JPH08249337A - Information discriminating method and information input means - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily and accurately grasp the contents of a commodity, etc., by visual sensation by discriminating information or the commodity to be provided by using a visual discrimination code that enables a human to accurately have an image through the five senses. CONSTITUTION: A proper number of KANJIs (Chinese character) 12 which sensually represent feature elements of the contents of the target commodity, etc., are selected out of KANJIs 12 in a KANJI group table 11, and the selected KANJIs 12A are arranged at constant intervals to constitute a KANJI code 14. The table 11 of the KANJI group is composed of an optional number of KANJIs 12 to be employed for image representation which are selected out of many KANJIs, and the image of the target commodity, etc., is represented with a proper number of KANJIs in character units selected out of the KANJI group in this table 11. Therefore, a user reads the KANJI code 14 printed on the commodity, etc., or its label to concretely grasp the image that the KANJI code 14 has.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information identifying method and an information inputting means for identifying the information or the product to be provided (hereinafter referred to as product) by coding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of information processing devices (hereinafter, simply referred to as personal computers), all industries have been developing as never before imagined.
For example, in almost all fields of today's industrial world such as operation control of industrial robots in production lines of various products, office management, product distribution system in the market, inventory control, quality control, etc. It can be said that the situation is unthinkable without the introduction.

By the way, in the development of such a conventional personal computer, there are remarkable progress in so-called hardware, such as an increase in storage capacity, a reduction in size, and a simplification of operation. As anyone who has operated a personal computer knows, it is difficult to make full use of a thick manual unless you carefully read it, and when using a personal computer to access a specific data file, etc. Codes for using data files are required, and in many cases, there are various complicated problems in operating a personal computer, such as being unable to obtain the desired data without special training. It is the current situation.

Even if the above-mentioned operation on the personal computer can be cleared, in order to retrieve the desired data from the predetermined data file, the conventional personal computer displays the data on the keyboard or display. You can operate the touch switch and input the promised password to get the desired data.
As represented by the S (Point of Sales) system, the product information such as the type and price of the product, the date of manufacture, the name of the manufacturer, etc. is coded using a black and white bar and printed at a predetermined position on the product. , A so-called bar code method for reading the bar code with an optical scanner etc. has been developed, but the former method of inputting the password has a problem that it is easy to make an error in the input method such as forgetting the password, and the latter bar code. As mentioned above, the code system uses multiple black and white bars to code product information such as product type, price, manufacturing date, manufacturer name, etc. However, there is a problem that the meaning of the barcode cannot be understood concretely.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional method, for example, when purchasing a CD (compact disc) or the like at a record store, the "song name", "singer name", "genre", etc. of the intended CD or the like are known. If it does not exist, it is unsuitable for systematizing the retrieval of the target CD or the like.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to visually and sensuously and easily grasp the contents of a product or the like to be provided visually. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information identification method and an information input means that can easily search for products and the like using a personal computer.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an information identifying method, wherein a person accurately images the information or goods to be provided by his / her five senses. It is characterized by being performed by a visual identification code that can be used.

The invention according to claim 2 is the information identifying method according to claim 1, wherein the visual identification code is a kanji code in which a plurality of kanji are arranged at regular intervals. To do. The invention according to claim 3 is
The information identifying method according to claim 2, wherein the Chinese character code is configured by adding a numeral near each of the appropriate number of Chinese characters.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided information input means, the information processing apparatus, the information input means equipped in the information processing apparatus, and the output means for outputting the result as input by the input means. It is characterized by being composed of and. The invention according to claim 5 is the information input means according to claim 4, wherein the input means is a keyboard having a structure capable of directly inputting a kanji code. According to a sixth aspect of the invention, there is provided the information input means according to the fourth aspect, wherein the input means is an image scanner.

[0010]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, in order to obtain the information or product to be provided, the user can read the Kanji code printed or labeled on the product. Since the image of the Kanji code can be specifically grasped, the information or the content of the product can be accurately recognized. In particular, when similar information or products are repeatedly obtained, it is possible to grasp the target information or the content of the product by comparing it with the kanji code that is already understood. The utility value of the identification method or the information input means can be said to be an extremely efficient information identification method.

A kanji code of a product imaged by a user through an input means such as a kanji code scanner or a keyboard, and the kanji code is C at a record store, for example.
When purchasing D etc., even if the user does not know the "song name", "singer name", "genre", etc. of the intended CD, the user may ask "what kind of image (atmosphere or content ) ”CD, I think that I should be able to imagine it as a self, so the situation of that image can be expressed in multiple kanji, for example,“ love, fog, port, sound,
"Wind" etc., specify the song etc. of the CD to be purchased, and output based on the specified image C
It is only necessary to search for the product that the user wants to purchase from among the products of D, and the utility value is extremely high.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of an information identification method and an information input means according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same explanatory diagram as above, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a kanji code is displayed on a CD case.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a personal computer main body, 2 is a display unit (output means), 3 is a printer (output means), 4 is an input means (this keyboard is a keyboard or an image scanner having a structure capable of directly inputting a kanji code). Indicates.

As disclosed in the block of FIG. 2, the personal computer main body 1 has a first storage means 1a for storing a predetermined image of a Kanji code, and the first storage means 1a.
A sequence arrangement means 1b for arranging the individual images read from a in the order of the input kanji code, a calculation means 1c for calculating a unified image according to the order of the images arranged by the order arrangement means 1b, and the user's kanji code. Second storage means 1d for storing an unspecified product name to be imaged by the user, and a desired product imaged by the user stored in the second storage means 1d in response to the output signal of the calculation means 1c with a kanji code. And a reading means 1e for reading the name.

Calculation means 1c for calculating the unified image
Compares the image unified data portion A, the predetermined data D read from the image unified data portion A, and the individual image E read by the first storage means 1a,
It is configured with a comparison / determination unit B that extracts a common image F that each image has.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the visual identification code for identifying a product or the like indicates a characteristic element of the content of the target product or the like 13 from the kanji 12 in the table 11 of the kanji group. An appropriate number of kanji 12 to be sensuously expressed are selected on a character-by-character basis, and the selected kanji 12A is arranged in parallel with a kanji code 14 at regular intervals.

In the table 11 of the kanji group, an arbitrary number of kanji (for example, about 40 to 60, but this number can be increased or decreased) to be used for image expression are extracted from a large number of kanji. The extracted Kanji 12 is configured as a table, and an appropriate number of Kanji 12 selected from the Kanji group of Table 11 (for example, about 5 to 10, but the number can be increased or decreased) can be used for the purpose. The image of the product etc. 13 is expressed.

The above Table 11 shows the product 13 etc.
For example, products are classified into music such as CDs, cassette tapes, records, movie videos, books, food and drink products, audio products, home appliances, etc., and the contents of the products are classified according to the products in each classification. It is preferable to select the kanji that are supposed to express the characteristic elements of “1” in a character-by-character sense and to create them by category, and to use the products 13 etc. of the same category in a unified manner. . For example, if the product 13 is a category of music, the characteristic elements of the content are, for example, whether it is a light song or a dark song, tempo speed, place, time, weather, season, mental situation, ending and others. Can be illustrated, so it is surmised that the kanji that seems to be appropriate for accurately expressing these elements will be selected.

As shown in FIG. 3A, Table 11 of this embodiment shows 48 Kanji 12 out of many Kanji, that is, "love, sound, tone, another, wind, love, tears, sadness, darkness".・ Bright ・ white ・
Black, red, blue, pine, bamboo, boat, harbor, wave, green, sky, bird, flower, cloud, snow, rain, mountain, village, fog, large, small, spring, summer, autumn, winter, cold.
Morning / evening / clear / moving / quiet / quick / slow / light / heavy / high / low / medium ”, for example, configured for music (however, the selection of kanji is not specified). Is illustrated.

An example of an image of each Chinese character used in the above example is shown below. "Love" A feeling of being attracted to, adoring, or compassionate for something. A feeling of longing for a person between men and women. Caressing. "Sound" The content of hearing caused by sound waves. The sound wave itself. news. Come on, rumor. "Separation" To be divided, to be separated, to be separated. To be dying, to be alive, to be separated and not to meet again.
Telling my cousin, gorgeous cousin, farewell. The one that came out, Eda, the paradox. "Wind" The flow of air. Narashi. Customs. Customary. It looks like that. "Love" To give affection. Especially the emotional feelings of men and women.
love. "Tears" to cry. humanity. Caring "Sad" sad feelings. Dear It's painful. poor. There is no "dark" light. It's darkness. It is cloudy and unclear. "Akira" The light is clear. I have a clean heart. There is no truth. "White" Snow color. innocence. Innocent. "Black" is dark. Impure. darkness. "Red" Bloody color. A general term for scarlet, crimson, vermilion and brown. "Blue" The color of the clear sky. young. Represents immature meaning. "Fog" Water vapor condenses into a myriad of small water droplets that float in the atmosphere and look like smoke. "Port" A gateway for water such as rivers and seas. A place where the sea enters the bay and vessels are anchored by facilities such as breakwaters. Harbor. "Autumn" The third place of the year and four seasons, the solar history from September to November. Gather and harvest. "Still" is moving. Those who are chilling, those who are not afraid. It's not refreshing. The person who is not afraid of movement, and the person who is gentle.

The kanji code 14 is selected from the kanji group table 11 by selecting an appropriate number of kanji characters 12 for each character, which expresses the characteristic elements of the product 13 according to the content of the desired product. The selected Chinese characters 12A are arranged in parallel at regular intervals. In this case, when selecting kanji, it is preferable that the same kanji be selected for the same product, etc. Therefore, on the side providing the product etc., for example, a predetermined institution or the like is installed and the kanji is selected. It is advisable to adopt a method such as setting standards and implementing.

In this embodiment, a CD having a song name "Kiri no Naba" (however, this song name is a pseudonym) is used as the product 13 or the like.
As a specific example, the 7-character Kanji character "Shizu, Fog, Minato, Autumn, Love,"
It is disclosed that "Kaze, another" is selected from Table 11 and the kanji code 14 is constructed by combining the selected seven kanji characters 12A (see FIG. 3). As described above, when the product or the like is related to music, for example, the tempo of the song or the content of the poetry is used as a characteristic element, and a kanji code that expresses each element sensuously and accurately is selected and the kanji code 14 is selected. Will be obtained. The created Kanji code 14 is displayed by directly printing it on the target product 13 or the like, or by attaching a label on which the code 14 is printed, etc. It In Figure 4, Kanji code 1
An example in which 4 is printed and displayed on the case of the CD is shown.

Next, the operation of the information identification method and the information input means of the above embodiment will be described. When trying to obtain the product etc. to be provided, the user can see the Kanji code displayed on the product etc. with his / her eyes and specifically understand the image of the Kanji code. Can be easily perceived. In particular, when similar products etc. are repeatedly obtained, it is possible to grasp the contents of the target product etc. by comparing with the kanji code that is already understood, so it is possible to identify the target product etc. It is easily available.

Further, by using the information identification method of this embodiment, for example, when a CD or the like is purchased at a record store, the user's "CD name", "Singer name",
Even if you don't know the "genre" at all, the user will be given a "what image (atmosphere or content)" CD
I think that I am trying to buy, or I can imagine as my own, so I express the situation of that image with multiple letters, for example, "Shizuka, fog, harbor, autumn, love, wind, another", etc. It is possible to specify a song or the like of a CD to be purchased, search for a product to be purchased by one of many CD products, and easily purchase the product.

[0025] For example, the above-mentioned example "still, fog, harbor, autumn,
When the kanji code 14 of "love, wind, another" is input by the keyboard 4 arranged on the keys, the image of each kanji 12A is "quiet" by the first storage means 1a. Those who are chilling, those who are not afraid. It's not refreshing. It's not too aggressive. "Fog" Water vapor condenses into a myriad of small water droplets that float in the atmosphere and look like smoke. Also called haze. "Port" The entrance and exit of water such as river ports. A place where the sea enters the bay and vessels are anchored by facilities such as breakwaters. Harbor. "Autumn" The third place of the year and four seasons, the solar history from September to November. Gather and harvest. "Love" A feeling of being attracted to, adoring, or compassionate about, and being loved by something. A feeling of longing for a person between men and women. Caressing. "Wind" The flow of air.
Narashi. Customs. Customary. It looks like that.
"Separately" to be divided, to be separated, to be separated. To be dying, to be alive, to be separated and not to meet again.
Telling my cousin, gorgeous cousin, farewell. The one that came out, Eda, the paradox. Etc. are read.

The image signals possessed by the individual kanji characters 12A read out as described above are inputted by the order arrangement means 1b as "Kanji / Fog / Minute / Autumn / Ai / Kaze / Separately" Kanji code 14 Are arranged in this order, and the arranged images are input to the next calculation means 1c. The image E of each of the Chinese characters 12A input to the computing means 1c is input to the comparison / determination unit B and compared with the data D from the image unified data unit A simultaneously input to the comparison / determination unit B. The image is calculated as a common image F, that is, a unified image.

For example, in the case of this example, "quiet"
It's not refreshing. "Fog" haze. “Port” A port where the sea enters the land and vessels are anchored by facilities such as breakwaters.
"Autumn" The third place of the year and four seasons, the solar history from September to November. "Love" A feeling of love between men and women. "Wind" flirting. A separate unified image signal is output by "separate" separation, and the unified image signal is used to select a song corresponding to the unified image signal from a plurality of existing songs stored in the second storage means 1d, for example, "fog". "The wavefield", "The fog flute is me ...",
The reading means 1 is "Minato ..." as the desired product name (tune).
e, and the read song is displayed on the display 2
Alternatively, it is output by the printer 3.

When the information identification method is used as described above, the user purchases a CD of "what image (atmosphere or content)" even if the user does not know the "track name" of the intended CD. Whether you are trying to buy it, just by inputting it with the keyboard 4 as described above, the song etc. of the CD you are going to purchase will be output by the display 2 or printer 3 and displayed accurately, so the product you want to purchase It's very convenient because you never have to search for.

By the way, when the user inputs the desired "tune" of the CD with the keyboard 4, the C
The "tune" of D is the example of "Shizuka / Fog / Port / Autumn / Ai /
Depending on the user who operates the keyboard 4, the Kanji code imaged by "Kaze / Betsu" may be "Mist wavefield", "Fog whistle is me ...", or "Minato town ...". 14 is "Quiet, fog, harbor, autumn, love, wind."
It is rare for all users to enter "Shizu / Fog / Port / Autumn / Ai / Kaze / Separately" in the same order even if they include each Kanji of "Separate". In many cases, for example, "Love, stillness, fog, harbor, autumn, wind, another", "fog, stillness, harbor, autumn, love, wind, another""fog, harbor, stillness, autumn, love, wind, another" Although it seems that the case is normal, the image E input to the next calculation means 1c through the sequence arranging means 1b is the comparison / decision section B as long as the products in which the entire Kanji code is the same are the same.
Is stored in the second storage means 1d, that is, the common image F of each image, which is compared with the data D from the image unified data section A that is input to the comparison and determination section B at the same time. Of the plurality of songs, songs corresponding to the unified image signal, for example, "Kiri no Namiba", "Kirifuue ga me", and "Minatomachi ..." are read by the reading means 1e as desired product names (tunes). Since the read tunes are output by the display 2 or the printer 3, even if the input order of the Kanji codes to be imaged is different, it is possible to search for the product that the user intends to purchase without difficulty. Is possible. In this case, each of the seven kanji characters in the above-mentioned example that compose the kanji code "Shizuka, fog, harbor, love, wind, another" is not the same as each kanji code entered, and some of them are not the same. For example, it is possible to read out and search for a product or the like having a kanji code in which 4 to 6 kanji are common among the above-mentioned 7 characters.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, which is characterized by a kanji code structure. That is, as the kanji code 14 of the present embodiment, an appropriate number of kanji characters 12 are selected from the kanji characters 12 in Table 11 of the kanji group, and the selected kanji characters 12 are selected.
The numbers 15 are added to the vicinity of the individual kanji characters 12A that make up the kanji code 14 by arranging A in parallel at regular intervals (lower right of the kanji character in the figure). This number 15
Replaces 100% with simple numbers 1, 2, ... 5,
It is added to add more or less strength and degree to the image of each kanji and to express the content in more detail. The other structure is exactly the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment.
According to this embodiment, for example, even the same kanji, "love,"
"Love ₁ ", "Love ₂ ", "Love ₃ ", "Love ₄ ", "Love ₅ " can be used to intuitively change the image of "Love" which is a characteristic element of the target product etc. Therefore, the contents of the product or the like can be more accurately recognized by viewing the kanji and the numbers together. Other operations and the like, and usage method and the like are exactly the same as those in the above-described embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the case of purchasing a CD with an unknown song title at a record store has been described in detail. For example, a cassette tape, a movie video, a book, a painting,
Needless to say, the same effect can be obtained by applying it to a search of an object that is very difficult to search, such as selecting a song in karaoke, and thus the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case of using the information identification method to input a predetermined kanji code with the keyboard to search for a desired product etc. has been described. However, an image scanner such as a kanji code scanner is used. When inputting, the Kanji code displayed on a product such as a CD or displayed on a label or the like may be read by an image scanner and input as shown in FIG.
In the case of this input method, the same result as above can be obtained. In the case of this system, if the product etc. is a CD, for example, by looking at the title display etc. of the CD, the music etc. can be grasped in advance. Therefore, in this input method, the CD corresponding to the Kanji code displayed on the CD, that is, the CD having the same image content as the content of the CD, for example, the "Fog Wave Field" If you input the Kanji code displayed on the CD with the image scanner, "Mist wave field", "Fog whistle me ...", "Minato town ..." are the desired product names ( The music is read out by the reading means 1e, and the read music is output by the display 2 or the printer 3.

[0033]

According to the present invention, the contents of a product or the like to be provided can be visually and sensuously and easily grasped, and a personal computer can be used to search or manage the product or the like. It is possible to provide a novel information identification method and information input means that can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of an information identification method and an information input means according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same as above.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a kanji character table and kanji code.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a kanji code is displayed on a CD case.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a kanji code.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Kanji group table 12 Kanji 12A Kanji selected from Table 11 14 Kanji code

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information identifying method, characterized in that the information or the product to be provided is identified by a visual identification code that enables a person to accurately image the five senses. 2. The information identifying method according to claim 1, wherein the visual identification code is a Chinese character code in which a plurality of Chinese characters are arranged at regular intervals. 3. The information identifying method according to claim 2, wherein the Chinese character code is formed by adding a number near each of the appropriate number of Chinese characters. 4. An information input device comprising: an information processing device; an information input device equipped in the information processing device; and an output device for outputting a result as input by the input device. . 5. The information input means according to claim 4, wherein the input means is a keyboard having a structure capable of directly inputting a Kanji code. 6. The information input means according to claim 4, wherein the input means is an image scanner.