KR20030078293A - Visually confirming method of tuning goods as being mounted simulatively for vehicles through internet and purchasing thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for mounting and visually checking tuning supplies for a vehicle through the Internet and a method for purchasing visually checked tuning supplies are provided to enable a user to watch a mounted figure of tuning supplies visually and totally, to calculate total estimate of mounted tuning supplies in a job site, and to purchase selected tuning supplies by mounting user-wanted various kinds of tuning supplies being mounted in a vehicle at a user-wanted position through a wire or wireless Internet. CONSTITUTION: A vehicle possessor connects to the Internet(S10). The user is authenticated in a site prepared by an operator(S20). The user selects the same kind of vehicle image as a vehicle on a browser screen(S30). The user selects images of wanted tuning supplies to be mounted in the vehicle of the user(S40). The selected tuning supplies image is mounted at a wanted position of the vehicle image, and a cubic surface or each surface of the vehicle having the tuning supplies is displayed(S50). An estimate of total purchase amount of the mounted tuning supplies is displayed(S60). The user purchases the tuning supplies(S70).

Description

Visually confirming method of tuning goods as being mounted simulatively for vehicles through internet and purchasing knowledge}

The present invention relates to a method of visually confirming by mounting a vehicle tuning article through a wired or wireless Internet and to purchase a visually confirmed tuning article, more specifically, a car, motorcycle through a wired or wireless Internet Antennas, tires, tire wheels, car glass film, bumpers, various stickers, hangers, mufflers, strut bars, air filters, light covers, bonnets, steering wheels, air cleaners, oil coolers , Tuning drums such as brake drums, shock absorbers, air purifiers, spoilers or springs, can be installed at the user's desired type and desired position so that they can be seen visually and as a whole. To get a full estimate of your It relates to how to purchase a tuning product.

Antennas, car audio, tires, tire wheels, car glass tinting film, bumpers, various stickers, hangers that are typically mounted on vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "vehicles"), such as passenger vehicles, motorcycles or recreational vehicles (RV vehicles), which are the means of transport , Muffler, strut bar, air filter, light cover, bonnet, steering wheel (handle), air cleaner, oil cooler, brake drum, brake pad, shock absorber, air cleaner, spoiler, turbocharger, spark plug, throttle valve, display Various tuning products for vehicles such as lamps, lights, pedal plates, timing pulleys, scaffolding, rule mirrors, side mirrors, seats, seat covers, sunroofs, seat belts, gear knobs or springs (hereinafter referred to as "tuning supplies") Is called by a driver who drives his vehicle directly to a store that sells tuning equipment, selects the tuning equipment desired by the vehicle owner, and temporarily After the installation, the purchaser decides whether or not, or the vehicle owner observes the tuning equipment mounted on the vehicle of another person and purchases the same type of tuning equipment in his vehicle and installs it in his vehicle.

This tuning product installation process is cumbersome to visit a store that handles or additionally handles the tuning product by driving the vehicle directly. After the owner of the vehicle observes the tuning product mounted on the vehicle of another person, If the same type of tuning equipment is installed in one's own vehicle, there is no creativity and only after fashion, so there are many gaps with the atmosphere or practicality imagined, and the owner does not have the effect as the owner wants. There is a problem that can not be satisfied, there is a problem to lose time because you have to visit in person, and if you purchase tuning supplies through various media, such as magazines, TV, Internet shopping malls Inappropriate tuning supplies that do not match color, structure, or The disadvantage is that it is likely to be purchased.

According to the present invention, when a vehicle owner visits a specialized store by using a conventional method and the vehicle owner selects and installs a desired tuning product, the user has to drive the vehicle directly and visit a tuning product store. If you purchase a tuning product by imitating a tuning device mounted on someone else's vehicle and install it on your own vehicle, there are many gaps that the tuning product mounted on your vehicle imagines, and the tuning product through communication media. In order to solve the problem that the vehicle may be unsuitable for its own vehicle, it is possible to visually tune the vehicle through the wired or wireless Internet by simulating mounting a tuning product on a vehicle of the same model as the vehicle owner's vehicle. Location and shape, structural stability and overall fit It is possible to determine the selection and mounting position of the tuning equipment in advance, and to view the total quotation of the tuning equipment selected in this way, and to purchase the tuning equipment immediately while connected to the Internet. The technical challenge is to make the purchase possible.

1 conceptually illustrates a relationship between a user and an operator for implementing the method of an embodiment according to the present invention.

2 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing the configuration of a browser screen implemented by an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code about main part of drawing ※

10: web server 20: database

110: vehicle manufacturer selection menu 120: vehicle model selection menu

310: tuning supplies selection menu 320: tuning supplies manufacturer selection menu

350: tuning supplies image 410: selected tuning supplies

440: Quotation column 510: Purchase button

The present invention allows the owner of a vehicle to select a vehicle of the same model as its own vehicle when the owner of the vehicle is connected to the Internet by wire or wireless to solve the above technical problem, the stereoscopic image, the left side, The right side, the plane, and the bottom are shown as images, respectively, showing images of the tuning goods actually sold, and the owner of the vehicle can select the tuning goods to simulate the image of the vehicle. The tuning products are superimposed on the image of the vehicle to solve the above technical problem by allowing the tuning article to be displayed as if the vehicle is actually mounted on the vehicle, and the user can confirm the total estimate of the selected tuning products so that the user can check It will be installed and ready for purchase.

The tuning article is an antenna, a car audio, a tire, a muffler, a strut bar, a steering wheel (handle), a brake pad, a shock absorber, a spoiler, a turbocharger, a throttle valve, a gear knob, or a spring (suspension) mounted on a vehicle. The above-mentioned various tuning products for a vehicle are installed at the time of shipment of the vehicle or at the time of shipment of the vehicle, which is not mounted on the vehicle according to the interest or hobby of the vehicle owner.

In order to realize the present invention described above, first, the structure and appearance of various vehicles are shown as images, and various tuning products are imaged and displayed on a web page, and the data is provided for vehicle owners to select. The preliminary step is provided with an interface capable of matching. The above data is built using a database, which is a commercially available database such as Sun Ultra 60, Apache Web Server, or Internet Information Server (IIS) for Windows NT. Can be built using The above interface can be implemented using a GUI (graphic user interface).

This preparation step is prepared by the operator who operates the site to sell the tuning goods on the wired or wireless internet. When a new vehicle is manufactured or a new tuning goods is generated, the data of the vehicle or the tuning goods is updated (updated). The user's use can be facilitated, so that the user's needs can be satisfied.

In the above, the operator refers to a person who intends to sell the tuning goods on the Internet, and establishes an internet site aka homepage, updates the data, and delivers the purchased tuning goods offline.

The image of the structure and the exterior of the vehicle is a general camera or a digital camera photographing the front, side, plane or bottom of various vehicles, the image form is J. JPG (JPG) or GIIF (GIF), and the video is MPEG ( Encoded in MPEG (MPEG), it is streamed from HTML or Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) or Flash-based web documents on a computer or the Internet so that users can view it.

In the above description, the user refers to a vehicle owner who wants to purchase a tuning article and selects and purchases a tuning article to be installed in his vehicle by accessing the Internet site using wired / wireless internet.

When the above preparation step is completed, the operator receives his / her domain, uses fixed IP, or Peer-to-Peer (P2P) method, and the vehicle owner can access the wired / wireless Internet. Access the site and use it by a browser.

When this process is completed, the execution step of the present invention

An internet access step for allowing a vehicle owner user to access the internet;

An authentication step for allowing a user to register or receive site access authentication as information that has already been registered;

A vehicle selection step of allowing a vehicle owner to select a vehicle image of the same type as a vehicle owned by the vehicle owner;

A tuning article selection step that allows the vehicle owner to select an image of the tuning article that the vehicle owner wants to mount on his vehicle;

A positioning and viewing step of mock-mounting the selected tuning article image to a desired position of the vehicle image and viewing three-dimensional or each side of the vehicle equipped with various tuning supplies;

Estimate viewing step of showing the estimate of the total purchase amount of the various tuning supplies mounted;

An order step of allowing a user to purchase a variety of tuning supplies selected when the user thinks that the price is reasonable; And

It is made as an end step to terminate the connection to the tuning article purchase site.

The Internet access step in which the user accesses the Internet includes a wired dedicated line when the user uses a general computer; Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) such as ASL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) or SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line) which is a high speed modem; Or to connect to the internet using Power Line Communication (PLC),

The Internet using wireless satellite communications; Alternatively, the present invention refers to a step of allowing a user to access a domain established by an operator using a mobile Internet such as a portable communication device or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

The above domain is an English or Korean domain using a general server that can access the operator's site, that is, the homepage, through a Domain Name System (DNS) server.

As described above, when the user accesses the operator's site, the user establishes the web by the operator using a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, which is built in his / her Internet access equipment. You can browse the page.

The authentication step is a kind of user confirmation that is authenticated as an ID and password of a user accessing the operator's site in a database built by the operator.

As described above, when the user is connected to the operator's site smoothly through the authentication step, the user's browser displays a variety of images to select the vehicle, the image of the vehicle is displayed flash (Flash) ) Or the image of J.P.G. (GIF) or GIF.These images can be classified by each manufacturer and selected by the open menu, or the user's own The vehicle can be selected by the term search.

When the user's vehicle is selected, the stereoscopic image of the selected vehicle is positioned at the center of the browser screen, and the image of each side of the selected vehicle is positioned at the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the stereoscopic image so that the vehicle can be viewed as a whole and for each part. do. When the user selects a vehicle, the configuration of the screen is to bring up the image of the selected vehicle stored in the database by the link and display it on the browser screen.

At this time, the various tuning equipment to be mounted on the selected vehicle is displayed on the one side of the floated vehicle by each type, each manufacturer is displayed as a letter. If you click (select) this character specific model of the manufacturer It is displayed as an image on the screen so that the user can select and view the image while the user touches the image of the selected tuning device as a mouse point, arrow key, or pen. Prepare a web page that can be linked with.

The above interlocking may be implemented using a general drag and drop or a general technique for zoning and moving selected images.

If the selection of the tuning article, that is, the image of the tuning article, as described above, now proceeds to the mounting position selection step, the mounting position selection step is a three-dimensional or image of each side of the image of the selected vehicle displayed in the browser By moving the image of the tuning supplies to the user can be seen by mounting the tuning supplies in the position you want to install, if you do this mounting the tuning supplies in the same position of each image, such as three-dimensional, front view of each vehicle You can see the vehicle image.

In the case of displaying a web page based on flash, the image of the tuning article can be superimposed on the image of the vehicle in the flash, so there is no need to load a new image from the database separately. When using JPG or GIF images, a new image with a tuning product image, which is moved to a pixel position of each vehicle image, is loaded from a database and displayed on a web page.

In this way, the selected tuning equipment can be visually confirmed because the user can attach it to a vehicle of the same model as the vehicle of his / her desired position and confirm it as an image of each side and a stereoscopic view of the vehicle. If you do not want to move the user can select the tuning supplies again.

This process is to continuously select and move a number of tuning supplies to be viewed.

If the user has selected and mounted all of the various tuning items to be mounted by himself, the process proceeds to the view of estimating showing the total quotation of the various tuning items mounted.

This quote view is displayed continuously in a certain portion of the browser screen, preferably in the quote view column provided on the upper right side, which can be viewed, which is already linked to various tuning supplies and prices by the preparation and update operation. We have a database to make this possible, so you can see the total price of the selected tuning supplies.

As described above, the user views the total quotation after selecting various tuning products that he / she wants, and after this series of processes, the user selects the tuning products he / she wants together with the price, and the total price is provided on the right side of the screen. Click (select) the order button to go through the ordering step to place an order to the operator.

When the user ends the desired work, if the user makes an order, the operator ends the connection with the site. When the user passes through the Internet according to the present invention, the vehicle tuning supplies are simulated and visually confirmed. The method of purchasing the visually confirmed tuning article ends.

Of course, by adding a step to make a payment before the end of the above steps to make the purchase and payment online, or when the purchased tuning supplies are delivered to the user may be by direct payment method, such Payment is to take the usual payment method.

When the above process is completed, the purchase history is delivered to the operator, and the operator delivers various tuning items selected and purchased by the user with the transferred purchase history, and such delivery is a quick delivery service, a postal service, which is a general delivery method. Or a method such as a courier or the like is used, and since it is not the gist of the present invention, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter will be described an embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings of the present invention. However, the following examples are not intended to limit the present invention, and modified embodiments that do not depart from the spirit of the technical spirit of the present invention from the viewpoint of those skilled in the art do not depart from the scope of the present invention.

1 is a view conceptually showing a relationship between a user and an operator for realizing a method of an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows the configuration of a browser screen to be implemented.

First, the operator prepares a web server 10 that stores a web page for allowing his web page to be displayed in a browser by using Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). A database that can add the image of the vehicle implemented by flash, JPG, GIF, etc., the image of each tuning article, the unit price of each tuning article, and the unit price of the selected tuning article. / B) 12,

The users 20, 21, ..., 2n are PCs (Personal Computers), cellular phones (cellular phones, etc.), PDAs (PDAs, etc.), and the like. You can access the tuning supplies you need for your vehicle.

The database 12 can be constructed as Sun Ultra 60, Apache Web Server, or Internet Information Server (IIS) for Windows NT. .

An access step (S10) of accessing the Internet to access the web server 10 by the user 20 having the above relationship;

After the internet connection is made smoothly, the authentication step of confirming the user 20 (S20);

The identified user 20 selects the manufacturer selection menu 110 of the vehicle displayed on a certain portion of the browser screen of the device used to access the Internet, and the model selection menu 120 produced by the manufacturer. Selection step (S30);

When the user 20 selects a vehicle, a three-dimensional surface 210, a plane 220, a left surface 230, a right surface 240, and a bottom surface 250 of the vehicle are displayed at the center of the browser screen. In the tuning product selection menu 310 provided on the right side of the image of the vehicle as a user selects the desired tuning goods in the manufacturer selection menu 320 provided on the right side of the selection menu 310, the user 20 desired manufacturer Tuning article selection step (S40) to be selected;

When the tuning article is selected in the above, the price of the selected tuning article is shown in the unit price column 330, and the selected tuning article image 350 is displayed at the bottom right of the browser, and the user 20 uses a mouse point, a direction key or a pen ( select the tuning equipment to be mounted on the image of the vehicle with the selected tuning equipment on the left side, and select the position where the tuning equipment will be mounted. In step S50, the user 20 may view the image of the vehicle on which the tuning article is mounted so that the user 20 can view the image in each direction;

As described above, when the user mounts all of the tuning products he / she wants to install at a desired position or while the tuning products are being mounted, the selected tuning items are displayed on the top of the tuning items selection menu 310. In the article field 410, the unit price column 420 next to it, the quantity column 430 and the total quotation column 440 next to the user can see the type and total quotation of the tuning product selected by the user and Viewing estimating step (S60) to facilitate the selection of the tuning supplies in comparison with their expected cost; And

When the user completes the selection of the tuning supplies or is estimated to be similar to the cost expected by them, the purchase button 510 provided on the left side of the tuning supplies section 410 so that the user can purchase the tuning supplies without mounting any more tuning supplies. Press to end the method according to the invention as an ordering step (S70) that allows you to purchase the selected tuning article ever.

In the above, the web server 10 continuously requests and receives data when the data of the database 12 is required for a signal requested by the user 20, and continuously makes a database of options for the user. When the user 20 makes a purchase request, the user can know which tuning product is selected, and the selected tuning product can be delivered.

The screen configuration of the browser that can implement the present invention as shown in Figure 3 by the manufacturer selection menu 110 and the manufacturer of the vehicle that allows the user to select the manufacturer and model of the vehicle in the upper left of the screen Configure the produced model selection menu 120 button;

Five columns are provided at the bottom of the manufacturer selection menu 110 and the model selection menu 120 to form a three-dimensional surface 210 of the vehicle at the center, a flat surface 220 at the top, a left surface 230 at the left, and a right side at the right. The right side 240 and the lower side are configured to float the image of the bottom surface 250;

The right side of the browser screen is divided into three broadly, and the selected tuning article column 410 shows the type of the selected tuning article at the top, and the unit price column 420 next to the quantity column 430 and the total quotation column 440 are configured. And, on the left side of the tuning article column 410 is provided a purchase button 510, the tuning article selection menu 310 to select the tuning article at the lower end of the tuning article field 410, the tuning article manufacturer on the right The selection menu 320, the unit price column 330 is configured on the right side, and the lowermost portion may be configured by configuring a tuning article image field 350 showing an image of the selected tuning article.

As described above, the device used by the user 20 in the vehicle selection step S30 may be a device such as a personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). Each browser uses a browser mounted on a device used by the user 20, and an image implemented in the browser is implemented by Flash, JPI, JPG, or GIF. An image is used, and this image is taken with a digital camera or the like.

On the other hand, the image of the vehicle equipped with the tuning supplies in the positioning and viewing step (S50) shows a different image each time the tuning supplies are mounted according to the position of each image pixel, the tuning supplies in jpg or gif format When using an image, whenever a tuning device is installed, a new image, that is, a new image with the tuning device, is loaded from the database 12 and displayed in a browser. When using Flash, tuning is performed in Flash itself. The image of the article can be superimposed on the image of the vehicle.

And, the estimate is made of the sum in the unit price database for the tuning article selected by the user 20 can be obtained using a calculation of the general database, the tuning article purchased in the order step (S70) the operator data Allow the report data to be delivered to the base. This delivery uses a procedure and payment method for delivering commonly used online orders.

As seen from the above, the user who is the vehicle owner accesses the tuning equipment to be mounted on his vehicle by using various kinds of wired / wireless internet connection devices that the user uses, and the tuning article is the same as the model of the vehicle. By attaching mock-up, you can purchase your favorite tuning supplies, so you can purchase tuning supplies on the internet no matter what internet connection device you use. There is an effect that you can purchase the goods, and since you purchase the tuning supplies by setting the mounting position of the tuning supplies in advance, there is no need to worry about where to install when actually mounting the tuning supplies, temporarily hassle There is no harm, and the selection of tuning Since the cost estimate can see there is an effect that can not buy tuning products within your budget.

Claims (10)

An internet access step for allowing a vehicle owner user to access the internet; An authentication step of allowing a user to register or receive access authentication of a site prepared by an operator as information that has already been registered; A vehicle selection step of allowing a user who is a vehicle owner to select a vehicle image of the same type as a vehicle owned by the browser screen; A tuning article selection step that allows the vehicle owner to select an image of the tuning article that the vehicle owner wants to mount on his vehicle; A positioning and viewing step of mock-mounting the selected tuning article image to a desired position of the vehicle image and viewing three-dimensional or each side of the vehicle equipped with various tuning supplies; Estimate viewing step of showing the estimate of the total purchase amount of the various tuning supplies mounted; An order step of allowing a user to purchase a variety of tuning supplies selected when the user thinks that the price is reasonable; And A method of visually mounting and visually confirming a vehicle tuning article through the Internet, characterized in that the termination step for terminating the connection to the tuning supplies purchase site, and a method of purchasing a visually confirmed tuning article. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is implemented by a flash, or implemented by an image such as JP or GIF. A method of visually confirming by mounting a vehicle tuning article and a method of purchasing a visually confirmed tuning article. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is visually confirmed by mounting the vehicle tuning product via the Internet, characterized in that for moving the image as a mouse point, a direction key or a pen when the image is mounted. Method and how to purchase a visually identified tuning article. The method of claim 2, wherein the image is visually confirmed by mock-mounting a vehicle tuning product through the Internet, wherein the image is moved as a mouse point, a direction key or a pen when the image is mounted. Method and how to purchase a visually identified tuning article. The Internet of claim 3, wherein the image is implemented by a flash or an image such as JP or GIF. A method of visually confirming by mounting a vehicle tuning article and a method of purchasing a visually confirmed tuning article. [4] The method of claim 3, wherein the moving of the image is drag & drop. Way. The data according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the data of the user's information, images, order estimates, and the like is a database building tool (Sun Ultra 60), Apache Web Server. Or a method of visually confirming and visually mounting a vehicle tuning article through the Internet, which is constructed using Internet Information Server (IIS) for Windows NT. The Internet connection method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the user's Internet connection method is connected using a personal desktop computer, a portable communication device, or a PDA using a wired or wireless connection. Method of visually confirming by mounting the vehicle tuning article through the visual and how to purchase the visually confirmed tuning article. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the operator's site is a fixed IP domain or uses P2P, and visually confirms and visually checks the vehicle tuning product via the Internet. How to buy a confirmed tuning product. 7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the configuration of the browser screen comprises a manufacturer selection menu 110 of a vehicle and a model selection menu button 120 produced by the manufacturer in the upper left corner; The bottom of the manufacturer selection menu 110 and the model selection menu 120 is provided with five columns, but the three-dimensional surface 210 of the vehicle in the center, the plane 220 on the top, the left surface 230 on the left, the right side The right side 240 and the lower side are configured to float the image of the bottom surface 250; The right side of the browser screen is divided into three roughly at the top of the selected tuning article column 410, next to the unit price column 420, next to the quantity column 430 and the total quotation column 440, the tuning article field 410 On the left side of the purchase button 510 is provided; A tuning product selection menu 310 at a lower end of the tuning article column 410, a tuning product manufacturer selection menu 320 at its right side, and a unit price column 330 at its right side; At the bottom part, a method for visually confirming and visually confirming a vehicle by equipping a vehicle tuning article through the Internet, which comprises a tuning article image field 350 showing an image of the selected tuning article, and purchasing a visually confirmed tuning article How to.