JP2007328420A - Vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vessel capable of providing content information, from a pattern appearing responding to temperature change with an element of surprise and effect varied in charms of transformation, by reading machine readable content information coded in accordance with color or shading. <P>SOLUTION: A vessel (a cup) 10 prints the code image of a pattern 14, including color code information 20 with different aspect, on base material of the vessel 11 using colorfast ink 12 and heat fading ink 13, and the pattern 14 for providing the color code information 20 appears after the change in the color responding to the temperature change. A client terminal 110 performs decoding processing for the read color code information 20, transmits the decoded information to a decoder server 120, acquires reproduced content information 40, based on the content information 40, accesses a content server 130 and acquires the content data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container having a printed layer on which characters or designs are printed, and in particular, a container to which a machine-readable code in which predetermined content information is coded corresponding to color or shading is provided on the surface of the container. About.

  Conventionally, there are tableware, toys, printed materials, and the like that use thermochromic ink and change color, pattern, etc. due to temperature changes (for example, Patent Document 1). These are specific characters and figures printed with non-color-changing ink (ordinary ink), and the non-color-changing printing layer is concealed with thermochromic ink whose color changes according to temperature. Yes, it gives the taste and unexpectedness of graphics and color changes.

  On the other hand, a two-dimensional barcode (for example, a QR code) in which URL information of a Web site that presents detailed information on a posted product to a user is converted into encoded data on a printed matter such as a magazine or catalog is directly created. By publishing on the printed matter, the user can read the two-dimensional barcode with a camera-equipped mobile phone, etc., and send it to the server by the communication function of the mobile phone, making it possible to easily input necessary information (For example, patent document 2).

  Further, in recent years, a method has been disclosed in which data is encoded with a code using cells expressed in a plurality of colors or shades, and the encoded code is decoded using a computer and a peripheral device (for example, a patent). Reference 3).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-1121474 JP 2004-80585 A JP 2001-319200 A

  However, those using thermochromic inks of the prior art have effects such as graphic pattern and color change, surprise, fun, etc., but at the same time, those that provide useful content information only to users There wasn't.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and encodes content information corresponding to color or shading from a picture that appears in response to a temperature change, together with an unexpected and rich effect of change. An object of the present invention is to provide a container that can provide content information by reading a machine-readable code.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention is a container in which a temperature difference occurs before and after use, and characters and / or patterns are printed with thermochromic ink on the outer surface of the container. A thermochromic printing layer that reversibly changes color, and a non-color-changing printing layer that prints characters and / or patterns with a non-color-changing ink, the thermochromic printing layer and / or the non-color-changing layer The print layer is provided with a machine-readable code in which predetermined content information is coded according to color or shading. The machine-readable code is concealed at room temperature and reversibly in response to temperature changes. It is a container characterized by appearing.

Further, the machine-readable code is read by a client terminal having a reading function capable of mechanically identifying a machine-readable code in which information is coded by color or shading, and the client terminal, and / or Alternatively, it is desirable that a read process of the machine-readable code is performed via a decoder server connected via a network, and the content information is reproduced from the decode process result.
The client terminal may access the content providing server via the network based on the reproduced content information and acquire content data.

  The container according to the present invention is a container in which a temperature difference occurs before and after use, and characters and / or patterns are printed on the outer surface of the container with thermochromic ink, and the color changes reversibly due to temperature change. A thermochromic printing layer and a non-color-changing printing layer that prints characters and / or designs with non-color-changing ink, and predetermined content information is stored in the thermochromic printing layer and / or the non-color-changing printing layer. A machine-readable code coded according to color or shading is provided, and the machine-readable code is concealed at room temperature and appears reversibly in response to temperature changes.

“Thermochromic ink” is a type of ink that changes color reversibly due to temperature changes. It can be roughly divided into types that change color when cooled with ice water or when you go out in the cold outdoors, body temperature and warmth of breath. There are types that change color, and types that change color when heated with hot water or a dryer. For example, the color can be changed at an arbitrary temperature in the range of −30 ° C. to + 60 ° C., and the change in color includes (1) colored ⇔ colorless (2) colored A ⇔ colored B.
“Non-color-changing ink” is a general ink, and has a property that does not change its color in a temperature range of −30 ° C. to 60 ° C.
The “machine-readable code” is a code obtained by coding predetermined content information corresponding to color or shading.
“Content information” includes characters, numbers, symbols, and the like, and includes at least one of URL information of the content providing server, identification information for specifying the content in the content providing server, identification information for specifying the network, and attribute information.

  In the present invention, the container visually realizes a plurality of different aspects in a reversible manner, such as a pattern made of a non-color-changing ink and a pattern made of a thermochromic ink, according to a change in temperature. In addition to providing deliciousness, surprise, fun, etc., to the content distribution site by printing a machine-readable code on the surface of the container in which predetermined content information is coded according to color or shade It is possible to provide content information that guides the product, and there is an effect of improving the merchantability of the container.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and encodes content information corresponding to color or shading from a picture that appears in response to a temperature change, together with an unexpected and rich effect of change. By reading a machine-readable code, a container that can provide content information can be provided.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the container 10 and the like according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are given to components having substantially the same functional configuration, and redundant description will be omitted.

1 and 2 are external perspective views of the container 10 according to the present embodiment at normal temperature (before heat change) and after heat change. FIG. 1 is an example of a container 10, and as shown in FIG. 1, the container 10 is, for example, a ceramic cup, and shows an appearance in which the pattern 14 is raised on the outer surface of the cup after heat change. The pattern 14 is concealed on the outer surface of the container (cup) 10 at room temperature. Due to a temperature change such as pouring hot water, the pattern 14 emerges on the outer surface of the cup after the heat change. The pattern 14 is provided with a machine-readable code (hereinafter, referred to as “color code information”) in which predetermined content information is encoded corresponding to color or shade. The color code information 20 is composed of cells of a plurality of blocks of 5 × 5 and 5 × 8, and each cell 15 determines RGB (Red, Green, Blue) model, HSV (Hue).
(angle, Saturation, Value) model, CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) model, HLS (Hue angle, Lightness, Saturation) model, and printed in red, green, blue, black It consists of one of four colors (color code information 20 will be described later with reference to FIG. 6).

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, the aspect which the pattern 14 changes after heat | fever change on the outer surface of the container (cup) 10 is shown. A pattern 14-1 is displayed on the outer surface of the container 10 at room temperature. The pattern 14-2 appears on the outer surface of the cup after the heat change due to temperature change such as pouring hot water. The pattern 14-2 that appears after the thermal change is given color code information 20 that is a code that can be read by a machine in which predetermined content information is encoded corresponding to color or shade.

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the outer surface of the body portion of the container (cup) 10. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, heat that forms the non-color-changing printing layer 15 on the outer surface of the container base 11 such as pottery of the container (cup) 10 and conceals the surface of the non-color-changing printing layer 15. The color-change printing layer 16 is formed.

  FIGS. 4A and 4B are an external perspective view and a cross-sectional view showing a printing procedure in which the pattern 14 emerges after heat change on the outer surface of the container 10 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, a non-color-changing printing layer is obtained by printing a pattern 14 (giving color code information 20) with a non-color-changing ink 12 on a container base 11 made of a material such as pottery of a container (cup) 10. 15 (step S401), and then the pattern printed with the thermochromic ink 13 which becomes colorless (transparent) after changing color from the same color as the background color printed on the container base material 11 according to the temperature change. Overprinting is performed in such a manner that 14 is concealed, and the thermochromic printing layer 16 is formed (step S402).

Here, the non-thermochromic ink has a property that does not change its color in the general temperature range of -30 ° C to 60 ° C regardless of whether it is a natural resin or a synthetic resin.
In addition, thermochromic inks are inks that change reversibly with changes in temperature, and can be roughly divided into types that change color when cooled with ice water or when they go out to the cold, body temperature and warmth of breath. There are types that change color, and types that change color when heated with hot water or a dryer. For example, the color can be changed at an arbitrary temperature in the range of −30 ° C. to + 60 ° C., and the change in color includes (1) colored ⇔ colorless (2) colored A ⇔ colored B.

  FIGS. 5A and 5B are an external perspective view and a cross-sectional view illustrating a printing procedure in which the pattern 14 after the heat change is changed on the outer surface of the container 10 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a pattern 14-1 (giving color code information 20) is printed with a non-color-changing ink 12 on a container base 11 of a container (cup) 10 to form a non-color-change printing layer 15. (Step S501) Next, the pattern 14-2, which is a changed portion of the pattern 14-1, is printed with one or more thermochromic inks 13 that become colorless (transparent) after the thermal change from the colored at normal temperature, The thermochromic printing layer 16 is formed (step S502).

  In addition, a pattern 14 is drawn on the container base 11 with the non-color-changing ink 12 and the color A → color B thermochromic ink 13, and the color or shade of the portion using the thermochromic ink 13 is changed after heat change. You may let them.

  Next, the color code information 20 which is a machine-readable code obtained by coding the predetermined content information 40 according to the present embodiment in accordance with the color or shading will be described with reference to FIG. The encoding and decoding method of the color code information 20 is a widely practiced matter in the computer field and is not specified in the present invention. For example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-397172 discloses various colors or shades. A method of encoding data with a code using an array of cells expressed by the above and decoding the encoded code using a computer and a peripheral device is shown. As the color code information of the present embodiment, a machine-readable code as described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-397172 can be used.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of the color code information 20 formed as an image so that the content information can be read by a machine. FIG. 6 shows an example of the color code information 20. The color code information 20 includes at least two areas, a data area 21 and a parity area 22, and each area has at least one cell. The data area 21 is formed of at least one data cell that is displayed with colors or shades encoded according to the information content, and the parity area 22 is a parity cell for checking a recognition error of the cell displayed in the data area 21. Formed with.

  Further, the color code information 20 further includes a reference area and a control area (not shown) as necessary. The reference region is formed of at least one reference cell that provides a reference color or reference shade for determining the color or shade of the data cell 31 formed in the data region 21. The control area is formed of at least one control cell that displays instructions and services provided using information displayed in the data area 21.

The data area 21 is composed of one or more data cells 31 in which characters and the like are encoded with images. Each of the data cells 31 is configured to indicate information such as one character, and a plurality of data cell sets may be configured to indicate one or more pieces of information. For example, the character “A” can be represented by one red cell or two cells of red and green.
The content information (object information) 40 included in the data area 21 is made up of letters, numbers, and symbols, and the letters, numbers, symbols, URL information of the content providing server, identification information for specifying the content in the content providing server, and the network are specified. The identification information, attribute information, etc. can vary depending on the needs of the user.

  The parity area 22 is used to determine whether the color or shading is expressed in conformity with the data cell 31 corresponding to the contents of the content information 40. The parity area 22 obtains parity data by a code value defined corresponding to the color or shading displayed in the data cell, forms a parity cell with the color or shading corresponding to the parity data, and the parity cell is included in the code image. Located in various ways. For example, row parity cells 32-1,..., 32-4 having parity information for cells in the same column are displayed in the rightmost column and at the same time column parity cells 33 having parity information for cells in the same row. -1,..., 33-4 are shown in the lowermost row. A position cell 34 having parity information for the column parity cell and the row parity cell is included.

The colors of the cells 15 displayed in each area are RGB (Red Green Blue) color model, HSV (Hue Saturation Value) color model, CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) model, HLS (Hue).
(angle, Lightness, and Saturation) models are displayed in red, green, blue, and black colors based on at least one of the methods. In addition, even when a code is formed by black and white shading (gray scale), information on each cell can be accurately recognized based on black and / or white displayed in the reference area. It should be noted that recognition is possible with colors or shades that occupy 40% from the center of each cell.

  The color code information 20 including at least the data area 21 and the parity area 22 is composed of a matrix-shaped code image, and is composed of, for example, cells of 5 × 5 blocks and 5 × 8 blocks.

  Next, an example of the encoding system 100 that performs the encoding process of the color code information 20 when producing the container 10 according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an encoding system 100 that performs an encoding process of the color code information 20 given to the pattern 14 of the container 10 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the encoding system 100 includes a computer 101, a printer 102, a container 10, and the like. A computer 101 is a personal computer or the like, has an encoding unit 103, inputs content information (for example, URL information) as target information, generates a code image of a picture 14 including color code information 20 by encoding, and a printer. At 102, the code image is printed on the printing medium of the container (cup) 10.

Next, the encoding process by the encoding unit 103 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is an example of a flowchart for encoding the content information 40 with the code image of the color code information 20.
In advance, a code conversion table is set in which each character that can be recognized including numerals and symbols is associated with a color or shade (or gray level).

  The control unit of the computer 101 inputs target information to be converted into a code image (step S801). The purpose information is content information 40 or information associated with the content information 40. The content information 40 is, for example, URL information of the content server 130 that provides content data and services.

The control unit of the computer 101 encodes the target information using a preset code conversion table, obtains a code value corresponding to the characters and numbers included in the target information, and determines the data cell according to the color and shading determined by the code value. The data area 21 is generated by arranging the imaged data cells 31 in the order in which the characters of the target information are arranged (step S802).
The control unit of the computer 101 obtains a parity value using the color and shading code values displayed in the data area 21, sets the color and shading corresponding to the parity value, and generates them in the parity area 22 (step S803). ).

The control unit of the computer 101 generates color code information 20 that is a code image including a data area 21 and a parity area 22 (and a reference area and a control area as necessary) according to a predetermined layout (step S804).
The control unit of the computer 101 causes the printer 102 to print the code image of the pattern 14 including the color code information 20 on the printing medium of the container 10 with the non-color-changing ink 12 and / or the thermo-color-changing ink 13 (step S805).

  Next, an example of a decoding system that performs decoding processing of color code information printed on the container 10 that appears after completion according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a decoding system 200 that performs a decoding process of color code information printed on a container 10 that appears after completion according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the decoding system 200 includes a client terminal 110, a decoder server 120, a content server 130, a container 10, a network 109, and the like.

  In the decoding system 200, a client terminal 110, a decoder server 120, and a content server 130 are connected via a network 109. The decoding system 200 is a configuration diagram realized by using WWW (World Wide Web) technology.

  The client 140 is a user of the container 10 and has a client terminal 110. The client terminal 110 is a portable terminal, personal computer, or the like, and includes an imaging unit, a color code information reading unit 111, a decoding unit 112, and a Web browser. The client terminal 110 is a portable terminal having an imaging function such as a camera-equipped mobile phone, for example, and images the color code information 20 appearing on the surface of the container 10 with a camera, and the color code information reading means 111 performs color code information reading. 20 is read and the color code information 20 read by the decoding means 112 is decoded. The client terminal 110 transmits the decode information 42 to the decoder server 120, accesses the content server 130 using the content information 40 returned from the decoder server 120, and stores the content data 41 corresponding to the photographed color code information 20. Display and browse web pages to be provided.

  The decoder server 120 is a personal computer or the like, and has content specifying means 122. The content specifying unit 122 specifies the content information 40 from the received decode information 42.

  The content server 130 is a personal computer or the like, has content providing means 131, and provides corresponding content data and services in response to an access request based on URL information from the client terminal 110.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 10, a description will be given of a decoding process of color code information including a code image according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart showing a processing procedure for decoding color code information including a code image according to this embodiment.

The client 140 uses the imaging function (camera) of the client terminal 110 to photograph the color code information 20 of the pattern 14 after the color change according to a temperature change such as pouring hot water on the surface of the container (cup) 10. Thus, the control unit of the client terminal 110 uses the color code information reading unit 111 to obtain the color code information 20 that is a code image formed by the data area and the parity area (and the reference area and the control area, if any). Input (step S1001).
It should be noted that the color code information 20 is skipped for cells of colors other than the recognized red, green, blue, and black. For example, yellow in the color code information 20 shown in FIGS.

The client terminal 110 decodes the color code information 20 that is the acquired code image (step S1002), and transmits the decode information 42 (for example, a 10-digit numerical value) to the decoder server 120 (step S1003).
The decoder server 120 receives the decode information 42 (step S1004), and extracts and specifies the original content information 40 to be associated from the input decode information 42 using a table defined and stored in the storage unit. Content identification processing is performed (step S1005).
The decoder server 120 returns the extracted content information 40 to the client terminal 110 (step S1006).

The client terminal 110 displays the content information 40 (step S1007).
When the content information 40 is the URL of the content server 130, the identification information specifying the content in the content providing server, or the identification information specifying the network such as the IP address, the client terminal 110 accesses the address indicated by the URL ( Step S1008).
The content server 130 provides the corresponding content data 41 and service according to the access request by the URL from the client terminal 110 (step S1009).
The client terminal 110 acquires the content data 41, the service, etc. (step S1010).

The decoding process by the decoding means 112 extracts the original purpose information from the code image as defined in the code conversion table, and further searches for the form, color, pattern, and character included in the code image. And a process for correcting a distorted image. Here, RGB (Red, Green, Blue) model, HSV (Hue angle, Saturation, Value) model, CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) model, HLS (Hue)
The color can be determined using one or more methods in an angle, lightness, saturation) model. After detecting the color of the cell in the data area 21, the parity area 22 or the control area, the color difference from the reference color is detected and converted into a code value for each cell. The code value obtained from the parity area 22, that is, parity data is used to check for parity errors for each column and row of the code image. The obtained code value of each cell is converted into original target information composed of recognizable characters including numbers and symbols by a code conversion table.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the container (cup) 10 includes the color code information 20 on the container base 11 using the non-color-changing ink 12 and the thermochromic ink 13. The code image of the pattern 14 is printed, and after the color change according to the temperature change, the pattern 14 to which the color code information 20 is added appears. The client terminal (mobile phone with camera) 110 reads the color code information 20 using a camera and decodes the color code information 20. The client terminal 110 sends decode information to the decoder server 110 via the network 109, and the decoder server 110 extracts and specifies the content information 40 from the received decode information 42 and returns it to the client terminal 110. The client terminal 110 accesses the content server 130 via the network 109 based on the reproduced content information 40, and acquires content data.

As a result, the container visually realizes several different aspects reversibly from the pattern with non-color-changing ink and the pattern with thermo-color-changing ink according to temperature changes. In addition to providing surprises, fun, etc., a content distribution site can also be printed by printing a machine-readable code on the container surface that is encoded with predetermined content information corresponding to color or shade. This makes it possible to provide content information that guides the user to improve the merchantability of the container.
In addition, by adding color code information, which is a machine-readable code that encodes content information corresponding to colors or shades, to a container, it can be read by equipment equipped with a digital camera and easily used. Content data useful only to the user can be obtained and used.

  In this embodiment, the decoding process is performed on the client terminal 110 side, the decoding information is sent to the decoder server 120, and the content information is specified from the decoding information received on the decoder server 120 side. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Decoding processing of color code information and content specifying processing may be performed on the decoder server side. Further, color code information decoding processing and content identification processing may be performed on the client terminal side.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a decoding system 300 that performs color code information decoding processing and content identification processing on the decoder server side.
As shown in FIG. 11, in the decoding system 300, the client terminal 110 images the color code information 20 appearing on the surface of the container 10 with a camera, reads the color code information 20 with the color code information reading unit 111, and The code server 20 transmits the code information 20 to the decoder server 120. The decoder server 120 decodes the received color code information by the decoding unit 121 and the content specifying unit 122, and specifies the content information from the decoded information. The decoder server 120 directly accesses the content providing server 130 using the specified content information 40 and distributes the content data 41 to the client terminal 110 via the content providing server 130. Further, the decoder server 120 may return the identified content information 40 to the client terminal and return the content information 40 to the client terminal 110.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a decoding system 400 that performs color code information decoding processing and content identification processing on the client terminal side.
As shown in FIG. 12, in the decoding system 400, the client terminal 110 images the color code information 20 appearing on the surface of the container 10 with a camera, reads the color code information 20 with the color code information reading unit 111, and decodes the color code information 20. The coding means 112 decodes the color code information 20, specifies content information from the decoded decode information, accesses the content server 130 using the specified content information 40, and acquires content data. Further, directly using the specified content information (for example, identification information on the recording medium), the recording medium 140 (for example, smart media, compact flash (registered trademark) card (CF card), floppy (registered trademark) disk, Content data may be read from a PC card, CD-ROM, or the like.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the case where the thermochromic ink is changed in color due to a temperature rise such as pouring hot water is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the thermochromic ink due to the temperature fall such as pouring cold water is changed. It may be.
In this embodiment, a camera-equipped mobile phone is used as the client terminal 110. However, a personal computer may be used as the client terminal 110, and a digital camera may be used as the imaging unit.

  The preferred embodiments of the container 10 and the like according to the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

External perspective view of container 10 according to the present embodiment at normal temperature (before change) and after heat change External perspective view of container 10 according to the present embodiment at normal temperature (before change) and after heat change Enlarged sectional view of the outer surface of the body of the container (cup) 10 External perspective view and cross-sectional view showing a printing procedure in which the pattern 14 emerges after heat change on the outer surface of the container (cup) 10 External perspective view and cross-sectional view showing a printing procedure in which the pattern 14 changes after the heat change on the outer surface of the container (cup) 10 The figure which shows the structure of the color code information 20 formed with the image so that content information can be read with a machine The figure which shows the encoding system 100 which implements the encoding process of the color code information 20 provided to the pattern 14 of the container (cup) 10 which concerns on this invention. Flowchart for encoding content information 40 with a code image of color code information 20 The figure which shows the decoding system 200 which performs the decoding process of the color code information printed on the container 10 which appears after completion based on this invention on the client terminal side, and performs the content specific process on the decoder server side The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the decoding process of the color code information which consists of a code image by this Embodiment The figure which shows the decoding system 300 which implements the decoding process of the color code information printed on the container 10 which concerns on this invention, and a content specific process on the decoder server side. The figure which shows the decoding system 400 which implements the decoding process of the color code information printed on the container 10 which concerns on this invention, and a content specific process at the client terminal side.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ......... Container 11 ......... Container base material 12 ......... Non-color-changing ink 13 ....... Non-color-changing ink 14,14-1,14-2 ...... Picture 15 ...... Non-color-changing printing layer 16... Thermochromic printing layer 20... Color code information 21... Data area 22... Parity area 31 ... Data cell 40 ... Content information (URL)
32-1, 32-4 ......... row parity cells 33-1, 33-4 ......... column parity cells 34 ......... position cells 100 ......... encoding system 101 ......... computer 102 ......... printer 103 ... ...... Encoding means 109... Network 110... Client terminal 111... Color code information reading means 112 and 121... Decoding means 113 and 122. ...... Content server 131 ......... Content providing means 200, 300, 400 ......... Decoding system

Claims (4)

A container that generates a temperature difference before and after use.
On the outer surface of the container, a character and / or a pattern is printed with a thermochromic ink, and a thermochromic printing layer whose color changes reversibly due to a temperature change;
A non-color-changing printing layer for printing characters and / or patterns with non-color-changing ink;
With
The thermochromic printing layer and / or the non-color-changing printing layer is provided with a machine-readable code in which predetermined content information is encoded corresponding to color or shade, and the machine-readable code is A container that is concealed at room temperature and appears reversibly in response to temperature changes. The machine-readable code is read by a client terminal having a reading function capable of mechanically identifying a machine-readable code in which information is coded by color or shading, and the client terminal, and / or The decoding process of the read code that can be read by the machine is performed via a decoder server connected via a network, and the content information is reproduced from the decoding process result. container. The container according to claim 2, wherein the client terminal accesses a content providing server or a recording medium via a network based on the reproduced content information, and acquires content data. The content information includes at least one of URL information of the content providing server, identification information for specifying content in the content providing server, identification information for specifying a network, and attribute information. Container.

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