JP4844283B2 - Content design system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology capable of making a design of content to be written in accordance with preferences using a display medium that displays and holds rewritable and written content in a non-powered state.

Using a computer, electronic data of various media such as images and texts are handled, and content is created, edited, viewed, and the like.
Such a browsing method of electronic data content is generally performed by displaying content on a display screen of a computer or printing an image of the content on a sheet of paper as a printer.

In recent years, as a medium for browsing content that can replace paper, a display medium that is flexible and thin like a paper, can rewrite a content image, and can display and hold the written content image in a non-powered state ( For example, it is called electronic paper).
In such electronic paper, there are various content image writing formats, for example, a format having a function of electrically writing a content image based on electronic data, and an optical writing format in which a content image transferred by projection is held on the table. Etc.

Unlike electronic paper, such electronic paper can erase or overwrite content images that are displayed and held, and can be used repeatedly, so it is desirable to promote use from the viewpoint of saving paper resources. Yes.
In addition, the electronic paper is provided with a storage unit that holds information so as to be readable from the outside. For example, when the content information is written, the storage unit stores identification information for identifying the content. By managing content identification information read from a large number of electronic papers, it is possible to easily manage which content is displayed and held on these electronic papers.

  In an information device including a flexible display unit capable of displaying information to which page information is assigned for each page unit in order to realize the usability of turning pages in an information device composed of flexible electronic paper by daily operations. Means for detecting at least one of the direction of bending, the amount of bending, and the duration of bending applied to the display unit, and at least one of the detected direction of bending, amount of bending, and duration of bending An invention has been proposed in which the presence or absence of a page turning input is determined and information output to the display unit is updated when it is determined that the page turning input is present (see Patent Document 1).

  In order to realize an e-book with excellent portability and easy operation, the display content of the electronic paper display unit can be switched according to the tilt by using the tilt detection sensor in the mobile phone terminal. Detects the tilt direction when the tilt angle measured by the tilt detection sensor exceeds a certain value. If the tilt direction is right, the next page is displayed. If the tilt direction is left, the previous page is displayed. There has been proposed an invention that displays the specified number of pages ahead if the number is before, and displays the number of specified pages before the number (see Patent Document 2).

  In order to provide electronic paper that executes processing of display information on the display unit by a manner that allows the user to intuitively grasp the processing contents without requiring button operation, electronic paper is, for example, rotation detection The sensor detects that the electronic paper is turned upside down, or the position detection sensor detects that the electronic paper is in the trash can, or the contact sensor is overlaid with another electronic paper. There has been proposed an invention in which a control unit processes information according to detection contents with respect to information displayed and held on a display unit by detecting that the state has been changed (see Patent Document 3).

  In order to provide electronic paper that executes processing of display information on the display unit in a manner that allows the user to intuitively grasp the processing contents without requiring a button operation, the electronic paper is, for example, a stress sensor Detecting the stress that causes deformation of the electronic paper, detecting the acceleration by which the electronic paper is moved by the acceleration sensor, or detecting the pressure applied to the electronic paper when gripping or rubbing by the pressure sensor, etc. Thus, there has been proposed an invention in which a control unit processes information according to detection contents with respect to information displayed and held on a display unit (see Patent Document 4).

  In order to make the use of content by electronic paper more comfortable by detecting the use of the content displayed and held on the electronic paper by the user and performing update processing according to the use detection, the content image is not displayed on the display unit. In the electronic paper that is displayed and held in the power state, the sensor detects the user's contact with the electronic paper, and in response to the detection, the content image displayed and held on the display unit by the update processing means is erased or changed to other content An invention for performing update processing such as switching has been proposed (see Patent Document 5).

  In order to provide an advertisement presenting apparatus and method and a server capable of presenting customized advertisements to users, advertisements of products to be presented for each user and product information indicating locations to be presented to the host server in advance. When the user inserts an IC card into the advertisement presenting apparatus, the advertisement presenting apparatus transmits the ID stored in the IC card to the host server, and the host server An invention has been proposed in which the distribution information of the user is read based on the transmitted IC and transmitted to the advertisement presenting apparatus, and the advertisement presenting apparatus presents an advertisement suitable for the user based on the received distribution information. (See Patent Document 6).

  Select and obtain information that matches each consumer's request from a large number of information provided by facilities and stores, etc., and the information provider requests a request that matches the provided information from a large number of consumers. Information providing apparatus that enables the acquisition of marketing data of individual consumers while simultaneously selecting and providing information by selecting individual consumers, and reducing the cost of acquiring information of individual consumers and the cost of collecting marketing data of information providers And an invention for providing an information providing method has been proposed (see Patent Document 7).

  By using a marketing medium as an electronic medium with a service supply function and distributing it to the distribution target person, and analyzing, managing, and utilizing the information obtained from it, what information is given to whom and when Can understand who and how and what products and services are purchased or used, and by acquiring the types and quality of services that customers want, An invention has been proposed that provides a sales support system that can be maintained (see Patent Document 8).

In order to provide an advertisement distribution system capable of selecting and displaying an advertisement most suitable for a passenger group staying in a station when an advertisement is displayed on an electronic advertisement medium such as a plasma display installed in a station premises, It reads the personal information (section information and passenger attribute information) from the commuter pass inserted by the passenger into the ticket gate, estimates the direction of the train on which this passenger gets, and based on the estimated direction and the entrance time when the passenger entered The estimated departure time of the train on which the passenger rides is estimated with reference to the information, “entry time”, “estimated departure time”, and “passenger attribute information” are recorded in the staying passenger DB, and the staying passenger DB is stored. An invention is proposed in which a ratio for each attribute of passengers estimated to stay at the station is obtained, and a suitable advertisement is selected from the advertisement information DB according to the ratio of passengers and displayed on the station advertisement display. Are (see Patent Document 9.).
JP 2004-318123 A JP 2005-165760 A JP 2005-266226 A JP 2005-267170 A JP 2005-267188 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-108858 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-242076 JP-A-2003-337884 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-220498

  Even if the displayed content is the same, the impression given to the browsing user differs depending on the design. For example, if the content is designed with different elements constituting the design such as color, color scheme, arrangement, etc., the image given to the user such as familiarity will be different even if the content is the same.

However, conventionally, the content design is set in advance, and any user can only browse the same content with the same design.
Therefore, for example, when a certain user browses various contents, it has not been possible to browse these contents with a design that suits his / her preference.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to realize an environment in which content can be browsed with a design that suits each user's preference.

  A content design system according to claim 1 includes: a display medium that displays and holds rewritable and written content in a non-powered state; and content identification information that is provided on the display medium and identifies the displayed and held content Identification information storage means held readable from the outside, reading means for reading content identification information from the identification information storage means, content storage means for associating content with the content identification information, design elements and design elements for humans Design storage means for maintaining a relationship with an image to be given, design determination means for specifying the content of the content identification information read by the reading means with reference to the content storage means, and determining design information of the specified content , According to the determination of the design determination means Characterized in that and a design unit that designs a content image to be written to the medium.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the content design system according to the present invention, further comprising writing means for writing and holding the content image designed by the design means on a display medium.

  Further, in the content design system according to claim 3, in the present invention according to claim 2, the identification information storage means further holds user identification information for identifying a user so as to be readable from the outside. The reading means further reads user identification information from the storage means, and the design means designs a content image to be written on a display medium for each user according to the determination of the design determination means, The writing means is characterized in that the display medium is identified by the user identification information and the content image designed by the design means is written and displayed and held.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the content design system according to the second or third aspect of the present invention, wherein the identification information storage means can further read medium identification information for identifying a display medium from the outside. The reading means further reads medium identification information from the storage means, and the design means designs a content image to be written for each display medium according to the determination of the design determination means, and writes the writing The means is characterized in that the display medium is identified by the medium identification information, and the content image designed by the design means is written and displayed and held.

  The content design apparatus according to claim 5 identifies the content displayed and held on the display medium from the identification information storage means provided on the display medium that displays and holds the rewritable and written content in a non-powered state. Reading means for reading the content identification information, content storage means for associating the content with the content identification information, design storage means for holding the relationship between the design element and the image given to the human by the design element, and the reading means The content of the read content identification information is specified with reference to the content storage means, the design determination means for determining the design information of the specified content, and the content to be written on the display medium according to the determination of the design determination means A design means for designing images. The features.

  The computer program according to claim 6 is displayed on the display medium from the identification information storage means provided in the display medium for displaying and holding the rewritable and written content in a non-powered state by being executed by the computer. Reading means for reading content identification information for identifying the held content, content storage means for associating the content with the content identification information, and design storage means for holding the relationship between the design element and the image given to the human by the design element The content of the content identification information read by the reading unit is specified with reference to the content storage unit, and the design determination unit for determining the design information of the specified content is displayed according to the determination of the design determination unit Design content images to be written to the media A main routine design unit, the content layout unit having characterized by configured to the computer.

According to the content design system of the first aspect, by reading the content identification information from the display medium on which the content of the desired design is displayed, other content is designed with the same design as the content. It can be designed according to the user's preference.
For example, if the desired content identification information is acquired from a large number of users as described above, the content can be designed and browsed with a tendency to be supported by the large number of users.

  Further, according to the content design system of the second aspect, the content designed as described above can be written on the display medium and browsed by the user.

  Further, according to the content design system of the third aspect, it is possible for the user identified with the user identification information to browse the content with a unified design.

  Further, according to the content design system of the fourth aspect, the content can be browsed with a unified design by the display medium identified with the medium identification information.

  Further, according to the content design device of the fifth aspect, by reading the content identification information from the display medium on which the content of the desired design is displayed, another content can be designed with the same design as the content to the user. You can browse.

  According to the program of claim 6, the content design apparatus is configured on the computer, the content identification information is read from the display medium on which the content of the desired design is displayed, and another content is designed with the same design as the content. Design and allow users to browse.

The present invention will be specifically described based on examples.
FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration of the content design system according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows an outline of electronic paper as a display medium according to the present embodiment.
First, as shown in FIG. 2, the electronic paper EP includes a memory 2 and a memory that constitute the identification information storage unit 4 in a display medium 1 in which a content image can be rewritten and the written content image is displayed and held in a no-power state. 2 is provided with an identification information storage means 4 having a wireless unit 3 that transmits the identification information stored in 2 in response to external access.

The wireless unit 3 has a function corresponding to the reading unit 11 of the content design apparatus to be described later. For example, the wireless unit 3 constantly transmits a response request signal having a communication area in a range close to the reading unit 11, and the wireless unit 3 performs the communication. When located in the vicinity, the identification information stored in the memory 2 may be wirelessly transmitted in response to the received response request signal.
The content design apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is configured by causing a computer to execute a program according to the present invention, and has functions necessary for the present invention as will be described later.

The display medium 1 is a thin and flexible device like paper.
For example, in a display medium 1 in which a content image is electrically written, fine colored particles used as toner in a copying machine are sealed between a pair of front and back matrix electrodes that are transparent at least on the front side. As a structure sandwiched between a pair of front and back film substrates whose sides are transparent, black colored particles and white colored particles are applied positively or negatively to the opposite surfaces of the front side and the back side of the display medium. It is configured to stay. Therefore, in a state where no voltage is applied to the electrode (no power supply state), negatively charged white particles accumulate on the back side, while positively charged black particles accumulate on the front side, and the display medium is visually observed from the front side. Then, it will be in a black state. Then, if the electrode polarity of the required part of the matrix corresponding to the information image to be displayed based on the electronic data is reversed, the positional relationship between the white particles and the black particles is switched, and the image information based on the contrast between the white particles and the black particles Is displayed. Note that by operating the matrix electrode based on different electronic data, the image information displayed by the contrast between the white particles and the black particles can be switched, and can be reused many times.

  Further, for example, a display medium 1 in which a content image is written by light includes an organic photoconductive material layer (organic photoconductive layer) and a liquid crystal display material layer (microencapsulated cholesteric cholesteric) used in a copying machine. Liquid crystal layer), these layers are sandwiched between a pair of front and back transparent electrodes, and this laminate is sandwiched between a pair of front and back transparent base films and transferred to a light control panel (light emitting panel) for image writing When a content image to be displayed is displayed and projected onto a display medium and a voltage is applied to the electrodes, the intensity of light is instantaneously converted into a reflection density to hold the projection image. A content image displayed and held can be erased by applying an erasing voltage to the electrode, and can be reused many times by repeating writing and erasing.

  The content design apparatus 10 includes a reading unit 11 that wirelessly reads content identification information (content ID) and user identification information (user ID) from the identification information storage unit 4 existing in a communication area, content, and content identification information (content ID). , A design database 13 that holds relation information (design relation) between design elements and images that the design elements give to humans, and a design determination unit that determines the design of the content with the content ID read by the reading unit 11 14, the preference database 15 that stores and holds the determination result (preference information) of the design determination unit 14 in association with the user ID, and the content image to be written on the electronic paper EP of the same user ID with reference to the preference database 15 Same Design unit 16 generates in a design, and a writing writing unit 17 the generated content image in the design portion 16 (and the content ID) to the electronic paper EP written.

  The main feature of the present invention is that the content ID is read from the electronic paper EP selected by the user U in order to design the content by unifying the design supported by the user. In order to store information for applying the same design to the user, and to write the same designed content on the electronic paper EP of the same user, the user ID is also obtained from the electronic paper EP. Yes. Therefore, when trying to unify the design supported by a plurality of users, acquisition of a user ID is not essential.

  In this embodiment, content is provided in a unified design for each user using a user ID, but medium identification for identifying electronic paper EP together with the user ID or instead of the user ID. Information (medium ID) is stored in the memory 2, the reading unit 11 reads the medium ID from the electronic paper EP selected by the user, and the result of design determination in the same manner as described above is associated with the medium ID in the preference database. 15 and a content image having the same design may be written to the electronic paper EP having the same medium ID.

  In this embodiment, in order to write the content of the design that suits the user's preference to the electronic paper EP of the same user, when the electronic paper EP is set in the apparatus 10 for the writing process, the reading unit 11 The user ID is read from the electronic paper EP, the design unit 16 designs the content to be written according to the preference information corresponding to the user ID, and the writing unit 17 performs the writing process.

  In the present embodiment, the content database 12 is configured to hold the content entity data in association with the content ID. However, unlike this, for example, the content entity data in association with the content ID is acquired from an external database. It may be configured to hold URL information for this purpose.

  In this embodiment, the design database 13 holds design-related information as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, and FIG. 5 shows design elements (colors) and images given to humans by the design elements (warm, cold, soft, 6 is a color scale information indicating the relationship between the design element (color scheme) and the image given to the human (warm, cold, soft, hard), and FIG. 7 is a design element. This is shape pattern scale information indicating a relationship between (a combination of shape and pattern) and an image (warm, cold, soft, hard) given to a human by a design element.

Next, the processing operation by the content design system having the above configuration will be described.
In the example shown in FIG. 1, contents having different background colors are displayed and held on the three electronic papers EP (1) to (3). The identification information storage means 4 of these electronic papers EP (1) to (3) stores the content ID of the written content and the user U of the electronic paper EP (1) to (3) when writing the content image. Are stored.

  From these electronic papers EP (1) to (3), the user U selects the electronic paper EP (2) displaying the content of the design (background color) that suits his / her preference, and the electronic paper When the EP (2) is presented within the communication area of the reading unit 11, the reading unit 11 reads the content ID and the user ID from the identification information storage unit 4 of the electronic paper EP (2), and designs based on the content ID and the user ID. The determination unit 14 performs design determination and accumulation processing of preference information which is a determination result.

The design determination unit 14 acquires content corresponding to the content ID from the content database 12, analyzes the background color of the content with reference to the single color scale (FIG. 5) of the design database 13, and the image given by the background color Information (preference information) is determined and stored in the preference database 15 in association with the user ID.
Therefore, by causing the content design apparatus 10 to read a number of electronic papers displaying content images of a background color that the user likes, the background color preference information determined from these electronic papers is stored in the preference database 15. Therefore, the tendency of the background color preferred by the user can be determined by a known statistical process such as majority decision from the accumulated background colors.

On the other hand, when the user U attaches the electronic paper EP in which his / her user ID is stored in the identification information storage means 4 to the apparatus 10 for writing new content, the reading unit 11 reads the user ID and uses the user ID The design unit 16 starts the content writing process designated by the user.
The design unit 16 acquires the preference information corresponding to the user ID read by the reading unit 11 from the preference database 15, acquires the specified content from the content database 12, designs the content according to the preference information, and generates it. The written content image is written into the attached electronic paper by the writing unit 17. That is, a content image is generated as a background color according to the preference information and written on the electronic paper.

In the above example, the process based on the design element called the background color has been described. However, the content design apparatus 10 may be set to perform the process based on other various design elements.
For example, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, when a design element called color arrangement (color arrangement) in a content image is determined and a content image is generated with a color arrangement design that the user likes. The design determination may be performed using a color arrangement scale as shown in FIG. 6, and the color arrangement information may be accumulated as preference information.
For example, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, when design elements such as illustration shapes and patterns in a content image are determined and a content image is generated with a design that the user likes, The design determination may be performed using a shape pattern scale as shown in FIG. 7 and the shape pattern information may be accumulated as preference information.

It is a functional block diagram of the content design system which concerns on an example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the electronic paper which concerns on an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the content design concerning an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the content design concerning an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the monochromatic scale which concerns on an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the color scheme scale which concerns on an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the shape pattern scale which concerns on an example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: display medium, 4: identification information storage means,
10: Content design device 11: Reading unit
12: Content database, 13: Design database,
14: design determination unit, 15: preference database,
16: Design department, 17: Writing department,
EP: Electronic paper, U: User,

Claims (7)

A display medium for displaying and holding rewritable and written content in a non-powered state;
An identification information storage means provided on the display medium and configured to hold content identification information for identifying the displayed and held content so as to be readable from the outside ;
Content storage means for associating the content with its content identification information;
A design storage means for maintaining the relationship between the design element and the image that the design element gives to humans;
Reading means for reading the content identification information of the content displayed and held on the display medium from the identification information storage means of the display medium selected by the user from among the plurality of display media that display and hold the content including different design elements. When,
A design that identifies content corresponding to the content identification information read by the reading unit with reference to the content storage unit, and determines an image given to a human by a design element included in the identified content with reference to the design storage unit A determination means;
Image storage means for storing image information determined by the design determination means as preference information;
Design means for performing design of content designated as a target to be written to the display medium in accordance with preference information stored in the image storage means ;
Content design system characterized by having The content design system according to claim 1, further comprising writing means for writing an image of the content designed by the design means on a display medium to display and hold the image. The identification information storage means further holds user identification information for identifying a user so as to be readable from the outside,
The reading means further reads user identification information from the identification information storage means of the display medium ,
The image storage means reads, as preference information, image information determined by the design determination means based on content identification information read from the identification information storage means of the display medium from the identification information storage means of the display medium. Stored in association with the user identification information,
The design means designs content designated as an object to be written to the display medium according to preference information corresponding to user identification information stored in the identification information storage means of the display medium to be written by the writing means,
3. The content design system according to claim 2, wherein the writing unit writes and holds an image of the content designed by the design unit on the display medium serving as the writing destination . The identification information storage means further holds medium identification information for identifying a display medium so that it can be read from the outside.
The reading means further reads medium identification information from the identification information storage means of the display medium ,
The image storage means reads, as preference information, image information determined by the design determination means based on content identification information read from the identification information storage means of the display medium from the identification information storage means of the display medium. Stored in association with the medium identification information,
The design means designs content designated as a target to be written to the display medium according to preference information corresponding to the medium identification information stored in the identification information storage means of the display medium to be written by the writing means,
4. The content design system according to claim 2, wherein the writing unit writes and holds an image of the content designed by the design unit on the display medium serving as the writing destination . 5. The relationship between the design element and the image that the design element gives to the human is the relationship between the color and the image that the color gives to the human, the relationship between the color scheme and the image that the color scheme gives to the human, the combination of shape and pattern, and the combination 5. The content design system according to claim 1, wherein the content design system includes at least one of a relationship with an image given to a human being. A display medium that displays and holds rewritable and written content in a non-powered state, and is provided on a display medium selected by a user from among a plurality of display media that display and hold content that includes different design elements. Reading means for reading content identification information for identifying the content displayed and held on the display medium from the identification information storage means;
Content storage means for associating the content with its content identification information;
A design storage means for maintaining the relationship between the design element and the image that the design element gives to humans;
A design that identifies content corresponding to the content identification information read by the reading unit with reference to the content storage unit, and determines an image given to a human by a design element included in the identified content with reference to the design storage unit A determination means;
Image storage means for storing image information determined by the design determination means as preference information;
Design means for performing design of content designated as a target to be written to the display medium in accordance with preference information stored in the image storage means ;
A content design apparatus comprising: By running the computer,
A display medium that displays and holds rewritable and written content in a non-powered state, and is provided on a display medium selected by a user from among a plurality of display media that display and hold content that includes different design elements. Reading means for reading content identification information for identifying the content displayed and held on the display medium from the identification information storage means;
Content storage means for associating the content with its content identification information;
A design storage means for maintaining the relationship between the design element and the image that the design element gives to humans;
A design that identifies content corresponding to the content identification information read by the reading unit with reference to the content storage unit, and determines an image given to a human by a design element included in the identified content with reference to the design storage unit A determination means;
Image storage means for storing image information determined by the design determination means as preference information;
Design means for performing design of content designated as a target to be written to the display medium in accordance with preference information stored in the image storage means ;
A program for causing the computer to function as a content design apparatus having

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