JP2006139333A - System for selling goods such as clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for selling goods, such as clothing, capable of selling goods for satisfying a purchaser of goods, by giving appropriate advice to the purchaser of the goods from an adviser. <P>SOLUTION: When a user PC3's (3a, 3b-3n) request advice for the goods, a web server 1 displays the request of the advice on a web page that adviser PC4's (4a, 4b-4n) can browse. In the case of an access from the adviser PC4's, a user virtual try-on image is generated and provided, and an advice from the adviser PC4's is input and supplied to the user PC3's. A real try-on image, where goods purchased based on provided advice are combined with existing clothing that a user owns for trying on and photographing, is used. Where there is request for advice again, the user virtual try-on image and the real try-on image are displayed so that they can be compared to the adviser PC4's, thus inputting re-advice for providing to the user PC3's in the system for selling goods. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a product sales system for clothing and the like using the Internet, and in particular, by connecting a buyer's user and an advisor such as clothing to fill the gap between the user's virtual try-on and real try-on, The present invention relates to a product sales system that can improve the performance.

  In recent years, various products are bought and sold via the Internet. Mainly, products that guarantee a certain quality such as daily necessities are the mainstream of Internet buying and selling, but Internet buying and selling of clothing and other items that depend on the individual's body shape has become widespread.

[Prior art on virtual try-on on the Internet]
For example, as a method for realizing virtual digital fitting on an Internet website, (1) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-344482, “Fitting system and method using synthetic photograph”, and (2) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-150058. Gazettes “virtual try-on method in electronic mail order”, (3) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-197325 “Clothing Sales System”, (4) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-183530 “Online Shopping Method Using Try-on Image”, (5 ) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-344481 “Internet boutique system, its sales method, and recording medium on which a program is recorded”, and (6) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-030219 “Try-on system and try-on service providing apparatus”.

[Prior art on product selection advice on the Internet]
Further, as prior art that enables advice on product selection on a website, (7) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-122967 “Fashion Product Purchase System and Method and Computer Program Therefor”, (8) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 373285, “Product presentation method and product provision method”.

JP 2001-344482 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-150058 JP 2002-197325 A JP 2002-183530 A JP 2001-344481 A JP 2004-030219 A JP 2003-122967 A JP 2003-122967 A

[Problem 1]
However, in the conventional virtual digital try-on (referred to as “virtual try-on”), it is difficult to get a feel like an actual try-on (referred to as “real try-on”), and as a product purchaser, it is always possible to obtain a fit. There was a problem that it was not possible to easily find clothes that suits me.

[Problem 2]
In addition, as a product purchaser, mere virtual try-on does not take into account harmony with other clothing, accessories, hats, bags, etc. that you actually own. There was a problem that it was not possible to judge whether it matched.

[Problem 3]
In addition, even if the advisor advises on the web, the product information, the information of the product purchaser, or the image of the virtual try-on is only used as a reference, and the product purchaser actually wears the product. It was impossible to give accurate advice, and the accuracy of the advice was not improved.

[Problem 4]
In addition, since it is not a mechanism to know each other's competence in advance between the product buyer and the advisor, what level of advice the product buyer wants and how much advice the advisor can give I couldn't know it, and I couldn't provide appropriate advice.

[Object of invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a merchandise sales system such as clothing that can provide merchandise purchasers with appropriate advice from an advisor and sell merchandise that satisfies the merchandise purchasers. With the goal.

  The present invention for solving the problems of the above-described conventional example is a product sales system that links a user who requests product purchase advice and an advisor who provides advice, and serves as a basis for generating a virtual fitting image. Stores a user database that stores a plurality of user information including user body images, a product database that stores a plurality of product information including images of products that are the basis for virtually generating try-on images, and stores information of a plurality of advisors When the advisor database and product information are provided to the user, and there is an advice request for the product from the user, the advice request is displayed on a web page that can be viewed by the advisor and the advisor request is accessed by the advisor. And the user virtual trial that the user himself virtually tried on the product. An image is generated from the body image of the user and an image of the product, provided to the advisor, the advice from the advisor is input and provided to the user, and the user purchases the product purchased based on the provided advice. When there is a request for re-advice using a real wearing image taken in combination with existing clothing that you own, the user virtual fitting image and the real wearing image are displayed on the advisor so that they can be compared. And a server that inputs re-advice and provides it to the user.

  According to the present invention, in the product sales system, the user database stores user information including group classification information when the user is classified into groups, and the product database is a group of information indicated by the group classification information set in the product information. A representative virtual try-on image in which the product is virtually tried on is stored in a representative figure, and the server sends the product information and a representative virtual try-on of the group to the user of the corresponding group category information according to the group category information in the product information. It is characterized by prompting the purchase of a product by transmitting an image.

  In the product sales system, the server inputs a real wearing image and a user comment when a re-advice request is received from the user, and displays the user virtual fitting image and the real wearing image in an advisor so that the user can compare them. It is characterized by accepting re-advice by displaying comments and initial advice.

  According to the present invention, in the product sales system, the user database stores user information including an image of wearing a user's favorite clothing and a comment, and the server provides the advisor with the image and the comment when the advisor advises. It can be provided.

  According to the present invention, in the product sales system, the user database stores a history of purchase items and purchase amounts of the user, and a cumulative amount of purchase amounts. It can be provided to advisors.

  According to the present invention, in the product sales system, the user database stores user evaluation information by the advisor, the advisor database stores advisor evaluation information by the user, and the server provides advice when the advisor provides advice. The evaluation information of the requesting user can be provided to the advisor, and when the advice is received, the evaluation information of the advisor who has given the advice can be provided.

  The present invention is characterized in that, in the product sales system, when a user purchases a product according to an advisor's advice, the server assigns and accumulates points corresponding to the advisor in the advisor database. .

  According to the present invention, there is provided a product sales system that links a user who requests product purchase advice and an advisor who provides advice, and includes user information including a user's body image as a basis for generating a virtual fitting image. A user database for storing a plurality of items, a product database for storing a plurality of items of product information including images of products that are the basis for virtually generating try-on images, an advisor database for storing information of a plurality of advisors, and product information for users Provided, if there is an advice request for the product from the user, the advisor displays the advice request on a web page that can be viewed by the advisor, and when the advisor requests access to the advice request, the user himself / herself virtualizes the product The user's virtual try-on image The product is generated from the image of the product and provided to the advisor. The advice from the advisor is input and provided to the user. The product purchased based on the provided advice is combined with the existing clothing owned by the user. If there is a request for re-advice using a real wear image taken by wearing, the user virtual try-on image and the real wear image are displayed on the advisor so that they can be compared. Since the product sales system has a server provided to the user, the user can receive appropriate advice from the user virtual fitting image and the real wearing image, and satisfaction is obtained. There is an effect that can be increased.

  According to the present invention, the user database stores user information including group division information when the users are classified into groups, and the product database has a representative body shape of the group indicated by the group division information set in the product information. A representative virtual try-on image in which the product is virtually tried on is stored, and the server sends the product information and a representative virtual try-on image of the group to the user of the corresponding group category information according to the group category information in the product information. Since the product sales system that prompts the purchase of products is used, there is an effect that appropriate advice can be realized.

  According to the present invention, the server inputs the real wearing image and the user comment when the user requests re-advice, and the advisor displays the user virtual fitting image and the real wearing image in a comparable manner, and the user comment and the initial comment. Since the above-mentioned product sales system that displays advice and accepts re-advice is provided, there is an effect that appropriate advice can be realized.

  According to the present invention, the user database stores user information including an image of wearing a user's preferred clothing and a comment, and the server can provide the image and comment to the advisor when the advisor advises. Since the product sales system is used, there is an effect that appropriate advice can be realized.

  According to the present invention, the user database stores a history of purchase products and purchase amounts of the user and the total purchase amount, and the server can provide the total of the purchase history and purchase amount to the advisor when giving advice by the advisor. Since the product sales system described above is used, there is an effect that appropriate advice can be realized.

  According to the present invention, the user database stores the evaluation information of the user by the advisor, the advisor database stores the evaluation information of the advisor by the user, and the server requests the advice when the advice is given by the advisor. Since the above product sales system enables the evaluation information to be provided to the advisor and when the advice is received, the advisor can provide the evaluation information of the advisor who gave the advice. In addition, since the user can receive advice after knowing the ability of the advisor, there is an effect that satisfactory advice can be expected for both.

  According to the present invention, when the server purchases a product according to the advisor's advice, the server has the above-mentioned product sales system for accumulating and storing points corresponding to the advisor in the advisor database. Advising is promoted by granting, and there is an effect that an advisor with a high contribution degree can be easily known by accumulated points.

[Outline of Embodiment of the Present Invention]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The merchandise sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention classifies users into groups and assigns group classification information. When registering merchandise information, the merchandise information is sent to the corresponding user according to the set group classification information and the user information. When a representative virtual try-on image in which a product is virtually tried on is sent to a representative body form of the group to encourage purchase of the product and the user requests advice from the advisor based on the product information, the user himself / herself The virtual try-on image of the user was synthesized, provided to the advisor, received advice from the advisor, and the user was photographed by wearing the product purchased after purchasing the product in combination with existing clothes. When you send real wear images and user comments, the user virtual try-on image and rear The wearable image is displayed in a comparable manner, and the user comment and the previous advice are also displayed so that the user can receive the advice again and provide it to the user. Therefore, the user can give appropriate advice from the user virtual fitting image and the real wearing image. The advisor can improve the accuracy of the advice with two advices.

  Further, according to the product sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user's favorite clothing image (favorite image) and the comment (favorite comment) indicating the reason are stored in the database as user usage information. In the case of advice, since the advisor can refer to the favorite image and favorite comment of the user usage information, appropriate advice can be realized.

  In addition, according to the product sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the database stores the user's previous purchases and the total purchase price, etc., and the adviser purchases the user's purchase when giving advice. Appropriate advice can be realized because it is possible to refer to results such as the total of products and purchase amounts.

  Further, according to the product sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the evaluation information of the advisor by the user, the evaluation information of the user by the advisor is accumulated, and the advisor can refer to the evaluation information of the user at the time of advice, By enabling the user to refer to advisor evaluation information, the advisor can give advice after knowing the level of the user requesting the advice, and the user can receive advice after knowing the competence of the advisor. So you can expect satisfactory advice for both.

  In addition, according to the product sales system according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a user purchases a product according to an advisor's advice, points are given to the advisor and the points are accumulated. This makes it easy to identify advisors with high contributions, and since advisors can receive points as advice fees, advice by advisors can be promoted.

[Overall configuration of product sales system]
Next, a merchandise sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a product sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, a product sales system (this system) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a Web server 1, a user DB (database) 2a, a product DB (database) 2b, and an advisor connected thereto. The system basically includes a DB (database) 2c, and a plurality of user PCs 3 and a plurality of advisor PCs 4 connected to the Web server 1 via the Internet.
The user PC 3 and the advisor PC 4 are assumed to be personal computers, but may be PDAs (Personal Digital Assistance: personal information terminals) or mobile phones that can be connected to the Internet.
The communication connection from the user PC 3 and the advisor PC 4 to the Internet may be wired or wireless.

[Parts of the product sales system]
Each part of this system will be specifically described.
[About Web Server 1]
The Web server 1 accepts registration of the user and the advisor, provides the product information to the user, informs the advisor of the advice request from the user, generates a virtual try-on image of the user, accepts the advice from the advisor, and receives the advice from the user. We notified the adviser who advised the photographer first when taking a real wear image for the product after purchase and requested the advice, and the advisor did it after comparing the virtual try-on image and the real wear image Notify users of re-advice.

  Further, the Web server 1 informs the advisor who gives advice of the evaluation information of the user who requests the advice, and informs the user who requested the advice of the evaluation information of the advisor who has given the advice.

  Further, the Web server 1 accepts advisor evaluation information input from the user and stores it in the advisor DB 2c, and receives user evaluation information input from the advisor and stores it in the user DB 2a.

Further, the Web server 1 stores a history of products and purchase amounts when the user purchases based on product information provided to the user, and also stores an advisor ID and an advisor name if the purchased product has received advice. Further, the cumulative total of the purchase amount (the total accumulated amount and the accumulated amount when receiving the advice) is calculated and stored.
The accumulated price of the user's purchased product indicates the purchasing power of the user, and the accumulated price when receiving the advice indicates the purchasing power of the user using the advice. In addition, by calculating (accumulated amount of product purchases when receiving advice) / (total amount of accumulated money) in the Web server 1 and expressing it as a percentage, the user's advice utilization level can be known.

Further, the Web server 1 converts the purchase price of the product when the user purchases based on the advice into points and accumulates it for each advisor.
By accumulating points for each advisor, it is possible to identify advisors that have contributed to sales in order of increasing points.

[Internal configuration of Web server 1]
The internal configuration of the Web server 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the internal configuration of the Web server 1 in this system.
As shown in FIG. 2, the Web server 1 basically includes a control unit 11, a main memory 12, a storage unit 13, and an interface unit 14.

The control unit 11 reads the processing program stored in the storage unit 13 and loads it into the main memory 12 to execute the processing.
The main memory 12 temporarily stores processing programs, parameters, and data for use in program processing.
The storage unit 13 stores a processing program, parameters, and data.
The interface unit 14 is connected to an external network (Internet), and performs input / output to the user DB 2a, the product DB 2b, and the advisor DB 2c.
Details of each process in the Web server 1 will be described later.

[About User DB 2a]
The user DB 2a stores information such as user information registered by the user, user evaluation information by an advisor, purchase history, and total purchase price.
The user information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing user information stored in the user DB.
As shown in FIG. 3, the user information is classified into user storage information and user usage information.
The user-stored information is very privately related information among personal information, and is information that requires attention in handling. Therefore, the user storage information is encrypted and stored separately from the user usage information.
User usage information is information frequently used in the present system.

The user storage information is encrypted and stored by associating a user ID (user identifier) with a name, address, telephone number (TEL No.), date of birth, mail address, and the like.
The user usage information stores group classification information, age, sex, feature information, preference information, body image information, favorite image information, favorite comments, and the like corresponding to the user ID.

The group classification information is information for identifying a group matching the condition by the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 from the age, sex, feature information, and preference information, and identifying the identified group.
This group classification information is used when providing product information.
The feature information is information indicating the characteristics of the body, and includes numerical values such as height, weight, bust, waist, hips, leg length, and sitting height.
The preference information is information such as a user's favorite color, pattern, price (approximate purchase price range), product genre, and the like.

The body image information is digital photographic image information taken from three directions, front, back, and side, in a state where a user wears underwear or thin clothing and the body shape is known by a camera or a digital camera of a mobile phone.
Since the image information of the body is also information that can identify an individual, the image information corrected by blurring or mosaic processing around the eyes around the face is stored.

The favorite image information is digital photographic image information taken from three directions, front, rear, and side, with a user's favorite clothing and accessories worn by the user.
The favorite image information is for the advisor to know the user's preference, and a plurality of images with the best 3 or the best 5 rankings are registered. This favorite image information is also subjected to a process such as blurring so that an individual cannot be specified in the same manner as body image information.
The favorite comment is a user comment related to the favorite image, and describes the reason why the photographed clothes are preferred. This comment also helps the advisor know the user's preferences.

Regarding changes in user information, user stored information is accepted and changed at any time, and user usage information can be changed four or more times according to the seasons. For the convenience of the user, the user usage information may be stored every four seasons and may be updated every four seasons.
The age is added and changed based on the date of birth registered by the user.
Further, when the user usage information is changed, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 re-specifies the group classification information based on the age, sex, feature information, and preference information.
The user information registration process will be described later.

  Although not shown, the user DB 2a stores evaluation information performed by the advisor corresponding to the user ID, and further stores history information of purchased products and purchase amounts corresponding to the user ID. The calculated total amount of purchase and advice usage are also stored.

[About the product DB 2b]
The product DB 2b stores product information.
As product information, corresponding to product ID (product identifier), product genre, size, color, price, group category information, handling quantity, handling period, product image information, and a representative virtual generated for each group category Stores try-on image information and the like.
The product ID is automatically given by the control unit 11 when the product is registered in the product DB 2b. Other information is input and set by an administrator or an assistant.
The group classification information indicates a specific user group, and a group of users targeted for sales of the product is assumed.
The representative virtual try-on image information is data of front and rear and horizontal images when the clothing of the product is virtually tried on a representative body type for each user group. This representative virtual try-on image information is used when introducing a product to the user.

[About Advisor DB2c]
The advisor DB 2c stores advisor information, advisor evaluation information by the user, and point information acquired by the advisor.
Advisor information is information registered by an experienced person in clothing sales as an advisor, and corresponds to the advisor ID (advisor identifier), advisor name (real or nickname), specialized field, self-promotion, e-mail address, address , Phone number, bank account etc. of transfer destination are registered.
Among the advisor information, the e-mail address, address, telephone number, and bank account for transfer are important personal information, so they are encrypted and stored.

In this system, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, the user DB 2a, the product DB 2b, and the advisor DB 2c are configured as separate databases, but may be a single database, and may be further distributed to a plurality of databases. Good.
For example, if the user DB 2a is separated and a database for storing user storage information and a database for storing user usage information are separated, security can be improved.

[User PC3]
The user PC 3 is a personal computer used by a product purchaser (user) who purchases products such as clothes.
The user performs user registration using the user PC 3, receives provision of product information, requests advice, receives advice from an advisor, and transmits image data (real wearing image) that wears the product after purchase. And receive a second advice from the advisor.
The user PC 3 is a personal computer that includes at least a display unit, an input unit, and a processing unit and can be connected to the Internet.

[About Advisor PC4]
The advisor PC 4 is a personal computer used by the advisor to give advice to the user.
The advisor can use the advisor PC 4 to know the advice request from the user, input advice while referring to the virtual try-on image for the selected user, and compare the user's virtual try-on image with the real wear image Then input the second advice.
The advisor PC 4 is a personal computer that includes at least a display unit, an input unit, and a processing unit and can be connected to the Internet.

[User information registration process]
Next, user information registration processing in this system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing user information registration processing in this system.
When a user accesses the Web site of the Web server 1 via the Internet using the user PC 3 and selects registration of user information, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 loads a program for user information registration processing from the storage unit 13. The user information is loaded into the main memory 12 and the user information registration process is started.

First, the Web server 1 displays a user storage information input screen on the display unit of the user PC 3 (S11), and prompts the user to input user storage information.
As the user saved information, the user name, address, telephone number (TEL No.), date of birth, e-mail address, etc. are input, and when the input completion button is clicked, the input of the user saved information is completed (S12). ).

Then, in order to give a user ID and password to the user, the Web server 1 outputs them to the display screen of the user PC 3 (S13).
Since it is sufficient that correspondence between the user stored information, the user ID, and the password is taken, the user ID and password can be arbitrarily changed by the user.

  If the user clicks the “OK” button with the displayed user ID and password, the user stored information is encrypted and stored in the user DB 2a (S14). Encrypting the user stored information is output to the display screen of the user PC 3 and notified to the user so that the user is aware that it is strictly managed separately from the user usage information, and promotes the input of the user information. It is.

Next, the Web server 1 displays a user usage information input screen on the display unit of the user PC 3 (S15), and prompts the user to input user usage information.
As user usage information, gender, feature information, preference information, body image information, favorite image information, favorite comment information, etc. are input. When the input completion button is clicked, user usage information is input. The process ends (S16).
As for the age, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 calculates the current age and temporarily stores it in the storage unit 13 at the festival in which the date of birth is input in the input of the user saved information. Is set as user usage information.

The input and set user usage information is analyzed to identify group classification information (S17).
The identification of the group classification information assumes a plurality of groups in advance, sets the age, gender, feature information, preference information, etc. of the fictitious person to be a model for each group, and sets the model that the registered user is most approximate to select. Group classification information indicating the group to which the model belongs is given to the user.

Note that the approximation between the user and the model is obtained by the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 calculating the degree of similarity between the two in terms of scores.
If the accuracy of classification is not required so high, as a simple method, classify by gender, classify by age (for example, 40s), classify by body type (for example, lean type), and favorite color (for example, for example, It is also possible to specify a group by classifying by a bright color) and further classifying by purchase amount (for example, 1 to 150,000 yen).
Then, corresponding to the user ID, the user usage information including the group classification information is stored in the user DB 2a, and the process is terminated (S18).

[Product information provision processing]
Next, merchandise information provision processing in the present system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the merchandise information providing process in this system.
In this system, when information on a new product such as clothing is registered in the product DB 2b, a product information provision process for providing the user with the information on the new product is performed.

  Specifically, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 loads a product information provision processing program from the storage unit 13 to the main memory 12 to operate, and determines whether or not a new product is registered in the product DB 2b. If there is no registration (No), this determination process S21 is repeated.

  When a new product is registered (in the case of Yes), the control unit 11 reads the group category information set as the product information from the product DB 2b, and representative body type for each user group according to the group category information. Next, the front and rear images (representative virtual try-on images) when a new product is virtually tried on are generated (S22) and stored in the product DB 2b.

Next, the control unit 11 searches for user usage information in the user DB 2a according to the group division information, and extracts target users whose group division information matches (S23).
In addition, if a product can be provided to users of a plurality of groups, a plurality of group classification information is often registered in the product information. Then, users of a plurality of groups corresponding to the registered plurality of group classification information are extracted.

  Then, new product information and a representative virtual try-on image are provided to the extracted user (S24). Provision of information on new products to the user is performed by transmitting the mail address of the user stored information encrypted from the extracted user ID to the mail address obtained.

  In addition, in the product information providing process, the process S23 for generating a representative virtual try-on image is performed. When the manager or assistant registers the information of the new product in the product DB 2b, the representative is represented according to the group classification information. A virtual virtual fitting image may be generated. In that case, step S22 in FIG. 5 is not necessary.

[Advice request / registration process]
Next, advice request / registration processing in this system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing advice request / registration processing in the present system.
In this system, a user who has received information on a new product requests advice from an advisor if there is a product that he / she wishes to purchase. Registration processing is performed.

Specifically, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 loads and operates an advice request / registration processing program from the storage unit 13 to the main memory 12, and determines whether there is an advice request from the user using the user PC 3. Is determined (S31).
If there is no advice request from the user (No), the determination process S31 is repeated.

When there is an advice request from the user (in the case of Yes), a virtual try-on image of the user is generated for a product that the user desires to purchase (S32).
This virtual try-on image of the user is a composite image when the desired product is virtually tried on based on the image information of the body, and becomes image information as if it were taken from three directions, front, back and side. Yes.

Next, the control unit 11 posts the user's advice request on the advice request display screen of the website that can be browsed by the advisor (S33).
On the advice request display screen, a list of user IDs of users who request advice and a part of product information (product genre, color, size, price, group classification information, etc.) are displayed.

Furthermore, if a search function is provided on the advice request display screen so that the advisor can narrow down users by product genre and group classification information, convenience for the advisor is improved.
Note that the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 automatically performs matching between the information on the specialized field of the advisor information registered in the advisor DB 2c and the display information on the advice request display screen. By narrowing down to the product genre, the available users are narrowed down and displayed. As a result, the advisor can save the time and effort of searching using the search function.

Next, it is determined whether there is an access from an advisor (S34).
If there is no access from the advisor (in the case of No), it is determined whether or not the valid period (posting period) of the product listing has expired with reference to the product information of the product in the product DB 2b (S35). If the validity period of the product listing has not expired (in the case of No), the process returns to the determination process S34.

Moreover, in the determination process S35, if the valid period of the product listing has expired (in the case of Yes), the process ends. This is a countermeasure for a case where an advice request is received from a user, but an advice from an advisor is not obtained, and the effective period of product listing expires.
If the effective period of the product listing has expired at the time of the advice request from the user, the processing S32 and the processing S33 are not performed, and the user is notified that the effective term of the product listing has expired. Then, the process ends.

When there is an access from the advisor in the process S34 (in the case of Yes), the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 displays the user usage information, the user virtual try-on image, and the user evaluation information on the advisor PC 4. Output (S36).
Here, the user evaluation information is information that the advisor has evaluated the user so far.
In addition to these information, a favorite image of user usage information, a favorite comment, history information of products and purchase price purchased by the user, accumulated purchase price (purchasing power), and user advice utilization rate (%) are also displayed. This will help you with advice.

Next, when the advisor writes advice and clicks the input completion button based on the displayed information, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 accepts advice registration from the advisor PC 4 (S37).
Then, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 decrypts the mail address of the encrypted user storage information of the user who has received the advice, and notifies the advice to the obtained mail address (S38).
Then, the advice request / registration process ends.

[Advise re-registration process]
Next, the advice re-registration process in this system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing advice re-registration processing in the present system.
When the user receives advice by the advice request / registration process shown in FIG. 6 and the user purchases a product with reference to the advice, the advice is to request and accept the advice for the product purchased by the user. Registration process.

  The user can refer to the advisor information and the evaluation information of the advisor when receiving the first advice from the advisor, and specifies the advisor who receives the second advice from these information and the content of the advice. The advisor to be identified is basically one person, but if the user is a special member, the second advice may be received from a plurality of advisors.

In the advice re-registration process, the user wears the purchased product, and digital images (real wearing images) information taken from the front and back and the other clothing, accessories, hats, bags, etc. that he currently owns and the corresponding information A user comment is created and transmitted to the Web server 1.
Specifically, the user accesses the advice re-registration display screen of the Web site of the Web server 1, inputs the user ID, password, product ID, etc., registers the data of the photographed real wear image, and on that screen Transmission to the Web server 1 is performed by writing a user comment.

Then, the control unit 11 of the Web server 1 loads the advice re-registration process program from the storage unit 13 to the main memory 12 and starts the advice re-registration process.
The control unit 11 of the Web server 1 determines whether or not a real wearing image and a user comment are received from the user PC 3 (S41). If not received (in the case of No), the determination process S41 is repeated.

If the real wearing image and the user comment are received (in the case of Yes), the received user name is displayed in a list on the dedicated page of the advisor in charge (S42).
The control unit 11 determines whether or not the user name in the list has been selected by referring to its own dedicated page (S43), and if not selected (in the case of No), the determination process S43 is repeated.

If the user name in the list is selected by the advisor (in the case of Yes), then the user's virtual wearing image (the fitting image used at the time of previous advice) and the user's real wearing image and user comment are selected. The information is displayed on the display unit of the user PC 3 so that it can be compared with the previous advice (S44).
The virtual try-on image used at the time of the previous advice and the content of the advice are displayed so that they can be compared with each other in order to clarify the difference between the virtual try-on image and the real wear image. In order to become more accurate based on this.
As an advisor, referring to the previous advice content and comparing the virtual fitting image and the real wearing image, it is useful for improving the accuracy of the advice and improving the advice ability.

Then, the advisor writes the second advice with reference to the displayed real wearing image, virtual try-on image, user comment, and previous advice content. In particular, since the virtual try-on image is an image in which a single product is virtually tried on, the real wear image is a combined real image with other clothing owned by the user, so the advisor is more specific. Advice is possible.
Further, when making this advice, the advisor can check the favorite image and favorite comment of the user usage information to make a more comprehensive comment.

When the re-advice is written from the advisor PC 4 and the advisor clicks the input completion button, the control unit 11 accepts the re-advice (S45).
Upon receiving the re-advice, the control unit 11 decrypts the encrypted mail address of the stored user information, and notifies the re-advice to the obtained user's mail address (S46).
In this way, the advice re-registration process ends.
After that, the user receives the re-advice from the advisor, refers to the content, and makes use of the dress.

[Advisor evaluation by users]
After receiving the re-advice, the user performs evaluation for the advisor.
The evaluation of the advisor is performed on the advisor evaluation page of the Web server 1 Web site. A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the evaluation page is set in the re-advice notification mail, and the evaluation page can be displayed by clicking the URL.
The evaluation is performed by inputting in a simple questionnaire format and entering a comment, and is stored corresponding to the advisor ID in the advisor DB 2c.
Advisor evaluation information is referred to when a user selects an advisor.

[User evaluation by advisor]
In addition, when the first and second advices are completed, the advisor evaluates the user.
User evaluation is also performed on the user evaluation page of the website. User evaluation by an advisor is an indispensable matter, and points may not be given to an advisor who does not evaluate.
The evaluation is performed by inputting in a simple questionnaire format and entering a comment, and stored in the user DB 2a corresponding to the user ID.
The user evaluation information is referred to when the advisor determines whether or not to give advice and when advice is given.

[Registration of purchased product and purchase price]
When the user purchases a product using this system, the product purchase process is performed at the purchase site of the Web server 1, and the control unit 11 stores the purchase product and the purchase price corresponding to the user ID in the user DB 2a. Store as history information.
In addition, the control unit 11 calculates the total purchase amount (the purchase power of the user), calculates the purchase amount ratio (advice utilization) by using the advice, and associates it with the user ID in the user DB 2a. To remember.

  In addition, when the purchase process of the product is performed with this system, the transaction number is referred to the product DB 2b, and if there is a remaining number, the transaction is established, but if the transaction number becomes zero, the transaction is performed. Not established. When a transaction is made, the number of purchased products is subtracted from the number of products handled in the product information of the product DB 2b.

[Points given to advisors]
When the user purchases a product according to the first and second advices, the control unit 11 gives a point corresponding to the purchase price of the user to the advisor. The assigned points are stored in association with the advisor ID of the advisor DB 2c, and the control unit 11 calculates and stores the total of the points.
The advice of the second time is more time-consuming and time-consuming for the advisor, so if the user purchases the product with the advice of the first time, for example, 3% of the purchase amount will be the point, and the user will give the second advice For example, when the product is purchased at 5%, the advisor is given 5% of the purchase amount as a point.
The points given to the advisor are exchanged as money for advice from the operator of the website and transferred to the bank account of the advisor.

[Effects of the present embodiment]
According to this system, when a user is classified into a group, group classification information is given, and product information is registered in the product DB 2b, product information and a representative virtual try-on image are displayed to the corresponding user according to the set group classification information. When the user requests advice from the advisor based on the product information, etc., the user virtual try-on image of the user is synthesized and the advice from the advisor is received. If you send a real wear image that you wear in combination with your existing clothes, the advisor can compare the user virtual try-on image with the real wear image and give advice again, so the user can try the user virtual try-on Appropriate advice from images and real wear images Are those obtained satisfactory and be Rukoto, advisor embodiment offers the advantage of being able to increase the accuracy of the advice by the advice twice.

  Further, according to the present system, the advisor can refer to the favorite image and the favorite comment of the user usage information at the time of advice, so that there is an effect that appropriate advice can be given.

  Further, according to the present system, the adviser can refer to the user's past purchases and the accumulated purchase price, etc., so that it is possible to provide appropriate advice.

  Also, according to this system, the advisor evaluation information by the user and the user evaluation information by the advisor are accumulated, and the advisor refers to the user evaluation information at the time of advice, and the user refers to the advisor evaluation information. The advisor can give advice after knowing the level of the user requesting advice, and the user can receive advice after knowing the competence of the advisor. There is an effect that can be done.

  In addition, according to this system, when a user purchases a product according to the advisor's advice, points are given to the advisor, and by accumulating the points, the advisor with a high degree of contribution can be easily grasped. Can be received as an advice fee, which has the effect of promoting the advice system.

  In this system, the image data is the image data of the front and rear and the side, but it is also possible to make it a three-dimensional image so that it can be viewed from various directions.

  In addition, when the advisor comments about the product itself in the advice, the comment is stored in the product DB 2b in association with the product ID so that the comment can be used as a reference when the advisor advises thereafter. Good. The comment may be referred to by the user.

  In this system, new products are introduced to the user. However, since there are long-lasting standard products, in the case of standard products, product information is provided to the user many times.

  In this system, clothing is assumed as the product, but products such as accessories, hats, bags, shoes, and umbrellas other than clothing may be used.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is suitable for a merchandise sales system such as clothing that provides merchandise purchasers with appropriate advice from an advisor and can sell merchandise that satisfies the merchandise purchasers.

1 is a configuration block diagram of a product sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the internal structure of the Web server 1 in this system. It is the schematic which showed the user information stored in user DB. It is a flowchart which shows the user information registration process in this system. It is a flowchart which shows the merchandise information provision process in this system. It is a flowchart which shows the advice request | requirement / registration process in this system. It is a flowchart which shows the advice re-registration process in this system.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Web server, 2a ... User DB, 2b ... Product DB, 2c ... Advisor DB, 3 ... User PC, 4 ... Advisor PC, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Main memory, 13 ... Memory | storage part, 14 ... Interface part

Claims (7)

A product sales system that connects users requesting product purchase advice with advisors providing advice,
A user database for storing a plurality of pieces of user information including body images of users that are the basis for generating virtual fitting images;
A product database that stores a plurality of product information including images of products that are the basis for virtually generating try-on images;
An advisor database that stores information for multiple advisors;
When product information is provided to the user, and there is an advice request for the product from the user, the advice request is displayed on a web page that can be viewed by the advisor. A virtual try-on image of a user who tried on the product virtually is generated from the body image of the user and the image of the product, provided to the advisor, provided with advice from the advisor, provided to the user, and provided. If there is a request for re-advice using a real wearing image taken by combining a product purchased based on the given advice with existing clothing owned by the user, the adviser receives a user virtual try-on image and a real Display worn images for comparison and re-advice from the advisor Product sales system, comprising a server to provide input to the user. The user database stores user information including group classification information when users are classified into groups,
The product database stores a representative virtual try-on image in which the product is virtually tried on to the representative body type of the group indicated by the group classification information set in the product information,
2. The product sales according to claim 1, wherein the server prompts the purchase of the product by transmitting the product information and a representative virtual try-on image of the group to the user of the corresponding group category information according to the group category information in the product information. system.   The server inputs the real wearing image and the user comment when the user requests re-advice, and the advisor displays the user virtual fitting image and the real wearing image in a comparable manner and also displays the user comment and the first advice. The merchandise sales system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein re-advice is accepted. The user database stores user information including images and comments that the user wears clothing,
The product sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the server can provide the image and the comment to the advisor at the time of advice by the advisor. The user database stores the user's purchase products and purchase price history, the total purchase price,
The product sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the server can provide the advisor with the accumulated history and the total purchase price when giving advice by the advisor. The user database stores user evaluation information by advisors,
The advisor database stores advisor evaluation information by users,
The server is capable of providing evaluation information of a user who requests advice to the advisor at the time of advice by the advisor, and can provide evaluation information of the advisor who has given the advice when receiving advice. The product sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   The server according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when a user purchases a product according to an advisor's advice, the server assigns and accumulates points corresponding to the advisor in the advisor database. Product sales system.

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