JPH09305645A - Presentation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present a presentation system whereby an item photograph corresponding to the plan of a building is easily retrieved. SOLUTION: An operator calls CAD data from a CAD database 18 and arranges it on a screen. CPU 8 reads an item article number list corresponding to the CAD data from the CAD database 18 to RAM 10. When the operator clicks a 'plan link photograph', CPU 8 retrieves a picture database 19 and picture data corresponding to an article number in the item article number list is read in RAM 10 and displays the item article number list and the photograph in a window. When the operator clicks 'whole selection', the whole photographs read in RAM 10 are superimposed with a floor plan and arranged at a proper interval (at this time, a mark is given in the right lower part of the respective photographs). The operator moves the photographs to a desired position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a presentation system for creating a presentation material by arranging a construction screen, a specification photograph, an explanatory note, etc. on a display screen.

[0002]

[Background Art] Conventionally, in exhibitions and exhibitions such as houses, presentation materials (hereinafter referred to as
A "presentation board" is often created. Taking a house as an example, the above-mentioned presentation board is arranged centering on an external view and floor plan of the house, and around it, each room (kitchen room, living room, etc.) and interiors used in each room ( The system kitchen, cupboard, lighting, etc.), as well as photographs and explanations of variations (colors and materials, etc.) of each interior are arranged. In the following description, the interior and components of the interior (door knob, kitchen faucet, etc.) will be collectively referred to as "items".

The applicant has previously applied for a presentation board creating system utilizing a computer system (hereinafter referred to as "presentation system") (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-66929). In this presentation system, CAD data showing the above-mentioned external view and floor plan, photographs of the above items, explanations, etc. are stored in advance in a database and arranged on a CRT display according to an operator's instruction. Is.

[0004]

By the way, in the above presentation system, when a photograph of an item used in each room in the floor plan is arranged around the floor plan, the item is actually placed in the room. There is a problem that it is not possible to know whether or not it can be used for other applications, and it is necessary to check it in catalogs and the like. Also, since many pictures are stored in the database, it takes time to find a desired picture from the pictures,
There was a problem that I could not concentrate on the layout of the presentation board.

The present invention has been made under such a background, and is a presentation system capable of easily searching for a photograph of an item suitable for an external view or a floor plan (that is, a building plan). The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a presentation system that creates presentation materials by displaying layout information such as construction screens, specification photographs, and explanatory text on the display screen, when a building plan is determined, items such as interiors and exteriors suitable for the plan are selected. An image display means for displaying an image on the display screen is provided. The invention according to claim 2 is the presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the image displayed by the image display means is a candidate for an image used in the presentation material, and the present presentation system displays the image by the image display means. It is characterized by comprising a determining means for determining whether or not to use the image in the presentation material. The invention according to claim 3 is the presentation system according to claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising image storage means for storing a plurality of images of the item, and the image display means includes the image storage means. From
An image of an item suitable for the plan is read out, and the image is displayed on the display screen. The invention according to claim 4 is the presentation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a scanner for reading image data from a photograph or the like, and the image storage means reads the image read by the scanner. It is characterized by storing. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the presentation system according to any of the first to fourth aspects, a photo CD drive for reading image data from a photo CD is provided, and the image storing means is the photo CD drive. It is characterized by storing the read image. The invention according to claim 6 is the presentation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the plan is a drawing such as a floor plan or an external view created by a CAD system. To do. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the presentation system according to the sixth aspect, the CAD system considers, for a plurality of items, item storage means for storing at least item numbers and specifications of the items, and specifications of the items. A plan for listing the item numbers of the items suitable for the drawings created by the CAD system from the item storage unit and creating an item number list for the items, and a plan for storing the drawing and the item number list in association with each other The image display unit is configured to display an image of an item designated by a product number list corresponding to the plan on the display screen. The invention according to claim 8 is the presentation system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the display image by the image display means is provided with a predetermined identification mark.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a presentation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, this system comprises a simple CAD system 1 and a presentation system 2. In this figure, simple CAD
A CPU is individually assigned to each of the system 1 and the presentation system 2, but a simple CA
The processes of the D system 1 and the presentation system 2 may be multi-processed and processed by one CPU.

The simple CAD system 1 is a system used for drafting a floor plan or an external view of a building, and the function relating to the drafting is the same as that of a normal CAD system.
In this simple CAD system 1, 3 is the simple CAD
CPU (central processing unit) that controls each part of system 1 4
Is a ROM (read only memory) in which a control program used in the CPU 3 is stored, and 5 is a RAM (random access memory) for loading each control program and temporarily storing data during execution of the control program. Memory). The display device 6 is, for example, a CR.
It is composed of a T display and its display circuit. The operation unit 7 includes, for example, a keyboard and a mouse. Here, the keyboard is used for inputting characters and numbers, and the mouse is used for operating soft switches displayed on the display screen of the display device 6 and for instructing coordinates during drawing.

The presentation system 2 is a system used to create a presentation board, and the basic functions related to the presentation board creation are the same as those of the previously filed presentation system (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-66929). Therefore, in the following description, the description of the same parts as those of the above-mentioned presentation system (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-66929) will be omitted, and different parts will be mainly described.

In this presentation system 2, 8 is a CPU, 9 is a ROM, and 10 is a RAM. The respective functions in the present presentation system 2 are the CPU 3 and the ROM in the simplified CAD system 1.
4, the same as RAM5. The display device 11 includes, for example, a CRT display and its display circuit. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen of the display device 11. As shown in this figure, on the display screen of the display device 11, in the center thereof, a presentation board that is being created or completed, and information such as a construction screen to be pasted on the presentation board, specification photographs, and explanatory notes. A main part of the screen for displaying (hereinafter, referred to as “arrangement information”) is provided.

At the top of the display screen, a soft switch group (hereinafter referred to as "first menu") for designating the type of presentation board to be created is displayed. In the leftmost part of the display screen, a group of soft switches (hereinafter referred to as "second menu") for selecting and calling layout information (construction screen, specification photograph, description, etc.) is displayed. There is. At the bottom of the display screen, a "save" soft switch for instructing to save the presentation board displayed in the main part of the screen, a file storage unit 1
"Delete" soft switch to instruct the deletion of the presentation board file stored in 4, the "output" soft switch to instruct the printing of the presentation board displayed on the main part of the screen, and to end the processing of this presentation system 2. A third menu is provided consisting of an "End" soft switch to direct.

The operation unit 12 is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a mouse. Here, the keyboard is used to input characters and numbers, and the mouse is used to operate soft switches displayed on the display screen of the display device 11 and to select and move layout information. The printing device 13 is, for example, a color printer, and prints the presentation board displayed on the display screen of the display device 11. The file storage unit 14 is, for example, a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk, and stores files of various presentation boards.

The scanner 15 is for directly reading a color photograph and generating image data. Photo C
The D drive 16 is for reading image data from the Photo CD. In addition, the above-mentioned Photo CD is prepared by handing the original positive film of the photograph of each item listed in the catalog (the film is usually managed by the presenter of the presentation board) to a professional photo CD creator. It is common to get them.

Further, the item database 17, CAD
The database 18 and the image database 19 are each configured by a mass storage device such as a hard disk, for example. Although the databases are shown as different constituent devices in this figure, the databases may be provided in the same constituent device (hard disk).

The item database 17 stores, for each item, the specification (size, weight, material, strength, etc.) of the item in association with the item number of the item. The CAD database 18 is a simple CAD system 1
The data (CAD data) of the drawing created in (1) and the list of items that can be used in each room shown in the drawing (hereinafter referred to as “item part number list”) are stored in association with each other. The image database 19 is for each item
The image data (photograph) of the item is stored in association with the item number of the item.

Next, the operation of the presentation system having the above configuration will be described. §1. Creation of CAD Database First, a method of creating the CAD database 18 will be described. The CAD database 18 is created by the simple CAD system 1. The operator turns on a power source (not shown) to start the simple CAD system 1, and then creates a floor plan in the same procedure as that of a normal CAD system. At this time, when the operator gives an instruction to select an item (window, door, lighting equipment, etc.) to be used in each room in the floor plan, the CPU 3 causes the specification of each item stored in the item database 17 ( After considering the size, weight, material, strength, etc.), only the items that can be used in the room are listed and an item part number list for the room is created. Then, the CPU 3 associates the CAD data (floor plan) with the item part number list,
It is stored in the CAD database 18.

§2. Creation of Image Database Next, a method of creating the image database 19 will be described. The image database 19 is created by the presentation system 2. First, the operator
After turning on the power supply (not shown) and starting the presentation system 2, when an image capture instruction is input, the CP
U8 takes in the catalog publication photograph of the item as digitized image data. Here, as the digitization of the photos in the catalog, a method of reading image data from the photo CD master created from the original positive film of the photos in the catalog using the photo CD drive 16 and a method for scanning the photos in the catalog are described. There are two ways to directly scan with 15. When the operator has entered the product number, that is, the product number of the item indicated by the image data (photo), from the keyboard, the CPU 8 associates the captured image data with the product number, and the image database 19 To store.

§3. Creating a presentation board Finally, we explain how to create a presentation board.
Note that the presentation system 2 creates the presentation board. When the operator turns on a power source (not shown), the CPU 8 reads the program stored in the ROM 9 and activates the present presentation system 2. As a result, the screen of the display device 11 is in the state shown in FIG. When the operator moves the cursor using the mouse of the operation unit 12 and clicks "interior presentation" in the first menu, the CPU 8 brings the screen of the display device 11 into the state shown in FIG. It should be noted that although the present invention has been described taking the interior coordination presentation board creation processing as an example, the processing to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the interior coordination presentation board creation processing, and the presentation such as exterior coordination and appearance coordination is performed. Board creation processing is also acceptable. When the operator clicks “Create New” shown in FIG. 3, C
PU8, The initial screen of planning coordination is displayed on the main part of the screen.

Next, the operator selects "C" in the second menu.
If you click "AD data", as shown in Fig. 4, C
PU8 opens the "Read CAD data" window,
Display a list of sales people in charge. When the operator selects one sales person in charge from the displayed list,
The CPU 8 displays a list of the names of the owners in charge of the selected sales staff member on the right side of the list. Following the same procedure, a list of plan names is displayed when the owner name is selected, and a list of drawing types and drawing names is displayed when the plan name is selected. Select one by one.

When the selection of drawing type and drawing name is completed,
As shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 8 displays the selected CAD data (floor plan) on the display device 11. When the CAD data is read by the above procedure, the CPU 8 reads the item part number list corresponding to the read CAD data from the CAD database 18 to the RAM 10. Next, next to the floor plan shown in FIG. 5, a photograph of the item used in each room is arranged. The arrangement method of this photograph is described in (1) and (2) below. There are two ways.

(1) Arrangement of Plan-Linked Photo When the operator clicks "Plan-Linked Photo" in the second menu on the screen shown in FIG.
For all the product numbers in the item product number list read out to the RAM 10, it is searched whether or not the image data corresponding to the product number is in the image database 19. And
When the image data corresponding to the read product number is in the image database 19, the image data is stored in the RAM.
Read to 10.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 8
The "item item number list" window is opened, and the item item number list and image data (photograph) are displayed in the window. If all the items cannot be displayed in the window because there are too many items in the item number list, the operator operates the scrolling soft switch displayed in the window, and the CPU 8
Scrolls the item part number list vertically. At this time, the CPU 8 does not change the photograph displayed below the item number list (hereinafter referred to as “plan-linked photograph”).

Then, when the operator clicks on one of the items appearing in the list by scrolling, the CPU 8 for the first time at that time displays the above-mentioned plan interlocking photograph in the item part number list currently displayed in the window. To a photo corresponding to (that is, a photo group including the selected photo).

In the above description, the case of scrolling the item part number list has been described, but the same applies to the case of scrolling the plan-linked photos. That is, when the operator operates the scroll switch to scroll the plan-linked photos and then clicks one of the photos that appeared by scrolling, the CPU 8 corresponds to the scrolling for the first time at that point. Change the display of the item part number list.

After the plan-linked photo is displayed in the "item item number list" window by the above procedure, there are two methods of arranging the photo in the main part of the screen, which will be described below.

Arrange All Plan-Linked Photos When the operator clicks “Select All” in the “Item Part Number List” window, CPU 8 causes RAM 1
All the image data (photographs) read out to 0 are arranged at appropriate intervals from the upper left to the lower right on the main part of the screen (overlapped on the floor plan). At the bottom right of each photo placed at this time, a small inconspicuous mark is shown to indicate that the photo is called in conjunction with the floor plan (that is, a plan-linked photo). (・) Is attached. When the number of image data read out to the RAM 10 is large, the CPU 8 arranges all the plan-linked photos for the time being, while superimposing a part of each photo on each other.

When the operator selects and clicks one of the plan interlocking photographs arranged at appropriate intervals, the CPU 8 makes the selected photograph movable, so that the operator selects the photograph. Move it to the desired position.
At this time, the photograph can be enlarged or reduced by dragging the mouse.

Arrange any plan-linked photo When the operator clicks "Select" in the "Item part number list" window, then selects one of the photos displayed in the window and clicks it. , CPU
Reference numeral 8 makes it possible to copy the selected photograph to the main part of the screen, and displays the description of the selected photograph in the lower left column of the main part of the screen. Since the copied photo can be freely moved on the main part of the screen, the operator pastes the photo at a desired position. At this time, the photograph can be enlarged or reduced by dragging the mouse. Further, the CPU 8 also pastes the explanation displayed in the lower left column above together with the above-mentioned photograph. In addition, in the lower right corner of the photograph placed at this time, in order to show that the photograph is a photograph called in conjunction with the floor plan (that is, a plan-linked photograph), a small inconspicuous mark (・)
Is attached.

The operator repeats the above operation or to arrange the plan interlocking photograph. After the placement,
When the operator clicks "Close" in the "Item part number list" window, the CPU 8 causes the display device 1 to operate.
On 1, close the window.

(2) Arrangement of Normal Photo On the other hand, when the operator clicks "Photo" in the second menu on the screen shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 8 opens the "Photo Search" window as shown in FIG. , A list of rooms in the called floor plan is displayed in the window. When the operator selects one room from the displayed list, the CPU 8 displays a list of interiors used in the selected room on the right side of the list.
Next, when the operator selects one interior from the displayed list, the CPU 8 displays a list of constituent parts that configure each part of the interior. Then, when the operator selects one component from the displayed list, the CPU 8 displays image data (photographs) of various variations in different colors, materials, etc. for the selected component. RAM1 from database 19
Call 0 to display the photo at the bottom of the "Photo Search" window.

Also in this case, when the operator operates the scroll switch to scroll the interior list and then clicks one of the interiors displayed by scrolling, the CPU 8 is not operated for the first time at that point.
Changes the display of the photograph in response to the scroll.

When the operator selects and clicks one of the pictures displayed in the window, the CPU 8
Allows the selected photo to be copied and moved to the main part of the screen, so that the operator pastes the photo at a desired position. Also at this time, the photograph can be enlarged or reduced by dragging the mouse. Note that the photograph placed at this time is not a photograph called in conjunction with the floor plan, so there is no mark (•) indicating that it is a plan-linked photograph. The operator repeats the above-mentioned operation to arrange the photograph. After the arrangement is completed, when the operator clicks "Close" in the "Photo Search" window, the CPU
8 closes the window on the display device 11.

As described above, the operator repeats the above (1) or (2) and pastes the photograph on the main part of the screen of the display device 11 to complete the presentation board as shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, there is a photograph with a small mark (•) in the lower right. As described above, this mark is attached only to the photo that is called in conjunction with the floor plan, so that even after the presentation board is completed, the operator can determine that the photo is a plan-linked photo. . This is the end of the description of the operation of the presentation system having the above configuration.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the design can be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. Even if there is, it is included in the present invention.

Next, the correspondence relationship between each means described in the claims and this embodiment will be described. Image display means ... CPU8 decision means ... Operation section 12 Image storage means ... Image database 19 Scanner ... Scanner 15 Photo CD drive ... Photo CD drive 16 CAD system ... Simple CAD system 1 Item storage means ... Item database 17 List Creating Means ... CPU3 Plan Storage Means ... CAD Database 18

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily search for a photograph of an item suitable for each plan (outer view or floor plan). Also, since only the photo of the item suitable for the plan is displayed, it is not necessary to check each time whether or not the item can be used in the plan.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a presentation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of the display device according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Simple CAD system, 2 ... Presentation system, 3, 8 ... CPU, 4, 9 ... ROM,
5, 10 ... RAM, 15 ... Scanner, 16 ...
Photo CD drive, 17 ... Item database,
18 ... CAD database, 19 ... image database

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. In a presentation system for creating a presentation material by displaying layout information such as a construction screen, a specification photograph, and an explanatory note on a display screen, when a plan of a building is determined, an interior suitable for the plan or A presentation system comprising image display means for displaying an image of an item such as an exterior on the display screen. 2. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the image displayed by the image display unit is a candidate for an image used in the presentation material, and the present presentation system displays the image displayed by the image display unit. A presentation system comprising a determination means for determining whether or not to use it as a presentation material. 3. The presentation system according to claim 1, further comprising: an image storage unit that stores a plurality of images of the item, wherein the image display unit is configured to store the image from the image storage unit. A presentation system characterized by reading out an image of an item suitable for a plan and displaying the image on the display screen. 4. The presentation system according to claim 1, further comprising a scanner that reads image data from a photograph or the like, and the image storage means stores the image read by the scanner. A presentation system featuring. 5. The presentation system according to claim 1, further comprising: a photo CD drive that reads image data from a photo CD, and the image storage unit includes an image read by the photo CD drive. A presentation system characterized by storing. 6. The presentation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the plan is a drawing such as a floor plan or an external view created by a CAD system. . 7. The presentation system according to claim 6, wherein the CAD system considers, for a plurality of items, item storage means for storing at least item numbers and specifications of the items, and specifications of each item, thereby performing the CAD. List creating means for listing the item numbers of the items suitable for the drawings created by the system from the item storing means, and creating an item number list of the items; and plan storing means for storing the drawing and the item number list in association with each other. The presentation system, wherein the image display means displays an image of an item designated by a product number list corresponding to the plan on the display screen. 8. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the image displayed by the image display means is provided with a predetermined identification mark.