KR102627445B1 - Method and apparatus for providing flower product display and order integration service using metaverse - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a flower product display and integrated order service providing method using a metaverse and a device thereof. A flower product display and integrated order service providing system using a metaverse comprises: seller cluster A to which a plurality of flower sales terminals of sellers who wish to sell flowers online subscribe; seller cluster B to which a plurality of product sales terminals of sellers who wish to sell products other than flowers subscribe; a metaverse operation server that provides a generated metaverse space; a product mediation server made of a product registration unit, a server control unit, and a product matching processing unit; a user terminal that selects and purchases displayed products in the metaverse space; an SNS server that provides a social network service (SNS); and a preference information providing server made of an object detection unit and a flower object information storage unit. Therefore, the present invention has an effect of facilitating purchases of flowers by displaying flower-related information even though there is no discrimination for or knowledge of flowers when selecting a flower product in a metaverse space.

Description

{Method and apparatus for providing flower product display and order integration service using metaverse}

The present invention relates to a method and device for providing flower product display and order integration services using the metaverse.

Flowers are often delivered to celebrate various anniversaries such as birthdays or wedding anniversaries, and special events such as entrance ceremonies or graduation ceremonies. Until now, people either go to a flower shop in person, choose fresh flowers, and then make and deliver a bouquet, or request it via telecommunication and deliver the flowers through a flower delivery service.

However, people who have never bought flowers before go to a flower shop and buy the flowers recommended by the florist in a hurry, without knowing much about what types of flowers are available or how much the flower price is reasonable.

Since Korean culture still tends to purchase flowers only on special occasions, flower purchases occur spontaneously, and this is acting as a major obstacle to the revitalization of the flower sales market.

Therefore, there is a need for a system that can integrate the ordering and delivery of flowers without the orderer having any insight or knowledge about flowers.

Korean Patent No. 10-1980261

In order to solve this problem, the present invention displays flower products and products other than flowers in the metaverse space, and when one of these products is selected, it shows the seller related to the product and purchases it in the metaverse space. The purpose is to provide a flower sales service brokerage system using the metabus service that integrates and operates orders.

The flower sales service brokerage system using the metabus service according to the characteristics of the present invention to achieve the above purpose is,

Seller Cluster A, where multiple flower sales terminals of sellers who want to sell flowers online join;

Seller Cluster B, where multiple product sales terminals of sellers who wish to sell products other than flowers online join;

a metaverse operation server that creates a metaverse space corresponding to real space and objects to be placed in the metaverse space, and provides the created metaverse space;

Flower product-related information received from the plurality of flower sales terminals is stored in a product database for each seller. A product register that stores product-related information received from the plurality of product sales terminals in the product database for each seller, and one or more products (flower products, other than flowers) at a specific point in the metaverse space received from the metaverse operation server. a server control unit that generates and registers product coordinate information to display (products of), extracts flower products and products other than flowers from the product database unit, and uses the product coordinate information to store the flower product in the metaverse space A product brokerage server consisting of a product matching processing unit that displays products other than flowers or flowers and transmits the metaverse space in which the products are displayed to the user terminal through a wireless communication unit; and

It includes a user terminal that connects to the product brokerage server through a product purchase service app provided and executed by the product brokerage server, and selects and purchases a product displayed in the metaverse space.

By the above-described configuration, the present invention displays flower products and products other than flowers in the metaverse space, and when one of these products is selected, it shows the seller related to the product to enable purchase and ordering in the metaverse space. It has the effect of being able to operate integratedly.

The present invention has the effect of making it easy to purchase flowers by displaying flower-related information when selecting a flower product in the metaverse space without having any insight or knowledge about flowers.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a flower selling service brokerage system using the metaverse service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram briefly showing the internal configuration of a preference information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram briefly showing the internal configuration of a product brokerage server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a diagram showing a user interface screen of a user terminal displaying a product other than a pair of flowers and a flower product matched thereto in the metaverse space according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a diagram showing seller information according to distance information between the user terminal and the seller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention. While describing each drawing, similar reference numerals are used for similar components.

Terms such as first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component without departing from the scope of the present invention. The term “and/or” includes any of a plurality of related stated items or a combination of a plurality of related stated items.

When a component is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, but that other components may exist in between. It should be. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a component is “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between.

The terms used in this application are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense. No.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings. In order to facilitate overall understanding when describing the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions for the same components are omitted.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a flower selling service brokerage system using a metabus service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The flower selling service brokerage system 100 using the metabus service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication network 102, a user terminal 110, an SNS server 120, a preference information provision server 130, and a seller cluster A ( 140), seller cluster B (150), product brokerage server (160), and metaverse operation server (170).

The user terminal 110 is a terminal carried by a person who wants to purchase flowers or products other than flowers, and may be a fixed terminal implemented as a computer device or a mobile terminal.

For example, the user terminal 110 includes a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation system, a computer, a laptop, a digital broadcasting terminal, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Portable Multimedia Player (PMP), and a tablet PC. For example, the user terminal 110 may communicate with the product brokerage server 160 through the communication network 102 using a wireless or wired communication method.

The communication network 102 is not limited to communication methods, and may include not only communication methods using mobile communication networks, wired Internet, wireless Internet, and broadcasting networks, but also short-range wireless communication between devices. For example, the communication network 102 includes a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), a broadband network (BBN), It may include one or more arbitrary networks such as the Internet. Additionally, the communication network 102 may include any one or more of network topologies including a bus network, star network, ring network, mesh network, star-bus network, tree or hierarchical network, etc. Not limited.

The product brokerage server 160 is capable of mutual wireless communication with the user terminal 110 and provides a product purchase service app to the user terminal 110 that provides a service for purchasing flowers or products other than flowers online, A user interface screen for services required to purchase flowers or products other than flowers online through the app is provided to the user terminal 110.

Seller cluster A (140) is a cluster to which a large number of flower sales terminals (141) of sellers who wish to sell flowers online join.

Flower sales terminals 141 owned by sellers receive information related to flower products to be sold from product suppliers and transmit it to the product brokerage server 160. Here, flower product-related information includes plant-specific information including flower name, manufacturing date, seller, and flower type, and a manual on flower care methods including watering time, appropriate moisture supply amount, and appropriate temperature and humidity conditions. Seller information includes phone number, product sales price, etc.

Seller cluster B (150) is a cluster to which a number of product sales terminals (151) of sellers who wish to sell products other than flowers online join.

The product sales terminal 151 owned by the sellers receives information related to the product to be sold from product suppliers and transmits it to the product brokerage server 160. Here, product-related information other than flowers includes product information such as product supplier information, seller, product name, product type, production date, sales price, detailed product description, product photo, product quantity, and shipping cost.

Seller information is information about the seller of the product and includes, for example, name (or business name), address, home phone number, work phone number, cell phone number, email address, etc.

The flower sales terminal 141 and the product sales terminal 151 are connected to seller cluster A (140) or seller cluster B ( A product posting request signal (150) is transmitted to the product brokerage server (160).

The product brokerage server 160 posts the product by transmitting a product approval response signal approving the posting of the product to the cluster area of the seller cluster A (140) or seller cluster B (150).

The metabus operation server 170 can create a metabus space corresponding to the real space and provide various services through the created metabus space. For example, users can project flower product information or products other than flowers, such as bags and electronic products, into the metaverse space through their respective user terminals, and view product information related to that product when selecting a product. . Hereinafter, the content of the present invention describes a single metaverse space, but it is natural that the content of the present invention can be applied to a plurality of metaverse spaces.

The metaverse operation server 170 may include code (e.g., source code, object code, machine code, executable file, library, script, etc.) used to create and manage the metaverse space.

The metaverse operation server 170 may create a metaverse space and objects to be placed in the metaverse space (e.g., virtual natural objects, virtual facilities, etc.).

The meta bus operation server 170 may provide a plurality of pre-stored meta bus spaces to the product brokerage server 160. For example, the metaverse operation server 170 may create and store metaverse spaces for famous spaces such as the space in front of City Hall and Gangnam Station in advance.

The SNS server 120 is a server of a business that provides social network services (SNS) such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, and contains videos uploaded by influencers. may be searched and connected to the preference information provision server 130 through a wired and/or wireless network.

The SNS server 120 stores SNS account information of a plurality of users, and each user can perform SNS activities such as uploading images, videos, and/or texts through their SNS account. These SNS activities may be exposed to an unspecified number of people.

For example, the SNS server 120 reflects a specific user's SNS whose preferences (e.g., notations such as 'like', 'share', 'subscribe', 'follow', etc.) indicating the user's liking are greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. Activity information may be stored.

The SNS server 120 extracts video information whose preference is higher than a predetermined standard value and transmits it to the preference information providing server 130.

The user terminal 110 connects to the product brokerage server 160 through a product purchase service app provided and executed by the product brokerage server 160, selects a product displayed in the metaverse space, and performs a purchase procedure.

Figure 2 is a block diagram briefly showing the internal configuration of a preference information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The preference information providing server 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control module 131, a communication processing unit 132, an object detection unit 133, a product storage unit 134, an object recognition unit 135, and a flower object. Includes an information storage unit 136.

The control module 131 connects to the SNS server 120 through the communication processing unit 132.

The control module 131 receives video information whose preference is higher than a certain standard from the SNS server 120.

The object detection unit 133 may extract a product object from the received image information. Here, the product object may be a flower object.

The object detection unit 133 is one of deep neural networks (DNN), convolutional deep neural networks (CNN), recurrent neural networks (RNN), and deep belief networks (DBN). A feature map is extracted from image information using a neural network.

The object detection unit 133 can generate a feature map using a model that has already been trained by the learning unit based on deep learning. Deep learning is a set of machine learning algorithms that attempt high-level abstraction (summarizing key content or functions in large amounts of data or complex data) through a combination of various non-linear transformation techniques. is defined.

The object detection unit 133 extracts an area in the image frame where the flower object is estimated to exist, and extracts feature points representing characteristics from the extracted area.

The object detection unit 133 extracts at least one area in which the presence of a flower object is estimated from the image based on a feature map composed of extracted feature points. Methods for extracting the area may include, for example, faster RCNN, SSD (Single Shot MultiBox Detector), YOLO (You Only Look Once), etc., and the object detection unit 133 of the present invention uses the YOLO object recognition module as an example. I'm doing it.

The object detection unit 133 selects a feature map including the coordinates of a class for each region of the image from among the feature maps, identifies coordinates that distinguish the region from the selected feature map, and then uses the identified coordinates to indicate the presence of a flower object. It can be extracted into the estimated area.

The object detection unit 133 can be set to one or two or more flower objects.

The object detection unit 133 of the present invention sets the flower as a detection object and extracts the flower object from the image information. It is not limited to this, and the detection object can be various products such as bags and electronic products.

The object detection unit 133 may display each of the at least one extracted area as a bounding box surrounding the outermost edge of the corresponding flower object.

Each bounding box indicates that there is a possibility that a flower object exists at the location of the corresponding bounding box in the image. It receives a frame representing image information as input and outputs the result information using the position coordinates ((X1, Y1), (X2, Y2)) of the object within the frame as the bounding box.

The object detection unit 133 extracts a plurality of flower objects from a plurality of image information and stores the extracted flower objects in the product storage unit 134.

Additionally, the object detection unit 133 stores flower discrimination information, including feature points, in the product storage unit 134 when extracting a flower object.

Here, the flower discrimination information includes all features that can classify the corresponding flower type, such as object size, pixel size, pixel value distribution, feature points, and histogram.

The flower object information storage unit 136 stores flower discrimination information in a database for each type of flower object.

The flower object information storage unit 136 analyzes and stores flower discrimination information for each flower type, such as feature points, object size, pixel size, pixel value distribution, and histogram of the flower object extracted from past image information.

The object recognition unit 135 provides first flower discrimination information indicating characteristic points of the flower object stored in the product storage unit 134, and second flower discrimination information indicating characteristic points of the flower object previously stored in the flower object information storage unit 136. is compared, and if it is within the error range, it is determined to be the same or similar, and the flower type in the first flower determination information is recognized as the flower type in the second flower determination information and registered in the product storage.

When the object recognition unit 135 registers the flower type of the flower object in the product storage unit 134 and the flower type of the same flower object is registered, the control module 131 counts the number of selections of the corresponding flower object. And, the selected number of counted flower objects is accumulated and registered.

The control module 131 generates flower determination information including the selected number of counted flower objects and transmits it to the product brokerage server 160 through the communication processing unit 132.

Figure 3 is a block diagram briefly showing the internal configuration of a product brokerage server according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 4 is a product other than a pair of flowers in the metaverse space according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a product matched thereto. This is a diagram showing a user interface screen of a user terminal displaying flower products, and Figure 5 is a diagram showing seller information according to distance information between the user terminal and the seller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The product brokerage server 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit 161, an app management unit 162, a product registration unit 163, a product database unit 164, a server control unit 165, and a meta bus storage unit. (166), product matching processing unit 167, preference flower information storage unit 168, and order and payment unit 169.

The wireless communication unit 161 communicates with the user terminal 110, the flower sales terminal 141 belonging to seller cluster A 140, and the product sales terminal 151 belonging to seller cluster B 150 through the communication network 102. A communication protocol compatible with the communication network 102 is included to receive information about flower products and information about products other than flowers and store them in the product database unit 164, or to perform data transmission and reception.

The app management unit 162 creates and manages a product purchase service app running on the user terminal 110 and provides the product purchase service app 20 to the user terminal 110.

The app management unit 132 provides a user product purchase program to the user terminal 110 through a product purchase service app running on the user terminal 110, and provides a product purchase service to perform specific detailed functions such as providing statistical data. can be provided.

The product registration unit 163 stores flower product-related information received from a plurality of flower sales terminals 141 through the wireless communication unit 161 in the product database unit 164 for each seller. Product-related information received from a plurality of product sales terminals 151 is stored in the product database unit 164 for each seller.

The server control unit 165 receives one or more metabus spaces from the metabus operation server 170 through the wireless communication unit 161 in conjunction with the metabus operation server 170 and stores them in the metabus storage unit 166, Select one metaverse space from multiple stored metaverse spaces.

The server control unit 165 generates and registers product coordinate information to display one or more products (flower products, products other than flowers) at a specific point in the metaverse space stored in the metabus storage unit 166.

The product database unit 164 matches and stores flower product-related information corresponding to flower products, and stores product-related information corresponding to products other than flowers.

The product matching processing unit 167 extracts flower products and products other than flowers (bags, sneakers, home appliances, etc.) from the product database unit 164, and stores flower products or products in the metaverse space using preset product coordinate information. Products other than flowers are displayed, and the metaverse space where the products are displayed is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161.

When receiving a product selection signal from the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161, the product matching processing unit 167 extracts product-related information corresponding to the product selection signal from the product database unit 164 and wirelessly It is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the communication unit 161.

The user terminal 110 connects to the product brokerage server 160 through the product purchase service app, and receives and displays information related to flower products or information related to products other than flowers from the product brokerage server 160 through the app.

Below, in the metaverse space, products other than flowers are placed at a specific point, and each flower product is placed at a certain distance from each other product.

Here, the predetermined distance apart represents a preset proximity distance at which flower products can be displayed in close proximity to products other than flowers.

The metaverse space assumes that product coordinate information for placing flower products and non-flower products has already been set.

The product matching processing unit 167, in conjunction with the product database unit 164, sorts flower products in descending order based on sales during a preset time period, and arranges the flower products as many as the preset number of higher ranks (for example, 10, etc.). Select a product.

The product matching processing unit 167, in conjunction with the product database unit 164, sorts products other than flowers in descending order based on sales during a preset time period, and sorts products other than flowers in descending order by the preset number of higher ranks (for example, 10, etc.). Select products other than flowers.

The product matching processing unit 167 simultaneously displays products other than flowers and flower products in front of them in the meta bus space using preset product coordinate information, and communicates the meta bus space displaying the products to the user terminal through the wireless communication unit 161. Send to (110).

When receiving a product selection signal from the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161, the product matching processing unit 167 extracts product-related information corresponding to the product selection signal from the product database unit 164 and wirelessly It is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the communication unit 161.

The user terminal 110 displays information related to flower products or information related to products other than flowers through the app.

As another embodiment, the server control unit 165 receives flower identification information from the preference information providing server 130 through the wireless communication unit 161 and stores it in the preference flower information storage unit 168.

The product matching processing unit 167 extracts flower products to be displayed in the metaverse space in conjunction with the product database unit 164, and substitutes the sales amount for the flower product during a preset time period into Table 1 below to obtain sales points ( Sales Point, Sp) is derived.

The product matching processing unit 167 extracts flower products to be displayed in the meta bus space in conjunction with the product database unit 164, and retrieves the extracted flower products from the flower discrimination information of the preference flower information storage unit 168. Extract flower identification information that matches.

The product matching processing unit 167 analyzes the extracted flower discrimination information, searches for the number of selections of flower objects in the flower discrimination information, and substitutes the searched number of selections for flower objects into Table 2 below to calculate preference weight (Pw). ) is derived.

The product matching processing unit 167 searches the extracted flower product in the preference flower information storage unit 168 and sets the preference weight (Pw) to 1 if there is no flower discrimination information matching the flower product.

The product matching processing unit 167 calculates the product matching index (PMA) using the derived sales points and preference weights using Equation 1 below.

Here, PMA (Product Matching Index) is the product matching index, Sp is the sales point, and Pw represents the preference weight.

The product matching processing unit 167 selects as many flower products as the preset number of high rankings (for example, 10, etc.) in the order of the calculated product matching index.

The product matching processing unit 167, in conjunction with the product database unit 164, sorts products other than flowers in descending order based on sales during a preset time period, and sorts products other than flowers in descending order by the preset number of higher ranks (for example, 10, etc.). Select products other than flowers.

As shown in FIG. 4, the product matching processing unit 167 simultaneously displays products other than flowers and flower products in front of them in the metaverse space using preset product coordinate information for the selected products other than flowers and flower products. And the meta bus space displaying the product is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161.

As shown in Figure 4, the screen of the user terminal 110 outputs a pair of matching products other than flowers and flower products selected in the metaverse space.

As another example, a method of matching flower products with products other than the selected flowers is explained as follows.

The product matching processing unit 167 selects flower products and non-flower products and transmits them to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161.

The user terminal 110 selects the matching voting result mode, which is a function mode that inquires whether a product other than one flower matches with a plurality of flower products through the product purchase service app.

The user terminal 110 generates matching result information of products other than flowers and matching flower products according to the selection signal of the matching voting result mode and transmits it to the product brokerage server 160 through the communication network 102.

As shown in FIG. 4, the product matching processing unit 167 matches flower products with products other than flowers based on the matching result information, and matches products other than flowers in the metaverse space using preset product coordinate information. And, the matched flower products are displayed at the same time, and the meta bus space where the products are displayed is transmitted to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161. The product matching processing unit 167 determines the matching of flower products with products other than flowers in order of the number of votes of the matching result information.

As shown in Figure 4, the screen of the user terminal 110 outputs products other than a pair of flowers and flower products matched thereto in the metaverse space.

The user terminal 110 can select one product from among a product other than a pair of flowers in the metaverse space output through the product purchase service app and a flower product matched thereto.

As shown in Figure 4, for example, when the user terminal 110 receives the selection signal 10 of one flower product, the selection signal 10 of the flower product including location information is sent to the communication network 102. It is transmitted to the product brokerage server 160 through .

Here, the location information may be the current location calculated by the GPS module provided inside the user terminal 110, or may be location information input through the input unit of the user terminal 110.

The server control unit 165 receives and analyzes the flower product selection signal 10 including location information through the wireless communication unit 161, extracts flower product-related information corresponding to the flower product from the product database unit 164, and , extract one or more seller information from the extracted flower product-related information.

As shown in FIG. 5, the server control unit 165 calculates distance information between location information and one or more extracted vendor information, and creates a user interface screen displaying vendor information that is as far away as the distance information calculated from the location information. and transmits it to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161.

The user terminal 110 selects a seller by comprehensively considering how far away the seller of the flower product is from the user's location information and the selling price of the flower product. The user terminal 110 receives a signal for selecting an order mode provided by the selected seller. At this time, when selecting the order mode, user terminal information (phone number, name, address) is input.

The user terminal 110 transmits the received order mode selection signal to the product brokerage server 160 through the communication network 102.

When the server control unit 165 receives a selection signal of the seller's order mode through the wireless communication unit 161, the order and payment unit 169 receives flower product information and user terminal information (phone number, name, address). Create order request information and send it to the relevant seller.

When the order and payment unit 169 receives an order confirmation signal responding to order request information from the relevant seller, it performs payment processing for the order requested items in conjunction with an external financial server. The cost processing part between the order and payment department 169 and the relevant seller will be omitted.

As another embodiment, when receiving the selection signal 10 of one flower product, the user terminal 110 sends the selection signal 10 of the flower product including location information to the product brokerage server 160 through the communication network 102. ) and send it to

The server control unit 165 receives and analyzes the flower product selection signal 10 including location information through the wireless communication unit 161, extracts flower product-related information corresponding to the flower product from the product database unit 164, and , extract one or more seller information from the extracted flower product-related information.

The server control unit 165 calculates distance information between the location information and one or more extracted vendor information, and substitutes the calculated distance information into Table 3 below to derive a distance index.

The server control unit 165 derives a purchase index by substituting the sales price of the seller information into Table 4 below.

The server control unit 165 calculates the product decision index (PDI) using the derived distance index and purchase index using Equation 2 below.

Here, PDI (Product Determination Index) is the product determination index, DI is the distance index, and PI represents the purchase index.

The server control unit 165 selects the seller with the highest calculated product decision index and transmits it to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161.

In another embodiment, the server control unit 165 extracts seller information as many as a preset high ranking number in the order of the calculated product decision index, and transmits the extracted seller information to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication unit 161. ) can also be sent.

Afterwards, ordering (user terminal) and payment processing (product brokerage server) are the same as described above, so they are omitted.

Operations according to embodiments of the present specification can be implemented as a computer-readable program or code on a computer-readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include all types of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. Additionally, computer-readable recording media can be distributed across networked computer systems so that computer-readable programs or codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

When the embodiment is implemented in software, the above-described techniques may be implemented as modules (processes, functions, etc.) that perform the above-described functions. Modules are stored in memory and can be executed by a processor. Memory may be internal or external to the processor and may be connected to the processor by a variety of well-known means.

Additionally, computer-readable recording media may include hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. Program instructions may include not only machine language code such as that created by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc.

Although some aspects of the invention have been described in the context of an apparatus, it may also refer to a corresponding method description, where a block or device corresponds to a method step or feature of a method step. Similarly, aspects described in the context of a method may also be represented by corresponding blocks or items or features of a corresponding device. Some or all of the method steps may be performed by (or using) a hardware device, such as a microprocessor, programmable computer, or electronic circuit, for example. In some embodiments, one or more of the most important method steps may be performed by such an apparatus.

In embodiments, a programmable logic device (e.g., a field programmable gate array) may be used to perform some or all of the functionality of the methods described herein. In embodiments, a field programmable gate array may operate in conjunction with a microprocessor to perform one of the methods described herein. In general, the methods are preferably performed by some hardware device.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that you can do it.

100: Flower sales service brokerage system 102: Communication network
110: User terminal 120: SNS server
130: preferred information provision server 131: control module
132: Communication processing unit 133: Object detection unit
134: product storage unit 135: object recognition unit
136: Flower object information storage unit 140: Seller cluster A
141: Flower sales terminal 150: Seller cluster B
151: Product sales terminal 160: Product brokerage server
161: wireless communication unit 162: app management unit
163: Product register 164: Product database section
165: server control unit 166: meta bus storage unit
167: Product matching processing unit 168: Preferred flower information storage unit
169: Order and payment department 170: Metaverse operation server

Claims (1)

Seller Cluster A, where multiple flower sales terminals of sellers who want to sell flowers online join;
Seller Cluster B, where multiple product sales terminals of sellers who wish to sell products other than flowers online join;
a metaverse operation server that creates a metaverse space corresponding to real space and objects to be placed in the metaverse space, and provides the created metaverse space;
Flower product-related information received from the plurality of flower sales terminals is stored in a product database for each seller. A product register that stores product-related information received from the plurality of product sales terminals in the product database for each seller, and one or more products (flower products, other than flowers) at a specific point in the metaverse space received from the metaverse operation server. a server control unit that generates and registers product coordinate information to display (products of), extracts flower products and products other than flowers from the product database unit, and uses the product coordinate information to store the flower product in the metaverse space A product brokerage server consisting of a product matching processing unit that displays products other than flowers or flowers and transmits the metaverse space in which the products are displayed to the user terminal through a wireless communication unit;
a user terminal that connects to the product brokerage server through a product purchase service app provided and executed by the product brokerage server, and selects and purchases a product displayed in the metaverse space;
An SNS server that provides a social network service (SNS) and extracts and provides video information whose preference indicating the user's liking is greater than a predetermined standard; and
Extract an area where a flower object is estimated to exist from the image information received from the SNS server, extract feature points representing features from the extracted region, and determine the presence of a flower object in the image based on a feature map composed of the extracted feature points. an object detection unit that extracts at least one area where the flower object is estimated and stores flower discrimination information including feature points when extracting a flower object in a product storage unit, and a flower object that stores flower discrimination information in a database for each type of flower object. It includes a preference information provision server consisting of an information storage unit,
The product brokerage server further includes a product database unit that matches and stores flower product-related information corresponding to flower products, and stores product-related information corresponding to products other than flowers,
The server control unit receives flower identification information from the preference information providing server through a wireless communication unit and stores it in the preference flower information storage unit,
The product matching processing unit extracts flower products to be displayed in the metaverse space in conjunction with the product database unit, and derives a sales point (Sales Point, Sp) corresponding to sales during a preset time period for the flower product,
Extracts flower products to be displayed in the metaverse space in conjunction with the product database unit, searches the extracted flower products in the flower discrimination information of the preference flower information storage unit, and extracts flower discrimination information matching the extracted flower products, By analyzing the extracted flower discrimination information, the selected number of flower objects is retrieved from the corresponding flower discrimination information, and a preference weight (Pw) corresponding to the selected number of the retrieved flower objects is derived,
The product matching processing unit calculates a product matching index (PMA) using the derived sales points and preference weights, and selects flower products as high as the preset number of top ranks in the order of the calculated product matching index,
When the user terminal receives a selection signal of one flower product, it transmits a selection signal of the flower product including location information to the product brokerage server through a communication network,
The server control unit receives and analyzes a selection signal of a flower product including location information through a wireless communication unit, extracts flower product-related information corresponding to the flower product from the product database unit, and extracts one or more flower product-related information from the extracted flower product-related information. Extract seller information, calculate distance information between the location information and the extracted one or more seller information, derive a distance index corresponding to the calculated distance information, and calculate the sales price of the seller information. Derive the corresponding purchase index, calculate the product decision index (PDI) using the distance index and purchase index derived above, and select the seller with the highest value of the product decision index calculated above. Transmit to the user terminal through a wireless communication unit,
The server control unit extracts seller information as many as a preset number of high ranks in the order of the calculated product decision index, and transmits the extracted seller information to the user terminal through a wireless communication unit,
The product matching processing unit sorts flower products in descending order based on sales during a preset time period in conjunction with the product database unit, and selects flower products and non-flower products equal to the preset number of higher ranks,
The preference information providing server compares the first flower discrimination information indicating the characteristic points of the flower object stored in the product storage unit with the second flower discrimination information indicating the characteristic points of the flower object pre-stored in the flower object information storage unit, and has an error range. When included, further comprising an object recognition unit that determines that the flower type is the same or similar and recognizes the flower type of the first flower determination information as the flower type of the second flower determination information and registers it in the product storage unit.
Flower product display and order integration service provision system using Metaverse.

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