Patent ID: 7110615

Claim:
An image processing method for image processing by using information indicating characteristics of all or part of a consumer item and a routine thereof, comprising the steps of generating main material module data indicating an attribute of a material to be used as a main material at the time of producing an element, said main material is a material mounted on a space criterion apparatus at the time of producing an element by using a processing apparatus and forms the basis for determining the spatial position of a sub material; generating sub material module data indicating attributes of a material subjected to processing by using the main material as a base; generating processing apparatus module data indicating attributes of a processing apparatus to be used at the time of generating an element by using the main material module and sub material module, the attributes of the processing apparatus include attributes of a space criterion apparatus for fixing the main material in the processing apparatus in a space for apparatus and processing; generating processing routine module data indicating a procedure of processing by the processing apparatus by using the main material and the sub material; generating element module data indicating an attribute of said element using said main material module data, said sub material module data, said processing apparatus module data and said processing routine module data; generating first artifact module data indicating an attribute of a first artifact using said element module data; generating second artifact module data indicating an attribute of a second artifact to be linked with said first artifact; storing said first artifact module data and said second artifact module data in a searchable form; and generating image data of a scene connecting said first artifact and said second artifact by using said stored first artifact module data and said second artifact module data.