JP7266131B2 - Housing specification determination device - Google Patents

Description

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act On September 20, 2019, the website (https://www.daiwahouse.co.jp/jutaku/shohin/Lifegenic/simulation/index.html#/ and https ://www.daiwahouse.co.jp/jutaku/shohin/Lifegenic/simulation/index.html#/lifestyle)

The present invention relates to a housing specification determination device for determining housing specifications.

Various techniques are known for improving the efficiency of work for determining housing specifications (see, for example, Patent Literature 1).
In the housing specification determination support system described in Patent Document 1, the part category card coordinate information input reception processing means constituting the processing means of the server receives the coordinate information of the subcategory of the parts constituting the customer's house in the customer's house drawing. The part category card coordinate information input reception processing means arranges the part category card pooled in the part category card pool area at a predetermined position on the housing drawing by dragging the mouse. and component category card coordinate information acquisition processing means for acquiring coordinate information of the component category cards placed on the house drawing.

JP 2013-134511 A

However, in the housing specification determination support system described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to determine the specifications of each of the many members that make up the house based on the customer's request. There was room for efficiency.
In addition, users such as customers need to determine the materials, colors, patterns, and the like for each of the many members that make up the house, which is complicated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a housing specification determination device that can easily determine housing specifications that reflect the user's desires while reducing the load on the user.

The present invention is a housing specification determination device for determining housing specifications based on a lifestyle, which selects one answer candidate from a plurality of preset answer candidates for each of a plurality of questions. an answer accepting unit that determines an answer from the user by accepting an answer from the user; , an estimation unit for estimating the user's lifestyle, and a score storage unit for storing, in association with each of the plurality of answer candidates, an allocation score indicating a correlation with the plurality of lifestyle candidates, The answer receiving unit selects an arbitrary question from the plurality of questions, and the estimation unit aggregates the points based on the user's answer to the arbitrary question, and calculates the lifestyle of the user. to estimate

Further, in the above housing specification determining apparatus, the allotted points may be set so as to be even among the plurality of lifestyle candidates.

Further, in the housing specification determining apparatus, the answer receiving unit randomly selects an arbitrary question from the plurality of questions, and sets a plurality of preset answer candidates for each of the selected arbitrary questions. The user's answer may be determined by accepting a selection of one answer candidate from the user.

Further, in the housing specification determination device, the estimation unit may select a lifestyle candidate with a large aggregated score from among the plurality of lifestyle candidates, and estimate the selected lifestyle candidate as the user's lifestyle. good.

Moreover, in the housing specification determining apparatus, the allotted points may be set in association with each of the plurality of lifestyle candidates.

Further, in the housing specification determining apparatus, the question may include any one of "clothes", "meal", and "housing".

Further, the housing specification determination device may further include a first determination unit that determines at least one of the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the exterior members, and the specifications of the interior members based on the estimation result of the estimation unit. good.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the specification of a house reflecting a user's request can be determined, reducing a user's load.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the housing specification determination system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a server apparatus, a smart phone, and a personal computer. FIG. 11 is a chart showing an example of a scoring table for answers to questions about "clothes"; FIG. FIG. 11 is a chart showing an example of a scoring table for answers to questions about "meals"; FIG. FIG. 11 is a chart showing an example of a scoring table for answers to questions about “residence”; FIG. (A) is a diagram showing an example of a shape candidate selected by a first determination unit. (B) is a diagram showing an example of an exterior candidate selected by the first determination unit. (C) is a diagram showing an example of an interior candidate selected by the first determination unit. It is a screen figure which shows an example of a kitchen equipment selection screen. It is a screen figure which shows an example of a floor plan selection screen. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of a first control unit; 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of a first control unit;

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[1. Configuration of housing specification determination system]
[1-1. Overall configuration of housing specification determination system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a housing specification determination system 1 according to this embodiment.
The housing specification determination system 1 includes a server device 100 , a smart phone 200 and a personal computer 300 .
Server device 100 is configured to be communicable with smartphone 200 via network NW. Also, the server device 100 is configured to be able to communicate with the personal computer 300 via the network NW.

In this embodiment, the network NW is, for example, the Internet. Network NW is not limited to the Internet. The network NW may communicably connect the server device 100 and the smartphone 200 and communicably connect the server device 100 and the personal computer 300 . The network NW may be, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network).

Server device 100 determines the specifications of the house based on the user's operation on smartphone 200 . Specifically, the server device 100 receives information indicating an operation input from the smartphone 200 via wireless communication such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and the network NW, and determines the specifications of the house.
In this embodiment, "user" includes "customer." A "customer" indicates a person who places an order for a house with a company that builds a house or a company that undertakes the construction of a house.
Server device 100 corresponds to an example of a “housing specification determining device”.
A specific configuration of the server device 100 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, a case where the "housing specification determining device" is configured by the server device 100 will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is sufficient that the “housing specification determining device” can communicate with the smart phone 200 and the personal computer 300 . The "housing specification determining device" may be configured by, for example, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like.
Also, the "housing specification determining apparatus" may be configured by, for example, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, etc., and the "housing specification determining apparatus" may receive instructions from the user. In this case, housing specification determination system 1 does not need to include smartphone 200 .

Smartphone 200 receives an operation from the user and transmits information indicating the operation input to server device 100 via network NW.
In this embodiment, the smartphones 200 include a first smartphone 200A, a second smartphone 200B, and a third smartphone 200C. Each of first smartphone 200A to third smartphone 200C has substantially the same configuration. First smartphone 200A is owned by a first user, second smartphone 200B is owned by a second user, and third smartphone 200C is owned by a third user. The first user, second user and third user are different from each other.
In the following description, when the first to third users are not distinguished, each of the first to third users may simply be referred to as a user.

In this embodiment, smartphones 200 include first smartphone 200A to third smartphone 200C, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this. Smartphone 200 may include a plurality of smartphones.
In the following description, each of first smartphone 200A to third smartphone 200C may be referred to as smartphone 200 when first smartphone 200A to third smartphone 200C are not distinguished.
A specific configuration of smartphone 200 will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 2 .
In this embodiment, a case will be described in which smartphone 200 receives an operation from a user, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this. A tablet terminal device, a notebook computer, or the like may receive the operation from the user.

Personal computer 300 associates the information indicating the specifications of the house determined by server apparatus 100 with the information indicating the user, and receives the information from server apparatus 100 via network NW. The information indicating the user includes information indicating the user's name, information indicating the contact information such as the user's telephone number, information indicating the user's address, and the like.
The personal computer 300 is installed, for example, at a sales office of a company that builds houses, and is operated by sales personnel. Based on the information indicating the specifications of the house and the information indicating the user, the salesperson carries out work such as concluding a contract regarding construction of the house with the user.

In this embodiment, the personal computer 300 includes a first personal computer 300A, a second personal computer 300B, and a third personal computer 300C. Each of the first personal computer 300A to the third personal computer 300C has substantially the same configuration. The first personal computer 300A is operated by a first salesperson, the second personal computer 300B is operated by a second salesperson, and the third personal computer 300C is operated by a third salesperson. The first sales representative works at the first sales office, the second sales representative works at the second sales office, and the third sales representative works at the third sales office. The first business office to the third business office are arranged in different locations.

In this embodiment, the personal computer 300 includes a first personal computer 300A to a third personal computer 300C, but the embodiment of the invention is not limited to this. Personal computer 300 may include a plurality of personal computers. For example, personal computer 300 may be installed at each business office of a company that builds houses.
In the following description, each of the first personal computer 300A to the third personal computer 300C may be referred to as the personal computer 300 when the first personal computer 300A to the third personal computer 300C are not distinguished.

In this embodiment, the personal computer 300 receives information indicating the specifications of the house from the server device 100, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. A device including a display unit and a control unit may receive information such as the specifications of a house from server device 100 . For example, a tablet terminal or a smartphone may receive information indicating specifications of a house from the server device 100 .

[1-2. Configuration of Server Device, Smartphone, and Personal Computer]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the server device 100, the smart phone 200, and the personal computer 300. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2 , the server device 100 has a first control unit 110 . The first control unit 110 controls the operation of each unit of the server device 100 .

The first control unit 110 includes, for example, a first processor 110A such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit), and a first memory 110B such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory). and The first memory 110B stores data such as a first control program. Also, the first memory 110B includes a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive).
The first processor 110A corresponds to an example of a "computer".

Smartphone 200 includes display 210 , touch sensor 220 , and second control section 230 .
The display 210 displays various images under the control of the second control section 230 . The display 210 is configured by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The image display surface of display 210 is configured in a rectangular shape. In this embodiment, the image display surface of the display 210 is rectangular.

The touch sensor 220 detects a user's touch operation and outputs data indicating the detected operation to the second control unit 230 .
Touch sensor 220 is formed integrally with display 210 . Specifically, the touch sensor 220 is formed on the image display surface of the display 210 . In this embodiment, the touch sensor 220 is rectangular.
Display 210 and touch sensor 220 constitute a so-called touch panel.

The second control unit 230 controls operations of each unit of the smartphone 200 .
The second control unit 230 has, for example, a second processor 230A such as a CPU or MPU, and a second memory 230B such as RAM or ROM. The second memory 230B stores data such as a second control program. The second memory 230B may comprise a storage device such as HDD or SSD.
Second processor 230A of second control unit 230 executes the second control program, so that second processor 230A controls the operation of each unit of smartphone 200 .

Second control unit 230 receives image information transmitted from server device 100 and displays an image corresponding to the image information on display 210 . The images include images corresponding to each of FIGS. 6A to 6C, which will be described later, and images corresponding to each screen shown in FIGS.
Second control unit 230 also receives an operation from the user through touch sensor 220 and transmits information indicating the received operation to server device 100 .

The personal computer 300 has a display 310 and a third control section 320 .
The display 310 displays various images under the control of the third control section 320 . The display 310 is composed of, for example, an LCD.

The third control section 320 controls the operation of each section of the personal computer 300 .
The third control unit 320 has, for example, a third processor 320A such as a CPU or MPU, and a third memory 320B such as a RAM or ROM. Data such as a third control program is stored in the third memory 320B. The third memory 320B may comprise a storage device such as HDD or SSD.
The third processor 320A of the third control unit 320 executes the third control program, whereby the third processor 320A controls the operation of each unit of the personal computer 300. FIG.

The third control unit 320 receives the information indicating the specifications of the house and the information indicating the user transmitted from the server device 100, and displays an image corresponding to each of the information indicating the specifications of the house and the information indicating the user. Display at 310 .

[1-3. Functional Configuration of Server Device]
As shown in FIG. 2, the first control unit 110 includes an answer receiving unit 111, an estimating unit 112, a first determining unit 113, a facility candidate determining unit 114, a second determining unit 115, a size determining unit 116, and a floor plan determining unit. 117 , a calculation unit 118 , a transmission unit 119 , a point storage unit 121 , a candidate storage unit 122 , and a result storage unit 123 .
Specifically, the first processor 110A of the first control unit 110 executes the first control program, so that the answer accepting unit 111, the estimating unit 112, the first determining unit 113, the facility candidate determining unit 114, the second determining unit It functions as a unit 115 , a size determination unit 116 , a floor plan determination unit 117 , a calculation unit 118 , and a transmission unit 119 . Further, the first processor 110A of the first control unit 110 executes the first control program, thereby causing the first memory 110B to function as the score storage unit 121, the candidate storage unit 122, and the result storage unit 123.

The allotted point storage unit 121 associates each of the plurality of answer candidates ANC with respect to each of the plurality of questions QT for estimating the user's lifestyle LS with allotted points indicating the correlation with the plurality of lifestyle candidates LSC. Store PT.
A plurality of questions QT, a plurality of answer candidates ANC, a plurality of lifestyle candidates LSC, and allotted points PT will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. FIG.

The candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of shape candidates SC representing exterior shapes of houses.
Further, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of exterior candidate PCs. Each of the plurality of exterior candidate PCs indicates a combination of specifications of each of the two or more first number N1 of exterior members. The first number N1 of exterior members includes an outer wall PW, a window WD, and a door DR.
Further, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of interior candidate JCs. Each of the plurality of interior candidate JCs indicates a combination of specifications of two or more second number N2 of interior members. The second number N2 of interior members includes the floor FL, the cloth CL, and the fittings FT.
The shape candidate SC, exterior candidate PC, and interior candidate JC will be described with reference to FIG.

Further, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of kitchen equipment candidates EC indicating specifications of kitchen equipment. In addition, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of washroom equipment candidates indicating the specifications of the washroom equipment. Further, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of bath facility candidates indicating the specifications of the bath facility. Further, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of toilet facility candidates indicating specifications of the toilet facility.
The kitchen facility candidate EC will be described with reference to FIG.

Further, the candidate storage unit 122 stores a plurality of floor plan candidates FC in association with each of the frontage size, depth size and type.
The floor plan candidate FC will be described with reference to FIG.
The candidate storage unit 122 corresponds to an example of a “shape candidate storage unit”. Further, the candidate storage unit 122 corresponds to an example of the "exterior candidate storage unit". Further, the candidate storage unit 122 corresponds to an example of the "interior candidate storage unit".

The result storage unit 123 stores the data indicating the housing specifications determined by the first determining unit 113, the second determining unit 115, the size determining unit 116, and the floor plan determining unit 117 in association with the information indicating the user. do.
Information indicating the user is acquired from the smartphone 200 by the first control unit 110 .

The answer accepting unit 111 accepts the user's selection of one answer candidate ANC from a plurality of preset answer candidate ANCs based on the user's operation on the smartphone 200, thereby determining the user's answer AN. do.
Specifically, the answer accepting unit 111 first selects one question from two or more predetermined number of questions QT. Then, the answer accepting unit 111 transmits an image showing one selected question QT and multiple answer candidates ANC corresponding to one question QT to the smartphone 200 and causes it to be displayed. Then, smartphone 200 receives an operation to select one answer candidate ANC from a plurality of answer candidate ANCs, and information indicating the selected one answer candidate ANC is received from smartphone 200, whereby answer accepting unit 111 determines the user's answer AN to the one selected question. The predetermined number is 54, for example.

The answer receiving unit 111 repeats the process from the selection of the question to the determination of the user's answer until the number of questions NQ for which the user's answer has been decided reaches the threshold number NQA. As the threshold number NQA is smaller, the user's burden can be reduced. The larger the threshold number NQA, the more appropriately the user's lifestyle LS can be estimated. The threshold number NQA is preferably 5 to 10, for example. In this embodiment, the threshold number NQA is six, for example. That is, the user answers six questions QT. Six questions QT correspond to an example of "multiple questions".
As will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, in this embodiment, the predetermined number is 54 (=18×3), and the plurality of answer candidates ANC is divided into two answer candidates. ANC. That is, the answer accepting unit 111 selects 6 question QTs from 54 question QTs, and determines the user's answer AN to each of the 6 question QTs via the smartphone 200 .

The estimation unit 112 estimates the user's lifestyle LS based on the user's answer AN to each of the plurality of questions QT.
Specifically, the estimation unit 112 estimates the user's lifestyle LS by selecting one lifestyle candidate LSC from a plurality of preset lifestyle candidates LSC. Also, the estimation unit 112 estimates the user's lifestyle LS based on the user's answer AN determined by the answer reception unit 111 .
The multiple lifestyle candidate LSCs are four lifestyle candidate LSCs in this embodiment.
The four lifestyle candidate LSCs are described with reference to FIGS. 3-5.

More specifically, the estimating unit 112 selects one lifestyle candidate LSC from a plurality of lifestyle candidate LSCs by aggregating allotted points PT corresponding to one answer candidate ANC selected by the user. to estimate the user's lifestyle LS.
In this embodiment, since the answer receiving unit 111 determines the user's answer AN to each of the six question QTs, the estimating unit 112 generates an answer candidate ANC indicating the user's answer AN to each of the six question QTs. are tallied for each of the four lifestyle candidate LSCs.
In this embodiment, the lifestyle LS indicates the lifestyle of the user. In addition, the lifestyle LS particularly means a way of life that expresses the individuality of the user, including hobbies and relationships. In other words, the lifestyle LS means the tastes and preferences of the user.

Also, a priority is determined in advance for each of the plurality of lifestyle candidate LSCs. The estimating unit 112 estimates the user's lifestyle LS based on the order of priority when one lifestyle candidate LSC cannot be selected by summing up the allocated points PT.
The case where "a single lifestyle candidate LSC cannot be selected by summing up the allocated points" includes, for example, a case where the totalized results of the allocated points PT of the top two lifestyle candidate LSCs are the same.

Based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS, the first determination unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the two or more first number N1 of exterior members that constitute the house, and two The specifications of the second number N2 of interior members are determined.
Specifically, the first determination unit 113 selects one shape candidate SC from among the plurality of shape candidates SC stored in the candidate storage unit 122 based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. By selecting , the external shape of the house is determined.
Further, the first determination unit 113 selects one exterior candidate PC from among the plurality of exterior candidate PCs stored in the candidate storage unit 122 based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. Thus, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members are determined.
Further, the first determination unit 113 selects one interior decoration candidate JC from the multiple interior decoration candidates JC stored in the candidate storage unit 122 based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. Thus, the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members are determined.

In this way, the first determining unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members based on the lifestyle LS of the user. , it is possible to easily determine the housing specifications that reflect the user's desires.

In the present embodiment, the first determination unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members based on the lifestyle LS of the user. Although the case of determination will be described, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this. The first determination unit 113 determines at least one of the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members, based on the lifestyle LS of the user. do it.

The facility candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of facility candidates representing the specifications of each of kitchen equipment, bath equipment, washbasin equipment, and toilet equipment based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, ie, the user's lifestyle LS.
Specifically, the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of kitchen facility candidates EC indicating kitchen facility specifications based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, ie, the user's lifestyle LS. Further, the equipment candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of bath equipment candidates indicating the specifications of the bath equipment based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. Further, the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of washroom facility candidates indicating the specifications of the washroom facility based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, ie, the user's lifestyle LS. Further, the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of toilet facility candidates indicating toilet facility specifications based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, ie, the user's lifestyle LS.
The plurality of kitchen facility candidates EC, the plurality of bath facility candidates, the plurality of washroom facility candidates, and the plurality of toilet facility candidates are stored in the candidate storage unit 122 in association with the lifestyle LS.

Next, among the kitchen equipment, the bath equipment, the washing equipment, and the toilet equipment, the kitchen equipment will be explained for the sake of convenience. Note that the facility candidate determination unit 114 performs the same processing as that for the kitchen facility for each of the bath facility, the washroom facility, and the toilet facility.
In the present embodiment, the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines four kitchen facility candidates EC indicating kitchen facility specifications based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, ie, the user's lifestyle LS. That is, "plurality" in the plurality of kitchen facility candidates EC is four in this embodiment. The four kitchen equipment candidates EC are composed of one main candidate EC1 and three sub-candidates EC2 to EC4.
The main candidate EC1 indicates the candidate most recommended to the user by a housing construction company or a housing provider such as a housing designer.
Each of the three sub-candidates EC2 to EC4 indicates a candidate that the housing provider recommends to the user next to the main candidate EC1.
In this embodiment, the case where there are three sub-candidates will be described, but the number of sub-candidates may be one, two, or four or more.

The second determination unit 115 selects one facility candidate from among a plurality of facility candidates based on the user's instruction, thereby determining the specifications of each of the kitchen facility, the bath facility, the washroom facility, and the toilet facility. .
In the present embodiment, the second determination unit 115 accepts a user's instruction via the smartphone 200, and based on the user's instruction, selects from among the four kitchen equipment candidate ECs determined by the equipment candidate determination unit 114 The specifications of the kitchen equipment are determined by selecting one kitchen equipment candidate EC.
In addition, the second determination unit 115 receives a user's instruction via the smartphone 200, and based on the user's instruction, selects one bath from among the four bath facility candidates determined by the facility candidate determination unit 114. The specifications of the bath equipment are determined by selecting the equipment candidates.
In addition, the second determination unit 115 receives a user's instruction via the smartphone 200, and based on the user's instruction, selects one washroom from among the four washroom facility candidates determined by the facility candidate determination unit 114. By selecting facility candidates, the specifications of the washroom facilities are determined.
In addition, the second determination unit 115 receives a user's instruction via the smartphone 200, and based on the user's instruction, selects one toilet from among the four toilet facility candidates determined by the facility candidate determination unit 114. By selecting facility candidates, the specifications of toilet facilities are determined.

In this way, the equipment candidate determination unit 114 determines four kitchen equipment candidates EC indicating specifications of the kitchen equipment based on the user's lifestyle LS, and the second determination unit 115 determines the four kitchen equipment candidates EC based on the user's instructions. , the specifications of the kitchen equipment are determined by selecting one kitchen equipment candidate EC from among the four kitchen equipment candidates EC determined by the equipment candidate determination unit 114 . Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the kitchen equipment reflecting the user's request while reducing the load on the user.
Similarly, the specifications of the bath equipment, the specifications of the washbasin equipment, and the specifications of the toilet equipment are determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the bath equipment, the specifications of the washroom equipment, and the specifications of the toilet equipment that reflect the user's requests while reducing the user's load.

The size determining unit 116 receives a user's instruction via the smartphone 200 and determines the frontage and depth of the house based on the user's instruction.
Processing of the size determining unit 116 will be described later with reference to FIG.

The floor plan determination unit 117 determines the floor plan of the house based on the determination result of the size determination unit 116 . Specifically, the floor plan determination unit 117 receives a user's instruction via the smartphone 200, and selects one floor plan candidate FC from a plurality of floor plan candidate FCs based on the user's instruction. The layout of the house is determined by Note that the plurality of floor plan candidates FC are stored in the candidate storage unit 122 in advance.
The floor plan candidate FC and the processing of the floor plan determining unit 117 will be described later with reference to FIG.

The calculation unit 118 calculates the price of the house based on the determination result of the first determination unit 113, the determination result of the second determination unit 115, the determination result of the size determination unit 116, and the determination result of the floor plan determination unit 117. .

The transmission unit 119 transmits the housing price calculated by the calculation unit 118 to the smartphone 200 and causes the smartphone 200 to display the housing price.
Further, the transmission unit 119 uses the determination result of the first determination unit 113, the determination result of the second determination unit 115, the determination result of the size determination unit 116, the determination result of the floor plan determination unit 117, and the calculation unit 1118. is associated with the user's identification information and sent to the personal computer 300, and the personal computer 300 is caused to display various information.

[2. Specific example of the first control unit]
[2-1. About the scoring table]
3 to 5 are charts showing an example of the score table TB of the answer AN to the question QT. The question QT includes a question QT1 about "clothes", a question QT2 about "meal", and a question QT3 about "housing".

FIG. 3 is a chart showing an example of a points allocation table TB1 of an answer AN1 to a question QT1 related to "clothing". As shown in FIG. 3, the score allocation table TB1 includes, from the left column, a number, a classification CT1, a question QT1, an answer candidate ANC1, and an allocation score PT1. The allotment storage unit 121 stores information indicating the allotment table TB1.
The numbers indicate the order of the 18 questions QT1 regarding "Clothes".
"Clothing" is described in the category CT1, indicating that the question QT1 shown in FIG. 3 is about "clothing."
The question QT1 describes the content of the question QT1. For example, the question QT1 with the number "1" is "What is the point in choosing shoes to wear today at the entrance?". For example, the question QT1 with the number "2" is "Do you want to arrange the clothes and bags you bought in your own way?".
The answer candidate ANC1 describes two answer candidates ANC1 for the question QT1. For example, two answer candidates ANC1 for question QT1 numbered "1" are "A: Easy to walk and comfortable" and "B: Match fashion". Also, for example, the two answer candidates ANC1 for the question QT1 numbered "2" are "A: Yes!" and "B: No!".

Allotted points PT1 are set in association with each of the four lifestyle candidate LSCs. The four lifestyle candidates LSC are composed of a first lifestyle candidate LSC1, a second lifestyle candidate LSC2, a third lifestyle candidate LSC3, and a fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.
The first lifestyle candidate LSC1 is, for example, a lifestyle that emphasizes "naturalness." The second lifestyle candidate LSC2 is, for example, a lifestyle that emphasizes "coolness". The third lifestyle candidate LSC3 is, for example, a lifestyle that emphasizes "cuteness". The fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4 is, for example, a lifestyle that emphasizes "personality".

For example, when the user selects "A: Easy to walk and comfortable" as the answer AN to question QT1 with the number "1", the estimation unit 112 adds "2 points" to the first lifestyle candidate LSC1. Then, "1 point" is added to the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4, and not added to each of the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC3.
Further, for example, when the user selects “B: Match fashion” as the answer AN to question QT1 with the number “1”, the estimating unit 112 selects the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the third life style candidate LSC2. “1 point” is added to each of the style candidates LSC3, and not added to each of the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

For example, when the user selects “A: Do!” as the answer AN to question QT1 with number “2”, estimation unit 112 adds “2 points” to third lifestyle candidate LSC3. , the second lifestyle candidate LSC2, and not added to each of the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.
Further, for example, when the user selects "B: No!" 1 point is added to the first lifestyle candidate LSC1, and not added to each of the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC3.

It should be noted that the total of allotted points PT1 for the first lifestyle candidates LSC1 of the two answer candidates ANC1 for each of the 18 questions QT1 is 24 points. Similarly, the total of allotted points PT1 for the second lifestyle candidates LSC2 of the two answer candidates ANC1 for each of the 18 questions QT1 is 24 points. Also, the total of allotted points PT1 for the third lifestyle candidate LSC3 of the two answer candidates ANC1 for each of the 18 questions QT1 is 24 points. In addition, the total score PT1 for the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4 of the two answer candidates ANC1 for each of the 18 questions QT1 is 24 points.
In this way, the allotted points PT1 are set to be even among the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 to the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

FIG. 4 is a chart showing an example of a points allocation table TB2 of answers AN2 to question QT2 regarding "meals". As shown in FIG. 4, the score allocation table TB2 includes, from the left column, a number, a classification CT2, a question QT2, an answer candidate ANC2, and an allocation score PT2. The allotment storage unit 121 stores information indicating the allotment table TB2.
The numbers indicate the order of the 18 questions QT2 regarding "diet".
Classification CT2 describes "meal", indicating that question QT2 shown in FIG. 4 is a question about "meal".
The question QT2 describes the content of the question QT2. For example, the question QT2 with the number "1" is "Which situation would you like to have tea with your friends?". Also, for example, the question QT2 with the number "2" is "Which do you have more for lunch?".

The answer candidate ANC2 describes two answer candidates ANC2 for the question QT2. For example, two answer candidates ANC2 for question QT2 with number "1" are "A: home cafe with homemade sweets" and "B: meet at a coffee stand in the neighborhood". Also, for example, two answer candidates ANC2 for question QT2 with number "2" are "A: Eating out" and "B: Homemade".
Allotted points PT2 are set in association with each of the four lifestyle candidate LSCs. The four lifestyle candidates LSC are composed of a first lifestyle candidate LSC1, a second lifestyle candidate LSC2, a third lifestyle candidate LSC3, and a fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

For example, when the user selects “A: home-made sweets at home cafe” as the answer AN to question QT2 whose number is “1”, the estimating unit 112 selects the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC1. "1 point" is added to each of candidate LSC3, and not added to each of second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.
Further, for example, when the user selects “B: Meeting at a nearby coffee stand” as the answer AN to question QT1 with number “1”, the estimation unit 112 selects the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the second lifestyle candidate LSC2. "1 point" is added to each of the four lifestyle candidates LSC4, and not added to each of the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC3.

For example, when the user selects "A: Eating out" as the answer AN to question QT2 with the number "2", the estimation unit 112 adds "2 points" to the second lifestyle candidate LSC2, "1 point" is added to the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4, and not added to each of the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC3.
Further, for example, when the user selects “B: handmade” as the answer AN to question QT2 with the number “2”, the estimating unit 112 selects the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC3. , and not added to each of the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

In addition, the total of allotted points PT2 for the first lifestyle candidates LSC1 of the two answer candidates ANC2 for each of the 18 questions QT2 is 24 points. Similarly, the total of allotted points PT2 for the second lifestyle candidates LSC2 of the two answer candidates ANC2 for each of the 18 questions QT2 is 24 points. Also, the total of allotted points PT2 for the third lifestyle candidate LSC3 of the two answer candidates ANC2 for each of the 18 questions QT2 is 24 points. In addition, the total of allotted points PT2 for the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4 of the two answer candidates ANC2 for each of the 18 questions QT2 is 24 points.
In this way, the allotted points PT2 are set to be even among the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 to the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

FIG. 5 is a chart showing an example of a points allocation table TB3 of the answer AN3 to the question QT3 regarding "residence". As shown in FIG. 5, the scoring table TB3 includes, from the left column, number, classification CT3, question QT3, answer candidate ANC3, and scoring PT3. The allotment storage unit 121 stores information indicating the allotment table TB3.
The numbers indicate the order of the 18 questions QT3 regarding "residence".
Classification CT3 describes "residence", indicating that question QT3 shown in FIG. 5 is a question about "residence".
The question QT3 describes the content of the question QT3. For example, question QT3 with number "1" is "Where do you want to build your house?" Also, for example, the question QT3 with the number "2" is "When to buy your favorite item?".

The answer candidate ANC3 describes two answer candidates ANC3 for the question QT3. For example, two answer candidates ANC3 for question QT3 with number "1" are "A: place surrounded by nature" and "B: convenient urban area". Also, for example, the two answer candidates ANC3 for question QT3 with number "2" are "A: I have a collection habit" and "B: I buy a one-of-a-kind item that I like."
Allotted points PT3 are set in association with each of the four lifestyle candidate LSCs. The four lifestyle candidates LSC are composed of a first lifestyle candidate LSC1, a second lifestyle candidate LSC2, a third lifestyle candidate LSC3, and a fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

For example, when the user selects “A: a place surrounded by nature” as the answer AN to question QT3 with the number “1”, the estimation unit 112 assigns “2 "1 point" is added to the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4, and "1 point" is added to each of the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the third lifestyle candidate LSC3.
Further, for example, when the user selects “B: convenient urban area” as the answer AN to question QT3 with the number “1”, the estimation unit 112 selects the second lifestyle candidate LSC2 and the second lifestyle candidate LSC2. "1 point" is added to each of the three lifestyle candidates LSC3, and not added to each of the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

For example, when the user selects "A: I have a collection habit" as the answer AN to question QT3 with the number "2", the estimation unit 112 assigns "2 points" to the second lifestyle candidate LSC2. "1 point" is added to the first lifestyle candidate LSC1, and not added to each of the third lifestyle candidate LSC3 and the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.
Also, for example, when the user selects "B: Buy a one-of-a-kind item that you like" as the answer AN to question QT3 with the number "2", the estimation unit 112 selects the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4 as " 2 points" are added, 1 point is added to the third lifestyle candidate LSC3, and 1 point is not added to each of the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 and the second lifestyle candidate LSC2.

In addition, the total of allotted points PT3 for the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 of the two answer candidates ANC3 for each of the 18 questions QT3 is 24 points. Similarly, the total of allotted points PT3 for the second lifestyle candidates LSC2 of the two answer candidates ANC3 for each of the 18 questions QT3 is 24 points. Also, the total of allotted points PT3 for the third lifestyle candidate LSC3 of the two answer candidates ANC3 for each of the 18 questions QT3 is 24 points. In addition, the total of allotted points PT3 for the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4 of the two answer candidates ANC3 for each of the 18 questions QT3 is 24 points.
In this way, the allotted points PT3 are set to be even among the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 to the fourth lifestyle candidate LSC4.

In the following description, if the classification CT1, the classification CT2, and the classification CT3 are not distinguished from each other, they may be referred to as question QT. Also, when the question QT1, the question QT2, and the question QT3 are not distinguished from each other, they may be described as a question QT. Further, when answer candidates ANC1, answer candidates ANC2, and answer candidates ANC3 are not distinguished from each other, they may be described as answer candidates ANC. Moreover, when the allotted points PT1, allotted points PT2, and allotted points PT3 are not distinguished from each other, they may be described as allotted points PT. Also, when the point allocation table TB1, the point allocation table TB2, and the point allocation table TB3 are not distinguished from each other, they may be described as a point allocation table TB.

As described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, the answer receiving unit 111 randomly selects 6 question QTs out of 54 (=18×3) question QTs, for example. Then, answer accepting unit 111 causes display 210 of smartphone 200 to display a question QT corresponding to each of the six question QTs and two answer candidates ANC. Next, the answer accepting unit 111 accepts the user's operation to select one of the two answer candidates ANC, and determines the user's answer AN.
The estimating unit 112 selects one lifestyle candidate LSC from four lifestyle candidate LSCs by aggregating the allotted points PT corresponding to one answer candidate ANC selected by the user, and estimates the lifestyle of the user. Estimate LS. The estimating unit 112 selects, for example, a lifestyle candidate LSC with the largest aggregated point allocation PT from among the four lifestyle candidate LSCs, and estimates the selected lifestyle candidate LSC as the user's lifestyle LS.

In this embodiment, the answer receiving unit 111 randomly selects 6 question QTs out of 54 question QTs, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The answer receiving unit 111 may select 6 question QTs from 54 question QTs.
For example, the answer receiving unit 111 selects two questions QT1 from the 18 questions QT1 regarding "clothing" shown in FIG. , and two questions QT1 may be selected from the 18 questions QT3 regarding "residence" shown in FIG. In this case, the answer receiving unit 111 can select the question QT1 about "Clothing", the question QT2 about "Meal", and the question QT3 about "Housing" in a well-balanced manner.

[2-2. Appearance shape, exterior members, and interior members]
FIGS. 6A to 6C describe a case where the estimation unit 112 estimates, for example, the first lifestyle candidate LSC1 as the user's lifestyle LS.
FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of shape candidates SC selected by the first determination unit 113. FIG. FIG. 6A illustrates a case where the first determining unit 113 selects the first shape candidate SC1 as the shape candidate SC.
FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example of exterior candidate PCs selected by first determination unit 113 . FIG. 6B illustrates a case where the first determination unit 113 selects the first exterior candidate PC1 as the exterior candidate PC.
FIG. 6C is a diagram showing an example of the interior candidate JC selected by the first determining unit 113. As shown in FIG. FIG. 6C illustrates a case where the first determining unit 113 selects the first interior candidate JC1 as the interior decoration candidate JC.
The first shape candidate SC1, the first exterior candidate PC1, and the first interior candidate JC1 are stored in advance in the candidate storage unit 122 in association with the first lifestyle candidate LSC1.
In this embodiment, the first shape candidate display portion 401 shown in FIG. 6A, the first exterior candidate display portion 421 shown in FIG. 6B, and the first interior candidate display portion 441 shown in FIG. is displayed on one screen of the display 210 of the smartphone 200, for example.

The first shape candidate display portion 401 shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display 210 by the second control portion 230 in accordance with the instruction of the first determination portion 113 . The first shape candidate display portion 401 shows the first shape candidate SC1.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the first shape candidate display portion 401 includes a first image 401A, a second image 401B, and a name 401C. The first image 401A is an image showing the exterior shape of the house of the first shape candidate SC1 viewed from the first direction. In this embodiment, the first image 401A is an image including the front door DR. The second image 401B is an image showing the exterior shape of the house of the first shape candidate SC1 viewed from a second direction different from the first direction. The second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
The name 401C is "AA". The name 401C indicates an image of the exterior shape of the house of the first shape candidate SC1.

In this way, the first determining unit 113 selects one shape candidate SC from among the plurality of shape candidates SC based on the estimation result of the estimating unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. Determine the external shape. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the exterior shape of the house that reflects the user's request while reducing the load on the user.
Further, an image indicating the exterior candidate PC selected by first determination unit 113 is displayed on display 210 by second control unit 230 . Therefore, the user can easily confirm the exterior shape of the selected house. Therefore, user convenience can be improved.

Note that the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change the exterior shape of the house by receiving instructions from the user via the smartphone 200 . Specifically, the user can change the exterior shape of the house by selecting one shape candidate SC from among the plurality of shape candidates SC stored in the candidate storage unit 122 .

First exterior candidate display portion 421 shown in FIG. 6B is displayed on display 210 by second control portion 230 in accordance with an instruction from first determination portion 113 . The first exterior candidate display portion 421 indicates the first exterior candidate PC1.
As shown in FIG. 6B, the first exterior candidate display unit 421 includes, for example, an image showing each of the first outer wall PW1, the second outer wall PW2, the window WD, the door DR, the balcony BL, and the decoration DC; including name and The first outer wall PW1, the second outer wall PW2, the window WD, the door DR, the balcony BL, and the decoration DC correspond to an example of the first number N1 of exterior members. The first number N1 is, for example, six.

In this embodiment, the outer wall PW is composed of a first outer wall PW1 and a second outer wall PW2.
The first outer wall PW1 indicates the main outer wall that constitutes the house. In other words, the first outer wall PW1 constitutes most of the outer wall PW of the residence. The second outer wall PW2 constitutes part of the outer wall PW that constitutes the house. In other words, the second outer wall PW2 indicates an outer wall PW other than the first outer wall PW1 among the outer walls PW of the house. For example, the second outer wall PW2 indicates an outer wall PW that functions as a decoration or design feature.
The door DR is arranged at the entrance of the first floor or the like. The balcony BL is arranged, for example, on the second floor of the house. The decoration DC is placed, for example, below the window WD on the second floor.
The name indicates an image of the combination of exterior members.
For example, the name 421A of the first exterior candidate PC1 indicated by the first exterior candidate display section 421 is "AAA".

In this way, the first determination unit 113 selects one exterior candidate PC from among the plurality of exterior candidate PCs based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. The specifications of the N1 number of exterior members are determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members that reflect the user's request while reducing the load on the user.
Further, an image indicating the exterior candidate PC selected by first determination unit 113 is displayed on display 210 by second control unit 230 . Therefore, the user can easily confirm the selected first number N1 of exterior members. Therefore, user convenience can be improved.

Although the case where the first number N1 is 6 has been described in the present embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The first number N1 may be any one of 2 to 5, or may be 7 or more. The smaller the first number N1, the easier the user's selection. The greater the number of the first number N1, the more details of the exterior can be confirmed by the user. The first number N1 is preferably 3 to 10.

Note that the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change the first number N1 of the exterior members by receiving an instruction from the user via the smartphone 200 . Specifically, the user can change the first number N1 of exterior members by selecting one exterior candidate PC from a plurality of exterior candidate PCs stored in the candidate storage unit 122 .
Furthermore, the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change each of the first number N1 of exterior members by receiving an instruction from the user via the smartphone 200 .

First interior candidate display portion 441 shown in FIG. 6C is displayed on display 210 by second control portion 230 according to an instruction from first determination portion 113 . The first interior candidate display portion 441 indicates the first interior candidate JC1.
As shown in FIG. 6C, the first interior candidate display portion 441 includes a first floor FL1, a second floor FL2, a third floor FL3, a first cross CL1, a second cross CL2, a first light RL1, a An image showing each of the 2-light RL2 and fittings FT and a name are included.
The first floor FL1, the second floor FL2, the third floor FL3, the first cross CL1, the second cross CL2, the first light RL1, the second light RL2, and the fittings FT are examples of interior members of the second number N2. handle. The second number N2 is, for example, eight.

The floors FL of the residence are composed of a first floor FL1, a second floor FL2, and a third floor FL3 in this embodiment.
A first floor FL1 indicates a main floor that constitutes a house. The first floor FL1 indicates, for example, the floor of a living room, a room, or the like. A second floor FL2 indicates a floor at a specific location of the house. The second floor FL2 indicates, for example, the kitchen floor. The third floor FL3 indicates a floor in another specific location of the residence. The third floor FL3 indicates, for example, the floor of a toilet.
In this embodiment, the housing CL is composed of a first cloth CL1 and a second cloth CL2.
A first cloth CL1 indicates a main cloth that constitutes a house. The first cloth CL1 represents, for example, a living room, a room, or the like. A second cross CL2 indicates a cross at a specific location of a house. The second cloth CL2 represents, for example, kitchen and toilet cloths.
A light RL arranged inside a house is composed of a first light RL1 and a second light RL2.
The first light RL1 represents the main light arranged inside the house. The first light RL1 is, for example, a ceiling light for a living room, a room, or the like. A second light RL2 represents a light that is placed at a particular location in the house. The second lights RL2 are, for example, kitchen and toilet ceiling lights and corridor lights.
Fittings FT indicate doors, sliding doors, and the like arranged inside a house.
The name indicates an image of the combination of interior materials.
The name 441A of the first interior candidate JC1 indicated by the first interior candidate display portion 441 is "AAAA".

In this way, the first determination unit 113 selects one interior decoration candidate JC from among the plurality of interior decoration candidates JC based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. The specifications of N2 interior members are determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members that reflect the user's request while reducing the load on the user.
Further, an image showing the interior candidate JC selected by first determination unit 113 is displayed on display 210 by second control unit 230 . Therefore, the user can easily confirm the selected second number N2 of interior members. Therefore, user convenience can be improved.

Although the case where the second number N2 is eight has been described in the present embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The second number N2 may be any one of 2 to 7, or may be 9 or more. The smaller the second number N2, the easier the confirmation by the user. As the second number N2 is larger, the user can check the details of the interior. The second number N2 is preferably 5 to 30.

Further, in this embodiment, the case where the first shape candidate display portion 401, the first exterior candidate display portion 421, and the first interior candidate display portion 441 are displayed on one screen of the display 210 of the smartphone 200 has been described. However, embodiments of the invention are not so limited. Each of first shape candidate display portion 401 , first exterior candidate display portion 421 , and first interior candidate display portion 441 may be displayed on separate screens of display 210 of smartphone 200 .

Further, in the present embodiment, the first interior candidate display section 441 includes an image in which the second number N2 of interior members are arranged, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. It is preferable that the first interior candidate display unit 441 displays an image in which each of the second number N2 of interior members is arranged in a place where the interior members are actually arranged inside the house. In this case, the user can more clearly grasp the image of the inside of the house.

In addition, the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change the second number N2 of interior members by receiving an instruction from the user via the smartphone 200 . Specifically, the user can change the second number N2 of interior members by selecting one interior candidate JC from among the plurality of interior candidate JCs stored in the candidate storage unit 122 .
Furthermore, the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change each of the second number N2 of the exterior members by receiving an instruction from the user via the smartphone 200 .

[2-3. About the kitchen equipment selection screen]
FIG. 7 is a screen diagram showing an example of the kitchen equipment selection screen 460. As shown in FIG.
Kitchen facility selection screen 460 is displayed on display 210 by second control section 230 according to an instruction from facility candidate determination section 114 .
As shown in FIG. 7, the kitchen equipment selection screen 460 includes a first kitchen equipment candidate display portion 461, a second kitchen equipment candidate display portion 462, a third kitchen equipment candidate display portion 463, a fourth kitchen equipment candidate display portion 464, A decision button 467 , a cancel button 468 and a return button 469 are included.
In this embodiment, the kitchen equipment selection screen 460 will be described as an example of the equipment selection screen, but each of the unillustrated bath equipment selection screen, washroom equipment selection screen, and toilet equipment selection screen is similar to the kitchen equipment selection screen 460. has a configuration of

The first kitchen equipment candidate display portion 461 to the fourth kitchen equipment candidate display portion 464 correspond to a plurality of kitchen equipment candidates. In this embodiment, "plurality" of a plurality of kitchen facility candidates indicates four.
Specifically, the first kitchen equipment candidate display portion 461 indicates the first equipment candidate EC1, and the second kitchen equipment candidate display portion 462 indicates the second equipment candidate EC2. Further, the third kitchen equipment candidate display portion 463 indicates the third equipment candidate EC3, and the fourth kitchen equipment candidate display portion 464 indicates the fourth equipment candidate EC4.
A first facility candidate EC1 corresponds to one main candidate EC1, and second facility candidates EC2 to fourth facility candidates EC4 correspond to three sub-candidates EC2 to EC4.
The equipment candidate EC indicates a combination of specifications of each of a plurality of members that constitute a system kitchen as kitchen equipment. Components that constitute the system kitchen include a sink SK, a stove ST, a dishwasher DW, a lower storage section SRD, and an upper storage shelf SRU.

The first facility candidate EC1 to fourth facility candidate EC4 are determined by the facility candidate determination unit 114 as follows. That is, the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of kitchen facility candidates EC indicating kitchen facility specifications based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, ie, the user's lifestyle LS.
Four facility candidates EC are stored in advance in the candidate storage unit 122 in association with each of the four lifestyle candidate LSCs shown in FIGS. Then, the facility candidate determination unit 114 reads four facility candidates EC corresponding to the lifestyle candidates LSC estimated by the estimation unit 112 as the user's lifestyle LS from the candidate storage unit 122, whereby the facility candidate determination unit 114 Four facility candidate ECs are determined.

In this embodiment, a case where "plurality" of a plurality of facility candidate ECs indicates four will be described, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this. The “plurality” of the plurality of facility candidate ECs may be any one of two to three. Also, the “plurality” of the plurality of facility candidate ECs may be five or more. As the number of displayed multiple items is smaller, the user's effort required for selection can be reduced. The greater the number of multiple indications, the more variations of facility candidate ECs that can be selected by the user can be expanded. The “plurality” of multiple equipment candidate ECs is preferably 3 to 20 pieces.

Each of the first kitchen facility candidate display portion 461 to the fourth kitchen facility candidate display portion 464 includes an image representing each of the sink SK, the stove ST, the dishwasher DW, the lower storage section SRD, and the upper storage shelf SRU. The images shown in each of the first kitchen equipment candidate display portion 461 to the fourth kitchen equipment candidate display portion 464 correspond to examples of "images indicating specifications of kitchen equipment".
The sink SK, the stove ST, the dishwasher DW, the lower storage section SRD, and the upper storage shelf SRU constitute kitchen equipment.
A selection mark MK is displayed in the first kitchen equipment candidate display portion 461 . The selection mark MK indicates that the first facility candidate EC1 corresponding to the first kitchen facility candidate display portion 461 is selected.

The decision button 467 is touched by the user when deciding on the facility candidate EC selected from among the four facility candidate ECs. When the user touches the decision button 467, the second decision unit 115 decides the specification of the kitchen equipment corresponding to the selected equipment candidate EC.

The cancel button 468 is touched by the user when canceling the selection of the facility candidate EC. When the user touches the cancel button 468, the second determination unit 115 returns the selected facility candidate EC to the non-selected state, and cancels the selection mark displayed in the facility candidate display section corresponding to the selected facility candidate EC. Hide MK.

The return button 469 is touched by the user when transitioning to the screen displayed before the kitchen equipment selection screen 460 is displayed. When the user touches return button 469, first control unit 110 causes the screen displayed on smartphone 200 to transition to the screen displayed before kitchen equipment selection screen 460 is displayed.

In this way, the user selects one facility candidate display section from among the first kitchen facility candidate display section 461 to the fourth kitchen facility candidate display section 464 displayed on the display 210 of the smartphone 200, and presses the enter button 467. By touching , the specifications of the kitchen equipment can be determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the kitchen equipment of the house reflecting the user's request while reducing the load on the user.

In this embodiment, the case where the equipment is kitchen equipment will be described, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The facilities may be any of bath facilities, washbasin facilities, and toilet facilities.

Note that the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change the specifications of the kitchen equipment by accepting instructions from the user via the smartphone 200 .
Specifically, the user can change the specifications of the kitchen equipment by selecting one kitchen equipment candidate EC from among the plurality of kitchen equipment candidates EC stored in the candidate storage unit 122 .
Similarly, the user can change the specifications of each of the bath equipment, washbasin equipment, and toilet equipment.

[2-4. About the floor plan selection screen]
FIG. 8 is a screen diagram showing an example of the floor plan selection screen 480. As shown in FIG.
Floor plan selection screen 480 is displayed on display 210 by second control unit 230 according to instructions from size determining unit 116 and floor plan determining unit 117 .
As shown in FIG. 8, the floor plan selection screen 480 includes a condition input section 490, a first floor plan candidate display section 481, a second floor plan candidate display section 482, a third floor plan candidate display section 483, an enter button 467, A Cancel button 468 and a Back button 469 are included.

The condition input section 490 includes an entrance orientation input section 491 , a frontage size input section 492 , a depth size input section 493 and a type input section 494 .
In the entrance direction input section 491, the user selects and inputs the direction of the entrance of the house. Specifically, the entrance direction input portion 491 includes an east selection portion 491A indicating the east direction of the entrance, a west selection portion 491B indicating the west direction of the entrance, a south selection portion 491C indicating the south direction of the entrance, and a north direction of the entrance. and a north selection 491D that indicates orientation. The user inputs the direction of the entrance by selecting any one of the east selection section 491A to the north selection section 491D.
In FIG. 8, a check mark CM1 is displayed in the east selection portion 491A. A check mark CM1 indicates that the east selection portion 491A is selected.

The user inputs the frontage size of the house in the frontage size input section 492 . Specifically, the frontage size input unit 492 includes an input area 492A, and the input area 492A is configured to allow input from the user. In FIG. 8, the entry area 492A displays 6.55m, indicating that the frontage size is 6.55m.
The user inputs the depth size of the house to the depth size input section 493 . Specifically, the depth size input unit 493 includes an input area 493A, and the input area 493A is configured to allow input from the user. In FIG. 8, 8.37 m is displayed in the input area 493A, indicating that the depth size is 8.37 m.
In this manner, the size determining unit 116 determines the frontage size and the depth size of the house.

The type input unit 494 allows the user to select and input the floor plan type of the house. Specifically, the type input section 494 includes an A type 494A, a B type 494B, and a C type 494C. A type 494A indicates, for example, an orthodox type. B type 494B indicates a type having a modern floor plan, for example. C type 494C indicates a type having a unique floor plan, for example.
In FIG. 8, a check mark CM2 is displayed on the A type 494A. A check mark CM2 indicates that the A type 494A is selected.

The first floor plan candidate display portion 481 to the third floor plan candidate display portion 483 correspond to a plurality of floor plan candidates FC. In the present embodiment, "plurality" of a plurality of floor plan candidate FCs indicates three.
Specifically, the first floor plan candidate display portion 481 indicates the first floor plan candidate FC1, the second floor plan candidate display portion 482 indicates the second floor plan candidate FC2, and the third floor plan candidate display portion 483 indicates the third floor plan candidate FC3. The first floor plan candidate FC1 to the third floor plan candidate FC1 correspond to a plurality of floor plan candidates FC.

The first floor plan candidate FC1 to the third floor plan candidate FC3 are determined by the floor plan determination unit 117 as follows. That is, three floor plan candidates FC are stored in the candidate storage unit 122 in advance in association with information indicating each of the frontage size, depth size, and type. Then, the floor plan determination unit 117 reads out the three floor plan candidates FC corresponding to the frontage size, depth size, and type from the candidate storage unit 122, thereby determining the three floor plan candidates FC.

In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the "plurality" of a plurality of floor plan candidate FCs indicates three, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The “plurality” of the plurality of floor plan candidate FCs may be two. In addition, the “plurality” of the plurality of floor plan candidate FCs may be four or more. As the number of displayed multiple items is smaller, the user's effort required for selection can be reduced. The greater the number of displayed plural numbers, the more variations of floor plan candidate FCs that can be selected by the user can be expanded. The “plurality” of the plurality of floor plan candidate FCs is preferably 3 to 20 pieces.

Each of the first floor plan candidate display portion 481 to the third floor plan candidate display portion 483 includes an image showing the floor plan. When the user touches one of the first floor plan candidate display portion 481 to the third floor plan candidate display portion 483, the floor plan determination portion 117 displays the touched floor plan candidate display portion. selects a floor plan candidate FC corresponding to . Then, the floor plan determination unit 117 displays a selection mark MK in the floor plan candidate display portion corresponding to the selected floor plan candidate FC.

The decision button 487 is touched by the user when deciding on a floor plan candidate FC selected from among the three floor plan candidate FCs. When the user touches the decision button 487, the floor plan determination unit 117 determines the floor plan corresponding to the selected floor plan candidate FC.
When the user touches the enter button 487 , the size determination unit 116 determines the frontage size input to the frontage size input unit 492 and determines the depth size input to the depth size input unit 493 .

The cancel button 488 is touched by the user when canceling the selection of the floor plan candidate FC. When the user touches the cancel button 488, the floor plan determination unit 117 returns the selected floor plan candidate FC to a non-selected state, and the floor plan candidate display unit corresponding to the selected floor plan candidate FC is displayed. hides the selected selection mark MK.

The return button 489 is touched by the user when transitioning to a screen displayed before the floor plan selection screen 480 is displayed, for example, the kitchen facility selection screen 460 . When the user touches return button 489 , first control unit 110 changes the screen displayed on smartphone 200 to the screen that was displayed before floor plan selection screen 480 was displayed, for example, kitchen facility selection. Transition to screen 460 .

In this way, the user selects one floor plan candidate display section from the first floor plan candidate display section 481 to the third floor plan candidate display section 483 displayed on the display 210 of the smartphone 200, and presses the OK button. By touching 487, the floor plan can be determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the floor plan of the house that reflects the user's request while reducing the load on the user.

Although the case where the floor plan determination unit 117 determines the floor plan of the first floor of the house using the floor plan selection screen 480 has been described in the present embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The floor plan determination unit 117 may use the floor plan selection screen 480 to determine the floor plan of the first floor and the floor plan of the second floor of the house. In this case, each of the first floor plan candidate display portion 481 to the third floor plan candidate display portion 483 displays an image showing the floor plan on the first floor and an image showing the floor plan on the second floor.

Note that the first control unit 110 of the server device 100 is configured to be able to change the orientation, frontage size, depth size, type, and floor plan of the entrance by receiving instructions from the user via the smartphone 200 .
For example, the user selects one floor plan candidate FC from among a plurality of floor plan candidate FCs stored in the candidate storage unit 122 in association with each of the frontage size, depth size and type. can be changed.

[3. Processing of the first control unit]
9 and 10 are flowcharts showing an example of the processing of the first control unit 110. FIG.
In the present embodiment, the first control unit 110 connects the smartphone 200 to the server device 100 so as to be able to communicate with the server device 100 by the user's operation on the smartphone 200 before executing the processing shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 . First control unit 110 of device 100 acquires information indicating the user in advance via smartphone 200 .
As shown in FIG. 9, first, in step S101, the answer receiving unit 111 selects one question QT from 54 question QTs. Then, answer accepting unit 111 causes display 210 of smartphone 200 to display one selected question QT and two answer candidates ANC corresponding to one question QT.
Next, in step S103, the answer accepting unit 111 determines whether or not an input of an answer AN for selecting one of the two displayed answer candidates ANC has been accepted from the user.
When the answer reception unit 111 determines that the input of the answer AN is not accepted (step S103; NO), the process enters a standby state. If the answer accepting unit 111 determines that the input of the answer AN has been accepted (step S103; YES), the process proceeds to step S105.
Then, in step S105, the answer receiving unit 111 determines whether or not the number of questions NQ for which user answers have been received is greater than or equal to the threshold number NQA. The threshold number NQA is, for example, six.
When the answer receiving unit 111 determines that the number of questions NQ is not equal to or greater than the threshold number NQA (step S105; NO), the process returns to step S101. If the answer receiving unit 111 determines that the number of questions NQ is equal to or greater than the threshold number NQA (step S105; YES), the process proceeds to step S107.

Next, in step S107, the estimating unit 112 selects one lifestyle candidate LSC from among the four lifestyle candidate LSCs by tallying the allocated points PT corresponding to the answer candidate ANC selected by the user. to estimate the user's lifestyle LS. Estimation unit 112 also displays an image showing estimated lifestyle LS on display 210 of smartphone 200 .
Next, in step S109, the first determination unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the second number based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the lifestyle LS of the user. Determine the specifications of the N2 interior materials. In addition, as described with reference to FIG. 6 , the first determination unit 113 determines each of the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members. is displayed on display 210 of smartphone 200 .
Next, in step S111, the equipment candidate determination unit 114 selects a plurality of (in this embodiment, four) kitchen equipment specifications based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the lifestyle LS of the user. A facility candidate EC is determined.
Next, in step S<b>113 , the second determination unit 115 displays the kitchen equipment selection screen 460 shown in FIG. 7 on the display 210 of the smart phone 200 .
Next, in step S115, the second determination unit 115 determines whether or not the specification of the kitchen equipment has been determined by accepting the touch operation of the determination button 467 shown in FIG.
When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of kitchen equipment have not been determined (step S115; NO), the process returns to step S113. When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of the kitchen equipment have been determined (step S115; YES), the process proceeds to step S117.
Then, in step S117, the equipment candidate determination unit 114 selects a plurality of (in this embodiment, four) bath equipment specifications based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. Decide on a candidate.
Next, in step S<b>119 , the second determination unit 115 displays a bath equipment selection screen (not shown) on the display 210 of the smartphone 200 .
Next, in step S121, the second determination unit 115 determines whether or not the specifications of the bath equipment have been determined by receiving a touch operation of an unillustrated determination button.
When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of the bath equipment have not been determined (step S121; NO), the process returns to step S119. When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of the bath equipment have been determined (step S121; YES), the process proceeds to step S123 shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 10, in step S123, the facility candidate determination unit 114 selects a plurality of (in this embodiment, , 4).
Next, in step S<b>125 , the second determination unit 115 displays an unillustrated washing facility selection screen on the display 210 of the smartphone 200 .
Next, in step S127, the second determination unit 115 determines whether or not the specifications of the washroom facilities have been determined by receiving a touch operation of an unillustrated determination button.
When the 2nd determination part 115 determines with not determining the specification of washroom facilities (step S127; NO), a process returns to step S125. When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of the washroom facilities have been determined (step S127; YES), the process proceeds to step S129.
Then, in step S129, the facility candidate determining unit 114 selects a plurality of (in this embodiment, four) toilet facilities indicating specifications of the toilet facilities based on the estimation result of the estimating unit 112, that is, the lifestyle LS of the user. Decide on a candidate.
Next, in step S<b>131 , the second determination unit 115 displays an unillustrated toilet equipment selection screen on the display 210 of the smartphone 200 .
Next, in step S133, the second determination unit 115 determines whether or not the specifications of the toilet equipment have been determined by receiving a touch operation of an unillustrated determination button.
When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of the toilet equipment have not been determined (step S133; NO), the process returns to step S131. When the second determination unit 115 determines that the specifications of the toilet equipment have been determined (step S133; YES), the process proceeds to step S135.

Then, in step S<b>135 , the floor plan determination unit 117 displays a floor plan selection screen 480 shown in FIG. 8 on the display 210 of the smartphone 200 .
Next, in step S<b>137 , the floor plan determination unit 117 determines whether or not the floor plan of the house has been determined by accepting the touch operation of the decision button 487 displayed on the floor plan selection screen 480 .
When the floor plan determination unit 117 determines that the floor plan of the house has not been determined (step S137; NO), the process returns to step S135. When the floor plan determination unit 117 determines that the floor plan of the house has been determined (step S137; YES), the process proceeds to step S139.
Then, in step S139, the calculation unit 118, based on the determination result of the first determination unit 113, the determination result of the second determination unit 115, the determination result of the size determination unit 116, and the determination result of the floor plan determination unit 117, Calculate the price of a house.
Next, in step S141, the transmission unit 119 transmits the housing price calculated by the calculation unit 118 to the smartphone 200, causes the smartphone 200 to display the housing price, and then the process ends.

Step S107 corresponds to an example of an "estimation step." Step S109 corresponds to an example of a "decision step."

In this way, the calculation unit 118 determines the size of the house based on the determination result of the first determination unit 113, the determination result of the second determination unit 115, the determination result of the size determination unit 116, and the determination result of the floor plan determination unit 117. Therefore, it is possible to calculate an appropriate price.
In addition, since the transmission unit 119 transmits the price of the house calculated by the calculation unit 118 to the smartphone 200 and displays the price of the house on the smartphone 200, the user can easily check the price of the house. Therefore, user convenience can be improved.

In addition, the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines four kitchen facility candidates EC based on the user's lifestyle LS, and the user selects one kitchen facility candidate EC from among the four kitchen facility candidates EC. Determine the specifications of the kitchen equipment by choosing. Candidates for bath facilities, washroom facilities, and toilet facilities are also determined in the same manner. In this way, the user can select one candidate from four candidates, and thus can determine facility specifications that suit the user's taste. As a result, user convenience can be improved. In addition, the user has many opportunities to see kitchen equipment, bath equipment, washroom equipment, and toilet equipment in daily life, and the user himself/herself has selection criteria. It can be assumed that a candidate can be selected.
Further, the first determination unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members based on the lifestyle LS of the user. In this manner, the user can easily determine the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members.
Regarding the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members, for example, compared to kitchen equipment, the user has less opportunities to see them in his/her daily life. Since the user himself/herself does not have selection criteria, it is assumed that the user's load will increase significantly if the user is asked to make a selection. Therefore, since the first determination unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members, and the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members based on the user's lifestyle LS, the user load can be reduced. As a result, user convenience can be improved.

[4. Effect of this embodiment]
As described above, the server device 100 according to the present embodiment is the server device 100 that determines the specifications of a house, and based on the user's answers AN to each of a plurality of questions QT, the user's lifestyle LS based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the two or more first number N1 of exterior members constituting the house, and the two or more second number N2 and a first determination unit 113 that determines at least one of:
That is, the estimation unit 112 estimates the user's lifestyle LS based on the user's answer AN to each of the plurality of questions QT, and the first determination unit 113 estimates the housing based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112. at least one of the exterior shape of , specifications of two or more first number N1 of exterior members and specifications of two or more second number N2 of interior members constituting the house.
Therefore, at least one of the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members constituting the house, and the specification of the second number N2 of interior members, which reflects the user's request while reducing the load on the user. one can be easily determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine housing specifications that reflect the user's desires while reducing the load on the user.

Also, the plurality of questions QT include at least one of a question QT3 about housing, a question QT1 about clothes, and a question QT2 about meals.
Therefore, the user's lifestyle LS can be accurately estimated.

In addition, the estimation unit 112 estimates the user's lifestyle LS by selecting one lifestyle candidate LSC from a plurality of preset lifestyle candidates LSC.
Therefore, the user's lifestyle LS can be estimated with a simple configuration.

Further, it further includes an answer accepting unit 111 that determines a user's answer AN by accepting a user's selection of one answer candidate ANC from a plurality of preset answer candidate ANCs, and the estimating unit 112 A user's lifestyle LS is estimated based on the user's answer AN determined by the answer receiving unit 111 .
Therefore, it is possible to accurately estimate the user's lifestyle LS with a simple configuration.

Further, a point storage unit 121 for storing an allotted point PT indicating a correlation with a plurality of lifestyle candidates LSC in association with each of the plurality of answer candidates ANC for each of the plurality of questions QT, and an estimating unit 112 selects one lifestyle candidate LSC from among a plurality of lifestyle candidate LSCs by totaling the allotted points PT corresponding to one answer candidate ANC selected by the user, and presents the user's lifestyle LS. to estimate
Therefore, the user's lifestyle LS can be accurately estimated with a simple configuration while reducing the load on the user.

In addition, a priority order is determined in advance for each of the plurality of lifestyle candidate LSCs, and the estimating unit 112 selects one lifestyle candidate LSC by tabulating the allotted points PT. A user's lifestyle LS is estimated based on the ranking.
Therefore, the user's lifestyle LS can be reliably estimated.

Further, a candidate storage unit 122 for storing a plurality of shape candidates SC indicating the exterior shape of the house is further provided. The exterior shape of the house is determined by selecting one shape candidate SC.
Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to easily determine the exterior shape of the house that reflects the user's desires.

The candidate storage unit 122 further includes a candidate storage unit 122 that stores a plurality of exterior candidate PCs indicating combinations of specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members. By selecting one exterior candidate PC from a plurality of exterior candidate PCs, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members are determined.
Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members that reflect the user's request. Further, by selecting one exterior candidate PC from a plurality of exterior candidate PCs, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members are determined, so the exterior member specifications can be efficiently determined.

The candidate storage unit 122 further includes a candidate storage unit 122 that stores a plurality of interior candidate JCs indicating combinations of specifications of the second number N2 of interior members. By selecting one interior candidate JC from a plurality of interior candidate JCs, the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members are determined.
Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members that reflect the user's desires. Further, by selecting one interior candidate JC from a plurality of interior candidates JC, the specifications of the second number N2 of interior members are determined, so that the specifications of the interior members can be efficiently determined.

Also, based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, a facility candidate determination unit 114 that determines a plurality of facility candidates indicating specifications of each of the kitchen equipment, the bath equipment, the washroom equipment, and the toilet equipment, and based on the user's instruction , and a second determining unit 115 that determines specifications of each of the kitchen equipment, the bath equipment, the washbasin equipment, and the toilet equipment by selecting one equipment candidate from among the plurality of equipment candidates.
Therefore, since the facility candidate determination unit 114 determines a plurality of facility candidates indicating the specifications of each of the kitchen facility, the bath facility, the washroom facility, and the toilet facility based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, the load on the user is reduced. It is possible to determine a plurality of equipment candidates that reflect the specifications of the kitchen equipment, the bath equipment, the washbasin equipment, and the toilet equipment while reducing the burden on the user.
In addition, the second determination unit 115 selects one facility candidate from a plurality of facility candidates based on the user's instruction, thereby determining the specifications of each of the kitchen facility, the bath facility, the washroom facility, and the toilet facility. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine the specifications of each of the kitchen equipment, the bath equipment, the washbasin equipment, and the toilet equipment with a simple configuration.

Also, a size determination unit 116 that determines the frontage and depth of the house based on the user's instruction, a floor plan determination unit 117 that determines the layout of the house based on the determination result of the size determination unit 116, and a first determination unit A calculation unit 118 that calculates the price of the house based on the determination result of the unit 113, the determination result of the second determination unit 115, the determination result of the size determination unit 116, and the determination result of the floor plan determination unit 117. .
Therefore, the calculation unit 118 calculates the price of the house based on the determination result of the first determination unit 113, the determination result of the second determination unit 115, the determination result of the size determination unit 116, and the determination result of the floor plan determination unit 117. Therefore, it is possible to accurately calculate the housing price with a simple configuration.

Further, the housing specification determination method according to the present embodiment is a housing specification determination method of the server device 100 that includes the first processor 110A and determines the specifications of the housing, and the first processor 110A is configured to generate a plurality of questions QT. An estimation step of estimating the user's lifestyle LS based on the user's answer AN to each, and the first processor 110A based on the estimation result of the estimation step, the exterior shape of the house, two things that constitute the house A determining step of determining at least one of the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members and the specifications of two or more second number N2 of interior members.
That is, in the estimation step, the user's lifestyle LS is estimated based on the user's answer AN to each of a plurality of questions QT. At least one of the shape, the specifications of the two or more first number N1 of exterior members, and the two or more specifications of the two or more second number N2 of interior members are determined.
Therefore, at least one of the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the first number N1 of exterior members constituting the house, and the specification of the second number N2 of interior members, which reflects the user's request while reducing the load on the user. one can be easily determined. Therefore, it is possible to easily determine housing specifications that reflect the user's desires while reducing the load on the user.

More specifically, the server device 100 according to the present embodiment calculates the exterior shape of the house desired by the user (customer), the specifications of the exterior members, the specifications of the interior members, the specifications of the standard equipment, and the floor plan. Functional units (response reception unit 111, estimation unit 112, first determination unit 113, equipment candidate determination unit 114, second determination unit 115, size determination unit 116, and floor plan determination unit 117), and a calculation unit 118 that calculates the price of the house desired by the user based on the specifications of the house determined by these functional units.
Note that the above-mentioned standard equipment refers to equipment that is standard (generally) attached in advance when a house is sold, and corresponds to kitchen equipment, bath equipment, washbasin equipment, and toilet equipment, which can be said to be plumbing equipment.

In this way, when calculating the estimate of the price of the house desired by the user, the server device 100 calculates the external shape of the house desired by the user, the specifications of the exterior members, the specifications of the interior members, the specifications of the standard equipment, and The specifications of the house including at least the floor plan are determined based on the user's operation on the terminal device (smartphone 200 or the like), and the price of the house is calculated and estimated based on the specifications of the house.

The estimate of such a house includes the exterior shape, the specifications of the exterior materials, the specifications of the interior materials, the specifications of the standard equipment, and the floor plan, which are the elements that greatly affect the price. A more accurate price can be presented to the user.
In addition, since the specifications of the interior materials are determined by the user at the time of the estimate, there is no need to request an expert (a so-called interior coordinator) to coordinate the interior materials when designing the specific housing. becomes. This removes the uncertainty of the cost of the expert from the user's home purchase cost, bringing the quoted price closer to the actual home purchase cost.
Furthermore, since the external shape of the house desired by the user, the specifications of the exterior materials, the specifications of the interior materials, the specifications of the standard equipment, and the room layout are determined in advance at the time of the estimate, the user is then sent to the sales office of the company that builds the house. When the user visits the sales office, the user can save the trouble of explaining the requests for various specifications to the sales representative of the sales office, and the business negotiations can proceed smoothly and promptly with the sales representative. can.

[5. Other embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the configurations of the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in various aspects without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, a case where the "housing specification determination device" is configured by the server device 100 will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is sufficient that the “housing specification determining device” can communicate with the smart phone 200 and the personal computer 300 . The "housing specification determining device" may be configured by, for example, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like.
Also, the "housing specification determining apparatus" may be configured by, for example, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, etc., and the "housing specification determining apparatus" may receive instructions from the user. In this case, housing specification determination system 1 does not need to include smartphone 200 .

In addition, in the present embodiment, the first determination unit 113 determines the exterior shape of the house, the two or more first number N1 of exteriors constituting the house, based on the estimation result of the estimation unit 112, that is, the user's lifestyle LS. The specifications of the members and the specifications of the two or more second number N2 of interior members are determined, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The first determining unit 113 determines at least one of the exterior shape of the house, the specifications of the two or more first number N1 of exterior members that constitute the house, and the two or more specifications of the second number N2 of interior members. You just have to decide.

Also, in this embodiment, the plurality of questions QT consist of a question QT3 about housing, a question QT1 about clothes, and a question QT2 about meals, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. A plurality of questions QT may include at least one of a question QT3 about housing, a question QT1 about clothes, and a question QT2 about meals. That is, a plurality of questions QT may be composed of a question QT3 about housing and a question QT1 about clothes, or a plurality of questions QT may be composed of a question QT3 about housing and a question QT2 about meals. good too.

Further, in the present embodiment, the estimation unit 112 selects one lifestyle candidate LSC from a plurality of lifestyle candidate LSCs by summing up the allotted points PT corresponding to the answer candidate ANC selected by the user. to estimate the user's lifestyle LS, but the present invention is not limited to this. The estimation unit 112 may estimate the user's lifestyle LS based on the user's answer AN determined by the answer reception unit 111 . The estimation unit 112 may estimate the user's lifestyle LS by, for example, machine learning such as deep learning.

At least some of the functional blocks shown in FIG. 2 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by cooperation of hardware and software. It is not limited to a configuration in which hardware resources are arranged.
Also, the first control program executed by the first control unit 110 may be stored in another storage unit within the memory. Also, a control program stored in an external device may be acquired via a communication unit or the like and executed.

9 and 10 are divided according to the main processing contents in order to facilitate understanding of the processing of the first control unit 110 . The embodiment is not limited by the division method or names of the processing units shown in the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 . Further, the processing of the first control unit 110 can be divided into more processing units according to the processing contents, or can be divided so that one processing unit includes more processing. Also, the processing order of the above flowchart is not limited to the illustrated example.

1 housing specification determination system 100 server device (housing specification determination device)
110 first control unit 110A first processor (computer)
110B first memory 111 answer reception unit 112 estimation unit 113 first determination unit 114 facility candidate determination unit 115 second determination unit 116 size determination unit 117 floor plan determination unit 118 calculation unit 119 transmission unit 121 allocation point storage unit 122 candidate storage unit ( shape candidate storage unit, exterior candidate storage unit, interior candidate storage unit)
123 result storage unit 200 smartphone 210 display 220 touch sensor 230 second control unit 230A second processor 230B second memory 300 personal computer 310 display 320 third control unit 320A third processor 320B third memory 401 first shape candidate display unit 421 First exterior candidate display section 441 First interior candidate display section 460 Kitchen facility selection screen 480 Floor plan selection screen AN Answer ANC Answer candidate SC Shape candidate PC Exterior candidate JC Interior candidate EC Facility candidate FC Floor plan candidate LS Lifestyle LSC Lifestyle Candidate LSC1 First lifestyle candidate LSC2 Second lifestyle candidate LSC3 Third lifestyle candidate LSC4 Fourth lifestyle candidate N1 First number N2 Second number QT, QT1, QT2, QT3 Questions PT, PT1, PT2, PT3 Scoring TB , TB1, TB2, TB3 Scoring table

Claims (7)

A housing specification determination device for determining housing specifications based on a lifestyle,
an answer receiving unit that determines the user's answer by accepting from the user a selection of one answer candidate from among a plurality of preset answer candidates for each of a plurality of questions;
an estimation unit for estimating the user's lifestyle by selecting one lifestyle candidate from a plurality of preset lifestyle candidates based on the user's answer;
an allotted point storage unit that stores, in association with each of the plurality of answer candidates, allotted points indicating correlation with the plurality of lifestyle candidates;
with
The answer receiving unit selects an arbitrary question from the plurality of questions, and the estimation unit aggregates the points based on the user's answer to the arbitrary question, and calculates the lifestyle of the user. to estimate
Housing specification determination device. The allotted points are set to be equal among each of the plurality of lifestyle candidates,
The housing specification determination device according to claim 1. The answer receiving unit randomly selects an arbitrary question from the plurality of questions, and selects one answer candidate from a plurality of preset answer candidates for each of the selected arbitrary questions. 3. The housing specification determining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said user's answer is determined by receiving a selection from a user. 4. The estimating unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the estimating unit selects a lifestyle candidate with a large aggregated score from among the plurality of lifestyle candidates, and estimates the selected lifestyle candidate as the user's lifestyle. The housing specification determining device according to item 1. The housing specification determining apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said allotted points are set in association with each of said plurality of lifestyle candidates. 6. The housing specification determining apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said question includes any one of questions about "clothes", "meal", and "housing". 7. Any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a first determination unit that determines at least one of an exterior shape of the house, specifications of exterior members, and specifications of interior members based on the estimation result of the estimation unit. The housing specification determining device according to item 1.

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