KR20230113899A - Apparatus and Method for Providing Online shopping service based on metabus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a metaverse-based online shopping service, capable of providing virtual wearing, virtual execution functions in a metaverse-based environment. The apparatus includes: a virtual avatar generating part receiving body information including a user body image from a user terminal, and generating a user virtual avatar by referencing to the received user body information; a selling request part receiving a product selling request using a metaverse space from at least one seller terminal; a shopping list display part displaying a shopping list including a product requested for sale, on the screen of the user terminal; a product selection part receiving at least one product selected by the user terminal from among the products displayed on the shopping list display part; and a virtual wearing part dressing the user virtual avatar generated by the virtual avatar generating part with the product selected by the product selection part to provide the user virtual avatar wearing the product to the user terminal in metaverse. Therefore, the apparatus can generate the same virtual object as the body of the user in the virtual world, thereby enabling the user to virtually try on glasses or clothes which the user wants.

Description

Apparatus and Method for Providing Online shopping service based on metabus

The present invention relates to a metaverse-based online shopping service providing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a metaverse-based online shopping service providing apparatus and method for providing virtual wearing and virtual execution functions in a metaverse-based environment. .

The core of megatrends is to form a social network in which users can directly participate, to perform overall actions such as education, economy and culture, and to enable creative users to create characters, spaces in a mixed reality environment. etc. to freely create, sell, develop and share.

As a representative service providing a mixed reality environment, there is a meta-verse. This metaverse is a combination of 'meta', which means processing and abstraction, and 'universe', which means the real world, and means a three-dimensional virtual world. The metaverse is a more advanced concept than the existing virtual reality environment, and provides the above-described mixed reality environment in which virtual worlds such as the web and the Internet are absorbed into the real world.

KR 10-2102571 B1 KR 10-1094704 B1

The present invention is derived from such a technical background, and a metaverse-based online shopping service providing device that creates a virtual object identical to the user's body in the virtual world and allows the user to virtually try on glasses or clothes that the user wants to purchase, and Its purpose is to provide a method.

In addition, when purchasing exercise contents that require physical activity, by creating an avatar that performs the user's own motion and providing a virtual execution function, providing a metaverse-based online shopping service that can enhance realism and evaluate accurate motion. Its purpose is to provide an apparatus and method.

The present invention for achieving the above object includes the following configuration.

That is, the metaverse-based online shopping service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention receives body information including a user body image from a user terminal, and creates a user virtual avatar by referring to the received user body information. A generation unit, a sales request unit that receives a request to sell products using the metabus space from at least one seller terminal, a shopping list display unit that displays a shopping list including products requested for sale on the screen of the user terminal, and the shopping list from the user terminal A product selection unit for receiving at least one of the products displayed in the list display unit, and a user virtual avatar in a product wearing state in the metaverse by wearing the product selected in the product selection unit on the user virtual avatar created in the virtual avatar creation unit. It includes a virtual wearing unit that provides a user terminal.

On the other hand, in the metaverse-based online shopping service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, body information including a user body image is received from a user terminal, and a user virtual avatar is generated by referring to the received user body information. Avatar creation step, a sales request step of receiving a request to sell a product using the metaverse space from at least one seller terminal, a shopping list display step of displaying a shopping list including a product requested for sale on a user terminal screen, from a user terminal A product selection step in which at least one of the products displayed in the shopping list display unit is selected, and the product selected in the product selection unit is worn on the user's virtual avatar created in the virtual avatar creation unit, so that the user's virtual avatar is wearing the product in the metaverse. and a virtual wearing step of providing the avatar to the user terminal.

According to the present invention, there is an effect of providing a metaverse-based online shopping service providing apparatus and method in which a virtual object identical to a user's body is created in a virtual world and the user can virtually try on glasses or clothes desired to purchase. is derived

In addition, when purchasing exercise contents that require physical activity, by creating an avatar that performs the user's own motion and providing a virtual execution function, providing a metaverse-based online shopping service that can enhance realism and evaluate accurate motion. There is an effect of providing an apparatus and method.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a metaverse-based online shopping service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of a metaverse-based online shopping service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that technical terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, technical terms used in the present invention should be interpreted in terms commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless specifically defined otherwise in the present invention, and are excessively inclusive. It should not be interpreted in a positive sense or in an excessively reduced sense.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a metaverse-based online shopping service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the metaverse-based online shopping service providing device 10 includes a communication unit 110, a virtual avatar generator 120, a sales request unit 130, a shopping list display unit 140, and a product selection unit 150. ), a virtual wearing unit 160, a virtual execution unit 170, and an evaluation unit 180.

The communication unit 110 communicates with any internal component or at least one external terminal through a wired/wireless communication network. At this time, the external terminal may include various types of service servers (not shown), seller terminals 20 and user terminals 30, and the like. Here, wireless Internet technologies include Wireless LAN (WLAN), DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), Wireless Broadband (Wibro), WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access: Wimax), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) ), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), IEEE 802.16, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), Wireless Mobile Broadband Service (WMBS), etc. , and the communication unit 110 transmits and receives data according to at least one wireless Internet technology within a range including Internet technologies not listed above. In addition, short-range communication technologies include Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and Near Field Communication (NFC). , Ultra Sound Communication (USC), Visible Light Communication (VLC), Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and the like may be included. In addition, wired communication technologies may include power line communication (PLC), USB communication, Ethernet, serial communication, optical/coaxial cables, and the like.

The seller terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 include a smart phone, a portable terminal, a mobile terminal, a foldable terminal, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). ), PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) terminal, telematics terminal, navigation terminal, personal computer, notebook computer, slate PC, tablet PC, ultrabook ), wearable device (including, for example, a watch type terminal (Smartwatch), a glass type terminal (Smart Glass), HMD (Head Mounted Display), etc.), Wibro terminal, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) terminal It can be applied to various terminals such as smart TVs, digital broadcasting terminals, AVN (Audio Video Navigation) terminals, A/V (Audio/Video) systems, flexible terminals, digital signage devices, and the like. In one embodiment, the seller terminal 20 is a terminal possessed by a seller who wants to sell products or contents through an online shopping service platform provided by the online shopping service providing device 10 . The user terminal 30 is a terminal possessed by a buyer who wants to purchase products or contents through the online shopping service platform provided by the online shopping service providing device 10 .

The virtual avatar generator 120 receives body information including a user body image from the user terminal 30 and creates a user virtual avatar by referring to the received user body information.

In one embodiment, the virtual avatar generator 120 may construct a basic appearance of the user by 3D scanning the front, rear, left, right, flat, bottom, and oblique views of the user. In addition, by reflecting detailed information such as age, gender, appearance, height, weight, personality, habit, and expression input from the user, the user's character, that is, the virtual avatar, can be implemented, and 3D animation (movement) of the virtual avatar can be implemented. .

The virtual avatar creation unit 120 may directly set and create conditions for the user's own virtual avatar as well as a virtual avatar to replace the user. For example, according to the information set by the user, setting information such as gender, age, etc., whether the gift recipient, family member, or acquaintance is female, male, teenagers, 20s, 30s, or 40s may be input. That is, it is possible to set and change the size of the entire body, and the physique may be changed according to the weight setting.

The virtual avatar creation unit 120 may create and store a plurality of virtual avatars, such as family members or acquaintances, in addition to the virtual avatar of the user, and manage them so that they can be called later. For example, if a virtual avatar for child 1 with a history of creation is called or a virtual avatar for child 2 is called, the virtual avatar identical to the physical condition of the corresponding family is called and displayed.

The virtual avatar creation unit 120 sets the face size to the size of an actual person when shopping for accessories such as glasses, sunglasses, mufflers, hair accessories or earrings, hats, etc., and then the user himself or the gift target, etc. You can create virtual avatars of other people. In one embodiment, the virtual avatar generated by the virtual avatar generator 120 can attach and detach all products sold in the shopping service platform provided by the metaverse-based online shopping service providing device 10 according to one embodiment. and provides a color makeup function, and is implemented to return to the original state through initialization.

In one embodiment, the virtual avatar generator 120 may register a real picture of the user's upper body from the user terminal 30 . At this time, it is desirable to set a password because a real picture must be registered.

The sales requesting unit 130 receives a product sales request using the meta bus space from at least one seller terminal 20 . In one embodiment, the sales requesting unit 130 receives a request for sale of items such as clothes, glasses, hats or accessories, shoes, neckties, watches, wigs, and physical activity related content such as exercise or dance from the seller terminal 20 . do.

In one embodiment, the seller terminal 20 can register product information such as glasses (sunglasses), clothes, shoes, hats, neckties, watches, wigs, etc. that the seller wants to sell at any time. And the registered information is automatically saved in the database. In this case, it is desirable to use blind sales as a rule. In addition, it is implemented to be detected when a user who is a purchaser completes a purchasing decision after trying on the virtual avatar as a target.

In addition, the sales requesting unit 130 may further receive a request from the seller terminal 20 to sell video content products in which all kinds of dances and actions related to dance and martial arts are implemented as virtual humans or webtoons.

The sales requesting unit 130 performs all classical dances such as sword dance, cheoyongmu, sangyeommu, muaemu, saseonmu, sanyurak, shinoragi, court dance, folk dance, mask dance, ceremonial dance, and creative dance from the seller terminal 20. Receives a sales request for contemporary dance content.

Also, gayo dance, hip-hop performance, Latin jazz performance, night dance, breaking (B-boying), house, locking, hip-hop, popping, jazz dance, salsa, swing, dance sport (jive), diet dance, samba, limbo, shelwe dance You can also receive sales requests for content related to Zirbak, Rumba, House, Rocking, Hip Hop, Popping, Jazz Dance, Salsa, Swing, Dance Sports (Jive), Diet Dance, Dance about Dance, Hip Hop, and Dance. .

In addition, boxing (boxing), karate (karate), kwonbeop, taekwondo, kickboxing, sabat, muay thai, capoeira, kung fu, glima, wrestling, brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling, jujitsu (jiu-jitsu), judo, aikido, Sambo, Kendo, Haedong Kendo, fencing, archery, gatka, archery, national archery, bodyguard martial arts, Taekkyeon, Hanpul, Hapkido, Hanmudo, self-defense, Wushu, Shaolin, Jeet Kune Do, Tongcheon Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga, Israeli Krav Maga, Commando Krav A sales request for video content including martial arts-related acts such as Maga, Kalaripayat, Gongkwon Jujutsu, Special Martial Arts, Systema, Musat, Silat, Guksul, Combat Sambo, and Escrima may be received.

The sales requesting unit 130 can automatically set the time at which changes are registered in the shopping list to be displayed on the shopping list display unit 140 every day at 24:00 to promote goodwill competition among affiliated stores and alleviate price competition at the same time.

The shopping list display unit 140 displays a shopping list including products requested for sale on the user terminal.

In one aspect of the present invention, the shopping list display unit 140 simultaneously provides mini-execution screens for each category classified by a service provider's setting on the screen of the user terminal 30, and when one of the mini-execution screens is selected, , A shopping list including products included in the category of the selected mini execution screen is displayed on the screen.

On each mini execution screen, only a representative image such as glasses or hats, products such as accessories or clothing, dance or sports, etc. is displayed in a form representative of each category. If you touch the execution screen, the screen expands and you can check many products included in the category that were hidden on the mini screen.

Also, the shopping list display unit 140 is not limited to products registered in the database, and may be implemented to display products registered and detected in real time on the shopping list.

For example, the shopping list display unit 140 is divided into a luxury corner, an imported corner, and a domestic corner, or a high-priced corner, a mid-low price corner, and a thrifty corner according to price, and products sold under the name of luxury goods and ranked in the top 5 sales rankings. can be registered on the mini screen of the Luxury Hall.

In addition, products sold under the name of imported products and ranked in the top 5 in sales are registered on the mini screen of the International Pavilion, and products sold under the name of Affordable Products and ranked in the top 5 in sales are registered on the mini screen of the Affordable Pavilion.

In addition, the shopping list display unit 140 may directly select top selling items according to criteria set by the service provider and include them in the shopping list.

For example, the shopping list display unit 140 assigns ranks based on cumulative sales volume (average unit price per item displayed), and then ranks from 1st to 5th or 10th, or a fixed main screen that does not move up, down, left and right on the mobile phone screen Only products such as glasses that occupy the quantity that can be registered in an appropriate size on the screen are automatically registered in the virtual space, so that customers can recognize the style of each item, such as glasses that are in vogue these days. there is.

By displaying the average unit price for each rank, it can be sold at the same price with the same quality.

The shopping list display unit 140 divides categories for each of a plurality of product items to generate mini-screens, and displays each mini-screen for each product item and category of the shopping list. A specific mini-screen may be registered as a favorite. In addition, after registering as a favorite, interested users can select and purchase a product they want, or in the case of content that includes a video, it is implemented so that they can watch and learn from the video.

The product selection unit 150 receives selection of at least one of the products displayed on the shopping list display unit 140 from the user terminal 30 .

The product selection unit 150 provides functions for directly searching for products (keyword), searching for products in the luxury corner (search by corner), and receiving AI recommendations.

The product selection unit 150 may select a product by holding one of the products displayed with the user's virtual avatar in the metaverse space. At this time, control to select a product may be performed according to an operation signal input to the user terminal 30 .

The virtual wearer 160 wears the product selected by the product selector 150 on the user virtual avatar generated by the virtual avatar generator 120, and converts the user's virtual avatar in the product wearing state to the user terminal 30 in the metaverse. provided by

That is, the online shopping service providing device 10 provides a metaverse-based virtual wearing function. In this case, the virtual wearable unit 160 may separate the sales product from the virtual avatar and provide functions such as unfolding, turning, and inward viewing.

In one embodiment, the virtual wearing unit 160 includes a metaverse content creation tool and a big data library. The metaverse content creation tool and big data library can be used in workstations, data centers, internet data centers (IDC), direct attached storage (DAS) systems, storage area network (SAN) systems, and network networks (NAS). attached storage) system and RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks, or redundant array of independent disks) system, but may be implemented as at least one, but is not limited thereto.

The metaverse content creation tool of the virtual wearable unit 160 receives work instructions from producers, generates free camera work information according to the work orders, receives optimal library data related to the free camera work information, and produces optimal library data. It can be applied to perform rendering work.

The free camera walk information Ipcw may be information about a camera walk that is roughly generated according to a manufacturer's work instruction Wp. The free camera walk information Ipcw may include rough instructions for how a camera direction is to be performed in an animation scene, rather than a camera work that has been precisely calculated and determined. In addition, the pre-camera walk information Ipcw may include rough instructions for the movement of the character or the movement of the background.

At this time, the free camera work information Ipcw includes not only initial setting information of the character (eg, gender, age, body type, body size, skin color, and clothing of the character) but also state information of the character (eg, , heart rate, posture, fatigue, emotion) and background state information (eg, temperature, humidity, time zone). The free camera work information Ipcw may be formed using at least one method among text, image, and video. However, it is not limited thereto.

The big data library may have all previously produced animation files stored therein. The big data library can classify layout information of stored animation files by type and hold them as camera work library data (CamL). At this time, the camera work library data (CamL) is the movement of the camera being produced (eg, the speed, position, distance of the camera, etc.) or state information of the character (eg, the character's heart rate, posture, and fatigue). , emotion, etc.), the type may be classified and used.

The big data library may receive the free camera walk information (Ipcw) and transmit the corresponding optimal layout data, that is, optimal library data (CamL_op) to the metaverse content production tool.

Subsequently, the metaverse content creation tool may receive the optimal library data (CamL_op) and generate an animation image (Pr) using it. Here, the optimal library data (CamL_op) may include motion information of a character including biometric information (eg, heart rate (Ihr)).

In one aspect of the present invention, the virtual wearing unit 160 provides a user virtual avatar in a product wearing state to the user terminal 30, but rotates, moves, and enlarges the user virtual avatar in a product wearing state input from the metaverse. and the movement of the user's virtual avatar may be controlled according to the reduction control signal.

In a state where the virtual wearer 160 provides the user's virtual avatar in a product wearing state on the screen, if another product is selected from among the products displayed on the shopping list display unit 140 by the user, the virtual wearer 160 displays the selected other product. A worn user virtual avatar is further provided.

In one embodiment, when the product selected by the user is glasses, the virtual wearing unit 160 can freely change the glasses frame replacement and lens size model design of the glasses worn by the user, and apply the modified glasses frames or lenses. It is implemented so that it can be checked while wearing it on the virtual avatar. For example, a gold spectacle frame, a platinum spectacle frame, a copper alloy spectacle frame, and a titanium spectacle frame may be selected and applied. That is, when the user touches find glasses, a shopping list including wearable products is detected and created in the database, and the matched glasses are implemented to be worn on the virtual avatar.

In addition, the virtual wearer 160 may simultaneously wear two or more different products on the same virtual avatar of the user and output them on a screen for comparison.

For example, by simultaneously displaying a plurality of virtual avatars wearing two or more products selected by the user on a screen, the user can compare them at a glance and purchase a product with higher satisfaction. For example, it is possible to compare the glasses worn by the virtual avatar 1 replacing the user with the glasses worn by the virtual avatar 2 and the glasses worn by the virtual avatar 3. In addition, it is possible to provide a shopping service in which a user can purchase a product after confirming the virtual wearing state of which glasses suit the user better or which style of hat suits the user, the same as if he/she wears it himself.

Additionally, in the online shopping service providing device 10, a virtual person equipped with an AI function (hereinafter referred to as a glasses master) wears various glasses based on a real picture of a user wearing a product selected by the virtual wearing unit 160. It can further provide a function that recommends which glasses to buy while explaining the product and design as you go.

In addition, feedback such as "the lens size is too large" or "the frame is too thick" received from the user terminal 30 is similar to the style of glasses selected by the user who has virtually worn them, or based on the model of glasses worn previously. When a response is received, other products may be recommended based on the feedback response.

At this time, the glasses recommended by the glasses master are displayed on one side of the screen of the user terminal 30 . The user can decide which glasses to purchase based on the description of the master and the glasses on display.

The online shopping service providing device 10 may be implemented to be linked with a chatting app, message sending app, SNS app, etc. so that a virtual avatar of a user wearing a product selected by the virtual wearer 160 can be shared with others. When at least one person is selected from the list of pre-stored friends, a virtual avatar image of the user wearing the product selected by the user is transmitted to the user terminal of the corresponding friend. And it can receive a response thereto.

The online shopping service providing device 10 may commercialize the user's virtual avatar image and provide purchase and gift functions. Accordingly, a character writer of an online game or a chatting application may apply a virtual avatar of a user as a model and build a compensation system capable of paying compensation for using the user's virtual avatar. At this time, when a user's virtual avatar wearing a product selected by the user is sold or presented as a gift, it is preferable to pay a predetermined price to the seller of the product or the owner of the product.

In addition, a virtual avatar image of a user wearing a product selected by the user is uploaded to a specific website provided by the service platform of the online shopping service providing device 10 on SNS of the user account or according to an embodiment, and It is possible to receive a reaction to the state of wearing the corresponding product in real time.

At this time, by simultaneously including and uploading a virtual avatar that works with two products selected by the user on the screen of another person's user terminal, SNS account, or website of a specific service platform registered as a friend, reaction information is obtained by comparing different products. You may find out more.

After that, when the user requests purchase of a product he/she likes, the price and expected arrival date are displayed, and payment processing is performed when the user responds to the payment confirmation message. The online shopping service providing device 10 according to an embodiment includes a payment canceling and returning function.

Cancellation is allowed until before the seller sends the product, and return is possible after delivery of the product.

The shipping cost is included in the price of the glasses or separately added according to the seller's settings, and the shipping cost is borne by the buyer.

The online shopping service providing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment is basically implemented in a blind sales method in which seller information is not exposed to the user.

The service platform of the online shopping service providing device 10 allows blind sales and blind purchases in principle, so that sellers such as all opticians nationwide join as affiliates to sell glasses regardless of region. In addition, it is possible to sell in a blind manner without allowing the concept that goods must be sold at a high price because of the reason that it is a province or the metropolitan area is expensive to rent.

In addition, it is not possible to hold extensive discount events and events at affiliated stores, and it is impossible to sell glasses of the same quality at a lower price than other companies. Companies that want to hold discounts and events for reasons such as handling inventory and unpopular products are implemented to notify in advance.

The service platform of the online shopping service providing device 10 according to an embodiment provides a special space to support this, and products that are not sold even when the event deadline expires are purchased by the platform itself, registered in another space, and then each school principal or It may be implemented to provide a unique number at the same time as supplying it for free to the underprivileged class recommended by the local government.

For example, the seller must deposit a refund for no reason at the same time as receiving delivery of the returned product, and objections such as damage to the product are implemented to apply through the service platform provided by the online shopping service providing device 10, and the service platform Depending on the condition of the product, such as the glasses in question, compensation is requested from the seller, and glasses that can be repaired are provided after repair.

On the other hand, in relation to A/S, you can receive quality service by visiting an affiliated store anywhere in the country. If you touch Apply for A/S on the main screen, you can get information on the nearest merchant.

In an additional aspect of the present invention, the sales requesting unit 130 further receives a sales request for a content product including a physical action of a virtual instructor avatar related to one of dance, dance, and martial arts from the seller terminal 20 .

In addition, the virtual execution unit 170 detects the user's actual movement from the user's movement detection signal received from the user terminal 30 when the product selector 150 receives a selection of one of the content products including the virtual instructor's avatar's body action. It is recognized and reflected in the motion of the user's virtual avatar generated by the virtual avatar creation unit 120 in the metaverse to be executed. The execution screen may be output through the user terminal 30 .

In one embodiment, the virtual execution unit 170 receives a motion detection signal of the user operating according to the physical behavior of the purchased virtual instructor avatar from the user terminal 30, and represents the amount of change in the motion of the character by the user-captured image. A motion sequence (Scm) is derived. Subsequently, the metaverse content production tool may perform a layout operation using the derived character motion sequence (Scm) and generate an animation image (Pr) based on it.

In this case, the motion detection signal of the user may be implemented as a motion detection signal generated from a sensor attached to a part of the user's body or receiving an image taken by a camera installed in the user terminal 30 . However, it is not limited thereto and is interpreted to cover all technical configurations of various methods capable of detecting a user's movement.

In a further aspect of the present invention, the evaluation unit 180 evaluates the user's body action based on the instructor avatar's body action by comparing the instructor's avatar's body action with the user's body action grafted to the user's virtual avatar, Outputs comments for complementing physical actions.

That is, the evaluation unit 180 may determine the degree of correspondence between the movement of the user's virtual avatar and the physical behavior of the instructor's avatar, score the degree of agreement, and evaluate the degree of agreement. And it can provide feedback on motions such as “raise your right arm higher” or “step faster in the 4th phase”. Accordingly, an effect is derived that accurate evaluation and feedback are possible even when learning dance, dance, or sports movements by purchasing content including physical actions online.

2 is a flowchart of a metaverse-based online shopping service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in the online shopping service providing method according to an embodiment, body information including a user body image is received from a user terminal, and a user virtual avatar is created by referring to the received user body information (S200).

In an embodiment, in the step of creating a virtual avatar, a basic appearance of the user may be constructed by 3D scanning the user's front, rear, left, right, plane, bottom, and oblique surfaces. In addition, by reflecting detailed information such as age, gender, appearance, height, weight, personality, habit, and expression input from the user, the user's character, that is, the virtual avatar, can be implemented, and 3D animation (movement) of the virtual avatar can be implemented. .

In the virtual avatar creation step, conditions of not only the user's own virtual avatar but also the virtual avatar to replace the user may be directly set and generated. For example, according to the information set by the user, setting information such as gender, age, etc., whether the gift recipient, family member, or acquaintance is female, male, teenagers, 20s, 30s, or 40s may be input. That is, it is possible to set and change the size of the entire body, and the physique may be changed according to the weight setting.

In the virtual avatar creation step, a plurality of virtual avatars such as family members or acquaintances, in addition to the virtual avatar of the user, may be created, stored, and managed so as to be recalled later. For example, if a virtual avatar of child 1 having a history of creation is called or a virtual avatar of child 2 is called, a virtual avatar identical to the physical condition of the corresponding family is called and displayed.

In the virtual avatar creation step, for example, when shopping for accessories such as glasses, sunglasses, mufflers, hair accessories or earrings, hats, etc., after setting the face size to the size of a real person, the user or the gift recipient, etc. You can create an avatar. In an embodiment, the virtual avatar generated in the virtual avatar generation step is detachable from all products sold on the shopping service platform provided by the metaverse-based online shopping service providing device according to an embodiment and provides a color makeup function. and is implemented to return to the original state through initialization.

In one embodiment, in the virtual avatar creation step, a real picture of the user's upper body may be registered from the user terminal. At this time, it is desirable to set a password because a real picture must be registered.

When a product sales request using the metaverse space is received from at least one seller terminal (S210), a shopping list including the products requested for sale is displayed on the user terminal (S220).

In the sales request step, a product sales request using the meta bus space is received from at least one seller terminal. In one embodiment, the sales request step receives a sales request for items such as clothes, glasses, hats or accessories, shoes, neckties, watches, wigs, physical activity related content such as exercise or dance, from a seller terminal.

In one embodiment, the seller terminal can register product information such as glasses (sunglasses), clothes, shoes, hats, ties, watches, wigs, etc. that the seller wants to sell at any time. And the registered information is automatically saved in the database. In this case, it is desirable to use blind sales as a rule. In addition, it is implemented to be detected when a user who is a purchaser completes a purchasing decision after trying on the virtual avatar as a target.

In addition, the sales requesting unit 130 may further receive a request from the seller terminal 20 to sell video content products in which all kinds of dances and actions related to dance and martial arts are implemented as virtual humans or webtoons.

The sales requesting unit 130 performs all classical dances such as sword dance, cheoyongmu, sangyeommu, muaemu, saseonmu, sanyurak, shinoragi, court dance, folk dance, mask dance, ceremonial dance, and creative dance from the seller terminal 20. Receives a sales request for contemporary dance content.

Also, gayo dance, hip-hop performance, Latin jazz performance, night dance, breaking (B-boying), house, locking, hip-hop, popping, jazz dance, salsa, swing, dance sport (jive), diet dance, samba, limbo, shelwe dance You can also receive sales requests for content related to Zirbak, Rumba, House, Rocking, Hip Hop, Popping, Jazz Dance, Salsa, Swing, Dance Sports (Jive), Diet Dance, Dance about Dance, Hip Hop, and Dance. .

In addition, boxing (boxing), karate (karate), kwonbeop, taekwondo, kickboxing, sabat, muay thai, capoeira, kung fu, glima, wrestling, brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling, jujitsu (jiu-jitsu), judo, aikido, Sambo, Kendo, Haedong Kendo, fencing, archery, gatka, archery, national archery, bodyguard martial arts, Taekkyeon, Hanpul, Hapkido, Hanmudo, self-defense, Wushu, Shaolin, Jeet Kune Do, Tongcheon Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga, Israeli Krav Maga, Commando Krav A sales request may be received for video content including martial arts-related acts such as Maga, Kalaripayat, Gongkwon Jujutsu, Special Martial Arts, Systema, Musat, Silat, Guksul, Combat Sambo, and Escrima.

In the sales request step, the time at which the shopping list to be displayed in the shopping list display step is automatically set to 24:00 every day is promoted in good faith competition among member stores and price competition can be alleviated at the same time.

In one aspect of the present invention, the step of displaying the shopping list simultaneously provides mini-execution screens for each category classified by a setting of a service provider on the screen of the user terminal, and when one of the mini-execution screens is selected, the selected mini-execution screen is received. A shopping list including products included in the category of the screen is displayed on the screen.

On each mini execution screen, only a representative image such as glasses or hats, products such as accessories or clothing, dance or sports, etc. is displayed in a form representative of each category. If you touch the execution screen, the screen expands and you can check many products included in the category that were hidden on the mini screen.

Also, the step of displaying the shopping list is not limited to products registered in the database, and products registered and detected in real time may be displayed on the shopping list.

For example, the shopping list display stage is divided into luxury corner, imported corner, and domestic corner, or divided into high-priced corner, mid-low price corner, and thrifty corner according to price, and products sold under the name of luxury goods and ranked in the top 5 sales in the luxury section You can register on the mini screen.

Afterwards, at least one of the products displayed in the shopping list display step is selected from the user terminal (S230).

In the product selection stage, it provides features such as direct product search (keyword), search in the luxury corner (search by corner), and AI recommendation.

Then, the selected product is worn on the user's virtual avatar created in the virtual avatar creation step, and the user's virtual avatar in the product wearing state is provided to the user terminal in the metaverse (S240).

The online shopping service providing method provides a metaverse-based virtual wearing function. At this time, in the virtual wearing step, functions such as unfolding, turning, and looking inside may be provided by separating the sales product from the virtual avatar.

In one aspect of the present invention, the virtual wearing step provides a user virtual avatar in a product wearing state to a user terminal, and rotates, moves, expands, and contracts the user virtual avatar in a product wearing state input from the metaverse to a control signal. Accordingly, the movement of the user's virtual avatar may be controlled.

Further, if another product is selected from among the displayed products in the shopping list display step in a state where the user's virtual avatar wearing the product is provided, the user's virtual avatar wearing the selected other product is provided.

In one embodiment, in the virtual wearing step, when the product selected by the user is glasses, the glasses frame replacement and lens size model design of the worn glasses can be freely transformed, and the modified glasses frames or lenses are applied to the virtual avatar. It is implemented so that it can be checked while wearing it. For example, a gold spectacle frame, a platinum spectacle frame, a copper alloy spectacle frame, and a titanium spectacle frame may be selected and applied. That is, when the user touches find glasses, a shopping list including wearable products is detected and created in the database, and the matched glasses are implemented to be worn on the virtual avatar.

Also, in the virtual wearing step, two or more different products may be simultaneously worn on the same user's virtual avatar and displayed on a screen for comparison.

For example, by simultaneously displaying a plurality of virtual avatars wearing two or more products selected by the user on a screen, the user can compare them at a glance and purchase a product with higher satisfaction. For example, it is possible to compare the glasses worn by the virtual avatar 1 replacing the user with the glasses worn by the virtual avatar 2 and the glasses worn by the virtual avatar 3. In addition, it is possible to provide a shopping service in which a user can purchase a product after confirming the virtual wearing state of which glasses suit the user better or which style of hat suits the user, the same as if he/she wears it himself.

In a characteristic aspect of the present invention, the sales request step is to receive a request for further sales of a content product including a body action of a virtual instructor avatar related to one of dance, dance, and martial arts from a seller terminal, and the product selection step includes the body of the virtual instructor avatar When one of the content products including actions is selected (S250), the user's actual movement is recognized from the user's movement detection signal received from the user terminal and reflected in the motion of the user's virtual avatar generated by the virtual avatar generator in the metaverse. to execute virtually (S260).

In one embodiment, the virtual execution step receives a motion detection signal of a user operating according to the physical behavior of the purchased virtual instructor avatar from the user terminal, and generates a character motion sequence (Scm) representing the amount of change in motion of the character by a user-captured image. derive Subsequently, the metaverse content production tool may perform a layout operation using the derived character motion sequence (Scm) and generate an animation image (Pr) based on it.

In this case, the motion detection signal of the user may be implemented as a motion detection signal generated from a sensor attached to a part of the user's body or receiving an image captured by a camera installed in the user terminal. However, it is not limited thereto and is interpreted to cover all technical configurations of various methods capable of detecting a user's movement.

In an additional aspect of the present invention, the physical behavior of the instructor avatar is compared with the physical behavior of the user grafted onto the virtual avatar of the user, the physical behavior of the user is evaluated based on the physical behavior of the instructor avatar, and comments for complementing the physical behavior are evaluated. Outputs (S270).

That is, in the evaluation step, the degree of correspondence between the movement of the user's virtual avatar and the physical behavior of the instructor's avatar may be identified, and the degree of correspondence may be scored and evaluated. And it can provide feedback on motions such as “raise your right arm higher” or “step faster in the 4th phase”. Accordingly, an effect is derived that accurate evaluation and feedback are possible even when learning dance, dance, or sports movements by purchasing content including physical actions online.

The above method may be implemented as an application or implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded on a computer readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination.

Program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention, or those known and usable to those skilled in the art of computer software.

Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magneto-optical media such as floptical disks. media), and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like.

Examples of program instructions include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware device may be configured to act as one or more software modules to perform processing according to the present invention and vice versa.

Although the above has been described with reference to embodiments, it will be understood that those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. You will be able to.

10: online shopping service providing device 20: seller terminal
30: user terminal 110: communication unit
120: virtual avatar generation unit 130: sales request unit
140: shopping list display unit 150: product selection unit
160: virtual wearing unit 170: virtual execution unit
180: evaluation unit

Claims (10)

a virtual avatar creation unit that receives body information including a user body image from a user terminal and creates a user virtual avatar by referring to the received user body information;
a sales request unit that receives a product sales request using the meta bus space from at least one seller terminal;
a shopping list display unit for displaying a shopping list including products requested for sale on a screen of a user terminal;
a product selection unit that receives a selection of at least one of the products displayed in the shopping list display unit from a user terminal; and
A virtual wearing unit for providing a user virtual avatar in a state of wearing a product in the metaverse to a user terminal by wearing the product selected in the product selection unit on the user virtual avatar created in the virtual avatar creation unit; of online shopping service providers.
According to claim 1,
The shopping list display unit,
Mini execution screens for each category classified by the setting of the service provider are provided on the screen of the user terminal at the same time, and when one of the mini execution screens is selected, a shopping list including products included in the category of the selected mini execution screen A metaverse-based online shopping service providing device that displays the
According to claim 1,
The virtual wearing part,
The user virtual avatar in the product wearing state is provided to the user terminal, and the movement of the user virtual avatar in the product wearing state is controlled according to a control signal for rotation, movement, enlargement, and reduction of the user virtual avatar in the product wearing state input from the metaverse,
An apparatus for providing a metaverse-based online shopping service that provides a user virtual avatar wearing another selected product when selecting another product among the products displayed on the shopping list display unit in a state in which a user virtual avatar in a product wearing state is provided.
According to claim 1,
The sales requesting department,
Receive a request from the seller terminal to sell more content products including physical actions of a virtual instructor avatar related to one of dance, dance, and martial arts;
When the product selector receives a selection of one of the content products including the virtual instructor avatar's body action, the user's actual movement is recognized from the user's motion detection signal received from the user terminal, and the user generated by the virtual avatar generator in the metaverse. A virtual execution unit that reflects the motion of the virtual avatar and executes it; further comprising a metaverse-based online shopping service providing device.
According to claim 4,
An evaluation unit that compares the instructor's avatar's physical behavior with the user's physical behavior grafted onto the user's virtual avatar, evaluates the user's physical behavior based on the instructor's avatar's physical behavior, and outputs a comment for complementing the physical behavior. A metaverse-based online shopping service providing device further comprising;
a virtual avatar creation step of receiving body information including a user body image from a user terminal and generating a user virtual avatar by referring to the received user body information;
A sales request step of receiving a product sales request using a metaverse space from at least one seller terminal;
a shopping list display step of displaying a shopping list including products requested for sale on a screen of a user terminal;
a product selection step of receiving a selection of at least one of the products displayed in the shopping list display step from a user terminal; and
A virtual wearing step of providing a user virtual avatar in a state of wearing a product in the metaverse to a user terminal by wearing the product selected in the product selection step on the user virtual avatar created in the virtual avatar creation step; including, a metaverse-based method of providing online shopping services.
According to claim 6,
In the step of displaying the shopping list,
Mini execution screens for each category classified by the setting of the service provider are provided on the screen of the user terminal at the same time, and when one of the mini execution screens is selected, a shopping list including products included in the category of the selected mini execution screen A method of providing a metaverse-based online shopping service that displays a
According to claim 6,
The virtual wearing step,
The user virtual avatar in the product wearing state is provided to the user terminal, and the movement of the user virtual avatar in the product wearing state is controlled according to a control signal for rotation, movement, enlargement, and reduction of the user virtual avatar in the product wearing state input from the metaverse,
In a state where a user's virtual avatar in a product wearing state is provided, if another product is selected from among the displayed products in the shopping list display step, a user's virtual avatar wearing the selected product is provided.
According to claim 6,
The sales request step,
Receive a request from the seller terminal to sell more content products including physical actions of a virtual instructor avatar related to one of dance, dance, and martial arts;
In the product selection step, when one of the content products including the physical behavior of the virtual instructor avatar is selected, the user's actual movement is recognized from the user motion detection signal received from the user terminal, and the virtual avatar generated in the metaverse is generated. A method for providing a metaverse-based online shopping service, further comprising; a virtual execution step of executing the motion by reflecting the motion of the user's virtual avatar.
According to claim 9,
An evaluation step of comparing the instructor's avatar's physical behavior with the user's physical behavior grafted onto the user's virtual avatar, evaluating the user's physical behavior based on the instructor's avatar's physical behavior, and outputting a comment to complement the physical behavior. ; Metaverse-based online shopping service providing method further comprising a.