KR20200114018A - Method and apparatus for providing automatic quotation service - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for providing an automatic quotation service which can automatically generate a quotation, and a device thereof. The method for providing an automatic quotation service comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a quotation request request including a quotation request specification from a requester terminal; (b) generating a basic quotation by applying a standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification with reference to a construction case model and transmitting the basic quotation to at least one manufacturer terminal; and (c) generating a final quotation by modifying some items of the basic quotation in accordance with the request for modification of the manufacturer terminal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [Method and apparatus for providing automatic quotation service]

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an automatic quotation service.

In general, billboards, such as billboards, are manufactured in various forms as a means to indicate the name, products sold, and business types in sales offices or companies such as stores or agencies, or to promote brand image and promote sales of produced products. It is installed in a specific place, such as a business store, an outdoor wall or an indoor wall of a building structure, an outdoor structure, an exhibition hall, or a road, etc.

These signs can be divided into rooftop signs, wall signs, protruding signs, storefront signs, billboards, billboards, etc., depending on the installation location, and LED signs, channels and SCSI signs, neon signs, advertising towers, lighting advertising signs, There are picture signs, plastic signs, wood signs, metal (glass) signs, and Cine Signs. In addition, the signboard can also be found in the field of traffic advertisement, such as in-vehicle billboards, outboard billboards, and fixed billboards installed in the station.

In the manufacture of such signboards, a manufacturer with skillful technology produced signboards based on technology, but due to the development of the computer industry, many people who do not have professional knowledge or skills for signboards are engaged in the signboard industry. Signs can be produced simply with the ability to manipulate machines, so many people are in the sign manufacturing industry.

The above-mentioned signboard aims to inform each other by writing letters on a wide panel, but the larger purpose is to have a means of advertising so that people can remember the name, rather than simply a means of informing the company. However, since many people who do not have professional knowledge or skills in the signboard manufacturing industry manufacture and construct signboards, it is difficult to find signboards that are all uniform and have characteristics. Such signboards are not only difficult to open to the eyes of consumers, and they are less likely to remain in memory.

On the other hand, in the conventional technology, in order to estimate the above-mentioned advertising sign, it is possible to obtain a sign design file (usually an illustrator file) and use a simple office program such as Excel to manually perform it through several steps. Because it had to be summed up and calculated, there is a problem that the amount for the quote for the sign may be different or a mistake may be made depending on the subject who makes the estimate for the sign.

(01) Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2009-0001888 (2009.01.09.)

The present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing an automatic quotation service.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an automatic quotation service providing method and apparatus capable of automatically generating a quotation by applying a different unit price for each region.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, receiving a quotation request request including a quotation request specification from the requester terminal; (b) generating a basic quotation by applying a standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model and transmitting it to at least one manufacturer terminal; And (c) modifying some items of the basic estimate according to the request for modification of the maker terminal to generate a final estimate.

In the step (b), in generating the basic quotation corresponding to the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model, when applying the standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification, the standard unit price for each region or manufacturer It can be reflected differently.

After the step (c), receiving at least one of a plurality of design proposals selected from the client terminal by referring to the construction case model; Generating an augmented reality image to which the selected design proposal is applied and providing it to the client terminal; And when a request for at least partial modification of the augmented reality image to which the design proposal is applied from the requester terminal, modifying the augmented reality image and providing it to the requester terminal again.

The construction case model further includes at least one of a professional field and a rating of each manufacturing company, but after the step (c), the information on the manufacturing company for each specialized field or the highest n (n is a natural number) manufacturing companies with a high rating It may further include providing information.

After the step (c), further comprising the step of providing the final estimate from the manufacturer terminal to the requester terminal, but may exclude the final estimate of the manufacturer whose rating is less than the standard value by referring to the construction case model.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for providing an automatic quotation service is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit; A memory storing at least one instruction; And a processor interlocking with the memory to execute the at least one instruction, wherein the executed instructions include: (a) receiving a quotation request request including a quotation request specification from a requester terminal; (b) generating a basic quotation by applying a standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model and transmitting it to at least one manufacturer terminal; And (c) generating a final estimate by modifying some items of the basic estimate according to a request for modification from the maker terminal.

In step (b), in generating the basic quotation corresponding to the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model, when applying the standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification, the standard unit price by region or manufacturer It can be reflected differently.

In the step (c), in providing the final estimate from the manufacturer terminal to the requester terminal, the final estimate of the manufacturer whose rating is less than the reference value may be excluded by referring to the construction case model.

By providing the method and apparatus for providing an automatic quotation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to automatically generate a quotation for a sign requested by a requester based on big data.

In addition, the present invention may apply different unit prices for each region to generate different estimates for each region.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a method for providing a quote service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a detailed flow chart showing an automatic estimating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining a design proposal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view of modeling a design by augmenting a design proposal in a background according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Singular expressions used in the present specification include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as “consisting of” or “comprising” should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various elements or various steps described in the specification, and some of the elements or some steps It may not be included, or it should be interpreted that it may further include additional elements or steps. In addition, terms such as "... unit" and "module" described in the specification mean units that process at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software, or as a combination of hardware and software. .

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

1 is a diagram schematically showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a client terminal 110, a manufacturer terminal 120, and a server 130.

The client terminal 110 is a device possessed by a client who requests the manufacture of an article. The client requests a quote for requesting goods from the server 130 through the client terminal 110 in possession, and receives quote information from a plurality of manufacturers terminals 120 from the server 130 to finally select a manufacturer. I can.

The type of the requester terminal 110 may be a mobile communication terminal, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, or a computer. In addition, the type of the requester terminal 110 may be applied without limitation in the case of an electronic device equipped with a communication function.

The manufacturer's terminal 120 is a device owned (owned) by a manufacturer or a manufacturer. The manufacturer's terminal 120 is provided with a basic quotation template from the server 130, and may provide a final quotation to the server 130 by modifying a part of the basic quotation template.

The type of the manufacturer's terminal 120 may be a mobile communication terminal, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, or a computer. In addition, the type of the manufacturer's terminal 120 may be applied without limitation in the case of an electronic device equipped with a communication function.

The server 130 is a device for providing a product quotation service. The server 130 provides the basic specifications for a product production request to the client terminal 110, and upon receiving a quotation request request including the final product production request specifications according to the modification of the basic specifications for the product production request from the client terminal 110, the corresponding After calculating the standard price according to the product production request specification, a basic estimate including the same may be generated and transmitted to the terminal 120 of each manufacturer. When each manufacturer terminal 120 requests to modify at least a part of the basic quotation, the server 130 may reflect this and generate a final quotation for each manufacturer and transmit it to the requester terminal 110. Accordingly, the requester terminal 110 may select a final producer (or manufacturer) after checking the estimates of the plurality of producers.

This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flow chart showing a method for providing a quotation service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, in order to facilitate understanding and explanation, it is assumed that a quote is requested on a signboard, and this will be described mainly. It is natural that the quotation request can be applied equally to other items other than signboards.

In step 210, the requester terminal 110 transmits a quotation request request including a quotation request specification to the server 130.

Here, the quotation request specification may include desired signboard option and additional request information.

For example, the requester terminal 110 accesses the server 130, selects a desired signboard option, and inputs additional request information. At this time, when the requester terminal 110 accesses the server 130 and selects each desired signboard option, a basic signboard price for each desired signboard option may be output.

The requester terminal 110 may check various signboard option information provided from the server 130, select any one of the various signboard options, and input additional requests for the selected desired signboard option.

It is natural that the quotation request specification may include various information for requesting signage production, such as material, size, labor cost, and basic cost per specification according to the desired signboard option. In addition to the quotation request specification, the requester's desired price information may be further included.

In step 215, the server 130 may transmit a quote request information confirmation push message to the manufacturer terminal 120 according to a signboard quote request including a quote request specification from the requester terminal 110.

Here, when the server 130 refers to the quotation request specification and includes region or/and preferred company information, push the quotation request information confirmation to the manufacturer terminals 120 corresponding to the region or/and preferred company information You can send a message.

Of course, the server 130 may transmit a quote request information confirmation push message to the manufacturer terminal 120 subscribed to the server 130 when the desired region or/and preferred company information is not included in the quotation request specification.

In step 220, the manufacturer terminal 120 may access the server 130 according to the quotation request information confirmation push message, input the quotation price according to the quotation request specification, and transmit the quotation. The quotation request information confirmation push message may or may not include the quotation request specification.

For example, if the quotation request information confirmation message includes a quotation request specification, the manufacturer terminal 120 may output the quotation request specification included in the quotation request information confirmation message. Accordingly, the manufacturer checks the corresponding quotation request specification and transmits a quotation message including the quotation price to the server 130 through the manufacturer terminal 120.

For another example, when the manufacturer terminal 120 accesses (or logs in) the server 130 according to the quotation request information confirmation message, the quotation specification may be provided from the server 130 and output. Accordingly, after checking the quotation specification, the manufacturer may input the quotation price on the UI for inputting the quotation price provided from the server 130 and transmit a quotation writing message to the server 130.

In step 225, the server 130 may transmit a request for confirming the quotation to the requestor terminal 110 according to the message for creating a quotation from the manufacturer terminal 120.

Step 230 The requester terminal 110 checks the quote corresponding to at least one producer in response to the request for confirming the quote from the server 130 and transmits the selection information of any one producer (or producer) to the server 130.

In step 235, the server 130 notifies the selection result to the manufacturer terminal 120 corresponding to the manufacturer (or manufacturer) selected according to the manufacturer (or manufacturer) selection information from the client terminal 110.

Accordingly, afterwards, the server 130 and the client terminal 110 may additionally perform a process of creating a contract after selecting a final sign design after checking construction case information constructed by the selected manufacturing company.

In addition, the server 130 may provide recommended information for a manufacturer based on a construction case model to the requester terminal 110. In this case, the server 130 may provide recommendation information for the manufacturing company to the requester terminal 110 based on at least one of a specialized field and an evaluation based on the construction case model.

3 is a detailed flowchart showing an automatic estimating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 310, the requester terminal 110 inputs basic information for each item on the basic quotation template provided from the server 130. Here, the basic quotation template may be a quotation template basically generated by the server 130 in correspondence with the quotation request specification before the manufacturer terminal 120 inputs the quotation price. The quote template may be a quote form that does not include a standard price for each item.

The basic quotation template is generated based on the quotation request specification of the requester terminal 110, and may additionally include information on each item that should be basically input on the quotation.

In step 315, when basic information for each item on the basic quotation template is input, the requester terminal 110 transmits basic quotation information including all of the basic information to the server 130.

Accordingly, in step 320, the server 130 generates a basic quotation by reflecting the standard unit price for each item of the basic quotation information.

Here, in reflecting the standard unit price for each item, the server 130 may reflect the standard unit price differently for each region or manufacturer. For example, material costs, labor costs, etc. may vary depending on each region. Accordingly, the server 130 may generate a basic estimate by applying different material costs and labor costs according to each region.

For another example, the standard unit price for each manufacturer or manufacturer may be reflected differently. The server 130 refers to the previous construction case model and if there is a history of previous construction participation of a manufacturer, a basic estimate by reflecting differently the standard unit price corresponding to the specific manufacturer or production company by referring to the previous construction participation history. You can also create

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 130 has a construction case model database according to the construction of a signboard. The construction case model may include at least one of a design according to a construction case, a manufacturer according to each construction case, an estimate, a specialized field, and an evaluation. Of course, not just the cost, but the basic unit price for each item. In addition, the construction case model may further include regional information of each manufacturing company according to the construction case.

For this reason, the server 130 may generate a basic estimate by differently reflecting the standard unit price for each item included in the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model by region or manufacturer.

In step 325, the server 130 transmits a quotation request including a basic quotation to the manufacturer terminal 120.

In step 330, the manufacturer terminal 120 outputs a basic quotation according to the quotation request and then transmits a correction request including correction information for some items to the server 130.

Each manufacturer terminal checks the basic estimates provided differently and transmits a modification request including modification information on at least some items on the basic estimate to the server 130.

In step 335, the server 130 may generate a final estimate by reflecting the modification request of the manufacturer terminal 120.

Accordingly, in step 340, the server 130 transmits a request to confirm the quotation to the requester terminal 110. Here, the quotation confirmation request may include a quotation.

The requester terminal 110 checks the quote written by at least one producer (or maker) in response to the request for confirmation of the quote from the server 130, and if there is any correction, sends a request for correction including correction information to the server 130 It can be transmitted to the manufacturer terminal 120 through.

The server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention refers to a previous construction case model based on big data, and generates a basic estimate for each region/producer according to the quotation request specification at the request of the client terminal 110, and then each The manufacturer terminal 120 may modify and reflect some items of the basic quotation to generate a final quotation and provide it to the requester terminal 110.

In this way, the server 130 presents the standard unit price by applying the basic unit price for each region differently based on the previous construction case model, so that the manufacturer is disadvantaged due to excessively high or low quotations when bidding with competitors. There is also an advantage that can be reduced.

In addition, the server 130 presents the standard unit price by applying differently based on the previous construction case model based on the previous construction case model to present the standard unit price, and generates and provides a basic estimate based on this, so that the manufacturer can modify and supplement it. There is also an advantage of saving the time and energy associated with creating a quote because you can only fill out the items.

4 is a flowchart showing a method of determining a design proposal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram of modeling a design by augmenting a design proposal according to an embodiment of the present invention to a background. 4 illustrates a method of determining a design proposal based on a construction case model when any one manufacturing company is selected according to the final estimate.

In step 410, the server 130 provides at least one design proposal to the client terminal 110 based on the case construction model.

At this time, the server 130 may search for a construction case model of a similar industry (field) among case construction models based on the quotation request specification, and then provide a design proposal of a similar industry (field) to the requester terminal 110.

Of course, the server 130 may select only the construction case model of the finally selected manufacturing company, and then extract a design proposal from the selected construction case model and provide it to the client terminal 110.

In step 415, the requester terminal 130 selects any one of a plurality of design proposals.

Subsequently, in step 420, the requester terminal 130 transmits a design modeling request reflecting the selected design proposal to the server 130.

In step 425, the server 130 generates an augmented reality image to which the design proposal selected by the client terminal 110 is applied and transmits it to the client terminal 110.

5 is a diagram illustrating an augmented reality image to which a design proposal is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the client terminal 110 may select a plurality of design proposals provided by the server 130 one by one, and the server 130 is augmented by applying the design proposal selected by the client terminal 110 A real image may be generated and provided to the requester terminal 110. Of course, the subject generating the augmented reality image may be the client terminal 110.

In step 430, the server 130 determines whether a request to modify some objects of the augmented reality image has been received from the client terminal 110.

If the modification request is not received, it waits at step 430.

If a modification request is received, in step 435, the server 130 transforms some objects of the augmented reality image requested to be modified, updates the augmented reality image, and transmits it to the client terminal 110.

For example, in the augmented reality image, the building image may be a background object, and the foreground object may be a selected signboard design draft. For convenience, it will be referred to as a signboard cyan object. At least one of a size, a material, and an angle may be modified for the signboard cyan object at the request of the requester terminal 110. Background objects such as building images may be designated as objects that cannot be modified.

When the client selects the signboard cyan object from the augmented reality image and then adjusts at least one of the size and angle through a touch-and-drag method, at least one of the size and angle of the signboard cyan object may be adjusted based on the touch-and-drag method. . Of course, it is natural that the requester terminal 110 may change the font and material of the signboard through the augmented reality image.

On the other hand, in step 430, if the client does not like the design proposal initially selected and wants to select a different design proposal, the server 130 receives the request for change of the design proposal, and in step 435, the modified design proposal is selected. After regenerating the augmented reality image for, it may be transmitted to the client terminal 110.

6 is a diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 610, an estimate processing unit 615, a design modeling unit 620, a memory 625, and a processor 630. do.

The communication unit 610 is a means for transmitting and receiving data with various devices (eg, the client terminal 110 and the manufacturer terminal 120) through a communication network.

The quotation processing unit 615 is a means for automatically generating a quotation.

The quotation processing unit 615 refers to the construction case model in accordance with the quotation request request including the quotation request specification of the requester terminal 110 and applies the standard unit price for each item to generate a basic quotation to the manufacturer terminal 120. Can be transmitted. The quotation processing unit 615 may generate a final quotation by performing some items of the basic quotation by reflecting a request for modification from the manufacturer terminal 120.

Since this is the same as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, a duplicate description will be omitted.

The design modeling unit 620 is a means for modeling and providing an augmented reality image to which a design proposal is applied based on the augmented reality.

For example, when any one of a plurality of design proposals is selected by the client terminal with reference to the construction case model, the design modeling unit 620 models an augmented reality image to which the selected design proposal is applied to the client terminal 110. Can provide.

In addition, the design modeling unit 620 may provide the requestor terminal 110 to the requestor terminal 110 after augmenting the signboard object by reflecting the correction request when the design proposal is augmented image.

The memory 625 stores at least one instruction (program codes) necessary to perform the method of providing an automatic quotation service, various data derived from this process, and the like. In addition, in the memory 625, a DB for automatic quotation including information on a standard unit price for each construction case required to generate a basic quotation in the quotation processing unit 615 may be provided.

The processor 630 includes internal components of the server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention (for example, a communication unit 610, an estimate processing unit 615, a design modeling unit 620, a memory 625, etc.). ) Is a means to control.

Additionally, the processor 630 may execute instructions (or program codes) stored in the memory 625. Instructions (or program codes) executed by the processor 630 may perform the method described by FIGS. 2 to 5.

The apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and usable to those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -Includes magneto-optical media and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of the program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The above-described hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operation of the present invention, and vice versa.

So far, the present invention has been looked at around the embodiments. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered from an illustrative point of view rather than a limiting point of view. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the present invention.

100: automatic quotation service provision system
110: requester terminal
120: manufacturer terminal
130: server

Claims (1)

(a) receiving a quotation request request including a quotation request specification from the requester terminal;
(b) generating a basic quotation by applying a standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model and transmitting it to at least one manufacturer terminal;
(c) generating a final estimate by modifying some items of the basic estimate according to the request for modification from the maker terminal;
(d) receiving at least one of a plurality of design proposals selected from the client terminal by referring to the construction case model;
(e) generating an augmented reality image to which the selected design proposal is applied and providing it to the client terminal; And
(f) when a modification of at least a part of the augmented reality image to which the design proposal is applied is requested from the client terminal, transforming the augmented reality image and reproviding it to the client terminal
The step (b),
In generating the basic quotation corresponding to the quotation request specification with reference to the construction case model, when applying the standard unit price for each item of the quotation request specification, reflecting the standard unit price differently for each region or manufacturer and,
The construction case model further includes at least one of the professional field and rating of each manufacturing company,
Between the step (c) and the step (d),
Providing information on manufacturing companies for each specialized field or information on top n (n is a natural number) number of manufacturing companies with the high rating; And
Further comprising the step of providing a final estimate from the manufacturer terminal to the requester terminal,
An automatic quotation service providing method, characterized in that the final quotation of a manufacturer whose rating is less than the standard value is excluded with reference to the construction case model.

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