JPS63189974A - Merchandise information allocating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly allocate merchandise information with an easy operation by selecting and reading parts information inputted from a parts information input device and stored in a storage device, by a combination designating device and displaying with combination. CONSTITUTION:According to the respective operations of the color scanner, the tablet of the parts information input device 10, parts picture data and parts attribute data are displayed on a display device 40 and stored in the storage device 20. The contents of the storage are selectively read out through a parts selecting device 31 or a list forming device 32 in response to the combination of the combination definition device 33 of a combination designating device 30 according to the operation of an operator, then are combined and displayed on the device 30 and are made one page plate of a catalogue. Thereby, the merchandise information can be rapidly allocated with the easy operation.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a product information layout device, particularly for product information layout in flyers, catalogs, etc., which allocates images, explanatory text, etc. of products consisting of multiple parts to each page. Regarding equipment.

[Prior Art] When a product is made up of a plurality of parts, a large number of finished products can be created by changing the combination of the component parts. When displaying such products on flyers, catalogs, etc., it is necessary to allocate a photo, explanatory text, etc. to each product.

Conventionally, when creating such flyers, catalogs, etc., photographs have been allocated in the following manner.

(1) Manufacture a large number of finished products by replacing parts one by one, take photographs of each, and assign these photographs.

(2) Take a photo of each part and cut and paste the part photos to create a photo of the finished product.

(3) Draw an illustration and replace it with a photo.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the above-mentioned methods all have the problem of requiring a great deal of labor and time. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a product information allocation device that can reduce the labor and time of the operator.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a parts information input device that defines each part constituting a given product, inputs multiple types of parts information for each part, and stores the input parts information for each part. a storage device for extracting part information for each part from this storage device, a combination specification device for specifying a combination of parts information such that one part information is extracted for each part from this storage device, and a combination specification device for specifying a combination of parts information based on the combination specified by the combination specification device A product information allocation device is constituted by a display device for displaying the formed information, and a display device for displaying the formed information.

[For production]

Using the apparatus according to the present invention, the operator only needs to input product information for each part. This input product information for each part is held in the storage device. Thereafter, when the operator inputs part combination information according to the products to be allocated, the combination designation device retrieves the necessary parts information from the storage device, and allocates and displays the finished products on the display device. In this way, by using the apparatus according to the present invention, necessary assignments can be made with easy operation and in a short time.

(Example) The present invention will be described below based on an illustrated example. FIG. 1 is a professional look diagram showing the configuration of a product information allocation device according to an example of the present invention. ,
This is a device for inputting part information for each part defined as a component of a predetermined product. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which component image data created based on a photograph of the component and component attribute data consisting of numerical values and symbols such as the model and price of the component are used as the component information. The parts information input bag gi10 of this device has a color scanner for inputting part image data and a tablet for inputting part attribute data. The data input from this component information input device 10 is stored and saved in the storage device 20. By combining this parts information, information on the finished product can be obtained. In other words, one finished product is determined by one combination. The combination designation device 30 is a device that designates a combination of parts information based on operator input, and when a combination is designated, extracts the designated part information from the storage device 20. When these are combined, product information as a finished product is formed, and this is displayed on the display device 40.
displayed by. In this embodiment, the combination designation device 30 includes a component selection device 31, a list creation device 32, and a combination definition device 33. The parts selection device 31 is a device that specifies one combination selected by the operator, and the list creation device 32 is a device that generates all combinations that satisfy predetermined conditions input by the operator. Further, the combination definition device 33 is a device for defining possible combinations in advance. In reality, the storage device 20 is realized by a memory within the computer, and the combination designation device f30 is realized by the input/output device and software of this combination. Furthermore, as the display device 40, a color display is used in this embodiment.

Next, a procedure for allocating product information to one page of a catalog using the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be explained. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a color display screen as the display device f40. This screen consists of three areas: a layout area 41, a command area 42, and a selection area 43, and the operator will proceed with the following operations while looking at this screen. Here, an example using an entrance unit as a product will be described. The entrance unit as a completed product consists of three parts: door D, sleeve S, and transom R.

The entrance unit is completed by arranging these three parts as shown in FIG. 3(d).

First, the operator uses the parts information input device 10 to input parts information for each of the three parts, door D, sleeve S, and transom R. Actually, on the male side, as described above, part image data, that is, data of a photographic image of the part is taken into the storage device 20 by the color scanner. Further, the attribute data of the part, ie, the model, price, and dimensions of the part, are imported into the storage device 20 by the tablet.

This reading by the tablet is performed by sequentially specifying alphanumeric characters displayed in the command area 42 of the screen shown in FIG. 2 with a cursor. The photographic image, model, price, and dimensions of each part entered in this way are shown in Figure 3 (a).
) to (C), the screen layout is displayed in area 41, so the operator can easily confirm it. In addition, if necessary i (if any), this layout may be configured to perform a cropping operation of the photographic image on the area 41. S.

A display example is shown when the column R is input one part at a time.

In this way, component information for several types of doors D, several types of sleeves S, and several types of transoms R is captured into the storage device 120.

One entrance unit is completed by extracting arbitrary part information one by one from the part information imported into the storage device 20 as described above, combining them, and arranging them as shown in FIG. 3(d). . However, this combination cannot be completely random. In order for the completed entrance unit to function normally, it must meet certain conditions. Therefore, the operator inputs this condition using the combination definition device 33. For example, the width of the entrance unit is W.

If the height is H, and the width and height of each part are indicated by the symbol indicating the part, and the subscripts w and h are added to R and S, then W-8v
+Rv -8v +Dv s HmSh -Rh +
The condition Dh is required. Therefore, these are input to the combination definition device 33 as combination conditions. Further, although functionally they can be combined, there are some undesirable combinations when considering the design of the entrance unit. Therefore, such inappropriate combinations, for example,
It is defined as a prohibitive condition as Di -Rj -Sk (subscripts indicate numbers for each part) and input into the combination definition device 33.

Next, the product information is allocated on the screen, and this device can perform the allocation in two ways. The first allocation method is performed using the component selection device 31. First, by specifying a command in the command area 42 with a cursor, the operator calls out a previously input background image to the layout area 41, and further specifies an area on the layout area 41. FIG. 4(a) shows this state. The house pattern is the background image, and the hatched area is the designated area.

Next, the operator makes an input to select a part.

This is done by specifying the cursor within the selection area 43. As shown in FIG. 2, in the selection area 43,
Door selection area 43D1 where images of a plurality of doors D captured in the storage device 20 are displayed in a reduced size Sleeve selection area 43S1 where images of a plurality of sleeves S are displayed in a reduced size 1 A plurality of transoms R
A transom selection area 43R is provided in which an image of the transom is displayed in a reduced size, and the operator can designate desired doors, sleeves, and transoms one by one with a cursor while looking at this reduced image. The combination designation device 30 extracts component information from the storage device 20 based on this designation. Information about one product is formed by combining these pieces of information, and this formed information is displayed on the display device 40. Figure 4 (b
) indicates this display state. The layout is shown in the area where photographic image data of each part is combined according to the arrangement rule shown in Figure 3(d), and on the right side of the screen, the model and price of each part are combined according to the predetermined arrangement rule. is shown. In this example, the model number is a combination of consecutive model character strings for each part, and the price is a combination of the numerical values of the prices of each part added together. If a hard copy of the screen display as shown in FIG. 4(b) is made, it can be presented to the customer as is.

Note that such combination rules may be defined in advance in the combination designation device 30 by the operator. Furthermore, if the combination selected by the operator is a prohibited combination defined in the combination definition device 33, measures such as not displaying this combination or displaying it but giving a warning that it is prohibited are taken. is taken.

The second allocation method is performed using the list creation device 32. The list creation device 32 receives predetermined conditions from an operator, generates a plurality of combinations that satisfy the conditions,
Layout has a function of displaying the area 41 on the same screen.

For example, let us assume that the storage device 20 stores part information for the door Dl-D8, the sleeve part S1-S4, and the transom part R1-R5, and that the operator is If you select Di and enter the condition to display all other combinations, all combinations will be displayed using 20 squares arranged in 4 rows and 5 columns, as shown in Figure 5(a). Figure 5(b) shows the display state in this one square.In the first to fourth rows, entrance units with sleeves 81 to S4 are also displayed in one column. In the cells in the 5th to 5th rows,
Entrance units each using R1-R5 in the transom are displayed using Dl on the door. However, prohibited combinations are not displayed. In addition, Fig. 5(a)
A screen like this can also be used as an original for printing one page of a catalog. In this case, further input is required to specify the width of the ruled lines of the table, the color of the lines, the typesetting of the characters in the boxes, etc.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, in the product information allocation device according to the present invention, product information is stored separately for each part, and this information is combined and displayed based on the operator's instructions. This makes it possible to reduce the amount of time required and make assignments in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a product information allocation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen of a display device in the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram similar to that shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when parts information input work is performed using the device shown in FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of layout using the list creation device in the device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 10... Parts information input device, 20... Storage device, 3
0...Combination designation device, 31...Component selection device, 3
2... List creation device, 33... Combination definition device,
40...Display device, 41...Allocation is area, 42...
- Command area, 43... selection area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A parts information input device that defines each part constituting a given product and inputs multiple types of parts information for each part; a storage device for storing parts information for each part; a combination specifying device for specifying a combination of parts information such that one piece of part information is extracted for each part from this storage device; 1. A product information allocation device comprising: a display device that combines parts information to form information about one product and displays the formed information. 2. The product information allocation device according to claim 1, wherein the component information input device includes a device for inputting image data of the component. 3. The product information allocation device according to claim 2, wherein the device for inputting image data of the parts includes a scanner. 4. The product according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the parts information input device has a device for inputting data consisting of numerical values and symbols such as part type and price. Information allocation device. 5. The product information allocation device according to claim 4, wherein the device for inputting data on parts includes a tablet. 6. The product information allocation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the combination designation device designates the combination based on component selection input from an operator. 7. The combination designation device generates all combinations that satisfy predetermined conditions input by the operator, and the display device displays information about the plurality of combinations on the same screen. The product information allocation device according to any one of items 1 to 5. 8. The product information allocation device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the combination designation device includes a combination definition device for setting possible combination conditions in advance.