KR20100130745A - On-line automobile shopping system and the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method of online car shopping providing a 3D computer graphic of a car of a car component, thereby more conveniently shop. CONSTITUTION: A web server(30) provides a sale service of a car and a car components. A web server provides a car and a car component by connecting with a game server in a 3D image. A database server(20) stores client login information, or information about the car and the car component and additional function information. By using car information which a client inputted or selected, the game server provides test driving or 3D computer game.

Description

On-line automobile shopping system and the method

The present invention relates to an online car shopping system. In more detail, when a user inputs information of a vehicle owned by a user or selects a desired vehicle, 3D, that is, three-dimensional computer graphics, provides a near-life stereoscopic image. The present invention relates to an online car shopping system and a method for making shopping easier and interworking with additional services such as games.

Recently, various types of services are being developed due to the rapid development of the Internet industry, and in terms of commercial use of the Internet, electronic commerce is a representative example.

In other words, shopping or financial transactions can be made faster and more easily through time and space constraints through computers and virtual spaces.

In particular, shopping by e-commerce allows you to check the products you want to purchase among the products displayed in the cyber space, make purchases in real time, and make payments so that you can easily purchase products without visiting the store intentionally. Is spreading rapidly across.

Among various fields, the present invention relates to an online car or auto parts shopping system, and a conventional online car shopping mall provides detailed information of a car or an auto part through a picture and text-oriented description.

Such a conventional online car shopping system has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to check the appearance when the parts are mounted in a vehicle owned by the user.

In order to solve this problem, a technology for providing a three-dimensional shape with respect to a replacement part through three-dimensional (3D) computer graphics has been developed.

However, there are VRML, Cult3d, JAVA 3D, etc., but the current technology of implementing 3D computer graphics has been unreasonable for the detailed description of the product, and thus cannot escape the existing two-dimensional photographic image.

On the other hand, the game engine in the 3D game field can be implemented very much like the real thing.

For example, game engines have already been introduced and used for various engines, shading techniques, lighting techniques, and normal maps to enhance the realism and immersion.

By using such a game engine, it is possible to increase the convenience and reliability of online car shopping by providing high quality three-dimensional visual information at the time of product purchase by interworking with a web server.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above conventional problems,

First, the online car shopping system according to the present invention provides a sales service of a vehicle and vehicle parts, and a web server interlocking with a game server to provide a vehicle and vehicle parts input by a customer in 3D image; It is connected to the web server, and is connected to the database server and the database server and the web server for storing and managing the login information of the customer or information on the vehicle and vehicle parts and additional function information, and the vehicle information entered or selected by the customer By using a, it is configured as a game server that provides a test driving or 3D computer games, by providing a vehicle and vehicle parts in 3D computer graphics to facilitate shopping and enjoy the game together with shopping.

Second, the vehicle management unit of the game server to be recognized on the web by the drive (Active X), the vehicle status of the vehicle management unit for the purpose that can be confirmed in real time even when the shopping operation on the web server.

Thirdly, the web server further includes a cooler function, so that the customer can manage information on the customer's vehicle, such as the customer's purchase history, fueling history, and parts replacement cycle.

Fourthly, the online car shopping method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: a) using a web server to access a shopping mall site; b) basic vehicle and component selection, entry stages; c) vehicle management unit generation step according to the basic vehicle and parts selection; d) selecting and comparing replacement parts; e) determining replacement parts; f) Including a shopping item payment step, wherein in the step of creating a vehicle management unit that is different from the basic vehicle and parts selection, the vehicle management unit implements vehicles and parts in 3D graphics to facilitate shopping and play games together with shopping. It aims to be able to enjoy.

Fifth, the purpose of the present invention is to enable test driving before purchasing a vehicle and parts, including test driving in the step of selecting and comparing replacement parts.

Sixth, an object of the present invention is to further manage information related to the customer vehicle, such as purchase history, fueling history, and parts replacement cycles, including accessing the subsidiary unit.

The online car shopping system according to the present invention provides a sales service of a vehicle and vehicle parts, and interlocks with a game server implemented as a 3D computer graphic image (3D) to provide a vehicle and vehicle parts input by a customer as a 3D image. Web server; It is connected to the web server, and is connected to the database server and the database server and the web server for storing and managing the login information of the customer or information on the vehicle and vehicle parts and additional function information, and the vehicle information entered or selected by the customer (Including parts information), characterized in that it is configured as a game server for providing a test driving or 3D computer games.

Online car shopping method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: a) using a web server, access to a shopping mall site; b) basic vehicle and component selection, entry stages; c) a vehicle management unit generation step according to basic vehicle and component selection; d) selecting and comparing replacement parts; e) determining parts; f) a shopping item payment step.

As described above, the online car shopping system according to the present invention,

First, a web server that provides sales services for vehicles and vehicle parts, and provides a 3D image of the vehicle and vehicle parts input by the customer in conjunction with a game server; It is connected to the web server, and is connected to the database server and the database server and the web server for storing and managing the login information of the customer or information on the vehicle and vehicle parts and additional function information, and the vehicle information entered or selected by the customer By using the game server to provide a test driving or 3D computer games, by providing 3D computer graphics of the vehicle and the vehicle parts to facilitate the shopping and there is an effect that can enjoy the game together with shopping.

Second, the vehicle management unit of the game server to be recognized on the web by the drive (Active X), the vehicle status of the vehicle management unit has an effect that can be confirmed in real time even when the shopping operation on the web server.

Third, by further providing a car account book function in the web server, it is possible to manage the information on the customer's vehicle, such as the customer's purchase history, fueling history, parts replacement cycles by the customer.

As described above, the online car shopping method according to the present invention,

First, a) using a web server, accessing the shopping mall site; b) basic vehicle and component selection and entry steps; c) a vehicle management unit generation step according to basic vehicle and component selection; d) selecting and comparing replacement parts; e) determining replacement parts; f) including the step of paying shopping items, and in the step of creating a vehicle management unit according to the basic vehicle and parts selection, the vehicle management unit implements vehicles and parts in 3D graphics to facilitate shopping and play games together with shopping. There is an effect to be able to enjoy.

Second, there is an effect that the test driving before the purchase of the vehicle and parts, including the test driving step in the vehicle or parts replacement and comparison step.

Third, there is an effect that can further manage the information on the customer vehicle, such as purchase history, fueling history, parts replacement cycles, including the step of accessing the car account book.

Online car shopping system according to the present invention is largely composed of a game server 10, a database server 20 and a web server (30).

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

1 is a configuration diagram of an online car shopping system according to the present invention, the web server 30 provides a sale service of a vehicle and vehicle parts, and is linked with a game server implemented as a 3D computer graphic image (3D). It plays a role of providing 3D images of vehicles and vehicle parts input by customers.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the web server 30 is implemented with active server pages (ASP).

The ASP refers to a server-side program in which a server responds when requested by a client.

In addition, ASP has the ability to edit the contents of a web page or database by updating a text file, whereas existing HTML needs to be coded. It shows the database on the web page and manipulates the data that actually exists in it. It is possible, and there is a feature that can feed back information about the user.

The database server 20 is connected to the web server 30, and stores and manages the login information of the customer or the information on the vehicles and vehicle parts and the additional function information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the database server 20 is implemented in Microsoft-structured query language (MS-SQL).

Microsoft-structured query language (MS-SQL) is a database sub-language that allows you to access a database when using it.

The game server 10 is connected to the database server 20 and the web server 30, and serves to provide a test driving or 3D computer game using the vehicle information input or selected by the customer.

In addition, the game server 10 includes a plurality of game channel servers 15 for performing a game function and a vehicle management unit 13 for implementing a 3D computer graphic image according to the information and parts information of the user's vehicle. to be.

The vehicle management unit 13 of the game server 10 is recognized on the web by the drive (Active X), the vehicle state of the vehicle management unit 13 is confirmed in real time even when the shopping operation is made in the web server 30 This may be possible.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the game engine of the game server 30 is implemented in C ++ and Visual Basic.

The web server 30 may further include a function to enable a customer to manage information on a customer's vehicle such as a purchase history, a fueling history, and a part replacement cycle of the customer.

According to the configuration of the online car shopping system according to the present invention as described above, an embodiment of an online shopping mall is implemented, and the online car shopping method will be described based on this.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an online car shopping method according to the present invention.

First, the step of accessing the online car shopping mall site is performed.

When the step S40 is performed, the main screen of the shopping mall is displayed when the shopping mall site is accessed as shown in FIG.

Next, the step of inputting the basic vehicle and the vehicle parts is performed (S50).

The basic vehicle may input information about a vehicle owned by a customer, and may select vehicle information to be purchased.

Next, a step of generating a vehicle management unit is performed.

The step S60 refers to the step of implementing the 3D computer graphics by the game server 10 according to the input basic vehicle and parts.

Steps S50 and S60 may be set whenever a non-member customer of the online shopping mall visits, but after accessing the shopping mall in step S40, if a member is registered, the member information may be performed together with the membership information. If the management unit 13 is generated, when visiting the online shopping mall afterwards, as shown in FIG. 4, when the login information is input through the login window 31, as shown in FIG. 13) can be confirmed.

Next, a replacement part selection and comparison step is performed (S70).

To describe the step S70 in more detail, as shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, first, a step of generating a replaceable part list is performed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the step S71 may be implemented and a part list 33 for a part currently installed or a replaceable part may be generated on the right side of the vehicle manager 13.

Next, a step of selecting a specific component among them is performed (S73).

In the step S73, as shown in FIG. 6, detailed information of the parts may be confirmed through the detailed information field 35 of a specific part at the bottom of the vehicle management unit 13 and the parts list 33.

Next, a step of checking the appearance of the vehicle according to the replacement part is performed.

In step S75, the vehicle manager 13 of the game server 10 is recognized on the web by Active X driving, so that the vehicle state of the vehicle manager 13 is in real time when shopping on the web server 30. It is possible to check.

Next, a step of selecting whether or not to test drive is performed.

If a test drive is desired after selecting the replacement part, a step of selecting the test drive 14 formed in the vehicle management unit 13 of the web page is performed.

In the step S79, as shown in FIG. 8, by performing a test drive in a virtual space, visual information on the appearance of the vehicle can be obtained more easily, and the performance of each part can also be tested.

Next, the part determination step is performed (S80).

Next, when the replacement vehicle or parts is determined to purchase, the shopping item payment step is performed.

If the replaced vehicle or part is not satisfactory, the process returns to step S70 to reselect the vehicle or part.

In addition, the online car shopping system according to the present invention includes the step of executing the online game after performing the step S80.

That is, the online vehicle shopping system according to the present invention has a feature that the game server 10 and the web server 30 are interlocked, and after determining the replacement part in S80, as shown in FIG. When the game driving unit 16 of the management unit 13 is selected, the customer may participate in the online game with the vehicle equipped with the selected component.

9 is a game room screen generated when driving an online game according to the present invention.

In addition, the online car shopping method according to the present invention, as shown in [10], characterized in that it further comprises the step of accessing and managing the car account book.

The subsidiary unit 37 has an additional function such as an album function with information about the customer's vehicle, such as the customer's purchase history, oiling history, parts replacement cycle, etc., has the advantage of systematic vehicle management .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may be implemented in various online car shopping systems and methods within the scope not departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an online car shopping system according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of an online car shopping method according to the present invention.

3 is a detailed flowchart of step S70 of the online car shopping method according to the present invention.

4 to 10 is a shopping mall site-driven web page showing an embodiment of an online car shopping system and a method thereof according to the present invention.

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10: Game Server 13: Vehicle Management Department

15: game channel 20: database server

30: web server

Claims (9)

A web server that provides sales services of vehicles and vehicle parts, and provides a vehicle and vehicle parts input by a customer in 3D image in association with a game server implemented as a 3D computer graphic image (3D); A database server connected to the web server for storing and managing customer login information, information on sales vehicles and vehicle parts, and additional function information; And a game server connected to the database server and the web server, the game server providing a test driving or a 3D computer game using the vehicle information (including part information) input or selected by the customer. The method of claim 1, The game server comprises a vehicle management unit for implementing a three-dimensional computer graphics image according to the information of the vehicle of the user and a plurality of game channels for performing a game function. The method of claim 2, The vehicle management unit of the game server is recognized on the web by the Active X (Active X) driving, the vehicle status of the vehicle management system online car shopping system, characterized in that it is possible to check in real time even when the shopping operation on the web server. The method of claim 1, The web server further comprises a car account book function that can manage the information on the customer's vehicle, such as the customer's purchase history, fueling history, parts replacement cycles by the customer. a) using a web server to access a shopping mall site; b) basic vehicle and component selection, entry stages; c) a vehicle management unit generation step according to basic vehicle and component selection; d) selecting and comparing replacement parts; e) determining parts; f) an online car shopping method comprising the step of payment of a shopping item. The method of claim 5, C) In the vehicle management unit generation step according to the basic vehicle and parts selection, the vehicle management unit implements the vehicle and parts in 3D graphics on-line automobile shopping method. The method of claim 5, D) selecting and comparing replacement parts d-1) generating a list for each replaceable part according to the basic vehicle; d-2) checking the vehicle appearance according to the selection of the vehicle replacement part and the installation of the replacement part; d-3) an online car shopping method comprising a test driving step. The method according to claim 5 to 7, e) vehicle or part determination And participating in a racing game with a vehicle model determined using a game server. The method of claim 5, and g) accessing the car account book to manage information about the customer's vehicle such as purchase history, fueling history, and parts replacement cycles.

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