JP4165160B2 - Design production support system and design production support program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a design creation support system, a design creation support method, and a design creation support program for supporting design creation based on a target design image, an actually created design image, and an image received by a user from the design. .
[0002]
[Prior art]
Designs applied to corporate marks, products, presentation materials, website pages, etc. have a great influence on the image (impression) received by customers and users. Therefore, in the design production, it is important to accurately express the image that the person who performs the corporate strategy, product sales strategy, information provision, etc. intends to give to the receiver (user).
[0003]
For example, in the case where the design creator is requested to design the product, as shown in FIG. 26, the client as the client determines a target image required for the product or the presentation material (S100). The design creator creates a design that matches the image (S102), evaluates the image of the created design (S104), and requests the client based on the difference between the required image and the actual design image. If a design modification is necessary, a modification is instructed. If a modification is not necessary, a final design is determined (S106).
[0004]
In such design production, many application software that supports drawing and coloring of images such as products, presentation materials, and web pages has been developed. Many of them leave the actual coloring to the application user, and it is difficult for a user who is unfamiliar with the design creation to accurately represent the image.
[0005]
Therefore, research has been conducted on methods for image processing and image evaluation based on human sensitivity.
[0006]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-249441 discloses an interactive color arrangement support apparatus. In this apparatus, when the design creator edits an image, the appropriateness of the color scheme of the background, characters, graphs, etc. can be shown to the user by numerical display, picture display, or quantity display. In addition, it is possible to present a color scheme having a high degree of appropriateness as a candidate palette for an image targeted by a design creator.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-8-249441
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-described conventional technology, in order to obtain the appropriateness of the actual design, it is necessary to assume a target image in advance before design production.
[0009]
In other words, the design creator or the client of the production needs materials in line with the contents of the presentation, what kind of image is necessary to bring out the uniqueness of other companies' products from the corporate strategy or product sales strategy. Design what the image to do is exactly what the image required to present a unique web page on the Internet flooded with information, etc. The image that is the target of the production must be determined in advance. The most difficult task in the design process was to determine the target image itself.
[0010]
However, the conventional color arrangement support apparatus cannot present an index necessary for determining an image that is a target of design production. For this reason, it has been difficult for design creators and client clients to appropriately determine and correct the target image.
[0011]
In addition, design creation often relies on the subjective image of the design creator, making it difficult for the design creator to objectively determine the difference between the actual design and the target image. . Furthermore, the client who requests the design production usually has no expertise in design production, and it is extremely difficult to recognize the difference between the image of the produced design and the target image.
[0012]
In other words, the difference between the actual design image and the target image cannot be clearly shown visually, and the design creator or client can determine how close the actual image is to the target image, or It was not possible to easily grasp the difference or how much the difference was. For this reason, there are cases where the direction for correcting the design cannot be found.
[0013]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the conventional technology, and an object thereof is to provide a design production support system, a design production support method, and a design production support program that facilitate determination, evaluation, and correction of an image in design production.
[0014]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[0021]
  The present invention for solving the above problems is as follows.Image representation information storage means for storing image representation information representing an image of a design including character information consisting of adjectives as an image information database, information about images assigned to each area obtained by dividing an image map screen, and image representation information And an image evaluation information storage means for storing an image evaluation database associated with the information, and information related to an image associated with the selected image expression information in the image evaluation database in response to selection of image expression information from the user.Target when creating a designEyesTarget image determination means for determining the target image information,Design evaluation information storage means for storing a design evaluation database that associates information about the image with physical features of the design, and producedPhysical features of the designAnd information on the image associated with the extracted physical feature amount in the design evaluation database.As design image informationdecideDesign imageDecisionmeans,ProducedImage that user receives from designThe image representation information suitable for the user is acquired from the user, and the information related to the image associated with the acquired image representation information in the image evaluation databaseAs user image informationdecideUser imageDecisionmeansThe aboveThe target image information determined by the target image determination means and the design image superimposed on an image map screenDecisionBy meansIt has been determinedThe design image information and the user imageDecisionBy meansDecisionSaid user image informationNews,AboveImage to be displayed in the area to which each information is assigned in the area of the image map screendisplaymeansA correction information storage means for storing a combination of colors of a background area, a main area and an accent area suitable for an image assigned to each area obtained by dividing the image map screen as a correction database; and the produced design When the correction is instructed, the colors of the background area, the main area and the accent area corresponding to the image assigned to the area of the image map on which the target image information is displayed are extracted from the correction database, and Color display means for displaying the image on the image map area,It is characterized by including.
[0028]
  The present invention for solving the above problems is as follows.Image representation information storage means for storing image representation information representing an image of a design including character information consisting of adjectives as an image information database, information about images assigned to each area obtained by dividing an image map screen, and image representation information Image evaluation information storage means for storing an image evaluation database in association with each other, design evaluation information storage means for storing a design evaluation database in which information about the image and physical features of the design are associated, and the image Correction information storage means for storing a combination of colors of a background area, a main area, and an accent area suitable for an image assigned to each area obtained by dividing the map screen as a correction database.On the computer,In response to the selection of the image expression information from the user, information on the image associated with the selected image expression information in the image evaluation databaseTarget when creating a designEyesTarget image determination process to determine as target image information,ProducedPhysical features of the designAnd information on the image associated with the extracted physical feature amount in the design evaluation database.As design image informationdecideDesign imageDecisionProcess,ProducedImage that user receives from designThe image representation information suitable for the user is acquired from the user, and the information related to the image associated with the acquired image representation information in the image evaluation databaseAs user image informationdecideUser imageDecisionProcess,AboveThe target image information, the design image information, and the user image information are superimposed on an image map screen.News,AboveImage to be displayed in the area to which each information is assigned in the area of the image map screendisplayProcess,When correction of the produced design is instructed, the background database, the main area, and the accent area corresponding to the image assigned to the image map area on which the target image information is displayed are displayed in the correction database. A color display step of extracting from the image map area and displaying it superimposed on the image map area,It is characterized by executing a process including:
[0029]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1. Device configuration
The design production support system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a management server 100, client computers 102a, 102b,... The management server 100 and the client computers 102a, 102b,... Are connected via the network 104 so that information can be transmitted.
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 2, the management server 100 basically includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 12, an input unit 14, an output unit 16, and a network interface unit 18.
[0031]
The control unit 10 reads and executes the design creation support program stored in the storage unit 12. Further, data necessary for processing is fetched from the input unit 14 and the network 104 and stored in the storage unit 12. Further, when necessary for the processing, the data held in the storage unit 12 is read and used for the processing. Further, the processing result is stored again in the storage unit 12 and output to the output unit 16 or the network 104 as necessary.
[0032]
The storage unit 12 stores and holds various data such as a design creation support program and keywords input from the input unit 14 or the network. Further, it stores and holds databases such as an image expression database, an image evaluation database, a design evaluation database, a design database, and an image map display database required for processing. The contents and usage of each database will be described later. As the storage unit 12, a semiconductor memory is mainly used. For example, a storage device such as a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a magnetic tape can also be used.
[0033]
The input unit 14 is used when a user inputs data necessary for processing. As the input unit 14, for example, a character input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device such as a mouse or a light pen can be used. Also, when reading existing presentation materials created on a recording medium such as paper as electronic data, an image reading device such as a scanner, or a voice input that can be converted into a digital signal when inputting voice, etc. An apparatus can be used.
[0034]
The output unit 16 displays an input screen that prompts input of data necessary for processing, an output screen that shows a processing result in the control unit 10, and the like. As the output unit 16, for example, an image output device such as a display or a printer can be used.
[0035]
The network interface unit 18 is used to connect the management server 100 to the network 104 so that information can be transmitted.
[0036]
Further, the client computers 102a, 102b,... May have the same configuration as the management server 100. Also in the client computers 102a, 102b..., The program stored in the storage unit 12 of the management server 100 can be executed via the network 104, and the data can be read and used as appropriate.
[0037]
2. Operation explanation
The design production support method in the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.
[0038]
Here, the person who produces the design (hereinafter referred to as the design creator), the person who requests the design creator to produce the design (hereinafter referred to as the client), and the person who receives the produced design (hereinafter referred to as the client) The user will be described as using the system. Moreover, it is assumed that the operator generally performs operations that can be performed by any of the design creator, the client, and the user. Usually, the design creator, the client, and the user are different, but the design creator, the client, and the user may be the same when appropriately modifying the design created by the designer. .
[0039]
Client computers 102a, 102b,... Are connected to and communicate with the management server 100 via the network 104, respectively, and can function both as a design creator's terminal and as a client's terminal. In the following description, for the sake of convenience, it is assumed that the operator performs processing using the management server 100.
[0040]
As shown in FIG. 3, the design production support method includes a target image determination process in step S10, a design image evaluation process in step S20, a user image acquisition process in step S30, and an image presentation / modification process in step S40.
[0041]
Each of these steps is coded in a computer-processable program, stored and held in the storage unit 12 of the management server 100, and can be executed by the control unit 10.
[0042]
When the processing of the program is started, in step S0, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 10 displays the main menu screen 1000 on the output unit 16, and prompts the operator to select a desired process. Here, on the main menu screen 1000, the mouse pointer 5 is displayed, and the execution of each process is started by clicking a screen position indicating a desired process.
[0043]
Further, the main menu screen 1000 is provided with a box 15 for inputting an identification number of a design to be produced, and the database to be processed in the following processing is the number input in this box 15. Will be identified.
[0044]
For example, by inputting “9” as an identification number in the box 15, moving the mouse pointer 5 to the position where the target image determination button 20 is displayed and clicking the mouse, the design identification number becomes 9, The process proceeds to the target image determination step of S10.
[0045]
2-1. Target image determination process
In the target image determination step in step S10, information related to an image required for the design to be produced (hereinafter referred to as target image information) is determined. The target image determination step is processed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0046]
First, in step S10a, the control unit 10 causes the output unit 16 to display a target image input screen 1002. As shown in FIG. 6, the target image input screen 1002 presents a plurality of pieces of information representing the design image, and allows the client to select information that matches the target image of the design production.
[0047]
Here, the information that expresses the image of the design includes character information that consists of adjectives that express the design image, color information that consists of a color palette that combines multiple colors, etc. It is preferable to select and use as appropriate. These pieces of information can be appropriately read and used by storing them in the storage unit 12 in advance as an image expression database. In the following description, it is assumed that the image expression database uses character information composed of adjective groups as shown in FIG.
[0048]
Next, in step S10b, the client uses the input unit 14 to select information along the image required for the design.
[0049]
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the mouse pointer 5 is displayed in the target image input image 1002 in which adjectives are listed and displayed. The client uses the mouse as the input unit 14, moves the mouse pointer 5 to the check box 28 attached to the adjective that matches the image required for the design, and selects by clicking the mouse. A check mark is displayed in the selected check box 28. When the selection is completed, the character information of the selected adjective is saved in the storage unit 12 by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the position of the decision button 29 and clicking the mouse. In the example of FIG. 6, the character information “behavioral” and “honest” is selected and stored in the storage unit 12.
[0050]
The method for selecting information representing an image is not limited to this, and other methods may be used as long as the requester can easily input.
[0051]
Next, in step S10c, target image information for design production is determined based on the selected information. An image evaluation database is used to determine the target image information. As shown in FIG. 8, target image information is held in the image evaluation database in association with information included in the image expression database.
[0052]
The control unit 10 reads out the selected information from the storage unit 12, and extracts target image information associated with the information by referring to the image evaluation database. The extracted target image information is stored in the storage unit 12 in association with the design identification number.
[0053]
For example, if the selected character information is “obvious”, in the example of the image evaluation database in FIG. 8, “natural” is selected as the target image information at a ratio of 0.9, and “pretty” is selected at a ratio of 0.1. It is.
[0054]
When the target image information is selected, the target image determination process is ended, and the control unit 10 returns the control to step S0.
[0055]
Note that the processing of the target image determination step is not limited to this. For example, if the target of the design is a presentation material, a web page, the appearance of a new product, or a brand logo of a company, etc., a color palette group that is a combination of multiple colors is represented as an image. It is also possible to select target image information associated with the selected color pallet by registering them as a database, listing them on the target image input screen, and allowing the client to select them.
[0056]
In the present embodiment, the target image information is determined based on information selection of only one client, but the target image information is determined based on information obtained from a plurality of persons by repeating the above steps. It is also preferable to define.
[0057]
For example, it is very effective when extracting corporate image target image information of a corporate color from a plurality of officers within a company, or extracting product design target image information from a plurality of product developers.
[0058]
2-2. Design image evaluation process
If the design image evaluation button 22 is clicked in step S0, the process proceeds to the design image evaluation process in step S20.
[0059]
In the design image evaluation process in step S20, information related to the actual design image (hereinafter referred to as design image information) is extracted. The design image evaluation process is processed according to the flowchart of FIG.
[0060]
First, in step S20a, an actual design is taken in as data, and stored and held in the storage unit 12. As illustrated in FIG. 10, the control unit 10 displays a design capture screen 1004 on the output unit 16 and prompts the design creator to input data related to the design.
[0061]
For example, the design creator designs a web page and uploads it on the network 104 in advance. Next, the URL of the web page is input to the URL input box 30 of the design capture screen 1004, the mouse pointer 5 displayed on the design capture image 1004 is moved to the web design capture button 32, and the mouse is moved. Click to specify the acquisition destination of the web page for design image evaluation. When receiving the designation, the control unit 10 takes in the image data of the web page from the designated URL via the network 104. The captured image data is sequentially stored in the storage unit 12 as a design database in association with identification information (for example, URL) of the image data as shown in FIG.
[0062]
If a design database has not yet been generated for the design identification number, a new design database is generated in association with the design identification number. On the other hand, when a design database for the design identification number already exists, image data identification information and image data are additionally stored in the existing design database.
[0063]
In addition, by designating the URLs of the web pages of competitors as well as the produced web pages, it is also possible to capture and evaluate image data of those web pages.
[0064]
In addition, when the object of design production is presentation material, a new product, a company brand logo, or the like, it is also preferable to capture image data using an image data reading device such as a scanner. In this case, it is preferable to activate an existing image reading tool by clicking the image capture button 34 on the design capture screen 1004.
[0065]
In the following description, it is assumed that the image of the web page in FIG. 12 is captured as an example.
[0066]
  In step S20b, the image given to the human by the captured image data is evaluated..
[0067]
That is, the control unit 10 reads the captured image data from the storage unit 12, and divides the area as shown in FIG. An existing image area dividing tool can be used for the area division. Next, physical features such as area, position, size, color average, and color difference from other regions are extracted for each divided region.
[0068]
On the other hand, design image information is associated with a combination of physical features and stored in the storage unit 12 as a design evaluation database. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, a set of colors (indicated by hatching in the figure) of the background area, the main area having the largest area excluding the background area, and the accent area that is an accent to the main area is generated. Then, design image information representing an image received by a human from the set of colors is associated and stored.
[0069]
Based on this design evaluation database, an average color can be extracted from the background region, main region, and accent region of actual image data, and design image information can be extracted from the combination of the average colors. As shown in FIG. 11, the extracted design image information is stored and held in the storage unit 12 as a design database in association with the identification number of the image data and the image data to be evaluated.
[0070]
For example, when an average color is extracted from each of the background area, main area, and accent area of the image data in FIG. 12, design image information “natural” can be obtained based on the design evaluation database in FIG.
[0071]
It is also preferable to use the physical feature quantity itself obtained from the image data as design image information. For example, the combination of the average colors of the background area, the main area, and the accent area of the image data itself may be used as the design image information as a color palette.
[0072]
When the design image is selected, the design image evaluation process is terminated, and the control unit 10 returns the control to step S0.
[0073]
2-3. User image acquisition process
When the user image acquisition process button 24 is clicked in step S0, the process proceeds to the user image acquisition process in step S30.
[0074]
In the user image acquisition step of step S30, an image held by the user (hereinafter referred to as user image information) is acquired for the image data captured in step S20. The user image acquisition process is processed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0075]
First, in step S30a, the control unit 10 displays the image data selection screen 1006 on the output unit 16, and prompts the user to select image data to be acquired from the image data captured in step S20.
[0076]
As shown in FIG. 15, the image data selection screen 1006 lists and displays information on the image data held in the design database of the storage unit 12 on the screen, and which image data the user image information is acquired from. It is preferable to select these. However, the mode of the image data selection screen 1006 is not limited to this, and it is sufficient that the image data held in the design database can be selected.
[0077]
A user who inputs an image with respect to image data moves the mouse pointer 5 to a check box 40 provided for each piece of information related to image data on the image data selection screen 1006 using the input unit 14 such as a mouse, and clicks the mouse. Select information by doing. Next, the selection of the image data is determined by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the selection determination button 42 and clicking the mouse.
[0078]
In step S30b, the control unit 10 displays the user image input screen 1008 on the output unit 16, and prompts the user to input an image received by viewing the image data.
[0079]
As shown in FIG. 16, the user image input screen 1008 is divided into an area 43 for displaying the contents of the selected image data and an area 44 for enumerating and displaying information representing design images.
[0080]
The control unit 10 reads out the image data selected in step S30a from the design database held in the storage unit 12, and forms and displays the image data in the image data display area 43. For example, when image data of a web page is selected, as shown in FIG. 16, the URL of the image data is read from the design database, and the image data is fetched from the URL and displayed on the display.
[0081]
Furthermore, the control unit 10 reads out information representing the design image from the image representation database held in the storage unit 12 and displays the information in the image representation display area 44. Similar to the target image determination step in step S10, the information representing the image included in the image representation database is obtained from image data from color information including a plurality of adjectives representing a design image and a color palette composed of color sets. It is preferable to select and use as appropriate according to the type. Here, it is assumed that the image information database includes character information composed of a plurality of adjective groups.
[0082]
Next, in step S <b> 30 c, the user uses the input unit 14 to select information that matches the image felt when viewing the design of the image displayed in the image data display area 43.
[0083]
For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the mouse pointer 5 is displayed in the image expression display area 44 in which adjectives are listed, and the user uses the mouse to check boxes 46 provided for adjectives that match the image received from the design. The mouse pointer 5 is moved to and selected by clicking the mouse. A check mark is displayed in the selected check box 46. The adjective display can be changed as appropriate by moving the mouse pointer 5 on the scroll button 48 and clicking the mouse. When the selection of the adjective is completed, the character information of the selected adjective is stored in the storage unit 12 by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the position of the decision button 47 and clicking the mouse.
[0084]
For example, in FIG. 16, the character information “behavioral” and “fancy” is selected and stored in the storage unit 12.
[0085]
The method for acquiring the user's image is not limited to this. That is, it is sufficient if the user can easily input an image for the design of the image data.
[0086]
Next, in step S30d, user image information is determined based on the selected information. For the determination of the user image information, the image evaluation database used in the target image determination process in step S10 is used.
[0087]
The control unit 10 reads the selected information from the storage unit 12 and refers to the image evaluation database to extract user image information associated with the selected set of information.
[0088]
For example, when the character information “Fancy” is selected, “elegant” is selected as the user image information at a rate of 1.0 in the image evaluation database of FIG.
[0089]
The extracted user image information is associated with the image data and stored in the storage unit 12 as a user image information database as shown in FIG.
[0090]
If a user image information database has not yet been generated, a user image information database is generated for each design identification number. On the other hand, when a user image information database exists for the design identification number, image data and user image information are added to the existing user image information database.
[0091]
When the user image information is selected, the user image acquisition process is terminated, and the control unit 10 returns the control to step S0.
[0092]
The information representing the user image information is not limited to the adjective character information as in the present embodiment. For example, a mode in which user image information is selected from a color pallet group consisting of a set of colors is also suitable as in the target image determination step in step S10.
[0093]
Further, it is also preferable to cause a plurality of users to perform the above-described process and acquire user image information from a plurality of users for the same image data. This makes it possible to obtain a wide and objective evaluation of the image data.
[0094]
2-4. Image presentation / correction process
When the image presentation / correction process button 26 is clicked in step S0, the process proceeds to the image presentation / correction process in step S40.
[0095]
The image presentation / correction process in step S40 is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 18, and displays the target image information obtained in step S10, the design image information obtained in step S20, and the user image information obtained in step S30. Do.
[0096]
First, in step S40a, the control unit 10 displays the display selection screen 1010 on the output unit 16, and allows the operator to select which information is to be displayed.
[0097]
On the display selection screen 1010, as shown in FIG. 19, the identification number of the design to be displayed is input in the input box. Further, by selecting the check box 50 and clicking the decision button 52, information to be displayed is selected from the target image information, the design image information, and the user image information.
[0098]
Next, in response to the input of information to be displayed, the control unit 10 displays target image information, design image information, or user image information on the image map screen 1012 in step S40b.
[0099]
The image map screen 1012 is divided into a plurality of areas as shown in FIG. 20, and an area identification number is assigned to each area. On the other hand, the storage unit 12 stores information representing an image for each region identification number in association with each other as an image display database.
[0100]
The control unit 10 extracts an area identification number associated with the target image information, design image information, or user image information by referring to the image display database. Then, each piece of information corresponding to the area on the image map screen 1012 to which the extracted area identification number is assigned is displayed.
[0101]
Here, it is preferable to provide a coordinate axis on the image map screen 1012 and assign an area identification number so that the image changes with a predetermined tendency along the coordinate axis.
[0102]
For example, in the example of the image map screen 1012 shown in FIG. 21, the X coordinate indicating the warmth of the design from “warm” to “cold” and the Y coordinate indicating the hardness of the design from “soft” to “hard”. And two orthogonal coordinates are provided, and information representing the image is assigned along the change of each image.
[0103]
Note that the method of assigning information on the image map screen 1012 is not limited to this, and it is preferable to change the setting of the coordinate axes in accordance with the type of the target design.
[0104]
When the target image information is selected in step S40a, the target image information associated with the design identification number is displayed superimposed on the image map screen 1012 as shown in FIG.
[0105]
When the design image information is selected in step S40a, the design image information included in the design database associated with the design identification number is displayed superimposed on the image map screen 1012 as shown in FIG. At this time, it is preferable to easily identify the displayed information by changing the display color of the information for each image data included in the design database. It is also preferable to display the image data itself corresponding to the design image information instead of or together with the design image information.
[0106]
When the user image information is selected in step S40a, the user image information included in the user image information database associated with the design identification number is displayed superimposed on the image map screen 1012 as shown in FIG. At this time, it is preferable to easily identify the displayed information by changing the display color of the information for each image data included in the user image information database.
[0107]
Furthermore, when both the target image information and the design image information are selected in step S40a, both the target image information and the design image information associated with the design identification number are superimposed on the image map screen 1012 as shown in FIG. Displayed together. Similarly, when both target image information and user image information are selected, when both design image information and user image information are selected, or all of target image information, design image information, and user image information are selected. In this case, each piece of information is superimposed on the image map screen 1012 and displayed.
[0108]
In this way, by displaying the target image information, design image information, and user image information superimposed on one image map screen 1012, the design creator, the client, and the user can create an image that is the target of design production, the actual image It is possible to confirm the image of the design and the image received by the user from the actual design while visually comparing them. At this time, since each piece of information is displayed on the image map screen 1012 along the coordinate axis indicating the image tendency, how much the target image, the actual design image, and the image received by the user differ. It is possible to clearly grasp the tendency of the difference.
[0109]
Furthermore, in step S20, by obtaining design image information for the design of other companies' web pages and other products, it is possible to compare and confirm these information and target image information. Thereby, it becomes easy to grasp the coincidence or difference between the images of other companies' web pages and other products and the design target image to be produced.
[0110]
Furthermore, by acquiring user image information from a plurality of users for the same design in step S30, the distribution tendency of the user image information can be easily confirmed on the image map screen 1012. Further, it is possible to confirm at a glance whether the target image information and the design image information match the user image information with the distribution tendency or the difference.
[0111]
When a color palette is used instead of adjectives as target image information, design image information, and user image information, a color palette is associated with each area on the image map screen 1012 so that the target image information, design image information In addition, a color palette may be displayed in an area corresponding to user image information.
[0112]
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to correct the target image information and present information useful for correcting the design image. When the mouse pointer 5 is moved to the target image correction button 64 or the design image correction information presentation button 65 on the image map screen 1012, and the mouse is clicked, the process proceeds to step S40c.
[0113]
When the correction of the target image information is instructed, the control unit 10 starts the target image information setting process.
[0114]
The operator moves the mouse pointer 5 to an area on the image map screen 1012 and clicks the mouse while referring to the design image information and user image information displayed on the image map screen 1012. The control unit 10 acquires the position of the mouse pointer 5 and refers to the image expression database to set information representing an image assigned to the area as new target image information. Here, in order to easily confirm the new set target image information, it is also preferable to display the target image information by providing an area 66 for displaying the target image information.
[0115]
If the above target image information setting method is used, for example, the competitor's web design is displayed as design image information superimposed on the image map screen 1012, and the company's web design target image is displayed as the competitor's web design. When it is desired to make the image different from the image, it is possible to easily set the appropriate target image information by designating an area that does not overlap with the area where the design image information of the web design of the competitor is displayed. On the other hand, when it is desired to have a web design having an image similar to that of a competitor, appropriate target image information can be set by designating an area in which the design image information of the competitor's web design is displayed. Similarly, by displaying the user image information superimposed on the image map screen 1012, it is possible to set new target image information while referring to the image received by the user.
[0116]
Further, by moving the mouse pointer 5 to the design image correction information presentation button 65 provided on the image map screen 1012 and clicking the mouse, the operator can present information necessary for correcting the design image information. . For example, a combination of colors of a background area, a main area, and an accent area suitable for an image assigned to each area of the image map screen 1012 is stored in a database in advance, and the color corresponding to the area where the target image information is displayed is stored. It is preferable to display the set superimposed on the image map screen 1012. By changing the design to the displayed color combination, you can get closer to the target image.
[0117]
As described above, the target image information and the design correction support information are displayed on the same image map screen 1012, so that the target image, the actual design image, and the image received by the user can be visually confirmed. Work can be done.
[0118]
That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to confirm on the same image map screen whether the image that is the target of design production, the image that the actual design has, and the image that the user receives from the actual design are the same or different. .
[0119]
As a result, the client and the design creator can visually grasp the suitability of the target image setting for the design production, and can easily correct the target image and the design image. In addition, in the design production work, it is easy to collate information between the client and the design creator, and the work can be performed smoothly.
[0120]
Furthermore, it becomes easy to find the direction of correction of the design based on the image targeted by the client and the image received by the user from the created design.
[0121]
In the above embodiment, visual designs such as web pages, presentation materials, and product designs are targeted. However, target image information, design image information, and user images are also applied to audio data such as commercial audio. A similar effect can be obtained by acquiring information and displaying it on the same image map screen.
[0122]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is possible to clearly grasp the image that is the target of design production, the image that the actual design has, and the match and difference of the image that the user receives from the design. This makes it possible to easily modify the target image and the actual design.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a design production support system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a configuration of a management server in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a main flowchart of a design creation support method according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a main menu screen in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a target image determination process in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a target image input screen in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an image expression database according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an image evaluation database according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a design image evaluation process in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a design image evaluation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a design database according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a web page in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a design evaluation database according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a user image acquisition process in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an image data selection screen in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a user image input screen in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a user image information database according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flowchart of an image presentation / modification process in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display selection screen in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an image map screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an image display database according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an image map screen on which target image information is superimposed and displayed.
FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an image map screen on which design image information and image data are superimposed and displayed.
FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an image map screen on which user image information is superimposed and displayed.
FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an image map screen on which target image information, design image information, and image data are displayed in an overlapping manner.
FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a flowchart of design production.
[Explanation of symbols]
5 mouse pointer, 10 control unit, 12 storage unit, 14 input unit, 15 input box, 16 output unit, 18 network interface unit, 20 target image determination button, 22 design image evaluation button, 24 user image acquisition button, 26 image presentation・ Modify button, 28 check box, 29 decision button, 30 input box, 32 web design capture button, 34 image capture button, 36 background area, 37 main area, 38 accent area, 40 check box, 42 selection decision button, 43 Image data display area, 44 Image expression display area, 46 Check box, 47 Enter button, 48 Scroll button, 50 Check box, 52 Enter button, 54 input box, 60 Image information display area 62a X coordinate axis, 62b Y coordinate axis, 64 Target image correction button, 65 Design image correction information presentation button, 66 Target image display area, 68 Display of image data, 100 Management server, 102a, 102b, 102c Client computer, 104 network, 1000 main menu screen, 1002 target image input screen, 1004 design image evaluation screen, 1006 image data selection screen, 1008 user image input screen, 1010 display selection screen, 1012 image map screen.

Claims (2)

Image expression information storage means for storing image expression information representing an image of a design including character information composed of adjectives as an image information database;
Image evaluation information storage means for storing an image evaluation database that associates information about images assigned to each area obtained by dividing the image map screen and image expression information;
In response to selection of the image representation information from the user, it determines the information about the image associated with the selected image representation information as targets image information shall be the target in the design production in the image evaluation database target Image determination means,
Design evaluation information storage means for storing a design evaluation database associating information on the image and physical features of the design;
Extracting physical feature amount included in the production design, design image determining means for determining information about the image that is associated with the physical feature amount of the extracted in the design evaluation database as design image information,
The user image to determine acquires image representation that match the images that the user receives from the production design from the user, information about the image that is associated with the acquired image representation information in the image evaluation database as the user image information Decision means ,
The target image information determined by the target image determination means, the design image information determined by the design image determination means, and the user image information determined by the user image determination means, superimposed on the image map screen. image display means for displaying the broadcast, in a region where each of those information are allocated among the areas of the image map screen,
Correction information storage means for storing a combination of colors of a background area, a main area, and an accent area suitable for an image assigned to each area obtained by dividing the image map screen as a correction database;
When correction of the produced design is instructed, the background database, the main area, and the accent area corresponding to the image assigned to the image map area on which the target image information is displayed are displayed in the correction database. Color display means for extracting from the image map area and displaying it superimposed on the image map area;
Design production support system characterized by including Image expression information storage means for storing image expression information representing an image of a design including character information composed of adjectives as an image information database;
Image evaluation information storage means for storing an image evaluation database that associates information about images assigned to each area obtained by dividing the image map screen and image expression information;
Design evaluation information storage means for storing a design evaluation database associating information on the image and physical features of the design;
A computer comprising correction information storage means for storing, as a correction database, a combination of colors of a background area, a main area, and an accent area suitable for an image assigned to each area obtained by dividing the image map screen .
In response to selection of the image representation information from the user, it determines the information about the image associated with the selected image representation information as targets image information shall be the target in the design production in the image evaluation database target Image determination process,
Extracting physical feature amount included in the production design, the design image determination step of determining information about an image that is associated with the physical feature amount of the extracted in the design evaluation database as design image information,
The user image to determine acquires image representation that match the images that the user receives from the production design from the user, information about the image that is associated with the acquired image representation information in the image evaluation database as the user image information Decision process,
Superimposed with the image map screen, the target image information, the design image information and the user image information, an image display step of displaying the region where each of those information are allocated among the areas of the image map screen ,
When correction of the produced design is instructed, the background database, the main area, and the accent area corresponding to the image assigned to the image map area on which the target image information is displayed are displayed in the correction database. A color display step of extracting from the image map area and displaying it superimposed on the image map area,
A design creation support program characterized by causing a process to be executed.

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