KR100476856B1 - 3d virtual reality designing system through the wire and wireless internet and the method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

   The present invention provides a 3D virtual space design system using a wired / wireless internet that can model content quickly, allow users to design 2D and 3D virtual spaces simultaneously, calculate quotations, and connect such data to ERP and CRM systems. Provide a method. It also provides a variety of revenue models using the 3D design method of the present invention.

Description

3D virtual space design system and method using wired and wireless internet {3D VIRTUAL REALITY DESIGNING SYSTEM THROUGH THE WIRE AND WIRELESS INTERNET AND THE METHOD USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional virtual space design system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to quickly model the content, the user directly designs the 2D and 3D virtual space at the same time to calculate the estimate and such data is ERP and CRM system The present invention relates to a 3D virtual space design system and method using a wired / wireless internet to enable a connection to a network.

Many prior arts exist for interactive three-dimensional graphical images to three-dimensional virtual space design systems or methods.

Patent application No. 2001-2504 discloses the construction of an interactive online shopping mall specializing in office furniture using a three-dimensional graphic image. The application uses a three-dimensional graphic image to implement office furniture and office furniture. Their sample is interactively and dynamically constructed, allowing consumers to visually shop on the Internet to increase their purchasing power.

 Next, Patent Application No. 2000-52886 discloses a cyber building bidding method using virtual reality. The application is based on a design proposal of three companies selected by the owners to participate in the bidding online through the construction design company. By using VR or VRML to express the architectural intention to the owner who is not familiar with the drawing, it is possible to make a design drawing and to make a bid by suggesting the quotation and construction conditions through the contractor's online. The project aims to improve the fairness of the contractor, the intention of the owner, and shorten the construction period.

Next, Patent Application No. 2000-28060 discloses a system for reconstructing and editing an image of an object on a three-dimensional virtual space screen.

Next, Patent Application No. 1997-55652 relates to a method for dynamically constructing a 3D virtual space in an Internet web environment. When the user who wants to receive a 3D virtual space service inputs information of a desired virtual world, the information is inputted. It accepts the information and interprets the information as computer graphic interface (CGI) parameters to generate a query for database searching, and dynamically constructs a database based on the query to dynamically construct scene graphs necessary for creating a virtual space on a web server. It constructs the initial scene graph by searching, traverses the initial scene graph and searches it downward, and completes the scene graph using the VRML2.0 modeling language, saves it as a VRML configuration file, and sends it to the user. Virtual simulation of all the tasks related to the various services By using VRML 2.0, a virtual reality modeling language, the Internet standard, the server dynamically configures a virtual object or a space as the user's desired information, and anyone needs a web browser that supports this standard to create a real-time virtual space. To be sent to.

However, since the conventional techniques do not provide the ability to design 2D and 3D graphics at the same time, it is pointed out that the user cannot easily create 3D in 2D, and also work in a virtual space made in advance through VR or VRML. There is a limitation that it should be done, and it is pointed out that when such VR or VRML is difficult for general users to produce directly, it takes a long time to produce.

In addition, in the virtual space (VR) according to the prior art, it is pointed out that it is difficult to implement various VRs required by the remodeling or interior companies because the VR maker can experience only the virtual space made in advance. .

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the user can directly model in real time and can easily configure the 2D screen at the same time freely and easily switch from 2D to 3D virtual space The purpose of the present invention is to provide a 3D virtual space design system and method using wired and wireless Internet that can be shown realistically.

The present invention also allows companies to make estimates in real time for products (e.g. apartments with desired internal components and structures) consisting of virtual spaces modeled or arranged to make these virtual environments profitable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a 3D virtual space design system and method using wired and wireless Internet that can be linked to the actual process of ERP, CRM, and the like.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system configuration of a server and a client state for providing a 3D virtual space design system and method using wired and wireless Internet of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the system of the method of the present invention is largely comprised of a server 10 and a client 20. The server 10 and the client 20 are interconnected via wired or wireless internet.

First, the server 10 stores CAD data, which is geometric data of a product, which collects information on each element constituting the entire drawing and inputs the element information unit 12 for inputting the same, as well as product 2D and 3D drawings. A modeler 16 which forms 2D and 3D content reflecting element information by combining the CAD data unit 14 and the element information and the CAD data, and a content and DB storing individual contents formed by the modeler. It is configured to include a server 18. The element information refers to a product specification and includes, for example, the size, price, color, and the like of the product.

Next, in response to a user's request, the client 20 simulates a remodeling design using interiors and exteriors owned by the service provider directly or indirectly by the DB server 18 by connecting to the DB server 18. It includes a configurator 26 that performs the function of allowing the consumer member to receive the interior construction of the same specification, and the consumer member to receive the service through virtual reality simulation, and to calculate the estimate accordingly.

The configurator 26 may be configured to be scalable, and the configurator 26 may be configured according to the nature of the service that the service provider intends to provide and whether the object of using the service is a general customer or a corporate customer. ), Layout setting and CUSTOMIZING are possible, and as the content menu structure is determined by the DB table structure and records written in the DB, it is possible to flexibly form the best content menu structure for the service provider's specifications and users. have.

Accordingly, the client 20 changes the layout of the NAVIGATION of the virtual space, the arrangement of the goods, and the wallpaper color to the designer 22 and the general customer to receive the prototyping function for the corporate customer. And a general user unit 24 provided with only simple functions.

1 is a diagram of the contents and DB server 18 according to the present invention provides the necessary content at the request of the client 20, the client 20 to create a drawing using the content downloaded to the configurator A typical example of the present invention for estimating is shown.

The system of the present invention operates in the following steps.

First, after the client member 20 of the consumer member accesses the server 18 of the service provider providing the design method of the present invention and performs the member verification and subscription procedure, the server 18 configures the client 20 side. If it is determined whether or not the controller 26 is present, the configurator 26 is downloaded.

Next, the configurator 26 performs a remodeling design simulation using interiors and exteriors owned by the service provider directly or indirectly in the DB server 18 of the service provider so that the consumer member receives the interior construction of the same specification. In this case, the virtual reality simulation is performed to get the consumer member to receive the service and to generate a quotation. The three steps can be performed in parallel in real time and can be switched from time to time.

The user first draws a house or room of desired structure in 2D for design simulation and then places the contents. The present invention, unlike the existing VR produced by a professional company due to the difficulty of manufacturing the virtual space in drawing the house structure, the user can easily make the walls and doors, windows, floors forming the house structure directly By designing and visualizing, the house structure can be made by the user himself.

The content request information selected by the user in order to arrange the content is transmitted to the DB server 18 so that the DB server 18 sends the requested content to the client 20 in real time. In this case as well, the client 20 determines whether the corresponding content exists and downloads the content only when it is not present.

In the production of individual contents, conventional VR systems were not easy to make enough to require them to be produced by a professional production company, and it took a long time to make, but the dedicated modeler 16 of the present invention has a basic shape (EXACT SHAPE). ) 2D content and 3D content can be easily created using modeling and texturing, or content can be easily created by converting CAD data of the CAD data unit 14 into a native format of the present invention. The content information is added to the DB 18 based on the contents made to allow the client 20 to use these contents.

Here, the basic shape modeling refers to a method of constructing content only by changing a parameter by data input for a three-dimensional basic shape that can be expressed by basic parameters such as sphere, cylinder, and cubic, and the format conversion method changes the parameter. It refers to a method of constructing contents from CAD data, which is geometric information, when complex shapes that cannot be built alone cannot be matched to standardized data such as curved surfaces.

Next, when moving to the virtual reality simulation step to look at the overall bird's eye during the design simulation work, all the 2D content placed in the current drawing is based on the link information of each content server 3D content corresponding to each 2D content. Is called by the page, and all 2D content is replaced with 3D content. That is, according to the present invention, by simply designing a 2D-shaped house structure and arranging contents, it is possible to simultaneously create 2D drawings and 3D drawings.

Next, the present invention is configured to make a quote by attaching a price to the arranged content or various construction activities (wall generation, wall demolition, floor demolition, floor generation, material change, etc.). That is, the price corresponding to each content and construction activity is made into a DB in advance, and the price corresponding to each content and construction activity is detected from the DB to make a quotation. The user can make a quote directly based on the DB only, or a designer who makes a professional quote can make a quotation and make a contract through consultation.

The quotation can be calculated in the middle, and the contents of the quotation are updated in real time in such a manner that the cost of each content placed while the contents are arranged is summed or the corresponding content cost is also changed according to the content change.

The quotation calculation step of the present invention is to index the purchase-related behavior of the customer by arranging and analyzing the information data about the current customer and the potential customer based on the drawings and the quotation contents prepared by the customer and marketing information, and produced based on this This is useful because it can be used as data.

The present invention as described above can bring a synergistic effect through linkage with an external system. When contracted for 2D and 3D drawing products with user selected content and corresponding quotations, the drawing itself is configured to generate raw data of all ERPs. All contract information from customer information is entered into ERP without any additional input action, so that design, consultation, and production, distribution, and construction orders can be processed without time delay, thereby reducing the cost of input to ERP and the cost of processing time delay. Contributions to savings, inventory reduction and improved customer satisfaction.

In addition to the contracted matters, consultations can be used as CRM data. For example, what level of people in any area would like what kind of furniture or colors, or who should buy or sign a contract, mainly because they are women in their mid-30s? All can be extracted from the output from the inventive system.

With respect to the present invention and the external system as described above, to decorate the virtual space on the Internet or to design the interior space and to place the interior goods to simulate the layout and texture (texture) and to navigate the specific products and patterns An example of a system linking the invention will be described in more detail.

The product can preferably be customized for use in a particular home building company.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the linkage between the system of the present invention and an external system.

Referring to FIG. 2, the 3D virtual space design system of the present invention, which includes a web server 10 (same as the server of FIG. 1) and a web client 20 (same as the client of FIG. 1), has an ERP server 30 and a CRM server. It is connected to an external system including 40.

Looking at the operation of the entire connected system step by step, first, information on the goods to be sold, such as the standard cost for remodeling is built in the ERP system (30). Modeling 2D content and 3D content or converting data in other formats based on the information and design drawings constructed in the ERP system 30. The image to be used for texturing is constructed by requesting the company providing the product. The web server 10 module and the web client 20 module are optimized for the company and installed in the web server 10 to complete the preparation of the service.

Web client 20 differentiates functionality by making it for general users 24 and for designers 22. As described above, the designer 22 may use the present invention to perform rapid prototyping to make a review and plan a product, and use it to make an actual contract through consultation with a customer. On the other hand, the general user 24 provides only simple functions such as navigating the already created virtual space, arranging products, and changing wallpaper colors as described above, and confirming them in advance before consulting with the designer. To use.

When the contract is made with the designer, the quotations and contract details are registered in the ERP system 30, and the registered ERP input information is used for material orders, production orders, construction orders, and the like. By analyzing the files stored in the ERP system 30 and the web server 10 is used as input data of the CRM (40), it is used as planning, marketing, publicity, sales data through the CRM (40) and leads the potential demand.

In addition, we do contents business. In the case of the present invention, 2D, 3D floor plan of the house can be easily made at the same time, and the floor plan needs to be made as an image to sell the floor plan. In addition, 2D, 3D content is produced and sold to customers using the system made by the present invention.

As described in detail above, the present invention is a system and a service method for expressing 2D and 3D virtual spaces regardless of time and place in a wired / wireless Internet environment. It presents a business model that allows cyber commerce to be conducted online, which was made only offline, so that you can easily experience what you saw as virtual reality regardless of time and place.

If the local and temporal limitations of the commerce behavior of most home sales markets and interior contractors that rely solely on offline and problems with communication with customers can be overcome, they will be able to get the customer's response. The combination of service technology can be a new revenue model.

The service according to the present invention presents various types of business models.

First, by solving the problems that have been resolved on-line online, it saves the cost of time and space constraints and fulfills the customer's demands and builds trust and can be used as a marketing or promotion tool. The biggest concept is that the system according to the invention makes it possible to do what is possible only on the existing offline. It can be provided as a service in an existing shopping mall or homepage because it allows a person to experience what he or she has seen visually or offline in a photo offline as a virtual reality regardless of time and place.

In the case of an apartment building company, a model house is built just like a real apartment for the sale of a new apartment, and a customer can make a purchase decision only after visiting. However, in the model house, you can't change the exhibited items, you can't change the wallpaper or flooring to your liking, and you can't feel whether they fit with other products owned by the customer. In order to solve these limitations, offline commerce can be brought online so that customers can view the home through the Internet through the same cyber model house as the actual apartment, and can actually experience the model house as if they were walking. You can change the material, change the material, change the wallpaper or flooring to the style you want, and arrange the products you own and feel the spatial harmony. Also, if you like it, just press a button to get a quote and send it to the construction company, which can help the company and the customer communicate. The construction company can increase the customer satisfaction by providing the system according to the present invention on its homepage, and is provided with the opportunity to solve the spatial and temporal limitations of the model house. At this time, the two-dimensional and three-dimensional models of the contents and apartments provided in the system can be prepared directly by the construction company or can be provided by a professional contents service provider.

Secondly, when the system of the present invention is serviced, a portal or hub type site can be operated. When operated in the form of portals or hubs, negotiations are made between companies that want to buy or remodel materials and customers who want to purchase or remodel materials, and site operators can receive service delivery fees. As another example, it can be used as a marketing tool to secure membership. Existing real estate sites or moving companies provide only two-dimensional apartment floor plans, making them difficult to understand and cannot be arranged or limited. When the system according to the present invention is serviced from the homepage of the company, the customer can know without visiting the structure of the house to move and can arrange the furniture owned by the customer to help the decision making easily. It is effective, and the provision of this service is enough to attract customers' attention. In this way, it is possible to promote the company's products and enter into contracts by providing services at shopping malls and homepages, and to secure potential customers coming in to see these services. In addition, the existing portal site will be able to increase the number of members by providing the service according to the present invention to the members. It has a link with professional moving companies, interior construction companies, and real estate companies to secure membership as a portal.

Third, cost savings can be avoided by providing a quote during consultation and re-entry or data management. In the case of a business that remodels an existing house, all existing transactions and communications are conducted between the designer and the customer in an offline manner. The method used is to sketch the paper with a pencil and present the customer's opinion and photograph. Communicating through the act of showing the back, from the customer's point of view, the contract is not known exactly after remodeling. In addition, in order to quote the contract with the contractor, it takes a lot of time because the data must be looked up and calculated. However, the system and service method according to the present invention all transactions and communication can be confirmed by virtual reality through graphics in real time, so that customers can immediately reflect what they want and can express the designer's thoughts immediately, customers and designers. By narrowing the disagreement with the customer, you can increase customer satisfaction and save time by getting a real-time quote. Service is available in wired / wireless internet environment, so you can consult with customers anywhere.

Fourth, content can be sold. In order to enable such a service, a modeler among the components of the present invention should be used to produce 2D and 3D contents. This provides business opportunities for specialized content providers. If there are existing two-dimensional and three-dimensional CAD drawings, they may be converted into contents in the form required by the system according to the present invention through modelers, and materials and properties may be modified. In addition, among the functions provided by this system, the floor plan files and 2D and 3D image files produced by the floor plan creation function can be provided to the service provider. You can also sell images that render the result of placing these contents. In addition, it will provide an image that can be used as a mapping source for the finishing material. Of course, this content can be created by the service provider, but it must be determined in consideration of efficiency and expertise.

Finally, the system according to the present invention sells the parts corresponding to the engine such as graphic processing, event processing, etc. except the GUI part to third-party developers, so that these companies add the GUI part and the DB processing part. To increase the added value of new business models, giving them the opportunity to create new business models. Since the system according to the present invention can add various functions as much as possible through the API of the engine, a new business model can be created depending on the added value.

While the invention has been described in detail only with respect to the preferred embodiments described, it will be understood that this is for the understanding and not of limitation. In addition, it will be understood that various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications and modifications belong to the appended claims.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained.

First, it allows people to experience what they have seen visually or photo on offline as virtual reality regardless of time and place, so that it can be provided as a service in existing shopping malls or homepages. You can convert commerce from to online transactions.

Second, it is possible to overcome the spatial and temporal limitations by satisfying the visual needs of customers.

Third, all transactions and communication can be processed quickly through real-time graphics and data processing.

Fourth, compared to other systems according to the prior art, the step of preparing content and preparing a service is easy and the time is short.

Fifth, when the result data of the system of the present invention is linked with the ERP and CRM system, which is the basis of the company, it is possible to obtain indirect benefits through the cost reduction and marketing or promotion effect caused by reducing production and delivery.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system configuration of a server and a client state for providing a 3D virtual space design system and method using wired and wireless Internet of the present invention.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the linkage between the system of the present invention and an external system.

Claims (8)

An element information unit which collects and inputs information on each element constituting the entire drawing; A CAD data unit for storing CAD data, which is geometric data constituting 2D and 3D drawings; A modeler for forming 2D and 3D content reflecting element information by combining the element information and CAD data; And A server comprising: a content and DB server including individual content formed by a modeler and link information about 3D content corresponding to each of the 2D content; 2D content is arranged according to the user's element information to construct a 2D drawing, and the 2D content arranged in the drawing calls 3D content corresponding to 2D content based on the link information of each content to form a 3D drawing. And a configurator configured to perform a design simulation in a DB server so that the consumer member receives the interior construction of the same specification, and the consumer member receives the service through a virtual reality simulation and calculates a quotation accordingly. Including; The server and the client is a three-dimensional virtual space design system using a wired and wireless Internet, characterized in that connected via a wired or wireless Internet. According to claim 1, The configurator is the layout setting and customization of the corresponding configurator according to the nature of the service and the object of use thereof, The client includes a designer unit for receiving a prototyping function when the use target is a corporate customer; 3D virtual space using wired and wireless Internet, comprising: a general user unit which receives only simple functions such as navigation of an already created virtual space, a product arrangement, and a change of wallpaper color when the target user is a general customer. Design system. An element information unit generating and inputting information on each element constituting the entire drawing; A CAD data unit for storing CAD data for graphic programs constituting 2D and 3D drawings; A modeler for forming 2D and 3D content reflecting element information by combining the element information and CAD data; And A server including a content and DB server storing individual content formed by the modeler; According to the user's element information, 2D content is arranged by connecting with the content and the DB server to construct a 2D drawing, and the 2D content arranged in the drawing is 3D content corresponding to 2D content based on the link information of each content. 3D drawing to call the 3D drawing to simulate the design in the content and DB server to receive the interior construction of the same specification to the consumer member, and through the virtual reality simulation to receive the customer service and calculate the estimate accordingly And a configurator to perform, ERP server, which establishes information on the products to be sold and standard costs for remodeling, etc. 3D virtual space design system using a wired and wireless Internet, characterized in that it comprises a CRM server that receives the data analysis of the files stored in the server and the ERP server to utilize as planning, marketing, promotion, sales data. The method according to claim 3, wherein the configurator is configured to layout and customize the corresponding configurator according to the nature of the service and the object of use thereof. The client is provided with a designer unit for providing a prototyping function when the target user is a corporate customer and simple functions such as navigation of an already created virtual space, a layout of a product, and a change of wallpaper color when the target user is a general customer. 3D virtual space design system using a wired and wireless Internet, characterized in that it comprises a general user. In the 3D virtual space design method comprising a server and a client and using a wired and wireless Internet, A first step of the server modeling contents through data transformation and basic shape modeling for another format; 2D content is constructed by arranging 2D content according to user element information, and 2D content placed in the drawing calls 3D content corresponding to 2D content based on link information of each content to form 3D drawings to form 2D and 3D. A second step of simultaneously designing a virtual space; A third step of designing a virtual space directly by a user; And a fourth step of directly calculating a quotation by a user. The method of claim 5, further comprising an ERP server and a CRM server connected to the server and the client, A first step of constructing information on a product and information on remodeling in the ERP server and transmitting the same to the server; A fifth step of automatically inputting contract details and quotations for the designed virtual space into an ERP server; A sixth step of sharing data by transmitting data stored in the server and the ERP server to the CRM server; 3D virtual space design method, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to claim 5 or 6, The server is a three-dimensional virtual space design method characterized in that the cyber model house server that can perform the promotion, marketing, remodeling service, quotation and contract. The method according to claim 5 or 6, And a seventh step of selling the content, the 2D and the 3D virtual spaces.