Deceased history data generation device and deceased history generation system for online funerals

Abstract

To provide a deceased history generation system and a deceased history generation device which leave and output connection between the deceased and an attendee who attends a funeral on-line or actually as a deceased history in a chronological table format while being based on the form of an on-line funeral.SOLUTION: In a deceased history generation system in an on-line funeral, a deceased history data generation device 110 in a deceased history generation apparatus comprises: an attendance input unit for attending a funeral of the deceased on-line; a relationship information registration unit which registers relationship information including at least an image or comment indicating a relation between the deceased and an attendee who attends the funeral and relationship period specification information for specifying a period of relating to the deceased; a conversion unit which converts the image or comment registered by the attendee into deceased history relevant data in a chronological table format according to passage of the life of the deceased; and a deceased history output unit which outputs the deceased history obtained by organizing records during the lifetime of the deceased on the basis of the deceased history relevant data converted by the conversion unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a system for generating a history of a deceased person based on relationship information provided by attendees who attended the funeral of the deceased person or online attendees who attended online. [Background technology]

[0002] Since ancient times, funerals for the deceased have been held at the deceased's home or at a funeral hall, etc., where relatives and friends gather to remember the deceased. In recent years, however, virtual funeral systems and online funeral systems have been proposed that enable people to attend the funeral of the deceased online from a remote location away from the funeral hall, as shown in the following patent documents, for example.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which a virtual funeral hall is made public on the Internet, and based on information from the bereaved family, relevant parties are notified of the existence of the virtual funeral hall by email or post; those who do not come to the actual funeral hall but wish to participate in the virtual funeral hall can add offerings such as condolence money, flowers, fruit, candles, incense, etc. to the virtual funeral space by operating their computer terminals; the additional costs of these offerings can be settled online; at least one image of the pseudo-participant is sent from the computer terminal of the pseudo-participant to the main computer; the image of the pseudo-participant is incorporated into the virtual funeral hall so that it appears to be seated in a predetermined position on the screen of the funeral hall; and the image of the pseudo-participant is processed in a certain way to appear to be burning incense, and after a certain time has passed, it is displayed on the screen as if they are burning incense in a certain order.

[0004] In addition, Patent Document 2 discloses a virtual ceremony provision device that uses the Internet, which includes a reception means for receiving information about the ceremony organizer sent from an information terminal, a component storage means for storing homepage components, a homepage creation means for creating a homepage that displays a virtual ceremony screen using the information about the ceremony organizer and the homepage components, a server for saving the created homepage and making it available on the Internet, a payment information input means for allowing users to enter payment information necessary to pay congratulatory or condolence money to the ceremony organizer on the homepage, and a payment information transmission / reception means for transmitting the payment information to an external payment institution for authentication. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-191692 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-222278 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, current technologies, including those disclosed in the above-mentioned patent documents, cannot adequately meet market needs, and the following problems exist.

[0007] Conventional online funerals, including those described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, were systems that merely allowed the funeral of the deceased to be held online, thereby providing convenience to attendees who lived far away. It is true that such online funerals provided a certain degree of convenience to those who, for some reason, could not attend the funeral of the deceased in person.

[0008] However, at actual funerals held in this format, even if you attend in person, time passes quickly because it is different from usual, and even if you want to hear in detail about the deceased's life, it is difficult to say that you will receive such consideration.In addition, whether you attend the funeral in person or online, there are cases where you want to know the relationship between the deceased and the attendees.

[0009] Taking the above-mentioned problems into consideration as an example, the present invention aims to build a system that is based on the format of an online funeral and is capable of recording and outputting the connection between the deceased and attendees who attended the funeral online or in person as a chronological history of the deceased. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] (1) The device for generating historical data of the deceased in an online funeral of the present invention is an attendee information acquisition unit that acquires information for attending the funeral of the deceased online; A relationship information registration unit that registers relationship information including at least an image or comment indicating the relationship between the attendees of the funeral and the deceased, and relationship time identification information that identifies the time of their involvement with the deceased; a data conversion unit that converts the images or comments registered by the attendees into deceased history-related data linked by era in accordance with the deceased's life history; A deceased history data output unit that outputs deceased history data in a chronological format that summarizes the deceased's records during his / her lifetime based on the deceased history related data converted by the data conversion unit; A device for generating historical data of the deceased in an online funeral service, including And, The relationship information registration unit registers the image or the comment for each of a plurality of attendees, The deceased history data output unit adjusts at least one of the number of pages and the position of the attendees in the deceased history data according to their degree of intimacy with the deceased.

[0012] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the online funeral history generation system of the present invention comprises: The above (1) a deceased history data creation device; and a printing machine electrically connected to the deceased history data creation device; The printing machine;an electrically connected bookbinding machine; The deceased person history data output unit outputs the deceased person history data to the printing machine and the bookbinding machine to execute printing and bookbinding processes. [Effects of the Invention]

[0013] According to the present invention, while based on the format of an online funeral, it is possible to record and output the connection between the deceased and attendees who attended the funeral online or in person as a chronological history of the deceased. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system for generating a history of the deceased in an embodiment of an online funeral service. [Figure 2] This is a schematic diagram showing the detailed configuration of a deceased person's history generation device that constitutes the deceased person's history generation system. [Figure 3] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for generating a history of a deceased person in an online funeral service according to an embodiment. [Figure 4] This is an example of the login screen for the online funeral system. [Figure 5] This is an example of a menu screen for an online funeral service system. [Figure 6] This is an example of a screen for inputting relative information in an online funeral service system. [Figure 7] This is an explanatory diagram of an example of a history of a deceased person generated by the deceased person history generation system. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of intimacy data used in a modified example. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] Next, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described. Note that, apart from the configuration described below, the present invention may be carried out by appropriately supplementing known online funeral systems, including those listed in the above patent documents.

[0016] [Deceased History Generation System 400] The deceased history generation system 400, which will be described in detail below, is used, for example, for online funerals held over a network such as the Internet, including remote attendees. Here, online funerals refer to a funeral service business that enables distant family members and relatives, or those who were close to the deceased but who cannot attend the funeral for some reason, to attend the funeral of the deceased remotely from a communication device such as a PC or smartphone.

[0017] By applying the embodiment of the deceased person history generation system 400 described in detail below to such online funerals, it is possible to output the deceased person history in chronological order, based on the format of the online funeral, and showing the connection between the deceased and attendees who attended the funeral online or in person.

[0018] That is, the deceased person history creation system 400 of this embodiment includes a deceased person history creation device 100, a funeral home terminal 200, and a funeral venue 300, which are configured to be able to communicate information with each other via a well-known network NET such as the Internet.

[0019] <Funeral home terminal 200> Funeral home terminal 200 is a well-known information terminal such as a computer owned primarily by a funeral home that has a funeral hall 300 where an actual funeral can be held. As shown in Fig. 1, funeral home terminal 200 acquires funeral information from funeral communication equipment 310, which includes, for example, relay camera 320 and relay monitor 330 installed at funeral hall 300. Funeral home terminal 200 can then use funeral applications it has developed or acquired to provide a service that broadcasts live video of the funeral via a well-known video calling application to relatives and others who are unable to attend the funeral.

[0020] <300 Funeral Halls> 1, the funeral hall 300 is configured as a publicly known funeral hall where publicly known funerals (funerals) can be held, and further equipped with the above-mentioned funeral communication equipment 310. Note that the funeral communication equipment 310 may be configured to be capable of communicating audio information, such as a publicly known speaker, in addition to the above-mentioned relay camera 320 such as a publicly known network camera or a publicly known LCD monitor.

[0021] In an online funeral, for example, staff at a funeral parlor conducting the online funeral communicate with those who wish to attend the funeral of the deceased, and the online attendees download an application to their own devices for remote attendance. On the day of the funeral, the funeral is live-streamed to online attendees via the funeral communication equipment 310 and funeral parlor terminal 200 at the start of the funeral, in addition to those actually attending the funeral, making it possible for them to participate in the funeral and offer their condolences online.

[0022] <Deceased History Creation Device 100> Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the deceased history creation device 100 in the deceased history creation system 400 of this embodiment will be described. As can be seen from the figure, the deceased person history generation system 400 is configured to include a deceased person history data generation device 110 and a printing and binding machine 120.

[0023] The deceased history data generation device 110 is configured with the function of outputting data such as memories and photos posted by online attendees OP who attended the above-mentioned online funeral via the network NET as chronologically formatted deceased history data in accordance with the passage of time of the deceased. As an example, the deceased history data generation device 110 can be a known communication device CD capable of connecting to the network NET and communicating information, a known storage device MD including a memory MR or hard disk HDD capable of storing various information and applications such as the above-mentioned attendee information, or a known general-purpose computer including a known CPU (Central Processing Unit) capable of controlling these communication devices and storage device HD and processing information.

[0024] Such a deceased person history data generation device 110 is composed of an attendee information acquisition unit 10, a relationship information registration unit 20, a data conversion unit 30, and a deceased person history data output unit 40, all of which are configured with the CPU described above.

[0025] The attendee information acquisition unit 10 has the function of acquiring information for attending online the online funeral of the deceased, which is executed by the above-mentioned application on the funeral home terminal 200. Based on the attendee information acquired by this attendee information acquisition unit 10, the deceased history data, which will be described later, is created.

[0026] The relationship information registration unit 20 is configured with the function of registering relationship information, including at least images or comments indicating the relationship between the deceased and the attendees attending the funeral of the deceased, and relationship time information specifying the time of their involvement with the deceased. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, an online attendee OP1 connected to the network NET can register image data and comments (text data) containing their connection and memories with the deceased via a relationship information registration screen (described below). In this case, it is preferable that the comment (text data) includes or is selected with keywords that can identify the time of contact (when) with the deceased during their lifetime and the specific era (e.g., "around 19XX," "early 2000," "schoolmate," etc.).

[0027] Alternatively, as another embodiment of the above, the personal relationship information registration unit 20 may first have the person making the input select the time period in which the person made contact with the person, and then display a posting screen that is separated into the personal relationship information for that time period, and allow the person to input the image data and comments (text data) via the posting screen.

[0028] The data conversion unit 30 has a function of converting the images or comments (text data) registered by attendees via the above-mentioned relationship information registration unit 20 into data related to the history of the deceased linked by era according to the events that occurred during the deceased's lifetime. Here, "data related to the history of the deceased" refers to image data or comment (text) data linked (categorized) by era, such as "before elementary school," "student," "working adult," or "post-retirement," according to the events that occurred during the deceased's lifetime.

[0029] In this embodiment, an example is shown in which conversion is performed based on the above images or comments (text data) from online attendees OP1 and OP2, but the information on the relationship with the deceased is not limited to online attendees OP, but may also be provided by real funeral attendees PP who actually attend the funeral venue 300.

[0030] The deceased history data output unit 40 is configured to have the function of outputting the deceased history data in a chronological format (i.e., sorted and organized chronologically) that summarizes the deceased's records during his / her lifetime, based on the deceased history-related data converted by the data conversion unit 30. This makes it possible to record and save the deceased's footsteps, including the connections and memories between the deceased and the attendees of the funeral, as data.

[0031] Since ancient times, funerals have been held in memory of the deceased, but traditional methods tend to be one-way, formal ceremonies, and the feeling of remembrance tends to fade once the day of the funeral passes and people return to their busy daily lives. However, according to this embodiment, regardless of whether they attended in person or online, the deceased's footprints, which contain the connections and memories between the attendees and the deceased, are left as personal history data, allowing attendees to leave a semi-permanent record of their connection with the deceased beside them in a form that is easy to recreate. As will be described later, the deceased person's history data created in this embodiment can be output using a printer or bookbinding machine. In this way, the output form of the deceased person's history data includes not only recording or saving it as data, but also printing and binding it into a printed matter, for example.

[0032] The printing and binding machine 120 can be, for example, a known printing machine and binding machine configured to be able to communicate with the above-mentioned deceased personal history data generation device 110 via the network NET. Note that while shown in Figure 2 as being separate from the deceased personal history data generation device 110, the deceased personal history data generation device 110 and the printing and binding machine 120 may be owned by the same business and installed together on the same premises, or they may be installed in separate locations operated by different businesses.

[0033] In this way, the deceased history creation system 400 in this embodiment may include the above-mentioned deceased history creation device 100, a printing machine electrically connected to this deceased history creation device 100, and a bookbinding machine electrically connected to this printing machine. The deceased history data output unit 40 of the deceased history creation device 100 is capable of outputting the deceased history data to the above-mentioned printing machine and bookbinding machine (printing and bookbinding machine 120) to perform printing and bookbinding processes.

[0034] [Method for generating a history of the deceased in an online funeral] Next, the method for generating a history of the deceased at an online funeral in this embodiment will be described with reference to Figure 3. The method for generating a history of the deceased described below may be executed by the CPU of the deceased history generating device 100, with the online attendee OP, the above-mentioned deceased history generating device 100, the funeral home terminal 200, and the funeral hall 300 being able to communicate information via the network NET.

[0035] First, in step 1, it is determined whether or not to attend the funeral of the deceased online. Specifically, those who wish to attend the funeral of the deceased online access the online funeral system via their own information terminal such as a PC or smartphone.

[0036] If a person wishes to participate online in the funeral of a deceased person as an online attendee OP, they then log in and enter their attendance information in step 2. As an example, they can perform the login process using the login screen 60 shown in Fig. 4 and enter their attendance information using the menu screen 70 shown in Fig. 5.

[0037] As shown in the figure, the login screen 60 can be configured to include, for example, URL information 61, a user name input field 62, a password input field 63, and an ENTER (input) button 64. Of these, the user name and password can be set appropriately via a known initial setting screen / new registration screen (not shown), etc.

[0038] The menu screen 70 can also include, for example, URL information 71, ID information 72 (user image 72a, user name 72b), a funeral attendance button 73, a relationship information input button 74, and a user information edit button 75. Of these, the user information edit button 75 is a button for editing personal information such as an already registered password or the above-mentioned ID information 72.

[0039] The funeral attendance button 73 is a button for inputting information for attending the funeral of the deceased online. Those wishing to attend online can press this funeral attendance button 73 to move to an information input screen (not shown) where various attendee information can be entered. Note that "attendee information" is information for identifying the funeral of the deceased and those attending the funeral, and examples include the name of the deceased, information about the date, time and venue of the funeral, and personal information of those attending online (such as contact information including name and email address).

[0040] By transmitting this attendee information from the deceased history data generation device 110 to the funeral home terminal 200, the funeral home terminal 200 can notify the online attendee OP of the holding of an online funeral using a video call application. Therefore, on the day of the funeral, the online attendee OP can participate in the funeral online from their own information terminal, and the live video will be displayed on, for example, a relay monitor 330 installed at the funeral hall 300. Meanwhile, the actual funeral will be broadcast live on the information terminal of the online attendee OP by a relay camera 320 installed at the funeral hall 300.

[0041] Next, in step 3, it is determined whether or not the person wishes to provide information for the creation of the deceased's history. Among these, there may be some who attend the funeral online but do not wish to provide information for the creation of the deceased's history, so in such cases (No in step 3), the process moves to step 7 and the reception process is completed. On the other hand, if a person who wishes to attend online also wishes to provide information for the creation of the deceased's history (Yes in step 3), they press the relationship information input button 74 on the menu screen 70 described above.

[0042] The relationship information input button 74 is a button for registering relationship information including at least images or comments showing the relationship between the attendees of the funeral and the deceased, and relationship time information that specifies the time of their involvement with the deceased. When a person who also wishes to provide information for the creation of the deceased's history presses this relationship information input button 74, the screen transitions to a relationship information input screen 80, for example, as shown in Figure 6.

[0043] As shown in the same figure, as an example, the relationship information input screen 80 can be configured to include URL information 81, a target funeral selection button 82, a button 83 for inputting the period related to the deceased, a relationship input button 84, an image registration button 85, a comment registration button 86, etc.

[0044] Of these, the target funeral selection button 82 is configured to have the function of selecting the funeral you wish to attend online. The input method for selecting the target funeral may be to directly input the date, location, and name of the deceased, or it may be a pull-down format in which you select the name of the deceased after receiving information from the funeral home terminal 200, or various other well-known selection methods can be applied.

[0045] The deceased person related period input button 83 is configured to have the function of inputting relationship period specification information that specifies the period of involvement with the deceased. Such relationship period specification information may be in the form of selecting from age categories such as "before elementary school," "student," "working adult," or "post-retirement" in a pull-down format that matches the deceased person's life history, or the inputter may specify and input a specific age, or may be in the form of selecting from ages divided into 10-year periods or era names, for example.

[0046] The relationship input button 84 has a function for specifying a relationship to the deceased. As an example, relationships to the deceased may be categorized into "family," "friends," "relatives," and "other," as shown in FIG. 8. Therefore, by pressing the relationship input button 84, the inputter can select an item that applies to them from each of the above categories. Note that when the relationship input button 84 is pressed, instead of selecting from the above categories, the inputter may directly input text data regarding the relationship to the deceased.

[0047] The image registration button 85 has a function for registering image information indicating the relationship between the funeral attendees and the deceased. By pressing this image registration button 85, the person who wishes to register an image indicating the relationship with the deceased that is saved on their own terminal or the like via an image registration screen (not shown). In this embodiment, an example is shown in which an image indicating the relationship with the deceased is registered via the image registration button 85, but instead of an image, video information that has been appropriately compressed or the like may be registered.

[0048] The comment registration button 86 is configured to have the function of registering comment (text) information indicating the relationship between the funeral attendees and the deceased. By pressing this comment registration button 86, the person who wishes to do so can register their thoughts and remembrances for the deceased using their own input means (keyboard, touch panel, etc.) via a text information input screen (not shown). At this time, it is preferable that the comment (text) information entered also include information that can identify the time period when the attendee was involved with the deceased. When the input of the above-described relationship information is completed, the user presses the complete button 87 to complete the input process of the relationship information.

[0049] Next, in step 5, it is selected whether or not to receive the deceased's history. If the attendees at the funeral of the deceased wish to receive the deceased's history (Yes in step 5), a process for selecting the method of receipt is carried out in the following step 6. Such a method of receipt may be in the form of downloading the deceased's history data, or in the form of printing and binding the deceased's history data by the printing and binding machine 120 and distributing it to the attendees' contact details.

[0050] After the receipt method is selected in step 6, the receipt completion process is executed in step 7, and the various input information described above is saved. Next, in step 8, the above-mentioned various information necessary for holding an online funeral (for example, information on attendees attending online and information on connections) is transmitted to the funeral home terminal 200 via the network NET.

[0051] According to the system for generating a history of the deceased at an online funeral of the present embodiment described above, while based on the format of an online funeral, it is possible to record or output a chronological history of the deceased that records the connection between the deceased and attendees who attended the funeral online or in person. This makes it possible to semi-permanently leave behind the footprints of the deceased, including the connections and memories between the attendees and the deceased, as history data of the deceased.

[0052] FIG. 7 shows an example of a history of the deceased in this embodiment. As is clear from the figure, the deceased's history created by the deceased's history creation system of this embodiment includes images Im and comments Ct of the deceased and attendees, which are linked to each era in chronological order. Examples of chronological display may include the aforementioned age categories of "pre-elementary school," "student," "working adult," and "post-retirement," or categories such as "childhood," "childhood," "adolescence," "middle age," and "adulthood."

[0053] Furthermore, as an example of displaying in chronological order, the years may be divided from the birth year of the deceased person into periods ranging from a single year to several decades without defining each period. In this way, the history of the deceased in this embodiment can have at least one of the following characteristics. (α) Each era is divided into chronological order, and images and comments from that era are posted. (β) Layout example: A "chronology" format that organizes events and images by era is also possible. (γ) The deceased is listed with relatives and friends (δ) The history of the deceased can be composed of multiple booklets (in the case of multiple booklets, each booklet can be set for a different era).

[0054] The embodiments described above are preferred modes for carrying out the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and may be modified as appropriate by utilizing some of the known techniques including those described in the patent documents mentioned above. As such modifications, the embodiments can be modified as follows, for example.

[0055] <Modification> In the above embodiment, information specifying the relationship to the deceased was registered using the relationship input button 84, but in a modified example, the intimacy level may be set using the relationship to the deceased. That is, for example, as illustrated in Figure 8, the intimacy level may be ranked for each category indicating the relationship to the registered deceased.

[0056] The relationship information registration unit 20 in the deceased history creation device 100 registers images or comments indicating the relationship with the deceased for each of multiple attendees (real funeral attendees PP or online attendees OP). The deceased history data output unit 40 may adjust at least one of the number of pages and the position of the attendees in the deceased history data according to the degree of intimacy with the deceased.

[0057] This means that, for example, more of the images and comments registered by attendees in the category of highest intimacy (in the example of Figure 8, the most intimate family member and the second most intimate friend) will be published in the history of the deceased. Alternatively, if images and comments from multiple attendees are published on the same page in the history of the deceased, the images and comments from attendees with the highest intimacy level can be placed in a more easily visible central position, or the images and comments from attendees with the highest intimacy level can be placed in a relatively larger publication area.

[0058] In this modified example, the ranking is set in a stepped manner from 1st to 4th place, but the ranking may be set in the same order, or other categories may be added for further division. This modification not only achieves the same effects as the above-mentioned embodiment, but also allows for a gradient in the weighting of the deceased's contributions to the history depending on the attendees' level of intimacy with the deceased (the depth of their relationship). This makes it possible to leave a more realistic record of the deceased's footsteps for future generations.

[0059] While the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present disclosure is not limited to such examples. In other words, it is clear that a person skilled in the art would attempt further modifications to the above-described embodiments, and it is understood that these modifications also fall within the technical scope of the present disclosure. [Industrial Applicability]

[0060] As described above, the present invention can contribute to a system that can leave behind the footsteps of the deceased who walked with attendees through an online funeral as a personal history. [Explanation of symbols]

[0061] 100 Deceased History Creation Device 10. Attendee Information Acquisition Department 20. Relationship Information Registration Department 30 Data conversion unit 40 Deceased History Output Section 200 Funeral home terminal 300 Funeral Hall 310 Funeral communication equipment 320 Broadcast Camera 330 Broadcast Monitor 400 Deceased History Generation System

Claims

1. an attendee information acquisition unit that acquires information for attending the funeral of the deceased online; A relationship information registration unit that registers relationship information including at least an image or comment indicating the relationship between the attendees of the funeral and the deceased, and relationship time identification information that identifies the time of their involvement with the deceased; a data conversion unit that converts the images or comments registered by the attendees into deceased history-related data linked by era in accordance with the deceased's life history; A deceased history data output unit that outputs deceased history data in a chronological format that summarizes the deceased's records during his / her lifetime based on the deceased history related data converted by the data conversion unit; A deceased history data generation device for an online funeral, comprising: The relationship information registration unit registers the image or the comment for each of a plurality of attendees, A device for generating history data of the deceased at an online funeral, characterized in that the deceased history data output unit adjusts at least one of the number of pages and the listing position of the attendees in the history data of the deceased depending on their degree of intimacy with the deceased.

2. A deceased history data creation device according to claim 1; a printing machine electrically connected to the deceased person history data creation device; a binding machine electrically connected to the printing machine, A system for generating a history of the deceased at an online funeral, characterized in that the deceased history data output unit outputs the deceased history data to the printing machine and the binding machine to perform printing and binding processes.

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