provided by the product purchaser and an image provided by the advertiser. It is desirable to have an image layout function of arranging the image provided by the advertiser around the displayed image.

  The appearance display control unit is provided by the product purchaser when the image selected by the image selection unit includes an image provided by the product purchaser and an image provided by the advertiser. It is desirable to have an image layout function of arranging an image provided by the advertiser on a part of the displayed image.

  The client device according to the present invention may further include the packaging device and / or the sealing material displayed on the display device as an actual appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material. An appearance determining means for allowing a purchaser to determine, wherein the printing instruction means includes a printer for realizing the appearance determined by the appearance determining means to be the actual appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material. It is desirable to have a function of transmitting image data or print control data to a printer, or instructing a print server apparatus having a function of transmitting image data or print control data to a printer.

  In the client device of the present invention, it is preferable that the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper. The packaging box preferably includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is preferably formed after printing the image. The upper box is formed through a step of bending a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed includes a folding line, a cutting line, a cutting line, and a cutting line to facilitate molding. Or a notch is desirably provided in advance.

  The printer of the present invention prints one or more images selected by a purchaser of a product on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. Therefore, it is installed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product.

  According to this printer, the image selected by the purchaser of the product is applied to the packaging material of the product or the sealing material attached to the product at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. Can be printed individually.

  The printing material of the present invention is a sheet-shaped printing material formed into a packaging box of the product after the surface is subjected to a printing process using the printer of the present invention, and the packaging box of the product. It is a printing material provided with a bending line, a cutting line, a cutting line, a cutting line, or a notch in advance in order to facilitate the formation of the sheet.

  This printing material can be easily formed into a packaging box of the product after printing the image selected by the purchaser of the product on the surface.

  The store of the present invention prints one or a plurality of images selected by a purchaser of a product on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. This is a store where printers are installed. The store mentioned here includes the meaning of a sales floor. Examples of the store include a mid-currency merchandise section, a year-end gift section of a department store, a convenience store, a home appliance mass merchandise store, and the like.

  According to this store, one or a plurality of images selected by the purchaser of the product can be printed on the packaging material of the product or the sealant attached to the product on the spot.

  In the store of the present invention, it is preferable that the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser. It is preferable that the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser. Preferably, the image provided by the purchaser of the product is an image recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of the purchaser of the product. Preferably, the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper. The packaging box preferably includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is preferably formed after printing the image. The upper box is formed through a step of bending a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed includes a folding line, a cutting line, a cutting line, and a cutting line to facilitate molding. Or a notch is desirably provided in advance.

  The computer program of the present invention includes the following programs.

  A computer program for causing a system including a plurality of computers and the printer to function as the packaging material printing system of the present invention. A computer program for causing a computer to function as the server device in the packaging material printing system of the present invention or the server device of the present invention. A computer program for causing a computer to function as the client device in the packaging material printing system of the present invention or the client device of the present invention. A computer program for causing a computer to function as the advertisement fee charging device of the present invention.

  According to these computer programs, an image selected by a purchaser of a product is displayed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product at a packaging material of the product or a seal attached to the product. A packaging material printing system that can individually print on materials, a server device, a client device, and an advertisement fee charging device that constitute the system can be realized using a computer.

  Further, the computer program according to the present invention includes an image selecting step for allowing a purchaser of a product to select one or a plurality of images, and an image selected by the image selecting step, the packaging material of the product (a seal attached to the packaging material). And / or a packaging material image display step of displaying on a display device the packaging material and / or the appearance of the sealing material when printed on a sealing material attached to the product. .

  According to this computer program, the purchaser of the product can display the appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material when the selected image is printed on the packaging material of the product and / or the sealing material attached to the product. Before executing printing, it can be confirmed in advance on the display device.

  In the computer program according to the present invention, it is preferable that the packaging material image displaying step includes an image layout step of determining or changing the arrangement of the image on the packaging material according to the size and / or shape of the packaging material.

  The packaging material image display step is provided by a purchaser of the product when the image selected in the image selection step includes an image provided by a purchaser of the product and an image provided by an advertiser. It is preferable to include an image layout step of arranging the image provided by the advertiser around the image.

  The packaging material image display step is provided by a purchaser of the product when the image selected in the image selection step includes an image provided by a purchaser of the product and an image provided by an advertiser. It is preferable to include an image layout step of arranging an image provided by the advertiser on a part of the image.

  In the computer program according to the present invention, the purchaser of the product determines whether or not the appearance of the packaging material displayed on the display device in the packaging material image displaying step is the actual appearance of the packaging material. And a print processing step of outputting image data to be printed to a printer or controlling the printer in order to realize the appearance determined as the actual appearance of the packaging material in the appearance determination step. It is desirable.

  The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which the computer program of the present invention is recorded. As the recording medium of the present invention, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, MO, FD, hard disk, flash memory, and the like can be used.

  By installing and executing the computer program recorded on this recording medium on a computer, the image selected by the purchaser of the product can be displayed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. A packaging material printing system that can individually print on the packaging material of the product or the sealant attached to the product, a server device, a client device, and an advertisement fee charging device that configure the system can be realized.

  According to the packaging material printing system of the present invention, the image selected by the purchaser of the product is added to the packaging material of the product or the product at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. It can be individually printed on the sealing material to be stuck.

  According to the advertising fee charging device of the present invention, when an image provided by an advertiser is selected by a purchaser of a product and printed on a packaging material of the product or a seal material attached to the product, the number of times of printing is determined. And a fee corresponding to the printing area can be charged for each advertiser.

  According to the packaging material printing method of the present invention, the image selected by the purchaser of the product is added to the packaging material of the product or the product at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. It can be individually printed on the sealing material to be stuck.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the server apparatus of this invention, the image which a purchaser of goods wants is shown in the sales base, order reception base, shipping base, or delivery base of the said goods, the packaging material of the said goods, or the sticker attached to the said goods. A plurality of types of images can be browsed and any of the images can be managed so as to be selectable so that individual images can be printed.

  According to the client device of the present invention, a purchaser of a product selects an image printed on a packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product, and sells the product, an order reception base, a shipping base or The printing of the image can be instructed to a printer or a print server device installed at the delivery site.

  According to the printer of the present invention, an image selected by a purchaser of a product is displayed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product at a packaging material of the product or a seal attached to the product. It can be printed individually on the material.

  The printing material of the present invention can be easily formed into a packaging box of the product after printing the image selected by the purchaser of the product on the surface thereof.

  According to the store of the present invention, one or a plurality of images selected by a purchaser of a product can be printed on the packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product on the spot.

  According to the computer program of the present invention, an image selected by a purchaser of a product is attached to the packaging material of the product or the product at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. A packaging material printing system capable of individually printing on a sealing material, a server device, a client device, and an advertisement fee charging device constituting the system can be realized using a computer.

  According to the recording medium of the present invention, by installing and executing the computer program recorded on the computer, the image selected by the purchaser of the product can be displayed at the sales base, order reception base, and shipping base of the product. Alternatively, at the delivery site, a packaging material printing system capable of individually printing on the packaging material of the product or the sealant attached to the product, a server device, a client device, and an advertisement fee charging device that constitute the system are realized. it can.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

  The packaging material printing system 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a user image server (server device) 110, an advertisement image server (server device, advertisement fee charging device) 120, a store client (client device) 130, and a printer 140. It is configured to have.

  The subject of use of the packaging material printing system 100 is various, such as a general user, a company / company serving as an advertiser, and a store manager or owner. However, not everyone can use this system 100 unconditionally. In order for a general user (consumer) to use this system 100, it is necessary to complete user registration. The user registration can be performed in an interactive manner by each user accessing a user registration page (GUI: Graphical User Interface) screen of an official website operated by a management organization (company) of the system 100. User information (address, name, gender, e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) input at the time of user registration is registered in a user information management server (not shown). The registered general user is given a general user ID and a password. Even when an advertiser participates in the system 100, it is necessary to register a user. In this case, it is necessary to make a contract between the management organization of the system 100 and the user for various usage conditions (conditions relating to charging, conditions relating to usable period and data storage capacity, etc.). Naturally, even when participating in the system 100 as a store, it is necessary to register the user.

  The user image server 110 is a server that can be accessed by general users via the Internet. A user image database (DB) 111 is connected to the user image server 110. The general user is suitable for printing on the packaging material 161 from among a plurality of images that the user owns, such as an image taken by the digital camera 210 by the user himself or an image created on the user PC 250. It is possible to select one or a plurality of images considered to be and store them in the user image DB 111. However, naturally, the upper limit of the storable data amount is preset for each user.

  The user himself / herself selects an image to be stored in the user image DB 111 on the user PC 250. That is, the user opens a general user image management screen (a web page or a page stored in the user PC) on the user PC 250 and selects an arbitrary image from the images stored in the user PC 250. When the user instructs to upload the selected image, the image is transferred from the user PC 250 to the user image server 110 via the Internet 300 and stored in the user image DB 111. The image stored in the user image DB 111 can be made public or private depending on the intention of the user who saved the image. A general user who has registered an image in the user image DB 111 has authority to download the image to the store client 130.

  The advertisement image server 120 is a server that an advertiser can access via the Internet. An advertisement image DB 121 is connected to the advertisement image server 120. The advertiser can store the advertisement image of the product of the company and the advertisement image for improving the image of the company in the advertisement image DB 121. The size (data amount per image), number (or total data amount), usable period, and the like of images that can be stored in the advertisement image DB 121 by each advertiser are determined by each advertiser and the management organization of the system 100. Determined at the time of contract. Each advertiser can freely change (delete, rewrite by overwriting, newly save, etc.) the advertisement image stored in the advertisement image DB 121 within the contract period. The advertisement image can be stored in the advertisement image DB 121 by the advertiser itself via the Internet similarly to the case of the user image. Further, various portable recording media (DVD-ROM, DVD-R / RW, CD-ROM, CD-R / RW, MO, memory card, etc.) to the management organization of the system 100.

  The advertisement image server 120 manages all images stored in the advertisement image DB 121 so that they can be browsed on the store client 130 and any image can be selected.

  In addition, the advertisement image server 120 calculates the number of times and / or the area in which the image provided by the advertiser is printed on the packaging material 161 for each advertiser, and charges a fee according to the calculation result for each advertiser. It also functions as an advertising fee charging device.

  Store client 130 and printer 140 are installed in store 150.

  The store client 130 is a terminal for a purchaser of a product (a general user who has purchased a product) to select one or a plurality of images from the images stored in the advertisement image DB 121.

  The printer 140 is installed at a product sales base, order reception base, shipping base, or delivery base to print the image 200 selected by the store client 130 on the packaging material 161 of the product or a sealing material attached to the product. .

  The image 200 is an image 200A provided by a purchaser of a product and / or an image 200B provided by an advertiser.

  The image 200B provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.

  The store client 130 also has a function of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on the digital camera 210 or the recording medium 211 of the purchaser of the product.

  The packaging material 161 is a packaging box or a wrapping paper.

  The packaging box 161 includes a lower box and an upper box 160A that covers the lower box. The upper box 160A is formed after the image 200 is printed.

  The upper box 160A is formed through a process of bending the sheet-shaped printing material 160, and the printing material 160 has a folding line, a cutting line, a cutting line, A cut portion (a portion where a cut has already been made) or a cut portion (a portion which has already been cut and taken) is provided in advance. As the material to be printed, cardboard, plastic sheet, or the like is used.

  According to the packaging material printing system 100, one or a plurality of images 200 selected by the purchaser of the product are converted into the packaging material of the product at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. 161 and / or the seal material attached to the product can be individually printed.

  In addition, the purchaser of the product browses the plurality of types of images 200 managed by the user image server 110 and the advertisement image server 120 by using the store client device 130, and selects the packaging of the product from the images. One or more images 200 desired to be printed on the material 161 and / or the sealant attached to the product can be selected. Then, the selected image 200 is individually applied to the packaging material 161 of the product and / or the sealing material attached to the product using the printer 140 installed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base. Can be printed.

  Further, when an image provided by an advertiser is selected by a purchaser of a product and is printed on a packaging material 161 of the product or a sealing material attached to the product, the number of times of printing and the printing area are determined for each advertiser. It is possible to calculate and charge a fee according to the calculation result for each advertiser.

  Note that the operation of the store client device 130 is not limited to only the purchaser. A clerk, an advisor, a designer, or the like may operate the client device to select an image in response to or in consideration of a purchaser's request. The store client device 130 also includes a client device for a store clerk, an advisor, a designer, or the like to perform an operation of selecting the image 200 to be printed on the packaging material 161 or the sealing material of the product on behalf of the purchaser of the product.

  In the case of a mail order system using the Internet 300 or the like, a user PC 250 installed in a user's house or the like functions as the store client device 130.

System configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention

Explanation of reference numerals

100 Packaging material printing system 110 User image server (server device)
111 User image database 120 Advertising image server (server device, advertisement fee charging device)
121 advertisement image database 130 shop client (client device)
140 Printer 150 Store 160 Material to be printed 160a Expected bending line 161 Packaging material 160A Upper box 165 Sealing material 200 Image 200A Image 200B provided by purchaser of product Image 250 provided by advertiser 250 User PC (client device)
300 Internet

Claims (60)

  Sales of the product in order to print one or more images selected by the product purchaser on the packaging material (including the sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or the sealing material attached to the product. Packaging material printing system with a printer installed at the base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base. A packaging material printing system for printing one or more images selected by a purchaser of a product on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. And
A server device that manages a plurality of types of images so that the images can be browsed and any one of the images can be selected,
A client device for a purchaser of a product to select one or a plurality of images from images managed by the server device;
A printer installed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product so as to print the image selected by the client device on the packaging material of the product or a sealing material attached to the product,
Packaging material printing system with.   The packaging material printing system according to claim 1, wherein the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser.   4. The packaging material printing system according to claim 2, wherein the server device manages images provided by a plurality of advertisers.   The packaging material printing system according to claim 3, wherein the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.   The packaging material according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the client device has a function of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product. Printing system.   The packaging material printing system according to claim 1, wherein the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper.   The packaging material printing system according to claim 7, wherein the packaging box includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is formed after printing the image.   The upper box is formed through a step of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed has a cut line, a cut line, a cut portion, or a cut-out portion to facilitate molding. The packaging material printing system according to claim 8, wherein is provided in advance. The packaging material printing system according to any one of claims 3 to 9,
An advertisement that calculates the number of times and / or the area in which the image provided by the advertiser is printed on the packaging material and / or the sealing material for each advertiser, and charges a fee according to the calculation result for each advertiser. Billing device.   One or more images selected by the purchaser of the product are wrapped using the printer installed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base, or delivery base of the product, and the packaging material of the product (a seal attached to the packaging material). And / or a sealing material attached to the product. A packaging material printing method for printing one or more images selected by a purchaser on a packaging material (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. And
An image management step of managing the server device so that a plurality of types of images can be browsed and any of the images can be selected,
An image selecting step of selecting one or more images from the plurality of types of images using a client device;
Image printing in which the selected one or more images are printed on a packaging material and / or a sealing material of the product using a printer installed at a sales base, an order reception base, a shipping base or a delivery base of the product. Steps and
Packaging material printing method including.   The packaging material printing method according to claim 12, wherein the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser.   14. The packaging material printing method according to claim 12, wherein in the image management step, images provided by a plurality of advertisers are managed.   15. The packaging material printing method according to claim 13, wherein the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.   16. The packaging material printing method according to claim 12, wherein the image selecting step includes a step of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product. .   The packaging material printing method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the packaging material is a box or a wrapping paper.   18. The packaging material printing method according to claim 17, wherein the packaging box includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is formed after printing the image.   The upper box is formed through a step of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed has a cut line, a cut line, a cut portion, or a cut-out portion to facilitate molding. 20. The method for printing packaging material according to claim 18, wherein is provided in advance. A packaging material printing system for printing one or more images selected by a purchaser of a product on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. At
A server device that manages a plurality of types of images so that they can be browsed and any one of the images can be selected.   21. The server device according to claim 20, wherein the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser.   22. The server device according to claim 21, wherein the image provided by the advertiser is an image provided by a plurality of advertisers.   23. The server device according to claim 21, wherein the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.   24. The packaging material printing system according to claim 20, wherein the packaging material printing system includes a client device having a function of selecting an arbitrary image from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product. A server device according to any one of the above.   The server device according to any one of claims 20 to 24, wherein the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper.   The server device according to any one of claims 20 to 25, wherein the packaging box includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is formed after printing the image.   The upper box is formed through a step of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed has a cut line, a cut line, a cut portion, or a cut-out portion to facilitate molding. 27. The server device according to claim 26, wherein the server is provided in advance. Image selection means for allowing a purchaser of the product to select one or more images,
The image selected by the purchaser of the product is converted into a packaging material for the product (a sealing material attached to the packaging material) using a printer installed at the sales base, order reception base, shipping base or delivery base of the product. And / or send image data or print control data to the printer to print on a sealant affixed to the product, or instruct a print server device to send image data or print control data to the printer. Giving print instruction means;
Client device equipped with. A communication unit that communicates with a server device that manages a plurality of types of images so that the images can be browsed and any of the images can be selected,
29. The client device according to claim 28, wherein an arbitrary image can be selected from images managed by the server device by the image selection unit.   30. The client device according to claim 28, wherein the image selection means allows an arbitrary image to be selected from images recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of a purchaser of the product.   31. The client device according to claim 28, wherein the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser.   32. The client device according to claim 28, wherein the server device manages images provided by a plurality of advertisers.   33. The client device according to claim 31, wherein the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.   Appearance display for displaying the appearance of the packaging material and / or the seal material on a display device when the image selected by the image selection means is printed on the packaging material of the product and / or the seal material attached to the product. The client device according to any one of claims 28 to 33, further comprising control means.   35. The client device according to claim 34, wherein the appearance display control means has an image layout function of determining or changing the arrangement of the image on the packaging material according to the size and / or shape of the packaging material.   The appearance display control means is provided by the product purchaser when the image selected by the image selection means includes an image provided by the product purchaser and an image provided by the advertiser. 36. The client device according to claim 34, further comprising an image layout function of arranging an image provided by the advertiser around a displayed image.   The appearance display control unit is provided by the product purchaser when the image selected by the image selection unit includes an image provided by the product purchaser and an image provided by the advertiser. 36. The client device according to claim 34, further comprising an image layout function of arranging an image provided by the advertiser on a part of the displayed image. External appearance determining means for allowing a purchaser of the product to determine the external appearance of the packaging material displayed on the display device as the actual external appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material,
The print instruction unit transmits image data or print control data to a printer to realize the appearance determined by the appearance determination unit to be the actual appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material, 38. The client device according to claim 34, further comprising a function of instructing a print server device having a function of transmitting image data or print control data to a printer.   The client device according to any one of claims 28 to 38, wherein the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper.   40. The client device according to claim 39, wherein the packaging box includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is formed after printing the image.   The upper box is formed through a step of bending a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed has a cut line, a cut line, a cut portion, or a cutout to facilitate molding. 41. The client device according to claim 40, wherein the client device is provided in advance.   Sales of the product in order to print one or more images selected by the product purchaser on the packaging material (including the sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or the sealing material attached to the product. Printers installed at bases, order reception bases, shipping bases or delivery bases. A sheet-shaped material to be printed which is formed into a packaging box of the product after a printing process is performed on the surface thereof using the printer according to claim 42,
A printing material provided with a planned cut line, a planned cut line, a cut portion, or a cut portion in advance in order to easily form the product into a packaging box.   A store where a printer is installed to print one or more images selected by the purchaser of the product on the packaging material of the product (including the sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or the sealing material attached to the product. .   The store according to claim 44, wherein the image is an image provided by a purchaser of the product and / or an image provided by an advertiser.   The store according to claim 45, wherein the image provided by the advertiser is an advertisement image of a product sold by the advertiser.   The store according to claim 45, wherein the image provided by the purchaser of the product is an image recorded on a digital camera or a recording medium of the purchaser of the product.   The store according to any one of claims 44 to 47, wherein the packaging material is a packaging box or a wrapping paper.   49. The store according to claim 48, wherein the packaging box includes a lower box and an upper box that covers the lower box, and the upper box is formed after printing the image.   50. The store according to claim 49, wherein the upper box is formed through a step of folding a sheet-shaped material to be printed, and the material to be printed is provided in advance to facilitate molding.   A computer program for causing a system including a plurality of computers and the printer to function as the packaging material printing system according to claim 1.   A computer program for causing a computer to function as a server device in the packaging material printing system according to any one of claims 2 to 9, or a server device according to any one of claims 20 to 27.   A computer program for causing a computer to function as a client device in the packaging material printing system according to any one of claims 2 to 9, or a client device according to any one of claims 28 to 41.   A computer program for causing a computer to function as the advertisement fee charging device according to claim 10. An image selecting step for allowing a purchaser of the product to select one or more images;
The packaging material and / or the sealing material when the image selected in the image selection step is printed on a packaging material of the product (including a sealing material attached to the packaging material) and / or a sealing material attached to the product. And displaying a packaging material image on a display device. The packaging material image display step,
56. The computer program according to claim 55, further comprising an image layout step of determining or changing an arrangement of the image on the packaging material according to a size and / or a shape of the packaging material. The packaging material image display step,
When the image selected in the image selection step includes an image provided by a purchaser of the product and an image provided by an advertiser, the advertiser is provided around the image provided by the purchaser of the product. 57. The computer program according to claim 55, further comprising an image layout step of arranging an image provided by the computer. The packaging material image display step,
When the image selected in the image selecting step includes an image provided by a purchaser of the product and an image provided by an advertiser, the advertisement is added to a part of the image provided by the purchaser of the product. 57. The computer program according to claim 55, further comprising an image layout step of superposing and arranging images provided by the main. The purchaser of the product determines whether or not the appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material displayed on the display device in the packaging material image displaying step is the actual appearance of the packaging material. Appearance determination step;
A print processing step of outputting image data to be printed to a printer or controlling the printer so as to realize the appearance determined as the actual appearance of the packaging material and / or the sealing material in the appearance determination step. 59. The computer program according to any one of items 55 to 58. A recording medium on which the computer program according to claim 51 is recorded.

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