Advertisement display body order acceptance method

Abstract

To provide an advertisement display body order acceptance method that enables design details of an advertisement display body, used covering a column of a belt partition stand, to be viewed in advance.SOLUTION: In an advertisement display body order acceptance method, a method by a terminal (arithmetic processing unit) of a sales office includes: three-dimensionally converting an input design as predetermined design details being displayed at a predetermined place of an advertisement display body; and creating a virtual image in which the predetermined three-dimensionally converted design details are displayed at the predetermined place of the advertisement display body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for ordering advertising displays, and more particularly to a method for ordering advertising displays that are used to cover the supports of belt partition stands. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, various belt partition stands, such as those described in Patent Document 1 below, have been developed and are used for a variety of purposes, not only as simple room dividers (partitions), but also for forming waiting routes, for example. A typical belt partition stand is configured with a head at the top of a support pole from which a partition belt is wound so that it can be reeled out, and the tip of the partition belt reeled out from the head is engaged with the head of an adjacent belt partition stand to form a partition structure. When advertising on such belt partition stands, the advertising content is displayed directly on the outer surface of the partition belt or support pole by drawing or printing. Note that "advertising" does not only refer to promoting a product or company, but also to making something widely known to the public. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-181533 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, when advertising design content is directly displayed on the partition belt or support poles, it is difficult to change the displayed design content. While it is conceivable to directly display advertising design content on the partition belt or support poles of a belt partition stand used for short-term events, for example, by drawing or printing, this approach is difficult to achieve given the actual construction effort and cost. Therefore, we came up with the idea of ​​displaying advertising design content in advance on an advertising display having a tubular portion that can be fitted onto the support pole of the belt partition stand, and then placing this advertising display on the support pole of the belt partition stand. The tubular portion is often cylindrical, allowing for a relatively tight fit on the support pole of the belt partition stand. The advertising design content is displayed in a predetermined location visible from the outside of the advertising display, including the cylindrical portion. However, when selling such advertising displays as a business, there is a disadvantage in that customers who intend to purchase the advertising display cannot see the design content displayed on the advertising display in advance.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a method for ordering advertising displays that allows customers to see in advance the design details of the advertising display that will be used to cover the support poles of a belt partition stand. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, one aspect of the present invention is an advertising display ordering method in which an arithmetic processing device receives orders for an advertising display in which a predetermined design content is displayed as an advertisement in a predetermined location visible from the outside, with the tubular portion of the advertising display fitted onto the support pole of a belt partition stand, and the arithmetic processing device three-dimensionally converts the input design into the predetermined design content as displayed in the predetermined location on the advertising display, and creates a virtual image in which the three-dimensionally converted predetermined design content is displayed in the predetermined location on the advertising display. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the advertising display ordering method of the present invention, predetermined design content that has been three-dimensionally converted is displayed at a predetermined location on the virtual image of the advertising display, so that a user who intends to purchase the advertising display can check the design content by looking at the virtual image in advance. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an advertising display ordering system. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an advertising display for a belt partition. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the advertising display of FIG. 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another example of an advertising display for a belt partition. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a belt partition stand. [Figure 6] 2 is a flowchart of a calculation process executed by the calculation processing device of FIG. 1. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a design input screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a design input screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a standby screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 10] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a standby screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 11] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a preview screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 12] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a preview screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 13] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a preview screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 14] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a preview screen displayed on the terminal of FIG. 1. [Figure 15] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a first modified example of the advertising display body of FIG. 2. [Figure 16]FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a further modified example of the advertising display body of FIG. [Figure 17] 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a second modified example of the advertising display body of FIG. 2.

[0023] FIG. [Figure 18] FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a modified example of the advertising display of FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] An embodiment of an advertising display ordering system embodying the advertising display ordering method of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The embodiments shown below are merely examples of devices and methods for embodying the technical concept of the present invention, and the technical concept of the present invention does not limit the materials, shapes, structures, arrangements, etc. of component parts to the following embodiments. Furthermore, the drawings are schematic. Therefore, it should be noted that what is shown in the drawings may differ from the actual product, and the dimensional relationships and ratios may differ between the drawings.

[0010] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an advertising display ordering system in this embodiment. This embodiment assumes an ordering system in which a user who wishes to purchase an advertising display orders the advertising display via a communication line. To achieve this, the user can communicate with a terminal T, such as a smartphone or personal computer (hereinafter also referred to as a PC), from a terminal P of a sales establishment (manufacturing establishment) O of the advertising display (actual communication is mediated by a communications establishment). The terminal P in the sales establishment O can also communicate with a database B managed by the sales establishment O or other establishments, and this database B stores various information such as information about users and belt partition stands. The terminal P is a computer system (arithmetic processing device) such as a PC, and is equipped with a processor that performs arithmetic processing and a storage device that stores programs and data.

[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of an advertising display 1 for a belt partition sold in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the advertising display 1 of FIG. 2. The belt partition stand 10 to which the advertising display 1 of this embodiment is attached is a typical existing one, and as shown in FIG. 5, is configured with a head 12 on the top of a support 11, around which a partition belt 14 is wound and retractable. The head 12 is sometimes called a belt cassette. This belt partition stand 10 forms a simple partition structure with the partition belt 14, for example, by engaging the tip of the partition belt 14 retracted from the head 12 of one belt partition stand 10 with the head 12 of the other belt partition stand 10. The head 12 of a typical belt partition stand 10 is removable. The lower end of the support 11 is supported by a base 13. In belt partition stands 10 with non-removable heads 12, the support 11 and base 13 can generally be separated.

[0012] As shown in FIG. 2b, the advertising display 1 in FIG. 2 is composed of (only) a cylindrical tubular portion 2. The cylindrical body constituting the tubular portion 2 has no divisions anywhere in the circumferential direction. After removing the head 12 of the belt partition stand 10 as shown in FIG. 2a, the tubular portion 2 of the advertising display 1 is fitted onto the support pole 11 from above as shown in FIG. 2b. After fitting, the head 12 is attached to the top of the support pole 11 as shown in FIG. 2c, and the belt partition stand 10 is ready for use (see FIG. 3a). As will be described later, the advertising display 1 may have components other than the tubular portion 2 fitted onto the support pole 11. However, this embodiment will describe in detail an example in which the advertising display 1 is composed only of the cylindrical tubular portion 2, i.e., a cylindrical body. Therefore, the advertising display 1 of this embodiment displays an advertisement with a predetermined design content at a predetermined location visible from the outside of the cylindrical tubular portion 2, generally on the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, the content of which will be described later. In the belt partition stand 10 in which the head 12 cannot be removed, the support 11 and the base 13 are separated, and the tubular part 2 of the advertising display body 1 is fitted over the support 11 from below. The inner hole of the tubular part 2 of the advertising display body 1 is sized so that the support 11 can be inserted but the head 12 cannot, so that the advertising display body 1 cannot be easily removed (pulled out) from above.

[0013] Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the advertising display 1 shown in Figure 2. Figure 3a is a front view of the display attached to the belt partition stand 10, and Figures 3b and 3c are cross-sectional views of different examples of the tubular portion 2 constituting the advertising display 1. The tubular portion 2 can be thick-walled, as shown in Figure 3b, or thin-film, as shown in Figure 3c. Examples of methods for displaying advertisements on the advertising display 1 consisting of the thick-walled tubular portion 2 shown in Figure 3b include drawing the advertisement content directly on the outer surface of the thick-walled cylindrical body itself, or by attaching a pre-printed image on a sheet of film or paper to the outer surface of the thick-walled cylindrical core material or by heat shrinking the film to adhere it to the outer surface. Examples of methods for displaying advertisement content on the advertising display 1 consisting of the thin-film tubular portion 2 shown in Figure 3c include drawing or printing the advertisement content directly on the surface of a sheet of thin-film material, rolling it into a cylindrical shape, and then bonding the edges together to form the tubular portion 2. If the thin-film material is transparent, the advertisement can be drawn or printed on the surface that will become the inner surface of the tubular portion 2. When bonding, it is desirable to make the bonded portion a curved surface with an arc cross section so that it becomes part of the cylindrical portion 2 having a cylindrical shape.

[0014] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another example of the advertising display 1, showing the display fitted onto a support pole 11. The cylindrical portion 2 constituting the advertising display 1 of this embodiment is made of a thin cylindrical material, such as a plastic sheet, and is flexible and resilient, i.e., elastic, at least in the circumferential direction. The cylindrical portion 2 is formed with a slit 5 along its entire length in the longitudinal (height) direction, allowing the cylindrical portion to be divided circumferentially. To fit the advertising display 1 made of the cylindrical portion 2 onto the support pole 11 of the belt partition stand 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 , the elastic cylindrical portion 2 is pushed open through the slit 5, and the support pole 11 is inserted into the open portion from the radial direction. When the force pushing the cylindrical portion 2 open is then reduced, the cylindrical portion 2 returns to its cylindrical shape due to its own elasticity, and is fitted onto the outer periphery of the support pole 11. The cylindrical portion 2 can also be removed from the support pole 11 by following the exact reverse procedure.

[0015] Next, the computational process for receiving an order for an advertising display executed by the terminal P of the sales office O will be described using the flowchart in Figure 6. Here, the two-dimensional advertising content entered by the user when ordering the advertising display 1 is defined as the "design," and the three-dimensional advertising content displayed in a designated location on the advertising display 1 is defined as the "design content." This computational process is intended to allow the user to confirm the design content of the advertisement to be displayed in a designated location on the advertising display 1 before accepting the order. The user can also input and modify the design displayed on the advertising display and change the display format of the design content. The advertising design is acquired by the user entering it into a design format, which will be described later. The program for this computational process is stored in advance in the terminal P as application software (hereinafter simply referred to as an app). For example, the app is launched and executed when an order for the advertising display 1 is received from a user. An order for the advertising display 1 is made, for example, by entering the necessary information into an order form posted on the website of the sales office O over a communication network and transmitting the form. The app is also configured to be able to access Database B at any time to obtain the necessary information. This calculation process is forcibly terminated when the user closes the website.

[0016] In this calculation process, first, in step S1, the type (shape) of the advertising display 1 (sleeve in the figure) is read from the order details. Examples of the type and shape of the advertising display 1 include the thickness of the tubular portion 2, whether the tubular portion 2 is expanded from the slit 5, and the shape of the advertising display 1 itself, as described below. Next, in step S2, the dimensions of the advertising display 1 (sleeve) are read from the order details. The dimensions of the advertising display 1 include the inner diameter (inscribed circle diameter) and length of the tubular portion 2. Next, in step S3, whether the tubular portion 2 has a core material or not is read from the order details. Next, in step S4, a design format is downloaded to the user's terminal T according to individual calculation processes (not shown). This design format downloading involves, for example, asking the user whether or not a design format download is necessary, and executing a process for downloading the design format if necessary. For example, if the user has previously ordered the advertising display 1 and downloaded a design format at that time and stored it in the terminal T, the user is asked to use that design format.

[0017] Next, in step S5, the user who placed the order is instructed to input (modify) the design in accordance with individual calculation processes (not shown). This design input can be performed, for example, by loading a pre-digitized design into terminal T, or by pasting image data captured by an image scanner or the like into a design format. Another example is by the user assembling a design by appropriately arranging a pre-prepared design template in the design format. If the design includes text, a text input application may be launched to allow the user to change or specify the font size and font. Next, in step S6, it is determined whether the design input (modification) is complete. If the design input (modification) is complete, the process proceeds to step S7; otherwise, the process proceeds (returns) to step S5. The completion of the design input (modification) refers to the stage at which, as described below, the user operates, for example, a "Finish Design Input" button on the design format, followed by a "Send" button, allowing the input design to be read into terminal P at sales establishment O. In step S7, the loaded design is converted into three dimensions according to individual calculation processes not shown, and the three-dimensionally converted design content is displayed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 2, which is the advertising display body 1, to create a three-dimensional virtual image (a 3D preview in the figure). Specifically, a three-dimensional virtual screen is created by transferring a two-dimensionally input design onto a three-dimensional cylindrical surface. Such a three-dimensional virtual image can be created, for example, by using an existing three-dimensional conversion app.

[0018] Next, the process proceeds to step S8, where it is determined whether the creation of the three-dimensional virtual image has been completed. If the creation of the three-dimensional virtual image has been completed, the process proceeds to step S9. If not, the process proceeds to step S7 (return). In step S9, the created three-dimensional virtual image (design preview in the figure) is displayed on the user's terminal T according to individual calculation processing (not shown). Next, the process proceeds to step S10, where it is determined whether the form of the three-dimensional virtual image (preview) has been changed. If the form of the three-dimensional virtual image has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S11. If not, the process proceeds to step S7. The change in the form of the three-dimensional virtual image is determined by whether the "Change Preview" button on the preview screen displayed on the user's terminal T has been operated, as described below. When the advertising display body 1 is composed only of a cylindrical tubular portion 2, as in this embodiment, depending on the design, the design content displayed as an advertisement may be hidden by the cylindrical portion and may not be clearly visible. Therefore, for example, if the user views the three-dimensional virtual image and the design content is not clearly visible, the display form of the design content can be changed (a specific example will be described later). In step S11, it is determined whether or not there is a change in the design, and if there is no change in the design, the process proceeds to step S12, and if not, the process proceeds (returns) to step S5. As will be described later, this change in design is determined by whether or not the "change design" button on the preview screen displayed on the user's terminal T is operated. In step S12, order processing is performed according to individual calculation processing not shown, and then the process returns.

[0019] The operation of this calculation process will be explained using the screens of the user's terminal T shown in FIGS. 7 to 14. FIG. 7 shows a design input screen (design screen) displayed on the user's terminal T. This figure shows the state where design input (or modification) has been completed. When the user has finished inputting the design, he or she operates the "Finish Design Input" button displayed on the screen. The button then disappears, and instead, a "Send" button appears, as shown in FIG. 8. When the user operates the "Send" button, the input design is sent to the terminal P of the sales office O and loaded. FIG. 9 shows an image displayed on the user's terminal T while the loaded design is being three-dimensionally converted within the terminal P of the sales office O to create a three-dimensional virtual image, and a message is displayed indicating that the three-dimensional virtual image (3D preview) is being created. Once the three-dimensional virtual image has been created, a message is displayed indicating that the three-dimensional virtual image (preview) is ready, as shown in FIG. 10, along with a "Display" button. When this "Display" button is operated, a three-dimensional virtual image in which the design content is displayed as an advertisement on the advertising display 1 is displayed on the image of the user's terminal T, as shown in FIG. 11. This 3D virtual image can be rotated in any direction by, for example, dragging the mouse cursor (pointer) or swiping the screen on the user's device T, allowing the image to be viewed from various angles. For example, FIG. 12 shows the image of FIG. 11 rotated in the circumferential direction of the tubular portion 2, while FIGS. 13 and 14 show the image of FIG. 11 rotated in the longitudinal direction of the tubular portion 2. When the design content displayed on the advertising display 1 in this way is viewed from various directions, if there is a direction (angle) at which the design content is not visible or is poorly visible (hereinafter also referred to as a blind spot), the display mode of the design content can be changed by operating the "Change Preview" button. Specifically, the display of the design content can be increased in the circumferential direction or longitudinal direction of the tubular portion 2. For example, if the design content consisting of characters as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed only in two places along the diameter of the tubular portion 12, the design content will be poorly visible when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the display direction, as shown in FIG. 14.In such cases, blind spots can be reduced and the design can be viewed from all directions by copying the displayed design content with a 90° phase shift in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 2. In addition, by operating the "change design" button, it is possible to modify or redo the design itself.

[0020] While the above describes an embodiment in which the advertising display 1 is composed only of the cylindrical portion 2, the advertising display 1 may also include components other than the cylindrical portion 2. Figure 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a first modification of the advertising display 1 of Figure 2. Figure 15a is a front view of the advertising display 1 attached to the belt partition stand 10, and Figure 15b is a cross-sectional view of Figure 15a. The dashed circle in the cross-sectional view in Figure 15a indicates the outer surface of the support 11. In this example, a portion of the cylindrical portion 2 bulges outward in a mountain-like shape, forming mountain-shaped bulges 3 with a cross-sectional shape corresponding to two sides of the long angle of a right-angled isosceles triangle, resulting in an overall teardrop cross-sectional shape. Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view showing another modification of the advertising display 1 of Figure 15. Figure 16a shows the mountain-shaped bulges 3 of Figure 15b at two locations in the diameter direction of the cylindrical portion 2, each with a cross-sectional shape corresponding to two sides of the apex angle of a right-angled isosceles triangle, resulting in an overall cat's-eye cross-sectional shape. In Figure 16b, the two mountain-shaped bulges 3 in Figure 16a are pulled radially outward from the cylindrical portion 2 to form thin wing portions 4 at the tip, and the portion connecting to the cylindrical portion 2 is an arc-shaped curved surface that convex toward the inside of the cylindrical portion 2. In Figure 16c, mountain-end bulges 3 with cross-sectional shapes corresponding to the two sides sandwiching the apex angle of the right-angled isosceles triangle in Figure 15b or Figure 16a are formed in four orthogonal directions on the cylindrical portion 2, resulting in an overall square cross-sectional shape.

[0021] FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a second modified example of the advertising display 1. FIG. 17a is a front view of the advertising display 1 attached to the belt partition stand 10, and FIG. 17b is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 17a. As is clear from the figure, this example is a modification of the advertising display 1 of FIG. 2. Specifically, an extension portion 7 is provided at one location on the periphery of the tubular portion 2, protruding radially from the tubular portion 2 and extending longitudinally. In this example, the extension portion 7 extends over the entire length of the tubular portion 2 in the longitudinal (height) direction. This extension portion 7 is formed, for example, by overlapping and bonding both ends of a rectangular plastic film rolled into a cylindrical shape. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a modified example of the advertising display 1 of FIG. 17. FIG. 18a is a front view of the advertising display 1 attached to the belt partition stand 10, and FIG. 18b is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 18a. As is clear from the figure, in this example, the extension portions 7 of FIG. 17 are provided at two locations along the diameter of the tubular portion 2. Each extension section 7 extends over the entire length (height) of the tubular section 2. The extension section 7 is formed, for example, by overlapping and adhering together the ends of two rectangular plastic films that can be rolled into a semi-cylindrical shape. The advertising display ordering system of the present invention can accept orders for all advertising display sections 1 of this type.

[0022] In this way, in the advertising display ordering system of this embodiment, the terminal (processing device) P of the sales establishment O converts the input design into three-dimensional data as specified design content displayed in a specified location on the advertising display 1, and creates a virtual image in which the three-dimensionally converted specified design content is displayed in a specified location on the advertising display 1.A user who wishes to purchase the advertising display 1 can view this virtual image and check the design content before purchasing.

[0023] In addition, the terminal (processing device) P of the sales establishment O transmits a virtual image of the design content to the terminal T of a user who is ordering (purchasing) the advertising display 1 or who may order it, thereby enabling the user to order the advertising display 1 via a communication network. Furthermore, when the predetermined location where the design content is displayed is the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 2 or includes the outer peripheral surface, it is particularly effective to check the design content using a three-dimensional virtual image.

[0024] The advertising display ordering system according to the embodiment has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, the above embodiment has described in detail only a system in which a user who wishes to purchase an advertising display 1 places an order via a communication line, but the user may also visit a sales establishment O to place an order. In this case, if the design is input into a terminal P at the sales establishment O and the three-dimensional virtual image created by the calculation process of Figure 6 is displayed on the monitor of the terminal P itself, the user can view the design content in advance and check it. [Explanation of symbols]

[0025] 1. Advertising display 2 Cylindrical part 4 Wings 5. Cut 7 Extension section 10 Belt Partition Stand 11 Posts 12 heads 14 Partition Belt P terminal (processing unit) T-Terminal

Claims

1. An advertising display order method in which an order is received by a processing device for an advertising display in which a cylindrical portion of the advertising display is fitted onto a support pole of a belt partition stand and a predetermined design content is displayed as an advertisement in a predetermined location visible from the outside, The advertising display ordering method, in which the arithmetic processing device three-dimensionally converts the input design into the specified design content as displayed in the specified location on the advertising display, and creates a virtual image in which the three-dimensionally converted specified design content is displayed in the specified location on the advertising display.

2. 2. The advertising display ordering method according to claim 1, wherein said arithmetic processing unit transmits said virtual image to a terminal of a user who has ordered said advertising display or who may order said advertising display.

3. The method for ordering an advertising display body according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined location is an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion or includes the outer peripheral surface.

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