JP2016091522A - Commodity search apparatus, commodity search method, and commodity search system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodity search apparatus configured to efficiently and simply search for a commodity having a pattern desired by a user, from a commodity group including a plurality of commodities, a commodity search method, and a commodity search system.SOLUTION: A commodity search apparatus 10 includes: a search condition receiving section 42 which receives a search condition; a pattern attribute search section 50 which refines search for a commodity, on the basis of a search condition on a pattern attribute of a commodity; a pattern characteristic search section 52 which refines search for a commodity, on the basis of a search condition on pattern characteristics of a commodity; a first search result data generation section 58 which generates data on a first advanced search result including a commodity image; a second search result data generation section 60 which generates data on a second advanced search result including a commodity image; and a search result output section 61 which outputs the data on the first advanced search result generated by the first search result data generation section and the data on the second advanced search result, to a user terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a product search device, a product search method, and a product search system, and more particularly to a technique for performing a narrowed search based on a product pattern.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an increasing number of consumers purchase goods such as clothing items on an electronic commerce (EC) site (EC site) on the Internet. Along with this, the number of products posted on the EC site has also increased significantly, making it difficult for consumers (or users) to find the products they want.

  Conventionally, a search technique has been proposed for a user to find a desired product from a group of products composed of a large number of products.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, how to modify a selected similar image to be a desired image is input using a sensitivity word, and a search target is shifted based on the input sensitivity word. Thus, a technique for improving the search accuracy is described.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, in textile search, at least one of season, year, number of warps, and number of stubs is input, and at least one of a texture pattern and a weave pattern is selected. Describes a technique for retrieving textile information.

  Patent Document 3 describes a technique in which a plurality of products are displayed and selected by the user, and a plurality of products close to the product selected by the user are displayed repeatedly. This technique is intended to enable the purchase of a desired product as the selection of the product is repeated even when the user does not clearly specify the desired product.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-114853 JP-A-06-251085 JP 2007-249319 A

  However, Patent Documents 1 to 3 do not refer to performing a multi-stage search based on the pattern of the product, and the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 search for a product having a pattern desired by the user. It cannot be performed efficiently and simply.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently and easily search for a product having a pattern desired by the user from a product group composed of a large number of products. To provide a product search device, a product search method, and a product search system.

  A product search device according to one aspect of the present invention is a product search device that is connected to a user terminal via a network and searches for a product from a product group based on a product pattern. A search condition receiving unit that receives a search condition related to a pattern attribute and a search condition related to a pattern feature of a product, a pattern attribute search unit that performs a product refinement search based on a search condition related to a pattern attribute of a product received by the search condition receiving unit, and a search The result of the first refinement search performed by one of the pattern feature search unit and the pattern attribute search unit and the pattern feature search unit that performs a product refinement search based on the search condition related to the pattern feature of the product received by the condition reception unit. First search result data generation for generating data related to a first refined search result including a product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on And a product displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on the result of the second refinement search with respect to the result of the first refinement search performed by the other of the pattern attribute search part and the pattern feature search part A second search result data generation unit that generates data relating to a second refinement search result including an image; data relating to the first refinement search result generated by the first search result data generation unit; and a second refinement search result And a search result output unit that outputs data related to the user terminal.

  According to this aspect, the first refinement search is performed by one of the pattern attribute search unit and the pattern feature search unit, and the result of the first refinement search is performed by the other of the pattern attribute search unit and the pattern feature search unit. Then, the second narrowing search is performed. Therefore, in this aspect, since the search is performed in multiple stages in which the second refinement search is performed after confirming the result of the first refinement search, the product having the pattern desired by the user is efficiently and easily searched. can do.

  Preferably, the first narrowing search is performed by the pattern attribute search unit, and the second narrowing search is performed by the pattern feature search unit.

  According to this aspect, since the first refinement search is performed by the pattern attribute search unit and the second refinement search is performed by the pattern feature search unit, the search related to the pattern feature is performed after confirming products having the same pattern attribute. Conditions can be determined. Thereby, this aspect can search the goods which have the pattern which a user desires more efficiently and simply.

  Preferably, the pattern feature search unit performs a product refinement search based on a search condition related to the first pattern feature of the product, and the second search result data generation unit includes a second pattern different from the first pattern feature. Data in which product images included in the second refinement search result are aligned based on the feature is generated.

  According to this aspect, the second refinement search is performed by the pattern feature search unit based on the search condition related to the first pattern feature of the product, and the product image included in the second refinement search result is the second product search. Data arranged based on the pattern feature is generated. Thereby, this aspect can search efficiently the goods which have the pattern which a user desires.

  Preferably, the product search device includes a representative image transmitting unit that transmits a representative image representing a search condition displayed on the display unit of the user terminal to the user terminal, and the search condition receiving unit selects the representative image. The search condition regarding the pattern attribute or the pattern feature related to the selected representative image is acquired.

  According to this aspect, since the search condition regarding the pattern attribute or the search condition regarding the pattern feature is acquired by selecting the representative image expressing the search condition, the user can input the search condition intuitively. it can.

  Preferably, the first search result data generation unit generates data in which product images included in the first narrow search result are arrayed and displayed on one or more coordinate axes based on the pattern feature, and the search condition reception unit A search condition related to the pattern feature is acquired by selecting the product images displayed in an array.

  According to this aspect, since the product images included in the first refinement search result are arrayed and displayed on one or more coordinate axes, the user can easily determine the search condition and input the search condition easily.

  In addition, according to this aspect, since a product image arranged and displayed on one or more coordinate axes is selected, a condition related to the selected product image is acquired as a search condition. Search conditions can be entered.

  Preferably, the product search device includes a product database in which pattern attributes and pattern features are stored in association with product images.

  According to this aspect, since the product database storing the product images in which the pattern attributes and the pattern features are associated is provided, a more efficient and quick search can be performed.

  Preferably, the pattern attribute includes at least one of a dot, a stripe, a border, a check, and a plain color.

  According to this aspect, since the pattern attribute includes at least one of dot, stripe, border, check, and plain color, an efficient search can be performed for a general pattern.

  Preferably, the pattern feature includes at least one of a pattern size and a pattern density.

  According to this aspect, since the pattern feature includes at least one of the pattern size and the pattern density, it is possible to search for the pattern feature more accurately.

  Preferably, the product search device includes a product color search unit that searches for a product by product color, a product shape search unit that searches for a product by product shape, and a product texture search unit that performs a product search by product texture At least one of them.

  According to this aspect, among the product color search unit that searches for products by the color of the product, the product shape search unit that searches for products by the shape of the product, and the product texture search unit that searches for products by the texture of the product Since at least one is provided, the product desired by the user can be searched more accurately.

  Preferably, the product is an apparel-related product.

  A product search system according to another aspect of the present invention is a product search system in which a user terminal and a server are connected via a network, and a product is searched from a product group based on a product pattern. , A display unit, a display control unit for displaying the first and second narrowed search results on the display unit based on data transmitted from the server, and a user of the search condition regarding the pattern attribute of the product and the search condition regarding the feature of the product An instruction accepting unit that accepts an instruction from the server, and the server receives from the user terminal a search condition relating to a search condition related to a pattern attribute of the product and a search condition relating to a pattern feature of the product, and a product accepted by the search condition accepting unit The pattern attribute search unit that performs a product refinement search based on the search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product and the pattern characteristics of the product received by the search condition reception unit Display on the display unit of the user terminal based on the result of the first refinement search performed by one of the pattern feature search unit and the pattern feature search unit and the pattern feature search unit. The first search result data generation unit that generates data related to the first narrow search result including the product image to be processed, and the other of the pattern attribute search unit and the pattern feature search unit, and the result of the first narrow search A second search result data generation unit that generates data related to a second narrow search result including product images displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on a result of the second narrow search for A search result output unit that outputs data relating to the first refinement search result and data relating to the second refinement search result generated by one search result data generation unit to a user terminal; Provided.

  A product search method according to another aspect of the present invention is a product search method that is connected to a user terminal via a network and searches for a product from a product group based on the pattern of the product. A search condition receiving step for receiving a search condition related to a pattern attribute and a search condition related to a pattern feature of a product, a pattern attribute search for performing a product refinement search based on a search condition related to a pattern attribute of a product received in the search condition receiving step, and a search A first refinement search step in which the first refinement search is performed by one of the pattern feature searches in which the product refinement search is performed based on the search condition related to the pattern features of the products accepted in the condition accepting step, and the first refinement search Based on the result, data on the first refined search result including the product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal. A first search result data generation step for generating a second refinement search step for performing a second refinement search on the result of the first refinement search by the other of the pattern attribute search and the pattern feature search; A second search result data generation step for generating data relating to a second refinement search result including a product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on the result of the second refinement search, and the first search A search result output step of outputting data relating to the first refinement search result and data relating to the second refinement search result generated by the result data generation step to the user terminal.

  According to the present invention, the first refinement search is performed by one of the pattern attribute search unit and the pattern feature search unit, and the result of the first refinement search is performed by the other of the pattern attribute search unit and the pattern feature search unit. Since the second refinement search is performed, the search is performed in multiple stages in which the second refinement search is performed after confirming the result of the first refinement search, and the product having the pattern desired by the user is efficiently obtained. And you can search easily.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a client / server system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the user terminal. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the product search device. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a data structure of data related to products stored in the product database. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the sensitivity space and the physical measurement space. FIG. 6 is a more detailed data structure conceptual diagram of the pattern attribute, pattern size, and pattern density data of the product shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display form of a search condition input screen when performing the first narrowing search. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display form of the first narrow search result. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display form of a search condition input screen for the second narrow search. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display form of the second refinement search result. FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of the product search device and the user terminal. FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the product search device. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display form of a search condition input screen for the first refinement search. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display form of the search condition input screen for the second refinement search. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display form of the first narrow search result.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, an example of “clothing” which is a clothing-related product (apparel-related) product will be described. However, the search target product is not limited to clothing, and any other product is a search target. The present invention can also be applied to.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a client / server system (product search system) 1 including a product search device 10 according to the present invention. The client / server system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a product search device 10, a plurality of general consumer (user) user terminals 11, and a plurality of electronic commerce sites (EC sites) EC0 to ECn in a network such as the Internet. 12 and connected.

  The product search device 10 corresponds to a server in the client / server system 1, and the user terminal 11 corresponds to a client in the client / server system 1. The product search device 10 proposes to the user a coordinated product that is a product obtained by appropriately combining (coordinated) two or more products, or performs a service for allowing the user to search for products handled by the EC sites EC0 to ECn. It functions as an affiliate site that receives rewards for services from the operators of the sites EC0 to ECn.

  The user terminal 11 is a terminal that is operated when the user searches for products such as clothing (including coordinated products), and may take the form of a portable terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet device or a personal computer.

  The EC sites EC0 to ECn provide information related to products (for example, product images, brands, stocks, prices, sizes, recommended products, purchase information, etc.) to the product search device 10 or from the user terminal 11 to the product search device. 10 is provided with a function of providing information about products handled by the EC site to users who have accessed via the product 10 or users who have accessed without going through the product search apparatus 10.

  Next, the functional configuration of the user terminal 11 in the client / server system 1 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the user terminal 11. The user terminal 11 of this example includes a terminal input unit (instruction receiving unit) 20, a terminal communication unit 23 (terminal transmission unit 21 and terminal reception unit 22), a display control unit 24, a display unit 25, and a terminal system controller 26.

  The terminal input unit 20 includes an operation unit that is directly operated by a user to input data such as a user ID, a password, and a search word, and an information specifying unit that specifies data input via the operation unit Including. For example, when the user terminal 11 is a portable terminal such as a smartphone, buttons and a touch panel provided on the user terminal 11 can be used as the operation unit. The user can input data by an arbitrary method via the operation unit, and may input the data directly, or may select one or more desired ones from a plurality of candidates displayed on the display unit 25. It may be input by selecting the data types.

  Data input by the user via the operation unit of the terminal input unit 20 is specified by the information specifying unit and transmitted to the terminal transmission unit 21 (terminal communication unit 23). Sent. On the other hand, the data related to the first refinement search result and the data related to the second refinement search result sent from the product search device 10 are received by the terminal receiving unit 22 (terminal communication unit 23), and are sent to the display control unit 24. Sent.

  The display control unit 24 displays the first refined search result and the second refined search result based on the data related to the first refined search result and the data related to the second refined search result sent from the terminal receiving unit 22. It is displayed on the display unit 25. For example, the display control unit 24 causes the display unit 25 to display the product image included in the data related to the first narrow search result or the product image included in the data related to the second narrow search result. In this case, the display control unit 24 displays the product image on the display unit 25 based on the information about the arrangement (alignment) of the product images included in the data related to the first refinement search result or the data related to the second refinement search result. Is displayed.

  The terminal system controller 26 controls the terminal communication unit 23 (the terminal transmission unit 21 and the terminal reception unit 22), the terminal input unit 20 and the display control unit 24 to cause each unit to execute the above-described processing or other processing. Each part (not shown) of the user terminal 11 is also controlled. For example, the terminal system controller 26 causes the display control unit 24 to display a representative image in which a search condition for pattern attributes or pattern features is expressed on the display unit 25, or when the user selects a search condition on the display control unit 24. A user interface is displayed on the display unit 25.

[First Embodiment]
Next, the functional configuration of the product search device 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the first embodiment of the commodity search apparatus 10.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the product search apparatus 10 mainly includes a communication unit 33 (reception unit 32 and transmission unit 34), a search condition reception unit 42, a search unit 46 (search control unit 48, pattern attribute search unit 50, pattern feature. A search unit 52 and a representative image transmission unit 79), a product database (product DB) 54, a search result data generation unit 56 (a first search result data generation unit 58 and a second search result data generation unit 60), and A search result output unit 61 is provided.

  The communication unit 33 receives information transmitted from the user terminal 11 by the reception unit 32, and transmits information to the user terminal 11 by the transmission unit 34. For example, the communication unit 33 receives the search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product and the search condition related to the pattern feature of the product sent from the user terminal 11 by the receiving unit 32, and transmits them to the search condition receiving unit 42. Further, for example, the communication unit 33 transmits the data related to the first refinement search result and the data related to the second refinement search result output from the search result output unit 61 via the transmission unit 34 to the user terminal 11.

  The search condition reception unit 42 receives the search condition sent from the user terminal 11 via the reception unit 32. For example, the search condition receiving unit 42 receives a search condition related to a product pattern attribute and a search condition related to a product pattern feature. Here, the “product attribute of the product” is a qualitative expression of the design of the product, such as the name of the design and the product number for specifying the design. Specific examples of the product pattern attribute include dot, stripe (vertical stripe), border (horizontal stripe), check, and plain color. Furthermore, specific examples of product pattern attributes include floral patterns, plover patterns, etc., and as pattern attributes for products, names of patterns that are commonly used and patterns used within specific organizations. The name is also included. Further, the “search condition related to the product pattern attribute” is a condition for performing a refinement search on the product group based on the product pattern attribute described above, and includes, for example, the name of the pattern described above. Further, the search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product includes a collection of a small number of pattern attributes that do not belong to the representative pattern attribute as “others”. That is, when “others” is received as a search condition related to the pattern attribute of a product, a product having a pattern that does not belong to the representative pattern attribute is searched.

  The “pattern feature of the product” is expressed based on the result of quantitative measurement of the pattern of the product, for example, the size (size) of the pattern or the density of the pattern. Note that the pattern features of the product are not limited to the pattern size and the pattern density, and may be those expressed based on the result of quantitative measurement of the pattern of the product. In addition, the “search condition related to the pattern feature of the product” is a condition for performing a refinement search on the product group based on the above-described pattern feature of the product, for example, the size of the pattern size or the height of the pattern density. .

  The search unit 46 includes a search control unit 48, a pattern attribute search unit 50, a pattern feature search unit 52, and a representative image transmission unit 79. The search unit 46 searches for a product stored in the product database 54 based on the search condition received by the search condition receiving unit 42.

  The search control unit 48 controls the search based on the search condition received by the search condition receiving unit 42. For example, when a search condition related to a pattern attribute of a product is received from the search condition receiving unit 42, a search is performed by the pattern attribute search unit 50, and when a search condition related to a pattern feature of a product is received from the search condition receiving unit 42 The pattern feature search unit 52 performs a search.

  In addition, the search control unit 48 controls the first refinement search and the second refinement search. That is, the search control unit 48 controls the pattern attribute search unit 50 or the pattern feature search unit 52 to execute the first refinement search, and the pattern attribute search unit 50 or the pattern feature search unit 52 performs the second refinement search. Control to execute. For example, the search control unit 48 causes the pattern attribute search unit 50 to perform the first refinement search, and causes the pattern feature search unit 52 to perform the second refinement search. Thereby, the product group is first narrowed down by the pattern attribute, and then the product group is further narrowed down by the pattern feature, so that the product having the pattern desired by the user can be searched more efficiently.

  The pattern attribute search unit 50 performs a narrowing search on the product group stored in the product database 54 based on the search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product received by the search condition receiving unit 42. For example, when the search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product is “border”, the pattern attribute search unit 50 selects “border” from the product group stored in the product database 54 or the product group obtained by the first refinement search. The product group is narrowed down only to products having a pattern attribute of “”.

  The pattern feature search unit 52 performs a narrowing search on the product group stored in the product database 54 based on the search condition related to the pattern feature of the product received by the search condition receiving unit 42. For example, when the search condition related to the pattern feature of the product is the pattern size “large”, the pattern feature search unit 52 includes the product group stored in the product database 54 or the product group obtained by the first refinement search. Narrow down the product group to only those products that have a pattern feature of “Large” pattern size.

  The representative image transmission unit 79 transmits a representative image expressed by the search condition displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11 under the control of the search control unit 48. Here, the representative image is an image whose search condition is expressed by an illustration (computer graphic), a character, a real image, and the like, and is also called a sample image or a thumbnail image.

  The representative image is displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11, and a search condition related to the representative image selected by the user is received by the search condition receiving unit 42. When receiving a request for a representative image transmitted from the user terminal 11, the search control unit 48 transmits the representative image to the user terminal 11.

  In the product database 54, product images of products are stored in association with pattern attributes and pattern features. In other words, the product database 54 stores product images of products that can be searched by the product search apparatus 10 and stores information related to the product images and the pattern attributes and pattern features of the products. The product database 54 may store other information related to the product in association with each other. A detailed description of the product database 54 will be described later.

  The search result data generation unit 56 includes a first search result data generation unit 58 and a second search result data generation unit 60, and generates data related to the search result based on the search result received from the search unit 46. To do.

  The first search result data generation unit 58 is displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11 based on the result of the first refinement search performed by one of the pattern attribute search unit 50 and the pattern feature search unit 52. Data related to the first narrow search result including the product image is generated. For example, when the first refinement search is performed by the pattern attribute search unit 50, the first search result data generation unit 58 searches the search result (the refined product group) of the pattern attribute search unit 50 of the search unit 46. ) To generate first search result data including information on the product image or the product image and the order (arrangement) order of the product image.

  Similar to the first search result data generation unit 58, the second search result data generation unit 60 generates data related to the second refinement search result including the product image displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11. . The second refinement search is performed by the pattern attribute search unit 50 or the pattern feature search unit 52 that has not been used in the first refinement search, and is performed on the result of the first refinement search. For example, when the second refinement search is performed by the pattern feature search unit 52, the second search result data generation unit 60 receives information on the search result of the pattern feature search unit 52 of the search unit 46, Second search result data having information on the product image or the product image and the arrangement (alignment) order of the product image is generated.

  The search result output unit 61 receives data related to the first narrow search result or data related to the second narrow search result from the search result data generation unit 56. Then, the search result output unit 61 transmits the received data related to the first refinement search result or the data related to the second refinement search result to the user terminal 11 via the transmission unit 34 of the communication unit 33.

  Next, the product database 54 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5, and 6.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the data structure of data related to products stored in the product database 54. The product database 54 stores information about products that can be searched by the product search device 10 together with the product images. Data (information) related to products stored in the product database 54 may be acquired from one or a plurality of EC sites. When the product database 54 acquires data related to products from a plurality of EC sites, it is possible to provide the user with a product search across the EC sites.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the product database 54 includes, as product information, “product ID”, “category”, “product image”, “design feature quantity”, “EC site”, “brand”, “inventory”, “ Information on “size” and “price” is registered. Here, the “product ID” is unique identification information for each product, and even if the product is the same, a different product ID may be given if the provider (supplier, EC site, store) is different. Therefore, it may be possible to recognize from which provider the product is provided by the product ID.

  “Category” is a category of products, and examples of categories include tops, pants (bottoms), hats, shoes, and the like, which are useful information when combined (coordinated) with other products. “Product image” is data of an image in which a product is photographed.

  The “design feature amount” includes, for example, a physical quantity of the product image (information about the color of the product, information about the pattern of the product, information about the shape of the product, and information about the texture of the product) and a sensitivity word associated with the physical quantity. Information about “color” obtained by image analysis of the product image is represented by H (hue), S (saturation), V (lightness), and RGB (red, green, blue).

  The design feature amount related to the “pattern” is a pattern attribute and a pattern characteristic (pattern size and pattern density) regarding the pattern that the product has.

  The information related to “form” is information related to a characteristic shape of a product or a shape that enables the product to be identified. The information regarding the shape is, for example, information such as a collar shape, slenderness, or looseness. The information related to “texture” is, for example, glossiness or transparency, and is information obtained by image analysis of a product image.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between the sensitivity space 40 and the physical measurement space 41. Conversion from the physical measurement space 41 to the sensitivity space 40 is performed by the conversion table T. That is, the conversion table T defines a region (hereinafter referred to as “physical quantity region 43”) in the physical measurement space 41 corresponding to a region (hereinafter referred to as “sensitive region 44”) in the sensitive space 40. As shown in FIG. 5, there is a sensitivity area 44 assigned to each sensitivity word in the sensitivity space 40, and for each sensitivity area 44, there is a corresponding physical quantity area 43 in the physical measurement space 41. In the example shown in FIG. 5, when a sensitivity word occupies the sensitivity area 44 a, a specific physical quantity area 43 in the physical measurement space 41 related to the color design feature quantity, the design feature quantity, and the texture design feature quantity is the sensitivity area. 44a (see the hatched portion in FIG. 5).

  The conversion table T defines the association between the sensitivity area 44 expressed in the sensitivity space 40 and the physical quantity area 43 expressed in the physical measurement space 41, and the data on the sensitivity space 40 is converted into the physical measurement space 41. Used to convert to the above data.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, “color feature amount defined by RGB (red green blue) data”, “pattern feature amount defined by pattern density and pattern size”, and “glossiness and transparency”. The “texture feature amount” is used as a reference for defining the physical quantity region 43 in the physical measurement space 41, but is not limited thereto.

  As described above, information related to the sensitivity word associated with the physical quantity of the product image is registered in the product database 54. That is, in the product database 54, sensitivity words obtained by using the conversion table T from physical quantities obtained by image analysis from product images are registered for each product.

  FIG. 6 is a data structure conceptual diagram showing in more detail the data of the pattern attributes and pattern characteristics (pattern size and pattern density) in the data relating to the product shown in FIG. The product with the product ID “AAA...” Has a pattern attribute “border”, a pattern size “medium”, and a pattern density “high” as a design feature amount related to the pattern. The product with the product ID “BBB. The product with the product ID “CCC...” Has a design attribute “Boda”, a design size “small”, and a design density “low” as a design feature amount related to the design. As described above, the product database 54 stores information on the pattern attributes and the pattern features related to the products.

  Next, a display form of display performed on the display unit 25 by the display control unit 24 of the user terminal 11 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing one display form of the search condition input screen in the case of performing the first refinement search. In the case illustrated in FIG. 7, representative images (reference numeral 62, reference numeral 64, reference numeral 66, reference numeral 68, and reference numeral 70) for inputting the search condition related to the pattern attribute are displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11. Then, the representative image is selected by the user, and the search condition regarding the pattern attribute is input via the terminal input unit 20. Thereafter, the search condition related to the pattern attribute is transmitted to the product search device 10 via the terminal transmission unit 21. Specifically, when selecting a pattern attribute search condition, a dot representative image 62, a border representative image 64, a vertical stripe representative image 66, a check representative image 68, and a plain representative image 70 are displayed. One of the representative images is selected by the user. Then, the search execution instruction receiving unit 72 receives a search execution instruction.

  For example, when the representative image 66 related to the border is selected by the user's touch, “border” is transmitted to the product search device 10 as a condition regarding the pattern attribute. The representative image is displayed on the display unit 25 by the display control unit 24 after being transmitted from the representative image transmission unit 79 of the product search device 10 to the user terminal 11. The representative image may be stored in a storage unit (not shown) included in the user terminal 11.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display form of the first narrow search result. FIG. 8 shows a result of narrowing down the product group to products having the “border” pattern attribute as the first refinement search result. Specifically, on the display unit 27, the product points 76 narrowed down by the narrowing search and the product images (codes 78, 80, 82, 84) of the products narrowed down by the narrowing search are displayed in alignment. Thus, by displaying the product image 78, the product image 80, the product image 82, and the product image 84 as a list, the user can confirm the search result accurately and simply. In FIG. 8, some product images as a result of the first refinement search are displayed, and other product images are displayed by scrolling the screen.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, when displaying the first narrow search result, a second narrow search execution instruction receiving unit 74 may be provided. If the user looks at the first refinement search result and determines that further refinement search is necessary, the user instructs the search execution from the second refinement search execution instruction receiving unit 74. When the plain representative image 70 shown in FIG. 7 or the “other” pattern attribute described above is selected, the second refinement search may not be performed.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display form of the search condition input screen in the case of performing the second refinement search. In the case illustrated in FIG. 9, representative images (reference numeral 86, reference numeral 88, and reference numeral 90) for inputting search conditions related to pattern features are displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11. The representative image 86, the representative image 88, and the representative image 90 are representative images related to the pattern size. The representative image 86 with the pattern size “large”, the representative image 88 with the pattern size “medium”, and the pattern size “small”. "Is displayed on the display unit 25. When any one of the representative images is selected, a pattern size search condition related to the selected representative image is transmitted to the search condition reception unit 42 of the commodity search apparatus 10. Then, the search execution instruction receiving unit 72 receives a search execution instruction.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display form when displaying the second refinement search result. 10 shows the case where the representative image 90 (pattern size “small” shown in FIG. 9 is selected as the search condition for the second refinement search. That is, the product that is the result of the first refinement search. The result of performing a refinement search so as to extract only products having a pattern size of “small” for the group is shown, and in the case shown in FIG. 10, the product image 92 of the product with the pattern density “high”, the product image 94 of the product with the pattern density “medium”, and the product with the pattern density “low”, as shown in FIG. The image 96 is arranged and displayed according to the pattern density, and in this case, the second search result data generation unit 60 of the commodity search apparatus 10 uses a second pattern feature (pattern size) different from the first pattern feature (pattern size). Included in second refinement search results based on pattern density) Generating a data aligning the article image.

  As a result, the user can confirm the result of the second refinement search accurately and easily. Further, the product number 98 narrowed down by the second narrowing search is displayed.

  FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of the product search device 10 and the user terminal 11.

  First, a representative image in which each pattern attribute is displayed is displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11 (step S10). Then, the user selects a representative image expressing a desired pattern attribute in the representative image displayed on the display unit 25 (step S11). Thereafter, the search condition relating to the selected representative image is transmitted to the search condition receiving unit 42 of the product search device 10 via the terminal communication unit 23 of the user terminal 11 and the communication unit 33 of the product search device 10 (step S12). ).

  The search condition receiving unit 42 of the product search device 10 receives the transmitted search condition (step S13) (search condition receiving step). Then, the search condition receiving unit 42 transmits the search condition to the search unit 46. Thereafter, the search unit 46 performs a first refinement search based on the received search condition (step S14) (first refinement search step), and transmits the result of the first refinement search to the search result data generation unit 56. To do. The first search result data generation unit 58 of the search result data generation unit 56 generates data related to the first narrow search result including the product image based on the result of the first narrow search (step S15) (first step 1 search result data generation step). And the data regarding the produced | generated 1st narrowing-down search result are transmitted to the user terminal 11 via the terminal communication part 23 of the user terminal 11, and the communication part 33 of the goods search apparatus 10. FIG.

  The display control unit 24 of the user terminal 11 receives the data related to the first refinement search result, and causes the display unit 25 to display the result of the first refinement search (step S16). After that, the representative image displaying the search condition for the second narrowing search is displayed on the display unit 25 by the display control unit 24 (step S17). Thereafter, the representative image displaying the search condition for the second refinement search is selected (step S18), and the search condition related to the selected representative image is the terminal communication unit 23 and the product search device 10 of the user terminal 11. Is transmitted to the search condition receiving unit 42 of the product search apparatus 10 via the communication unit 33 (step S19).

  The search condition receiving unit 42 of the product search device 10 receives the transmitted search condition (step S20). Then, the search condition receiving unit 42 transmits the search condition to the search unit 46. Thereafter, the search unit 46 performs a second refinement search based on the received search condition (step S21) (second refinement search step), and sends the result of the second refinement search to the search result data generation unit 56. Send. The second search result data generation unit 60 of the search result data generation unit 56 generates data related to the second search result including product images based on the result of the second search refinement (step S22) (second step). Search result data generation step 2). And the data regarding the produced | generated 2nd narrowing-down search result are transmitted to the user terminal 11 via the terminal communication part 23 of the user terminal 11, and the communication part 33 of the goods search apparatus 10 (search result output step).

  Thereafter, the display control unit 24 of the user terminal 11 receives the data related to the second refinement search result, and causes the display unit 25 to display the result of the second refinement search (step S23).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the first refinement search is performed by one of the pattern attribute search unit 50 and the pattern feature search unit 52, and the pattern attribute search unit 50 and the pattern A second refinement search is performed on the result of the first refinement search by the other of the feature search units 52. Therefore, in the present embodiment, since the search is performed in multiple stages in which the second refinement search is performed after viewing the result of the first refinement search, the product having the pattern desired by the user can be efficiently and easily obtained. You can search.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The second embodiment of the present invention has a function of searching for the color of a product, searching for the shape of a product, and searching for the texture of the product in addition to the pattern attribute search and the pattern feature search. Thereby, the 2nd Embodiment of this invention can perform a more exact goods search.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the product search device 10 according to the second embodiment. In addition, about the location demonstrated in FIG. 3, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The search unit 46 includes a search control unit 48, a pattern attribute search unit 50, a pattern feature search unit 52, a product color search unit 110, a product shape search unit 112, a product texture search unit 114, and a representative image transmission unit 78.

  Based on the search condition received by the search condition receiving unit 42, the search control unit 48 has a pattern attribute search unit 50, a pattern feature search unit 52, a product color search unit 110, a product shape search unit 112, and a product texture search unit 114. At least one of them is caused to perform a first refinement search or a second refinement search. That is, the search control unit 48 determines which search unit should perform the narrowing search based on the content of the search condition and causes the narrowing search to be executed.

  The product color search unit 110 searches for products based on the product color. For example, when the search condition receiving unit 42 receives certain values of H (hue), S (saturation), and V (brightness) as search conditions and transmits them to the search unit 46, the search control unit 48 sets the product color. The search part 110 is made to search for the product by the color of the product.

  The product form search unit 112 searches for products according to the form of the product. Here, the shape of the product means all things that represent the shape of the product. For example, the shape of a product refers to the shape of a product represented by a collar shape (such as a V-neck and a round neck) short sleeve, long sleeve, long trousers, short trousers, slender, thick, and wide. When the search condition receiving unit 42 receives a search condition related to the shape of a product and transmits it to the search unit 46, the search control unit 48 causes the product shape search unit 112 to search for a product in the form of the product.

  The product texture search unit 114 searches for products based on the texture of the products. For example, when the search condition receiving unit 42 receives glossiness or transparency as a search condition and transmits it to the search unit 46, the search control unit 48 causes the product texture search unit 114 to search for products based on the texture of the product. .

  As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the product color search for searching for a product by the color of the product, the product shape search for searching for a product by the shape of the product, and the texture of the product. Since at least one search among the product texture searches for searching for products is performed in addition to the pattern attribute search and the pattern feature search, it is possible to search for a product desired by the user more accurately.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the third embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of search conditions can be input on the search condition input screen when performing the first narrow search or the second narrow search. As a result, the user can easily input a plurality of search conditions.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display form of an input screen on which a plurality of search conditions can be input when the first narrowing search is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 13, an input unit 200 for selecting a product coordination category, an input unit 202 for a product price, an input unit 204 for a product color, and an input unit 205 for a product pattern attribute are provided. May be.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display form of an input screen on which a plurality of search conditions can be input when performing the second refinement search.

  As shown in FIG. 14, an input unit 206 for selecting a product coordination category, an input unit 208 for a product price, an input unit 210 for a product color, an input unit 290 for selecting a product pattern feature, And an input unit 212 for selecting a sensitivity word.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the result of the first refinement search is displayed in an array on one or more coordinate axes on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11. That is, the first search result data generation unit 58 of the product search device 10 generates data in which product images included in the first narrow search result are arrayed and displayed on one or more coordinate axes based on the pattern feature, The search condition receiving unit 42 acquires a search condition related to the pattern feature by selecting a product image displayed in an array.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display form of the first narrow search result displayed on the display unit 25 of the user terminal 11. In the example shown in FIG. 15, a first refinement search is performed on products having a border pattern attribute, and the results of the first refinement search are arranged in a graph in which the vertical axis indicates the pattern density and the horizontal axis indicates the pattern size. ing. That is, the first search result data generation unit 58 of the product search device 10 generates data in which the product images included in the first narrow search result are arrayed and displayed on one or more coordinate axes based on pattern features. To do.

  Furthermore, when inputting the second search condition, a pattern feature related to the selected product image may be acquired as the second search condition by selecting the arranged product images. For example, when a product image having a pattern feature of a “large” pattern size and a “high” pattern density is selected from the product images shown in FIG. 15, the pattern for performing the second refinement search is performed. The feature search unit 52 narrows down to products having a pattern feature of a “large” pattern size and a “high” pattern density. In the case shown in FIG. 15, the product images are arranged, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, instead of a product image, an image in which a product is drawn by computer graphics may be arranged.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the product images included in the first refinement search result are arranged and displayed on one or more coordinate axes, the first refinement is made easier for the user to grasp. Search results are displayed. Further, according to this aspect, since the search condition regarding the first pattern feature is acquired by selecting the product image arranged and displayed on the coordinate axes of one dimension or more, the user intuitively inputs the search condition. be able to.

  The example of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server system, 10 ... Merchandise search apparatus, 11 ... User terminal, 12 ... Network, 20 ... Terminal input part, 21 ... Terminal transmission part, 22 ... Terminal reception part, 23 ... Terminal communication part, 24 ... Display control part, 25 ... Display unit, 26 ... Terminal system controller, 32 ... Reception unit, 33 ... Communication unit, 34 ... Transmission unit, 42 ... Search condition receiving unit, 46 ... Search unit, 48 ... Search control unit, 50 ... Pattern attribute search unit 52 ... Pattern feature search unit, 54 ... Product database, 56 ... Search result data generation unit, 58 ... First search result data generation unit, 60 ... Second search result data generation unit, 61 ... Search result output unit, 79 ... Representative image transmission unit

Claims (12)

A product search device connected to a user terminal via a network and searching for a product from a product group based on a product pattern,
A search condition receiving unit that receives a search condition related to a product pattern attribute and a search condition related to a product pattern feature from the user terminal;
A pattern attribute search unit that performs a product refinement search based on a search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product received by the search condition reception unit;
A pattern feature search unit that performs a product refinement search based on a search condition related to a pattern feature of the product received by the search condition reception unit;
Data related to a first refined search result including a product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on a result of a first refined search performed by one of the design attribute search unit and the design feature search unit. A first search result data generation unit for generating
Displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on the result of the second refinement search with respect to the result of the first refinement search performed by the other of the pattern attribute search part and the pattern feature search part A second search result data generation unit for generating data relating to a second refinement search result including the product image to be processed;
A search result output unit that outputs data related to the first refined search result and data related to the second refined search result generated by the first search result data generating unit to the user terminal;
A product search device comprising: The first refinement search is performed by the pattern attribute search unit,
The product search device according to claim 1, wherein the second narrowing search is performed by the pattern feature search unit. The pattern feature search unit performs the product refinement search based on a search condition related to a first pattern feature of a product,
The second search result data generation unit generates data in which the product images included in the second refinement search result are aligned based on a second pattern feature different from the first pattern feature. Item 3. A product search device according to Item 2. A representative image transmission unit configured to transmit a representative image expressing a search condition displayed on the display unit of the user terminal to the user terminal;
The search condition receiving unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the search condition receiving unit acquires a search condition related to a pattern attribute or a pattern feature related to the selected representative image when the representative image is selected. The product search device described. The first search result data generation unit generates data in which the product images included in the first narrow search result are arrayed and displayed on one or more coordinate axes based on the pattern feature,
5. The product search device according to claim 2, wherein the search condition receiving unit acquires a search condition related to the pattern feature by selecting the product images displayed in the array. 6.   The product search device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a product database in which the pattern attributes and the pattern features are stored in association with the product image.   The commodity search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pattern attribute includes at least one of a dot, a stripe, a border, a check, and a plain color.   The commodity search device according to claim 1, wherein the pattern feature includes at least one of a pattern size and a pattern density.   Of the product color search unit for searching for the product by the color of the product, the product shape search unit for searching for the product by the shape of the product, and the product texture search unit for searching for the product by the texture of the product The product search device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising at least one.   The product search device according to claim 1, wherein the product is an apparel-related product. A product search system in which a user terminal and a server are connected via a network and search for the product from a product group based on a product pattern,
The user terminal is
A display unit;
A display control unit that causes the display unit to display first and second narrowing search results based on data transmitted from the server;
An instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction from a user regarding a search condition related to a product pattern attribute and a search condition related to a feature of the product,
The server
A search condition receiving unit that receives a search condition related to a pattern attribute of the product and a search condition related to a pattern feature of the product from the user terminal;
A pattern attribute search unit that performs a product refinement search based on a search condition related to the pattern attribute of the product received by the search condition reception unit;
A pattern feature search unit that performs a product refinement search based on a search condition related to a pattern feature of the product received by the search condition reception unit;
Based on a first refinement search result including a product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on a result of a first refinement search performed by one of the design attribute search unit and the design feature search unit. A first search result data generation unit for generating data;
Displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on the result of the second refinement search with respect to the result of the first refinement search performed by the other of the pattern attribute search part and the pattern feature search part A second search result data generation unit for generating data relating to a second refinement search result including the product image to be processed;
A product search system comprising: a search result output unit that outputs data related to the first narrow search result and data related to the second narrow search result generated by the first search result data generation unit to the user terminal. . A product search method connected to a user terminal via a network and searching for a product from a product group based on a product pattern,
A search condition receiving step for receiving a search condition related to a product pattern attribute and a search condition related to a product pattern feature from the user terminal;
A product attribute search for performing a product refinement search based on a search condition related to a pattern attribute of the product received in the search condition receiving step, and a product based on a search condition related to a pattern feature of the product received in the search condition receiving step A first refinement search step in which the first refinement search is performed by one of the pattern feature searches for performing the refinement search;
A first search result data generation step for generating data relating to a first narrow search result including a product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on a result of the first narrow search;
A second refinement search step in which a second refinement search is performed on the result of the first refinement search by the other of the pattern attribute search and the pattern feature search;
A second search result data generation step for generating data related to a second narrow search result including a product image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal based on a result of the second narrow search;
A search result output step of outputting data relating to the first refinement search result and data relating to the second refinement search result generated by the first search result data generation step to the user terminal;
Product search method including