KR101780042B1 - Apparatus and method for investigating character product preference and computer readable recording medium for executing the same method - Google Patents

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention includes a button input sensing step of sensing an input to a commercialization request button included in an interface of a contents viewer for outputting an image; A character specifying step of outputting a character specifying tool capable of specifying at least one of the characters included in the image when the input to the button is sensed and specifying a character selected by the character specifying tool as a user preference character; A character product group output step of outputting a character product group including at least one product for the user preference character; A merchandising proposal reception step of receiving a merchandising proposal for a user's preferred product among the products included in the character product group; And an integrated storing step of storing the user preference character and the user preference product.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a character product preference examination apparatus, a method, and a character product preference examination method is recorded,

The present invention relates to a character goods preference examination apparatus, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a character product preference examination method is recorded.

Characters that represent characters in cultural contents such as movies, animations, cartoons, and novels are greatly loved by people who appreciate the content in proportion to the popularity of the contents. In order for a character to be loved for a long time, there is a method of commercializing the character as a method of extending the life force of the character while utilizing the charm of the character, not merely a pretty image but a unique life force of the character.

A character product is a product that is produced by prototyping or printing a character on a general product sold and a product (magic wand, cloak, etc.) produced only after the character appears by utilizing the settings of the character's appearance It can be divided.

The character product continuously expands the character to the public after the content is introduced, thereby maximizing the life force of the character. In addition, since the character goods appeal to the loyalty of the mania of the character, there is an advantage that the sales amount can be secured over a certain level despite the fact that the product has no functional excellence at all.

A character product has a specificity that a sales rate is more rapidly reduced than a product having the same function when the character's vitality becomes low or disappears. Therefore, a character product maker needs a market research before starting to commercialize a character. However, the results of the research conducted by the existing market research method are that it is difficult to secure objectivity and reliability, and there is no guarantee that the people participating in the market research will directly purchase the character goods.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2014-0062623

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a character merchandise preference examination apparatus capable of efficiently producing a character merchandise by investigating a preference for a character merchandise not yet produced from a potential buyer who is likely to purchase the character merchandise, And a computer readable recording medium on which a program for executing a method for searching for a character product preference is recorded.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of searching for a character product preference, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a button input sensed for inputting a commercialization request button included in an interface of a contents viewer step; A character specifying step of outputting a character specifying tool capable of specifying at least one of the characters included in the image when the input to the button is sensed and specifying a character selected by the character specifying tool as a user preference character; A character product group output step of outputting a character product group including at least one product for the user preference character; A merchandising proposal reception step of receiving a merchandising proposal for a user's preferred product among the products included in the character product group; And an integrated storing step of storing the user preference character and the user preference product.

In the method, the character specifying step may include: displaying a border surrounding the character included in the image when an input to the button is sensed; And a frame specifying step of specifying, as a user preference character, a character included in the frame in which the input is detected, when an input to the frame is detected.

In the method, the character specifying step specifies a character included in the image through a user specifying tool. When the cursor of the content viewer moves according to a user's input, The character included in the single closed curve formed by the movement of the user can be specified as the user preference character.

In the method, the character goods group output step outputs an accumulated numerical value for the commercialization proposal for the user preference character, and the cumulative numerical value for the commercialization proposal includes the same type of commercialization for the user preference character It can be the number of users who made the proposal.

In the method, the character merchandise group output step may output information on at least one of sex and age of the users who have proposed merchandising for the user preference character.

In the method, the character merchandise group may include a merchandise printed on the appearance as the user preference character is displayed on the image.

In the method, the character merchandise group output step may output the number of cumulative merchandising proposals for each of the merchandise with respect to the user preference character and the merchandising necessity number required to start production of each merchandise.

In the method, the character goods group output step may output the estimated value of the character goods that varies depending on the cumulative number of commercialization proposals for each product and the cumulative number of proposals for the user preference character.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for searching for a preference for a character product, the apparatus comprising: a button input for detecting an input to a merchandise request button included in an interface of a contents viewer A detection unit configured to output a character specifying tool capable of identifying at least one of the characters included in the image when the input to the button is detected and to display a character selected by the character specifying tool as a user preference character, Specific parts; A character product group output unit for outputting a character product group including at least one product for the user preference character; A merchandising proposal receiving unit for receiving a merchandising proposal for a user's preferred product among the products included in the character product group; And an integrated storage unit for storing the user preference character and the user preference product.

When the input of the button is detected, the character identifying unit displays a border surrounding the character included in the image. When the input of the border is detected, the character identifying unit detects that the input is included in the detected border The user can specify the character as a user preference character.

In the apparatus, the character specifying tool specifies a character included in the image through a user-specific tool. When the cursor of the content viewer moves according to a user's input, the user- The content included in a single closed curve formed by the movement of the user can be specified as a user preference character.

In the apparatus, the character goods group output unit outputs an accumulated numerical value for the commercialization proposal for the user preference character, and the cumulative numerical value for the commercialization proposal includes the same kind of commercialization proposal May be the number of users.

In the apparatus, the character merchandise group output unit may output information on at least one of sex and age of users who have proposed merchandising for the user preference character.

In the apparatus, the character merchandise group may include a merchandise printed on the exterior in the same manner as the user preference character is displayed on the image.

In the apparatus, the character merchandise group output unit may output the number of cumulative merchandising proposals for each of the merchandise with respect to the user preference character and the merchandising necessity number required to start production of each merchandise.

In the apparatus, the character merchandise group output unit may output the character merchandise merchandise estimated value that varies depending on the cumulative number of merchandising suggestions for each of the merchandise and the cumulative merchandise offer number for the user preference character.

In addition to this, another method for implementing the present invention, another system, and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method may be further provided.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and the detailed description of the invention.

According to the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing an apparatus, a method, and a method for investigating a preference of a character product is recorded, It is possible to start production of the character product, and it is easy to predict the sales amount of the character product, and the inventory amount of the character product can be minimized.

Further, the number of preliminary buyers of the character goods and the estimated sales price of the character goods are displayed and changed, so that the desire to purchase the preliminary buyer of the character goods can be inspired.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character goods preference examination apparatus 100 and a terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a preference of a character product according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a screen of a content viewer in the terminal 10 in which the character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is implemented.
FIG. 4 is a view showing another screen of the content viewer in the terminal 10 in which the character goods preference examination apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is implemented.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a screen of a content viewer in the terminal 10 implemented with the apparatus for searching for a preference of a character product 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view showing an example of a screen 600 for a character merchandising suggestion statistics output by the character merchandise group output unit 150. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a character product group for a user preference character specified through a user-specific tool is output.
8 is a diagram showing a character product group output screen 800 including a ratio of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commercialization necessities.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a character product group output screen 900 including the cumulative number of commercialization proposals 910 and the character product estimated value 930. FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. The effects and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or corresponding components throughout the drawings, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted .

In the following embodiments, the terms first, second, and the like are used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element, not the limitative meaning.

In the following examples, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the following embodiments, terms such as inclusive or possessed mean that a feature or element described in the specification is present, and does not exclude the possibility that one or more other features or components are added in advance.

If certain embodiments are otherwise feasible, the particular process sequence may be performed differently from the sequence described. For example, two processes that are described in succession may be performed substantially concurrently, and may be performed in the reverse order of the order described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character goods preference examination apparatus 100 and a terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal 10 shown together with the character goods preference examination apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying a screen 11 and an electronic device having an input device for receiving data from a user Equipment. The input device included in the terminal 10 may be at least one of a keyboard, a mouse, a trackball, a microphone, a mechanical button, and a touch panel.

1, the terminal 10 is illustrated as a smartphone, but the terminal 10 is not limited to a smart phone, and may be a fixed position such as a general personal computer (PC) A portable terminal such as an installed device, a tablet personal computer (Tablet PC), or a netbook.

The character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to at least one processor or may include at least one processor. Accordingly, the character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 can be operated in a form contained in other hardware devices such as a microprocessor or a general-purpose computer system. That is, the character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 may be mounted on the terminal 10 as it is or may be connected to the terminal 10 via a wire / wireless network to control contents displayed on the screen 11 of the terminal 10 .

The character goods preference examination apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 shows only the components for highlighting the features of the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIG. 1 may be further included in the embodiment shown in FIG. It will be possible.

The character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention controls content displayed on the screen 11 of the terminal 10. [ More specifically, the character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 controls the content displayed on the screen 11 of the terminal 10 to be displayed differently according to the input of the user, Collect and store the preferences of the goods.

Referring to FIG. 1, a character product preference examination apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a button input sensing unit 110, a character identifying unit 130, a character product group output unit 150, 170, and an integrated storage unit 190.

The button input detection unit 110 detects an input to a commercialization request button included in an interface of a contents viewer for outputting an image.

The terminal 10 can provide an image to the user through the screen 11, and the provided image includes a still image in which the content of the image does not change over time and a still image in which the content of the image changes You can include all of your videos. The image provided to the user may be an image stored in advance in a storage device (not shown) of the terminal 10 or may be a wired network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a Bluetooth, a WiFi (WIFI) , Wibro, satellite communication, and the like.

The content viewer is a program installed in the terminal 10 for outputting an image. The content viewer is a program for outputting a video image through a mouse click or a touch input of a user, or a graphical user interface Graphic User Interface (GUI), hereinafter). The content viewer may include components necessary for playing an image that is not stored in the terminal 10 while downloading the image through a wired / wireless network in a streaming manner. The graphical user interface of the content viewer can be provided to the user in the form of a button-like graphic so that the user can change the way of outputting the image or the output image even if the user has no expert knowledge such as the system command.

When the user inputs an input to a commercialization request button among various buttons included in the interface of the content viewer, the button input sensing unit 110 converts a result of sensing the input to a specific signal and transmits the signal to the character identifying unit 130 do.

When the input to the merchandise request button is detected, the character identifying unit 130 outputs a character specifying tool capable of identifying at least one of the characters included in the image, and outputs the character selected by the character specifying tool to the user preference character Specify. The character specifying tool output by the character specifying unit 130 means a tool capable of specifying and selecting at least one character out of the characters output to the image.

As an alternative embodiment, the character identifying unit 130 may display a border surrounding the character included in the image when the input to the merchandise request button is detected, and when the user's input on the specific border is detected, You can output a character-specific tool that can identify the characters contained in the border. The character specifying unit 130 can specify a character specified by the character specifying tool as a user preference character.

The user preference character specified by the character specifying unit 130 may be at least one or more characters.

According to the above-described alternative embodiment, since the frame surrounding the character included in the image is displayed, the character specifying unit 130 can previously store the character position information for the part where the character is located in the image. The character identifying unit 130 can display a frame including a character only in the portion where the character is located, except for the background in the image, according to the previously stored character position information. The user can specify a character included in the border clicked by the user as a user preference character by clicking at least one border among frames displayed on the image.

As another alternative embodiment, when the input to the merchandise request button is detected, the character specifying unit 130 may output a character specifying tool capable of specifying a character included in the image as a user preference character through a user specifying tool have.

In such alternative embodiments, the user-specific tool may specify at least one of the characters contained in the image as a single closed curve formed by the movement of the cursor as the cursor displayed in the content viewer moves according to the user's input Provides an interface. According to the embodiment, when the user is not satisfied with the shape of the character included in the border, the user can directly specify the character included in the image through the user-specific tool.

Since the character-specific tool is defined as a tool capable of specifying any one of the characters displayed on the image, it is possible to display the characters included in the image with a frame or specify the character directly through the user-specific tool Not limited. Therefore, even if only the color of a character included in an image is changed by a character-specific tool, or a highlight effect is applied only to a character included in an image, the present invention does not depart from the scope of the present invention.

As an alternative embodiment, the character identifying unit 130 may identify a character included in the image through a face recognition program, and perform a function of helping a user to purchase a product for a character already sold It is possible. In order to implement this embodiment, the character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 may be connected to an external online shopping mall server (not shown) through a wired / wireless network.

The character product group output unit 150 outputs a character product group including at least one product for the user's preferred character.

The product for the user preference character means a product related to the user preference character specified by the character specifying unit 130. [ The commodity for the user preference character may include a commodity in which the user preference character is printed with the pattern or pattern of the commodity, a commodity which is the commodity unique to the user preferred character used in the commodity in which the character appears, and the like.

A character product group is a concept that collectively refers to products of various kinds of user preference characters. For example, if the user's preferred character is A, then the character product group for the character A includes a t-shirt printed with the state of A as it is, a sticker printed with various aspects of A, and a sunglass worn by A .

The character merchandise group output unit 150 may analyze the characteristics of the user preference character and store preset contents of the merchandise that can be commercialized. In other words, the character product group output unit 150 may set the kind of the product to which the character merchandising can be applied according to the unique characteristics of the user preference character shown in the work. For example, if the image of the user's preferred character is a modern war, a model gun having the same shape as the gun used by the user's preferred character may be a character product, but a ribbon or a flowerpot printed with a user- It may be excluded from the character product group because it is determined that the product is inappropriate.

As an alternative embodiment, the character merchandise group may include a character merchandise printed on the exterior of the merchandise as the user preference character is displayed on the image. When a user views an image through a content viewer, the user may prefer a character at a specific point. In this case, the user can specify any one of the characters included in the image, The unit 150 can output the character product group including the character goods printed with the specified characters to the screen 11 of the terminal 10. [

The merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 receives a merchandizing proposal for the user preference merchandise among the merchandise included in the character merchandise group.

The user preference product means a character product selected by the user from the character product group output by the character product group output unit 150. [ The merchandising proposal for the user preference product means that the user selects at least one commodity among the commodities included in the character commodity group. Since the commercialization proposal is a kind of user input, it can be inputted in various forms according to the type of the terminal 10. [ For example, if the terminal 10 is a personal computer, a merchandising proposal can be made by a mouse click of a user with respect to a specific character merchandise. If the terminal 10 is a smart phone, You may.

The merchandizing proposal receiving unit 170 can count the merchandizing proposals received for each character merchandise included in the character merchandise group. The commercialization proposal received for each character product can be utilized as an accumulated numerical value for the commercialization proposal. The cumulative numerical value for the merchandising proposal means the number of users who proposed merchandising as the same kind of merchandise for a specific user's preferred character.

For example, assume that the user preference character is B, the product included in the character product group is a T-shirt and Springnote printed with character B, and the cumulative numerical value for each commercialization proposal is 50 and 30. According to the above example, the number of users who want to purchase the t-shirt printed with the character B is 50, and the number of users who want to buy the spring note printed with the character B is 30.

The merchandizing proposal receiving unit 170 may transmit the cumulative numerical value of the merchandizing proposal to the character product group output unit 150 and utilize it as one of the information on each character product when outputting the character product group.

As an alternative embodiment, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may receive information on the sex and age of the user who submitted the merchandizing proposal to the user preference merchandise. The merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may receive and store the gender and the age from the user when the user offers merchandising for a specific user's preferred merchandise.

In addition, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may receive and store the gender and the age recorded in the login information of the user. At this time, the transfer of the login information of the user of the merchandizing proposal receiving unit 170 is possible only when the user logs in to view the image through the content viewer. The merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may transmit the sex and age information of the user who submitted the merchandizing proposal to the character merchandise group output unit 150 and utilize it as one of the information on each character merchandise when outputting the character merchandise group.

When outputting the character product group, the character product group output unit 150 additionally outputs information on the number, sex, and age of the users who proposed the commercialization, as information on each character product, It is possible to encourage commercialization proposals.

In another alternative embodiment, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may output the number of cumulative commercialization proposals for each of the commodities for the user's preferred character and the number of commodities necessary for commencing the production of commodities for the user's preferred character.

The cumulative number of commercialization proposals for each user for the user preference character means the number of users who have made the commercialization proposal as the same kind of commodity for the specific user preference character. The merchandising requirement number means the minimum demand level required to start production of the merchandise for the user's preferred character. The merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 can store the minimum number of products in which a margin equal to or greater than a predetermined margin can occur when the character merchandise is manufactured and sold for each merchandise included in the character merchandise group, in order to calculate the merchandising necessity number.

For example, when there is a t-shirt on which the character C is printed out of the character product group for the user preference character C and the t-shirt is made as a real character product, . In the above example, the number of merchandising needs is 500. The merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 can display the numbers required for starting the production of the character goods to the user clearly by outputting together the cumulative commercialization proposal number and the commodification necessity number of each product for the user preference character.

As another alternative embodiment, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may output the character merchandise expected value that varies depending on the cumulative number of commercialization proposals and the cumulative commercialization proposals for each of the products of the user's preferred character.

The character product estimate means the expected value of the price when the character product is actually produced. If the number of users who intend to actually purchase the produced character goods exceeds a predetermined value or more, the manufacturer of the character goods can mass-produce the character goods at a lower price, so that the producer of the character goods It can be supplied cheaply.

At this time, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 can store the relational expression between the cumulative number of proposals and the expected value of the character goods separately for each character product. For example, assume that the number of proposals for cumulative commercialization of the T-shirt on which the user preference character D is printed is 500, and the estimate of the character product is 5000 won. In the above example, the merchandizing proposal receiving unit 170 receives a message indicating that the estimated value of the character merchandise will be 4,500 won when the cumulative number of merchandising proposals of the t-shirt printed with the user preference character D becomes 1000, on the screen 11 of the terminal 10, It is possible to induce the user to increase the number of cumulative commercialization proposals.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 receives the commodity merchandizing proposal for the user preference character within a predetermined period. The reason for limiting the period during which the merchandising proposal is received is that since the popularity of the user preference character varies with time, the potential purchasers who have made the merchandising proposal may not purchase the character merchandise.

Here, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 may further lower the determined estimated value of the character goods through the price bidding of the character goods manufacturer after finishing receiving the merchandising proposal for the merchandise for the user's preferred character. In the above example, when the estimated price of the determined character product (T-shirt on which the character D is printed) is 4500 won and the character product maker who intends to produce and sell it at 4300 won, the final sales estimate of the character product is 4300 It can be a circle. According to this embodiment. The user can purchase the character goods at a low price as the number of the first commercialization proposals accumulates, and secondly, as the competition of the character goods producer becomes more intense, the character goods can be purchased cheaply.

The integrated storage unit 190 stores a user preference character and a user preference product. More specifically, the integrated storage unit 190 may integrate and store information on the user preference character and information on the user preference product.

The information on the user preference character stored in the integrated storage unit 190 may include a unique identification number of the user preference character for distinguishing the user preference character from other characters, a tendency of the work in which the user's preferred character appears, . The information on the user preference goods stored in the integrated storage unit 190 includes the type of the commodity, whether the commodity is an existing commodity, the number of cumulative commodity proposals received from the commodity offering, the expected value of the commodity, can do.

All the information stored in the integrated storage unit 190 is transmitted to the manager of the character goods preference examination apparatus 100 so that the manager can be utilized as a statistical data for determining whether to start production of a specific character product.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a preference of a character product according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the character goods preference examination apparatus 100 shown in FIG. Therefore, in describing the flowchart of Fig. 2, even if the contents described in Fig. 1 are omitted, it can be understood that the contents omitted are applied as they are.

Referring to FIG. 2, in operation 210, the button input sensing unit 110 senses an input to a commercialization request button included in an interface of a contents viewer that outputs an image.

In operation 230, the character specifying unit 130 outputs a character specifying tool capable of specifying at least one character included in the image when the input to the merchandise request button is detected, and displays the character selected by the character specifying tool User preference character.

At step 250, the character merchandise group output unit 150 outputs a character merchandise group including at least one merchandise for the user's preferred character.

In step 270, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 receives a merchandizing proposal for the user's preferred merchandise among the merchandise included in the character merchandise group.

In step 290, the unified storage unit 190 stores the user preference character and the user preference product.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a screen of a content viewer in the terminal 10 in which the character merchandise preference examination apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

3, the screen of the content viewer output from the screen 11 of the terminal 10 may include a video output page 310, a content control remote controller 330, and a merchandise request button 350.

The video output page 310 outputs the video output from the content viewer of the screen of the content viewer. In order to smoothly provide the image to the user, the interface for changing the setting of the content viewer or changing the operation of the outputted image is not displayed, but the user can receive the input by the commercialization request button 350 May be included.

The content control remote controller 330 allows the user to control the image output by the content viewer. Referring to FIG. 3, the content control remote controller 330 includes a button for allowing the user to adjust the title of the image output from the content viewer, the number of images output from the content viewer, and the position of the image output from the content viewer . ≪ / RTI >

The merchandise request button 350 is depressed by an input of a user to input a character specifying tool for specifying at least one character of an image output from the content viewer to a screen of the terminal 10 11).

The commercialization request button 350 can be pressed by a user's input such as a click of a mouse or a touch panel, and the button input sensing unit 110 senses that the commercialization request button 350 is pressed, And transmits the result to the character specifying unit 130.

When the input to the merchandise request button 350 is detected, the character identifying unit 130 may output a character specifying tool capable of identifying at least one character included in the image.

FIG. 4 is a view showing another screen of the content viewer in the terminal 10 in which the character goods preference examination apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

4 may include a merchandise request button 450 and a character frame 470. [ The screen of the content viewer shown in FIG. 4 is a screen after the merchandise request button 450 is pressed by the user's input.

The merchandise request button 450 is once depressed by the user's input and can be depressed again to remove the display of the character border 470. [

The character frame 470 is a frame surrounding the character included in the image. When the character frame 470 is pressed by the user's input, the character specifying unit 130 can specify the character included in the frame detected by the user as the user's preferred character.

Until the character frame 470 is displayed, the character included in the image does not perform any function even if the user receives the input.

When the merchandise request button 450 is pressed by the user's input, the character specifying unit 130 may store position information of a portion of the image where the character is positioned so that the character frame 470 can be displayed. The character specifying unit 130 can display a frame including a character only in the portion where the character is located, except for the background in the image, according to the position information of the portion where the character is stored in advance. The user can specify a character included in the clicked frame as a user preference character by clicking at least one frame out of the frames displayed on the video.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a screen of a content viewer in the terminal 10 implemented with the apparatus for searching for a preference of a character product 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The screen of the content viewer shown in FIG. 5 indicates a character included in the image through the user-specific tool.

Referring to FIG. 5, since 'direct character designation' is checked among the options of the commercialization request button 510, the character designation unit 130 specifies a specific character as a user preference character through a user-specific tool directly.

The user-specific tool is a tool that allows the content viewer to specify at least one character included in the image as a single closed curve formed by moving the cursor of the content viewer according to the user's input.

As the user becomes able to directly specify the user preference character, referring to Fig. 5, the character excluding the horn in the character having the original horn may be specified as the user preference character.

In this case, the character product group output unit 150 can instantaneously generate a sample of the character product printed with the character except for the horn, and output it as one of the character product group.

6 is a view showing an example of a screen 600 for a character merchandising suggestion statistics output by the character merchandise group output unit 150. As shown in FIG.

The screen 600 for the character merchandising suggestion statistics shown in FIG. 6 may be output through the screen 11 of the terminal 10 after the user preference character is specified by the character specifying unit 130.

The screen 600 for the character merchandising suggestion statistics shown in FIG. 6 may include information on the cumulative merchandizing suggestion number 610, the gender information 630 of the merchandizing proposed user, and the age information 650 of the merchandizing proposed user have.

The number of cumulative commercialization proposals 610 indicates the number of users who have made a commercialization proposal as a commodity of the same kind for a specified user preference character after the user preference character is specified as one.

6, the cumulative number of proposals 610a for the product a is 254, the cumulative number of proposals 610b for the commodity b is 375, and the cumulative number of proposals 610c for the commodity c is 54 .

The user can judge how popular the character goods are based on the number of cumulative commercialization proposals 610.

The gender information 630 of the merchant-proposed user indicates a preference for a specific user's preferred character according to the sex of the user as a percentage. For the sake of brevity of display, only the information on the ratio of more than half of men and women can be displayed in the gender information 630 of the merchant-proposed user.

6, the gender information 630a of the proposed user for product a is 74%, the gender information 630b of the proposed user for commodity b is female (56%), the product c (70%) of the gender information 630c proposed by the user.

The user can judge which one of the male and female gender is more popular based on the gender information 630 of the user who proposed the commercialization.

The age information 650 of the user who has proposed the commercialization displays the preference for a specific user's preferred character as a percentage according to the age of the user. Only the age information for the highest ratio can be displayed in the age information 650 of the user who has proposed the merchandising for the sake of simplicity of display.

6, the age information 650a of the proposed user for product a is 10 generations (43%), the gender information 650b of merchandise proposed for commodity b is 20 generations (31%), The gender information 650c of the proposed user for commodity c is ten (53%).

Based on the age information 650 of the user who has proposed the merchandizing, the user can judge to which age the user of the character goods is more popular.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a character product group for a user preference character specified through a user-specific tool is output.

5 and 7, since the user can directly designate the user preference character, the character goods group output unit 150 outputs the character goods (mugs, t-shirts, spring notes, mobile phone cases) printed with the character except the horn The sample can be instantly created and output as one of the character product groups. 7, only a mug, a t-shirt, a spring note, and a mobile phone case are shown as a character product group. However, a user may input a user input (mouse click, Can be output.

8 is a diagram showing a character product group output screen 800 including a ratio of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commercialization necessities.

The character merchandise group output screen 800 shown in FIG. 8 can be output through the screen 11 of the terminal 10 after the user preference character is specified by the character specifying unit 130. [

The character merchandise group output screen 800 shown in FIG. 8 may include information on the ratio 810 of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commercialization needs.

The ratio 810 of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commercialization needs 810 is a value obtained by dividing the number of user preference products received from the user by the number required for commercialization.

The ratio 810 of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commercialization needs 810 can be output in a percentage form so that the user can understand easily and the ratio of the cumulative commercialization proposal number to the commercialization necessity number 810 is more than 100% Suggesting that they will soon begin commodity production.

8, the ratio 810a between the number of cumulative commercialization proposals for the mugs and the number of commercialization needs 810a is 400/500 (80%), the ratio 810b between the cumulative commercialization proposal number for the t-shirt and the commercialization required number is 375 The ratio of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commercialization proposals (810c) is 202/1500 (13.5%), and the ratio of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of commodity needs 810d) is 300/200 (greater than 100%).

The user can determine how many users should receive the merchandizing proposal based on the ratio of the number of cumulative commercialization proposals to the number of merchandising necessities 810 in order for the character merchandise to be created.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a character product group output screen 900 including the cumulative number of commercialization proposals 910 and the character product estimated value 930. FIG.

The character product group output screen 900 shown in FIG. 9 can be output through the screen 11 of the terminal 10 after the user's preferred character is specified by the character specifying unit 130. [

The character merchandise group output screen 900 shown in FIG. 9 may include information on the cumulative merchandizing offer number 910 and the character merchandise price estimate 930.

The number of cumulative commercialization proposals 910 indicates the number of users who have made a commercialization proposal as a commodity of the same kind for a specified user preference character after the user preference character is specified as one.

9, the cumulative number of commercialization proposals 910a for a mug is 400, the cumulative number of commercialization proposals 910b for a t-shirt is 375, the number of cumulative commercialization proposals 910c for a Springnote is 202, The cumulative commercialization proposal number 910d for the case is 300. [

The user can judge how popular the character goods are based on the number of cumulative commercialization proposals 910.

The estimated value of the character goods (930) is a value expected to be the price of the character goods when the character goods are actually produced. If the number of users who intend to purchase the actually produced character goods exceeds a predetermined value or more, the manufacturer of the character goods can mass-produce the character goods at a lower price, so that the character goods can be supplied to the user at a lower price. At this time, the merchandising proposal receiving unit 170 can store the relational expression between the cumulative number of proposals and the expected value of the character goods separately for each character product.

9, the expected value 930a of the character goods of the mug is 2000 won, the expected value 930b of the character goods of the t-shirt is 10,000 won, the expected value 930c of the character goods of springnote is 1500won, The expected price of the product (930d) is 8,000 won.

The expected value 930a of the character goods of the mug, the expected value 930b of the character goods of the t-shirt, the estimated value of the character goods 930c of the spring note, and the estimated value 930d of the character goods of the mobile phone, , 910b, 910c, and 910d is increased by a predetermined amount or more, it can be lowered.

The user can predict the price of the character product when the character product is actually manufactured and sold based on the cumulative number of proposals 910 and the estimated value 930 of the character product.

In the present invention, since the type of character goods is not limited to a specific type of goods, the mascots, t-shirts, spring notes, and cellular phone cases, which are exemplified as character goods in Figs. 7 to 9, , A bag, a lunch box, a nail sticker, etc., can be a character product. In addition, the character goods in the present invention are not existing, but include new types of goods manufactured only after the character appears.

According to the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing an apparatus, a method, and a method for investigating a preference of a character product is recorded, It is possible to start production of the character product, and it is easy to predict the sales amount of the character product, and the inventory amount of the character product can be minimized. Further, the number of preliminary buyers of the character goods and the estimated sales price of the character goods are displayed and changed, so that the desire to purchase the preliminary buyer of the character goods can be inspired.

The embodiments of the present invention described above can be embodied in the form of a computer program that can be executed on various components on a computer, and the computer program can be recorded on a computer-readable medium. At this time, the medium may be a program that continuously stores a computer executable program, or temporarily stores the program for execution or downloading. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a combination of a single hardware or a plurality of hardware, but is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system, but may be dispersed on a network. Examples of the medium include a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floptical disk, And program instructions including ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. As another example of the medium, a recording medium or a storage medium managed by a site or a server that supplies or distributes an application store or various other software to distribute the application may be mentioned.

Meanwhile, the computer program may be specifically designed and configured for the present invention or may be known and used by those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer programs may include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The specific acts described in the present invention are, by way of example, not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of such systems may be omitted. Also, the connections or connecting members of the lines between the components shown in the figures are illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections, which may be replaced or additionally provided by a variety of functional connections, physical Connection, or circuit connections. Also, unless explicitly mentioned, such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., it may not be a necessary component for application of the present invention.

The use of the terms " above " and similar indication words in the specification of the present invention (particularly in the claims) may refer to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the above range are applied (unless there is contradiction thereto), and each individual value constituting the above range is described in the detailed description of the invention The same. Finally, the steps may be performed in any suitable order, unless explicitly stated or contrary to the description of the steps constituting the method according to the invention. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order of description of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not to be limited by the scope of the claims, It is not. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

100: Character goods preference investigation device
110: Button input sensing unit
120: character specifying unit
130: Character goods group output unit
140: commercialization proposal receiving section
150: Integrated storage unit

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A button input detecting step of detecting an input to a commercialization request button included in an interface of a contents viewer for outputting contents;
The character specifying unit may output a character specifying tool capable of specifying at least one of characters included in the content from the content being output through the content viewer when the input to the button is detected, A character specifying step of specifying, in a user preference character form, a shape of a character specified based on a point or an area selected from content being outputted through a content viewer;
A character product group outputting step in which the character product group outputting unit outputs a character product group including at least one product for the user preference character shape;
A merchandising proposal reception step of receiving a merchandising proposal for a user preference product among the products included in the character product group; And
An integrated storage unit for storing the user preference character shape and the user preference product,
The character specifying step may include:
Wherein the shape of the character, which is specified based on a region selected by a user input for a specific region in the content outputted through the content viewer, is specified as a user preference character shape. The method according to claim 1,
Displaying a border surrounding a character included in the content when an input to the button is sensed; And
And a border specifying step of specifying all or part of the shape of the character included in the border detected as the input, when the input to the border is detected, in the form of a user preference character The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the character-
A character included in the content is specified through a user-specific tool,
The user-
And if the cursor of the content viewer moves according to a user's input, the content included in a single closed curve formed by the movement of the cursor is specified as a user's preferred character shape. The method according to claim 1,
Outputting an accumulated numerical value for the commercialization proposal for the user preference character shape,
The cumulative numerical value for the commercialization proposal may be,
Wherein the number of users who have made a merchandise suggestion of the same kind with respect to the user preference character shape is the number of users who have made a proposal for commercialization of the same kind with respect to the user preference character form. The method according to claim 1,
And outputting information on at least one of gender and age of users who have proposed a commercialization of the user preference character shape. The apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein the user preference character shape includes a product printed on the appearance in the same manner as displayed on the content. The method according to claim 1,
And outputting the number of cumulative commercialization proposals for each of the commodities for the user preference character and the number of commodity necessary for starting the production of each commodity. The method according to claim 1,
And outputting a character product preference value that varies depending on the number of cumulative commercialization proposals for each of the commodities with respect to the user preference character configuration and the number of cumulative commercialization proposals. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the content includes a still image or a moving image. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the character merchandise group is at least one kind of merchandise that the character merchandise output unit analyzes character characteristics of the character specified by the character specifying tool and defines the merchandise for the character in advance according to the analyzed character Character product preference survey method. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is recorded. A button input sensing unit for sensing an input to a merchandise request button included in an interface of a contents viewer for outputting contents;
Outputting a character specifying tool capable of specifying at least one character included in the content from content being output through the content viewer when the input to the button is sensed, A character specifying unit for specifying a shape of a character specified based on a point or an area selected from the content being output through a user preference character form;
A character product group output unit for outputting a character product group including at least one product for the user preference character shape;
A merchandising proposal receiving unit for receiving a merchandising proposal for a user's preferred product among the products included in the character product group; And
A user preference character, and a user preference product,
The character-
Wherein the shape of the character specified on the basis of the region selected by the user for a specific region in the content outputted through the content viewer is specified in the form of a user preference character. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12,
When an input to the button is detected, a border surrounding the character included in the content is displayed,
And when the input to the frame is detected, specifies all or a part of the shape of the character included in the frame in which the input is detected, in the form of a user preferred character. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the character-
A character included in the content is specified through a user-specific tool,
The user-
And a content character included in a single closed curve formed by the movement of the cursor is specified as a user preferred character shape when a cursor of the content viewer moves according to a user's input. [13] The apparatus of claim 12,
Outputting an accumulated numerical value for the commercialization proposal for the user preference character shape,
The cumulative numerical value for the commercialization proposal may be,
And the number of users who have made the same type of commercialization proposal with respect to the user preference character shape. [13] The apparatus of claim 12,
And outputs information on at least one of gender and age of users who proposed a commercialization of the user preference character shape. 13. The article of manufacture of claim 12,
Wherein the user preference character shape includes a product printed on the appearance in the same manner as displayed on the content. [13] The apparatus of claim 12,
And outputs the number of cumulative commercialization proposals for each of the commodities with respect to the user preference character shape and the number of commodity necessary for starting the production of each commodity. [13] The apparatus of claim 12,
And outputs the estimated value of the character goods that varies depending on the number of cumulative commercialization proposals for each of the products with respect to the user preference character shape and the number of cumulative commercialization proposals. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the content includes a still image or a moving image. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the character merchandise group is at least one kind of merchandise that the character merchandise output unit analyzes character characteristics of the character specified by the character specifying tool and defines the merchandise for the character in advance according to the analyzed character Character goods preference investigation device.

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