| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auction system capable of executing auction even when samples for commodities to be auctioned are not carried in an auction place. SOLUTION: Each auction commodity is loaded on a rotary board 11 and photographed by a telecamera 12, a video signal is digitized by a video capture board built in a personal computer 16 and the digital signal is recorded in a hard disk or the like as compressed data. The picture data are recorded in a floppy disk(FD) 15 or the like and transported to an auction place or transmitted to the auction place through a public telephone line L1 and the picture data are stored in a picture server arranged in the auction place. At the time of auction, the stored picture data are reproduced by the picture server 22 in accordance with previously and properly determined order and the reproduced picture is transmitted and displayed on a display device 26 through an auction place LAN L2. A buyer bids the auction from a buyer's terminal 27 while observing a display screen to complete the auction. |
