JP2007279924A - Support device and support program for design production - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately acquire an intended expression of design production. <P>SOLUTION: A choice matched to an intended expression of design production of a document is acquired from a choice group expressing impressions assigned onto an impression map represented by an evaluation axis showing a tendency of impression by a user's selection, and an area corresponding to the choice acquired in step S10b is determined on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis showing a tendency of impression differed from the tendency of impression by matching (S10), and information showing the intended impression of design production of the document is displayed on the determined area on the reference impression map (S40). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a design creation support apparatus and a design creation support program that support design creation based on a target design impression, an actually created design impression, and an impression a user receives from the design.

  Designs applied to corporate marks, products, presentation materials, website pages, etc. have a great influence on the impressions (images) received by customers and users. Therefore, in the design production, it is important to accurately express the impression that the person who performs the corporate strategy, product sales strategy, information provision, etc. intends to give to the receiver (user).

  For example, when the design creator is requested to design the product, as shown in FIG. 41, the client as the client determines a target impression required for the product or presentation material (S100), The design creator produces a design that matches the impression (S102), evaluates the impression of the produced design (S104), and requests the client based on the difference between the required impression and the impression of the actual design. If a design modification is necessary, a modification is instructed. If a modification is not necessary, a final design is determined (S106).

  In such design production, many application software that supports drawing and coloring of documents such as products, presentation materials, and web pages has been developed. Many of these entrust the actual coloring to the application user, and it is difficult for a user who is unfamiliar with the design creation to accurately express the impression.

  Therefore, research is being conducted on methods for processing and document impression evaluation based on human sensitivity.

  Patent Document 1 includes a target image determination step for determining character information related to an impression as a target in design production as a target image, and a design image evaluation step for determining character information regarding an impression of the actually produced design as a design image. The image map screen in which character information about the image is assigned to each area of the display screen, the target image information in the area corresponding to the target image information in the area of the image map screen, and the area corresponding to the design image information Discloses a technique for displaying a design image in an overlapping manner.

JP 2004-102734 A

  In the technique described in Patent Literature 1, the target impression and the impression received by the user from the actual document are character information consisting of adjective groups and evaluation values (coordinates on the impression map) represented by the evaluation axis. Evaluated and expressed by Adjective groups arranged on the impression map are not arranged continuously, but are arranged discretely and unevenly.

  On the other hand, preference evaluations created on the basis of the results of factor analysis by previously statistically processing data and the like obtained by user preference surveys are basically continuous and have linearity.

  Further, in order to evaluate an impression that is a target of design production or an impression received by a user from an actual document, it is preferable to perform evaluation along two or more different coordinate axes.

  However, in the above prior art, there is no choice but to evaluate the impression based on a group of options (adjective group) discretely developed on one impression map represented by a predetermined evaluation axis, which is continuous and linear. It was not possible to evaluate the impression with high accuracy according to the taste analysis.

  In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology, the present invention provides design creation support that makes it possible to evaluate target impression information, which is a goal of design production, and user impression information indicating an impression received from an actual design with a higher system. An object is to provide a device and a design production support program.

  According to the present invention, a user selects and acquires an option that matches an impression targeted for document design production from an option group expressing an impression assigned on an impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency. An information selection means, a matching means for obtaining a region corresponding to an option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency, and the matching means Output design means for displaying information representing an impression to be a design production target of the document in an area on the reference impression map obtained in step 1.

  The design production support apparatus of the present invention can be realized by executing a design production support program on a computer. That is, the present invention allows the user to select an option that matches the impression that is the target of the document design production from the option group that expresses the impression assigned on the impression map represented by the evaluation axis indicating the impression tendency. Information selection means for selecting and acquiring, and matching means for obtaining a region corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency And a design production support program that functions as an output means for displaying information representing an impression to be a design production target of a document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. Can be realized.

  According to the above-described invention, it is easy to compare an impression that is a target of document design production between a plurality of impression maps represented by evaluation axes indicating different impression trends. In other words, an option that matches the design goal is selected from a group of options assigned to one of the impression maps, and which area on the other impression maps corresponds to the selected option. Is obtained by matching processing, thereby making it easy to compare impressions in a plurality of evaluation spaces.

  In this case, the information selection means has an impression that is the target of document design production from each of a plurality of types of options assigned on a plurality of impression maps represented by evaluation axes indicating different impression tendencies. The matching unit is acquired by the information selection unit on the reference impression map based on a combination pattern of a plurality of options acquired by the information selection unit. It is preferable to obtain a region corresponding to the selected option.

  Specifically, the matching means is predetermined for each area on the preference impression pattern and the reference impression map, which is a combination of coordinates on the evaluation axis of the options acquired by the information selection means. It is preferable to obtain a region corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection unit on the reference impression map by matching processing with a reference pattern.

  In this way, the impression that should be the goal of design production by finding the corresponding area on another impression map based on the combination of options selected from the multiple types of options assigned to each on the plurality of impression maps Can be determined more accurately.

  In addition, the reference pattern is set for each user characteristic such as age and gender, the characteristic of the user (evaluator) who selects an option is acquired by the information selection means, and the characteristic matches the characteristic of the user (evaluator). It is preferable to select a reference pattern and perform matching with the preference evaluation pattern. This makes it possible to present an impression that should be a design production target based on user preferences.

  And an impression information extracting unit that extracts impression information representing an impression assigned in advance to an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching unit, and the output unit includes the reference obtained by the matching unit. It is preferable to display the impression information extracted by the impression information extracting means as information representing an impression to be a design production target of the document in a region on the impression map.

  Further, the matching means further obtains an evaluation value indicating a degree of matching between the preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern, and the output means has a region on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. It is also preferable to display the evaluation value as information representing an impression to be a goal of the document design production.

  The present invention provides information selection in which a user selects and obtains an option that matches an impression of an actual document design from a group of options expressing an impression assigned on an impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency A matching means for obtaining a region corresponding to an option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency; and a matching means obtained by the matching means Output design means for displaying information representing the impression of the actual document design in an area on the reference impression map.

  The design production support apparatus of the present invention can be realized by executing a design production support program on a computer. That is, the present invention allows the user to select an option that matches the impression of the actual document design from a group of options expressing the impression assigned on the impression map represented by the evaluation axis indicating the impression tendency. Information selection means to be acquired, and matching means for obtaining a region corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency; It can be realized by a design creation support program that functions as output means for displaying information representing the impression of the design of an actual document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. .

  According to the above invention, when an impression of an actual document design is evaluated, it is easy to compare between a plurality of impression maps represented by evaluation axes indicating different impression tendencies. In other words, an option that matches the impression of the actual design is selected from a group of options assigned to one of the impression maps, and the selected option corresponds to any region on the other impression maps. It is easy to compare impressions in a plurality of evaluation spaces by obtaining these by matching processing.

  Here, the information selection means is an option that matches the impression of the actual document design from each of a plurality of types of option groups respectively assigned on a plurality of impression maps represented by evaluation axes indicating different impression tendencies. Obtained by causing the user to select at least one by one, and the matching unit is acquired by the information selection unit on the reference impression map based on a combination pattern of a plurality of options acquired by the information selection unit It is preferable to obtain a region corresponding to the option.

  Specifically, the matching means is predetermined for each area on the preference impression pattern and the reference impression map, which is a combination of coordinates on the evaluation axis of the options acquired by the information selection means. It is preferable to obtain a region corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection unit on the reference impression map by matching processing with a reference pattern.

  In this way, the impression of the actual document design can be obtained by obtaining the corresponding area on another impression map based on the combination of options selected from a plurality of types of options assigned to the plurality of impression maps. It can be determined more accurately.

  In addition, the reference pattern is set for each user characteristic such as age and gender, the characteristic of the user (evaluator) who selects an option is acquired by the information selection means, and the characteristic matches the characteristic of the user (evaluator). It is preferable to select a reference pattern and perform matching with the preference evaluation pattern. Thus, an impression of an actual document design can be presented based on the preference according to the user's characteristics.

  And an impression information extracting unit that extracts impression information representing an impression assigned in advance to an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching unit, and the output unit includes the reference obtained by the matching unit. It is preferable to display the impression information extracted by the impression information extraction unit as information representing the impression of the actual document design in a region on the impression map.

  Further, the matching means further obtains an evaluation value indicating a degree of matching between the preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern, and the output means has a region on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. It is preferable to display the evaluation value as information representing an impression of the actual document design.

  The option group is preferably at least one of an adjective group, a color patch group, a color palette group, and a concrete image group.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to evaluate target impression information, which is a design production target, and user impression information indicating an impression received from an actual design with higher accuracy.

1. Apparatus Configuration A design production support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a management server 100, client computers 102a, 102b,... And a network 104 as shown in FIG. The management server 100 and the client computers 102a, 102b,... Are connected via the network 104 so that information can be transmitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management server 100 basically includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 12, an input unit 14, an output unit 16, and a network interface unit 18.

  The control unit 10 reads and executes the design creation support program stored in the storage unit 12. Further, data necessary for processing is fetched from the input unit 14 and the network 104 and stored in the storage unit 12. Further, when necessary for the processing, the data held in the storage unit 12 is read and used for the processing. Further, the processing result is stored again in the storage unit 12 and output to the output unit 16 or the network 104 as necessary.

  The storage unit 12 stores and holds various data such as a design creation support program and keywords input from the input unit 14 or the network. Databases such as impression expression database, impression evaluation database, target impression information database, preference information database, design evaluation database, design database, user impression information database, user preference information database, impression map display database, etc. required for processing Is stored and retained. The contents and usage of each database will be described later. As the storage unit 12, a semiconductor memory is mainly used. For example, a storage device such as a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a magnetic tape can also be used.

  The input unit 14 is used when a user inputs data necessary for processing. As the input unit 14, for example, a character input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device such as a mouse or a light pen can be used. Also, when reading existing presentation materials created on a recording medium such as paper as electronic data, a document reading device such as a scanner, or a voice input that can be converted into a digital signal when inputting voice, etc. An apparatus can be used.

  The output unit 16 displays an input screen that prompts input of data necessary for processing, an output screen that shows a processing result in the control unit 10, and the like. As the output unit 16, for example, a document output device such as a display or a printer can be used.

  The network interface unit 18 is used to connect the management server 100 to the network 104 so that information can be transmitted.

  The client computers 102a, 102b,... Have the same basic computer configuration as the management server 100. Also in the client computers 102a, 102b..., Information necessary for processing can be transmitted to the management server 100 and processing results in the management server 100 can be received via the network 104. In addition, a part of the process of the design creation support method described below may be executed by the client computer 102.

2. Design Production Support Method The design production support method in the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. Each means in the invention according to the claims of the present application is realized by causing each process of the following design production support method to be processed by a computer.

  Here, the person who produces the design (hereinafter referred to as the design creator), the person who requests the design creator to produce the design (hereinafter referred to as the client), and the person who receives the produced design (hereinafter referred to as the client) The user will be described as using the system. Moreover, it is assumed that the operator generally performs operations that can be performed by any of the design creator, the client, and the user. Usually, the design creator, the client, and the user are different, but the design creator, the client, and the user may be the same when appropriately modifying the design created by the designer. .

  Client computers 102a, 102b,... Are connected to and communicate with the management server 100 via the network 104, respectively, and can function both as a design creator's terminal and as a client's terminal. In the following description, for the sake of convenience, it is assumed that the operator performs processing using the management server 100.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the design creation support method includes a target impression determination process in step S10, a design impression evaluation process in step S20, a user impression acquisition process in step S30, and an impression presentation process in step S40.

  Each of these steps is realized by storing and holding a computer-processable design production support program in the storage unit 12 of the management server 100 and executing the program by the management server 100.

  When the processing of the program is started, in step S0, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 10 displays the main menu screen 1000 on the output unit 16, and prompts the operator to select a desired process. Here, on the main menu screen 1000, the mouse pointer 5 is displayed, and the execution of each process is started by clicking a screen position indicating a desired process.

  Further, the main menu screen 1000 is provided with a box 15 for inputting an identification number of a design to be produced, and the database to be processed in the following processing is the number input in this box 15. Will be identified.

  For example, by inputting “9” as the identification number in the box 15, moving the mouse pointer 5 to the position where the target impression determination button 20 is displayed and clicking the mouse, the design identification number becomes 9, The process proceeds to the target impression determination step of S10. Similarly, the design impression evaluation button 22, the user impression acquisition button 24, and the impression presentation button 26 are respectively used when the process is shifted to the design impression evaluation process in step S 20, the user impression acquisition process in step S 30, and the impression presentation process in step S 40. The process can be shifted by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the displayed position and clicking the mouse.

2-1. Target Impression Determination Process In the target impression determination process in step S10, information (hereinafter referred to as target impression information) related to the impression required for the design to be produced is determined. The target impression determination step is processed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, information that matches a target impression is selected from a plurality of types of options distributed in a plurality of different evaluation spaces, and the impression that is the target of design production in a predetermined evaluation space is represented from the information. Ask for information.

  An evaluation space for setting target impression information is set by a preference survey of a large number of subjects. That is, an evaluation space is defined for a plurality of types of options based on the result of statistical processing of data obtained in the subject preference survey and the result of factor analysis. Each option group is distributed in each evaluation space.

  Here, the information (option) that expresses the impression of the design is character information consisting of adjectives that express the impression of the design, a color patch group consisting of a single color, a color palette group combining a plurality of colors, It is preferable to appropriately select and use an image group that represents the design impression concretely, an abstract picture group that abstractly expresses the design impression, and the like according to the object of design production.

  The evaluation space is embodied as an impression map representing an impression. For example, an adjective covering the entire impression map as shown in FIG. 6 can be selected as the option group. Here, the impression map shown in FIG. 6 is obtained by dividing the display screen into a plurality of areas and assigning each area as an area indicating the impression of the document. A coordinate axis (evaluation axis) is provided in the impression map, and information representing the impression is assigned so that the impression changes with a predetermined tendency along the coordinate axis. In the impression map of FIG. 6, two orthogonal coordinates of the X coordinate indicating the warmth of the design from “warm” to “cold” and the Y coordinate indicating the hardness of the design from “soft” to “hard”. And adjectives that are alternatives are assigned according to each impression change. In the present embodiment, an impression map to which this adjective group is assigned is used as a reference impression map.

  Further, for example, a color patch that covers the entire impression map as shown in FIG. 7 can be selected as an option group. In the example of FIG. 7, the I coordinate indicating the tendency of the design impression from “common” to “sophistication” and the II coordinate indicating the tendency of the design impression from “masculine” to “feminine”. Two orthogonal coordinates are provided, and color patches, which are options, are assigned according to the change in each impression.

  Further, for example, a color palette that covers the entire impression map as shown in FIG. 8 can be selected as an option group. In the example of FIG. 8, there are two coordinates: the III coordinate indicating the tendency of the design impression from “violent” to “bright”, and the IV coordinate indicating the tendency of the design impression from “static” to “play”. Cartesian coordinates are provided, and color palettes as options are assigned along with changes in each impression.

  Further, for example, a concrete coffee cup picture that covers the entire impression map as shown in FIG. 9 can be selected as the option group. In the example of FIG. 9, the V coordinate indicating the tendency of the design impression from “real” to “cute” and the VI coordinate indicating the tendency of the design impression from “simple” to “decoration” are two orthogonal points. Coordinates are provided, and coffee cup pictures as options are assigned according to changes in each impression.

  Note that the method of assigning information to the impression map is not limited to this, and it is preferable to change the setting of the coordinate axes according to the type of the target design. For example, “Something” from “Solid”, “Quality appeal” from “Color appeal”, “High quality” from “Fun”, “Sense feeling” from “Familiarity”, “Feminine” from “Dandy”, “ From “turbid” to “clear”, from “hard” to “soft”, from “heavy” to “fine”, from “solid” to “fairy tale”, from “realistic” to “fantasy”, from “quality” to “cheap”, etc. You may set the coordinate axis showing the transition of the tendency of impression.

  Each option group is read out and used as appropriate by storing it in the storage unit 12 in advance as an impression expression database. For example, the adjective group assigned to the impression map shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the storage unit 12 as an impression expression database as shown in FIG.

  In step S10a, the control unit 10 causes the output unit 16 to display target impression input screens 1002a to 1002d. As shown in FIG. 11, the target impression input screens 1002a to 1002d present a plurality of information (options) expressing the impression of the design, and information (options) that suits the impression that is the target of design production from the client. Is to be selected.

  The target impression input screen 1002a shown in FIG. 11 is obtained by reading out adjectives assigned to the reference impression map shown in FIG. 6 registered in the impression expression database and listing them. The target impression input screen 1002b shown in FIG. 12 is obtained by reading out the color patches assigned to the impression map shown in FIG. 7 registered in the impression expression database and listing them. The target impression input screen 1002c shown in FIG. 13 is obtained by reading out the color palettes assigned to the impression map shown in FIG. 8 registered in the impression expression database and listing them. The target impression input screen 1002d shown in FIG. 14 is a screen in which the coffee cup pictures assigned to the impression map shown in FIG. 9 registered in the impression expression database are read out and listed.

  In step S10b, the client uses the input unit 14 to select information according to the impression required for the design. Using the plurality of target impression input images 1002a to 1002d, the user is allowed to select at least one piece of information (option) from each of a plurality of types of option groups.

  For example, the document production requester uses the mouse as the input unit 14 to move the mouse pointer 5 displayed superimposed on the target impression input screen 1002a shown in FIG. 11 to match the impression required for the design. Selection is performed by placing the mouse pointer 5 on the check box 28 attached to the adjective and clicking the mouse. A check mark is displayed in the selected check box 28. When the selection is completed, the character information of the selected adjective is saved in the storage unit 12 by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the position of the decision button 29 and clicking the mouse.

  Also, the document production requester uses a mouse as the input unit 14 and uses the color patch, color palette, and color palette that meet the impressions required for the design on the target impression input screens 1002b to 1002c shown in FIGS. The selection is made by clicking the mouse pointer 5 on the picture of the coffee cup and selecting it, and then selecting the data registration button 25 and clicking the picture to select the color patch, color palette and coffee cup picture. Information is selected. The selected information is stored in the storage unit 12.

  Note that the method for selecting the information expressing the impression is not limited to this, and other methods may be used as long as the requester can easily input.

  Next, in step S10c, based on the information (adjective) selected from the reference impression map in step S10b, a target impression information database and a preference information database for determining an impression as a target in document design production are registered. . An impression evaluation database is used for this process. As shown in FIG. 15, the impression evaluation database corresponds to the impression information associated with the section representing the impression on the reference impression map, the information (adjective) included in the impression expression database, and the impression information. A weighting coefficient indicating the relative importance of each piece of associated information (adjective) with respect to the impression information is associated and stored. Each piece of information (adjective) is associated with one weighting factor.

  The control unit 10 reads out the information (adjective) selected in step S10b from the storage unit 12 and refers to the impression evaluation database shown in FIG. 15 to obtain impression information associated with the read out information (adjective) and The weighting factor for it is extracted. The control unit 10 calculates an evaluation value by adding a weighting factor for each selected impression information. Then, the extracted impression information and the evaluation value of the weighting factor for each impression information are stored in the storage unit 12 as a target impression information database in association with the design identification number.

  For example, when the selected character information is “not innocent”, in the example of the impression evaluation database in FIG. 15, “Pretty” is extracted as impression information, and 0.500 is extracted as a weighting factor for the “Pretty”. The Further, when “pretty” is selected, “romantic” is extracted as impression information, and 1.000 is extracted as a weighting factor for the “romantic”. Further, when “fairy tale” is selected, “romantic” is extracted as impression information, and 0.500 is extracted as a weighting coefficient for the “romantic”. In this case, the evaluation values obtained by adding the weighting coefficients for each piece of impression information are “pretty” of 0.500 and “romantic” of 1.500. Therefore, a target impression information database as shown in FIG. 16 is registered.

  In step S10d, the preference information database is registered based on the information (color patch, color palette, coffee cup picture) selected from the impression map other than the reference impression map in step S10b. The preference information database is registered according to the combination of the arrangement positions of the options selected in each evaluation space represented by the impression maps shown in FIGS.

  First, a preference evaluation pattern is obtained based on the information selected in step S10b. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, when the color patch shown in FIG. 7 (the 23rd color patch in the figure) is selected, the coordinates on the I axis on the impression map to which the color patch is assigned and II Plot the coordinates on the axis. Similarly, on the impression map to which the color palette shown in FIG. 8 is assigned, the coordinates on the III axis and the coordinates on the IV axis to which the color palette selected in step S10b is assigned are plotted. Further, on the impression map to which the coffee cup picture shown in FIG. 9 is assigned, the coordinates on the V axis and the coordinates on the VI axis to which the coffee cup picture selected in step S10b is assigned are plotted. At this time, when a plurality of options are selected for one impression map, coordinates indicating the average position of the plurality of options on each coordinate axis (evaluation axis) are plotted. The preference evaluation pattern a plotted in this way represents a combination of the arrangement positions of options selected in the evaluation space represented by each impression map.

  On the other hand, for each piece of impression information registered in the impression evaluation database of FIG. 15, a reference pattern for plotting that matches the impression indicated by each piece of impression information is determined in advance. The reference pattern can be set by a preference survey such as a questionnaire for a large number of subjects. In other words, based on the results of statistical processing of factors such as data obtained in the subject's preference survey, impression information assigned to each area on the reference impression map has a different evaluation axis from the reference impression map A reference pattern for each piece of impression information is set based on the correlation between the options assigned to the impression map.

  For example, the reference pattern for impression information “natural” is as shown in pattern b in FIG. 17, and the reference pattern for impression information “casual” is as shown in pattern c in FIG. Reference patterns are similarly set for other impression information.

The preference information database is registered on the basis of matching between the preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern defined for each piece of impression information. An existing method can be applied to the matching process. For example, using Equation (1), the degree of matching is calculated based on the mean square value of the reference pattern values a _I to a _VI and the preference evaluation pattern values A _I to A _VI from the I axis to the VI axis. Impression information whose degree of matching is higher than a predetermined threshold is extracted. A matching evaluation value is set for the extracted impression information. At this time, the evaluation value is set higher as the degree of matching is higher.

  When the preference evaluation pattern is the pattern a as shown in FIG. 17, the reference pattern b of the impression information “natural” has a higher matching degree than the reference pattern c of the impression information “casual”. Therefore, the evaluation value of impression information “natural” is higher than the evaluation value of impression information “casual” such that the evaluation value of impression information “natural” is 0.800 and the evaluation value of impression information “casual” is 0.400. Is set.

  As described above, the evaluation value for each impression information obtained by the matching process is registered in the storage unit 12 as a preference information database as shown in FIG.

  The reference pattern set for each impression information is also preferably set more finely according to the user characteristics such as age (age) and sex. For example, when a reference pattern is set for each piece of impression information based on a questionnaire or the like, the questionnaire result is classified for each age group or sex of the subject and the reference pattern is set. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12 to FIG. 14, the user's age input unit 21 and the user's gender input unit 23 are provided to acquire the characteristics of the viewer to be designed, and the reference pattern corresponding to the characteristics Matching process is performed. Thereby, the evaluation value of the impression which evaluated the user's preference of specific age and sex appropriately can be calculated | required.

  Further, the target impression information database and the preference information database are determined based on the options selected by one user, but it is also preferable to perform processing based on information obtained from a plurality of persons by repeating the above steps. It is. For example, it is very effective when extracting corporate corporate color target impression information from multiple corporate officers or registering product design target impression information database and preference information database from multiple product developers. .

  For each user, an option is selected from each option group. Then, impression information is extracted from the selected adjectives, and an evaluation value is calculated by adding a weight coefficient for each extracted impression information. Further, the evaluation values of impression information for a plurality of users are added for each impression information, and the sum is registered in the target impression information database. Further, an average position (coordinates) on the evaluation axis in each impression map is obtained for each of the color patch, color palette, and coffee cup picture selected by a plurality of users, and based on the preference evaluation pattern represented by them. Then, the evaluation value of each impression information is determined and registered as a preference information database.

  In this case as well, users are classified according to age (age), gender, and other characteristics, and a preference evaluation pattern is obtained for each classification, and matching processing is performed, so that each user characteristic is a design production target. You may extract the preference with respect to an impression.

  In the present embodiment, the preference information database is registered by a combination of a color patch group, a color palette group, and a coffee cup picture group (represented image group), but the present invention is not limited to this. Any option group that represents the impression of document design may be used.

  The reference impression map may be an impression map to which options other than the adjective group are assigned. For example, an impression map in which a color patch group is assigned instead of an adjective group is used as a reference impression map, and a preference information database that indicates a user's preference on the reference impression map using an adjective group, a color palette group, and a coffee cup picture group You may ask for.

2-2. Design Impression Evaluation Process When the design impression evaluation button 22 is clicked in step S0, the process proceeds to the design impression evaluation process in step S20.

  In the design impression evaluation process in step S20, information about the design impression of the document (hereinafter referred to as design impression information) is extracted. The design impression evaluation process is processed according to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S20a, actual document data is captured, stored in the storage unit 12, and held. As shown in FIG. 20, the control unit 10 displays a design capture screen 1004 on the output unit 16 to prompt the design creator to input a document related to the design to be evaluated.

  For example, the design creator designs a web page and uploads it on the network 104 in advance. Next, the URL of the web page is input to the URL input box 30 of the design capture screen 1004, the mouse pointer 5 displayed on the design capture screen 1004 is moved to the web design capture button 32, and the mouse is moved. Click to specify the acquisition destination of the web page for design impression evaluation. When receiving the designation, the control unit 10 takes in the document data of the web page from the designated URL via the network 104. The fetched document data is sequentially stored in the storage unit 12 as a design database in association with document data identification information (for example, URL) as shown in FIG.

  If a design database has not yet been generated for the design identification number, a new design database is generated in association with the design identification number. On the other hand, when a design database for the design identification number already exists, document data identification information and document data are additionally stored in the existing design database.

  Further, not only the produced web pages but also the URLs of the web pages of competitors, for example, can be specified and the document data of those web pages can be taken in and evaluated.

  In addition, when the object of design production is a presentation material, a new product, a brand logo of a company, or the like, it is also preferable to capture document data using a reading device such as a scanner. In this case, it is preferable to activate the existing document reading tool by clicking the document import button 34 on the design capture screen 1004.

  In the following description, it is assumed that the document of the web page in FIG. 22 is taken as an example.

  In step S20b, the impression given to the human by the captured document data is evaluated. The existing evaluation means such as Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-187522 can be used for the impression evaluation of the design.

  That is, the control unit 10 reads the image data of the document to be evaluated from the storage unit 12 and divides the area as shown in FIG. An existing image area dividing tool can be used for the area division. Next, physical features such as area, position, size, color average, and color difference from other regions are extracted for each divided region.

Here, for each region, it is preferable to extract a visual feature after converting from the RGB color space to the L ^* a ^* b ^* color space. In general, document data used in a computer is often expressed in an RGB color space, which is a non-uniform color space, and cannot be analyzed close to the human sense. Therefore, by converting the RGB color space, which is a non-uniform color space, to the L ^* a ^* b ^* color space, which is a uniform color space, it is possible to analyze and evaluate as an impression closer to human sensitivity. The L ^* a ^* b ^* space is also preferable because it can express the dynamic range of the document. Of course, if the document data is already expressed in the L ^* a ^* b ^* color space, no conversion is necessary.

In addition, the physical feature amount includes the area of the target area, the width w and the height h of the target area, the upper left position x, y, the color average of the entire target area, the average value of the L ^* component, and the a ^* component. mean value, b ^* average of components, the entire document color average and the color of the entire target region mean color difference ΔL * ^a * ^{b *,} color differences color average of a region close to the target region Δ _n L ^* a ^* b ^* , A color average color difference Δ _b L ^* a ^* b ^* between the background and the region of interest, such as color dispersion in the region of interest, the number of the same color, and the like. The average color may be extracted from the background area of the document data, the main area having the largest area excluding the background area, and the accent area that is an accent for the main area, and may be used as the feature amount.

  On the other hand, design impression information is associated with a combination of physical features and stored in the storage unit 12 as a design evaluation database. For example, as shown in FIG. 23, a set of colors (indicated by hatching in the drawing) of the background area, the main area having the largest area excluding the background area, and the accent area that is an accent to the main area is generated. Then, design impression information representing an impression received by humans from these color sets is stored in association with each other.

  Based on this design evaluation database, an average color can be extracted from the background area, main area, and accent area of actual document data, and design impression information can be extracted from the combination of the average colors. As shown in FIG. 21, the extracted design impression information is stored and held in the storage unit 12 as a design database in association with the document data identification number and the document data to be evaluated.

  For example, if the average color is extracted from each of the background area, main area, and accent area of the document data in FIG. 22, design impression information “natural” can be obtained based on the design evaluation database in FIG.

Note that the feature quantities that can be used to extract information about impressions are area size, area width w and height h, upper left positions x and y, color average of the entire area, and average value of L ^* components. , a ^* average component, b ^* average component, color difference [delta] L * ^a * ^b color average over the overall color average interest area ^*, color differences color average of a region close to the target region delta _n L ^{* A *} b ^* , color average difference Δ _b L ^* a ^* b ^* between the background and the target area, color dispersion in the target area, and the same number of colors may be used.

  Further, a multidimensional expression information database in which conditions combining these feature quantities and expression information related to the impression of a document are associated may be used. In this way, by combining as many feature quantities as possible, the impression that the document gives to humans can be made more detailed. In particular, by using conditions that include differences in feature quantities between different document areas, such as color differences between document areas, to extract expression information that represents impressions received from places with strong contrast in the evaluated document Is also possible.

  It is also preferable to use the physical feature value itself obtained from the document data as design impression information. For example, the combination of the average colors of the background area, the main area, and the accent area of the document data may be used as the design impression information as a color palette.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the image data that is a document is divided into a plurality of areas for processing, but the design impression information may be determined by extracting feature amounts from the entire document.

  When the design impression is selected, the design impression evaluation process is terminated, and the control unit 10 returns the control to step S0.

2-3. User Impression Acquisition Process When the user impression acquisition process button 24 is clicked in step S0, the process proceeds to the user impression acquisition process of step S30.

  In the user impression acquisition process in step S30, an impression (hereinafter referred to as user impression information) that the user has about the document data captured in step S20 is acquired. The user impression acquisition process is processed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, in step S30a, the control unit 10 causes the output unit 16 to display a document data selection screen 1006, and prompts the user to select document data as an impression acquisition target from among the document data captured in step S20.

  As shown in FIG. 25, the document data selection screen 1006 enumerates and displays information on document data held in the design database of the storage unit 12 on the screen, and which document data the user impression information is acquired from. It is preferable to select these. However, the form of the document data selection screen 1006 is not limited to this, and it is sufficient that the document data held in the design database can be selected.

  A user who inputs an impression of document data moves the mouse pointer 5 to a check box 40 provided for each piece of information related to document data (image data) on the document data selection screen 1006 using the input unit 14 such as a mouse. Select information by clicking the mouse. Next, the selection of document data is determined by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the selection determination button 42 and clicking the mouse.

  In step S30b, the control unit 10 displays user impression input screens 1008a to 1008d on the output unit 16, and prompts the user to input an impression received by viewing the document data.

  As shown in FIGS. 26 to 29, the user impression input screens 1008a to 1008d are divided into an area 43 for displaying the contents of the selected document data and an area 44 for enumerating and displaying information expressing design impressions. .

  The control unit 10 reads out the document data selected in step S30a from the design database held in the storage unit 12, and forms and displays the document data in the document data display area 43. For example, when document data of a web page is selected, as shown in FIGS. 26 to 29, the URL of the document data is read from the design database, and the document data is fetched from the URL and displayed on the display.

  Further, the control unit 10 reads out information (options) expressing the impression of the design from the impression expression database held in the storage unit 12 and displays the information in the impression expression display area 44. Similar to the target impression determination step in step S10, the information expressing the impressions included in the impression expression database includes character information consisting of adjectives that express the design impression, a color patch group consisting of a single color, a plurality of colors It is preferable to appropriately select and use a color palette group combining colors, an image group that represents a design impression concretely, an abstract image group that abstractly represents a design impression, and the like.

  For example, when an adjective is selected as an option, as shown in FIG. 26, character information consisting of a plurality of adjective groups is read from the impression information database of FIG. 10 and displayed in the impression expression display area 44. Similarly, with respect to the color patch, the color palette, and the concrete image (coffee cup picture), images similar to those shown in FIGS. 27 to 29 are displayed in the impression expression display area 44. At this time, it is preferable to adopt a method of displaying an image for selecting an option that matches the impression of the design for a plurality of types of option groups side by side in the impression expression display area 44, or switching them appropriately. Similarly to FIGS. 12 to 14, a check box or the like for acquiring the user's age, gender, and the like may be provided so that the user's characteristics such as age and gender can be acquired.

  Next, in step S <b> 30 c, the user uses the input unit 14 to select information that matches the impression felt when viewing the design of the document displayed in the document data display area 43.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 26, the mouse pointer 5 is displayed in the impression expression display area 44 in which adjectives are listed, and the user uses the mouse to check boxes 46 provided for adjectives that match the impression received from the design. The mouse pointer 5 is moved to and selected by clicking the mouse. A check mark is displayed in the selected check box 46. When the selection of the adjective is completed, the character information of the selected adjective is stored in the storage unit 12 by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the position of the decision button 47 and clicking the mouse. For example, character information such as “childish”, “sweet”, and “delicious” is selected and stored in the storage unit 12.

  In addition, the user uses a mouse as the input unit 14 and, similarly to FIGS. 12 to 14, in the impression expression display area 44 in FIGS. The selection is made by clicking the mouse pointer 5 on the picture of the coffee cup and clicking, and the selection is made and the mouse pointer 5 is clicked on the decision button 47 and then the picture of the selected color patch, color palette and coffee cup is selected. Information can be selected. The selected information is stored in the storage unit 12.

  The method of acquiring the user impression is not limited to this. That is, it is sufficient if the user can easily input an impression on the design of the document data.

  In step S30d, the user impression information database is registered based on the information selected in step S30c. For this process, the impression evaluation database used in the target impression determination process in step S10 is used.

  The control unit 10 reads the information (adjective) selected from the reference impression map in step S30c from the storage unit 12 and refers to the impression evaluation database shown in FIG. 15, thereby associating with the read information (adjective). Impression information and a weighting factor for the impression information are extracted. The control unit 10 calculates an evaluation value by adding a weighting factor for each selected impression information. Then, the extracted impression information and the evaluation value of the weighting factor for each impression information are stored in the storage unit 12 as a user impression information database in association with the design identification number.

  For example, when the selected character information is “like a child”, “Pretty” is extracted as impression information in the example of the impression evaluation database in FIG. 15, and 1.000 is extracted as a weighting coefficient for the “Pretty”. Is done. If “sweet” is selected, “romantic” is extracted as impression information, and 1.000 is extracted as a weighting factor for the “romantic”. Further, when “delicious” is selected, “romantic” is extracted as impression information, and 0.500 is extracted as a weighting coefficient for the “romantic”. In this case, the evaluation values obtained by adding the weighting factors for each piece of impression information are 1.000 for “Pretty” and 1.500 for “Romantic”, respectively. Therefore, a user impression information database as shown in FIG. 30 is registered.

  In step S30e, the user preference information database is registered based on the information (color patch, color palette, coffee cup picture) selected from the impression map other than the reference impression map in step S30b. The user preference information database is registered in accordance with combinations of arrangement positions of options selected in each evaluation space represented by the impression maps shown in FIGS.

  First, a user preference evaluation pattern is obtained based on the information selected in step S30b. The user preference evaluation pattern is obtained in the same manner as in step S10d. That is, the coordinates on the I and II axes to which the selected color patch is assigned, the coordinates on the III and IV axes to which the selected color palette is assigned, and the selected coffee Plot the coordinates on the V-axis and the coordinates on the VI-axis to which the cup picture is assigned. At this time, when a plurality of options are selected for one impression map, coordinates indicating an average position of the plurality of options on each coordinate axis (evaluation axis) are plotted. The user preference evaluation pattern plotted in this way represents a combination of arrangement positions of options selected in the evaluation space represented by each impression map.

This is determined by matching the user preference evaluation pattern with a reference pattern defined for each piece of impression information. An existing method can be applied to the matching process. For example, using the above equation (1), the degree of matching based on the root mean square values of the reference pattern values a _I to a _VI and the user preference evaluation pattern values A _I to A _VI from the I axis to the VI axis And impression information having a matching degree higher than a predetermined threshold is extracted. A matching evaluation value is set for the extracted impression information. At this time, the higher the degree of matching, the higher the evaluation value. The evaluation value for each impression information obtained by the matching process is registered in the storage unit 12 as a user preference information database as shown in FIG.

  When a reference pattern set for each impression information is determined according to the user characteristics such as age (age) and sex, check boxes for inputting the user's age and gender are shown in FIGS. It is also preferable to obtain a user characteristic by providing a matching pattern with a reference pattern according to the characteristic. Thereby, the evaluation value of the impression which evaluated the user's preference of specific age and sex appropriately can be calculated | required.

  In addition, the user impression information database and the user preference information database are determined based on options selected by one user, but processing may be performed based on information obtained from a plurality of persons by repeating the above steps. Is preferred. For example, it is very effective when extracting corporate color impression information of a company from a plurality of officers in the company or extracting product design impression information from a plurality of product development staff.

  For each user, an option is selected from each option group. Then, impression information is extracted from the selected adjectives, and an evaluation value is calculated by adding a weight coefficient for each extracted impression information. Further, the impression information evaluation values for a plurality of users are added together for each impression information, and the sum is registered in the user impression information database. Further, an average position (coordinate) on the evaluation axis in each impression map is obtained for each of the color patch, color palette, and coffee cup picture selected by a plurality of users, and the user preference evaluation pattern represented by them is obtained. Based on this, the evaluation value of each impression information is determined and registered as a user preference information database.

  Also in this case, the impression received from the actual design for each user characteristic by classifying the user for each characteristic such as age (age) and gender, and obtaining the preference evaluation pattern for each classification and performing the matching process May be extracted.

  In the present embodiment, the preference information database is registered by a combination of a color patch group, a color palette group, and a coffee cup picture group (represented image group), but the present invention is not limited to this. Any option group that represents the impression of document design may be used.

  The reference impression map may be an impression map to which options other than the adjective group are assigned. For example, user preference information indicating a user's preference on the standard impression map using an adjective group, a color palette group, and a coffee cup picture group as an impression map in which a color patch group is assigned instead of an adjective group You may ask for a database.

2-4. Impression Presentation Process When the impression presentation process button 26 is clicked in step S0, the process proceeds to the impression presentation process in step S40.

  The impression presenting step in step S40 is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 32, and the contents of the target impression information database and the preference information database obtained in step S10, the design impression information obtained in step S20, and obtained in step S30. The contents of the user impression information database and the user preference information database are displayed.

  First, in step S40a, the control unit 10 displays the display selection screen 1010 on the output unit 16, and allows the operator to select which information is to be displayed.

  On the display selection screen 1010, as shown in FIG. 33, the identification number of the design to be displayed is input in the input box. Also, by selecting the check box 50 and clicking the decision button 52, the target impression information database and the preference information database are compared and displayed, the design impression information is displayed, and the user impression information database and the user preference information database are compared. Select one or more of the displays.

  Next, in step S40b, the control unit 10 that has received the information to be displayed compares the target impression information database and the preference information database, the design impression information, or the user impression information database and the user preference on the impression map screen 1012. Display information database comparisons.

  The impression map screen 1012 displays the impression map shown in FIG. 6 as shown in FIG. That is, the impression map screen 1012 is divided into a plurality of areas, and an area identification number is assigned to each area.

  Here, it is preferable to provide a coordinate axis on the impression map screen 1012 and assign an area identification number so that the impression changes with a predetermined tendency along the coordinate axis. For example, in the example of the impression map screen 1012 shown in FIG. 34, the X coordinate indicating the warmth of the design from “warm” to “cold” and the Y coordinate indicating the hardness of the design from “soft” to “hard”. And two orthogonal coordinates are provided, and information representing the impression is assigned along the change in the impression. Note that the method of assigning information on the impression map screen 1012 is not limited to this, and it is preferable to change the setting of the coordinate axes according to the type of the target design.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 35, the storage unit 12 stores impression information that expresses an impression for each area identification number as an impression display database. By referring to the impression display database, the control unit 10 registers the impression information registered in the target impression information database, the impression information registered in the preference information database, the design impression information, and the user impression information database. Area identification number associated with the existing impression information and the impression information registered in the user preference information database, and corresponds to the area on the impression map screen 1012 to which the extracted area identification number is assigned. Impression information and its evaluation value are displayed.

  When display of target impression information is selected in step S40a, the target impression information database is referred to, and impression information and evaluation values whose evaluation values are not 0 are extracted. Then, the impression display database is referred to, and as shown in FIG. 36, the impression information and evaluation value corresponding to the area on the impression map screen 1012 corresponding to the area identification number registered in association with the extracted impression information are displayed. Overlay and display.

  Further, the preference information database is referred to, and impression information and evaluation values whose evaluation values are not 0 are extracted. Then, the impression display database is referred to, and as shown in FIG. 37, the impression information and the evaluation value corresponding to the area on the impression map screen 1012 corresponding to the area identification number registered in association with the extracted impression information are displayed. Overlay and display.

  At this time, it is preferable that the display based on the target impression information database in FIG. 36 and the display based on the preference information database in FIG. 37 are arranged and displayed simultaneously on one display screen.

  In the present embodiment, in step S10, the preference evaluation pattern obtained using the impression map represented by the coordinate axes of the I-coordinate to the VI-coordinate showing an impression tendency different from the reference impression map is matched with the reference pattern. Thus, the user's preference for design production can be expressed by impression information and evaluation values on the reference impression map. As a result, the impression information and evaluation values registered in the target impression information database and the preference information database can be expressed on the same reference impression map, so that the user can easily compare the impressions that should be the target of design production. Can be presented.

  In addition, by displaying an evaluation value indicating the degree of matching between the preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern on the impression map, the comparison between the target impression information database and the preference information database can be facilitated.

  When the design impression information is selected in step S40a, the design impression information included in the design database associated with the design identification number is displayed superimposed on the impression map screen 1012 as shown in FIG. At this time, it is preferable to facilitate identification of the displayed information by changing the display color of the information for each document data included in the design database. It is also preferable to display the document data itself corresponding to each design impression information instead of or together with each design impression information.

  When display of user impression information is selected in step S40a, the user impression information database is referred to, and impression information and evaluation values whose evaluation values are not 0 are extracted. Then, referring to the impression display database, as shown in FIG. 39, the impression information and the evaluation value corresponding to the area on the impression map screen 1012 corresponding to the area identification number registered in association with the extracted impression information are displayed. Overlay and display.

  Further, the user preference information database is referred to, and impression information and evaluation values whose evaluation values are not 0 are extracted. Then, the impression display database is referred to, and as shown in FIG. 40, the impression information and evaluation value corresponding to the area on the impression map screen 1012 corresponding to the area identification number registered in association with the extracted impression information are displayed. Overlay and display.

  At this time, it is preferable that the display based on the user impression information database of FIG. 39 and the display based on the user preference information database of FIG. 40 are arranged and displayed simultaneously on one display screen.

  In the present embodiment, in step S30, the preference evaluation pattern obtained using the impression map represented by the coordinate axes of the I coordinate to the VI coordinate indicating an impression tendency different from the reference impression map is matched with the reference pattern. Thus, the user's preference for the actual document design can be expressed by the impression information and the evaluation value on the reference impression map. As a result, the impression information and the evaluation value registered in the user impression information database and the user preference information database can be expressed on the same reference impression map so that the user can easily compare the impression of the actual document design. Can be presented.

  Further, by displaying an evaluation value indicating the degree of matching between the user preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern on the impression map, the user impression information database and the user preference information database can be more easily compared.

1 is a block diagram of an overall configuration of a design production support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram of the structure of the management server in embodiment of this invention is shown. It is a figure which shows the main flowchart of the design production assistance method in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the main menu screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the target impression determination process in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression map in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression map in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression map in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression map in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression expression database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the target impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the target impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the target impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the target impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression evaluation database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the target impression information database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining how to obtain the preference evaluation pattern in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the preference information database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the design impression evaluation process in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the design impression evaluation screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the design database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the web page in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the design evaluation database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the user impression acquisition process in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the document data selection screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the user impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the user impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the user impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the user impression input screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows a user impression information database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows a user preference information database in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the impression presentation process in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display selection screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression map screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the database for impression displays in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the impression map screen which superimposed and displayed the information registered into the target impression information database. It is a figure which shows the impression map screen which superimposed and displayed the information registered into the preference information database. It is a figure which shows the impression map screen which superimposed and displayed the design impression information and document data. It is a figure which shows the impression map screen which superimposed and displayed the information registered into the user impression information database. It is a figure which shows the impression map screen which superimposed and displayed the information registered into the user preference information database. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of design production.

Explanation of symbols

  5 mouse pointer, 10 control unit, 12 storage unit, 14 input unit, 15 input box, 16 output unit, 18 network interface unit, 20 target impression determination button, 22 design impression evaluation button, 24 user impression acquisition button, 26 impression presentation Button, 28 Check Box, 29 Enter Button, 30 Input Box, 32 Web Design Import Button, 34 Document Import Button, 36 Background Area, 37 Main Area, 38 Accent Area, 40 Check Box, 42 Selection Confirm Button, 43 Document Data display area, 44 Impression expression display area, 46 Check box, 47 Enter button, 48 Scroll button, 50 Check box, 52 Enter button, 54 Input box, 60 Impression information display area, 62a X Mark axis, 62b Y coordinate axis, 65 Process return button, 68 Document data display, 100 Management server, 102a, 102b, 102c Client computer, 104 Network, 1000 Main menu screen, 1002 Target impression input screen, 1004 Design capture screen, 1006 Document data selection screen, 1008 User impression input screen, 1010 Display selection screen, 1012 Impression map screen.

Claims (14)

An information selection means for allowing a user to select and obtain an option that matches an impression targeted for document design production from a group of options expressing an impression assigned on an impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency; ,
Matching means for obtaining an area corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency;
Output means for displaying information representing an impression to be a design production target of the document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means;
Design production support apparatus characterized by comprising. In the design production support apparatus according to claim 1,
The information selection means selects an option that matches an impression that is a goal of document design production from each of a plurality of types of option groups respectively assigned on a plurality of impression maps represented by evaluation axes indicating different impression tendencies. Get at least one user to select,
The matching unit obtains an area corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection unit on the reference impression map based on a combination pattern of a plurality of options acquired by the information selection unit. Production support device. In the design production support apparatus according to claim 2,
The matching means includes a preference evaluation pattern composed of a combination of coordinates on the evaluation axis of the options acquired by the information selection means, and a reference pattern predetermined for each region on the reference impression map. A design production support apparatus characterized in that an area corresponding to an option acquired by the information selection means on the reference impression map is obtained by a matching process. The design production support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Impression information extraction means for extracting impression information representing an impression assigned in advance to an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means;
The output means displays the impression information extracted by the impression information extraction means as information representing an impression to be a design production target of the document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. Design production support device characterized by that. In the design production support apparatus according to claim 3,
The matching means further obtains an evaluation value indicating a degree of matching between the preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern,
The output means displays the evaluation value as information representing an impression to be a design production target of the document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. apparatus. In the design production support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The design creation support apparatus, wherein the option group is at least one of an adjective group, a color patch group, a color palette group, and a concrete image group. An information selection means for allowing the user to select and obtain an option that matches the impression of the actual document design from an option group expressing the impression assigned on the impression map represented by the evaluation axis indicating the impression tendency;
Matching means for obtaining an area corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency;
Output means for displaying information representing the impression of the actual document design in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means;
Design production support apparatus characterized by comprising. In the design production support apparatus according to claim 7,
The information selecting means includes at least one option that matches the impression of the actual document design from each of a plurality of types of option groups respectively assigned on a plurality of impression maps represented by evaluation axes indicating different impression tendencies. Let the user select one by one,
The matching unit obtains an area corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection unit on the reference impression map based on a combination pattern of a plurality of options acquired by the information selection unit. Production support device. In the design production support apparatus according to claim 8,
The matching means includes a preference evaluation pattern composed of a combination of coordinates on the evaluation axis of the options acquired by the information selection means, and a reference pattern predetermined for each region on the reference impression map. A design production support apparatus characterized in that an area corresponding to an option acquired by the information selection means on the reference impression map is obtained by a matching process. A design production support apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 9,
Impression information extraction means for extracting impression information representing an impression assigned in advance to an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means;
The output means displays the impression information extracted by the impression information extraction means as information representing an impression of the actual document design in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. Design production support device. In the design production support apparatus according to claim 9,
The matching means further obtains an evaluation value indicating a degree of matching between the preference evaluation pattern and the reference pattern,
The output means displays the evaluation value as information representing the design impression of the actual document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means. In the design production support apparatus as described in any one of Claims 7-11,
The design creation support apparatus, wherein the option group is at least one of an adjective group, a color patch group, a color palette group, and a concrete image group. Computer
An information selection means for allowing a user to select and obtain an option that matches an impression targeted for document design production from a group of options expressing an impression assigned on an impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency; ,
Matching means for obtaining an area corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency;
Output means for displaying information representing an impression to be a design production target of the document in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means;
Design production support program characterized by functioning as Computer
An information selection means for allowing the user to select and obtain an option that matches the impression of the actual document design from an option group expressing the impression assigned on the impression map represented by the evaluation axis indicating the impression tendency;
Matching means for obtaining an area corresponding to the option acquired by the information selection means on a reference impression map represented by an evaluation axis indicating an impression tendency different from the impression tendency;
Output means for displaying information representing the impression of the actual document design in an area on the reference impression map obtained by the matching means;
Design production support program characterized by functioning as