JP2015203896A - Color information acquisition device, color information acquisition system, color information acquisition server device, and color information acquisition method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color information acquisition device, a color information acquisition system, a color information acquisition server device, and a color information acquisition method for efficiently and accurately measuring the color information of a merchandise image.SOLUTION: A color information acquisition device 1 includes: an image acquisition part 24 for acquiring a merchandise image 18 acquired by photographing merchandise 5; a color information measurement part 26 for measuring color information including at least the number of colors of the color scheme of the merchandise 5 on the basis of the acquired merchandise image 18; a display part 12; a display control part 28 for allowing a display part 12 to display the merchandise image 18 and the measured color information; a correction instruction reception part 14 for receiving the instruction of the correction of the color information; and a re-measurement control part 30 for allowing the color information measurement part 26 to re-measure the color information on the basis of the merchandise image 18 by reflecting the instruction of correction received by the correction instruction reception part 14.

Description

  The present invention relates to a color information acquisition device, a color information acquisition system, a color information acquisition server device, and a color information acquisition method, and more particularly to a technique for acquiring color information of a product image.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the Internet has become widespread, and consumers have increasingly selected and purchased products based on product images (product images) posted on EC (Electronic Commerce) sites. The operator of the EC site attaches information such as product colors and patterns to product images so that consumers can easily search for desired products. Conventionally, recognition of the color and pattern of a product and the provision of information about the color and pattern to a product image have been performed by human work.

  In recent years, a technique has been considered in which an image is analyzed by a computer and features such as the color of the image are automatically extracted.

  For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for determining the color of a color image. The technique described in Patent Document 1 uses color information specified by a user for statistical processing performed on a color image, and determines color information of the color image.

  Patent Document 2 describes a technique for selecting a representative color from images displayed in various shapes, and the most dominant color, the most frequent color, or the median color is selected as the representative color. It is described that.

  Patent Document 3 describes a technique for selecting a representative color of an image according to a human color sensation. The technique described in Patent Literature 3 extracts a representative color of an image using a score representing the degree of attention of a color according to a human color sensation.

JP-A-4-188377 JP 2002-245456 A JP 2008-234124 A

  However, the above-described recognition of colors and patterns and the provision of information by human work require time for the work, and enormous time is required when processing a large amount of product images. Furthermore, there may be a difference in color and pattern recognition depending on the person performing the work.

  In addition, as described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, the method of acquiring information such as the color of an image by image analysis sometimes obtains an incorrect calculation result without the image being analyzed well.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a color information acquisition device, a color information acquisition system, a color information acquisition server device, and a color that efficiently and accurately measure color information of product images. It is to provide an information acquisition method.

  A color information acquisition device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a product image obtained by photographing a product, and color information that includes at least the number of colors of the product color scheme based on the acquired product image. A color information measuring unit that performs measurement, a display unit, a display control unit that displays the product image and the measured color information on the display unit, a correction instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to correct the color information, and a correction instruction receiving unit A re-measurement control unit that reflects the accepted correction instruction and causes the color information measurement unit to measure color information again based on the product image.

  In this aspect, since the color information is measured again by reflecting the instruction for correcting the color information, the color information of the product image can be accurately measured. That is, even if the color information measurement unit makes a mistake in measuring color information, the color information measurement unit performs color information measurement again based on the correction instruction, so this aspect obtains more accurate color information. Can do. In addition, since the color information of the product image and the product image are displayed on the display unit in this aspect, the user can efficiently and accurately determine whether the color information is correct or incorrect. In other words, since this aspect displays the color information and the product image measured for the product image on the display unit, the user can easily compare the measurement result of the color information of the product image with the product image. Whether the color information is correct or incorrect can be determined efficiently and accurately.

  Desirably, the color information measurement unit measures the colors constituting the color scheme of the product, and the color information displayed on the display unit by the display control unit is a reproduced image that reproduces the product image consisting only of the colors constituting the measured color scheme And character information indicating the number of colors of the color scheme.

  In this aspect, since the reproduction image and the character information indicating the number of colors of the color arrangement are displayed on the display unit, it is possible to determine the correctness of the measurement result of the color information more efficiently and accurately. That is, since this mode displays the product image, the reproduction image, and the character information indicating the number of colors of the color scheme on the display unit, the user can efficiently and accurately compare the image and information displayed on the display unit. The measured color information can be displayed so that the correctness of the color information can be determined.

  Desirably, the instruction for correcting the color information is an instruction for a correction portion in the reproduced image.

  In this aspect, since correction is instructed by instructing a correction location in the reproduced image, color information of the product image can be acquired more efficiently. That is, in this aspect, since the correction instruction is accepted by instructing the correction portion in the reproduced image, the user can make the correction instruction more easily, and the color information can be acquired more efficiently.

  Desirably, the color information which a display control part displays on a display part is the color palette which shows the character information which shows the color which comprises the measured color scheme, or the color which comprises the measured color scheme.

  In this aspect, since the character information indicating the color constituting the color arrangement or the color palette indicating the color constituting the color arrangement is displayed on the display unit, the color information of the product image can be acquired more efficiently and accurately. That is, according to the present aspect, the character information indicating the color constituting the color arrangement or the color palette indicating the color constituting the color arrangement is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the user issues a correction instruction in consideration of the color constituting the color arrangement. Color information can be acquired more efficiently and accurately.

  Desirably, the color information measurement unit measures the color constituting the color arrangement of the product, and the color information displayed on the display unit by the display control unit constitutes character information indicating the color constituting the measured color arrangement or the measured color arrangement It is a color palette which shows the color to perform.

  In this aspect, the color information measuring unit measures the color constituting the color scheme of the product, and displays the character information indicating the color constituting the color scheme or the color palette indicating the color constituting the color scheme on the display unit. Therefore, the color information of the product image can be acquired with high accuracy. That is, according to the present aspect, the character information indicating the color constituting the color arrangement or the color palette indicating the color constituting the color arrangement is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the user issues a correction instruction in consideration of the color constituting the color arrangement. Color information can be acquired more efficiently and accurately.

  Desirably, the instruction to correct the color information is an instruction to increase or decrease the number of colors.

  In this aspect, since the correction instruction is an instruction to increase or decrease the number of colors, the user can easily instruct the correction.

  Preferably, the display control unit further causes the display unit to display a correction instruction content display for displaying the correction instruction content received by the correction instruction receiving unit.

  In this aspect, since the content of the correction instruction received by the correction instruction receiving unit is displayed on the display unit, the user can check the content of the correction and can more efficiently instruct the correction. .

  Desirably, the correction instruction receiving unit further receives the correctness of the color information.

  In this aspect, since the correctness / incorrectness of the color information is accepted, the acquisition of the color information can be advanced by the correctness / incorrectness determination of the color information of the user.

  Preferably, when the color information measurement unit sequentially measures color information for a plurality of product images, the color information is still displayed while the display control unit displays the product image and the color information on the display unit. Color information is measured for product images for which no measurement is performed.

  In this aspect, while displaying the product image in which the color information is measured on the display unit, the product image in which the color information is not yet measured is measured, so the color information is acquired more efficiently. It can be performed.

  A color information acquisition system according to another aspect of the present invention acquires a product image obtained by photographing a product at a client terminal, and measures color information of the product image at a server device connected to the client terminal via a network. A color information acquisition system for displaying color information on a client terminal, the client terminal including a display unit, an image acquisition unit for acquiring a product image, and a display for displaying the color information of the product image and the product image on the display unit A control unit; a correction instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to correct color information; a client terminal transmission unit that transmits data relating to the correction instruction and image data of a product image to the server device via the network; and the server device of the server device A client terminal receiver that receives data relating to color information of the product image transmitted from the transmitter. The server device includes a server device receiving unit that receives the data relating to the correction instruction and the image data of the product image transmitted from the client terminal transmitting unit, and at least the number of colors of the product color scheme based on the image data of the product image A color information measurement unit that measures color information, a remeasurement control unit that reflects data related to a correction instruction, and again measures color information by the color information measurement unit based on image data; and a color information measurement unit A server device transmission unit that transmits data relating to the color information measured by the method to the client terminal via the network.

  A color information acquisition server device according to another aspect of the present invention is connected to a client terminal that acquires a product image obtained by photographing a product via a network, and the image data of the product image and the color of the product image from the client terminal. A color information acquisition server device that receives data related to a correction instruction for information and measures color information of a product image, the server device receiving data related to a correction instruction transmitted from a client terminal and image data of a product image Color information measurement based on the product image reflecting the data on the receiving unit, the color information measurement unit that measures at least the color information including the number of colors of the product color based on the image data of the product image A re-measurement control unit that causes color information to be measured again by the monitor, and data related to the color information measured by the color information measurement unit. And a server device transmitting unit that transmits to the client terminal via the.

  The color information acquisition method according to another aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition step of acquiring a product image obtained by photographing a product, and color information including at least the number of colors of the color scheme of the product based on the acquired product image. A color information measuring step for performing measurement, a display step for displaying the product image and the measured color information on the display unit, a correction instruction receiving step for receiving an instruction to correct the color information, and the correction received by the correction instruction receiving step A re-measurement step that reflects the instruction and causes the color information measurement step to measure the color information again based on the product image.

  According to the present invention, the color information of the product image can be accurately measured by measuring the color information again while reflecting the instruction for correcting the color information. In addition, since the present invention displays the color information of the product image and the product image on the display unit, the user can efficiently and accurately determine whether the color information is correct or incorrect.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the external appearance of a color information acquisition apparatus. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the additional information attached | subjected to a product image and a product image. It is a functional block diagram of a color information acquisition apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display form displayed on a display part. It is an operation | movement flowchart of a color information measuring device. It is a functional block diagram of a color information acquisition apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display form displayed on a display part. It is a figure which shows the display form displayed on a display part. It is a functional block diagram of a color information acquisition apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display form displayed on a display part. It is a figure shown regarding the color information displayed on the measurement of a color information measurement part, and a display part. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a color information acquisition system. It is a functional block diagram of a color information acquisition system. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of a portable terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal shown in FIG.

  Embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Hereinafter, the operation of attaching the color information of the product 5 to the product image 18 as the additional information 22 using the color information acquisition apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the appearance of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a product image 18 and additional information 22 attached to the product image 18.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when obtaining color information of the product 5, the product 5 is photographed by the imaging device 10. The photographed image of the product 5 is taken into the color information acquisition device 1 as a product image 18 (FIG. 2). Here, for example, a commonly used digital camera is used as the imaging device 10.

  The color information acquisition apparatus 1 acquires the product image 18 with the image acquisition unit 24 (FIG. 3), and measures the color information of the product 5 with the color information measurement unit 26 (FIG. 3). In FIG. 1, the image acquisition unit 24 and the color information measurement unit 26 are installed in the computer main body 16.

  The color information measured by the color information measuring unit 26 is displayed on the display unit 12. A person engaged in the operation of attaching the additional information 22 to the product image 18 (hereinafter referred to as a user) confirms the color information displayed on the display unit 12.

  When the user determines that the color information displayed on the display unit 12 is incorrect, the user issues a correction instruction at the correction instruction receiving unit 14. The color information acquisition apparatus 1 measures the color information again based on the correction instruction received by the correction instruction receiving unit 14.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the color information is attached to the product image 18 as additional information 22. Then, the product image 18 is organized based on the color information (additional information 22) by adding the color information additional information 22 to the product image 18. Thereby, the seller can accurately provide the product image 18 of the product 5 requested by the consumer, and the consumer can accurately search the product image 18 of the product 5 requested. In FIG. 2, clothing is illustrated as the product 5, but the product 5 is not particularly limited and includes all items handled as products. For example, the product 5 is a decorative product, shoes, a bag, jewelry, a car, and the like. The partial image 20 will be described later.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the color information acquisition apparatus 1. The color information acquisition apparatus 1 includes an image acquisition unit 24, a color information measurement unit 26, a color information display generation unit 31, a display control unit 28, a display unit 12, a correction instruction reception unit 14, and a remeasurement control unit 30.

  The image acquisition unit 24 acquires the product image 18. The image acquisition unit 24 may acquire the product image 18 acquired by the imaging device 10 via a recording medium such as an SD card. As shown in FIG. 10 and the product image 18 may be acquired directly from the imaging device 10.

  The color information measuring unit 26 measures the color information of the product 5 in the product image 18. The color information of the product image 18 is measured using a known method. For example, the color information of the product image 18 is measured by analyzing the RGB values for each pixel of the product image 18. The color information is information indicating the color characteristics of the product 5 in the product image 18. The color information includes the number of colors of the color of the product 5 which is an important index when selecting the product 5 for the consumer. Furthermore, the color information includes the type name or pattern of the color that constitutes the color scheme of the product 5. For example, the function of the color information measuring unit 26 is given to a CPU (central processing unit) in the computer main body 16. The color information measurement unit 26 sends the measurement result to the color information display generation unit 31.

  The color information display generation unit 31 generates a display image related to color information displayed on the display unit 12 based on the measurement result sent from the color information measurement unit 26. The color information display generation unit 31 can generate various display images that effectively display the measured color information. For example, the color information display generation unit 31 generates a display image of character information 32 (FIG. 4) indicating the number of colors constituting the color scheme of the product 5 based on the measurement result. The color information display generation unit 31 sends a display image related to the generated color information to the display control unit 28.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display form displayed on the display unit 12. The display of the display unit 12 is controlled by the display control unit 28. The function of the display control unit 28 is given to the graphic controller in the computer main body 16, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 12 includes character information 32 indicating the number of colors of the partial image 20 and the color of the product 5 (hereinafter referred to as “character information 32 indicating the number of colors”). By displaying the character information 32 indicating the number of colors side by side with the partial image 20 by the display control unit 28, the user can efficiently and accurately determine whether the character information 32 indicating the number of colors is correct. That is, the user can compare the partial image 20 having a color arrangement of “5 colors” with the “number of colors 3” obtained by measurement. Therefore, it can be judged with high accuracy. As shown in FIG. 4, when the color arrangement of the partial image 20 is composed of five colors and the measured color information is 3, the user has an error in “3” of the character information 32 indicating the number of colors. , “5” is corrected. Note that the partial image 20 (see FIGS. 2 and 4) displayed on the display unit 12 is a cut-out image of a portion where the color characteristics (color or pattern) of the product 5 are represented in the product image 18. . The display control unit 28 may display the product image 18 on the display unit 12, but when the display unit 12 is small, the display control unit 28 displays the partial image 20 on the display unit 12. When the color feature of the product 5 is fine and cannot be observed well from the product image 18, the display control unit 28 may display the partial image 20 of the enlarged product image 18.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the display performed on the display unit 12 is controlled by the display control unit 28. The display unit 12 may be a commonly used display. The display unit 12 may be provided with a touch panel as the correction instruction receiving unit 14.

  The correction instruction receiving unit 14 receives a correction instruction from the user regarding the displayed color information. When the user determines whether the color information displayed on the display unit 12 is correct or incorrect and determines that the color information is incorrect, the correction instruction receiving unit 14 instructs the correction regarding the color information. The correction instruction receiving unit 14 is not particularly limited, and various input means can be employed. For example, a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel is adopted as the correction instruction receiving unit 14. The correction instruction received by the correction instruction receiving unit 14 is sent to the remeasurement control unit 30.

  The remeasurement control unit 30 causes the color information measurement unit 26 to measure the color information of the product image 18 again by reflecting the correction instruction regarding the color information. In other words, the remeasurement control unit 30 acquires the color information correction instruction sent from the correction instruction receiving unit 14 and causes the color information measurement unit 26 to measure the color information reflecting the correction instruction. The remeasurement control unit 30 can cause the color information measurement unit 26 to measure the color information by reflecting the correction instruction by various methods. For example, the remeasurement control unit 30 can cause the color information measurement unit 26 to measure the color information again by using a program different from the program used for the first color information measurement.

  Further, for example, when measuring the color information for the second time, the remeasurement control unit 30 sets the “number of colors constituting the color scheme” acquired by the correction instruction as an initial value, and the color information measurement unit 26 can again measure color information. A specific description will be given using the example described in FIG. In the example of FIG. 4, the color scheme of the partial image 20 displayed on the display unit 12 is composed of five colors. On the other hand, according to the first measurement result, the number of colors constituting the color scheme is “3” (character information 32 indicating the number of colors in FIG. 4). Therefore, the user determines that the first measurement result is incorrect, and issues a correction instruction meaning “the color scheme is composed of five colors” from the correction instruction receiving unit 14. The correction instruction receiving unit 14 receives a correction instruction “a color scheme is composed of five colors” and sends a correction instruction to the remeasurement control unit 30. The remeasurement control unit 30 receives a correction instruction from the correction instruction receiving unit 14 and causes the color information to be measured again. At this time, a correction instruction “color is composed of five colors” is reflected in the measurement. Specifically, in the program used for measuring the color information, the program is executed by setting in advance that the color arrangement is composed of five colors. The remeasurement that the remeasurement control unit 30 causes the color information measurement unit 26 to perform can be performed any number of times each time the correction instruction receiving unit 14 receives a correction instruction.

  FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the color information acquisition apparatus 1.

  First, the color information acquisition apparatus 1 acquires the product image 18 by the image acquisition unit 24 (step S1: image acquisition step). And the color information acquisition apparatus 1 measures the color information of the product image 18 by the color information measurement part 26 (step S2: Color information measurement step). Next, the color information acquisition apparatus 1 displays the product image 18 and the measured color information on the display unit 12 under the control of the display control unit 28 (step S3: display step). Thereafter, the color information acquisition apparatus 1 receives a correction instruction from the user by the correction instruction receiving unit 14 (correction instruction receiving step). And when the instruction | indication of correction is received (in the case of Yes of step S4), the color information acquisition apparatus 1 measures the color information of the product image 18 by the color information measurement part 26 again (step S5: re-measurement step). . On the other hand, when the correction instruction is not accepted (in the case of No in step S4), the color information acquisition device 1 completes the acquisition of accurate color information of the product image 18.

  As described above, in the first embodiment of the color information acquisition device 1, even if the color information measurement unit 26 makes a mistake in measuring the color information, the color information measurement unit 26 determines the color based on the correction instruction. Since the information measurement is performed again, accurate color information can be acquired. In the first embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1, the measured color information and the product image 18 are displayed on the display unit 12, so the user compares the measured color information with the product image 18. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently and accurately determine whether the measured color information is correct or incorrect.

<Second Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment. In addition, description of the block already demonstrated in description of FIG. 3 is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol to a block.

  The color information acquisition apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment includes an image acquisition unit 24, a color information measurement unit 26, a color information display generation unit 31, a display control unit 28, a display unit 12, a correction instruction reception unit 14, and a remeasurement control unit. 30 and a reproduction image generation unit 33.

  The color information measurement unit 26 measures the product image 18 acquired from the image acquisition unit 24 and obtains a color (color type) constituting the color scheme of the product 5. A known method can be used to measure the color constituting the color scheme of the product 5 in the product image 18. For example, the color information measuring unit 26 measures the colors constituting the color scheme of the product 5 by analyzing the RGB values of the product image 18. Thereafter, the color information measurement unit 26 sends the measurement result of the colors constituting the color scheme to the reproduction image generation unit 33.

  The reproduction image generation unit 33 acquires the measurement result of the color (color type) constituting the color scheme of the product 5 sent from the color information measurement unit 26. Then, the reproduction image generation unit 33 generates a reproduction image 34 based on the measurement results of the colors constituting the color scheme. Thereafter, the reproduction image generation unit 33 sends the generated reproduction image 34 to the display control unit 28. Note that the reproduction image generation unit 33 can generate the reproduction image 34 based on the colors constituting the color scheme of the product 5 using a known method.

  7 and 8 are diagrams showing display forms displayed on the display unit 12 in the second embodiment. The display control unit 28 causes the display unit 12 to display the reproduction image 34 acquired from the reproduction image generation unit 33 as the color information of the product image 18. The description of the same display as in FIG. 4 is omitted by giving the same reference numerals.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the display control unit 28 causes the display unit 12 to display the partial image 20, the reproduction image 34, character information 32 indicating the number of colors, an end button 36, and a re-measurement button 38.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the reproduced image 34 is preferably displayed side by side with the partial image 20. Thereby, the user can efficiently compare the reproduced image 34 and the partial image 20. Then, the user determines whether the measurement result of the color information measuring unit 26 is correct from the partial image 20, the reproduced image 34, and the character information 32 indicating the number of colors.

  If the user determines that the measured color information is incorrect, the user can issue a correction instruction by correcting the character information 32 indicating the number of colors. That is, the user inputs a correction instruction by inputting to the character information 32 indicating the number of colors to increase the number of colors or to decrease the number of colors. In this case, the correction instruction is not only correct / incorrect of the displayed color information, but also an instruction to increase / decrease the number of colors. It will be something. Note that the display control unit 28 may cause the display unit 12 to display the correction instruction content received by the correction instruction receiving unit 14. Specifically, when the user corrects the character information 32 indicating the number of colors, the corrected number (correction instruction content) may be displayed to be overwritten on the character information 32 indicating the number of colors.

  The end button 36 and the re-measurement button 38 function as the correction instruction receiving unit 14 that receives the correctness / incorrectness of the color information. When the user determines that the reproduced image 34 and the character information 32 indicating the number of colors and the partial image 20 do not match, the remeasurement control unit 30 causes the color information measurement unit to be pressed when the user presses the remeasurement button 38. 26 causes the color information to be remeasured. On the other hand, when the user determines that the reproduction image 34 and the character information 32 indicating the number of colors match the partial image 20, the user presses the end button 36 to complete the acquisition of the color information of the product image 18. . In this way, the correction instruction receiving unit 14 receives the correctness / incorrectness of the color information, so that the user can proceed with the acquisition of the color information by the correctness / incorrectness of the color information.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the correction instruction may be performed by instructing an erroneous portion (corrected portion) of the reproduced image 34. That is, the correction instruction may be pointing at a portion different from the partial image 20 in the reproduced image 34 with the touch pen 40. This will be specifically described with reference to FIG. The measurement of the partial image 20 is incorrect at the position indicated by reference numeral 42 in the reproduced image 34. That is, in the partial image 20, the location of the reference numeral 42 is composed of two colors, whereas in the reproduced image 34, the location of the reference numeral 42 is composed of one color. Therefore, the user determines that the portion 42 of the reproduced image 34 is an error and points the portion 42 of the reproduced image 34 with the touch pen 40. By giving a correction instruction by indicating a correction location, the user can easily give a correction instruction.

  As described above, in the second embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1, the partial image 20 of the product image 18, the reproduction image 34, and the character information 32 indicating the number of colors are displayed on the display unit 12. Can efficiently compare the partial image 20 of the product image 18, the reproduction image 34, and the character information 32 indicating the number of colors, and can accurately and accurately determine whether the measured color information is correct or incorrect. .

<Third Embodiment>
The third embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 will be described below.

  FIG. 9 shows a functional block diagram of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 in the third embodiment. In addition, description of the block already demonstrated in description of FIG. 3 is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol to a block.

  The color information acquisition apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment includes an image acquisition unit 24, a color information measurement unit 26, a color information display generation unit 31, a display control unit 28, a display unit 12, a correction instruction reception unit 14, and a remeasurement control unit. 30 and a color display generation unit 44.

  Based on the measurement result of the color information sent from the color information measuring unit 26, the color display generating unit 44 is character information 47 (FIG. 10) indicating the color constituting the measured color arrangement or the color constituting the measured color arrangement. A color palette 46 (FIG. 10) is generated. Specifically, when the color display generation unit 44 receives a measurement result that the color scheme of the product 5 is composed of “white”, “red”, “orange”, “yellow”, “pink”, The color display generation unit 44 generates character information 47 or a color palette 46 indicating the measured color.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display form displayed on the display unit 12 in the third embodiment. The display control unit 28 causes the display unit 12 to display character information 47 indicating a color generated by the color display generation unit 44 and a color palette 46. The description of the same display as in FIG. 4 is omitted by giving the same reference numerals.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the display unit 12 according to the third embodiment displays character information 47 indicating colors constituting the color scheme and a color palette 46 of colors constituting the color scheme. The display unit 12 may display any one of the character information 47 indicating the color and the color palette 46.

  As described above, in the third embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1, the partial image 20, the character information 32 indicating the number of colors, the character information 47 indicating the color, and the color palette 46 are displayed on the display unit 12. Therefore, the user can compare the partial image 20 with the measured color information (character information 32 indicating the number of colors, character information 47 indicating the color, and color palette 46), and the measured color information. Can be determined efficiently and accurately.

<Fourth Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a fourth embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 will be described.

  The fourth embodiment of the color information acquisition device 1 is an embodiment effective when the color information acquisition device 1 of the first to third embodiments acquires color information of a plurality of product images 18. In the fourth embodiment of the color information acquisition device 1, while the display control unit 28 displays color information on the display unit 12, the color information measurement unit 26 has not yet measured the color information. Color information is measured for the image 18.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the color information displayed on the measurement and display unit 12 of the color information measurement unit 26.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the color information measuring unit 26 first measures color information for the product image A (reference numeral 46), and then measures color information for the product image B (reference numeral 48). While the color information measuring unit 26 measures the color information regarding the product image B (reference numeral 48), the display unit 12 displays the color information regarding the product image A (reference numeral 54).

  When the user determines that the color information related to the product image A is incorrect and instructs the correction by the correction instruction receiving unit 14, the color information measuring unit 26 recalculates the product image A again ( Reference numeral 50). Thereafter, while the display control unit 28 displays the color information of the product image B on the display unit 12 (reference numeral 56), the color information measurement unit 26 measures the color information regarding the product image C (reference numeral 52). .

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1, when the display control unit 28 displays color information on the display unit 12, the color information measurement unit 26 relates to other images. Measure the color information. Thereby, 4th Embodiment of the color information acquisition apparatus 1 can acquire the color information of the some product image 18 efficiently.

<System aspect>
In the above description, the color information acquisition apparatus 1 and the color information acquisition method provided in the computer have been described. However, the present invention may be realized by other modes as long as the object of the present invention is achieved.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram conceptually showing the color information acquisition system 2.

  The color information acquisition system 2 includes a client terminal 3 and a server device 4 via a network 60 such as the Internet. The color information acquisition system 2 can also include a plurality of client terminals 3.

  FIG. 13 shows a functional block diagram of the color information acquisition system 2. In addition, description of the block already demonstrated in description of FIG. 3 is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol to a block.

  The client terminal 3 includes an image acquisition unit 24, a display control unit 28, a display unit 12, a correction instruction reception unit 14, a color information display generation unit 31, a client terminal transmission unit (not shown), and a client terminal reception unit (not shown). Prepared). In the client terminal 3, the image acquisition unit 24 acquires the product image 18, and the display control unit 28 displays the color information measured in the server device 4 on the display unit 12. The user determines whether the color information displayed on the display unit 12 of the client terminal 3 is correct or not. If the color information is incorrect, the correction instruction receiving unit 14 issues a correction instruction.

  The client terminal transmission unit transmits the data related to the correction instruction and the image data of the product image 18 to the server device 4 via the network 60. The client terminal reception unit receives data relating to color information of the product image 18 transmitted from a server device transmission unit (not shown) of the server device 4. One means may have the function of a client terminal transmission unit and the function of a client terminal reception unit.

  The server device 4 includes a color information measurement unit 26, a remeasurement control unit 30, a server device reception unit (not shown), and a server device transmission unit (not shown). The color information measurement unit 26 of the server device 4 measures the color information of the product image 18 sent from the client terminal transmission unit. Further, the remeasurement control unit 30 of the server device 4 causes the color information measurement unit 26 to remeasure the color information based on the correction instruction sent from the client terminal transmission unit.

  The server device reception unit receives data relating to the correction instruction and image data of the product image 18 transmitted from the client terminal transmission unit. The server device transmission unit transmits data relating to the color information measured by the color information measurement unit 26 to the client terminal 3 via the network 60. One means may have functions of a server device receiving unit and a server device transmitting unit.

  As described above, in the color information acquisition system 2, the client terminal 3 used by the user (worker) and the server device 4 that measures the color information may be installed in different places, which is more efficient. The color information of the product image 18 can be acquired.

<Mobile device>
The present invention is also achieved in the mobile phone, the smartphone 101, and PDA (Personal Digital Assistants). Hereinafter, an example of a smartphone 101 (including a mobile terminal) to which the present invention can be applied will be described.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the smartphone 101. A smartphone 101 illustrated in FIG. 14 includes a flat housing 102, and a display input in which a display panel 121 as a display unit and an operation panel 122 as an input unit are integrated on one surface of the housing 102. The unit 120 is provided. The housing 102 includes a speaker 131, a microphone 132, an operation unit 140, and a camera unit 141. Note that the configuration of the housing 102 is not limited to this, and for example, a configuration in which the display unit and the input unit are independent may be employed, or a configuration having a folding structure and a slide mechanism may be employed.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the smartphone 101 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the main components of the smartphone 101 include a wireless communication unit 110, a display input unit 120, a call unit 130, an operation unit 140, a camera unit 141, a storage unit 150, and an external input / output. Unit 160, GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving unit 170, motion sensor unit 180, power supply unit 190, and main control unit 100. As a main function of the smartphone 101, a wireless communication function for performing mobile wireless communication via the base station apparatus BS and the mobile communication network NW is provided.

  The radio communication unit 110 performs radio communication with the base station apparatus BS accommodated in the mobile communication network NW according to an instruction from the main control unit 100. Using such wireless communication, transmission / reception of various file data such as audio data and image data, e-mail data, and reception of Web data, streaming data, and the like are performed.

  The display input unit 120 displays images (still images and moving images), character information, and the like visually under the control of the main control unit 100, visually transmits information to the user, and detects user operations on the displayed information. This is a so-called touch panel, and includes a display panel 121 and an operation panel 122.

  The display panel 121 uses an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OELD (Organic Electro-Luminescence Display), or the like as a display device. The operation panel 122 is a device that is placed so that an image displayed on the display surface of the display panel 121 is visible and detects coordinates operated by a user's finger or stylus. When the device is operated with a user's finger or stylus, a detection signal generated due to the operation is output to the main control unit 100. Next, the main control unit 100 detects an operation position (coordinates) on the display panel 121 based on the received detection signal.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the display panel 121 and the operation panel 122 of the smartphone 101 illustrated as an embodiment of the imaging apparatus 10 integrally form a display input unit 120, but the operation panel 122 The display panel 121 is completely covered. When such an arrangement is adopted, the operation panel 122 may also have a function of detecting a user operation for an area outside the display panel 121. In other words, the operation panel 122 includes a detection area (hereinafter referred to as a display area) for an overlapping portion that overlaps the display panel 121 and a detection area (hereinafter, a non-display area) for an outer edge portion that does not overlap the other display panel 121. May be included).

  Note that the size of the display area and the size of the display panel 121 may be completely matched, but it is not always necessary to match the two. In addition, the operation panel 122 may include two sensitive regions of the outer edge portion and the other inner portion. Furthermore, the width of the outer edge portion is appropriately designed according to the size of the housing 102 and the like. Furthermore, examples of the position detection method employed in the operation panel 122 include a matrix switch method, a resistance film method, a surface acoustic wave method, an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, and a capacitance method. You can also

  The call unit 130 includes a speaker 131 and a microphone 132, converts user's voice input through the microphone 132 into voice data that can be processed by the main control unit 100, and outputs the voice data to the main control unit 100. Alternatively, the audio data received by the external input / output unit 160 is decoded and output from the speaker 131. As shown in FIG. 14, for example, the speaker 131 can be mounted on the same surface as the surface on which the display input unit 120 is provided, and the microphone 132 can be mounted on the side surface of the housing 102.

  The operation unit 140 is a hardware key using a key switch or the like, and receives an instruction from the user. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the operation unit 140 is mounted on the side surface of the housing 102 of the smartphone 101 and is turned on when pressed with a finger or the like, and turned off when the finger is released with a restoring force such as a spring. It is a push button type switch.

  The storage unit 150 includes a control program and control data of the main control unit 100, application software, address data that associates the name and telephone number of a communication partner, transmitted and received e-mail data, Web data downloaded by Web browsing, The downloaded content data is stored, and streaming data and the like are temporarily stored. The storage unit 150 includes an internal storage unit 151 with a built-in smartphone and an external storage unit 152 having a removable external memory slot. Each of the internal storage unit 151 and the external storage unit 152 included in the storage unit 150 includes a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, and a multimedia card micro type. It is realized using a storage medium such as a card type memory (for example, MicroSD (registered trademark) memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like.

  The external input / output unit 160 serves as an interface with all external devices connected to the smartphone 101, and communicates with other external devices (for example, universal serial bus (USB), IEEE 1394, etc.) or a network. (For example, Internet, wireless LAN, Bluetooth (registered trademark), RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Infrared Data Association (IrDA) (registered trademark), UWB (Ultra Wideband) (registered trademark) ZigBee) (registered trademark, etc.) for direct or indirect connection.

  As an external device connected to the smartphone 101, for example, a wired / wireless headset, a wired / wireless external charger, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card (Memory card) or SIM (Subscriber) connected via a card socket, for example. Identity Module Card (UIM) / User Identity Module Card (UIM) card, external audio / video equipment connected via audio / video I / O (Input / Output) terminal, external audio / video equipment connected wirelessly, existence / non-existence There are a wirelessly connected smart phone 101, a wired / wireless personal computer, a wired / wireless connected PDA, a wired / wireless personal computer, an earphone, and the like. The external input / output unit may transmit data received from such an external device to each component inside the smartphone 101 or may transmit data inside the smartphone 101 to the external device. .

  The GPS receiving unit 170 receives GPS signals transmitted from the GPS satellites ST1 to STn in accordance with instructions from the main control unit 100, executes positioning calculation processing based on the received plurality of GPS signals, and calculates the latitude and longitude of the smartphone 101. , Detect the position consisting of altitude. If the GPS receiving unit 170 can acquire position information from the wireless communication unit 110 or the external input / output unit 160 (for example, a wireless LAN), the GPS receiving unit 170 can also detect the position using the position information.

  The motion sensor unit 180 includes, for example, a three-axis acceleration sensor, and detects the physical movement of the smartphone 101 in accordance with an instruction from the main control unit 100. By detecting the physical movement of the smartphone 101, the moving direction and acceleration of the smartphone 101 are detected. The detection result is output to the main control unit 100.

  The power supply unit 190 supplies power stored in a battery (not shown) to each unit of the smartphone 101 in accordance with an instruction from the main control unit 100.

  The main control unit 100 includes a microprocessor, operates according to a control program and control data stored in the storage unit 150, and controls each unit of the smartphone 101 in an integrated manner. In addition, the main control unit 100 includes a mobile communication control function for controlling each unit of the communication system and an application processing function in order to perform voice communication and data communication through the wireless communication unit 110.

  The application processing function is realized by the main control unit 100 operating according to application software stored in the storage unit 150. Application processing functions include, for example, an infrared communication function that controls the external input / output unit 160 to perform data communication with the opposite device, an e-mail function that transmits and receives e-mails, and a web browsing function that browses web pages. .

  The main control unit 100 also has an image processing function such as displaying video on the display input unit 120 based on image data (still image or moving image data) such as received data or downloaded streaming data. The image processing function is a function in which the main control unit 100 decodes the image data, performs image processing on the decoding result, and displays an image on the display input unit 120.

  Further, the main control unit 100 executes display control for the display panel 121 and operation detection control for detecting a user operation through the operation unit 140 and the operation panel 122.

  By executing the display control, the main control unit 100 displays an icon for starting application software, a software key such as a scroll bar, or a window for creating an e-mail. Note that the scroll bar refers to a software key for accepting an instruction to move the display portion of a large image that does not fit in the display area of the display panel 121.

  In addition, by executing the operation detection control, the main control unit 100 detects a user operation through the operation unit 140, or accepts an operation on the icon or an input of a character string in the input field of the window through the operation panel 122. Or a display image scroll request through a scroll bar.

  Further, by executing the operation detection control, the main control unit 100 causes the operation position with respect to the operation panel 122 to overlap with the display panel 121 (display area) or other outer edge part (non-display area) that does not overlap with the display panel 121. And a touch panel control function for controlling the sensitive area of the operation panel 122 and the display position of the software key.

  The main control unit 100 can also detect a gesture operation on the operation panel 122 and execute a preset function according to the detected gesture operation. Gesture operation is not a conventional simple touch operation, but an operation of drawing a trajectory with at least one position from a plurality of positions by drawing a trajectory with a finger or the like, or specifying a plurality of positions simultaneously. means.

  The camera unit 141 is a digital camera that performs electronic photography using an imaging device such as a CMOS. In addition, the camera unit 141 converts image data obtained by imaging into compressed image data such as JPEG under the control of the main control unit 100, records the compressed image data in the storage unit 150, the external input / output unit 160, the wireless communication unit, and the like. 110 can be output. As shown in FIG. 14, in the smartphone 101, the camera unit 141 is mounted on the same surface as the display input unit 120, but the mounting position of the camera unit 141 is not limited to this, and is mounted on the back surface of the display input unit 120. Alternatively, a plurality of camera units 141 may be mounted. When a plurality of camera units 141 are installed, the camera unit 141 used for shooting may be switched to perform shooting alone, or a plurality of camera units 141 may be used for shooting simultaneously. Also good.

  The camera unit 141 can be used for various functions of the smartphone 101. For example, an image acquired by the camera unit 141 can be displayed on the display panel 121, or the image of the camera unit 141 can be used as one of operation inputs of the operation panel 122. Further, when the GPS receiving unit 170 detects the position, the position can also be detected with reference to an image from the camera unit 141. Furthermore, referring to the image from the camera unit 141, the optical axis direction of the camera unit 141 of the smartphone 101 is determined without using the triaxial acceleration sensor or in combination with the triaxial acceleration sensor. It is also possible to determine the current usage environment. Of course, the image from the camera unit 141 can also be used in the application software.

  In addition, the position information acquired by the GPS receiver 170 on the image data of the still image or the moving image, the voice information acquired by the microphone 132 (the voice text may be converted by the main control unit or the like to become text information), Posture information and the like acquired by the motion sensor unit 180 may be added and recorded in the storage unit 150 and output through the external input / output unit 160 or the wireless communication unit 110.

  As described above, the color information of the product image 18 is measured by the color information measuring unit 26 provided in the smartphone 101. For example, the display unit 12 and the correction instruction receiving unit 14 in FIG. 3 can be realized by the display input unit 120 in which the display panel 121 illustrated in FIG. 15 and the operation panel 122 as an input unit are integrated. Further, the color information measurement unit 26, the display control unit 28, the color information display generation unit 31, and the remeasurement control unit 30 in FIG. 3 can be realized by the main control unit 100 in FIG. 15, and the image acquisition unit in FIG. 24 can be realized by the external input / output unit 160 of FIG.

  Although the present invention has been described above, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Color information acquisition apparatus, 2 ... Color information acquisition system, 3 ... Client terminal, 4 ... Server apparatus, 5 ... Product, 10 ... Imaging device, 12 ... Display part, 14 ... Correction instruction | indication reception part, 16 ... Computer main body, 18 ... Product image, 20 ... Partial image, 22 ... Additional information, 24 ... Image acquisition unit, 26 ... Color information measurement unit, 28 ... Display control unit, 30 ... Re-measurement control unit, 31 ... Color information display generation unit, 33 ... reproduced image generation unit, 44 ... color display generation unit, 60 ... network, 100 ... main control unit, 101 ... smart phone

Claims (12)

An image acquisition unit for acquiring a product image obtained by photographing the product;
A color information measuring unit that measures color information including at least the number of colors of the color of the product based on the acquired product image;
A display unit;
A display control unit for displaying the product image and the measured color information on the display unit;
A correction instruction receiving unit for receiving an instruction to correct the color information;
A re-measurement control unit that reflects the correction instruction received by the correction instruction reception unit and causes the color information measurement unit to measure the color information again based on the product image;
A color information acquisition apparatus comprising: The color information measurement unit measures the color constituting the color scheme of the product,
The color information that the display control unit displays on the display unit is a reproduction image that reproduces the product image that includes only the colors that constitute the measured color scheme, and character information that indicates the number of colors of the color scheme. The color information acquisition apparatus according to 1.   The color information acquisition apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the correction instruction of the color information is an instruction of a correction portion in the reproduced image.   The color information displayed on the display unit by the display control unit is character information indicating a color constituting the measured color arrangement or a color palette indicating a color constituting the measured color arrangement. Color information acquisition device. The color information measurement unit measures the color constituting the color scheme of the product,
The color according to claim 1, wherein the color information displayed on the display unit by the display control unit is character information indicating a color constituting the measured color arrangement or a color palette indicating a color constituting the measured color arrangement. Information acquisition device.   The color information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction to correct the color information is an instruction to increase or decrease the number of colors.   The color according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the display control unit further causes the display unit to display a correction instruction content display for displaying the correction instruction content received by the correction instruction receiving unit. Information acquisition device.   The color information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction instruction receiving unit further receives the correctness / incorrectness of the color information.   When the color information measurement unit sequentially measures the color information for a plurality of product images, the display control unit displays the product image and the color information on the display unit. The color information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the color information is measured for the product image for which the color information is not yet measured. A product image obtained by photographing a product at a client terminal is acquired, color information of the product image is measured at a server device connected to the client terminal via a network, and the color information is displayed at the client terminal A color information acquisition system,
The client terminal is
A display unit;
An image acquisition unit for acquiring the product image;
A display control unit for displaying the product image and the color information of the product image on the display unit;
A correction instruction receiving unit for receiving an instruction to correct the color information;
A client terminal transmission unit for transmitting data relating to the instruction for correction and image data of the product image to the server device via the network;
A client terminal receiver that receives data relating to the color information of the product image transmitted from a server device transmitter of the server device;
With
The server device
A server device receiving unit that receives the data related to the correction instruction transmitted from the client terminal transmitting unit and the image data of the product image;
A color information measuring unit that measures the color information including at least the number of colors of the product color scheme based on the image data of the product image;
A re-measurement control unit that reflects data related to the correction instruction and causes the color information measurement unit to again measure the color information based on the image data;
A server device transmission unit for transmitting data relating to the color information measured by the color information measurement unit to the client terminal via the network;
A color information acquisition system comprising: Connected via a network to a client terminal that acquires a product image obtained by photographing a product, and receives data related to a correction instruction for image data of the product image and color information of the product image from the client terminal, A color information acquisition server device that measures color information of a product image,
A server device receiving unit that receives data related to the correction instruction transmitted from the client terminal and the image data of the product image;
A color information measuring unit that measures the color information including at least the number of colors of the color of the product based on the image data of the product image;
A re-measurement control unit that reflects data related to the correction instruction and causes the color information measurement unit to measure the color information again based on the product image;
A server device transmission unit for transmitting data relating to the color information measured by the color information measurement unit to the client terminal via the network;
A color information acquisition server device. An image acquisition step of acquiring a product image obtained by photographing the product;
A color information measurement step of measuring color information including at least the number of colors of the color scheme of the product based on the acquired product image;
A display step for displaying the product image and the measured color information on a display unit;
A correction instruction receiving step for receiving an instruction to correct the color information;
A re-measurement step for reflecting the correction instruction received by the correction instruction reception step and performing the measurement of the color information again by the color information measurement step based on the product image;
Color information acquisition method including