JP2005256214A - Simulation system and simulation apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simulation system capable of conducting simulation in which a degree of freedom of combinations of commodities is increased. <P>SOLUTION: This simulation system 10 is equipped with a simulation apparatus 20 which simulates the combinations of the commodities and a plurality of commodity information storing tags 40 which store information on the commodities, respectively. The commodity information storing tag 40 stores information on an external appearance for displaying the external appearance of the commodity. The simulation apparatus 20 is equipped with a template image storing means 28 which has an insertion area for an image of the commodity and stores a template image for the simulation, a commodity information reading and processing means 34 which reads the information on the external appearance from the commodity information storing tag 40, an image forming and processing means 36 which forms an simulation image by using the information on the external appearance read by the commodity information reading and processing means 34, and an image outputting and processing means 38 which outputs the simulation image formed by the image forming and processing means 36. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a simulation system for simulating a combination of articles.

Conventionally, an apparatus for simulating an image of a home after renovation or an image of custom-made clothing is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an apparel manufacturing support apparatus that displays a finished image of an apparel created from a design and fabric selected by a customer. The article manufacturing support apparatus described in this document includes a pattern information storage unit that stores pattern attributes and shapes, a material information storage unit that stores images and attribute information of materials used in clothes, and a standard system. The human body model information storage means for storing the three-dimensional model is provided. Then, the manufacturing support apparatus reads the design, fabric, and body shape selected by the user from the respective storage means, and creates three-dimensional clothing shape data based on the read information.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-187683 (page 11-12, FIG. 10)

  However, in the above-described apparel manufacturing support apparatus, the information used to create the three-dimensional clothing shape data is limited to information stored in advance in the manufacturing support apparatus. Therefore, the three-dimensional clothing shape data can be created only by the combination of the design, the fabric, and the body shape stored in advance. When creating three-dimensional clothing shape data using a new pattern or material, it is necessary to store the information in the manufacturing support apparatus, which is not easy.

  In view of the above background, an object of the present invention is to provide a simulation system that can easily perform a simulation with an increased degree of freedom in combination of articles.

  The simulation system of the present invention includes a simulation device that simulates a combination of articles, and a plurality of article information storage tags that store the information of the articles for each article, and the article information storage tag indicates the type of the article. Type information and appearance information for displaying the appearance of an article are stored, and the simulation apparatus stores a template image for simulation having an insertion area for an article image determined according to the type of article. A storage means; an article information reading means for reading the type information and the appearance information from the article information storage tag; and an insertion area for the article image in the template image corresponding to the type information read from the article information reading means. Is generated based on the appearance information in the specified insertion area. Has been image generating means for generating a simulation image by inserting an article image, a configuration in which an image output means for outputting a simulation image generated by the image generating means.

  With this configuration, the appearance information of the article is stored in the article information storage tag, and the simulation information is generated using the appearance information read from the article information storage tag by the article information reading unit. It is possible to easily perform a simulation using an article that is not stored. Since the template image has an insertion area associated with the item type information, an appropriate simulation image can be easily generated by inserting the image of the item corresponding to the item type information.

  In the simulation system of the present invention, the image generation means has a configuration for starting generation of the simulation image in response to reading of article information by the article information reading means.

  With this configuration, it is possible to realize a simple user interface that generates a simulation image simply by reading article information.

  In the simulation system of the present invention, the image generation means has a configuration for generating an article image having a size and a direction adjusted according to the template image, using the appearance information.

  With this configuration, the article image is adjusted according to the template image, so that an appropriate simulation image can be generated.

  A simulation system according to another aspect of the present invention includes a simulation device that simulates a combination of articles, and a plurality of article information storage tags that store information about the articles for each article, and the article information storage tag includes: Appearance information for displaying the appearance of the image is stored, and the simulation device stores template images for storing a template image for inserting a product image and generating a simulation image, and the appearance information from the product information storage tag. Article information reading means for reading information, image generation means for generating a simulation image by inserting an article image generated based on the appearance information into the template image, and outputting a simulation image generated by the image generation means And an image output means.

  With this configuration, the appearance information of the article is stored in the article information storage tag, and the simulation information is generated using the appearance information read from the article information storage tag by the article information reading unit. It is possible to easily perform a simulation using an article that is not stored.

  The simulation apparatus according to the present invention includes a template image storage unit that stores a template image for simulation having an insertion region for an article image determined according to the type of article, and an article information storage tag that stores article information. Article information reading means for reading the type information indicating the type and appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article, and an insertion area of the article image in the template image corresponding to the type information read from the article information reading means An image generation means for specifying and generating a simulation image by inserting an article image generated based on the appearance information into the specified insertion area, and an image output means for outputting the simulation image generated by the image generation means It has the composition provided with.

  With this configuration, since the simulation image is generated using the appearance information read from the article information storage tag by the article information reading unit, it is possible to perform the simulation using the article in which the appearance information of the article is not stored in advance. In addition, since the template image has an insertion area associated with the item type information, appearance information corresponding to the item type information is inserted, and an appropriate simulation image can be generated.

  The simulation method of the present invention includes a template image reading step of reading a template image for simulation having an article image insertion area determined according to the type of article from the template image storage means, and an article information storage storing article information. An article information reading step for reading type information indicating the type of the article from the tag and appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article, and an insertion area for the article image corresponding to the type information read in the article information reading step. An image generation step of specifying and inserting a product image generated based on the appearance information into the specified insertion region to generate a simulation image, and an image output step of outputting the simulation image generated in the image generation step It has the composition provided with.

  With this configuration, similarly to the simulation system of the present invention, it is possible to perform a simulation using an article in which the appearance information of the article is not stored in advance. Various configurations of the simulation system of the present invention can also be applied to the simulation method of the present invention.

  The program of the present invention is a program for simulating a combination of articles, and reads out from the template image storage means a simulation template image having an article image insertion area determined according to the type of article. In the template image reading step, the article information reading step for reading the type information indicating the type of the article and the appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article from the article information storage tag storing the article information, and the article information reading step An image generation step of identifying an insertion area of the article image corresponding to the read type information, inserting an article image generated based on the appearance information into the identified insertion area, and generating a simulation image; The simulation image generated in the image generation step is output. To execute an image output step of.

  With this configuration, similarly to the simulation system of the present invention, it is possible to perform a simulation using an article in which the appearance information of the article is not stored in advance. Various configurations of the simulation system of the present invention can also be applied to the program of the present invention.

  In the present invention, the appearance information of the article is stored in the article information storage tag, and the simulation information is generated using the appearance information read from the article information storage tag by the article information reading unit. It has an excellent effect that a simulation using an article that is not stored can be easily performed.

  Hereinafter, a simulation system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The simulation system of the present embodiment is a device that simulates the image of the interior after renovation.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a simulation system 10 according to the embodiment. The simulation system 10 includes a simulation device 20 that performs a simulation, and an article information storage tag 40 that stores article information used for the simulation. The article information storage tag 40 is a radio tag using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and is attached to an article to be simulated.

  The simulation apparatus 20 includes an output unit 22 that displays a simulation image for a user who is an operator, an input unit 24 that receives input from the user, and a reader / writer 26 that reads article information from the article information storage tag 40 by wireless communication. And a template image storage unit 28 that stores a plurality of template images from which a simulation image is generated, and a control unit 30 that controls the entire simulation apparatus 20.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating hardware of the simulation apparatus 20. The simulation apparatus 20 includes a display that constitutes the output unit 22, a keypad that constitutes the input unit 24, and the reader / writer 26 described above. The simulation device 20 is a portable device. The information in the article information storage tag can be read by bringing the reader / writer 26 close to the article information storage tag attached to the article.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the template image storage unit 28 stores a plurality of template images. The plurality of template images respectively correspond to the layout of the house and the difference in the basic design. The user can select a template image for performing a simulation from a plurality of template images.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template image. The template image is an image having a fixed image area and an insertion area into which an article image is inserted. The insertion area has type information of an article to be inserted. Therefore, a specific type of article image is inserted into the insertion area. For example, in FIG. 3, the article type of the insertion area A is a desk, and the article type of the insertion area B is illumination. An article image is inserted into a template image insertion region to generate a simulation image. In FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, the insertion area is surrounded by a virtual line, but actually there is no virtual line. Therefore, an image having an insertion area where no article image is inserted can also be a simulation image.

  Next, the control unit 30 of the simulation apparatus 20 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. In the control unit 30, the template image reading processing unit 32 has a function of reading a template image from the template image storage unit 28. The template image reading processing unit 32 receives the specification of the template to be read by the input unit 24. Then, the template image reading processing unit 32 reads the designated template image from the template image storage unit 28.

  The article information reading processing unit 34 has a function of causing the reader / writer 26 to read the article information stored in the article information storage tag 40. Here, information stored in the article information storage tag 40 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the article information storage tag 40. The article information storage tag 40 stores an article ID for specifying an article, type information indicating the type of article, and appearance information for displaying an article image. The appearance information is information such as the shape, size, and color of the article, for example.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the image generation processing unit 36 has a function of generating a simulation image using the read article information in response to the reading of the article information by the article information reading processing unit 34. Specifically, the image generation processing unit 36 generates an article image corresponding to the template image using the appearance information of the article read by the article information reading processing unit 34, and inserts the generated article image into the template image. Insert into the region. Thereby, the article image can be applied to various template images.

  The image output processing unit 38 has a function of causing the output unit 22 to display the simulation image generated by the image generation processing unit 36.

  Next, the operation of the simulation apparatus 20 of the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the simulation apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment. First, the simulation apparatus 20 determines a template image for generating a simulation image (S10). Specifically, the output unit 22 of the simulation apparatus 20 displays a list of template images stored in the template image storage unit 28 and accepts selection by the user. When the input unit 24 of the simulation apparatus 20 receives a selection from the user, the template image read processing unit 32 of the simulation apparatus 20 determines a template image used for the simulation based on the received selection. Subsequently, the template image reading processing unit 32 reads the determined template image from the template image storage unit 28 (S12).

  Next, the article information reading processor 34 of the simulation apparatus 20 reads the article information from the article information storage tag 40 (S14). Specifically, the simulation apparatus 20 reads the article information storage tag 40 within the wireless communication range by holding the article information storage tag 40 of the article to be simulated by the user over the reader / writer 26 of the simulation apparatus 20. .

  When the article information is read by the article information reading processing unit 34, the image generation processing unit 36 of the simulation apparatus 20 determines whether or not there is an insertion region corresponding to the type information read in the template image (S16). When it is determined that there is no corresponding insertion area, the simulation apparatus 20 displays on the output unit 22 that the read article cannot be simulated (S22).

  When it is determined that there is an insertion area corresponding to the read type information, the image generation processing unit 36 generates a simulation image (S18). Specifically, first, the image generation processing unit 36 specifies an insertion region in the template image based on the read item type information. Next, the image generation processing unit 36 generates an article image suitable for the specified insertion area, using the read appearance information of the article. For example, the size of the article image is adjusted according to the size of the insertion area, and the direction is adjusted by rotating the article image according to the direction of the article image to be inserted into the insertion area. Here, an example of adjustment of the size of the article image is shown.

  FIG. 6 is a template image having an insertion area C for an article image of a desk. Both the template image and the template image shown in FIG. 3 have an insertion area for a desk article image. When the article information of the same desk is read and inserted into each template image, the size of the desk is appropriate for each template image. For example, the article image inserted into the template image of FIG. 6 is adjusted to be smaller than the article image inserted into the template image of FIG.

  After generating an article image that matches the template using the read appearance information, the image generation processing unit 36 inserts the generated article image into an insertion region of the template image to generate a simulation image.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a simulation image in which a desk image is inserted as an article image in the template image shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, a simulation image including an image of an article read by the article information reading processing unit 34 is generated. At this time, if an article image has already been inserted in the insertion area, a simulation image is generated by overwriting the article image of the newly read article on the insertion area.

  Next, the image output processing unit 38 of the simulation apparatus 20 causes the output unit 22 to display the simulation image generated by the image generation processing unit 36 (S20).

  Thereafter, the simulation apparatus 20 determines whether or not to end the process (S24). When it is determined that the processing is not finished, the operation of the simulation apparatus 20 proceeds to the article information reading step (S14). When it is determined that the process is finished, the operation of the simulation apparatus 20 is finished.

  The simulation system 10 according to the present embodiment has been described above.

  Since the simulation system 10 of the present embodiment stores the appearance information of the article in the article information storage tag 40 and generates a simulation image using the appearance information read by the article information reading unit, the appearance of the article is previously stored. A simulation using an article in which information is not stored can be easily performed.

  Further, since the template image stored in the template image storage unit 28 of the simulation apparatus 20 has an insertion region associated with the item type information, an appropriate simulation image is inserted by inserting the item image corresponding to the item type information. Can be easily generated.

  Further, since the image generation processing unit 36 of the simulation apparatus 20 generates a simulation image in response to reading of article information, the user interface can be simplified. That is, the simulation image as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed only by the user holding the article information storage tag 40 over the reader / writer 26.

  Although the simulation system 10 of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiment, the simulation system 10 of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  In the simulation apparatus 20 of the above-described embodiment, it is determined whether or not there is an insertion area corresponding to the read article information, and if there is no corresponding insertion area, the fact that the simulation cannot be performed is displayed. It is good also as having the structure which notifies the classification of the articles | goods corresponding to. Thereby, since the user can grasp | ascertain the articles | goods which can be inserted in a template image, he can read the article | item information of an appropriate article | item.

  Further, information indicating the price of an article may be stored in the article information storage tag 40, and the simulation apparatus 20 may generate a simulation image and calculate an estimate when the article is used.

  As described above, the present invention has an excellent effect that the appearance information of the article is stored in the article information storage tag, and the simulation using the article in which the appearance information of the article is not stored in advance can be performed. For example, it is useful as a simulation system for simulating a combination of interiors after renovation.

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Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Simulation system 20 Simulation apparatus 22 Output part 24 Input part 26 Reader / writer 28 Template image memory | storage part 30 Control part 32 Template image reading process part 34 Article information reading process part 36 Image generation process part 38 Image output process part 40 Article information storage tag

Claims (7)

A simulation apparatus for simulating a combination of articles, and a plurality of article information storage tags each storing information on the article for each article,
The article information storage tag stores type information indicating the type of article and appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article,
The simulation apparatus reads a template image storage unit that stores a template image for simulation having an insertion region for an article image determined according to the type of the article, and reads the type information and the appearance information from the article information storage tag. An article information reading means and an insertion area of the article image in the template image corresponding to the type information read from the article information reading means are specified, and the specified insertion area is generated based on the appearance information A simulation system comprising: an image generation unit that inserts an article image to generate a simulation image; and an image output unit that outputs a simulation image generated by the image generation unit.   The simulation system according to claim 1, wherein the image generation unit starts generation of the simulation image in response to reading of article information by the article information reading unit.   The simulation system according to claim 1, wherein the image generation unit generates an article image having a size and a direction adjusted according to the template image, using the appearance information. A simulation apparatus for simulating a combination of articles, and a plurality of article information storage tags each storing information on the article for each article,
The article information storage tag stores appearance information for displaying the appearance of an article,
The simulation apparatus includes a template image storage unit that stores a template image for inserting a product image and generates a simulation image, a product information reading unit that reads the appearance information from the product information storage tag, and a template image. An image generation unit that inserts an article image generated based on the appearance information to generate a simulation image, and an image output unit that outputs the simulation image generated by the image generation unit Simulation system. Template image storage means for storing a template image for simulation having an insertion area for an article image determined according to the type of article;
Article information reading means for reading the type information indicating the type of the article and the appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article from the article information storage tag storing the information of the article;
An insertion area of the article image in the template image corresponding to the type information read from the article information reading unit is specified, and an article image generated based on the appearance information is inserted into the specified insertion area. Image generation means for generating a simulation image;
Image output means for outputting a simulation image generated by the image generation means;
A simulation apparatus comprising: A template image reading step for reading from the template image storage means a template image for simulation having an insertion region for the article image determined according to the type of article;
An article information reading step of reading the type information indicating the type of the article and the appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article from the article information storage tag storing the information of the article;
The insertion area of the article image corresponding to the type information read in the article information reading step is specified, and a simulation image is generated by inserting the article image generated based on the appearance information into the specified insertion area An image generation step,
An image output step for outputting the simulation image generated in the image generation step;
A simulation method characterized by comprising: A program for simulating a combination of articles, on a computer,
A template image reading step for reading from the template image storage means a template image for simulation having an insertion region for the article image determined according to the type of article;
An article information reading step of reading type information indicating the type of article and appearance information for displaying the appearance of the article from an article information storage tag storing the information of the article;
The insertion area of the article image corresponding to the type information read in the article information reading step is specified, and a simulation image is generated by inserting the article image generated based on the appearance information into the specified insertion area An image generation step,
An image output step for outputting the simulation image generated in the image generation step;
A program characterized by having executed.

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