JP2002197325A - Clothes sales system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clothes sales system capable of greatly reducing a return rate from wrong size and color by registering desired clothes information and individual body size with a host computer from a user's terminal with the use of the Internet and informing the user of information of clothes that the user desires and virtually trying the clothes fitted to user's body size on a display. SOLUTION: A individual terminal, a clothes maker terminal and the host computer are connected through the Internet. The host computer includes a buyer information receiving means receiving individual body shape information from the individual terminal, a virtual trial simulation means having a virtual model fitted to the individual body shape information try the clothes on the display for a person who wants to buy clothes, an order receiving and delivery instruction means receiving a product buying request from the buyer and giving delivery instructing to a maker.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] Using the Internet,
By registering the desired clothing information and personal body size desired by the user from the user terminal in the host computer, the clothing information desired by the user is notified to the user, and virtual fitting according to the size of the user is performed. The present invention relates to a garment sales system that significantly reduces a return rate due to a difference in size or color by performing a display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a mail-order sales system for clothes other than store sales, there have been systems using mail-order magazines and Internet mail-order services. In mail order magazines and online mail order services, photographs showing the appearance of clothes are used on magazines or on displays. On this occasion,
Many of the photos were made by merchants wearing good-looking models in order to enhance the image of the clothes. In addition, standard information on the size, color, material, etc. of each product is presented, and the user selects and purchases the number and desired color that match his or her size.

[0003]

Clothes have different feelings of wearing on the body depending on the design, material and the like. With only the standard information provided by the manufacturer, it is necessary to select what the buyer wants from different body types, such as lean people, obese people, people with large or small body parts such as chest and waist, etc. Was difficult. When returning a delivered product because the product does not fit its size, it is necessary for the purchaser to perform a return operation. Then, if he wanted to exchange for another product with a different standard, he had to take the exchange procedure. In addition, the exchange-requested product does not always have compensation that matches the purchaser's request, and may require replacement again. If replacement is required, it may take some time from the initial purchase procedure to the delivery of the desired product, and it may not be possible to wear the product on a fixed schedule. On the manufacturer side, it was necessary to perform unnecessary procedures and costs such as re-procedure for exchange, re-shipment, and receipt of returned products. In addition, many returned products had to be inspected because the buyer did not know how to try them on or use them in a location out of sight of the manufacturer. In this case, many manufacturers do not treat returned products as new products, but rather treat them as second-hand or damaged items, which can result in lower profits when sold as new products. And led to a decline in profitability.

[0004]

A clothing mail order system is constituted by a system using a host computer which can be connected to a personal user terminal via a public line and a maker terminal for providing various types of information on clothes. The host computer includes a buyer-related information database that stores the desired clothing condition information and the buyer information such as address, name, age, and telephone number necessary for the purchaser to wear the clothes sent from the user terminal. The desired clothing condition information is transmitted to the manufacturer terminal of the corresponding product information database, and the corresponding product information database that stores the corresponding product information corresponding to the desired clothing condition information and returned from the manufacturer terminal. Virtual fitting simulation means for displaying the image of the model trying on each product, order-related work means for exchanging order procedures after the purchaser selects the purchased product, It is constituted by delivery support means for giving a delivery instruction.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The system configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the present invention, a host computer that handles the purchase and sale of the system is connected through a public line to a plurality of user terminals that are purchase applicants and maker terminals of a plurality of clothing manufacturers. The host computer is a buyer-related information database that stores desired clothing condition information and purchaser information, a corresponding product information database that stores relevant product information, and a product that stores product management information such as product order status and delivery support status. Has a management database. Here, the desired clothing condition information in the buyer-related information database includes height, weight, bust size, waist size, hip size, and other body shape information necessary for wearing the clothing, and clothing types such as coats, sweaters, and one-pieces. And clothing condition information such as a desired color. The purchaser-related information includes an address, name, age, occupation, telephone number, and the like. The applicable product information in the applicable product information database includes a product code, a wholesale price, a commercial price, a clothing type, a color, a material, and the like regarding a product that is suitable based on the desired clothing condition information.
The host computer has virtual fitting simulation means, and creates a fitting image image in which the virtual model wears the corresponding product, based on the purchaser's body shape information and the corresponding product information in the database. The image including the fitting image and information such as the product name, the product code, the material, and the commercial price are displayed on the user terminal. The host computer has order-related work means so that the user can order a desired product from a user terminal. The host computer receives the order by the delivery support means, stores the information in the product management database, and transmits a delivery support to the maker terminal so that the product is delivered to the recipient of the purchaser.

The present invention is configured as described above.
This usage will be described below. The host computer performs a purchaser related information receiving process. This displays a purchase information reception screen that can be accessed from the user terminal by the clothing purchaser, while the purchaser can display the height, weight, bust size, waist size, hip size, etc. Required body shape information, coat, sweater,
It is designed to input clothing condition information such as clothing type and desired color such as dress and purchaser information such as address, name, age, occupation, telephone number as purchaser related information and send it to the host computer. is there. In addition, when the host computer receives the purchaser-related information, the host computer stores it in the purchaser-related information database (5). Further, a purchase applicant identification number is given to the purchase applicant, and by inputting this identification number in the subsequent processing, services relating to the purchase applicant can be exchanged. Next, in the clothing condition information distribution process, information necessary for clothing selection is distributed as clothing condition information to a plurality of affiliated clothing manufacturers, excluding the purchaser information from the purchaser-related information. The maker that has received the clothing condition information transmits corresponding product information that meets the conditions from the company's product database to the host computer. The host computer stores pertinent product information transmitted from each company in the pertinent product information database as pertinent product information reception processing. After certain information has been collected, the host computer performs a virtual fitting image creation process. First, a virtual model image is created based on body shape information stored in the purchaser related information database (5).
Regarding the creation time, if it is after the purchaser-related information reception processing, it may be performed in advance before certain information is collected. Next, based on the corresponding product information in the corresponding product information database, a fitting image image showing a state where the corresponding product is worn on the virtual model is created and stored in the corresponding product information database. After performing the virtual fitting image creation process on all the corresponding products, the product information providing process is performed. The purchaser can select the relevant product information providing service from the service screen, enter his / her identification number, etc., and browse the relevant product on the screen. The browsing is performed according to the flow shown in FIG. In advance, in the applicable product information database, for multiple applicable products,
The order is determined, and it is set so that the products can be browsed according to the order. When the service starts, the first candidate is displayed. FIG. 2 shows the state of the display screen at this time. The try-on image image is displayed on the try-on image image display area, and the product code, clothing type,
The corresponding product information such as color, material, size, and price is displayed on the corresponding product information display section. On the screen, there is provided an operation display section on which a move button for viewing another product and an order button for moving to a purchase form when a purchase is desired, and the operation is advanced by operating this. In other words, when the purchase item is determined, the order button displayed as "order" on the screen is clicked to move to the order form and enter the order work. On the other hand, when the user does not care, the user moves to the display of the next candidate by clicking the move button informed of “next candidate”. Further, by providing a separate end button, the work can be completed halfway. In this way, the user can browse the corresponding product information until the purchased product is determined. At the time of ordering, a purchaser inputs desired goods and payment means along an order form and sends it to the host computer. Accepting this is order processing. In response to this, the host computer delivers the purchaser's delivery destination information and the ordered product information to the manufacturer terminal that handles the ordered product, and performs a delivery instruction process. After the delivery instruction, delivery confirmation processing for confirming delivery and confirming delivery is performed.

[0007] A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. This is to create a more realistic virtual model when creating a virtual model. When transmitting the purchase desired condition to the host computer, the user adds a face and an entire photograph as image data and transmits the image data. This photograph may be only the front, but by including photographs from the left and right sides and the back, it becomes possible to reproduce the use state from various angles in the virtual model. A virtual model is created based on the photograph and the body shape numerical information, and a virtual fitting simulation can be performed based on the virtual model. In this way, the user does not imagine the state of wearing it in his head,
You will be able to visually perceive and choose clothes that better suit your tastes.

[0007]

According to the present invention, individuals who have not been able to fully grasp only numerical information on clothes at the time of mail order sales of clothes and wear image information using models having different body shapes from those who wish to purchase. At the time of purchase, it became possible to ascertain the suitability of body shape and clothing at the time of purchase, making it possible to purchase products that fit one's own in mail-order sales that cannot be tried on. In addition, the return rate can be reduced in accordance with this, and the purchaser can eliminate the gap in the return operation, and can purchase the product in time for the usage purpose with the fixed date and time of use. For manufacturers, the phenomenon of returns and redistributions can reduce the associated costs and increase profit margins.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display diagram during a virtual simulation according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a product information providing process according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Public line 2. Host computer 3. User terminal 4. Manufacturer terminal 5. 5. Purchaser-related information database Applicable product information database 7. 7. Product management database 8. Try-on image image display section Applicable product information display section 10. Operation display section

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A host having a purchaser-related information database for storing purchaser information such as desired clothing condition information, an address, a name, an age, and a telephone number of a purchaser, and a corresponding product information database for storing corresponding product information. A clothing sales system in which a computer is connected to an individual user terminal via a public line and a maker terminal that provides various types of clothing information, and the host computer receives purchaser-related information from the user terminal and makes purchases. The desired clothing condition information distribution means for transmitting the desired clothing condition information to a plurality of maker terminals when stored in the manufacturer-related information database, and the relevant product information for storing the relevant product information returned from the maker terminal in the relevant product information database The user is required to check the receiving means and the virtual model according to the body type of each purchaser trying on each product. Virtual fitting simulation means for displaying an image at the end, order-related work means for exchanging order procedures after a purchaser has selected a product to be purchased, and delivery support means for instructing a delivery to a maker terminal of a maker which handles the product to be ordered. A clothing sales system characterized by comprising: 2. The virtual fitting simulation according to claim 1, wherein the purchaser-related information includes the face of the purchaser and the entire photographic image information, and the photographic image information is used as a virtual model to perform a virtual fitting simulation. Clothing sales system.