JP2002189800A - Method and system for promoting tire rotation and server used in this system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To urge a user to perform tire rotation by enhancing the user's interest in a scrap tire. SOLUTION: The user's interest in the waste tire is enhanced to promote tire rotation by giving scrap tire recycle items 1, 2 and 3 to the user who wants to have the scrap tire received with a charge. A server 20 displays an image for tire rotation diagnosis on a terminal device in response to access from the terminal device 10 of the user, decides whether or not tire rotation is needed on the basis of items necessary for diagnosis such as an inputted automobile travel distance and displays the decision results on the terminal device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a system for promoting tire rotation of an automobile and a server used for the system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for encouraging a user to rotate a tire in car maintenance by utilizing a recycled product of a waste tire. In addition, a system that promotes tire rotation by using a network such as the Internet to diagnose the tire condition of the user's vehicle, determine whether or not tire rotation is necessary, and inform the user of the result, and It is about the server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is generally known that tire rotation is performed in the maintenance of automobiles. The tire rotation is such that the driving wheels of the vehicle are more likely to be worn than the driven wheels, and the left and right tires are worn differently, so that the layout of the four tires is changed as appropriate (for example, the driving wheels and the driven wheels are This is performed in order to extend the tire replacement cycle as a whole.

[0003]

However, some users of automobiles do not perform the above-described tire rotation, and only replace the drive wheel when the drive wheel is worn. If such operations are performed frequently, for example, the tires are discarded even though they can still be used sufficiently as driven wheels, resulting in waste of resources, which is not desirable in the global environment. In addition, it is not desirable because the tire is partially worn. On the other hand, despite having to pay for the disposal of tires (you pay for the costs), once you pay for them, you don't really know how they will be disposed of. He did not show any interest. Furthermore, since it is not always easy for a user to determine whether or not tire rotation is necessary, this has been one reason that tire rotation is not promoted.

[0004] A first object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and improve the user's interest in waste tires (recycled waste tires), thereby promoting the execution of tire rotation. It is to provide a method of promoting rotation. Also the second
An object of the present invention is to provide a tire rotation promotion system capable of promoting tire rotation by providing a diagnostic service of whether or not tire rotation is necessary, and a server thereof.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of promoting tire rotation, comprising the steps of: It is characterized by promoting tire rotation by presenting. The tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2, wherein the system is operated under conditions including a user terminal device and a server, the system being connected to a network. Is a terminal device that can access the server,
The server, in response to access from the terminal device,
A server that displays a screen for diagnosing tire rotation on the terminal device.The terminal device is a terminal device that can input items necessary for diagnosis, such as a mileage of an automobile, on the diagnostic screen, The above server,
It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not tire rotation is necessary based on the items necessary for the diagnosis input by the terminal device, and the result of the determination is displayed on the terminal device. The server according to claim 3 is a server used in the tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2, wherein a tire rotation diagnosis screen is displayed on the terminal device in response to an access from a user terminal device. And inputting the information at the terminal device, determining whether or not tire rotation is necessary, based on items necessary for diagnosis, such as the mileage of the vehicle, and displaying the determination result on the terminal device. Features. The tire rotation promotion system or server according to claim 4 is the tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2 or the server according to claim 3, wherein the server is configured to perform a diagnosis required by the terminal device. If it is determined that tire rotation is necessary, the method of performing tire rotation is displayed on the terminal device together with the determination result. The tire rotation promotion system or server according to claim 5 is the tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2 or the server according to claim 3, wherein the server is configured to perform a diagnosis required by the terminal device. If it is determined that tire rotation is necessary based on the information, an introduction screen of a dealer capable of performing tire rotation is displayed on the terminal device together with the determination result. The tire rotation promotion system or server according to claim 6 is the tire rotation promotion system or server according to claim 5, wherein the server displays a dealer introduction screen and a user who wants to collect used tires. It is characterized by displaying to the terminal device that a waste tire recycled product is presented. Note that the “dealer” includes an automobile repair shop and the like.

[0006]

According to the method of promoting tire rotation according to the first aspect of the present invention, a user who wishes to collect a waste tire for a fee is presented with a waste tire recycled product. ) Is expected to increase, and this can be expected to promote tire rotation. In addition, it is possible to appeal to users, for example, dealers who provide waste tire recycled products, for example, address environmental issues. 3. The system for promoting tire rotation according to claim 2, wherein the system operates under a condition including a user terminal device and a server connectable to a network, wherein the user terminal device can access the server. The server is a server that displays a tire rotation diagnosis screen on the terminal device in response to access from the terminal device. It is a terminal device capable of inputting items necessary for diagnosis, such as mileage, and the server determines whether tire rotation is necessary based on items necessary for diagnosis input by the terminal device. Since it is a server that makes a judgment and displays the result of the judgment on the terminal device,
This system is used in the following manner, and corresponding effects can be obtained. That is, when the user accesses the server with the terminal device, the server displays a tire rotation diagnosis screen on the terminal device in accordance with the access. Therefore, when the user uses the terminal device to input items necessary for the diagnosis, such as the mileage of the car, on the diagnostic screen, the server performs, based on the items necessary for the diagnosis input at the terminal device,
It is determined whether or not tire rotation is necessary, and the result of the determination is displayed on the terminal device. As a result, the user can easily know whether or not the car should perform tire rotation, thereby promoting tire rotation.
The server according to claim 3 is a server used in the tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2, wherein a tire rotation diagnosis screen is displayed on the terminal device in response to an access from a user terminal device. And the travel distance of the car, etc.
Based on the items necessary for diagnosis, it is a server that determines whether tire rotation is necessary and displays the determination result on the terminal device.
The tire rotation acceleration system according to the second aspect can be suitably implemented. According to the tire rotation promotion system or the server according to the fourth aspect, in the tire rotation promotion system according to the second aspect or the server according to the third aspect, the server is required for the diagnosis input by the terminal device. If it is determined that tire rotation is necessary based on the matter, the method of implementing tire rotation is also displayed on the terminal device along with the determination result. It is also easy to know how to implement the rotation, thereby further promoting tire rotation. According to the tire rotation promotion system or the server according to the fifth aspect, in the tire rotation promotion system according to the second aspect or the server according to the third aspect, the server is necessary for the diagnosis input by the terminal device. If it is determined that tire rotation is necessary based on the matter, the result of the determination is displayed together with the dealer introduction screen that can perform tire rotation on the terminal device. The dealer who can perform tire rotation can be easily known by the terminal device, thereby further promoting the tire rotation. According to the tire rotation promotion system or server according to the sixth aspect, in the tire rotation promotion system or the server according to the fifth aspect, the server displays a dealer introduction screen and also desires to collect used tires. Since it is designed to indicate to the user's terminal device that recycled tire tires will be presented, it is expected that users will be more interested in waste tires (recycled tires),
The promotion of tire rotation can be further expected.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a method and a system for promoting tire rotation according to the present invention and a server used in the system will be described. First, a method for promoting tire rotation will be described. This method is a method of promoting tire rotation by presenting a user who wishes to collect used tires for a fee to recycle used tires, for example, a car dealer or a repair shop (hereinafter simply referred to as a dealer). Will be implemented.

Specifically, a dealer prepares a recycled product of a waste tire in advance. Examples of recycled tire tires include step slopes 1, wheel stoppers 2, lightweight blocks 3 as shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 1 (c), floor mats and sponges for watering plants. It is possible to prepare various things, such as a shape hose. These recycled products can be obtained by a known recycling technique for waste tires.

[0009] Then, the user who wants to collect the waste tires for a fee is presented with the above-mentioned recycled waste tires. For example, a user who visits a store wants to replace worn drive wheels with new tires without having to rotate the tires, and to pay a dealer a tire disposal fee to pick up old tires (waste tires). In this case, the user is presented with the waste tire recycled product. For example, when the user desires the step slope 1, the step slope 1 is presented free of charge. In addition, since tire rotation was performed before and all four tires were worn out by running the car after that, all four tires were replaced with new tires, and tire disposal fees were paid to the dealer and old tires were paid. (Recycled waste tires) will also be presented to users who wish to receive (used tires).

[0010] According to such a method, a user who wishes to collect used tires for a fee is presented with recycled used tires, so that users are expected to increase their interest in waste tires (recycled tires). Thus, it can be expected that the tire rotation will be promoted. By promoting tire rotation, the replacement cycle of the tire is generally extended, and, for example, tires that can still be used as driven wheels are not discarded, thereby contributing to effective use of resources. It will be. In addition, the tires are less likely to be depleted, and a stable running state of the vehicle is easily maintained. In addition, as a result of an increase in users' interest in waste tires (recycling of waste tires), prevention of illegal dumping of waste tires and prevention of pile-up are expected. In addition, giving away recycled tires, for example, dealing with environmental issues at dealers,
Appeal to users.

Next, a system for promoting tire rotation and a server used in this system will be described. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the system, FIGS. 3 to 5 are diagrams showing an example of a display screen on the terminal device, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system for promoting tire rotation is provided with user terminal devices 10, 10,... Which can be connected to a network N such as the Internet.
, And a system that operates under conditions including the server 20.

The user's terminal device 10 is, for example, a personal computer (personal computer, the same applies hereinafter), and is a terminal device capable of accessing the server 20 through the network N. This terminal device 10
Has an operation unit 11 having a keyboard and the like, and a display unit (display) 12.

The server 20 displays a tire rotation diagnosis screen on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10 in response to the access from the terminal device 10. FIG. 3A shows an example of the diagnostic screen. As shown in the drawing, the diagnostic screen 30 has a vehicle type input field 31, a mileage input field 32, and a road surface condition input field 33 as fields for inputting items necessary for diagnosis. I have. Therefore, the user
With the terminal device 10, items necessary for diagnosis, such as the mileage of the automobile, can be input on the diagnosis screen 30. Specifically, the “▼” part 31 of the vehicle type input field 31
When a is clicked with, for example, a pointer, typical vehicle types are displayed in the input field 31 as, for example, "A", "B", "C", and so on. Is "A", for example, A is selected (input) as shown in the figure. In addition, a mileage input field 32
Click the "▼" part 32a of
In the input field 32, a typical traveling distance is, for example, "5000K
m, "7500Km", "10000Km" ... so that if the mileage of the car for which diagnosis is requested (the mileage from the time of purchase of a new car or from the previous tie or replacement) is, for example, about 7500Km, 750 as shown
Select (input) 0. The mileage can be input directly by looking at the mileage meter of the automobile, and a more accurate diagnosis can be obtained. Furthermore, when the "▼" portion 33a of the road surface condition input field 33 is clicked with, for example, a pointer, the representative road surface conditions in the input field 33 are, for example, "mainly run on highways", "mainly run on paved roads". "Mainly run on gravel roads""Mainly run on unpaved roads" ... so if the car seeking diagnosis runs mainly on expressways, for example, Select (input) "Mainly high-speed".

As described above, when the items necessary for the diagnosis are input and the "diagnosis" portion 34 is clicked by, for example, a pointer by the user, the server 20 determines the tire based on the items necessary for the diagnosis. It is determined whether or not rotation is necessary, and the result of the determination is displayed on the terminal device 10. Note that the server 20 has a determination unit (for example, an arithmetic expression such as tire wear amount = f (a, b, c)) in its storage unit, and based on this, determines whether tire rotation is necessary. Judge. FIG. 3B and FIG. 4A show examples of screens showing the determination results (diagnosis results), respectively. A screen 40 shown in FIG. 3B is a determination result screen when it is determined that tire rotation is unnecessary, and a screen 41 shown in FIG. 4A is a screen when it is determined that tire rotation is necessary. It is a judgment result screen. As shown in FIG. 3B, for example, an “OK sign” 42 is displayed on the determination result screen 40 indicating that the tire rotation is unnecessary, as illustrated. On the other hand, FIG.
The determination result screen 41 indicating that tire rotation is necessary shown in (a) also displays a preferred method of implementing tire rotation according to the type of vehicle or the like. Reference numeral 43 denotes a display unit of the implementation method. Note that any of the judgment result screens 4
A “return” portion 44 is also provided at 0 and 41. If the “return” portion 44 is clicked with, for example, a pointer, the screen returns to the diagnostic screen 30 shown in FIG. Re-diagnosis can be made by re-entering the items.

When the user clicks the "next" part 46 with, for example, a pointer on the determination result screen 41 indicating that the tire rotation is necessary shown in FIG. A screen 50 as shown in FIG. 4B is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. This screen 50 is a screen for prompting the dealer to collect used tires. For example, "If you wish to collect used tires, you will receive a tire recycling product, so please enter your address, name, etc. 51, an address input field 52, and a name input field 5
3 and so on. In addition, an input field for a telephone number or the like may be provided.

When the user inputs the address, name, and the like on the screen 50 and clicks the "next" part 46, the server 20 displays, for example, a selection screen 60 as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. The selection screen 60 is a screen for allowing the user to select a desired tire recycled product.
A message 51 "Please select a desired product from the following tire recycled products." And a list of waste tire recycled products (a) to (f) are displayed. Note that the waste tire recycled products (a) to (c) in the list are the same as those shown in FIG. The user can select a desired product by clicking, for example, a tire recycled product (a) on the selection screen 60 and then clicking a “select” portion 62. If it is not desired to give any of the recycled tire products, the user clicks the “Next” part 63.

When the user clicks on the "selection" portion 62 or the "next" portion 63 on the selection screen 60, the server 20 displays, for example, a dealer introduction screen 70 as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. The introduction screen 70 is a screen for introducing the nearest dealer to the address based on the address input by the user among the dealers that can perform tire rotation and prompting a reservation, for example. , A map 71 indicating the location of the dealer D
And a photograph 72 of the appearance of the dealer are displayed. Also, “reservation” and “date and time” portions 73 and 74, a “takeover” portion 75, an “unnecessary” portion 76, and an “end” portion 77 are displayed. The "reservation" portion 73 is a selection portion for requesting the dealer to take up the tire rotation and, if necessary, the old tire, and receiving the recycled tire product selected on the selection screen 60. The “date and time” portion 74 is an input column for the date and time of the reservation. The “collection” part 75 is a selection part that the user performs tire rotation by himself, but has the tires collected by the user and receives the recycled tires selected on the selection screen 60. The “unnecessary” part 76 does not go to the dealer, and therefore the tire rotation,
It is an option to not ask the dealer to pick up old tires, and therefore also not to receive recycled tires. The “end” part 77 is a selection unit for ending the use of this system.

Therefore, the user can make a desired selection on this screen 70. That is, when requesting the dealer for the tire rotation and the collection of old tires as needed, and receiving the recycled tires selected on the selection screen 60, click the "reservation" portion 73, In the "date and time" portion 74, the date and time of the reservation (desired by the user) can be input. In this case, the data (tire tension, pickup of old tires, receipt of recycled tires, date and time of reservation, address of the user, etc.)
Is recorded in the database of the terminal device (not shown, but connected to the network N) owned by the dealer, and the dealer can know the data. In addition, the user performs the tire rotation by himself, but if the user wants to collect the used tires and wants to receive the recycled tires selected on the selection screen 60, the user can click on the “collection” portion 75, Can be selected. In this case, the data (collection of old tires, receipt of recycled tires, and the name and address of the user)
Is recorded in the database of the terminal device (not shown, but connected to the network N) owned by the dealer, and the dealer can know the data. Also, if you do not go to the dealer and therefore do not ask the dealer to take tire rotation or take back old tires, and therefore also do not receive recycled tires, click on the "unused" part 76 to Can be selected. After performing the above selection action, the "end" part 7
Click 7 to end use of this system. Note that any of the screens 30, 40, 4 described above
Since the “end” portion 35 is also provided in 1, 60,
The user can terminate the use of the system at any time by clicking on the "end" section 35.

The overall operation of the above system or server will be described with reference to FIG.

In step ST1, when there is access from the terminal device 10, the server 20 causes the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10 to display a tire rotation diagnosis screen 30 in response to the access.

In step ST2, the user inputs necessary items for diagnosis, such as the mileage of an automobile, on the diagnosis screen 30 by using the terminal device 10, and a "diagnosis" portion 34
Is clicked, in step ST3, the server 20
Calculation is performed based on the items necessary for the diagnosis, and it is determined in step ST4 whether or not tire rotation is necessary. If it is determined that the tire rotation is not necessary, in step ST5, the determination result screen 4 to that effect is displayed.
Displays 0. Here "return" part 4 by the user
When 4 is clicked, the process returns to step ST1, and when the "end" portion 35 is clicked, the use of the system by the user is ended. If it is determined that the tire rotation is necessary, a determination result screen 41 to that effect is displayed in step ST6. If the user clicks on the "next" part 46 in step ST7, the server 20 in step ST8 displays a screen 50 for prompting the collection of the waste tire as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. In the screen 41, when the "return" portion 44 is clicked, the process returns to step ST1, and when the "end" portion 35 is clicked, the user stops using the system.

In step ST9, on the screen 50, the user inputs his / her address, name, etc., and clicks the "next" part 46.
Then, the server 20 displays the selection screen 60 as shown in FIG. 5A on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. On the selection screen 60, the user selects the "selection"
Alternatively, when the “next” part 63 is clicked, the server 20 displays the dealer introduction screen 70 as shown in FIG.
2 is displayed. In the screen 60, "End"
Clicking on portion 35 terminates use of the system by the user.

In step ST12, the user inputs the date and time of the reservation (desired by the user) in the "date and time" part 74 on the introduction screen 70, and selects the "reservation" part 73. Data (tire rotation, pick-up of old tires, receipt of recycled tires, date and time of reservation, and address of the user, etc.) are recorded in the database (DB) of the terminal device held by the dealer via the network N. Then, the dealer can know the data.

In step ST14, when the user selects the "collection" portion 75 on the introduction screen 70, the data (collection of old tires, reception of recycled tires, and address of the user) are selected in step ST15. Is recorded in the database of the terminal device owned by the dealer via the network N,
The dealer can know the data.

In step ST16, the user selects an "unnecessary" portion 76 on the introduction screen 70,
Alternatively, by selecting the “end” portion 77,
The use of this system is terminated.

According to the tire rotation promoting system or its server as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. (A) The user uses the terminal device 10 to operate the server 20
To access the tire rotation diagnostic screen 3
0 is displayed, and on the diagnostic screen 30, items necessary for diagnosis, such as the mileage of the vehicle, are input, and the result of the determination is displayed on the terminal device 10, so that the vehicle should perform tire rotation. It is possible to easily know whether or not this is the case, thereby promoting tire rotation. (B) When the server 20 determines that the tire rotation is necessary, the server 20 displays the method of performing the tire rotation on the terminal device 10 together with the determination result. Apparatus 10
Thus, it is possible to easily know the method of performing the tire rotation, whereby the tire rotation is further promoted. (C) When the server 20 determines that the tire rotation is necessary based on the items necessary for the diagnosis input by the terminal device 10, the server 20 includes the determination result,
Since the introduction screen 70 of the dealer capable of performing the tire rotation is displayed on the terminal device 10, the user can easily know the dealer capable of performing the tire rotation by the terminal device 10, Thereby, tire rotation is further promoted. (D) In addition to displaying the dealer's introduction screen 70, the server 20 displays to the terminal device 10 of the user who wants to collect the used tires a message that the used tire recycled product will be presented (see screens 50 and 60). As such, waste tires from users (waste tire recycling)
It is expected that interest in tire rotation will be improved, and thereby, it is possible to further expect the promotion of tire rotation.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the present invention.

[0029]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C are perspective views each showing an example of a waste tire recycled product.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a tire rotation promoting system according to the present invention.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating an example of a display screen on a terminal device.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating an example of a display screen on a terminal device.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating an example of a display screen on a terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 3 Recycled waste tires N Network 10 User's terminal device 20 Server 30 Screen for diagnosis 40, 41 Display screen of judgment result 43 Display part of tire rotation execution method 50, 60 Present recycled waste tires Display screen of the effect 70 Introduction screen of the dealer

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method for promoting tire rotation, wherein a user who wants to collect waste tires for a fee is provided with recycled tire tires to promote tire rotation. 2. A system operating under conditions including a user terminal device and a server connectable to a network, wherein the user terminal device is a terminal device capable of accessing the server. The server responds to the access from the terminal device,
A server that displays a screen for diagnosing tire rotation on the terminal device.The terminal device is a terminal device that can input items necessary for diagnosis, such as a mileage of an automobile, on the diagnostic screen, The server according to claim 1, wherein the server determines whether or not tire rotation is necessary based on matters necessary for the diagnosis input by the terminal device, and displays a result of the determination on the terminal device. Promotion system. 3. A server used in the tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2, wherein a tire rotation diagnosis screen is displayed on the terminal device in response to a user's access from the terminal device. It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not tire rotation is necessary, based on items necessary for diagnosis, such as the mileage of an automobile, input at the terminal device, and the determination result is displayed on the terminal device. server. 4. When the server determines that tire rotation is necessary based on the items necessary for the diagnosis input by the terminal device, the server determines the tire rotation and a method of performing tire rotation. The tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2, wherein the information is displayed on the terminal device or the server according to claim 3. 5. When the server determines that tire rotation is necessary based on items necessary for diagnosis input by the terminal device, the server may execute tire rotation together with the determination result. The tire rotation promotion system according to claim 2 or a server according to claim 3, wherein a dealer introduction screen is displayed on the terminal device. 6. The server according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to displaying a dealer introduction screen, the server displays, to a terminal device of a user who wants to collect used tires, a notification that a used tire recycled product is presented. 5. The tire rotation promotion system or server according to 5.