JP2019121297A - Method for selling spectacles - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a method for selling spectacles while allowing a customer to understand how the spectacles to be purchased was manufactured in processes.SOLUTION: A QR code(R) 19 paired with spectacles is attached to a demonstration lens 18. The QR code 19 is read by a smart phone to be accessed to a Web site, so that a customer can see manufacturing processes and features of a target spectacle frame.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a method of selling eyeglasses (including sunglasses).

There are various kinds of glasses, and choose a spectacle frame that is designed to suit your preference, and fit a lens that fits the eyesight into this spectacle frame. In addition, there are many people who possess multiple glasses and use properly according to use.
The eyeglass frame is roughly divided into resin and metal, and the manufacturing process is largely different. The appearance of the plastic eyeglass frame and the metal eyeglass frame have a great difference in appearance design, and therefore, the preference is largely divided.

  Of course, even if it is a resin frame in a single bit, there are various differences in terms of the specific material and its details, and the method of making each has its own characteristics. Similarly, even though a metal frame is used, there are various differences in the material such as titanium and stainless steel, and therefore there are individual features in how to make details.

By the way, the design of the eyeglass frame is important in order to hang it on the face, and for this reason, a frame having excellent designability has been manufactured in recent years, and the manufacturing process tends to be complicated.
However, a general consumer who purchases eyeglasses is made up of a step which is decided by goodness or badness of the appearance (preference) and elaborated in its production, but it is not easy to recognize this step from the appearance. From the consumer's point of view, no matter how the manufacturing process is done, the appearance of the eyeglass frame produced based on the process is judged.

There are a number of techniques relating to methods of manufacturing eyeglass frames. For example, in the “glass frame and the method for manufacturing a temple of the glass frame” according to JP-A-2016-184146, the end portion of the flexible decorative sheet does not protrude outside, and the flexible decorative sheet is used. It is a manufacturing method of the eyeglass frame which can be attached firmly, and the temple part of this eyeglass frame.
An eyeglass frame comprising a temple body portion and a natural leather sheet material provided to cover the temple body portion, wherein the temple portion body is made of metal, plastic, animal skeleton, horns, etc. The groove is made of a rigid material of which the longitudinal direction is continuous along the surface opposite to the temple, and the natural leather sheet material is such that both ends in the width direction are accommodated in the groove. The fitting ridges of the pressing member made of a rigid material are bonded in a wound state to the main body of the tab pull portion, and the fitting ridge of the pressing member made of a rigid material is fitted into the recessed groove while pressing the both ends in the width direction of the natural leather sheet material. Are screwed to the temple portion at both longitudinal ends of the recessed groove.

"The manufacturing method of a spectacles frame" which concerns on Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2013-250482 is a manufacturing method of the spectacles frame which simplifies a surface treatment process and can implement | achieve more various decoration effects.
Therefore, a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional spectacle frame by forming a pre-frame in a form in which the spectacle frame is developed in a plane and bending the pre-frame, and printing as surface treatment in the state of a planar pre-frame , Apply a decoration such as surface treatment to form a film on the base material such as painting and plating, surface treatment to process and decorate the base material itself, and surface treatment to stick the decoration material to the base material, and three-dimensionally after printing Molding.

In addition to the above documents, many published patent documents are known. However, the general consumer does not read patent documents in order to know what process the spectacles frame he wants to purchase is made through.
Although it is not easy to know the manufacturing process of the eyeglass frame from the appearance of the frame, it is also impossible to know the functions and features of the eyeglass frame from the appearance.
"A spectacle frame and a method of manufacturing a temple of the spectacle frame" according to JP-A-2016-184146 "Manufacturing method of an eyeglass frame" according to JP 2013-250482A

Today, various eyeglass frames are on the market, and consumers are not only tired and functional even when taking a long time, but they are purchased based on their appearance and design, but they know the process of making the eyeglass frames There is nothing to do. In particular, even if the process consists of many steps, the steps are not understood.
The problem to be solved by the present invention is this problem, and when purchasing the glasses, it is possible to see the manufacturing process and also to sell the glasses having the functions and features of the glasses. Provide a way.

The method of selling eyeglasses according to the present invention makes it possible to know what kind of process eyeglasses you like are made of. Here, the target glasses are not particularly limited, and may be a resin-made eyeglass frame or a metal-made eyeglass frame. In addition, the rim of the front part for holding the lens may be in the form of a ring full rim, or a half rim in which high tension threads such as water threads are combined on the lower side, or rimless rim without rim. .
On the other hand, the decoration applied to the eyeglass frame may be plating, painting or printing the surface, or it may be possible to attach another decoration such as a jewelry.

By the way, in order to be sold, the eyeglass frame is placed on the shelf or the show window of the store so as to be visible to the customer. Then, if a QR code is combined with the eyeglass frame to be sold, and the QR code is scanned by a smartphone or the like, a dedicated website can be accessed to make it possible to see the manufacturing process of the eyeglass frame There is.
Here, the place to which the QR code is attached is not particularly limited, but it is necessary to form a pair so that it can be understood that it is a spectacle frame to be sold. For example, it is attached to the demo lens surface fitted to the rim of the eyeglass frame.

In addition, by reading the QR code, it is possible to know not only the manufacturing process of the eyeglass frame but also the quality and function thereof.
On the other hand, as a means for reading a QR code, a tablet or a mobile phone may be used in addition to the above-mentioned smart phone, and an object to be read is not limited to a QR code but can be a character string, a symbol, an image or a URL. It is.

The present invention can see the manufacturing process when purchasing the glasses. That is, if a QR code or the like is arranged in pair with the exhibited eyeglass frame and this QR code or the like is read by a smartphone or the like, the website is accessed to know the manufacturing process of the eyeglass frame to be targeted I can do it. At the same time, you can also know the quality and function of the eyeglass frame.
It is possible for the customer to understand the price (cost) of the eyeglass frame by knowing the manufacturing process of the expensive eyeglass frame, and it is effective in suppressing a great discount from the customer.

As a general consumer, it is totally ignorant about the manufacturing process of the eyeglass frame, and it is necessary for the manufacturer and retailer to know how to make the eyeglass frame manufactured through a large number of processes. It is important and leads to sales promotion of glasses.
In particular, even a special spectacle frame manufactured through many complicated processes has the effect of stopping damping, and the customer can buy the spectacle frame after being satisfied.

The example which shows metal spectacles frames. The example which shows the resin-made spectacles frame. A specific example in which a QR code is attached to the demo lens. The example which shows the manufacturing process of the spectacles frame which read the QR code with the smart phone and opened the website.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment showing a metal eyeglass frame 1, which comprises a front portion 2 and two temples 3 and 3. As shown in FIG. In the front portion 2, ring-shaped rims 4, 4 are symmetrically connected by a central connecting member 5, and a waling 6 is provided above the connecting member 5 to connect both rims 4, 4. Then, a roughly L-shaped yoroid 7 or 7 is brazed to the outside of the rim 4 4, and the temple 3 or 3 is connected to the yoroid 7 or 7 via a hinge 8 or 8, respectively. 3 can be folded. At the tips of the temples 3 and 3, moderns 10 and 10 made of resin having a substantially L shape are inserted.
The nose pads 9 and 9 are attached to the inner side of the rim 4 and the lower side of the connecting member 5.

The metal eyeglass frame 1 shown in FIG. 1 is merely one specific example, and there are innumerable other eyeglass frames 1, 1,... In various forms.
By the way, the eyeglass frame 1 is manufactured by using a metal wire as a material, and therefore, the eyeglass frame 1 is cut into a required length using a wire having a predetermined thickness, and this is compression molded (forged) with a die. Of course, depending on the part, not forging but drawing, extrusion, or bending may be required.

If it is the said temple 3, it will be shape | molded in a predetermined shape by setting it in the ditch | groove provided in the metal mold | die, using a wire which has predetermined | prescribed thickness and length, and forging. Also in this case, although it may be able to be molded by one kind of mold, depending on the shape of the temple 3, it is often molded by using a plurality of molds, and the extra meat which has deviated from the predetermined crane dimensions will be described later It is deleted.
Then, the L-shaped yoroid 7 is bent from a member manufactured straight using a mold.

On the other hand, although the rim 4 has a recessed groove 11 in which the lens is fitted on its inner periphery, the recessed groove 11 can be formed by drawing a straight wire. And although the straight wire which has the ditch | groove 11 is bent and shape | molded along a type | mold, it is bent in consideration of the return deformation (springback) of a wire. That is, it is bent so as to have an extra large bend, and when it is removed from the mold, it is bent so as to form a ring shape of a predetermined rim 4.
Moreover, the connection member 5 and the wading 6 can be manufactured by forging a wire of a predetermined dimension.

  If the above-mentioned temples 3, 3, rims 4, 4, yarns 7, 7, connecting members 5, and wading 6 are manufactured to predetermined dimensions, these respective parts are brazed and as shown in FIG. The eyeglass frame 1 is completed. The completed spectacle frame 1 is buffed and polished to remove fine scratches attached to the surface. Of course, it is also possible to perform barrel polishing which can polish the surface by putting an abrasive in the drum and rotating it.

FIG. 2 is a specific example showing an eyeglass frame 12 made of resin. The eyeglass frame 12 is composed of a front portion 13 and two temples 14, 14, and the temples 14, 14 are connected so as to be foldable through joints provided on both sides of the front portion 13.
By the way, the front portion 13 has rims 15 and 15 on the left and right with the connecting portion 16 as a center, and both the rims 15 and 15 and the connecting portion 16 are integrally formed, and are integrally formed on the rims 15 and 15 The nose pads 17, 17 are provided.
That is, the front portion 13 made of resin is molded by pouring the molten resin into a mold having a cavity of a predetermined shape, and after it has been hardened for a predetermined time, the mold is opened and taken out.

Similarly, the temple 14 is also molded by pouring molten resin into the cavity of the mold. The temples 14 and 14 are assembled to the front portion 13 molded together, and the resin spectacle frame 12 shown in FIG. 2 is completed.
Here, a butterfly piece as a joint is incorporated on both sides of the front portion 13 and the base of the temple 14, but it is preset in the cavity of the mold so as to be embedded inside by pouring the resin. There is. Of course, it is also possible to embed the above-mentioned butterfly piece by heating and softening a part of the molded front portion 13 and the temple 14.
As in the case of the metal eyeglass frame 1, the finished resin eyeglass frame 12 is buffed to remove fine scratches on the surface.

By the way, the QR code is attached so that a series of processes for manufacturing the metal eyeglass frame 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the resin eyeglass frame 12 shown in FIG. 2 can be seen. Although the place where the QR code is attached is not limited, for example, it can be attached to the surface of the demo lens of the eyeglass frame 1 or 12 to be sold.
In addition, it is also possible to attach a QR code to the surface of a table on which the eyeglass frames 1 and 12 are displayed, and they adhere to the eyeglass frames 1 and 12 so as to form a pair.

FIG. 3 shows a case where the QR code 19 is attached to the demo lens 18 fitted to the rim of the eyeglass frame 1 shown in FIG. By the way, a customer who is interested in this eyeglass frame 1 can scan and read the QR code 19 attached to the demo lens 18 with his own smart phone, and then the Web site will be connected to the eyeglass frame 1. You can see the manufacturing process. In addition, the quality and function of the eyeglass frame 1 can be viewed.
For example, as a result of the color fading test, test data etc. that proves the comfort when wearing glasses can be connected to a Web site for viewing.

FIG. 4 shows a series of steps in the case of manufacturing the temple 3 constituting the spectacles frame 1 when the QR code 19 is read by the smartphone and the website is opened.
(A) is a case of manufacturing a mold for forming (forging) temples (temples), and not only the parts for forming the parts of the eyeglass frame but it is necessary to make molds for forming in advance is there.
(B) has shown the process of shape | molding a temple (temple) using the manufactured metal mold | die.
In (c), confirm that the finished crane has a shape as shown in the drawing, and if it is not formed into a predetermined size and shape, correct it according to the drawing.
(D) shows that the parts constituting the spectacles frame include rims, connecting members and the like in addition to the temples, but the respective molded parts are attached to the spectacles frame by brazing.
(E) Buffing and removing fine scratches attached to the surface of the assembled spectacle frame.
Similarly, the process of manufacturing the rim 4, the process of manufacturing the connecting member 4, the process of manufacturing the wading and the like can be posted on the website.

With regard to the eyeglass frames purchased by the customer with interest, by knowing the manufacturing process, attachment can be felt by the eyeglass frames. Moreover, they can understand the reason why they are relatively expensive.
In particular, the eyeglass frame 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the eyeglass frame 12 shown in FIG. 2 have a general form, but high-quality eyeglass frames made of elaborate shapes and decorations and made of special materials. When configuring, the customer can be satisfied and purchase the eyeglass frame by reading the attached QR code with a smartphone.

Although the above-mentioned example explained the case where it paired with the eyeglass frame and attached the QR code, in many cases the eyeglass frame to be sold is posted on a flyer or brochure, and the photograph of the eyeglass frame posted on this flyer or brochure In some cases, the QR code is displayed in pairs.
By the way, the means for reading the QR code is not limited to the smart phone, and it is also possible to use a mobile phone or a tablet, and it is also possible to use a character string, a symbol, an image or a URL instead of the QR code.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Eyeglass frame 2 Front part 3 Crane 4 Rim 5 Linking member 6 Watari 7 Yoroy 8 Hinge 9 Nose pad pat
10 Modern
11 concave groove
12 glasses frame
13 Front part
14 crane
15 rims
16 Joint
17 nose pad
18 demo lens
19 QR code

Claims (3)

In the method of selling glasses, a string, a symbol, an image or a URL which can read out a QR code or specific information paired with the glasses is provided, and the QR code, the string, the symbol, the image or the URL is provided A method of selling eyeglasses, comprising: reading the eyeglasses with a smartphone, a tablet, or a mobile phone so that the eyeglasses frame manufacturing process can be viewed. In the method of selling glasses, a string, a symbol, an image or a URL which can read out a QR code or specific information paired with the glasses is provided, and the QR code, the string, the symbol, the image or the URL is provided A smartphone, a tablet, or a mobile phone, and a feature of the target eyeglass frame can be viewed. The sales method of eyeglasses according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a QR code, a character string, a symbol, an image, or a URL is displayed in a pair with the eyeglasses on a flyer or brochure on which the eyeglasses are posted.