JP2013168055A - Decorative tire order system and method for screen display in decorative tire order system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a decorative tire order system capable of easily designing and ordering a decorative tire that is unlikely to damage a decoration in use, and a method for a screen display in the decorative tire order system.SOLUTION: The decorative tire order system comprises: a network; a server connected to the network; and a user terminal connected to the network and ordering a decorative tire in which a decoration is formed at least a part of a tire. The user terminal includes decoration designation means for designating a content of the decoration and a position on the tire, and a display screen for displaying the external appearance of the decorative tire on which the decoration designated via the decoration designation means is formed. The server includes a database that stores information including information on areas unsuitable for decoration that represents decoration-unsuitable areas where the decoration of the decorative tire may be easily damaged in use, and decoration-unsuitable area display means that acquires the information on areas unsuitable for decoration from the database and causes the display screen of the user terminal to display the decoration-unsuitable areas of the decoration tire.

Description

  The present invention includes a decorative tire ordering system including a network, a server connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network for ordering decorative tires, and a screen in the decorative tire ordering system. It relates to the display method.

  A system in which a user who wants to design decorations for products to be purchased by himself / herself accesses a merchant's site through the Internet from a terminal such as a PC (Personal Computer), designs the products, and orders the products Has been proposed. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes a system for ordering a postcard on which a photograph held by a user is printed on the Internet.

Here, as for tires, there is an increasing demand for users to design their own tires with decoration (hereinafter referred to as “decorative tires”).
However, when a decorative tire designed by the user himself / herself is actually mounted on a vehicle and used, there is a problem that the decoration may be damaged, for example, in an area where the decorative tire easily contacts with a road surface or a curb.

JP 2005-128964 A

  The present invention has an object to solve such a problem. In a decorative tire ordering system and a decorative tire ordering system, it is possible to easily design and order a decorative tire in which the decoration is not easily damaged during use. The object is to provide a screen display method.

  The decorative tire ordering system of the present invention includes a network, a server connected to the network, a user terminal for ordering a decorative tire that is connected to the network and in which at least a part of the tire is decorated, A decorative tire ordering system comprising: a decoration designating means for designating the content of the decoration and a position on the tire; and a decorative tire provided with a decoration designated via the decoration designating means. A display screen for displaying the appearance of the decorative tire, wherein the server stores information including decoration inappropriate area information indicating a decoration inappropriate area where the decoration of the decorative tire is likely to be damaged when the decorative tire is used. A decoration inappropriate area display hand that acquires decoration inappropriate area information and displays the decoration inappropriate area of the decorative tire on the display screen of the user terminal. Characterized in that it comprises and.

  According to this system, when a user designs a decorative tire, by telling the user the unsuitable area of the tire, it is effectively prevented beforehand that the unsuitable area of the tire is decorated, and the user can use it. You can easily design and order decorative tires that are sometimes difficult to damage.

  Here, the server includes a decoration inappropriate area correcting means, the user terminal includes a tire specifying means for specifying a tire to be decorated, and the server inappropriate decoration area correcting means is provided via the tire specifying means. Preferably, the decoration inappropriate area information is corrected according to the specified tire, and the server decoration inappropriate area display means displays the corrected decoration inappropriate area information on the display screen of the user terminal. In this case, the user can design decorations that are unlikely to be damaged during use, based on the respective decoration inappropriate areas that differ from tire to tire.

  In addition, the server includes a decoration inappropriate area correction unit, the user terminal includes use condition specifying means for specifying a use condition of a tire to be decorated, and the decoration inappropriate area correction unit of the server includes the use condition The decoration inappropriate area information is corrected in accordance with the use condition of the tire specified via the specifying means, and the server decoration inappropriate area display means displays the corrected decoration inappropriate area information on the display screen of the user terminal. It is preferable to make it. In this case, it is possible to design a decorative tire in which the decoration is hardly damaged in an environment where the user actually uses the decorative tire.

  Then, the decoration inappropriate area display means of the server gives a pop-up warning on the display screen of the user terminal when the decoration is specified in the decoration inappropriate area via the decoration designation means of the user terminal. It is preferable to display. In this case, the user can immediately grasp that the decoration has been applied in the decoration inappropriate area, so that the rework of the user's design work can be minimized.

  By the way, the decoration inappropriate area display means of the server displays the decoration inappropriate area on the display screen of the user terminal when the decoration is specified in the decoration inappropriate area via the decoration designation means of the user terminal. It is preferable to display the instruction superimposed on the appearance of the decorative tire so that the instruction can be confirmed together with the decoration of the decorative tire. In this case, the user can easily grasp the decoration inappropriate area.

  In addition, it is preferable that the said server further contains the rotation external appearance display means to display the external appearance when a decoration tire rotates on the display screen of the said user terminal. In this case, at the time of designing the tire, the rotating appearance display means simulates the appearance of the tire when the vehicle on which the decorative tire is mounted is running, so that a decorative tire having high decorativeness at the time of vehicle driving can be obtained. It can be designed easily.

  Here, it is preferable that the decorative tire ordering system includes an order receiving terminal for receiving the order via the server. In this case, it is possible to immediately receive an order for a decorative tire designed by the user and to provide the decorative tire to the user with a short delivery time.

Next, a screen display method according to the present invention includes a network, a server connected to the network, and a user terminal connected to the network for ordering a decorative tire. A method of displaying a screen in which a user specifies a tire to be decorated on the user terminal, and a decoration inappropriate region in which the user terminal is easily damaged when using the decorated tire identified from the server And a step of displaying the decoration inappropriate area on the display screen by the user terminal.
According to this method, the user can easily design decorations that are difficult to damage when used for various tires.

  In the present invention, the decoration applied to the tire includes printed characters, figures, symbols including bar codes, patterns, and the like.

  According to the decorative tire ordering system and the display method in the decorative tire ordering system according to the present invention, it is possible to easily design and order a decorative tire in which the decoration is not easily damaged during use.

It is a figure showing composition of a decoration tire ordering system of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the control structure of the server of the decorative tire order system of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display screen of the user terminal of FIG. In one Embodiment of this invention, it is a flowchart at the time of a user designing a decoration tire. FIG. 5 is a more detailed flowchart when a user designs a decorative tire in an embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a decorative tire ordering system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The decorative tire ordering system 1 prevents the decoration from being applied to the unsuitable area of the tire when the user designs, for example, a side portion of the tire, and effectively prevents the decoration from being damaged when the tire is used. It is a system suitable for preventing this.

  The decorative tire ordering system 1 according to this embodiment includes a server 3, a plurality of user terminals 4, and one or more order receiving terminals 5. The server 3 includes a network 2 and each of the user terminals 4 and the order receiving terminal 5. It is connected so that communication is possible.

  Examples of the network 2 connecting the server 3, the user terminal 4, and the order receiving terminal 5 include the Internet, an intranet, a wireless line, a satellite line, and infrared communication. The interface between the server 3, the user terminal 4 and the order receiving terminal 5 is realized by, for example, the user terminal 4 and the order receiving terminal 5 having a WEB browser, the server 3 starting up the WEB server, and communication by HTTP or HTTPS. Can do.

  In the description of the decorative tire ordering system of this embodiment, a user refers to a person who designs and orders decorative tires.

  The server 3 is a server that performs various processes so that a user can design and order a decorative tire on the user terminal 4 and manages various tire shapes, decoration inappropriate area information, decorative tire order information, and the like.

  The user terminal 4 is a terminal used by a user who designs and orders decorative tires. As an example of the user terminal 4, various devices such as a PC, a PDA, and a mobile phone can be used.

  The order receiving terminal 5 is a terminal used by a person in charge such as a tire factory or a dealer. As the order receiving terminal 5, various devices such as a PC, a PDA, and a mobile phone can be used.

(Server configuration)
As shown in FIG. 2, the server 3 includes a screen display unit 11, a decoration inappropriate region display unit 12, a decoration inappropriate region correction unit 13, an order receiving unit 14, a rotating appearance display unit 15, and an order information display unit 16. And a database 17 and information communication means 18.

  Each means is configured so that the server 3 has a function for designing and ordering a decorative tire on the user terminal, a function for displaying a decoration inappropriate area of the decorative tire, and a function for receiving an order for the decorative tire. Yes.

  The screen display unit 11 has a function of displaying various screens on the user terminal 4. The displayed screen is, for example, a decorative tire design screen as shown in FIG.

  The decoration inappropriate area display means 12 acquires, from the database 17, information on a tire inappropriate decoration area (decoration inappropriate area information) that is easily damaged by contact with a curb or road surface when the tire is decorated. And has a function of displaying on the user terminal 4. A warning can be displayed when the user has decorated the decoration inappropriate area. It is also possible to display the decoration inappropriate area so as to overlap the appearance of the tire.

  The decoration inappropriate area correction means 13 has a function of enlarging, reducing, changing, etc. the decoration inappropriate area according to the tire usage conditions (road surface, weather, mileage, etc.) input by the user.

  The order receiving means 14 has a function of receiving an order for a decorative tire designed by the user. The information received by the server 3 at the time of an order is, for example, personal information such as a tire type, model name, designed decoration, user name, address, and account number, and a tire receiving method.

  The rotation appearance display means 15 has a function of displaying an appearance when the decorative tire designed by the user rotates. The user terminal 4 may be configured to specify the traveling speed of a vehicle that travels with a decorative tire.

  The order information display means 16 has a function of displaying the order information on the order receiving terminal 5 so that a person in charge such as a tire factory or a store can display the order information of the decorative tire.

  The database 17 stores various tire shapes, decoration inappropriate area information, order information, user personal information, and the like.

  The information communication means 18 has a function in which the server 3 communicates with the user terminal 4 and the order receiving terminal 5 via the network 2 such as the Internet.

(Terminal configuration)
Each of the user terminal 4 and the order receiving terminal 5 includes an information communication unit (not shown), an information input unit, and a display screen.

  The information communication means of these terminals has a function of transmitting / receiving information to / from the server 3. As an information communication means, a WEB browser connectable to the Internet line can be used.

The information input means has a function for the user of the user terminal 4 or the user of the order receiving terminal 5 to input various information. A PC having a keyboard, a mouse, and a slot for a storage medium can be used as a terminal having information input means.
Further, the information input means of the user terminal 4 is provided with decoration designating means 21 for designating the content of decoration applied to the tire and the position of the decoration on the tire, tire specifying means 22 for specifying the tire to be decorated, and decoration. Use condition designating means 23 for designating the use condition of the tire and other means for inputting personal information and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the display screen 25 of the user terminal 4, in addition to the display of the decoration designating means 21, the tire specifying means 22, the use condition designating means 23, etc., the user inputs various information by the information input means. Later, in a certain area 24 of the display screen, those results including at least the appearance (image diagram) of the decorated tire with decoration are displayed. In FIG. 3, the appearance of only the decorative tire is displayed in the region 24, but a wheel assembled to the decorative tire and a vehicle on which the decorative tire is mounted can be displayed together.

  In the decorative tire ordering system 1, the user can easily design and order a decorative tire at the user terminal 4. And when a user designs a decorative tire, the decoration inappropriate area where the decoration is likely to be damaged is displayed on the user terminal, so that the user can easily design the decorative tire that is difficult to damage the decoration during use. it can.

  In addition, a person in charge at a tire factory or a dealer obtains information on the received decorative tire immediately after ordering by the user at the order receiving terminal 5, prepares a user-desired decorative tire, and then gives the user a decorative tire. Can be provided.

(Explanation of system functions)
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a system function for enabling a user to check a decoration inappropriate area when designing a decorative tire will be described. It is assumed that the user terminal 4 has established access to the server 3 and various tire shapes and decoration inappropriate area information are stored in the database 17 of the server 3.

(Display of decoration inappropriate areas)
1. The user designs a decorative tire using the decoration designating means of the user terminal 4. The user can use the existing design information stored in the database 17 as it is, and can also modify and use it. The user can also design a decorative tire independently.
2. The server unsuitable area display means 12 acquires tire unsuitable area information from the database 17, checks whether the unsuitable area has been decorated, and displays on the unsuitable area by designation through the decorating means. When the decoration is applied to the user terminal 4, the decoration inappropriate area is displayed on the user terminal 4. As a display method thereof, for example, when the user places a specific decoration in the decoration inappropriate area, a warning can be displayed by popping up the screen. It is also possible to cancel the operation performed by the user when displaying the warning.
In addition, the decoration inappropriate area display means 12 of the server 3 may use the decoration inappropriate area as a translucent area with hatches surrounded by a closed curve as shown in FIG. As can be seen along with the decoration of the decorative tire, in other words, the decoration of the decorative tire can be displayed overlaid on the appearance of the tire so that the decoration of the decorative tire can still be seen almost completely.

(Correction of unsuitable areas for decoration)
1. The user specifies the tire by the vehicle type, use, size, model name, etc. of the tire by the tire specifying means of the user terminal 4, or in addition to or instead of it, the use condition (road surface) of the decorative tire by the use condition specifying means , Weather, mileage, etc.).
2. The decoration inappropriate area correction means 13 of the server 3 corrects decoration inappropriate area information according to the use conditions of the tire specified by the user or the tire specified by the user. For example, in the case of correction based on tire usage conditions, when it is often used on rough roads such as gravel roads, snowy roads, sandy terrain, mud roads, off-roads, etc., it is often used on roadways and concrete Rather, the unsuitable decoration area such as the vicinity of the tread of the tire is expanded.
The decoration inappropriate area correction means 13 notifies the decoration inappropriate area display means 12 of the corrected decoration inappropriate area, and the decoration inappropriate area display means 12 checks whether the decoration inappropriate area is decorated. When the decoration inappropriate area is decorated, the pop-up display or the like is performed on the display screen of the user terminal 4.

(Flow when designing decorative tires)
Hereinafter, an example of a flow when a user designs a decorative tire in the decorative tire ordering system will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4A and 4B.

In step S <b> 101, the user designs a decorative tire using the decoration designating unit 23 of the user terminal 4. For example, the user can make a panorama of image data such as a photo to decorate the side portion of the tire, form an annular color line on the side portion, or attach a character. An existing design stored in the database 17 of the server 3 can also be used.
The design by the user is transmitted to the server 3, and the decoration inappropriate area display means 12 of the server 3 checks whether the decoration inappropriate area of the tire has been decorated. When decoration is applied to the decoration inappropriate area, the display screen 25 of the user terminal 4 includes, for example, a pop-up warning and / or decoration inappropriate area along with the appearance (image diagram) of the decorative tire with decoration. Display.

  In step S <b> 102, the user specifies the tire to be designed by the tire specifying unit 22 of the user terminal 4 and / or specifies the tire use condition by the use condition specifying unit 23 of the user terminal 4. The specified tire information and / or the specified tire usage conditions are transmitted to the server 3, and the decoration inappropriate area correction means 13 of the server 3 corrects the tire decoration inappropriate area information. Thereafter, the unsuitable area display means 12 of the server checks whether the unsuitable area of the tire is decorated. If the check result is NG, the process returns to step S101, and the user corrects the design of the decorative tire.

In step S103, the user confirms the appearance when the user-designed decorative tire designed by the user is mounted on the vehicle and travels. It is also possible to specify the traveling speed when checking. The rotation appearance display means 15 of the server 3 creates an animation showing the appearance of the tire when the vehicle is running by integrating images obtained by rotating the decoration tire little by little around the rotation axis, or an image obtained by the rotation color mixing method on the decoration tire. The processed still image is created, and the created moving image or still image is displayed on the user terminal 4. If the user determines that there is a problem with the appearance when traveling, the process returns to step S101, and the user corrects the design of the decorative tire.
It is possible to skip the above-described appearance check operation during travel.

(Flow when ordering decorative tires)
Hereinafter, although a flowchart is not illustrated, an example of a flow when a user orders a decorative tire in the decorative tire ordering system will be described.

After the design of the decorative tire is completed, the user performs an ordering process for the decorative tire at the user terminal 4. Specifically, the user terminal 4 inputs personal information such as an address and name, a tire receiving method, and the like. The input order information and the design of the decorative tire are transmitted from the user terminal 4 to the server 3.
In the case of a user who has already ordered a tire, at least a part of the input work can be made unnecessary by using information stored in the database 17 of the server 3.

  The server 3 stores the received order information in the database 17. Thereafter, the completion date and time of the decorative tire, the charge, etc. are obtained and displayed on the user terminal 4.

  The person in charge of the tire factory, the store, etc. acquires the model name, decoration, personal information of the user, etc. of the ordered tire from the database 17 of the server 3 at the order receiving terminal 5, and the screen of the order receiving terminal 5 Can be confirmed. After that, the contractor to whom the person in charge belongs, for example, prints the decoration specified by the user at the tire factory or dealer, etc., to produce the decorative tire and provide it to the customer, or decorate the tire brought in from the customer And can provide services.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Decorative tire ordering system 2 Network 3 Server 4 User terminal 5 Order receiving terminal 11 Screen display means 12 Decoration inappropriate area display means 13 Decoration inappropriate area correction means 14 Order receiving means 15 Rotating appearance display means 16 Order information display means 17 Database 18 Information communication means 21 decoration designating means 22 tire specifying means 23 use condition designating means 25 display screen

Claims (8)

Network,
A server connected to the network;
A decorative tire ordering system comprising: a user terminal connected to the network for ordering a decorative tire in which at least a part of the tire is decorated;
The user terminal includes decoration designating means for designating the content of the decoration and a position on the tire, and a display screen for displaying the appearance of the decorated tire with the decoration designated through the decoration designating means. ,
The server stores a database storing information including decoration inappropriate area information indicating a decoration inappropriate area where the decoration of the decorative tire is likely to be damaged when the decorative tire is used, and acquires the decoration inappropriate area information from the database. A decoration tire ordering system comprising: decoration inappropriate area display means for displaying the decoration inappropriate area of a decoration tire on a display screen of a terminal. The server includes a decoration inappropriate area correction means,
The user terminal comprises a tire specifying means for specifying a tire to be decorated,
The decoration inappropriate area correction means of the server corrects the decoration inappropriate area information according to the tire specified through the tire specifying means,
The decorative tire ordering system according to claim 1, wherein the decoration inappropriate area display means of the server displays the corrected decoration inappropriate area information on the display screen of the user terminal. The server includes a decoration inappropriate area correction means,
The user terminal comprises use condition specifying means for specifying the use condition of a tire to be decorated,
The decoration inappropriate area correction means of the server corrects the decoration inappropriate area information according to the use condition of the tire designated through the use condition designation means,
The decorative tire ordering system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decoration inappropriate area display means of the server displays the corrected decoration inappropriate area information on the display screen of the user terminal.   The decoration inappropriate area display means of the server displays a pop-up warning on the display screen of the user terminal when the decoration is specified in the decoration inappropriate area via the decoration designation means of the user terminal. The decorative tire ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The unsuitable area display means of the server gives an instruction of the unsuitable area on the display screen of the user terminal when the decoration is designated in the unsuitable area via the decoration designation means of the user terminal. The decorative tire ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the decorative tire ordering system is displayed so as to overlap with an appearance of the decorative tire so that the decorative tire can be confirmed along with the decoration of the decorative tire.   The decorative server ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the server further includes a rotation appearance display unit that displays an appearance when the decoration tire rotates on a display screen of the user terminal.   The decorative tire ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an order receiving terminal for receiving the order via the server. Network,
A server connected to the network;
A user terminal connected to the network for ordering decorative tires;
A screen display method on a user terminal in a decorative tire ordering system,
A user specifies a tire to be decorated at the user terminal;
The user terminal obtains, from the server, information on a decoration inappropriate area where the decoration is likely to be damaged when the specified decorative tire is used;
A screen display method in a decorative tire ordering system, wherein the user terminal includes a step of displaying the decoration inappropriate area on the display screen.

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