JP7035435B2 - Photobook manufacturing ordering equipment, programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a photo book manufacturing order device and a program thereof.

There are various services for creating a photo book from a user's image. For example, the user launches a dedicated application on the user terminal, selects a photobook product or the like, specifies an image to be placed in the photobook and its layout, and sends the data to the service provider side.

Businesses that do not have manufacturing equipment are also entering as service providers. In such cases, the service provider sends necessary data to the photobook manufacturer and requests the photobook to be manufactured. Patent Document 1 describes an example of a management system for mediating cooperation between these users, service providers, and manufacturers.

JP-A-2017-134543

Currently, there are multiple such service providers, and it is expected that they will continue to enter the market. However, the fact that the system on the service provider side depends on the system on the manufacturer side leads to an increase in software development and repair costs of the service provider, which is a barrier to new entry.

That is, the application or the like developed by the service provider largely depends on the manufacturing specifications of the photobook on the manufacturer side, and it is necessary to develop with such manufacturing specifications in mind.

On the other hand, the system on the manufacturer side also depends on the system on the service provider side. For example, when the manufacturer accepts data with different data specifications for each service provider, each of these data specifications is a manufacturer. It is difficult to deal with a wide variety of data specifications because it is necessary to deal with it on the side.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing order device or the like that facilitates software development of a service provider of a photo book creation service.

The first invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a photobook manufacturing ordering device that is communicably connected to a server of a service provider of a photobook creation service and a server of a photobook manufacturer. An image data receiving means for receiving the image data of the photobook from the server of the service provider, a manuscript data creating means for modifying the image data according to a predetermined rule, and the manuscript data creating means for creating the manuscript data. It has a manuscript data transmission means for transmitting the manuscript data to the server of the manufacturer, and further, a manufacturing specification receiving means for receiving the manufacturing specifications of the photobook product from the server of the manufacturer, and a server of the manufacturer. Based on the manufacturing specifications received from, a public specification creation transmission means that creates a public specification that is different from the manufacturing specification and is a manufacturing specification to be notified to the service provider, and transmits the public specification to the service provider's server. , And the content of the publication specification is a manufacturing ordering device characterized in that the manufacturer has decided to publish it to the service provider side .

In the present invention, a manufacturing order device is provided between the service provider of the photo book creation service and the manufacturer of the photo book, and the image data transmitted from the service provider side to the manufacturing order device is determined by the manufacturer. By modifying according to the rules of the above and sending the standardized submission data to the manufacturer side, it is possible to absorb the difference between the data specification of the manufacturer side according to the manufacturing specification of the photobook and the data specification of the service provider side. ..

As a result, even if the data specifications handled by the service provider are slightly different from those required by the manufacturer, they can be corrected if the data specifications can be handled by the manufacturing ordering device, so the service provider can see it. For example, the data specifications to be handled can be freely set, and the development and modification of applications and the like can be easily performed without being aware of the detailed manufacturing specifications on the manufacturer side. Therefore, development costs are suppressed and it becomes easier to enter the business. From the manufacturer's point of view, it is no longer necessary to deal with each of the data specifications of a wide variety of service providers, leading to an increase in orders.

In the present invention, not the manufacturing specifications of the photobook product itself on the manufacturer side, but the public specifications based on the manufacturing specifications are notified from the manufacturing order device to the service provider side. On the service provider side, the data according to the published specifications is transmitted to the manufacturing order device, and the data is corrected according to the detailed manufacturing specifications on the manufacturer side by the manufacturing order device. By flexibly responding to the manufacturing order device in this way, the manufacturing specifications that the service provider should consider are constant and simple and clarified, and it is not necessary to be aware of other detailed manufacturing specifications. Also, from the manufacturer's point of view, it is convenient from the viewpoint of protecting know-how because it is not necessary to disclose all the manufacturing specifications.

It is desirable for the manufacturer to create product data that includes the published specifications and records the photobook products that the service provider actually accepts to create.
Further, for example, the predetermined rule includes a data format, and the submitted data is created by converting the data format of the image data into a predetermined data format.
Alternatively, it is also desirable that the predetermined rule includes a file name naming rule, and the submitted data is created by modifying the file name of the image data to a file name according to the predetermined naming rule.
In the present invention, for example, the data format and file name of the image data can be modified on the manufacturing ordering device side, and the standardized submitted data can be sent to the manufacturer side.

The second invention is a photobook manufacturing ordering device for communicably connecting a computer to a server of a service provider of a photobook creation service and a server of a photobook manufacturer, and the service provider's server. An image data receiving means for receiving image data of a photobook from a server, a manuscript data creating means for modifying the image data according to a predetermined rule to create a manuscript data, and manufacturing the manuscript data. It has a manuscript data transmission means for transmitting to the server of the manufacturer, and further, a manufacturing specification receiving means for receiving the manufacturing specifications of the photobook product from the server of the manufacturer, and the manufacturing receiving from the server of the manufacturer. Based on the specifications, it has a public specification creation and transmission means that creates a public specification that is a manufacturing specification that is different from the manufacturing specification and notifies the service provider, and transmits the public specification to the service provider's server. The content of the disclosure specification is a program for the manufacturer to function as a manufacturing ordering device that the manufacturer has decided to disclose to the service provider side .

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a manufacturing order device or the like that facilitates software development of a service provider of a photo book creation service.

The figure which shows the manufacturing system 1 of a photo book. The figure which shows the hardware configuration of a server 2. An example of manufacturing control data 200. An example of order management data 400. Examples of product data 300 and user data 500. A flowchart showing the flow from ordering a photo book to uploading. A diagram explaining the flow from ordering a photo book to uploading. The figure explaining the modification which the server 2 makes. A flowchart showing the flow of confirmation of the order processing status of the photo book. A flowchart showing the flow of notification of product addition. The figure explaining the flow of the notification of product addition. The figure explaining the creation of product data 300. An example of changing the page image.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1. Manufacturing system 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a photo book manufacturing system 1 including a manufacturing order device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The manufacturing system 1 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which the servers 2, 3, 4 and the user terminal 5 are connected so as to be able to communicate with each other via a network. The network can be wired or wireless.

In the manufacturing system 1, the server 2 is the server of the contractor who receives the manufacturing order of the photobook, and the server 3 is the server of the service provider who performs the photobook creation service. Further, the server 4 is a server of a manufacturer that manufactures a photo book. As will be described later, in this embodiment, there are a plurality of different service providers, and there are a plurality of servers 3 for each service provider.

The server 2 is a photobook manufacturing ordering device, receives a photobook manufacturing order data from the server 3, receives a photobook manufacturing order, and transmits the photobook manufacturing request data to the server 4 to manufacture the photobook. Make a request.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 2 can be realized by a computer configured by connecting, for example, a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a display unit 23, an input unit 24, a communication control unit 25, and the like by a bus or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various configurations can be taken as appropriate.

The control unit 21 is composed of a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. The CPU calls and executes a program related to the processing of the server 2 stored in the storage medium such as the storage unit 22 and the ROM to the work area on the RAM. ROM is a non-volatile memory that permanently holds programs such as boot programs and BIOS, and data. The RAM is a volatile memory, and includes a work area used by the control unit 21 to perform various processes while temporarily holding programs and data loaded from the storage unit 22, ROM, and the like.

The storage unit 22 is a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, a flash memory, or the like, and stores a program for executing a process described later, data necessary for program execution, an OS, and the like. These programs and data are read out and executed by the control unit 21 as needed.

The display unit 23 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like.
The input unit 24 inputs various settings to the server 2.
The communication control unit 25 is a communication interface that mediates communication via a network, and communicates with servers 3, 4, and the like.

The servers 3 and 4 have a control unit, a storage unit, a display unit, an input unit, and a communication control unit similar to the server 2. In this embodiment, it is assumed that there are a plurality of service providers and a plurality of servers 3 for each service provider.

The user terminal 5 is a computer terminal owned by a user who uses the photobook creation service, and for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like can be used. The user terminal 5 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a display unit 23, an input unit 24, and a control unit, a storage unit, a display unit, an input unit, and a communication control unit having the same functions as the communication control unit 25 of the server 2. Have.

In the present embodiment, the photo book creation service can be used by a dedicated application, and the application program for that purpose is stored in the storage unit of the user terminal 5. However, the application for using the photo book creation service may be a web application, and in this case, the application program is not required on the user terminal 5 side.

(2. Manufacturing control data 200, product data 300, order management data 400, and user data 500)
In the present embodiment, the manufacturing management data 200 for managing the manufacturing of the photo book is stored in the storage unit 22 of the server 2 and the storage unit of the server 4.

FIG. 3 is an example of manufacturing control data 200. In the present embodiment, the manufacturing control data 200 includes product ID 201, manufacturing specification ID 202, finished size 203, cover addition 204, text addition 205, number of pages 206, spine width 207, and so on. Information such as the cover type 208, the dragonfly 209, and the submitted data resolution 210 are linked and recorded.

Product ID 201 is identification information that identifies the photobook product. In the manufacturing control data 200, the product ID 201 of the photobook product that can be manufactured by the manufacturer is recorded.

The manufacturing specification ID 202 is identification information for identifying the manufacturing specifications of the photobook product. The manufacturing specifications here are determined by the manufacturer, and in this embodiment, the finished size is 203, the cover is added 204, the text is added 205, the number of pages is 206, the spine width is 207, the cover type is 208, and the registration mark is 209. The manuscript data resolution is 210 or the like.

The finished size 203 is the finished size of the photo book product, for example, the vertical and horizontal sizes of the photo book (the size when the photo book is closed).

The cover cover 204 and the text fill 205 are the widths of the frame-shaped portions (see the fill area 63 in FIG. 13B described later) set on the outer peripheral portion of the image data of the photo book. At the time of manufacturing the photobook, the paper on which the image data of the photobook is printed is cut at the outer peripheral portion of the image data, and the above-mentioned cover addition 204 and text addition 205 are determined in consideration of an error at the time of cutting. This image data will be described later. The cover fill 204 is the width defined for the image data of the cover of the photo book, and the text fill 205 is the width defined for the image data of the text (contents) of the photo book. In the present embodiment, the "cover" refers to a photo book having a continuous front cover, spine cover, and back cover.

The number of pages 206 and the width 207 are the number of pages and the width of the photo book product.

The cover type 208 is a type of the cover of a photo book product, and is different depending on, for example, whether hard paper is used (hard type) or relatively soft paper is used (soft type).

The registration mark 209 indicates the size and position of the registration mark attached to the image data of the photo book.

The submitted data resolution 210 is the resolution required for the submitted data. The submitted data will be described later.

The storage unit 22 of the server 2 also stores the order management data 400 for managing the user's order. FIG. 4 is an example of order management data 400, and in the present embodiment, information such as order ID 401, service provider ID 402, user ID 403, status 404, and product ID 201 is recorded as order management data 400 in association with each other.

The order ID 401 is identification information that identifies the order in the photo book.

The service provider ID 402 is identification information that identifies the service provider who has received the order.

The user ID 403 is identification information that identifies the user.

The status 404 is information indicating the current order processing status of the photo book related to the user's order, and includes order acceptance completed, manufacturing preparation, manufacturing, delivery preparation, delivery, and delivery.

The product ID 201 of the order management data 400 is a record of the product ID of the photo book related to the user's order.

On the other hand, in the storage unit of the server 3, the product data 300 recorded for the photobook product actually accepted by the service provider and the user data 500 indicating the user's order are stored. The service provider ID and the like are also recorded in the storage unit of the server 3 as information about the service provider.

FIG. 5A is an example of the product data 300, and in the present embodiment, the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202, the cover size 301, the text size 302, the number of pages 206, the image resolution 303, and the like are associated with the product data 300. Will be recorded.

In the product data 300, the product ID of the photobook product that the service provider actually accepts to create as the product ID 201 and the user can select on the application is recorded.

The manufacturing specification ID 202 of the product data 300 identifies the manufacturing specification of the photobook product, but the manufacturing specification here is open to the service provider and can be open to the user on the application ( This is a public specification), and in this embodiment, the cover size is 301, the text size is 302, the number of pages is 206, and the image resolution is 303.

The cover size 301 and the text size 302 are the size of the image data of the cover of the photo book and the size of the image data of the text, and are defined as, for example, vertical and horizontal sizes.

The image resolution 303 is a resolution required for an image to be placed in a photo book.

The number of pages 206 of the product data 300 is the number of pages of the photobook product that is actually accepted for creation.

FIG. 5B is an example of the user data 500, and in the present embodiment, the user ID 403, the product ID 201, and the status 404 described above are recorded as the user data 500.

(3. Photobook manufacturing control method)
Next, the flow of the photobook manufacturing management method according to this embodiment, the flow from ordering the photobook to the submission, the flow of the user confirming the order processing status, and the flow of notifying the addition of the product from the manufacturer side. It will be explained separately. The processing function of the server 2 described below is provided to software processing on the service provider side as a Web API (Application Programming Interface).

(3-1. From ordering photobooks to submission)
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow from ordering a photo book to submission, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a flow from ordering a photo book to submission. S101 of FIG. 6 is executed by the control unit of the user terminal 5, and S102 to S105 are executed by the control unit of the server 3. Further, S106 to S109 are executed by the control unit 21 of the server 2, and S110 is executed by the control unit of the server 4.

The user first starts a dedicated application provided by the service provider on the user terminal 5, selects a photobook product (corresponding to the product ID 201 of the product data 300), and then selects an image to be placed on the photobook. , Enter text, specify image and text layout, etc. Then, the user ID and the like are input to connect to the server 3, and necessary delivery destination information such as the delivery destination of the photo book and the user's name is input. However, the method of ordering is not limited to this. For example, in the case of the above-mentioned web application, the application program on the server 3 side is executed on the website provided by the service provider's server 3, and the photobook product is selected, the image to be put on the photobook is selected, the text is input, and the layout is used. Can be specified and user ID, delivery address information, etc. can be input.

The user terminal 5 transmits the product ID 201 of the selected photobook product, the user ID, editing information such as an image to be placed on the photobook, text, layout, and delivery destination information to the server 3 as order data 20 (S101).

When the server 3 receives the order data 20 (S102), the server 3 records the order data in the user data 500 (S103). For example, the product ID 201 received in S102 is recorded in the product ID 201 of the user data 500 corresponding to the user ID (user ID 403) received in S102, and the initial value (for example, "order acceptance completed") is recorded as the status 404.

Further, the server 3 synthesizes images and texts based on the edited information to create page-based image data (hereinafter, may be referred to as a page image) illustrated in FIG. 8A (S104), and the product ID 201. The user ID 403, the page image, the delivery destination information, the service provider ID, and the like are transmitted to the server 2 as the manufacturing order data 30 of the photo book (S105).

As shown in FIG. 8A, the page image is created for the cover and the text of the photo book, and the size thereof is set as the cover size 301 or the text size 302 of the product data 300.

It is also possible to transmit the service provider ID, password, and the like as authentication information in S105 to perform authentication by the server 2. This makes it possible to determine whether the service provider is appropriate and prevent spoofing.

When the server 2 receives the manufacturing order data 30 of the photo book (S106; image data receiving means), the server 2 creates the order management data 400 (S107). For example, an order ID is newly generated and recorded as the order ID 401 of the order management data 400, the user ID 403 and the product ID 201 received in S106 are recorded in the order management data 400, and the service provider ID received in S106 is ordered management. It is recorded as the service provider ID 402 of the data 400. The status 404 records an initial value (for example, "order acceptance completed") in the same manner as described above.

Further, the server 2 makes necessary modifications to the page image and creates the submitted data (S108; submission data creating means).

The above modification made by the server 2 is for making the submitted data into a data specification that can be handled by the manufacturing system on the manufacturer side, and is performed according to a predetermined rule predetermined by the manufacturer side. In the present embodiment, for example, the order of the page images as shown in FIGS. 8 (b) and 8 (c) is corrected, the registration marks 51 are added, the file name is corrected, the file format is changed, and the like.

As a modification of the order of the page images, the page order is rearranged according to a predetermined rule according to the bookbinding method or the printing method adopted by the manufacturer. In the example of FIG. 8B, the process of moving the last page image to the top of the four text page images arranged one after the other is performed. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8A, the file name of the page image includes the initial page number (for example, the "1" part below the hyphen in 20171012-1.jpg), and the page number is used. You can sort the page images based on them. However, even if the file name does not include the page number, if the data indicating the relationship between the file name and the page number is transmitted from the server 3 together with the page image, the order of the page images should be corrected in the same manner. Is possible.

Further, as the submitted data, the registration marks 51 are given at appropriate positions and sizes as illustrated in FIG. 8 (c) according to the registration marks 209 (predetermined rules) of the manufacturing control data 200. In the example of FIG. 8C, in the case of the text of the photo book, the two page images before and after the rearrangement are combined when creating the submitted data, and the registration mark 51 is added to the combined image. There is.

Furthermore, in the final submitted data, the file name is modified according to the naming convention (predetermined rule) adopted by the manufacturer, and the file format is the data format adopted by the manufacturer (predetermined). Rule) is converted. In the example of FIG. 8C, files such as [PB0001.pdf], [PB0002.pdf], [PB0003.pdf], ..., etc. are filed according to the manufacturer's naming convention of [PB + (page order including cover page)]. The name has been added, and the file format has been changed from jpg to pdf as the data format adopted by the manufacturer.

The above is the same even when the data specifications of the page image differ depending on the service provider as long as the data specifications can be accepted by the server 2. For example, if the condition that the page number is described at the end of the file name is set as the condition of the page image that can be accepted by the server 2, even if the other parts of the file name are different for each service provider (for example, the service provider). Even if the order date is not described in the file name depending on the file name), the page images can be rearranged and the file name can be assigned according to the above procedure. Therefore, in the present embodiment, orders are received from each of the different service providers, but even if page images with different data specifications are sent from each of the servers 3 of each service provider, the data specifications required by the manufacturer side. Can be standardized (unified).

In addition, the rules for modifying the data in S108, such as the rules for changing the order of page images, the naming rules for the file names of submitted data, the data format, and the dragonfly 209 for manufacturing control data 200, are provided to the service provider. Since it is not disclosed (not included in the product data 300 of the server 3) and corrections based on these data are performed only inside the server 2, service providers and users should be aware of such detailed manufacturing specifications. There is no.

After creating the submitted data in this way, the server 2 transmits the order ID 401, the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202 corresponding to the product ID 201, the submitted data, the delivery destination information, etc. to the server 4 as the manufacturing request data 40 (S109; Submission data transmission means).

When the server 4 receives the manufacturing request data 40 (S110), the server 4 records the manufacturing request data 40 in the storage unit. The manufacturer refers to the manufacturing control data 200, and manufactures the photobook from the submitted data according to the manufacturing specifications corresponding to the product ID 201 and the manufacturing specification ID 202 received in S108. The manufactured photo book is delivered to the user according to the delivery destination information received in S110.

(3-2. Confirmation of order processing status)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of confirmation of the order processing status of the photo book. S201 in FIG. 9 is executed by the control unit of the server 4, and S202 to S203 and S205 to S206 are executed by the control unit 21 of the server 2. Further, S204, S207 to S208, and S210 to S211 are executed by the control unit of the server 3, and S209 and S212 are executed by the control unit of the user terminal 5.

The server 4 of the photobook manufacturer is preparing, manufacturing, preparing for delivery, and delivering all the ordered photobooks from the time the photobook is ordered until the photobook is delivered. , The status of the order processing status of the photo book, such as delivered, is periodically transmitted to the server 2 together with the order ID 401 (S201).

The server 2 receives this status together with the order ID 401 and the like (S202), and records (updates the status 404) as the status 404 of the order management data 400 corresponding to the order ID 401 (S203).

On the other hand, the server 3 of the service provider periodically sends a status request including the service provider ID to the server 2 (S204), and the server 2 receives the status request (S205). For all the order management data 400 corresponding to the service provider ID (service provider ID 402) included in the above, the status 404 is transmitted to the server 3 together with the product ID 201 and the user ID 403 (S206).

When the service provider's server 3 receives the status 404, the product ID 201, and the user ID 403 (S207), the server 3 records the status 404 received in S207 as the status 404 corresponding to the user ID 403 and the product ID 201 of the user data 500 (S207). Update status 404) (S208).

When the user wants to check the order processing status of the photo book related to his / her order, he / she starts the application on the user terminal 5, inputs the user ID and the like to access the server 3, and sends a status confirmation request including the user ID. (S209).

When the server 3 receives the status confirmation request (S210), the server 3 refers to the user data 500 and transmits the product ID 201 and the status 404 corresponding to the user ID (user ID 403) included in the status confirmation request to the user terminal 5 (S211). ).

The user terminal 5 receives the product ID 201 and the status 404 (S211), which makes it possible to confirm the order processing status of the photobook product (product ID 201) ordered by the user.

(3-3. Notification of product addition, etc.)
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of notifying the addition of a product from the manufacturer side, and FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a flow of notifying the addition of a product. S301 in FIG. 10 is executed by the control unit of the server 4, and S302 to S304 and S306 to S307 are executed by the control unit 21 of the server 2. Further, S305 and S308 to S309 are executed by the control unit of the server 3.

When a new manufacturable product is added, the manufacturer's server 4 has a product ID 201, a manufacturing specification ID 202, and a manufacturing specification (finished size 203, cover cover 204, text fill 205, number of pages 206,) related to the product. Create a new manufacturing control data 200 that records the spine width 207, cover type 208, dragonfly 209, submitted data resolution 210, etc., record the manufacturing control data 200 in the storage unit, and send it to the server 2 ( S301).

The server 2 receives the manufacturing management data 200 (S302; manufacturing specification receiving means), additionally records it in the storage unit 22 (S303), and creates a manufacturing specification (public specification) to be notified to the service provider. It is linked to the product ID 201 and the manufacturing specification ID 202 received in S302 and recorded in the storage unit 22 (S304).

This published specification is based on the manufacturing specification of the manufacturing control data 200 and is different from the manufacturing specification. That is, the public specification is the content that the contractor who receives the order for manufacturing the photo book or the manufacturer of the photo book has decided to publish it to the service provider side, and in this embodiment, the cover size 301 of the product data 300 described above, the text. The size is 302, the number of pages is 206, the image resolution is 303, and the like.

For example, the cover size 301 is determined based on the finished size 203, the cover filling 204, and the spine width 207 of the photo book product, and the text size 302 is determined based on the finished size 203 and the text filling 205. Further, the image resolution 303 is set as the resolution of the image to be placed in the photo book, which is necessary in consideration of the submitted data resolution 210 of the manufacturing control data 200. The number of pages 206 is the number of pages 206 of the manufacturing control data 200, but other manufacturing specifications of the manufacturing control data 200 are not notified to the service provider side, and the published specifications are the manufacturing specifications of the manufacturing control data 200 as a whole. Is different.

The service provider's server 3 periodically sends an inquiry about a product that can be manufactured to the server 2 (S305). When the server 2 receives an inquiry about a product that can be manufactured (S306), the server 2 transmits the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202, and the public specification thereof of the newly added product that can be manufactured to the server 3 (S307; manufacturing specification transmitting means).

When the server 3 receives the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202, and the public specification of the newly added manufacturable product (S308), the server 3 creates new product data 300 recording the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202, and the public specification. , Recorded in the storage unit (S309).

At this time, the service provider can consider the photobook product that is actually accepted for creation and create the product data 300.

For example, in the example of FIG. 12, the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202, and the public specification thereof of the product A and the product B are transmitted to the service provider's server 3 as the newly added manufacturable products, but the manufacturer side The photobook product that is actually accepted for creation is examined, and the product ID 201, the manufacturing specification ID 202, and the product data 300 that records the public specifications thereof are created only for the product A. Furthermore, the number of pages 206 of the notified product A is 20-40 pages, but the service provider determines the number of pages of the photobook product that actually accepts the creation from among them, and limits the number of pages to 20 pages. ing. In this way, since the service provider can create the product data 300 in consideration of the service content of the service provider, a free business model can be realized and the business model of each service provider can be flexibly dealt with.

In this way, by notifying the addition of a product that can be manufactured via the network, the service provider can easily know the addition of the product, as compared with the conventional notification of the human help. In the present embodiment, an example of notifying the addition of a product that can be manufactured has been described, but even if there is a change in the manufacturing specifications, the notification can be made by the same procedure as described above. However, for changes in manufacturing specifications that are not disclosed to the service provider, the process ends in S303.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the server 2 is provided between the service provider of the photobook creation service and the photobook manufacturer, and the image data transmitted from the service provider side to the server 2 is collected. By modifying the submitted data according to the prescribed rules set by the manufacturer and sending the standardized submission data to the manufacturer, the data specifications of the manufacturer according to the manufacturing specifications of the photo book and the data of the service provider It can absorb the difference from the specifications.

As a result, even if the data specifications handled by the service provider are slightly different from those required by the manufacturer, they can be corrected if the data specifications can be handled by the server 2, so from the service provider's point of view. , The data specifications to be handled can be set freely. For example, in the present embodiment, the data format and file name of the page image can be modified on the server 2 side, and the standardized submitted data can be sent to the manufacturer side.

Therefore, service providers can easily develop and modify applications, etc. without being aware of the detailed manufacturing specifications on the manufacturer side, reduce development costs, etc., make it easier to enter the business, and are diverse. Service deployment becomes possible.

Furthermore, from the manufacturer's point of view, it is no longer necessary to deal with each of the data specifications of a wide variety of service providers, which leads to an increase in orders.

In addition, in the present embodiment, not the manufacturing specifications of the photobook product itself on the manufacturer side but the public specifications based on the manufacturing specifications are notified from the server 2 to the service provider side. On the service provider side, the data according to the public specifications is transmitted to the server 2, and the correction of the data according to the detailed manufacturing specifications on the manufacturer side is performed by the server 2. By flexibly responding to the server 2 in this way, the manufacturing specifications that the service provider should consider are constant and simple and clarified, and it is not necessary to be aware of other detailed manufacturing specifications. Also, from the manufacturer's point of view, it is convenient from the viewpoint of protecting know-how because it is not necessary to disclose all the manufacturing specifications.

However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the content of the page image modification performed in S108 is not limited to the above. As an example, if there is a change in the manufacturing specifications by modifying the page image according to the spine width 207 of the manufacturing control data 200, the cover fill 204, and the text fill 205, the change is disclosed to the server provider side. Although it is not done, the server provider side can perform the processing as before, so this will be explained below.

For example, if there is a change in the manufacturing specifications to a large spine width 207 due to the use of thick paper for the body page of the photo book, it is sent from the service provider side as shown in FIG. 13 (a). The width 62 of the left and right areas of the spine width portion of the cover page image is shortened by reducing the width 62 according to the spine width 207 (predetermined rule) so that the overall size is the same as the original page image. .. If there is a change in the manufacturing specifications to a small spine width 207, conversely, the width 62 may be enlarged or the like.

In addition, the manufacturing specifications have been changed to a large-width cover replenishment 204 and text replenishment 205 due to the use of a printing machine with a large cutting error, and the replenishment area 63 (gray) is shown in FIG. 13 (b). When the width of the portion) is changed, the page image sent from the service provider side is reduced as shown by the dotted line A according to the width of the refilled area 63, and the width corresponding to the reduced portion is reduced to the outside. An extra area 64 is added so that the overall size is the same as the original page image. This prevents important parts of the page image (eg images or text placed by the user) from being accidentally cut. On the other hand, if there is a change in manufacturing specifications such as a cover fill 204 or a text fill 205 with a small width, the reverse processing (enlarges the page image and cuts the part that exceeds the size of the original page image) is performed. It is also possible.

The above-mentioned spine width 207, cover page addition 204, and text addition 205, which are used as rules when correcting data, also include the above-mentioned rules for changing the order of page images, naming rules for file names of submitted data, data formats, etc. Similar to the dragonfly 209 of the manufacturing control data 200, the data is not disclosed to the service provider (not included in the product data 300 of the server 3), and corrections based on these data are performed only inside the server 2. Therefore, the service provider and the user are not aware of such a change in the manufacturing specifications, and can perform the processing in the same manner as before the change in the manufacturing specifications.

Further, in the present embodiment, the photobook creation service is used from a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a user terminal 5 such as a personal computer, but in the present invention, the user can easily order the photobook. There are also fewer restrictions on the devices and systems you order. Therefore, it is possible to easily order photo books not only from mobile terminals such as smartphones and personal computers, but also from other terminals such as cameras, televisions, and IoT terminals.

Further, the configurations of the manufacturing control data 200, the product data 300, the order management data 400, the user data 500, and the like are not limited to those described above. For example, as order management data 400 or user data 500, it is possible to record the quantity, amount, and the like of the photo book related to the user's order. Further, in the present embodiment, the server 2 of the service provider creates the page image, but the user terminal 5 may create the page image and send it to the server 3.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can come up with various modified or modified examples within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these also naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

1: Manufacturing system 2, 3, 4: Server 5: User terminal 20: Order data 30: Manufacturing order data 40: Manufacturing request data 200: Manufacturing management data 300: Product data 400: Order management data 500: User data

Claims (5)

A photobook manufacturing ordering device that is communicably connected to the photobook creation service provider's server and the photobook manufacturer's server.
An image data receiving means for receiving photobook image data from the service provider's server, and
A method for creating submission data, which modifies the image data according to a predetermined rule and creates submission data.
A submission data transmission means for transmitting the submission data to the manufacturer's server,
Have,
Moreover,
A manufacturing specification receiving means for receiving the manufacturing specifications of a photobook product from the manufacturer's server, and
Based on the manufacturing specifications received from the manufacturer's server, a public specification that is different from the manufacturing specifications and is a manufacturing specification to be notified to the service provider is created, and the public specification is transmitted to the service provider's server. Specification creation transmission means and
Have,
The content of the disclosure specification is a manufacturing ordering device characterized in that the manufacturer has decided to disclose it to the service provider side . The manufacturing ordering device according to claim 1, wherein the manufacturer creates product data including the published specifications and records the photobook product for which the service provider actually accepts the creation. The first or second claim, wherein the predetermined rule includes a data format, and the submitted data is created by converting the data format of the image data into a predetermined data format. Manufacturing order equipment. The predetermined rule includes a file name naming rule, and the submitted data is created by modifying the file name of the image data to a file name according to the predetermined naming rule. The manufacturing order device according to any one of items 1 to 3. Computer,
A photobook manufacturing ordering device that is communicably connected to the photobook creation service provider's server and the photobook manufacturer's server.
An image data receiving means for receiving photobook image data from the service provider's server, and
A method for creating submission data, which modifies the image data according to a predetermined rule and creates submission data.
A submission data transmission means for transmitting the submission data to the manufacturer's server,
Have,
Moreover,
A manufacturing specification receiving means for receiving the manufacturing specifications of a photobook product from the manufacturer's server, and
Based on the manufacturing specifications received from the manufacturer's server, a public specification that is different from the manufacturing specifications and is a manufacturing specification to be notified to the service provider is created, and the public specification is transmitted to the service provider's server. Specification creation transmission means and
Have,
The content of the disclosure specification is a program for functioning as a manufacturing ordering device that the manufacturer has decided to disclose to the service provider side .

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