JP2008046705A - Content design system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environment where a user can view content with a desired design by means of a rewritable display medium EP. <P>SOLUTION: A sensor 5 detects that the user U has taken electronic paper EP, and assumes that the user has viewed content with a desired design. A receiving part 11 receives a content ID from the electronic paper EP, and for the content of the content ID a design identifying part 14 refers to a design database 13 retaining relationships between design elements and images that the design elements impart to humans, to identify the design. The identification result is stored in a preference database 15 as preference information. A designing part 16 designs the content according to the preference information stored and a distributing part 17 distributes the content for writing on the electronic paper EP. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology capable of making a design of content to be written in accordance with a user's preference by 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 contents are 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, detection means provided on the display medium for detecting that the user touched the display medium, and content identification information for identifying the display-held content Identification information storage means that holds the content identification information, transmission means that wirelessly transmits the content identification information held in the identification information storage means in response to detection by the detection means, and content identification transmitted from the transmission means Content storage means for associating receiving means for receiving information with content and its content identification information Design storage means for maintaining the relationship between the design element and the image given to the human by the design element, the content of the content identification information received by the receiving means is identified with reference to the content storage means, and the identified content Design determining means for determining the design information, and design means for designing a content image to be written on a display medium in accordance with the determination of the design determining means.

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

  A content design system according to a third aspect is the invention according to the second aspect, wherein the identification information storage means further holds user identification information for identifying a user, and the reception means is the identification information. User identification information is further received from storage means, 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, and the writing means A display medium is identified by information, and a content image designed by the design means is written and displayed and held.

  A content design system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the content design system according to the second or third aspect, wherein the identification information storage means further holds medium identification information for identifying a display medium so as to be readable from the outside. The means further receives medium identification information from the storage means, the design means designs a content image to be written for each display medium according to the determination of the design determination means, and the writing means includes the medium identification information In this case, the display medium is identified and the content image designed by the design means is written and displayed and held.

  The content design apparatus according to claim 5 displays and holds the rewritable and written content transmitted in response to the user touching the display medium that displays and holds the written content without power. Receiving means for receiving content identification information for identifying content; content storage means for associating the content with the content identification information; and design storage means for holding a relationship between the design element and the image given to the human by the design element; The content of the content identification information received by the receiving unit is specified with reference to the content storage unit, the design determining unit for determining the design information of the specified content, and the display medium according to the determination of the design determining unit Design means for designing content images to be written on And wherein the door.

  The program according to claim 6 is transmitted when a user touches a display medium that displays and holds rewritable and written content in a non-powered state by being executed by a computer. Maintains the relationship between the receiving means for receiving the content identification information for identifying the content held and displayed, the content storage means for associating the content with the content identification information, and the design element and the image given to the human by the design element Design storage means for identifying the content of the content identification information received by the receiving means with reference to the content storage means, and determining the design information of the specified content, and the determination of the design determination means Design the content image to be written on the display medium according to And in means, the content layout unit having characterized by configured to the computer.

According to the content design system according to claim 1, the content identification information is obtained from the display medium touched by the user by assuming that the content is displayed in a design that the user likes to say that the user has touched it. By sending, other content can be designed and written on the display medium with the same design as the content, so the content to be displayed and held on the display medium can be designed according to the user's preference .
For example, when a user is interested in a display medium from among a plurality of display media each displaying and holding a content image, the design of the content displayed on the display medium is unified. Thus, the content to be subsequently written on the display medium is designed.
In addition, for example, if identification information related to favorite content is acquired from a large number of users as described above, the content can be designed and viewed 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 claim 5, based on the manner of picking up the display medium, it is assumed that the user has viewed the display medium on which the content of the favorite design is displayed, You can design other content with the same design and let the user browse.

  According to the program of claim 6, the user browses the display medium on which the content of the desired design is displayed based on the manner of configuring the content design device in the computer and picking up the display medium. By imitating, it is possible to design other content with the same design as the content and allow the user 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 non-powered state. 2 is provided with an identification information storage means 4 having a wireless unit 3 for wirelessly transmitting the identification information stored in 2, and a sensor 5 comprising a pressure-sensitive element or the like for detecting that the user has picked up the electronic paper EP. In this configuration, a driver 6 that performs processing for writing an image of content received by the wireless unit 3 on the display unit 1 is provided.

The wireless unit 3 wirelessly transmits the identification information in synchronization with the detection by the sensor 5. On the other hand, when receiving content distributed by wireless transmission from the content design apparatus 10 as described later, the wireless unit 3 receives the content received by the driver 6. Write processing to the display medium 1 is performed.
In the present embodiment, an electronic paper EP in a format in which writing processing is performed electrically by itself as described later is used. However, in the present invention, an electronic paper in a format in which a projected content image is displayed and held as described later. Various types of electronic paper can be used. For example, in the case of using electronic paper of a format that displays and holds the projected content image, the writing unit 17 described later has a rack structure that holds several pieces of electronic paper in which different contents are written, The electronic paper taken out by the user from this rack may be detected as being browsed.

The display medium 1 is a thin and flexible device like paper.
For example, electronic paper EP in a format in which a content image is electrically written uses the driver 6 to write the content received in the configuration shown in FIG. The display medium 1 used in this format includes, for example, enclosing fine colored particles used as toner in a copying machine between a pair of front and back matrix electrodes that are transparent at least on the front side, and a pair of front and back sides that are transparent at least on the front side. As a structure sandwiched between film substrates, black colored particles and white colored particles are driven by a driver 6 to apply electrodes positively or negatively, so that the surface side and the back side of the display medium are opposite to each other. 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.

  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 layer) 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 receiving unit 11 that wirelessly receives content identification information (content ID) and user identification information (user ID) from the identification information storage unit 4, and content that associates the content with the content identification information (content ID). The database 12, the design database 13 that holds the relationship information (design relationship) between the design elements and the images that the design elements give to humans, the design determination unit 14 that determines the design of the content with the content ID received by the reception unit 11, the design determination The preference database 15 that stores and holds the determination result (preference information) of the unit 14 in association with the user ID, the content database to be written on the electronic paper EP of the same user ID with reference to the preference database 15 with the same design Generated by In section 16, and a delivery unit (writing unit) 17 generated content image in the design portion 16 (and content ID) to written wirelessly transmitted to the electronic paper EP written.

In addition, the content design apparatus 10 of a present Example is comprised by making a computer run the program which concerns on this invention, and the function required for said this invention is comprised.
Here, the main feature of the present invention is that the content ID is selected from the electronic paper EP selected by the user U (touched by hand, etc.) to design the content in a unified manner supported by the user. However, in the present embodiment, information for applying the same design to the same user is accumulated, and further, the same designed content is written to the electronic paper EP of the same user. In addition, the user ID is also received and acquired from the electronic paper EP. Therefore, when trying to unify the design supported by a plurality of users, acquisition of a user ID is not essential.

  In this embodiment, the content is provided with a design that is unified for each user using the user ID. However, the medium identification for identifying the electronic paper EP together with the user ID or instead of the user ID. Information (medium ID) is stored in the memory 2, and the receiving unit 11 receives the medium ID from the electronic paper EP selected by the user and picks up the result of the design determination in the same manner as described above. In addition, the content with the medium ID is wirelessly distributed so that the content image with the same design is written to the electronic paper EP with the same medium ID. Also good.

In this embodiment using the electronic paper in the electric writing format, the content of the design that suits the user's preference is written on the electronic paper EP of the same user, and the content design apparatus 10 adds the user ID. The content is wirelessly distributed from the distribution unit 17, and the wireless unit 3 of the electronic paper is stored in its own memory 2 so as to collate with the set user ID, receive the content with the matching user ID, and write by the driver 6 Process.
When the electronic paper in the projection writing format is used, when the electronic paper EP is set in the apparatus 10 for the writing process, the receiving unit 11 receives the user ID set in the electronic paper, and the design unit 16 May design the content to be written according to the preference information corresponding to the user ID and cause the writing unit 17 to perform 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 user ID of the designated user in advance, and also stores the written content distributed when the content image is written. A content ID is stored.

Among these electronic papers EP (1) to (3) used by the designated user U, the electronic paper EP (3) displaying the content of the design (background color) that suits the user's preference. Is selected by the hand, the sensor 5 detects this, and the wireless unit 3 reads the content ID and the user ID from the memory 2 and wirelessly transmits them.
In the content design apparatus 10, the receiving unit 11 receives the content ID and user ID of the electronic paper EP (3), and the design determination unit 14 based on the content ID and user ID determines the preference information that is the design determination and determination result. Perform accumulation processing.

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, when the user browses a number of electronic papers displaying content images of the preferred background color, the preference information of the background color determined from these electronic papers is accumulated and held in the preference database 15. 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, in the content design apparatus 10, a time for sequentially distributing new content is set for each user (for each user ID), and the design unit 16 starts a distribution writing process for the content to be distributed at the time.
The design unit 16 acquires the preference information corresponding to the user ID as the distribution destination from the preference database 15, acquires the content to be distributed from the content database 12, designs the content according to the preference information, and generates the generated content The image is wirelessly transmitted from the distribution unit 17 with a user ID. In the electronic paper EP in which the user ID that matches the distributed content is stored in the identification information storage unit 4, the wireless unit 3 receives the content, and the driver 6 writes it on the display medium 1 and holds it. That is, a content image is generated as a background color according to the preference information of the user U and written on the electronic paper EP.

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 which concerns on an example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the content design which concerns on 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, 2: memory,
3: wireless unit, 4: identification information storage means,
5: Sensor, 6: Driver,
10: content design device, 11: receiving unit,
12: Content database, 13: Design database,
14: design determination unit, 15: preference database,
16: Design department, 17: Distribution part (writing part),
_{EP: Electronic paper, U: User,}

Claims (6)

A display medium for displaying and holding rewritable and written content in a non-powered state;
Identification information storage means provided in the display medium for holding content identification information for identifying the displayed and held content so as to be readable from the outside;
Detecting means provided on the display medium for detecting that a user touches the display medium;
Identification information storage means holding content identification information for identifying the displayed and held content;
A transmission means for wirelessly transmitting the content identification information held in the identification information storage means in response to the detection by the detection means;
Receiving means for receiving content identification information transmitted from the transmitting 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;
Design determining means for specifying the content of the content identification information received by the receiving means with reference to the content storage means, and for determining design information of the specified content;
Design means for designing a content image to be written on a display medium according to the determination of the design determination means;
Content design system characterized by having   2. The content design system according to claim 1, further comprising writing means for writing and holding the content image designed by the design means on a display medium. The identification information storage means further holds user identification information for identifying a user,
The receiving means further receives user identification information from the identification information storage means,
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,
3. The content design system according to claim 2, wherein the writing unit identifies a display medium with user identification information, writes the content image designed by the design unit, and displays and holds the content image. 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 receiving means further receives medium identification information from the storage means,
The design means designs a content image to be written for each display medium according to the determination of the design determination means,
4. The content design system according to claim 2, wherein the writing means identifies a display medium with medium identification information and writes and holds a content image designed by the design means. Content identification information for identifying the content held and displayed on the display medium transmitted in response to the user touching the display medium that displays and holds the rewritable and written content in a non-powered state. Receiving means for receiving;
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;
Design determining means for specifying the content of the content identification information received by the receiving means with reference to the content storage means, and for determining design information of the specified content;
Design means for designing a content image to be written on a display medium according to the determination of the design determination means;
A content design apparatus comprising: By running the computer,
Content identification information for identifying the content held and displayed on the display medium transmitted in response to the user touching the display medium that displays and holds the rewritable and written content in a non-powered state. Receiving means for receiving;
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;
Design determining means for specifying the content of the content identification information received by the receiving means with reference to the content storage means, and for determining design information of the specified content;
Design means for designing a content image to be written on a display medium according to the determination of the design determination means;
A computer program comprising: a content design apparatus comprising:

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