KR20050114020A - System and method for selling an articles of apparel and clothing accessories using the online virtual wearing service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for selling apparel related goods, and more particularly, to a system and method for selling apparel related goods using a virtual wearing service.

In general, the consumer is foreign from clothing-related products (including clothing and other items including underwear, jewelry, accessories, wallets, bags, shoes, belts, cosmetics, golf products, as well as interior accessories and furniture) In order to purchase a product, a purchase decision is made while comparing and selecting products of various brands at a store in a shopping mall. In addition, in the case of products of brands that are not in Korea, especially in the world of luxury goods, it is difficult for consumers to judge the luxury goods, which makes it difficult to purchase them on the Internet. It is difficult to determine whether it is a cognitive model, and furthermore, it is difficult to check the authenticity of the product.

In consideration of these limitations, the recently proposed virtual wear service allows users to wear virtual clothes or wear accessories such as sunglasses on the computer to check their appearance before purchasing a product.

However, since the existing Internet shopping mall using the virtual wearing service is implemented on the web, there is a problem in that the actual product and the color, shape, and material are greatly different, and thus the reality is inferior.

Therefore, the present invention can solve the problems described above, can choose a variety of overseas goods in one place, and the range of the selection is not only wide, but also can buy the products of the brand not entered in Korea, By virtually wearing a model of the same size as yours or a picture of yourself through the large screen installed in the membership shopping mall, you can objectively observe yourself wearing the items you want to purchase and get the most out of yourself with the help of a professional coordinator. The present invention provides a system and method for selling apparel related products using an online virtual wearing service in an offline membership shopping mall where suitable products can be purchased.

Description

System and Method for selling an articles of apparel and clothing accessories using the online virtual wearing service}

The present invention relates to a system and method for selling apparel related products using an online virtual wearing service in an offline membership shopping mall.

More specifically, the present invention suggests that a member, who is registered in the membership shopping mall offline, virtually wears a product selected by a model or his photo of the same size as his or her physical model on a large screen installed in the membership shopping mall, and subscribes through a professional coordinator. The present invention relates to a system and method for selling apparel related goods using a virtual wearing service that receives products modified and reflected by members.

In general, when a consumer wants to purchase a foreign product among apparel-related products, a purchase decision is made by comparing and selecting products of various brands at a store in a shopping mall. However, especially in case of luxury goods, it is difficult to have all the goods in the store, and if various products are displayed, the loss occurs due to inventory, and the installation and management cost of the store is additionally required. The price of is increased and this increases the consumer burden. In addition, in the case of a brand that has not entered the domestic market, it is difficult for consumers to judge the luxury goods, so it is burdensome to purchase it on the Internet, and the accurate information about the product is insufficient. It is difficult, and furthermore, it is difficult to confirm whether the product is genuine.

In consideration of these limitations, virtual wear services have recently been proposed on the Internet. This virtual wearing service allows you to see virtually wearing an avatar on your computer or wearing accessories such as sunglasses to see how you wear it before you buy it. And a fashion service method and apparatus thereof (Publication No. 2003-0080715), and "Method and apparatus for providing a virtual wearing service on a commerce network system" (Publication No. 2001-0083977).

The virtual wear service disclosed in the patent publication is a simulation method of applying clothes to a cyber model, and a simulation method in which a customer wears a clothes image after registering his face image and body information and selecting a desired clothes. Consists of.

However, since the existing Internet shopping mall using the virtual wearing service is implemented on the web, there is a problem in that the actual product and the color, shape, and material are greatly different, and thus the reality is inferior.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention reduces membership costs and distribution margin due to product inventory and installation and management costs of a store, and is a one-stop shopping mall (member house operated by a membership system). It is a shopping mall of the type, which can be used by non-members to accompany the members.) It can lower the price range of the product dramatically and can select various foreign brands from one place. You can also purchase products of brands that do not enter the shop, and you can observe your appearance objectively by suggesting that you wear a model of the same size as yours or a picture of yourself on the large screen installed in the membership shopping mall. With the help of you can buy the best products for yourself Aims to provide the apparel product sales system and method using a virtual on-line service wear in the mall on the offline subscription.

In addition, the present invention can visually confirm the color, shape, and material of the product by providing a catalog or an actual product displayed directly from the order product company, the catalog year is accurately described the release year, the product is a new product It is possible to determine exactly whether it is a commodity, and furthermore, since the ordered product is delivered by express directly from the local area, the origin can be directly confirmed by the consumer, which can increase customer reliability.

Apparel-related product sales system using the virtual wearing service on-line in the offline membership system shopping mall according to the present invention for achieving the above object in the clothing-related product sales system, the environment providing server for providing a clothing-related product sales environment (10) The clothing-related product data storage DB 20 and the environment-providing server 10 are connected to the environment providing server 10 to collect and store a plurality of retrieved clothing-related product data and store them according to a predetermined criterion. A member affiliated with a clothing-related product data provider 30 for providing various clothing-related product data stored in the clothing-related product data storage DB 20 and accessing the environment providing server 10 to view various clothing-related product data. A consumer management server 40 that manages the consumer, and accesses to the Internet network to search for various apparel related product data and make purchase requests A plurality of membership shopping mall server 500 and the clothing-related goods to use the virtual wearing service while consulting with the professional coordinator of the store in the offline membership shopping mall to determine the clothing-related product data in the membership shopping mall server 500 The catalog providing unit 62 for reading the photographing unit, and the shooting preview unit 50 for selecting the clothing-related products desired by the catalog providing unit 62 and photographing the member's state for the simulation process. A coordinator's computer 64 for editing clothing-related goods by viewing the member's appearance suggested through 50 is included.

In addition, the clothing-related product selling method using the virtual wearing service on-line in the offline membership system shopping mall according to the present invention, step (S1) opening the offline membership system shopping mall in which the membership shopping mall server 500 is installed; Registering as a member of the membership shopping mall established in the opening step (S1) to provide his / her detailed information (S2); and providing a body information to make a database (S3); A step in which the member registered in the registration step (S2) directly visits the member-based shopping mall opened in S1 and looks at the clothing-related product catalog provided in the complex shopping mall and selects a desired product on-line and on-line (S4); A step in which a professional coordinator simulates a virtual wear of a product selected by a member in the selection step (S4) as a three-dimensional stereoscopic image image of the member's full body photographed in the database step (S3) (S5); A purchase confirmation and a payment step (S6) in which the member selects the final product by looking at the virtual wearing as the 3D stereoscopic image in the virtual wearing simulation step (S5); The purchase confirmation and payment for the product includes a method for selling apparel-related goods using a virtual wearing service, comprising the step (S7) of delivering the ordered product to the member via an overseas branch.

In addition, in the simulation step (S5) for the whole garment including jewelry, jewelry, accessories, purses, bags, shoes, belts, cosmetics, golf goods, such as personalized goods, processing a full-body picture of the member as a three-dimensional stereoscopic image Step S51; Virtually wearing the selected product on the three-dimensional stereoscopic image processed in the processing step (S51) (S52); Computer simulation of a three-dimensional stereoscopic image virtually worn in the virtual wearing step (S52); Suggesting the computer simulation on a large screen (S54); And viewing the virtual wearing simulation suggested in the preview step S54 and exchanging opinions with a professional coordinator, the member, and other members, offline and online, and correcting the product (S55).

In addition, the simulation step (S5) computer simulation of the selected product in the three-dimensional stereoscopic image for the interior goods (S501); Suggesting the computer simulation on a large screen (S502); And viewing the computer simulation suggested in the preview step S502, and modifying a product by exchanging opinions with a professional coordinator, the member, and other members, both offline and online.

In addition, in the order goods delivery step (S7), the specific information of the goods determined in the purchase confirmation and payment step (S6) of the transfer to the overseas branch and instructs the purchase (S71); Requesting a purchase of a product which has been purchased at an overseas branch which has been instructed to purchase in the instruction step (S71) (S72); And a step S73 of supplying the ordered product requested in the purchase request step S72 to the order member by express delivery.

Therefore, the present invention can visually confirm the color, shape, and material of the product with the naked eye by providing a catalog manufactured directly by the order product company, and the catalog year is accurately described as the year of release, and whether the product is a new product. In addition, since the purchased product is delivered by express directly from overseas, the buyer can finally confirm that it is not a fake product made in China or other countries. There is a feature to increase.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an online apparel related product sales system according to the present invention, in the apparel related product sales system using an online virtual wearing service in an offline membership shopping mall, FIG. 1 is an environment providing server 10 and the environment. Apparel-related product data storage DB 20, which manages to collect and store a plurality of clothing-related product data retrieved by accessing the providing server 10, according to a predetermined criterion, connected to the environment providing server 10 to the clothing-related Consumer-related management of the consumer to access the clothing-related product data provider 30, which provides a variety of clothing-related product data stored in the product data storage DB 20, the environment providing server 10 to view a variety of clothing-related product data A plurality of membership shopping mall servers 500 that can access a server 40 and an internet network to search and request various apparel related product data. ).

In addition, the clothing-related product sales system using the virtual wearing service on-line at the membership shopping mall server 500 uses the virtual wearing service while consulting with a professional coordinator of the store at the membership shopping mall when selecting the product to determine the clothing-related product data. A catalog providing unit 62 for viewing clothing-related products so as to select a clothing-related product desired by the catalog providing unit 62, and a shooting preview unit 50 for photographing a member's state for simulation processing; It includes a computer 64 and a member computer 66 of the coordinator for editing the clothing-related goods by looking at the status of the member himself suggested through the shooting preview unit 50.

The clothing-related products include all kinds of clothing including underwear, jewelry, accessories, wallets, bags, shoes, belts, cosmetics, golf products, as well as interior accessories, furniture, and the like.

In addition, the clothing-related product sales system using the virtual wearing service is a clothing-related product data provider 30 from the clothing-related product data storage D / B (20) connected to the environment providing server 10, the specific clothing-related product data through the Internet communication network It provides to the membership system shopping mall server (500). Next, the membership shopping mall server 500 transmits the specific clothing-related product data to the coordinator's computer 64, and the coordinator's computer 64 again transmits the clothing-related product data input by the coordinator as digital data through the Internet communication network. Transfer to the environment providing server (10). That is, using the computer 64 of the coordinator connected to the membership-based shopping mall server 500, whether or not the order of the goods is determined through consultation between the consumer and the coordinator. Accordingly, the consumer who is a member of the membership shopping mall can easily determine whether to order the product by looking at the corresponding clothing-related product data.

     In addition, it includes a plurality of member computers 66 connected to the coordinator's computer 64 to allow members of the membership shopping mall to directly edit apparel related products. However, it is also possible to install the general user's computer, not exclusively for the membership shopping mall.

Hereinafter, a method of selling apparel related products using an online virtual wearing service in an offline membership shopping mall will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for selling apparel related products using an online virtual wearing service in an offline membership shopping mall.

In FIG. 2, in the offline membership shopping mall where the membership shopping mall server 500 is installed, a computer 64 and a member computer 66 of a member management coordinator are installed, respectively, connected to the Internet by installing a large screen of a person's life size. There is a professional coordinator. The Membership Shopping Mall is a space where you can enjoy shopping, entertainment, and relaxation at the same time.It serves as a meeting place for members by providing interiors, movie screenings, and simple food and beverages that fit the members' tastes. It is to provide a cultural space that can serve as a center of fashion culture to create new fashions for children. In addition, the offline membership system shopping mall of the present invention allows the internal stores to be subdivided into income, hierarchy, gender, region, etc. to enable information sharing and friendship among members with similar product preferences and preferences. In addition, the offline membership system shopping mall of the present invention has a head office in a specific place, if necessary, branches in major cities of each region and each branch and branches share the member's D / B so that the member system in any region in the country The shopping mall server 500 may be used, and orders of goods determined and purchased by the member are not individually performed at each branch, but are instructed to be directly purchased to the overseas branch office 600 at the head office (S1).

The offline membership system shopping mall established in the establishment step (S1) in the above recruits members and registers the members in the membership system shopping mall server 500. At this time, the members are online in their general personal details, for example, If you provide information on the name, address, telephone number, gender, social security number, age, etc. that you allow, and create your own ID and password to register your membership, the information on the personal details of the members provided above is converted into a database and used as a consumer management server ( 40) (S2).

The member registered in the registration step (S2) is the member body shopping mall server 500, the body information, for example, the body size (height, weight, chest circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference, arm length, leg length, ankle of the member) Circumference, foot length, neck circumference, etc.), skin color, preferred color taste, fashion taste, accessory and accessory taste information is collected and the whole body picture is taken by the photographing unit 50 to D / B. The whole body picture of the photographing unit 50 needs a front picture, a side picture, and a back picture, respectively, and should be a picture that accurately shows the hair style, skin color, and even the shape of the foot (S3).

Members photographed in the photographing preview unit 50 selects a desired product from the clothing-related product catalogs provided in the on-line and off-line complex shopping malls. In the catalog providing unit 62, a manufacturing company name and a brand name are described, and products are classified according to seasons, so that the release date of the product can be clearly understood. It also contains information on the color and material of the product.It also includes a wide range of brands including interior accessories and furniture, as well as personalized clothing including underwear, jewelry, accessories, wallets, bags, shoes, belts, cosmetics and golf products. Introduce foreign products and set up a separate corner to introduce foreign brands that are not introduced in Korea. Furthermore, it provides a catalog service that recommends individual customized products based on the member's database information and provides fashion information such as the coordination method and the latest trend (S4).

In the product selection step (S4), the products directly selected by the members from the catalog are coordinated with the product selected by the member on the coordinator's computer 64 to process the 3D stereoscopic image through the shooting preview unit 50. The virtual model is worn on the member's real model and simulated in a three-dimensional image (S5), the member sees the picture taken by the shooting preview unit 50, through (S5) to confirm the purchase intention for the product and pay the price Make a payment (S6).

If the payment is justified in the purchase confirmation and payment step (S6), in the next step, the coordinator's computer 64 instructs the purchase of the product selected by the member through the Internet connected to the overseas branch office 600, and The overseas branch 600 requests the order product company 620 to purchase the confirmed goods purchased from the photographing preview unit 50, and the order goods are dispatched to a place designated by the member. If a customer request is made AS (S7).

FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart illustrating simulation steps of personal goods including whole garments, jewelry, accessories, wallets, bags, shoes, belts, cosmetics, golf goods, and the like including underwear in the online three-dimensional image of FIG. 2; When described in detail as follows.

In the simulation step S5 of FIG.

The whole body picture of the member photographed by the photographing unit 50 and inputted on the web by a scanner or a camera is processed into a 3D stereoscopic image (S51).

When the professional coordinator enters the member's ID and password in the coordinator's computer 64, one side of the computer web page is a full-body picture of the member processed as a 3D stereoscopic image from the shooting preview unit 50 in the processing step (S51). The display screen is displayed, and on the other side, a screen displaying a product that can be dragged from the clothing-related product data storage D / B 20 is displayed. Then, the coordinator virtually wears the product selected by the customer and the product he or she coordinated onto the member's three-dimensional model by using Java Scrap's layer function. In this case, individual outfit coordination will be presented so that the overall outfit, shoes, makeup, accessories and props, and even facial expressions and mood can be perfectly harmonized (S52).

The whole body picture of the member who is virtually worn in the virtual wearing step (S52) is simulated by the shooting preview unit 50 as a 3D image. Simulating the operation such as walking, such as a fashion show, so that the member can see the image of the actual and effectively selected products (S53).

In the simulation step (S53), a simulation using a full-body picture of a member who virtually wears a product is suggested on a large screen connected to the computer 64 of the coordinator. In the case of a service that wears a product to an avatar on an existing Internet, it must be implemented through a limited screen on the Internet, and thus there is a difference in resolution and size from the real, whereas the present invention provides a large-sized screen and a high resolution image quality. It can give you a realistic feeling of wearing clothes. In addition, the large screen that shows the actual costumes can be seen by many people gathered in the membership shopping mall, so that not only the opinion of the professional coordinator but also the members' computers connected to other members offline and online, if desired In (66), the chat is possible, while exchanging various opinions to create an environment in which the most suitable product can be selected (S54).

Simulation simulated through the large screen in the preview step (S54) collects the opinions of members, other members and professional coordinator to modify the color, size, length, design, etc. of the product (S55). Therefore, the modified simulation worn by replacing the modified product in S55 is suggested through a large screen, and the member selects a product with a satisfactory design.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a detailed simulation step of interior goods in the online three-dimensional image of FIG. 2. In the simulation step S5 of FIG. 2, FIG.

The professional coordinator simulates the interior goods selected by the customer in the coordinator's computer 64 as a 3D image in the photographing preview unit 50 (S501).

In the simulation step S501, the simulation of the product is suggested on the large screen connected to the coordinator's computer 64 (S502).

Simulation simulated through the large screen in the preview step (S502) collects the opinions of members, other members and professional coordinator to modify the color, size, length, design, etc. of the interior product (S503). Therefore, by changing to the modified interior goods in S503 suggests the simulation of the modified interior goods through the large screen, the member selects a product with a satisfactory design.

Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating the express for the delivery of the ordered goods proceeding after the member confirms the purchase of goods in detail as follows.

In express delivery step S7 of Fig. 2,

After the payment is justified in the purchase confirmation and payment step (S6), the coordinator's computer 64 of the purchase confirmation product 50 transmitted from the shooting preview unit 50 through the Internet connected to the overseas branch 600. The information will be provided to instruct the overseas branch office to purchase the product selected by the member. The specific product information refers to the color, size, length, design, etc. of the product (S71).

The foreign branch 600 instructed in the purchase instruction step (S71) requests the order product company 620 to purchase the confirmed product. At this time, not only the information of the purchase-confirmed product transmitted from the photographing preview unit 50, but also necessary information so as to be dispatched to a place designated by the member is provided (S72).

The express delivery of the ordered goods is a place designated by the ordering member using an internationally reputable express company such as Fedex, DHL, UPS, etc., so that the originator can directly check the country of origin. Shipping to (S73).

In addition, in the present invention, for example, when a member is difficult to directly visit a member shopping mall on-line, a professional coordinator possesses a portable computer and clothing-related product catalog including a member's body information database and visits the member directly. The step of FIG. 2 can be implemented in this way, thereby saving time required to directly visit the offline shopping complex. In addition, in the present invention, the member does not collect the opinions of the professional coordinator or other members by using the member computer 66 provided in the membership shopping mall on-line, the user directly performs a simulation step (S5) and selects the product immediately after ordering. It is also possible to determine whether or not.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the general knowledge in the field of the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone with a variety of modifications are possible, of course, such modifications will be within the scope of the claims.

As described above, a system and method for selling apparel-related goods using an online virtual wear service in an offline membership shopping mall of the present invention is one-stop by reducing incidental costs and distribution margins due to inventory occurrence of goods and installation and management costs of stores. By operating a membership-based shopping mall operated by the method, the price range of products can be drastically lowered, and overseas goods of various brands can be selected at one place, and the range of choice is wide, and the products of brands not entered in Korea can be purchased. By suggesting on the large screen what is virtually worn on a model or photo of your own size, you can objectively observe yourself and purchase the products that are best for you with the help of a professional coordinator and other members. That has a very useful effect.

In addition, the present invention can visually confirm the color, shape, and material of the product by providing a catalog or an actual product displayed directly from the order product company, the catalog year is accurately described the release year, the product is a new product It is possible to determine exactly whether it is a commodity, and moreover, since the purchased product is delivered by express delivery from the local area, the origin can be directly confirmed by the consumer.

1 is a block diagram of a system for selling apparel related goods online;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for selling apparel related products using an online virtual wearing service in an offline membership shopping mall;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a simulation of a new miscellaneous goods product in an online three-dimensional image of FIG. 2;

4 is a flowchart showing a simulation of interior goods in an online three-dimensional image of FIG. 2, and

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing the express delivery for the delivery of the ordered goods proceeding after the member confirms the purchase of the goods.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: environment providing server

20: Clothing-related product data storage DB

30: Apparel product data provider

40: consumer management server

50: shooting preview

62: catalog provider

64: coordinator's computer

500: Membership Shopping Mall Server

600: Overseas Branch

620: Custom Products Company

Claims (6)

In the apparel sales system, An environment providing server 10 for providing a clothing-related goods selling environment, and accessing the environment providing server 10 to collect and store a plurality of clothing-related product data retrieved and stored according to a predetermined criterion. / B (20), the clothing-related goods data provider 30 to provide a variety of clothing-related goods data stored in the clothing-related goods data storage D / B (20) to access the environment providing server 10, the environment provided A consumer management server 40 for managing a consumer who is a subscription member accessing the server 10 to view various apparel related product data, and a plurality of member systems that can search for and request various apparel related product data by accessing the Internet network. In order to determine the apparel-related product data in the shopping mall server 500 and the membership shopping mall server 500, a professional coordinator of a store in the membership shopping mall is purchased when the product is purchased. A catalog providing unit 62 for viewing a garment-related product to use a virtual wearing service while consulting, and a photograph for selecting a desired garment-related product in the catalog providing unit 62 and photographing a member for a simulation process. A member computer connected to the preview unit 50, the coordinator's computer 64 for editing the clothing-related goods by viewing the member himself / herself suggested through the photographing preview unit 50, and the computer 64 of the coordinator. Apparel-related product sales system using a virtual wearing service, characterized in that it comprises (66). In the method of selling apparel related products using the virtual wearing service on-line in the offline membership shopping mall, Opening a membership shopping mall on-line in which the membership shopping mall server 500 is installed (S1); Registering as a member of the membership shopping mall established in the opening step (S1) to provide his / her detailed information (S2); and providing a body information to make a database (S3); The member registered in the registration step (S2) directly visits the membership system shopping mall opened in the opening step (S1) and selects a desired product on-line and online by viewing the clothing-related product catalog in the membership shopping mall ( S4); A step in which a professional coordinator simulates a virtual wear of a product selected by a member in the selection step (S4) as a three-dimensional stereoscopic image image of the member's full body photographed in the database step (S3) (S5); A purchase confirmation and payment step (S6) in which the member selects the final product by looking at the virtual wearing as the 3D stereoscopic image in the simulation step (S5); The method of selling a garment-related product using a virtual wearing service, characterized in that it comprises the step (S7) to the member of the purchase confirmation and the payment of the goods paid by the overseas branch to the place designated by the member. The method according to claim 2, The offline membership shopping mall is a clothing-related product sales system using a virtual wearing service, characterized in that the internal stores are divided into income, class, gender, region, and the like. The method according to claim 2, In the simulation step (S5), the step (S51) of processing a three-dimensional stereoscopic image of the member's full body picture; Virtually wearing the selected product on the three-dimensional stereoscopic image processed in the processing step (S51) (S52); Computer simulation of a three-dimensional stereoscopic image virtually worn in the virtual wearing step (S52); Suggesting the computer simulation on a large screen (S54); And viewing the computer simulation suggested in the preview step S54, and modifying the product by exchanging opinions with a professional coordinator, the member, and other members, both offline and online, in operation S55. How to sell apparel related goods using wear services. The method according to claim 2, The clothing-related product is a clothing-related product selling method using a virtual wearing service, characterized in that it comprises an interior accessory and furniture. The method according to claim 2, In the order product delivery step (S7), the specific information of the order goods delivered to the overseas branch and instructing the purchase (S71); Requesting the purchase of the ordered product from the ordering company at an overseas branch which has been instructed to purchase in the indicating step (S71) (S72); The method for selling apparel-related goods using a virtual wearing service, characterized in that it comprises a step (S73) for sending the ordered product requested to the purchase request in the purchase request step (S72) to the order member specified place.